1、1.Why does David ask for a map? A. To locate San Francisco. B. To find a restaurant. C. To eat in Chinatown.2.Where does the woman like to go for holiday? A. To the beach. B. To Colorado. C. To somewhere cold.3.How will the man probably deal with the job offer? A. Accept the offer. B. Refuse the job
2、. C. ask to change the working days.4.What do we know about Henry? A. He phoned us to wait for him. B. He wont come for dinner today. C. He wont be on time for dinner.5.What is the speakers likely to do next? A. Continue packing boxes. B. Stop working and go home. C. Leave non-urgent orders to tomor
3、row morning.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6-7题。6.How does Betty usually go to work? A. By car. B. By bike. C. By rail.7.Whats the advantage of taking the train? A. It is more convenient. B. It is much faster. C. It is less expensive.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。8.What suggestion does the man make to the wo
4、man? A. Check the car herself. B. Think ahead before making a decision. C. Ask someone to do the car check.9.What is true about the car price? A. The woman was given a discount. B. The salesman stuck to the original price. C. The price would be lower if paid in cash.10.How will the man help the woma
5、n? A. Make the payment for her. B. Drive her car home. C. Look after her car.听第8段材料, 回答第11-13题。11.How does the woman find the living cost in the city? A. Low. B. Average. C. High.12. What accounts for the most of the womans expenses? A. Meals. B. Trains. C. Clothes.13.Where does the woman go in her
6、spare time? A. To the cinemas. B. To the supermarkets. C. To the pubs.听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。14.What will Amanda do on Oct 12? A. Organize a business meeting. B. Visit a trade exhibition. C. Meet the people from Head Office.15.What preparations is Alan making for the meeting? A. A report. B. A schedule. C
7、. A lecture.16.When do the speakers agree to have the meeting? A. On Oct 4. B. On Oct 10. C. On Oct 17.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What did the speaker want to do after dinner that day? A. Help her friend get the car. B. Walk alone in the rain to her car. C. Wait for the rain to stop.18.What do we know abo
8、ut the speaker then? A. She was working in the restaurant. B. She had purchased a new car. C. She was about seven months pregnant.19.Where did the speaker meet the young man? A. At a crossroads. B. In the restaurant. C. Near a car park.20.What does the speaker want to tell us? A. An amazing dinner p
9、arty. B. A funny short story. C. An unforgettable experience.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AI am a perfectionist. I always try to do as much research as possible for role. For Taxi Driver I did actually drive a cab for a few weeks. It probably wasnt nec
10、essary, but it was something I wanted to do.Ive realized how important it is to appreciate the things your parents leave behind. My father, Robert DeNiro Snr, died in 1993. Since then, Ive kept his studio intact, just the way he left it. I thought about getting rid of it, but my family and I gathere
11、d there after his death and realized the reality is different to seeing it in pictures, so it stayed.There is much more opportunity now than when I was starting out. There really was only TV and films made in California. Now the Internet has created so many more opportunities for actors.I learned a
12、lot about being a father from my father. I knew he loved me. It was important for me to know that, so I know its important for my kids to know it, too. I give my kids space, but we do spend a lot of time together. I guess I can be firm when necessary. I have four grandchildren and six children so I
13、know what Im talking about.I understand why people use social media, but I dont. No way! I dont watch much TV or go to the movies either. To me, theyre just another distraction. And I have enough of those to worry about without all that staff as well.Fame is not an issue for me these days. When I wa
14、s younger, I found the attention difficult to deal with, but Im mostly OK with it now. I go around quite freely and people may say “hello” or want a photo and thats fine for me. 21.What does the author do? A. A taxi driver B. A perfect researcher C. A studio artist D. A devoted actor 22. Which of th
15、e followings about the author is true? A. He has kept a balance between his work and family life B. He has been unable to leave his fathers studio as it was C. He has never been strict with his grandchildren. D. He has attached great importance to his reputation these days.23.In the authors view, so
16、cial media is _. A. attractive B. positive C. worrying D. amusingBA perfectly good cupboard just sat by the dustbin in the parking lot. Probably it was something they were getting rid of, I thought.My family was in need of all the extra storage space we could find at this point. We were living on to
17、p of one another in the small house my husband, Martin, and I owned. However, our younger son had stopped his college courses and moved home. Hit hard by the bad economic situation, our elder son with his wife and my precious grandchild moved back home too while he looked for work. This cupboard wou
18、ldnt solve all our problems, but at least the living room would look a little less chaotic （混乱的）.One of the nice things about the boys being back home was that their father and I never had to do the heavy lifting. “Wesley, meet me behind the cupboard,” I told our younger son over the phone. Once he
19、arrived we got the cupboard loaded in my trunk（汽车后备箱）. Then we opened the big box. Inside was a five-foot-tall dollhouse. Even the little furniture was broken: a sofa and a lamp in baby blue, the color of my own living room at home. “ We should take this too,” Wesley said. “Luke might play with it w
20、hen he gets a little older.” What a thoughtful uncle Wesley was!Late that same night, while everyone else was asleep, I went back to the living room to have a look again. A house just like the neat dollhouse I was starting at now: everything neat and clean and in its proper place. “ When I grow up,
21、Ill marry a prince and well live in a nice house like that one,” I thought when I was a child. But now, every one of us under this roof was at loose ends. It would take more than a new cupboard to get things in order around here. I went to bed with the impression of that perfect dollhouse in my head
22、.The next evening I was getting everything ready for dinner. My daughter-in-law was setting the table. Wesley and I were in the kitchen, getting the food just right. The others were in the study, watching the game. Suddenly I felt so thankful. My two responsible sons, my kind-hearted daughter-in-law
23、, my lovely grandchildren, and Martin, my prince, were all under one roof. Maybe our house was a bit crowded, but in every free inch of space was love. My dream had come true. I had the home Id always wanted.24. According to the passage, Luke was _.A. Wesleys niece B. the store managers sonC.Martins
24、 grandson D. the authors granddaughter25. When the author was a child, she wished to _.A. have a neat house with everything in orderB. work at a drug store just like her motherC. buy a five-foot-tall chaotic dollhouseD. live in a big family under one roof.26.What does the underlined part “at loose e
25、nds” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. free B. changeable C. confused D. satisfied27.Whats the best title for the passage?A. A Home with Love B. An Unforgettable DollhouseC. Boomerang Kids（啃老族） D. A Dream Came TrueCYou might think youre doing yourself a favor if you leave your phone behind when you head to an
26、important meeting or dinner with the in-laws, but a new study suggests just the opposite is true.According to new research from the University of Missouri, being separated from your iPhone can lead to “physiological anxiety” and “poor cognitive performance.”The study, “The Extended iSelf: The Impact
27、 of iPhone Separation on Cognition, Emotion, and Physiology,” was published online Thursday in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Researchers invited a total of 40 iPhone-using participants from three journalism courses at a “large university” in the Midwest. Then, they ran a couple of
28、experiments. First, participants were told to sit in a small room and complete a puzzle while in possession of their phone; then, they were asked to complete another puzzle, but they were told that their phone was causing “Bluetooth interference” and that they needed to be moved elsewhere in the roo
29、m. Researchers then called the phones, study participants could see and hear them ringing, but were unable to get up to answer them. In each state, researchers kept track of participants heart rate and blood pressure. You can probably see where this is going: When the puzzle-solvers were separated f
30、rom their phones but able to see and hear them ringing, they experienced “significant” rises in anxiety, heart rate and blood pressure. They also got worse at completing the puzzle.In a new release, the researchers suggested that “iPhone users avoid parting with their phones during daily situations
31、that involve a great deal of attention,” saying that being apart from the device can make individuals feel “a lessening of self.” So, what should you do if you own a smartphone but need to focus?“Our advice would be to carry your iPhone with you,” Clayton told HuffPost, “but to silence your phone during cognitively demanding tasks in order to avoid any potential distractions that may reduce your attentio
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