1、在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。3选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。4保持答题卡卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题:每小题1.5分，满分7.5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秒钟的时间来回各有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遮。1. What will Lucy do at 11:30
2、 tomorrow? A. Go out for lunch. B. See her dentist. C. Visit a friend.2. What is the weather like now? A. Its sunny. B. Its rainy. C. Its cloudy.3. Why does the man talk to Dr. Simpson? A. To make an apology. B. To ask for help. C. To discuss his studies.4. How will the woman get back from the railw
3、ay station? A. By train. B. By car. C. By bus.5. What does Jenny decide to do first? A. Look for a job. B. Go on a trip. C. Get an assistant.第二节（共15 1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、B, C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位里。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秒钟的作各时间。每段时话或独白读两连。听第6段材料，回答第6、7
4、题。6. What time is it now? A. 1:45. B. 2:10. C. 2:15.7. What will the man do? A. Work on a project. B. See Linda in the library. C. Meet with Professor Smith.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers talking about? A. Having guests this weekend. B. Going out for sightseeing. C. Moving into a new house
5、.9. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Host and visitor.10. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Work in his garden. B. Have a barbecue. C. Do some shopping.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where was the man born? A. In Philadelphia. B. In Springfield. C. In Kansas
6、12. What did the man like doing when he was a child? A. Drawing. B. Traveling. C. Reading.13. What inspires the man most in his work? A. Education. B. Family love. C. Nature听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Why is Dorothy going to Europe? A. To attend a training program. B. To carry out some research. C. To take
7、 a vacation.15. How long will Dorothy stay in Europe? A. A few days. B. Two weeks. C. Three months.16. What does Dorothy think of her apartment?s expensive. B. Its satisfactory. C. Its inconvenient.17. What does Bill offer to do for Dorothy? A. Recommend her apartment to Jim. B. Find a new apartment
8、 for her. C. Take care of her apartment.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What are the tourists advised to do when touring London? A. Take their tour schedule. B. Watch out for the traffic. C. Wear comfortable shoes.19. What will the tourists do in fifteen minutes? A. Meet the speaker. B. Go to their rooms. C.
9、Change some money.20. Where probably is the speaker?A. In a park. B. In a hotel. C. In a shopping center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。Were Hiring Shift Workers For Our Production PlantLooking for a career with a company that values its emplo
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11、轮班） in our cutting Department. The successful candidate must be a registered journeyman（熟练工人） within the Province of Alberta or a Red Seal.We offer a great benefit package, including health, dental and RRSPs. Numerousmotivations: Profit Sharing, Pay for Years of Service, Fitness Program Allowance, a
12、nd fun social events for you and your family.Apply in person, and well take you on a tour of our Production equipment or forward your personal information by fax or e-mail.Black Cat Blades Ltd.HR 5604-59 St., Edmonton, AB T6B 3C3Fax: （780） 465-9595A21. What is the most attractive about the company?
13、.A. Charged training. B. Desirable welfare. C. Working time. D. Free travelling.22. Who can be admitted as a skilled welder?A. An experienced operator. B. A person without a Red Seal.C. A registered journeyman in Alberta. D. A clerk from Black Cat Blades.23. How many kinds of work does the company o
14、ffer?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. BHave you read this before? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. That is the 90/10 Principle. You really have no control over 10% of what happens to us, but you determine the other 90%.Lets use an example. Yo
15、u are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You severely scold your daughter and she breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you blame your wife for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. Y
16、ou storm upstairs and change your shirt.Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and she misses the bus. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at the school and your da
17、ughter runs into the building without saying goodbye.After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, yet when you arrive home, you find a small wedge in
18、 your relationship with your wife and daughter.Why did you have a bad day? Did the coffee cause it? Did your daughter cause it?Here is what could have and should have happened.Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, “Its ok honey, you just need, to be more careful ne
19、xt time”. Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day
20、you are having.Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.24. According to the text, what happens after the coffee incident?A. The mother gets to work late. B. The couple have an argument.C. The father has a traffic accident. D. The daughter finishes
21、breakfast soon.25. Why does the author use the example?A. To prove the 90/10 principle. B. To compare different attitudes.C. To give advice on self-control. D. To show the importance of harmony.26. What does the underlined word “wedge” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Improvement. B. Wound. C. Disadv
22、antage. D. Change.27.According to the text, what leads to the different endings?A. Your coffee. B. Your family. C. Your experience. D. Your reaction.CBritish parents encourage their children to play musical instruments as part of a family tradition and not to raise their social status as Americans d
23、o, research says.Dr. Aaron Reeves of the University of Oxford found that UK parents did not see musical achievement by their children as character building or useful in getting university places or jobs. Instead, it was usually only those parents who played instruments that encouraged their children
24、 to follow suit.This contrasted with research carried out by other academics in America, he said. “Middle-class parents in the US appear to associate cultural practice with other benefits, such as developing specific characteristics and paving the way for educational success. Middle-class families a
25、re often marked by a pattern of concerted cultivation, where parents organize music-centred activities for their children, often in addition to school-based musical practice.”Researchers had owed this to “parental anxiety over the declining fortunes of educated Americans. These parents have become i
26、ncreasingly worried about providing their children with skills and abilities enabling them to stand out from their competitors in the job market.”By contrast, for British respondents, no such connection was made between what is considered as an overbearing parenting style and future educational or c
27、areer possibilities. The parents interviewed here did not connect music with usefulness but rather they focused on the value of music as a family tradition and, to a lesser extent, as something valuable in its own right.One Scottish parent, a chemist by profession, said during the interviews, “Weve
28、got two learning musical instruments. If we think its maybe worthwhile we try and encourage them, but we wouldnt force them.” A housewife said, “My sons just turned five and I want him to do the guitar because his uncle does it, but its up to him.”In some UK families, said Dr. Reeves, music was even
29、 “believed to be an obstacle to educational success, or at least secondary to it.”28. What do British parents think of music learning?A. Useful for job application. B. Helpful for character building.C. Beneficial to further education. D. Worthwhile as a family tradition.29. What does the underlined
30、word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. Cultural practice. B. Educational success.C. Concerted cultivation. D. School-based musical practice.30. What can be inferred from the text?A. The future of American kids is not promising.B. American parents hardly link music with success.C. Music learning is a
31、 personal choice for British kids.D. British parents show little concern about education.31. What is the text mainly about?A. Reasons for British music preference.B. British parenting style in music education.C. Americans attitude towards music learning.D. Differences between British and American parents.DIf you had to guess which direction Apple would be headed in 2
