1、 A. He is sick. B. He has to finish a paper. C. He is going out with someone else.4. What will the speakers do next?A. Take a taxi. B. Take Bus No.10. C. Keep waiting for the bus.5. What does the woman mean? A. She thinks the man is joking. B. She will have to miss the barbecue. C. She will definite
2、ly come to the barbecue.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,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. Why is the woman making the purchase?A. For an interview. B. For a conference. C. For a wedding.7. What does the w
3、oman think of the suit?A. Its a real bargain. B. The price is still high. C. It makes her look young.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What will the woman do first on Saturday?A. Attend a presentation.B. Have a lunch meeting.C. Go to a basketball game.9. Who is Larry? A. Aclient from Malaysia. B. The womans son.C.
4、 The womans co-worker.10. How does the man sound in the end?A. Annoyed.B. Surprised. C. Satisfied.听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。11. How will the woman travel to New York? A. By car. B. By train.C. By bus.12. What do Laura and the woman both like? A. Music. B. Traveling. C. Sports.13. What do we know about Laura?
5、 A. She will go camping this Saturday. B. She has just moved to a new place. C. She was the womans classmate.听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。14. What does the woman do for a living? A. She owns a hotel.B. She works for a website.C. She is a travel agent.15. What is the disadvantage of beach resorts hotels?A. The p
6、rice is too high. B. They dont offer good food.C. Theyre hard to find.16. Why did the woman make a complaint about the room in Canada? A.The kitchen was very dirty.B. The bed was a mess.C. The bathroom was too small.17. When did the hotel in Canada give the woman her money back? A. After she called
7、the police. B. Right when she asked for it. C. After she stayed there for one night.听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18. What do we know about Golden Gate Park? A. It is one and a half miles wide. B. It is open during winter. C. It is far from the ocean.19. What can be found on the eastern side of the park? A. mus
8、eum.B. A parking lot.C. A tea garden.20. What does the speaker suggest doing in the Botanical Gardens?A. Having a picnic.B. Riding a bike.C. Taking a nap.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)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you want a pleasant holiday? The summer holidays are
9、 upon us again. Here is our guide to summer holiday fun in Peterborough!Peterborough MuseumThe Age of the Dinosaurs is the museums main attraction this summer. Get up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands-on exhibits! Watch out for monsters lurking (潜伏)around every ember! The museum is
10、 open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, and from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sundays in August.Call 01733 864663 for details.Saxon Youth ClubSchool holiday fun: Young people aged 13-19 will be able to produce their own music, compete in spots activities, or try their hand at cooking at Saxon Y
11、outh Club, Saxon Community Center, Norman Road, Peterborough every Monday and Wednesday from 3:00 pm. PLUS an aero ball tournament will take place on Thursday, 12th August between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm.Houghton MillAlice through the Looking Classa new production of the family favorite on Monday, 30th
12、August. Bring rugs or chairs to sit on and a picnic if you wish to eat during the play. Gates open 5:30 performance 6:30 pm-8:30 pm. Tea room will be open until end of the interval. Adult 10. Child 7. Family 20.Farmland Museum and Denny AbbeyFarmland Games: From Wellie Wanging to Pretend Ploughing m
13、atches, come and join the Farmland Team. Collect your sporting stickers and create a colorful rosette (玫瑰形饰物)that is fit for a winner! No need to book, just turn up between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Thursday, 19th August. Suitable for children aged four and above, each child should be accompanied by a
14、n adult and all activities are included in the normal admission price. Tickets Cost 7 per child.For further information, call 01223 810080.21. If you are interested in cooking, you can go to _.A. Peterborough Museum B. Houghton Mill C. Saxon Youth Club D. Farmland Museum22. You want to watch the new
15、 play with your parents, so it will cost you _.A. 21 B. 17 C. 27 D. 23. Which of the following activities needs parents company?A. Playing farmland games. B. Watching a new play.C. Competing in spots activities. D. Visiting the dinosaur exhibition. BBlind tasting is a very strange activity. Contrary
16、 to what many imagine, it has nothing to do with blindfolds. It involves tasting a wine without seeing the label and it can deliver shocking surprises. I tasted seven champagnes(香槟) blind with a group of professionals recently. There was a shock when they discovered the wine most of them preferred c
17、arried a label they regarded as their least favorite. That sort of result is especially common with champagne, the most image-driven rather than quality-driven wine of all. But it happens all the time when wine is tasted blind. Because Im interested in how wines really taste instead of how I think t
18、hey should, I taste wine blind as often as I can, especially when assessing similar young wines. But blind tasting when you know absolutely nothing about the wine in front of you is something completely different. The most difficult Master of Wine exams include three sessions during which you have a
19、 dozen glasses in front of you and nothing more helpful than a printed exam paper asking you to identify (鉴定) each wine as closely as possible, and assess its quality. Now that the MW is behind me, I taste wine completely blind only very rarely, and never in public. So my blind tastings these days a
20、re round the dinner table with good friends and once a year when I act as a judge, with Hugh Johnson, in the Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition. This is the most extraordinary match, always held before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously nowadays. This years taste-off took place at th
21、e end of last month, as usual in the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Pall Mall in London. 24. Which of the following is true about Blind tasting?A. Blind tasting is the professional way to identify a wine.B. Blind tasting usually has the right result.C. Blind tasting means tasting a wine with ones eyes
22、 covered.D. Blind tasting is tasting a wine without seeing the label.25. Why did the professionals get shocked at the result of their blind tasting?A. They got all the results correctly. B. They didnt recognize their favorite at all.C. The writer made no mistakes. D. Champagnes can not be tasted bli
23、nd.26. Which of the following interests the writer most?A. Assessing young wines. B. Master of wine exams. C. Tasting wine blind in public. D. Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition.27. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The Boat Race is taken more seriously than the wine race.B. The
24、Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition is held annually.C. I didnt act as a judge last year.D. Pall Mall is chosen as the competition place for the first time. CBangkok has become the worlds top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit Thailands capital city this year
25、, according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday. Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines so far this year, the projection (预测) for the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing(超过)London, t
26、he previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin. Mondays report marked the first time any Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCar
27、d looked at 132 cities. Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four, with 11.75 million visitors; Kuala Lumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number nine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoul at number 11, wi
28、th 8.19 million visitors; Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors, Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors. The study found that Bangkok is experiencing a large increase in its number of tourists in 2013, up 9.8% from 2009. That compares to New
29、Yorks increase at 5.0% and Londons at 3.8%. Paris, meanwhile, saw a small dip in its number of tourists (negative 0.7%). Caroline Lledo, who was visiting Bangkok from France, said Thailand has many offerings. “We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here,” Ms. Lledo said. M
30、asterCard Worldwides global economic adviser Yuwa Hedrick-Wong cited(引用)overall value for money spent for why Bangkok is attractive. That is true for Thailand overall as well. 28. From the passage we can know that_. A. Bangkok defeated London by a wide margin B. there are 15.96 million visitors visiting London in 2013C. London Topped List of Worlds Tourist Destinations in 2012D. Paris is experiencing an increase in i
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