1、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称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。1. What does the woman want to do?A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.2. What will the man do for the woman?A. Repair her car. B. Give
2、her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company director.4. What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.第二节（共15小题；
3、每小题15分，满分225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至7题。6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.7. What will the woman probably do
4、next?A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.听第7段材料，回答第8 、9题。8. When will the man be home from work?A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9. Where will the speakers go ?A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema . C. The UME Cinema. 听第 8段材料,回答第 10至 12题。10. How will the s
5、peaker go to New York?A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。13. Where doe
6、s this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?A. $10,500. B. $ 12,000. C. $ 15,000.16. How many people will
7、 the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A. Its comfortable. B. Its time-saving. C. Its cheap.19. What is good about living in a small
8、 town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colourful C. Quiet.第二部分 阅读理解第一节（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 One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hal
9、l of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get shelter for the night. The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. All of our rooms are taken, the clerk said, but I cant send a nice couple like you into the rain at one oclock in the mornin
10、g. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? Its not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night. The couple As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United S
11、tates. Maybe someday Ill build one for you. The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh. Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man, asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York,
12、 and led him to the corner of the Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a reddish stone one with watchtowers thrusting （插入） up to the sky, and told the clerk that it was the hotel he had just built for him to manage. That wonderful building was the original Wal
13、dorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose name was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the worlds most attractive hotels.21. Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?A .He was grateful to the clerk. B. They had a bet at fi
14、rst.C. He wanted to please the clerk. D. He wanted to sell the hotel.22. Which of the statements about the story is NOT true?A. The story took place at about one a.m.B. The old couple were too poor to afford a luxurious room.C. The clerk was willing to help those in need.D. The clerk received an une
15、xpected invitation from the old man.23. According to the text, the clerk . A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor. B. hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money. C. didnt expect to receive things in return from the old couple. D. became rich, thanks to his own e
16、fforts.24. Which of the following proverbs suits the story the best?A. Every little thing helps.B. Make hay （干草） while the sun shines.C. Accidents will happen.D. One good turn deserves another. BWhen Kates paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “a ribbon （丝带）around a bom
17、b”. Such comments seem to suggest Kate had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City, Kate suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven. Her spine （脊柱） became bent as she grew
18、 older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering,
19、Kate taught herself to paint.In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican artist. Riveras strong influences on Kates style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.Unfortunately, her wo
20、rks did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kates works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international
21、fame at last. 25. What does the underlined phrase “a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? A. A far better artist. B. A far more gifted artist. C. A much stronger person. D. A much more famous person.26. The terrible pain Kate suffered was caused by .A. polio B. her bent spine C. back
22、 injuries D. the operations she had27. Kates style had become increasingly independent since the .A.1930s B. 1940s C. 1950s D. 1970s28. What is authors attitude toward Kate?A. Devotion. B. Sympathy. C. Worry. D. Encouragement.C Have you ever used Facebook? Many people are being lured （引诱） onto it wi
23、th the promise of a fun, free service without realizing theyre paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.Most Facebook users dont realize this is happening. Even if t
24、hey know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what theyre paying for Facebook because people dont really know what their personal data is worth.The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you keep everything private. That was the great thing ab
25、out Facebook you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things your city, your photo, your friends nameswere set, by default （默认） to be shared with everyone on the Internet.According to Facebooks vice-president Elliot Schrage, the
26、company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people dont share information, they have a “less satisfying experience”.Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of t
27、he page, totally failed.Who wants to look at ads when theyre online connecting with their friends?The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator （议员） Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commissi
28、on to set guidelines for social-networking sites. “I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits.I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy i
29、s only the beginning, which is why Im considering deactivating （撤销） my account. Facebook is a handy site, but Im upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I dont know. Thats too high a price to pay. 29. What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph?A. It is a website
30、 that sends messages to targeted users. B. It makes money by putting on advertisements. C. It profits by selling its users personal data. D. It provides loads of information to its users. 30. What does the author say about most Facebook users?A. They are reluctant to give up their personal information. B. They dont know their personal data enriches Facebook. C. They dont identify themselves when using the website. D. They care very little about their personal information. 31. Why does Facebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage?A. To provide better service to its u
