1、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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Turn off the TV in five minutes B. Wash his hands upstairs. C. Sit down for dinner right away.2. What does the woman mean? A. She will bring the
2、man a free drink. B. The mans waiter will be there soon. C. She will take the mans food order right away.3. What does the man want to do? A. Borrow a book. B. Buy a book on the Internet. C. Return a book to the library.4. What does the man think the woman should do? A. Stop her trip to Spain. B. Spe
3、ak out how she feels. C. Go to another country.5. Why does the man suggest the Fairmont Hotel? A. Because of its price. B. Because of its location C. Because of its size 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，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，各个小题将给出5秒
4、钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。6. How does the man feel about Friday the thirteenth? A. He strongly dislikes it. B. He is anxious about it. C. He thinks it is suitable to have a party on that day.7. What does the woman think the mans bad luck will be? A. She will not come to his party. B. No one else will come t
5、o his party. C. Something bad will happen at his party.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man ask the woman for her notes? A. His notes are poor. B. His eyesight is getting worse C. He has missed a couple of classes.9. Where does the man work? A. At a library. B. At a fruit shop. C. At a coffee shop.听第8
6、段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Whats the weather like now?A. Windy B. Rainy C. Snowy.11. How does the woman think about the weather report?A. Believable. B. Unreliable. C . Changeable.12. Whats the man probably?A. Hes a lawyer. B. Hes a waiter C. Hes a travel agent.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is bothering the man?
7、A. Headache. B. Chest pain. C. Back pain.14. How long has it been since the mans car accident?A. Six months B. One year. C. Two years.15. What kind of medicine does the man take?A. Painkillers. B. Sleeping pills C. Vitamins16. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Try a new diet for six months
8、.B. Ride his bike less frequently.C. Try to reduce stress in life.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why is the meeting held?A. To make the vacation arrangements.B. To announce the end of the term.C. To announce academic projects.18. What need the audience do now?A. Move their belongings B. Fill out forms. C. Le
9、ave their dorms19. Which will be closed during the vacation? A. The computer center. B. The library. C. The dinning halls.20. Which will be open on regular hours? A. The post office. B. The gymnasium. C. The college store.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）AEvery people uses its own special
10、word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “Wheres the beef？”. It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s “Where” was one of the most
11、popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone were using it at the time.Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a l
12、ow price. Ray called this “McDonalds”. Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendys” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonalds or anyone else.
13、 The Wendys Company began to use the expression “Where” to make people know that Wendys hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendys television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women s
14、aid she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Where” she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendys hamburger restaurants was a success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where”21_ started McDonalds.ARay BMcDonaldCWendy DThree old women22Othe
15、r people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _Athey could sell hamburgers at a low priceBhamburgers were easy to makeCbeef was very popular in AmericaDthey could make a lot of money23Wendys made the expression known to everybody _.Awith many old women eating hamburgersBby a tel
16、evision advertisementCwhile selling bread with a bit of meat in itDat the McDonalds24We can learn from the passage that the expression “Where” means “_”Athe beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to beBthe hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be Cit is used when something is not a
17、s good as it is said to beDWendys is the biggest BDriving to a friends house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friends rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, myself included, us
18、ually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him. It had touched much of his life.I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year- old daughter to the mountainous jungle
19、of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four val
20、leys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibreglass.We have televisions, cell pho
21、nes, electricity, heaters, ovens, air-conditioners, cars, and computers.Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables, read books, walk in the mountains, and
22、perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a silent night and touch the moon.25The best title for the passage would be _ATouched by the MoonBThe Pleasure of
23、 Modern LifeCA Bottomless Well of SilenceDBreak Away from Modern Life26The writer felt sorry for himself because _Athere was too much pollutionBhe failed to see the full moonChe didnt adapt to modern inventionsDthere were many accidents on the road27What impressed the writer most in the mountainous
24、jungle of northern India?ANo modern equipment.BComplete silence.CThe nice moonlight.DThe high mountains.28The author wrote the passage to _Aexpress the feeling of returning to natureBshow the love for the moonlightCadvise modern people to learn to liveDwant to express his longing for modern lifeCSom
25、etimes, kindness is a simple answer in a difficult and challenging world.When my granddaughter, Skylar , was young, one day we went out and had a contest called” Who can make the most people smile”And we continue it today. When shopping, we were walking in the supermarket and noticed someone walking
26、 down the aisle with her head down. Skylar walked up to her and gave her a big smile. I watched her walk down the aisle, turned around and smiled at Skylar again or perhaps smiled at someone else. Kindness is a chain that pulls us all together. Every single act of kindness has a ripple effect （连锁反应）
27、. In 2002, my dad had a series of strokes and other illness. My dad had been doing nice things for all sorts of people for years, from the street crossing guard, to the waitress in a restaurant, to a friends mother. That same day, I made cookies for the janitor （门卫） at the post office. When I gave h
28、im the cookies he actually looked a little embarrassed.” Why, Linda？”he asked.” Because I appreciate you！” I answered.” When I get here at 6 am and it is still dark out and it is a little scary, I know you are inside and I feel safe. And when I first moved here and my post office box was always empt
29、y, you always cheered me on. And you always keep this place clean.”That evening his wife called me and said that he was overwhelmed （受宠若惊的）“No one even knows his name, let alone bakes him cookies！” she said.29What was the authors attitude to the contest in the supermarket?APositive.BNegative.CNeutra
30、l. DCurious.30From the text, what can we know about the janitor?AHe led a very poor life at that time.BHe always went to work after six oclock.CHe was fond of baking cookies.DHe was kind and grateful.31What does the passage mainly talk about?AKindness can always be passed on.BAn experience in a supermarket.CThe importance of having a kind dad
