1、英语 注意事项： 本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。 考试结束后将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第 I 卷 注意事项： 第一部分 听力 (共两节 ,满分 30 分 ) 第一节 (共 5 小题 ;每小题 1.5 分 ,满分 7.5 分 ) 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 ,并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 1.Why does the man dislike classical music? A. Its too noisy.
2、B. It makes him sleepy. C.It makes him sad. 2.What does the woman think of the movie Superbad? A.The longest. B.The luckiest. C.The funniest. 3.Where does the conversation probably take place? A.In a department store. B.In a restaurant. C.At a railway station. 4.When will the woman finish the work?
3、A.At 2:55. B.At 3:10. C.At 4:00. 5.Where does the man want to go? A.Fuchengmen. B.Palace Museum. C.National History Museum. 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
4、6 段材料 ,回答第 6、 7 题。 6.Why did the boss shout at Mike? A.Mike made a mistake and tried to keep it back. B.Mike didnt finish the work on time. C.Mike made the same mistake again and again. 7.What can be inferred from what the woman said? A.No one will make the same mistake. B.Smart people never make mi
5、stakes. C.Anyone can make mistakes. 听第 7 段材料 ,回答第 8 至 10 题。 8.Why did the man and May come here? A.To visit a friend. B.To attend an exhibition. C.To attend a meeting. 9.Why did the man refuse to live here at first? A.Its a little noisy. B.It has only one room. C.Its too dirty. 10.In order to book r
6、ooms, what did the man need to do? A.Sign a credit card. B.Pay in cash. C.Find another hotel. 听第 8 段材料 ,回答第 11 至 13 题。 11.Why does the man call the woman? A.To tell her about his hobby. B.To win her love. C.To ask for her help. 12.Why does the man want to quit smoking? A.Most people hate smoking. B.
7、Smoking pollutes air. C.Cigarettes are more expensive and harmful. 13.What does the woman think of the mans quitting smoking? A.Terrible. B.Good. C.Funny. 听第 9 段材料 ,回答第 14 至 16 题。 14.When will exams come? A.Next week. B.Next month.C.In two weeks. 15.How did the man learn to speak Chinese? A.By liste
8、ning. B. By practicing speaking. C.By reading and writing. 16.What are they talking about? A.The summer plan. B.How to write. C.How to teach. 听第 10 段材料 ,回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.Why did the National Zoo hold a party? A.To celebrate the pandas survival. B.To celebrate the pandas first birthday. C.To celebra
9、te the pandas recovery. 18.How many zoos in the US have pandas? A.4. B.5. C.6. 19.How much does the panda weigh? A.20 kg. B.15 kg. C.30 kg. 20.When did the first panda arrive in the US? A.In 2010. B.In 2005. C.In 1972. 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
10、 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Education and Training Make sure your skills are up-to-date If y oure looking f or a new job or y ou want to change y our career, hav ing up-to-date skills is the key to a successf ul job search and y our f uture earning power. Choose the right training If y ou need trai
11、ning to learn new skills or enhance(提高 ) existing skills, make sure y ou got to know the f ollowing: What training program is the best f or y ou? How will y ou pay f or y our training? You need to consider all these and more when y ou choose y our training. Search for training providers Massachusett
12、s school inf ormation is made av ailable by the Massachusetts career inf ormation sy stem(CIS). This directory includes most of the training prov iders and colleges in the states. The data f or trade schools cov ers programs, admissions, schedules and costs. Descriptions f or two-y ear, f our-y ear,
13、 and graduate schools include inf ormation about school size, setting, programs, admissions, schedules, and costs. A link to the schools Internet home page is prov ided when av ailable. Learn about the Entrepreneurial(创业者的 ) training program The Entrepreneurial training program(ETP) prov ides traini
14、ng and technical assistance to indiv iduals with good business ideas and the desire to start their own business. Learn about Apprenticeship(见习 ) programs Div ision of apprentice training is a sy stem f or teaching highly technical skills through a combination of on-the-job training and related class
15、room instruction. Also, it is responsible f or promoting, dev eloping and prov iding serv ices f or apprenticeship programs in the state. Many apprentice programs are in traditional building trade areas such as Carpentry , Electrical and Ironwork. In addition, apprentice programs are being dev elope
16、d in areas such as Inf ormation Technology , Banking and Finance, Childcare, Culinary (烹调的 ) Arts and Telecommunications. Use Online Resources Link directly to the websites of colleges and univ ersities in the state of Massachusetts. Explore other online job databases. 12. In order to gain new skill
17、s, y ou need to _. A、 look f or a new job B、 turn to a training prov ider C、 choose the right training D、 start y our own business 13. According to the text, the CIS _. A、 designs schedules f or training prov iders B、 organizes schools to do training C、 raises business ideas f or training prov iders
18、 D、 prov ides inf ormation of training prov iders 14. If y ou want to start y our own company , y ou probably would turn to _. A、 an apprentice programs B、 the CIS C、 the Internet D、 the ETP B More students than ev er bef ore are taking a gap y ear(间隔年 ) bef ore going to univ ersity. It used to be c
19、alled the “y ear off “ between school and univ ersity. The gap-y ear phenomenon originated( 起源 ) with the months lef t ov er to Oxbridge applicants between entrance exams in Nov ember and the start of the next academic y ear. This y ear, 25,310 students who hav e accepted places in higher education
20、institutions hav e put off their entry until next y ear, according to statistics on univ ersity entrance prov ided by the Univ ersity and College Admissions Serv ice(UCAS). That is a record 14.7% increase in the number of students taking a gap y ear. Tony Higgins f rom UCAS said that the statistics
21、are good news f or ev ery one in higher education. “Students who take a well-planned y ear our are more likely to be satisf ied with, and complete, their chosen course. Students who take a gap y ear are of ten more mature and responsible,“ he said. But not ev ery one is happy . Owain James, the pres
22、ident of the National Union of Students(NUS), argued that the increase is ev idence of student hardship y oung people are being f orced into earning money bef ore f inishing their education. “New students are now aware that they are likely to leav e univ ersity up to 15,000 in debt. It is not surpri
23、sing that more and more students are taking a gap y ear to earn money to support their study f or the degree. NUS statistics show that ov er 40% of students are f orced to work during term time and the f igure increases to 90% during v acation periods,“ he said. 24. What do we learn about the gap y
24、ear f rom the text? A、 It is f lexible in length. B、 It is a time f or relaxation. C、 It is increasingly popular. D、 It is required by univ ersities. 25. According to Tony Higgins, students taking a gap y ear _. A、 are better prepared f or college studies B、 know a lot more about their f uture jobs
25、C、 are more likely to leav e univ ersity in debt D、 hav e a better chance to enter top univ ersities 26. How does Owain James f eel about the gap y ear phenomenon? A、 Hes puzzled. B、 Hes worried. C、 Hes surprised. D、 Hes annoy ed. 27. What would most students do on their v acation according to NUS s
26、tatistics? A、 Attend additional courses. B、 Make plans f or the new term. C、 Earn money f or their education. D、 Prepare f or their graduate studies. C Ray mond Tomlinson, the inv entor of email who f irst used the “ sy mbol to separate the user name f rom the machine name, died of a heart attack on
27、 March 5 at the age of 74, Ray theon Company where he worked announced on Monday . Tomlinson was an American computer programmer who used the f irst email program on the ARPANET sy stem in 1971. The program was the f irst messaging sy stem that was able to send mail between dif f erent users on dif
28、f erent computers. Bef ore that, computer messaging was limited on the same computer. It was Tomlinson who made the historic choice to separate the name of his messages receiv er f rom the name of the host computer using the “ sy mbol when he f irst tested. The sy mbol, once an unknown accounting in
29、v oice abbrev iation（发票缩写）， since became one of the most univ ersally recognized digital icons around the world. Tomlinson was listed into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012 f or his inv ention of modem email. He was honored f or “a complete rev olution, f undamentally changing the way people communi
30、cate.“ “I was looking f or a method that did not require the person to be there when the message was sent and enabled the receiv er to read and answer communications at their conv enience, said Tomlinson at his induction ceremony . “I just had no idea about what the f inal impact would be.“ Currentl
31、y an estimated 2.6 billion people worldwide use email to communicate, sending more than 205 billion emails per day . 32. From Paragraph l we know that Ray mond Tomlinson _. A、 inv ented modern email B、 died of hard work C、 inv ented the sy mbol of “ D、 is the greatest inv entor 33. According to Para
32、graph 2, what are Ray mond Tomlinson probably interested in? A、 Accounting B、 Programming C、 Communication D、 Computer game 34. Why was Ray mond Tomlinson listed into the Internet Hall of Fame? A、 He was a good programmer. B、 He inv ented modern email. C、 He was dev oted to his work. D、 He used the
33、“ sy mbol well. 35. How does modem email af f ect peoples lif e? A、 By changing the way of communication. B、 By sending messages at their conv enience. C、 By reading messages at their conv enience. D、 By communicating without using the Internet. D Many people think that personal dev elopment is some
34、thing they cant do, but the truth is ev ery one can help themselv es personally dev elop. You might f ind a f ew new hints in this article. A great way to help ones mood is to liv e in the here and now. The idea is similar to the idea in Eckhart Tolles The Power of Now. If y ou liv e in the present
35、moment, y ou cannot ev er possibly be in pain, because to know pain there has to be a past. Sometimes f inding a f aith to dev ote oneself to is a great self -help idea. During hard times we tend to alway s think about what is troubling us and lose sight of the bigger picture. A f aith helps one f o
36、cus on that bigger picture while changing the f ocus f rom hardship to a higher power. To help y ourself , f ocus on helping others. Pay attention to y our attitudes towards other people. Do y ou v iew them as unique indiv iduals who are worthy of respect, or do y ou just see them as obstacles(障碍 )
37、who are alway s getting in y our way ? The more y ou care about other people, the more y ou will care f or y ourself . When y ou are try ing to improv e y ourself , it is important to remember to f ocus on one thing at a time. If y ou try to improv e sev eral dif f erent aspects, y ou may lose contr
38、ol of all of them. This leads to frustration and ev entually y ou may giv e up. One of the most important things about self improv ement is to set achiev able goals f or y ourself . Setting goals that are unreachable will only make y ou f eel discouraged! The inf ormation y ou just looked at should
39、help y ou to f eel more conf ident in y our ef f orts to grow as an indiv idual. Keep a positiv e mindset, and apply y our chosen tips consistently . 32 What does the underlined phrase “in the here and now“ in Para.2 mean? A、 Without pain B、 In the same place. C、 With a good mood D、 In the present t
40、ime. 33 Liv ing in the present moment can help y ou _. A、 hav e f aith in y ourself B、 f ocus on one thing at a time C、 av oid the bad ef f ect of prev ious pain D、 hav e a better understanding of y our past 34 The benef it of f inding a f aith is that it can help one _. A、 get out of trouble B、 tak
41、e the long v iew C、 picture a bright f uture D、 dev ote himself to his tasks 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。 What problems do y ou hav e with y our study ? Do y ou want to improv e the way y ou study ? Do y ou f eel nerv ous bef ore a test? Many students say t
42、hat a lack of concentration is their biggest problem. It seriously af f ects their ability to study , so do their test results. 1 Study Techniques You should alway s study in the same place. You shouldnt sit in a position that y ou use f or another purpose. 2 Dont watch TV while y ou are study ing.
43、Experts warn that y our concentration may be reduced by 50 percent if y ou attempt to study in this way . Alway s try to hav e a white wall in f ront of y ou, so there is nothing to distract y ou. Bef ore sitting down to study , gather together all the equipment y ou need. Apart f rom y our textbook
44、s, pens, pencils and kniv es, make sure y ou hav e a dictionary . 3 Finish one thing bef ore beginning another. If y ou need a break, get up and walk around f or a f ew minutes, but try not to telephone a f riend or hav e something to eat. Test-taking Skills All y our hard work will be f or nothing
45、if y ou are too nerv ous to take y our test. Getting plenty of rest is v ery important. This means: do not study all night bef ore y our test! It is a better idea to hav e a long-term study plan. Try to make a timetable f or y our study which lasts f or a f ew months. 4 Doing some f orm of exercise
46、ev ery day will also improv e y our concentration. Eat healthly f ood too. When y ou arriv e in the examination room, f ind y our seat and sit down. Breathe slowly and deeply . Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too of ten. 5 21. A、 Abov e all, take no notice of ev ery one else and
47、 giv e the test paper y our undiv ided attention. B、 Your ey es will become tired if y ou try to read a text which is on a f lat surf ace. C、 If so, use these tips to help y ou. D、 Be realistic and dont try to complete too much in one study period. E、 For example, when y ou sit on a sof a to study ,
48、 y our brain will think it is time to relax. F、 You will hav e enough energy to deal with y our study and exams by eating healthy diet. G、 Exercise is a great way to reduce pressure. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分） 第一节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 You may be surprised to see “making sure children nev er suf f er“ as a mistake. The f ollowing 1 may help y ou u
