1、5. A. Boring. B. Helpful. C. Impressive. D. Unnecessary.6. A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train. D. On foot.7. A. Teacher and student. B. Sister and brother. C. Daughter and father. D. Wife and husband.8. A. She doesnt want to go to the concert. B. She is eager to go to the concert.C. She is interested
2、 in American songs. D. She doesnt like music at all.9. A. David stopped his project halfway. B. Davids project didnt get any financial support. C. David has got financial support from the government. D. Davids project was forced to stop by the government.10. A. Asking for help. B. Expressing her dis
3、satisfaction. C. Telling her plan. D. Offering suggestions.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read t
4、he four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The benefits of traveling. B. The definition of traveling. C. The experiences of traveling. D. The different ways of t
5、raveling.12. A. Traveling makes you independent. B. Traveling helps you become successful. C. Traveling helps you start a conversation. D. Traveling makes you clear about your purpose of life.13. A. Reserved B. Suspicious. C. Negative. D. Positive.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following r
6、eport.14. A. 368,000. B. 1,220. C. 3,555. D. 2,011.15. A. Now drunk drivers will not be punished if they do not cause accidents.B. The number of drunk driving cases in Shanghai dropped by 70 percent in 2011.C. There was a drop of 18.8 percent in the number of people killed by drunk drivers in 2011.D
7、. Now drunk drivers licenses will be permanently cancelled even if no accidents are caused.16. A. The new punishments for drunk driving.B. The drop in the number of drunk driving cases.C. Peoples attitude to the revised law against drunk driving.D. The reason for issuing the revised law against drun
8、k driving.Section C In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are base
9、d on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.A Package HolidayCustomer（s）: 17 White & Jane WhiteDestination: Niagara FallsHotel: Waterfall HotelLength of stay: 18 daysTotal price: $ 19 PS: including a three-hour 20 tour on the boat “The Maid of the Mist”Blanks 21
10、 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Whats the topic of the conversation? 21 .Why is it possible for people to work at home?Because of the progress in 22 in the last ten years.What equipment should home-workers have at
11、home?A telephone, 23 , a printer, and a computer.Whats one of the advantages of working at home?It can help people to 24 .II. Grammar and VocabularySection A Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25
12、. I always sit in the non-smoking section of restaurants to reduce my exposure _ smoke. A. to B. with C. in D. from26. Im always looking forward to owning an electronic dictionary so my father is going to buy _ for me as my birthday present. A. it B. that C. this D. one27. You may dont understand wh
13、y consumers choose _ of borrowing money.A. so expensive ways B. such an expensive wayC. so an expensive way D. such expensive a way 28. Most plants grow well _ there is sufficient water and good sunshine. A. where B. unless C. although D. until29. When _ to see his badly-injured friend in hospital,
14、he almost went through a red light. A. drive B. driving C. driven D. having driven30. Someone _ the tap on, for the water is running over and flooding the bathroom.A. must have left B. could have left C. should have left D. may be leaving31. _ careful you are to avoid germs, you will probably get si
15、ck sometimes. A. Whenever B. Wherever C. However D. Whether32. How long do you think it will be before another aircraft carrier _ in China? A. build B. will build C. is built D. will be built33. Id like to see your problem _ before the end of this term. A. solve B. solved C. to solve D. to be solved
16、34. Our likes and dislikes are part of _ makes us unique and interesting, not better or superior. A. what B. that C. which D. it35. Its believed that the harder you work, _ result youll get. A. the better B. the more better C. the more good D. better36. Only when we began our college life _ the impo
17、rtance of English. A. we realized B. we had realized C. did we realize D. can we realize37. When _ he changed his mind to lend you some money? A. it was B. it was that C. did D. was it that38. Mercedes is the first team _ the race this year, following Buttons victory in Australia last year. A. winni
18、ng B. won C. win D. to win39. Video may also prove useful in situations _ note taking is difficult, such as in a moving car. A. when B. where C. that D. as40. _ was the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Ages. A. It was the sun and not the earth B. Being th
19、e sun and not the earthC. That the sun not the earth D. The sun and not the earth Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. matchesB. accurateC. emotionsD. informsE. difficultiesF. interestedG. pro
20、misesH. applicationsI. negativeJ. monitorsGoing on a date can be a fearful experience for most of us. But now a pair of “social X-Ray” glasses 41 to tell you exactly what the other person is thinkingand when you should stop talking.The glasses have a camera the size of a grain of rice which is put i
21、nto the glasses frame and connected with a wire to a small computer which can be attached to the users body. The camera _42 the other persons facial expressions and 43 them up with 24 known features which convey 44 . How long and how often 24 “feature points” appear on the subjects face are then ana
22、lyzed by software developed by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT）. This data is then compared with a bank of expressions and the computer tells the wearer through an earpiece（耳机） and lights on the glasses what their date is thinking. In a traffic light-style system, a red light me
23、ans 45 , yellow means they are a little 46 and green means your date is happy.The glasses are currently under development by researchers at MITs Media Lab. They say that wearing them during a conversation with another person is like having an “extra sense”.The glasses were developed for people suffe
24、ring from autism（自闭症） who have genuine 47_ interacting with others, but now the team behind it has seen wider 48 .So far the glasses are still a work in progress and have been 49 just 64 percent of the time, a figure which is expected to improve with further tests.III. Reading Comprehension For each
25、 blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Its been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records werent just broken, they were deep-fried.Temperature
26、s in the lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to 50 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That goes far 51 the old records.The extent of how 52 the year has been in the US has 53
27、some meteorologists（气象学者） who have warned about global warming. “Everybody has this uneasy feeling. This is not good,” said Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist who54 in extreme weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. “Its a55 pleasure. Youre out enjoying this 56 March
28、weather, but you know its not a good thing.”Its not just March. “Its been going on for several months,” said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at NOAAs National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, N.C.Meteorologists say an unusual combination of several weather 57 , including La Nina, was the direct ca
29、use of the warm start to 2012. While individual events cant be 58 on global warming, Crouch said this is like the extremes that are supposed to get more frequent because of 59 climate change from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil.Normally, March 60 42.5 degrees across the country. This year, the average was 51.1, which is closer to the average for April. Only one other time in January 2006 was the country as a whole that much 61 than normal for an entire month.In March, 62 7,775 weather stations
