1、听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. Who does the man want to speak to?A. Mr. Ford. B. Mr. Taylor. C. Ms. Davidson. 2. What did the man give his father?A. A hat. B. A card. C. A shirt.3. When did the lectur
2、e begin?A. At 8:50. B. At 9:00. C. At 9:10.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. How to find a cheap hotel. B. Where to spend their holiday. C. When to go to Disney World.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In an office. B. At a laundry. C. At a department store.第二节（共15小
3、题；每小题1分，满分15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6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What sport are the speakers going to play?A. Soccer. B. Basketball. C. Baseball.7. Why is the woman worried?A. She never plays sports. B. She doesnt k
4、now the other guys.C. She thinks people will make fun of her.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How many days a week does the team practice?A. Seven. B. Six. C. One.9. How does the woman feel about the practices?A. They are pretty easy. B. They are worth the effort. C. They are long and serious.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.
5、Where does the womans grandmother usually live?A. In Oregon. B. In California. C. In Washington State.11. What will the woman do with her grandmother?A. Go to a mall. B. Go for a hike. C. Go to a restaurant.12. What happened to the womans grandfather?A. He died. B. He retired. C. He moved away.听第9段材
6、料，回答第13至16题。13. How many groups will there be in total?A. Nine. B. Eight. C. Six.14. What will the students do in the museum?A. Take notes. B. Take photographs. C. Listen to a lecture.15. Where will the students meet all together at noon?A. In the cafeteria. B. In front of the museum. C. In one of t
7、he museum rooms.16. What type of assignment will the students do?A. An art project. B. A history project. C. A photography project.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the top news story?A. An animal was missing. B. There is a thief at the zoo. C. The school year changes.18. Who is Lacy?A. A school directo
8、r. B. A zookeeper. C. A monkey.19. How does the speaker describe Lacy?A. Frightened. B. Dangerous. C. Crazy.20. When did the school year finish before?A. In early June. B. In mid-June. C. In late June.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分25分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen I go
9、t my licence at 17, I would get any excuse to drive. Two weeks after I got my licence, we had exams at school and on the Monday I decided not to drive because I was tired from studying.We had the same driver. All the kids got on well with each other. That afternoon I was sitting by the window next t
10、o a 13-year-old girl who was telling me about her day, when there was a loud dull sound. I looked up to see the younger children standing and looking down towards the front of the bus. Our driver wasnt at the wheel.It was around 3 pm, so there was a lot of traffic and we were at a busy intersection.
11、 The girl I was sitting with jumped up and said, “You just got your licence-you have to go for a drive.” I replied, “What? My driving licence isnt to drive a bus!” But she said, “Youve got to go.”Wed been stationary at a red light but the bus started to move slowly, at about 5 mph, on its own. Every
12、thing went into slow motion. I headed to the front and yelled for someone to call the police. The driver had fallen from his seat and his feet had come off the pedals. He was on the ground, shaking. His whole body was blocking the front of the bus. I couldnt reach the brakes or sit down. I instantly
13、 went into problem-solving way.Then I saw a car coming towards us-we were in the middle of the intersection and had started drifting into the opposite lane. I leaned over the driver and grabbed the wheel, then I steered us through the intersection to the side of the road. I pulled the massive emerge
14、ncy brake, hoping it would stop the bus, and it did. Our headteacher and an ambulance arrived within five minutes. The driver had had a heart attack; he was sent to hospital immediately.21. Why didnt the author drive her car to school that day?A. She disliked driving her car on Mondays.B. She hersel
15、f had no time to practice driving a car.C. Shed just got her licence with limited experience.D. She was tired because of the preparation for exams.22. What made the author decide to have a try to drive the bus?A. A girls confidence in the authors driving skills.B. The urgent situation at the very mo
16、ment.C. The drivers command before his slowly falling down.D. The crying of the younger children on the bus.23. What kind of person was the author?A. She was brave and quick-minded in face of danger. B. She hesitated to give a hand to other people.C. She had no courage to risk her life. D. She relie
17、d on others to solve problems.B I find it humorous sometimes that even the most common happenings can have a powerful influence on our awareness. My family moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like it does today. The entire side of th
18、e yard is surrounded by a carefully built rock wall. The front of the house, though, is another story. The rocks seem to be just thrown up onto the dirt, as if someone were in a hurry to finish it. We did the best to live with it and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had leftover flowe
19、rs or plants, my wife or I would throw them out front, just to bring some color to the area. Last summer I had reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didnt plant it and Denise claimed that she didnt either. We decided to let i
20、t continue growing until we could figure out what it was. Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. It was long and thin with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the area
21、to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun. Thats when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didnt let a big rock stand in its way of developin
22、g, we too can do the same thing. We need to believe in ourselves like the sunflower and have faith that we have the ability to overcome difficulty. Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or aro
23、und your big obstacle in order to reach your desires.24. What does the underlined word “identify” mean in Paragraph2?A. recognize B. remove C. admit D. solve25. Why didnt the writer get rid of the sunflower?A. Because he was fond of sunflowers. B. Because he wanted to know what the plant was.C. Beca
24、use he was moved by the spirit of the sunflower. D. Because he wanted to decorate the garden.26. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. The Rock Garden. B. A Mystery Plant. C. The Importance of Self-confidence. D. Stand Tall Like the Sunflower.C Almost everybody once felt lonel
25、iness. Loneliness doesnt depend on how many people you are surrounded, but actually is decided by how much socially connected you are. Social media such as WeChat, QQ and Microblog is growing rapidly, which seems to have expanded our network, but actually has thrown ourselves into the hole of loneli
26、ness. Now loneliness is poisoning our mental health. To jump out of the “net”, recently the concept of “cohousing” is introduced by some western architects（建筑师）and the new living style is well-received in the US among seniors. So whats cohousing? Most cohousing communities are 15 to 35 private and i
27、ndividual houses built around a public area where social interaction takes place. Those individual houses are actually the same with common houses with living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. In the public area, there are a variety of public facilities like big kitchens. Residents can regula
28、rly plan activities and meals together. Some neighborhoods have dinner every day with work clearly given to each person. The closer ties in the cohousing communities tend to increase peoples sense of security. In addition, cohousing units prove to be economical. Although the house itself might be a
29、little higher, the total costs can be lower after considering energy savings through shared meals, transportation and others. The attitude towards “cohousing” is mixed. Intentional people-to-people interaction is greatly valued the accepted by supporters. They treat the lifestyle as the lifeline out
30、 of the hole of loneliness. However, opponents hold that privacy outweighs intentional social interaction. They find no need to change their current living style and want to stay unchanged as long as possible. Such opinion is challenged by some people. They argue when those people get older with sud
31、den death of their income or even mate, they will realize the value of cohousing communities. They are suggested to plan ahead. Whats your idea? Will you choose to live in cohousing communities?27. The author uses “social media” in the first paragraph to _.A. show the problem of using them B. persuade readers to value communication C. remind readers of their ways of communication D. prove the importance of them 28. What can we learn from the cohousing communities?A. The communities are built in an area which conta
