1、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。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.What will the man do next Friday?A. Attend a party. B. Go on a business trip. C. E-mail the woman a report.2.How did the man sound in the conversation?A. Disappointed. B. Depressed. C. Excited3.What are the speakers mainly
2、 talking about?A. What the apartment manager is like.B. When the man met the apartment manager.C. Whether the man likes the apartment manager.4.Where does the conversation take place?A. At a restaurant. B. At home. C. At a supermarket.5.What was the weather like when Beth was at the beach?A. Cloudy.
3、 B. Sunny. C. Rainy.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。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.From whom did the woman know the man likes watching movies?A. The mans brother. B. The mans wife. C. The mans sister.7.What will
4、the man do this weekend?A. Visit his brother. B. Go to the movies. C. Listen to classical music.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What are the speakers doing?A. Having a class. B. Going over their lessons. C. Having a test.9.Where is Queensland?A. In Canada. B. In Britain. C. In Australia.听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。10.How doe
5、s the woman feel at first?A. Unhappy. B. Excited. C. Tired.11.What does the man say about the woman?A. She should lose weight. B. Her hair is in a mess. C. Her clothes are nice.12.What will the woman probably do next?A. Buy a dress. B. Wear jeans to the party. C. Have a talk with her mum.听第9段材料，回答第1
6、3-16题。13.Why did the man call?A. To order a sandwich. B. To confirm his reservation. C. To book a room.14.What do we know about the man?A. He has been to the hotel before. B. No room is available for him. C. He has once changed his name.15.How long will it take the man from the airport to the hotel?
7、A. 45 minutes. B. 10 minutes. C. An hour.16.How will the woman help the man?A. By leaving the restaurant open. B. By preparing a sandwich for him.C. By picking him up from the airport.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17.How did the speaker get the information?A. Over the radio. B. From car makers. C. From the news
8、paper.18.How many cars will be on the roads by 2025?A. 560 million. B. 516 million. C. 140 million.19.What is a major problem caused by cars?A. The increasing cost. B. The road accidents. C. The air pollution.20.What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. Major road accidents in the country.B. Probl
9、ems cars have brought to the country.C. The balance between car buyers and car makers. 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A I started reading Shakespeare when I was nine, after my grandfather, an actor, sent me a copy of Romeo and Juliet. The story and the lan
10、guage attracted me. I found out about Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand （SGCNZ）and started volunteering for them when I was about 10. When I was 13, I managed to run a film project with SGCNZ.Im home-educated and a part-time correspondence student（函授生）as well. We have a drama group made up of qui
11、te a few people who are also home-educated .Ive also joined Wellington Young Actors,a youth theatre company. There are many similarities and differences between being home-educated and attending a five-day programme. I love hearing other students reactions when meeting them and share my different wa
12、ys of experiencing the world with them. While explaining the way I learn can be a challenge, I love helping people to understand there isnt just one way of learning.Being home-educated has offered me the freedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions. My education has always b
13、een about making those focuses but I do lots of the same things as people who attend five-day programs do. Shakespeare is a great approach to lots of things around English,history and the arts. I think something you learn when you perform is connection. You have to have a connection with your fellow
14、 actors, with the audience and with Shakespeare. I learn this from actually being on stage and from taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs.I believe its the emotion in Shakespeare that makes it relevant today. You can be reading something that was written 400 years ago and be able to
15、 see parts of your life in the work as it shows you how to understand the world and explore a lot of different ideas.21.What can“a five-day program”be?A. A film project. B. A reading activity.C. School education. D. Stage performance.22.Why does the author choose home education?A. To be different fr
16、om others. B. To better focus on his passions.C. To enjoy more personal freedom. D. To improve his academic performance.23.What do we know about the author?A. A famous young actor. B. A loyal program volunteer.C. a home education writer. D. A devoted Shakespeare-lover.B I was having a great morning
17、until I sat down in front of my office computer. “Your password has expired（过期）,” a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for changing it.Coming up with a new code doesnt seem like a big deal, unless you work at my company, where we have to change it monthly, using at least one uppe
18、rcase character, one lowercase character, one symbol, and one numeral. Oh, and the whole darn thing cant be fewer than eight characters. And I cant use any of the same passwords Ive used in the past three months.Suddenly I was furious. What didnt make it any better was that I was deeply depressed af
19、ter my recent divorce. Disbelief over what she had done to me was all I thought about. Every day.My anger didnt mean anything to the empty input field with a pulsating cursor （闪动的光标）, waiting for me to type a password that Id have to re-enter many times for the next 30 days. I remembered a tip Id he
20、ard from my former boss. Hed said, “Im going to use a password to change my life.”I couldnt focus on getting things done in my current mood. There were clear indicators of what I needed to do to regain control of my life, but I couldnt notice them.My password became the indicator. My password remind
21、ed me that I shouldnt let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it.I made my password Forgiveh3r.I had to type this statement several times a day. Each time my computer would lock. Each time my screen saver with her photo would appear. Each time I
22、 would come back from eating lunch alone. In my mind, I wrote Forgive her every day.The simple action changed the way I looked at my ex-wife. That constant reminder of reconciliation led me to accept the way things had happened at the end of my marriage and embrace a new way of dealing with my depre
23、ssion. As the month wore on, I felt a slow healing begin to take place. By the time my server prompted me to reset my password the following month, I felt free.One month later, my dear Exchange server asked me yet again to reset my password. I thought about the next thing that I had to get done.My p
24、assword became Quitsmoking4ever.I quit smoking overnight. This password was a painful one to type during that month, but doing it helped me to yell at myself in my mind as I typed that statement. It motivated me to follow my monthly goal.One month later, my password became Save4tripthailand.Guess wh
25、ere I went three months later: Thailand.Seeing how these reminders helped to materialize my goals kept me motivated and excited. While its sometimes difficult to come up with your next goal, keeping at it brings great results.Here is a simplified extract of what some of my passwords have been in the
26、 past two years, so you get an idea of how my life has changed, thanks to this method:Forgiveh3r To my ex-wife, who started it all.Quitsmoking4ever It worked.Save4tripthailand It worked.Eat2timesday It never worked, still fat.Sleepbefore12 It worked.Askher4date It worked. I fell in love again.Nodrin
27、king2months It worked. I feel better.Getc4t! It worked. I have a beautiful cat.MovEtogeth3r It worked.Facetime2momsunday It worked. I talk with Mom every week.And the one for last month: Save4ring Yep. Life is gonna change again soon.24.The underlined word “furious” in the third paragraph is closest
28、 in the meaning to _.A. depressed B. doubtful C. nervous D. angry25.Why did he decide to use “Forgiveh3r”as his password?A. Because he decided to forgive his wife.B. Because he hoped his wife would forgive him.C. Because he hoped it would remind him to be strong.D. Because his former boss told him t
29、o use it to change his life.26.What can we learn from the password “Save4ring”for last month?A. He will call his mother every week.B. He will soon ask his girl friend to marry him.C. His password will help him save money.D. He will be reminded to save his password.27.What might be the best title for
30、 the passage?A. How a Password Changed My Life. B. Why I Changed My Password.C. How a Slow Healing Took Place. D. How I Followed My Monthly Goal.C People like to post their selfies（自拍照） on social media. To know more about it, scientists at Syracuse University in New York recently did a research and
31、came up with some surprising findings.People who post selfies and use editing software to make themselves look better show behavior connected to narcissism（自恋）, the researchers said. Makana Chock, a professor from Syracuse University, said because social media is mostly used by people to share unimportant information about their lives, it is a good place for people to “work towards satis
