1、ABuying a TV. BTV channel. CSports meet. 3Why will the woman leave before eleven?ATo buy something. BTo make a work plan. CTo go home. 4What was the man doing at the moment?AHe was listening to the radio. BHe was reading a book. CHe was writing something. 5What is the weather like today?AIts rainy.
2、BIts sunny. CIts cloudy.第二节（共15个小题；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，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，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至7题。6What is the woman most probably doing?AInforming the man of an appointment.BTelling the man her advice.CBargaining with t
3、he man.7When will Mr. Emory and the man meet? AAt 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. BAt 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. CAt 3:00 p.m. the day after tomorrow.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8Which citys information does the woman hope to get?ANew York. BLas Vegas. CNew Orleans.9Which festival is mentioned in the conversation?AEaster Day. BVal
4、entines Day. CNew Years Day.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10What does the man do on weekends?AGo climbing with his parents. BMake long trips in another city.CMake short trips with friends.11What does the woman like best?ASwimming and sailing. BSwimming and cycling. CSailing and cycling.12What does the man like t
5、o do in his spare time?AReading. BDancing. CPlanting.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13When did the two speakers meet last time?AOne and a half year ago. BOne year ago. CHalf a year ago.14What gift does the woman give the boy?AA motor car. BA racing car. CA police car.15How does the woman get here?ABy plane. BBy t
6、rain. CBy bus.16How long will it take to get home by car?AAbout half an hour. BAn hour. COne and a half hour.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Where did Nat King Cole play the piano at first?AAt a bar. BIn the cinema. CAt the concert. 18Why did the lady ask the player to sing a song?AShe had paid him for this.BSh
7、e knew him very well. CShe wanted to have a change.19What was Nat King Cole best known as later?APiano player. BSinger. CPainter. 20Why did Nat King Cole succeed?AThe lady helped him a lot.BHe continued to play where he first played.CHe caught the chance. 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
8、Agatha Christie used to go out at night. She will never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago.That evening, she was invited to a birthday party which lasted till 2 oclock in the morning. Without company, Agatha walked home along the quiet street. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark bu
9、ilding, a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I dont think you wish to die here!”“What do you want?” Agatha asked. “Your earrings （耳环）. Take them off!”Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with
10、 the collar （衣领） of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings, and then she quickly threw them on the ground.“Take them and let me go.” she said. The robber was uncertain. He saw that the girl didnt care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace.
11、He realized the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace.”“Oh, sir. Its not worth much. Please let me keep it.”“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could
12、to her home.The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds ten shillings （先令）.21. Agatha will never forget the night because _.A. she was robbed of her earringsB. she was robbed but she fooled the robberC. she had such a nice time at the partyD. it is da
13、ngerous for a girl to walk alone at night22. Why did she try to protect her necklace? _.A. She didnt want the robber to notice it.B. It was cheaper than the earrings.C. It was worth keeping.D. She would rather have it robbed.23. The story wants to tell us _.A. Agatha was brave and cleverB. the robbe
14、r was foolishC. a necklace is usually more expensive than earringsD. never stay too late at an evening partyBIts not Christmas Day yet. But wherever I go on the streets, I see shops selling Christmas trees and all kinds of beautiful decorations, waiters wearing Christmas hats; I hear children singin
15、g Christmas songs on broadcast; I get messages of Christmass best wishes from friends.I just got quite confused again, since when have Chinese begun celebrating Christmas Day? What do these people celebrate it for, the birth of Chris? But we all know that most of Chinese are not Christians, they don
16、t even know the origin of Christmas Day, and they celebrate it for no reason.I dont celebrate Christmas Day or any other western holidays since Im not a Christian and nor am I a westerner. I dont know what Christmas really means. Anyway I cant get reasonable answers from my friends. Some of them thi
17、nk they would like to just take this chance to enjoy themselves regardless of the meaning of the festival. Some of them think Im an old-fashioned girl, a bigot who doesnt appreciate the spirit of Chinese cultural tolerance（宽容） and understanding of other cultures. Well, if it is about cultural tolera
18、nce, why dont we ever celebrate the month of Muharram, or festivals of colours in India, or Fiestas Patrias in Mexico?I really appreciate cultural exchanges and communications with all nations, but I dont think this is what its about. People are celebrating more and more western festivals while igno
19、ring our traditional ones.Is it part of globalization（全球化）？ Do people in other non-western countries also celebrate Christmas?24. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer _.A. is an old-fashioned girlB. doesnt like festivals at allC. prefers western festivals to Chinese festivalsD. prefer
20、s Chinese festivals to western festivals25. According to the writer, many Chinese people celebrate Christmas _.A. for no reasonB. for the birth of ChrisC. because most of them are ChristiansD. because they dont like Chinese festivals26. The underlined word “bigot” in Paragraph 3 means _.A. a very br
21、ave person B. a very stubborn personC. a very careful person D. a very popular person27. We can learn from the passage that _.A. more and more Chinese people celebrate western festivals nowB. Chinese people pay enough attention to our own festivalsC. no Christmas celebration means one lacks cultural
22、 toleranceD. the writer doesnt like cultural exchanges and communications with other countriesCThe biggest hamburger restaurant chain（连锁） in the world is McDonalds. It started in 1955 with just one restaurant, but now has more than 20000 worldwide. There are more than 12000 McDonalds restaurants onl
23、y in the US. You can find them in 100 countries on six continents. There isnt a McDonalds in Antarctica, but I dont suppose they eat hamburgers at the South Pole. When you eat at a McDonalds restaurant you are joining the 35 million people who eat and drink at McDonalds every day, and there are more
24、 than one million people who work there. McDonalds has sold 100 billion hamburgers since it opened, and it sells more than 6.8 million pounds of French Fries every day.How do you like your hamburger restaurant? There are old McDonalds - part of one restaurant in England is 600 years old. There are e
25、legant（高雅的） McDonalds - there is one on the Champs Elysees in Paris. There are cool McDonalds - there is one in Hollywood. There are McDonalds restaurants on ships and trains, in hospitals and zoos, in airports and in colleges.Clearly many people like the speed, hygiene（卫生） and cheapness of fast foo
26、d restaurants. However, not everyone likes fast food. Some people question the nutritional value of the food; some people think the fast food causes too much waste and pollution. So the fast food business gives us plenty of food for thought, as well as convenient, affordable meals.28. There are _ Mc
27、Donalds restaurants outside the US now.A. about 20000 B. about 8000C. about 12000 D. about 3200029. How many people does each McDonalds employees serve on average every day? _A. About 35 billion B. About 100 billionC. About 35 million D. About 600 million30. From the passage we can infer that _.A. t
28、here are McDonalds of different styles to meet different customersB. the writer encourage more people to eat hamburgersC. the writer thinks people should stop eating hamburgersD. hamburgers are of great nutritional value31. The underlined phrase“plenty of food for thought”in the last paragraph proba
29、bly means _.A. a lot of delicious food B. a lot of food you can affordC. a lot of things to think about D. a lot of convenient foodDThere are many people who say Thomas Edison invented the twentieth century. Although there are those who may disagree, yet Edison was one of the greatest inventors in A
30、merica. Born in 1847 in Ohio, Thomas Edison attended school for only three months. After his teacher said that he could not learn, Edisons mother decided to teach him at home. There he was allowed to study the subjects that most interested him. By age ten, Edison had built a science laboratory of his own. Edison got his first job at age twelve on the railway selling candy and newspapers. There he once saved a boy wh
