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1、（）4.Where does the woman want to go? A.The station. B.The mans home. C.A new apartment.（）5.What are the speakers talking about?A.Animal. B.A camera. C.A movie.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。（）6.Who is going to the West Coast?A.Mark. B.S usan.

2、 C. John.（）7.What is the aim of the business trip?A. To get to know the environment. B.To learn a language.C.To attend a meeting.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。（）8.Why does the woman come to the man?A. To greet him.B. To ask for information.C. To talk about her trouble.（）9.Where are the speakers? A. In Atlanta. B.

3、 In Chicago. C. In New York.（）10.What will the man do for the woman?A. Have a party.B. Tell her his experiences.C. Introduce the neighbours to her.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。（）11.What is in the mans mind all the time?A.The interview. B.The delicious soup. C.The movie.（）12.What is the womans advice? A.To ask f

4、or the result. B.To wait for the result. C.To see the movie again.（）13.What are the speakers going to do next? A.Order some food. B.Taste a special soup. C.Do something to improve their abilities.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。（）14.What is the relationship between the speakers? A.A couple. B.Classmates. C.Colleag

5、ues.（）15.What does the man prefer to do tonight?A.Go to a pub. B.See a movie. C.Visit Mary.（）16.When will the Chinese film begin? A.At 540. B.At 740. C.At 930.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。（）17.Why do the listeners come to London? A.To see a film. B.To go on vacation. C.To improve their business English skills.

6、（）18.What will the listeners do on Friday afternoon? A.Visit museums. B.See a film. C.Play games.（）19.When will the listeners leave for Bath?A.At 700 am. B.At 1000 am. C.At 300 pm.（）20.What can we learn from the passage?A.The listeners will spend two days in Bath. B.The listeners can do what they li

7、ke on Sunday. C.The listeners should bring lunch during the trip.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）A People have always been wondering about what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years. How can we know what the future wi

8、ll look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the

9、 next 150 years? No. What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through

10、the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there

11、is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years. Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generati

12、on, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future. 21. What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph? A. The world is quite different from what it was. B. Our basic needs will not change in the future. C. Humans will no longe

13、r enjoy food in the future. D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.22. Our past inventions have made . A. it easy for us to live B. our daily life more stressful C. our work easily done D. us work less timeBArt classes about animals & wildlifeAll Creatures Large and SmallAnimals bring some

14、thing special to our life and give us inspiration for paintings that we will treasure. This workshop will focus on how to bring animals to life through color, lighting and good composition （构图）. We will be working from photographs, so you will need to bring several good photos of your pets or wildli

15、fe animals.Location Scottsdale, AZInstructor Phil BeckPet Portraiture （肖像画法） with Christine FiferNothing teaches us to live in the moment more than our furry and feathered friends, and this workshop emphasizes （强调） the technical aspects of drawing and painting animals. Fifer is a long-time painter w

16、hose realistic style is simple and clear. No live models allowed （only a favorite picture or two）!Location Key West, FLInstructor Christine FiferNature & Wildlife in the Field with Rafael GalvezLimited to 12 students. Have a guided walk through a natural reserve and explore Charlottes wilderness wit

17、h an experienced naturalist and bird painter, while learning about the regions wildlife and habitats, and learning to paint from live subjects. Galvez emphasizes process rather than product.Location Charlotte, NCInstructor Rafael GalvezAnimal DrawingA rare opportunity to work with live animals in th

18、e PAFA studios! Work with a horse and a dog served as models, learn skills and develop techniques for the graphic depiction （图形描绘） of animals. Explore a variety of drawing materials and techniques.Location Philadelphia, PAInstructor Peter van DyckCAs more and more books become movie adaptations （改编）

19、, I cant help but think how this will affect English classes in America. Thinking back to my years in middle and high school ten years ago, I would be rewarded if I had read a number of classics. Today, a majority of those books are now also movies Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby, Much Ado About Nothin

20、g and Anna Karenina, to name a few.Even modern books such as The Hunger Games and Harry Potter have been adapted for the big screen. In discussion with my students, I often hear them say they are not going to read books because movies will come out soon, which makes me wonder what effect movie adapt

21、ations have on modern-day students. Will the Common Core State Standards （CCSS） encourage them to read books more carefully or to use movies to improve their understanding of the text?The CCSS requires students to provide text-based evidence when reading and discussing a book. By focusing on such ev

22、idence, teachers can pull specific details from a book that may have not made the final cut when the book was adapted for the big screen. For instance, after reading and watching The Hunger Games, there were a number of details from the book that were missing from the film many people were disappoin

23、ted with Rues meek （温顺的） movie role. A student who failed to read The Hunger Games would not quite understand Rues impact on the games in the same way as someone who had read the book and remembered all the details that went into her death.I am not saying the CCSS will stop students from cutting cor

24、ners, but I believe if teachers use the support the CCSS provides, it can be a great roadway to ensure all students are digging deep into texts and not just hitting the play button.28. Ten years ago, students in America were . A. fond of reading all kinds of novels B. forbidden to discuss movies in

25、class C. not allowed to watch movies in the cinema D. encouraged to read many literature works29. Which of the following might be the effect that movie adaptations have on modern-day students? A. They spend less time in studying. B. They cant understand English texts. C. They discuss movies more fre

26、quently. D. They spend less time in reading.30. What can we learn from the third paragraph? A. The Hunger Games is the worst movie adaptation. B. It is a waste of time reading and discussing a book in class. C. Rues impact on the games is perfectly presented in the movie. D.Movie adaptations may bri

27、ng trouble in understanding the books. 31. According to the text, it seems that the CCSS . A. prevents students watching movies B. provides students with well-known movies C. encourages students to write novels D. provides guidance on teaching and learning DRobert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinbur

28、gh in Scotland in 1850. He had to end his college studies because his health was poor. He began to travel, looking for a place that was good for his health. And he wrote about his travels. Inland Voyage（1878） was about journeys by canoe（独木舟） on the rivers and canals of Belgium and France. Travels wi

29、th a Donkey in the Cevennes followed it in next year.People loved his travel books, and they also found his poems beautiful. In 1879 he travelled to California in a very uncomfortable ship and then by train across the United States to San Francisco. He married in California, but his poor health made

30、 him and his wife travel again.Readers of his travel books and poetry were surprised when Treasure Island came out in 1883. It was not at all like his earlier writing, but both children and grown-ups loved it.Treasure Island was finished in Switzerland. Stevenson then continued to travel. He loved the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean, and he found that his health was better there. In the end, he and his wife made their home in Samoa. It was there that he wrote Kidnapped（1886）, the story of David Balfour and Alan Breck. It