1、 A. Taking a shower. B. Cleaning the floor. C. Doing the laundry.2. How long can the man keep the book? A. For three weeks. B. For two weeks. C. For one week.3. What will the speakers do first? A. Have a cup of tea. B. Watch the dolphin show.C. See the elephants.4. Why is the man happy?A. He got a g
2、ood evaluation.B. He received an award for his work.C. He learned some interpersonal skills.5. What are the speakers talking about in general? A. A CD of Johnny Holden. B. A present for Molly. C. A musician.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
3、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. How did Jim get hurt?A. He was kicked by a boy.B. He was hit by a football. C. He fell down on the ground.7. When can Jim play sports again?A. In 48 hours. B. In 4 days. C. In a month.听第7 段材料,回答第8和第9题。8. What color shirts does th
4、e mans team get? A. Yellow. B. Green. C. White.9. What will the woman do next?A. Go to the mans house.B. Collect the new football shirts.C. Have the basketball shirts changed.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. Who is the woman? A. A policewoman. B. The mans classmate. C. A doctor.11. What is the man worried about
5、? A. His broken arm.B. The ing exams.C. The wound in his leg.12. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a classroom. B. In a hospital. C. In the street.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. How long has Louise been working at the center? A. About six months. B. About one year. C. About two years.14.
6、How did Louise feel when she started working at the center? A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident.15. What does Louise enjoy doing most about working with children? A. Seeing them have a lot of fun. B. Thinking of new things for them to do. C. Helping the less able ones achieve more.16. What does Lou
7、ise say about working at night? A. Its a necessary part of the job.B. Its something that she enjoys.C. Its unfair for her to do it.听第10段独白,回答第17至20题。17. What is the exhibition about this year? A. Star posters. B. Railway posters. C. Holiday posters.18. How long will the exhibition last a day? A. Sev
8、en hours. B. Six hours. C. Five hours.19. What does the speaker suggest people do?A. Watch Alan Browns films on TV.B. Get tickets for the exhibition in advance.C. Book seats for the Rose Garden immediately.20. Where can people make a reservation for Detective in the Shadows?A. At Town Hall.B. At the
9、 Arts Center Cinema. C. At the Tourist Center.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。AThe easy way out isnt always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my cook book and c
10、hose a menu which included homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time. I started on it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange an
11、d poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough covered with ugly yellowish marks. Realizing I had been defeated, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldnt have to face Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of the meal, and, when Doug got home, we sat down
12、 to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he thought he heard a noise. The third time he left, I went to the windows to see what he was doing. Looking out, I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin, holdin
13、g the lid up with a stick and looking into the container. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in out rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt cold. But I stepped closer and looked harder. With
14、out doubt it was my work. The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast (酵母) made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing. I had to admit what the living thing was and why it was there. I dont know who was more embarrassed (尴尬) by the whole thingDoug or m
15、e.21. The writers purpose in writing this story is _.A. to tell an interesting experienceB. to show the easiest way out of a difficultyC. to describe the trouble facing a newly married womanD. to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books22. Why did the womans attempt at making the bread
16、turn out to be unsuccessful?A. The canned orange had gone bad.B. She didnt use the right kind of flour.C. The cookbook was hard to understand.D. She did not follow the directions closely.23. What made the dough in the bin looks frightening?A. The rising and falling movement. B. The strange-looking m
17、arks.C. Its shape. D. Its size.BWhen Geoff Marcy was 14, his parents bought him a telescope. Every night, he would go onto the roof outside his window to see the wonders of the sky. “What excited me most was whether there were planets in other solar systems where life might exist,” he says. “I decid
18、ed to try to find planets orbiting (沿轨道运行) other stars like our Sun.”And he did. “My fellow researcher, Paul Butler, and I found our first planet in 1995,” Dr. Marcy says. “We worked for ten years without finding anything! But we stuck with it, and our patience paid off. ”Since then, the two scienti
19、sts have discovered 65 of the more than 100 planets found orbiting other stars. Dr. Marcy and Dr. Butler also spotted the first “family” of three planets. In June xx they announced another discovery: a Jupiter-like (像木星一样的) planet orbiting star 55 Cancri. At first, the two researchers found only pla
20、nets that orbit close to stars. Recently, the scientists found planets farther out. The planet orbiting 55 Cancri is a major breakthrough: it is the first sighting of a large gas planet about the same distance from the star as Jupiter is from the Sun. Why is this important? Scientists think that lif
21、e on Earth may exist because of two special features in our solar system. The first is Jupiter. “Because its so big, Jupiter pulls ets and asteroids (小行星), or they all e and hit the Earth.” Dr. Marcy explains. “Without Jupiter, life on Earth would likely have been destroyed.”A second feature is that
22、 Earth is a rocky planet where liquid water, which is necessary for life, can exist. Unlike gas planets, rocky planets like Earth have surfaces where water can gather in pools and seas, which may support life. A huge space exists between the Jupiter-like planet and two other planets that lie close t
23、o 55 Cancri. Is there an Earth-like planet in the space, too small for us to notice? If so, says Dr. Marcy, “We would have two striking similarities to our solar system: a Jupiter-like planet and an Earth-like planet. And there may be life! ”24. What can we learn about Dr. Marcy from the passage?A.
24、He is fond of watching Jupiter.B. He is from a scientist family. C. He dislikes working with Paul Butler. D. He is interested in finding life in outer space. 25. Which of the following is true of the recent discovery?A. The planet is not as protective as Jupiter. B. The planet is close to star 55 Ca
25、ncri. C. The planet proves to be a gas planet. D. The planet is as large as Jupiter. 26. Dr. Marcy thinks that life may exist in the 55 Cancri system because _. A. he has found the system similar to the solar system B. he has discovered an Earth-like planet thereC. he has discovered a rocky planet t
26、here D. he has found signs of life in the system 27.“Butwestuckwithit” (inParagraph3) means_.A.theyfeltdiscouraged B.carriedonit C.failedintheirattempt D.madesomeprogressCDanielle Steel, Americas sweetheart, is one of the hardest working women in the book business. Unlike other productive authors wh
27、o write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research some before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to dive into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.Danielle Steel es from New York and was sent to France for her educa
28、tion. After graduation, she worked in the public relations and advertising industries. Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Ma
29、rtha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death, new babies and new schools. Her l998 book about the death of her was shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books have been made into film. She is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records for one of her hooks being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.Not content with a big house, a loving family, and a view of
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