1、 第一节听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15B.9.18C.9.15答案是 C。1. What will James do tomorrow?A. Watch a TV program.B. Give talk.C. Wiiteareport.2. What can we say about the woman?A. Shes generouxr. B. Shes curious C. Sh
2、es helpful.3.When does the train leave?A.At 6:00 B.At 8:30 C.At 10:304.How does the wornon go work?A.ByCar. B.On foot. C.By bike.5.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Classmates. B.Teacher and student. C.Doctor and patient.第二节(共 15 小题：每题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题, 从题中
3、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.What does the woman regret?A.Giving up her research. B.Dropping out of college. C.Changing her major.7.What is the woman interested in studying now?A.Ecology B.Education C.Chemistry
4、.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.What is the man?A.A hotel manager. B.A tour guide. C.A taxi driver.9.What is the man doing for the woman?A.Looking for some local foods.B.Showing her around the seaside.C.Offering infonnation about a hotel.听第 8 段材料，回答 10 至 12 题。10.Where does the conversation probably take place
5、?A.In an office. B.At home C.At a restaurant.11.What will the speakers do tomorrow evening?A.Go to a concert. B.Visit a friend. C.Work extra hours.12.Who is Alice going to call?A.Mike B.Joan C.Catherine听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.Why does the woman meet the man?A.To look atan apartment.B.To deliver so
6、me furniture.C.To have a meal together.14.What does the woman like about the carpet?A.Its color. B.Its design. C.Its quality.15.What does the man say about the kitchen?A.Its a good size.B.Its newly painted.C.Its adequately equipped.16.What will the woman probably do ncxt?A.Go downtown B.Talk with he
7、r friend. C.Make payment.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Who is the speake probably talking to?A.Movie fans. B.Ncws reporters. C.College students.18.When did the speakertake English classes?A.Before he left his hometown.B.After he came to America.C.Whcn he was 15 years old.19.How does the speaker feel ab
8、out his teacher?A.Hes proud. B.Hes sympathetic. C.Hes grateful.20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?A.How education shaped this fife.B.How his language skills improved.C.How he managed his business well.答案 1-5 BCCBA 6-10 BABCC 11-15 ABAAC 16-20 BCBCAAWashington.D.C.Bicycle ToursCherry Blossom
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10、ilability - and the cherry blossoms - disappear!Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle TourDuration: 3 hours (4 miles)Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington.D.C. Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares uniquefacts and his
11、tory at each stop. Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.Capital City Bike Tour in Washington, D.C.Duration: 3 hourMorning or Afternoon this bike tour is the perfect tour for D.C. newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington, D.C.in a healthy way with minimum effort.K
12、nowledge guides will entertain you with the most interesting stories about Presidents.Congress,memories,and parks.Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route(路线) make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing.Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle TourDuration: 3 hour (7 miles)Join a small group h
13、ike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington,D.C. Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of Capitol Hill and the National Mall. Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history. Tour includes bike, helmet, and bott
14、led water. All rides are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights.21. Which tour do you need to book in advance? 【A】A. Cherry Blossom Tour in Washington.D.C.B. Washington Capital Munumcnts Bicycle Tour.C. Capital City Bikc Tour in Washington.D.C.D. Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle T
15、our.22. What will you do on the Capital City Bikc Tour? 【D】A. Meet famous people.B. Go to a national park.C. Visit well-known museums.D. Enjoy interesting stories.23. Which of the following does the bicycle tour at night provide? 【D】A. City maps.B. CamerasC. Meals.D. Safety lights.21.BGood Morning B
16、ritains Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning,but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role-showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.In Save Money:Good Food,she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Teb
17、butt offers top tips on how to reduce food taste,while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day.And the Good Morning Britain presenter says shes been able to put a lot of what shes learnt into practice in her own home,preparing meals for sons,Sam,14,Finn,13,and Jack,11.“We love Mexican churros
18、,so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant,”she explains. “I pay5 for a portion(一份 ),but Matt makes them for26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food,but sometimes were not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves.
19、”The eight-part series(系列节目),Save Money:Good Food,follows in the footsteps of ITVs Save Money:Good Health,which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.With food our biggest weekly household expense,Susanna and Matt spend time with a different fam
20、ily each week.In tonights Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget.The team transforms the familys long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.24.What do we know about Susanna Reid? (B)A.She enjoys embarrassing her
21、guests. B.She has started a new programme.C.She dislikes working early in the morning. D.She has had a tight budget for her family.25.How does Matt Tebbutt help Susanna? (C)A.He buys cooking materials for her. B.He prepare food for her kids.C.He assists her in cooking matters. D.He invites guest fam
22、ilies for her.26.What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4? (C)A.Summarize the previous paragraphs. B.Provide some advice for the readers.C.Add some background information. D.Introduce a new topic for discussion.27.What can be a suitable title for the text? (D)A.Keeping Fit by Eating Smart B.
23、Balancing Our Daily DietC.Making Yourself a Perfect Chef D.Cooking Well for LessCLanguages have been coming and going for thousands of years,but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going.When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers,small,tightly knit(联系) groups develo
24、ped their own patterns of speech independent of each other.Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago,when the world had just five to ten million people,they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.Soon afterwards,many of those people started settling down to become farmers,and their la
25、nguages too became more settled and fewer in number.In recent centuries,trade,industrialisation,the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education,especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades,all have caused many languages to disappear,
26、and dominant languages such as English,Spanishand Chinese are increasingly taking over.At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet
27、 zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000; Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number (中位数)of speakers is a mere 6,000,which means that half
28、the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that.Alredy well over 400 0f the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the Unitde St
29、ates (two or three) or Wadjigu in Auatralia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.28.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times? BA.They developed very fast. B.They were large in number.C.They had similar patterns. D.They were closely connec
30、ted.29.Which of the following best explains “dominanr” underlined in paragraph 2? CA.Complex. B.AdvancedC.Powerful. D.Modern.30.How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present. BA.About 6,800. B.About 3,400.C.About 2,400. D.About 1,200.31.What is the main idea of the text? CA.New
31、languages will be created.B.Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.C.Human development results in fewer languages.D.Geography determines language evolution.DWe may think were a culture that gets rid of our worn technology at the first sight of something shony and new,but a new study shows tha
32、t we keep using our old devices (装置) well after they go out ot style,Thats bad news for environment and our wallets as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things，To figure out how much power these devices are using,Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at
33、 the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life form when its minedals are mined to when we stop using the device.This method provided a readout for how home energy use evolved since the early 1990s.Devices were grouped by gener
34、ation.Desltop computers basic mobile phones,and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1997. And MP3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007.As we accumulated more devices,however,we didnt throw out our old o
35、nes.”TheLiving-room television is replaced and gets planted in the kids room ,and suddenly one day,you have a TV in every room of the house,said one researcher. The average number of electronic devices rose from four per household in 1992 to 13 in 2007.Were not just keeping these old devices-we cont
36、inue to use them. According to the analysis of Babbins team,old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions(排放) more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.So whats the solution(解决方案)?The t
37、eams data only went up to 2007,but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function ,such as tablet for word processing and TV viewing. They found that more on demand entertainment viewing on tables instead of T
38、Vs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.32.What does the author think of new devices?(A)A.They are environment-friendly. B.They are no better than the old.C.They cost more to use at home. D.They go out of style quickly.33.Why did Babbins team conduct the research?(D)A.To reduce
39、the cost of minerals. B.To test the life cycle of a product.C.To update consumers on new technology.D.To find out electricity consumption of the devices.34.Which of the following uses the least energy?(B)A.The box-set TV. B.The tablet.C.The LCD TV. D.The desktop computer.35.What does the text sugges
40、t people do about old electronic devices?(A)A.Stop using them. B. Take them apart.C.Upgrade them. D.Recycle them.第二节(共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。Color is fundamental in home design-something youll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your s
41、paces is one of the first steps to creating rooms youll love to live in. Do you want a room thats full of life?Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day?_36_(B)_,color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.Over the years, there have been a number of differe
42、nt techniques to help designers approach this important point._37_(A)_,they can get a little complex. But good news is that therere reallly only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home:the small ones, the medium ones,and the large ones._38_.Theyre the little spots of color
43、 like throw pillows,mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms.Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa,small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.Medium color choices are generall
44、y furniture pieces such as sofas,dinner tables or bookshelves._39_.They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones,and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.The large color decision in your rooms concern the walls,ceilings,and floors.Whether youre looking at wallpaper or pain
45、t,the time,effort and relative expense put into it are significant._40_While all of them are usefulWhatever youre looking forIf youre experimenting with a colorSmall color choices are the ones were most familiar withIts not really a good idea to use too many small color piecesSo it pays to be sure,b
46、ecause you want to get it right the first timeColor choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two maior ways36.B 37.A 38.D 39.G 40.F第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)(共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A，B，C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Duing my second year at the city college,I was told t
47、hat the education department was offering a “free” course,called Thinking Chess,for three credits.I _41_ the idea of taking the class because,after all,who doesnt want to _42_ a few dollars? More than that,Id always wanted to learn chess.And,even if I werent _43_ enough about free credits,news about
48、 our _44_ was appealing enough to me.He was an international grandmaster,which _45_ I would be learning from one of the games _46_,I could hardly wait to _47_ him.Maurice Ashley was kind and smart,a former graduate returing to teach,and this _48_ was no game for him:he meant business.In his introduc
49、tion,he make it _49_ that our credits would be hard-earned.In order to _50_ the class,among other criteria,we had to write a paper on how we plan to _51_ what we would learn in class to our future professions and _52_ to our lives.I managed to get an A in that _53_ and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the _54_.Ten years after my chess class wi
