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（考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分 命题人：许彩玲）

第I卷（共90分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Classmates． B. Workmates. C. Strangers.

2. How does the woman go to school?

A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By bike.

3. What does the woman want to do?

A. Have a rest. B. Find a place. C. Have a drink.

4. What will the woman do this evening?

A. Have dinner at home. B. Watch TV. C. Wait for a visitor.

5. What is the present price of the blanket?

A. 25 dollars. B. 35 dollars. C. 50 dollars.

第二节（共15小题；每题1分，满分15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、7题。

6. Where are the two speakers probably talking?

A. On the telephone. B. In the Club. C. In the school.

7. Why can’t the man play tennis tonight?

A. He is not fond of tennis.

B. He likes computer games better.

C. He has to take care of his sister.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How does the man feel after the second round?

A. Nervous. B. Hopeful. C. Regretful(后悔的).

9. How many people have been asked for a second interview?

A.12. B. 8. C. 4.

10. What does the man’s girlfriend want him to do?

A. Continue his competition. B. Give up his job. C. Be an ordinary person.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does the man want to meet Professor Smith?

A. To ask him questions about the experiment.

B. To give him the experiment plan.

C. To invite him to dinner with him.

12. When will the man probably meet Professor Smith?

A. At four this afternoon. B. At three this afternoon. C. At two this afternoon.

13. What will the man have to give up?

A. Meeting Professor White. B. Visiting the exhibition.

C. Meeting Professor Smith.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What happened when the man was climbing mountains?

A. He got trapped in a cave.

B. He got lost in snowy weather.

C. He lost his equipment and food.

15. What caused the loss of the man’s legs?

A. Low temperature.

B. A bad fall in the mountain.

C. An unsuccessful operation.

16. What makes his legs more powerful?

A. The spring(弹簧) design.

B. Climbing shoes. C. His strong belief.

听第l0段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What city will Martha leave for?

A. London. B. Paris. C. Beijing.

18. Why will Martha be away from home?

A. She’s going to a conference.

B. She’s going to a hospital checking.

C. She’s on holiday.

19. What does Martha want John to do?

A. To see her doctor.

B. To look after her house.

C. To set the alarm at night.

20. Why does Martha want John to call her consumer(消费者)?

A. To make an appointment(约会).

B. To cancel(取消) the appointment.

C. To tell she’ll be back soon.

第二部分：阅读理解（共2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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you” - two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

21. The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “______”.

A. turned off B. moved off C. put up D. set up

22. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B. The couple sent him a business card.

C. The couple offered to help him.

D. He called his friend for help.

23. The battery of the author’s car was dead because_______.

A. something went wrong with the lights

B. the meeting lasted a whole day

C. he forgot to turn off the lights

D. he drove too long a distance

24. By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show______.

A. how to write a thank-you letter

B. how to deal with car problems

C. the kind-heartedness of older people

D. the importance of expressing thanks

B

LONDON Thursday July 26(Reuters)—Eddy missed his girlfriend Anna so much he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose(求婚) to her. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction.

He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.

Anna, heartbroken, when she arrived at Eddy’s Sydney flat to find he had flown to London, told The Times, “It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.“

“He is the most romantic(浪漫的) person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(冲动的) people. We are always trying to surprise each other.”

After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Eddy’s astonished roommate asking what she was doing there.

Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Anna, a 26-year-old secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site(工地) and started saving for a surprise.

He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with an engagement(订婚) ring, wine and flowers.

“I really missed Anna and I’d been thinking about her all the time. I was so excited when she phoned me from Australia,” he said.

Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,” she said.

Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddy’s friends before going back home. Eddy had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.

25. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph tell us?

A. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to marry him.

B. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to marry him.

C. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to propose to him.

D. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to propose to him.

26. The underlined word “miss” in Paragraph 2 most probably means_______.

A. escape from B. fail to understand

C. fail to meet D. long to see

27. Eddy got a job on a Sydney building site because he________.

A. wanted to travel round Australia

B. needed money to pay his daily cost

C. was an engineer at this building site

D. hoped to make money from this job

28. Which of the following is TRUE about Eddy and Anna according to the text?

A. Eddy proposed to Anna on the phone and Anna accepted.

B. Anna stayed in Australia waiting for Eddy’s arrival.

C. Anna had a good time touring Sydney with Eddy.

D. Eddy met Anna in the airport waiting room by chance.

C

Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity(生产力) per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.

In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.

Longer hours do of course increase the GDP(国内生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.

It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in its interest. It is too early to explain the different trends（趋势）in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?

29. Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?

A. Spain. B. France. C. Germany. D. America.

30. What message can we get from the text?

A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.

B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.

C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.

D. Americans are happier than Europeans.

31. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Americans and Europ