本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答题前．考生在答题卡上务必用直径0．5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。请认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名和科目。

2. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分 听力（共二节 满分20分）

第一节：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。例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18.

1. What does the man like about the play?

A. The story. B. The ending. C. The actor.

2. Which place are the speakers trying to find?

A. A hotel. B. A bank. C. A restaurant.

3. At what time will the two speakers meet?

A. 5:20. B. 5:10. C. 4:40.

4. What will the man do?

A. Change the plan. B. Wait for a phone call. C. Sort things out.

5. What does the woman want to do?

A. See a film with the man. B. Offer the man some help. C. Listen to some great music.

第二节：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。听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7小题。6. Where is Ben?

A. In the kitchen. B. At school. C. In the park.

7. What will the children do in the afternoon?

A. Help set that table. B. Have a party. C. Do their homework.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9小题。8. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. A family holiday. B. A business trip. C. A travel plan.

9. Where did Rachel go?

A. Spain. B. Italy. C. China.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12小题。10. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?

A. From young smokers. B. From a newspaper article. C. From some smoking parents.

11. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies?

A. He has just become a father. B. He wears dirty clothes. C. He is a smoker.

12. What does the woman suggest smoking parents should do?

A. Stop smoking altogether. B. Smoke only outside their houses.

C. Reduce dangerous matter in cigarettes.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16小题。13. Where does Michelle Ray come from?

A. A middle-sized city. B. A small town. C. A big city.

14. Which place would Michelle Ray take her visitors to for shopping?

A. The Zen Garden. B. The Highlands. C. The Red River Area.

15. What does Michelle Ray do for complete quiet?

A. Go camping. B. Study in a library. C. Read at home.

16. What are the speakers talking about in general?

A. Late-night shopping. B. Asian food. C. Louisville.

听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20小题。17. Why do some people say they never have dreams according to Dr Garfield?

A. They forget about their dreams. B. They don’t want to tell the truth.

C. They have no bad experiences.

18. Why did Davis stop having dreams?

A. He got a serious heart attack. B. He was too sad about his brother’s death.

C. He was frightened by a terrible dream.

19. What is Dr Garfield’s opinion about dreaming?

A. It is very useful. B. It makes things worse. C. It prevents the mind from working.

20. Why do some people turn off their dreams completely?

A. To sleep better. B. To recover from illnesses. C. To stay away from their problems.

第二部分

第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.—Hot news! Obama has won the presidential election again.—______ I’m not American.

A. So what? B. How come? C. So much! D. How nice!

22.It was in 1945______ World War II ended.

A. that B. when C. since D. before

23. Li Keqiang, ______ head of the Chinese government, said in his report on March 5,2014 that the government would try every ______ to deepen the reform further.

A. the; means B. a; mean C.不填; means D. the; mean

24. Traffic jams loss of time – and loss of health, according to a recent research.

A. benefit from B. keep away C. make up D. result in

25. The kids all rushed into the room, ______.

A. breathing B. breathless C. breathlessly D. breathed

26. Picasso’s paintings, which are among the greatest, are reported _______ in Chengdu right now.

A. to show B. to be shown C. to be being shown D. to have been shown

27. One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away ____ my daughter heard cries for help

A. after B. while C. since D. when

28. Last year, he wrote to tell me that he ______ his new dance. But I ______ of him ever since.

A. practised; didn’t heard B. has practised; haven’t heard

C. was practising; hadn’t heard D. was practising; haven’t heard

29. Housing prices keep rising these years. I’ve got about half the space I had 10 years ago but I have to pay ________now.

A. as three times much B. three times much as

C. as much three times D. three times as much

30. _______ English study, he is making some progress this year, _______ with last year.

A. In common with; compared B. In terms of; compared

C. In term with; comparing D. In spite of; to compare

31. I would rather send my daughter to a dancing class, _______ my husband prefers her to learn piano first.

A. when B. while C. although D. however

32. “Our brand is selling just like hot cakes,” said the director with a ______ expression on his face.

A. satisfying B. satisfaction C. satisfied D. satisfactory

33. The days are gone _______physical strength was all you needed to make a living.

A. when B. that C. where D. which

34. Starring in the hit show “Daddy. Where Are We Going?”, Kimi, together with the other four kids, _______ popular with many teenagers these days.

A. is B. are C. was D. were

35. Jingdong is a popular online shopping website, ______varieties of items at low prices.

A. provides B. providing C. having provided D. provided

第二节 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A，B，C，D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项（满分20分）。

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

So tired as I was, I bothered myself to open up my cafe shop on the cold morning. With many consumers streaming in, I knew another long business day began. And I had to serve far into the night.

As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a 36 asked if I could mind a child. I was quite 37 ??but I could tell the man was quite desperate（绝望的）. So I had to make a 38 ?with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to 39 ??something in the shop.

This was quite 40 for the man to do; I could ???41 ??he was quite poor by the ???42 ??he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his ???43 ??clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out ?44 ? he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his ???45 ??were also a bit shabby（破旧的）and the heels（鞋后跟）were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of ???46 ? for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could 47 ??with a bit of cheering up.

Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit ???48 ??as the poor little kid was sitting ??49 ? his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was ???50 ??to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table. He quickly went and got them back without saying a word. I was hoping his father would 51 ??up and come back for his son's ???52 .

At closing time, the only person left was the little boy. After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I ???53 ??he didn't get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected（拒绝）it. I ???54 ??he felt as if I had just abused（虐待） him. Of course I didn't mean to. But I could understand why he felt like that. I only wished them good 55 ??whatever happened. ?

The man opened the door to leave — father and son hand in hand.

36. A. voice ????? B. sound ???????? C. noise? D. tune

37. A. pleased ???? B. frightened ???? C. annoyed? D. interested

38. A. deal? B. decision? C. promise? D. date

39. A. leave? B. buy C. do? D. eat

40. A. easy? B. natural? C. hard? D. possible

41. A. explain? B. prove? C. think? D. tell

42. A. manner ???? B. means? C. method? D. way

43. A. poorest? B. best? C. prettiest? D. oldest

44. A. even though? B. so that? C. as if? D. now that

45. A. socks? B. gloves? C. pants? D. shoes

46. A. sweets? B. cigarettes? C. cookies? D. cakes

47. A. laugh? B. speak? C. do? D. help

48. A. relaxed? B. nervous? C. satisfied D. worried

49. A. on?? B. of? C. by? D. for

50. A. touched???? B. disappointed?? C. astonished??? D. excited

51. A. hurry???? B. give???? C. turn???? D. run

52. A. chance???? B. benefit???? C. future???? D. job

53. A. hoped???? B. imagined??? C. doubted??? D. guessed

54. A. clarified（分类）B. assumed??? C. confused??? D. ignored

55. A. luck???? B. progress??? C. supper???? D. night

第三部分 阅读理解（每题2分，共20题，满分40分）

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Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

Born in September, 1897, Irene Curies was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.

Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the for