1、听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6.What can we know about the man?A. Hes going to hear John Denver. B. He knows little of John Denver. C. Hes a famous singer.7.What is John Denver going to do?A. Write some songs for a concert. B. Make some records for radio.C. Sing songs on Saturday evening.8.What does the woman advi
2、se the man to do?A. Buy a ticket as soon as possible. B. Listen to a program on the radio.C. Enjoy John Denvers music at home.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9.What is the man most likely to do?A. To persuade the woman to have a look at his car.B. To sell his second-hand car. C. To put up an advertisement. 10.Where
3、 is the mans office?A. In the city center. B. On Hills Road. C. Near the hospital. 11.What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman will buy the car.B. The woman has worked in the hospital for a long time.C. The car has a history of four years. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12.How many presents has Alice
4、received?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 13.Which is NOT mentioned in their dialogue?A. Alices father sends the nicest present to her.B. Alice likes all the presents she has received.C. Tom is willing to teach her to skate. 14.What can we learn from the dialogue?A. Tom is a friend of Alices. B. Alice wi
5、ll buy more CDs.C. Alice had skateboards before. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.What is the main subject of the conversation?A. Maryland Team. B. The womans injured foot. C. Saturdays game.16.What sport are they talking about?A. Basketball. B. Football. C. Baseball.17.What is going to happen?A. There will be a
6、 match between Michigan and Maryland on Saturday.B. Maryland will rank No.1 in the country.C .A tough game will be expected between the speakers team and Michigan.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18.How can you sometimes learn more about a person?A. By talking with him. B. By listening to him. C. By watching him.
7、19.Which of the following shows a person is interested in listening to you？A. His eyes are moving around. B. He is standing still.C. He is tapping his foot. 20.What can we learn from what the speaker said?A. Signs can help one follow a speaker along.B.A fast speaker often uses body language.C .Signs
8、 are usually used on TV. 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 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项 ，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In
9、that half- playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, How would you like to go to Eton? You bet, I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I. understood my
10、father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class; our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a r
11、emarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100. This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas ! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else,
12、 if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself. It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he m
13、ight just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging（剌痛） and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.Oh, he doesnt want to go away , said my mother, You shouldnt go on like this. Its up to him, said my father. He can make up his o
14、wn mind . 21. How did the author react to the idea of going to Eton? A. He didnt believe it. B. He was very unhappy. C. He was delighted. D. He had mixed feelings.22. From the text, we can know that Eden is _. A. a famous school B. an expensive car C. one of the authors friends D. one of the fathers
15、 colleagues23. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us_ . A. about their living conditions B. about the authors grades C. what the authors father is like D. how hard the authors father works24. From the text we can know that the authors father enjoyed being different as long as _ A. it drew attention to him B.
16、there was no danger of showing off C. he was not involved in any arguments D. it was understood as a jokeB English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the worlds books and three quarters of international mails
17、 are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary - perhaps as many as two million words. However, lets face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger . Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads
18、, which arent sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes （矛盾） , we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers dont fing , grocers dont groce , and hammers d
19、ont ham? If the plural （复数形式） of tooth is teeth, shouldnt the plural of booth be beeth ? One goose, two geese - so one moose , two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot an
20、d quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next? English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. Thats why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, whe
21、n I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.25. According to the passage_. A. there should be eggs in an eggplant B. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree D. boxing rings should be round26. What does the author use most
22、to prove his idea? A. Plurals. B. Paradoxes. C. Comparisons. D. Synonyms.27. The underlined words a wise guy in paragraph 3 probably mean _ . A. somebody wise B. a valuable chance C. an opposite word D. a stupid person28. The last paragraph is written to show . A. English is important B. a word may
23、have several definitions C. human beings are creative D. why people invented EnglishC Sometimes people call each other scared cat , but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemical
24、s in its blood-stream. If the danger continues, this animal will do one of the two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can. Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical c
25、hanges. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run. Human beings, however, have a problem. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever s
26、aid something in anger - and regretted later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher or told somebody you were lonely and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isnt always wise to express your feelings freely. Does this mean that its always smarter to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feel
27、ings like anger hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside. It can actually be bad for your health. Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside dont just go away. Its as if you bought some bananas and stuck them i
28、n a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long youd smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are youd see little fruit flies hovering（盘旋） all over them. Theyd be rotten. You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can
29、pretend they dont exit, but theyll still be around. And at last youll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.29. The best title for this article is A. What Happens to An Excited Person B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat C. Emotions Affect Our Bodies D. Feelings That People Have30. Accordin
30、g to the passage, human beings get into trouble because _. A. they are not as alert as animals B. they always do something wrong to other people C. they sometimes cant control their feelings D. they dont pay attention to their physical changes31. The underlined word it in paragraph 3 refers to_. A. b
