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1、252.How long did it take the woman to finish the paper?Less than one and a half hours. B.Not over an hour. C.Over an hour and a half.3.Whats Jacks telephone number?68649987. B.69634987.68634987.4.Whatdoes the man really want to do?To read the advertisement. B.To call the manager.To get a job.5.is th

2、erelationship between thetwospeakers?Typist and boss. B.Wife and husband.Friends.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白， 选出最佳选项。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.What does the man find most difficult in learning English?Speaking.Listening. C.Reading.7.What does the woman advise him to do?To practice more.To buy a rad

3、io.Both A and B.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What can we learn from the text?Tom is always late.Tom is never late.Tom is always on time.9.Whats the relationship between the man and the woman?Teacher and student.Boss and worker.Husbandand wife.10.does Tom like to do?He likes English.He likes poems.He likes exe

4、rcises.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.Where does the conversation take place?At a conference.At a job interview.In class.12.Whats the relationship between the two speakers?Interviewer and interviewee.B.Friends. C.Teacher and student.13.doesthe womanthink of herself?Creative.Energetic.Hard-working.听第9段材料，回答第14至

5、16题。14. Whatare they mainly talking about?Holidays spent with their friends.Summer holiday plan. C. Travel experiences.15.Where did the woman go last winter holiday?Paris.London.Sydney.16.What is the womans decision?To gowiththe man.To stay at home. C. Shehasnt decided yet.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When

6、 is Halloween celebrated?In September.In October.In November.18.What do children do on Halloweens Eve?Go to parties.Make candies themselves.Play“Trick or Treat”from door to door.19.Whats the main popular symbol of Halloween?Candy.Eggs.Various toys.20.do you know from the passage?The nation will spen

7、d a lot of money on Halloween. B. If it snows or rains, Halloween will be cancelled. C. Many people think the money spent on Halloween is not of good value.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 It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warmi

8、ng up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our

9、only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told the

10、m our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, and then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for s

11、omeone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced us to

12、be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting. 21. Why was the bike so important to the couple? A. The mans job was bike racing. B. It was their only possession. C. It was a nice

13、 Kona 18 speed. D. They used it for work and daily life.22. We can infer from the text that _. A. the couple worked 60 hours a week B. people were busy before Christmas C. the stranger brought over the bike D. life was hard for the young family23. How did people get to know the couples problem? A. F

14、rom radio broadcasts. B. From a newspaper. C. From TV news. D. From a stranger.24. What do the couple learn from their experience? A. Strangers are usually of little help. B. One should take care of their bike. C. News reports make people famous. D. An act of kindness can mean a lot. B Welcome to my

15、 Message Board!Subject: Slimming down classics?Mr.Handsome2007-5-126: 34 AM Orion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics （经典著作）, is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now, each of them has been whittled down to abou

16、t 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages per cent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The first six shortened editions, all priced at 6.99 and advertised as great reads“in half the time”, will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to foll

17、ow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions. Edwards9: 40 AM Well, Im publisher of Orion Group. Thanks for your attention, Mr. Handsome. I must say, the idea developed from a game of“shame”in my office. Each of us was required to confess （承认） to the most e

18、mbarrassing blanks in his or her reading. I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times. One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping （跳读） Jane Eyre. We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never

19、were going to read these ones. As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but its not as if were withdrawing the original versions. They are still there if you want to read them.Ms. Weir11:35 AM Im director of the online book club www.lovereading.co.uk Mr. E

20、dwards, I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air. Im guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because its just so long. Id much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book. I am looking forward to more shortened classics!Crockatt4:38 PM Im from the London independent book

21、shop Crockatt & Powell. In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous. How can you edit the classics? Im afraid reading some of these books is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader. If people dont have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine. But dont read a shortened versi

22、on and kid yourself its the real thing. 25. According to the message board, Orion Books _. A. opposes the reading of original classics B. is embarrassed for cutting down classics C. thinks cut-down classics have a bright future D. is cautious in its decision to cut down classics26. In Mr. Edwards op

23、inion, Orion Group is shortening classics to _. A. make them easier to read B. meet a large demand in the market C. increase the sales of literary books D. compete with their original versions 27. By describing the shortened classics as“a breath of fresh air,”Ms. Weir _. A. speaks highly of the cut-

24、down classics B. shows her love for original classics C. feels guilty of not reading the classics D. disapprove of shortening the classics28. Mr. Crockatt seems to imply that _. A. reading the classic works is a confusing attempt B. shortening the classics does harm to the original C. publishing the

25、 cut-down classics is a difficult job D. editing the classic works satisfies childrens needsC Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didnt know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says

26、Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA. But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement “The understanding has incre

27、ased many, many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor fromWisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day. According to US government reports, emissions （排放） fromcars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons. The number ofcitiesproducing CO beyond the standardhas be

28、en reduced from 40 to 9. Although seriousproblems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking”has become part of practices . Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are ab

29、out 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution. Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any educationprograms for environment. Today, its hard to find a public school, university, orlaw school that does not have such a kind of program. “Until we do that, nothing else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson.29. According to Anderson, before 1970, Amer