第一部分：听力理解(共两节，30分)

第一节(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

1. Who moved into the boy’s house?

A. His sister B. His mother C. His grandmother

2. What does the woman want the boy to do?

A. Make a cake B. Do some shopping C. Pick up her classmates

3. What are the speakers talking about in general?

A. A teacher B. A class C. A friend

4. What does the boy get from his mum for his birthday?

A. Some money B. A phone C. A bike

5. How will the girl get to her friend’s house?

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

第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）

听下面 4 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5 秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍

听第6段，回答第6,7题

6. Why didn’t the man buy a newspaper?

A. He forgot it B. None was left C. His sister would do it

7. What will the woman do later?

A. Buy a newspaper

B. Pick up the man’s sister

C. Make some orange juice

听第7节材料，回答第8,9题

8. What does Chris liking doing?

A. Climbing B. Sailing C. Skiing

9. What team is Laura in?

A. The football team B. The volleyball team C. The basketball team

听第8节材料，回答第10至12题

10. Where did the woman meet Kevin?

A. On an underground train B. At a restaurant C. In the street

11. What do we know about the woman?

A. She mistook Kevin

B. She met Kevin before

C. She had dinner with Kevin

12. How did the woman probably feel in the end?

A. Angry B. Embarrassed C. Surprised

听第9节材料，回答第13至16题

13. Why do the speakers decide to make the notice black and white in the end?

A. It is simple B. It saves money C. It shows the sports colors

14. What will be put in the centre of the notice?

A. The date of time B. The school name C. The photograph

15. What photograph do the speakers choose?

A. The one of the football team

B. The one of the baseball team

C. The one of the basketball team

16. What will the speakers do in the afternoon?

A. Decide the words

B. Draw a simple copy

C. Buy a bigger piece of paper

听第10节材料，回答第17至20题

17. On what date will the concert be held?

A. April 15th B. September 2nd C. September 28th

18. Where will the concert be held?

A. In the park B. In a school C. At the City Concert Hall

19. What do the listeners need to do to win tickets?

A. Buy Metro’s first CD

B. Learn to play hip-hop music

C. Answer the question over the telephone

20. When should the listeners enter the competition?

A. By Wednesday B. By Tuesday C. By Monday

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，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A heartbroken dog whose owner died two months ago is missing her so much that he attends services every day at the Italian church where her funeral was held, patiently waiting for her to return.

Tommy, a seven-year-old dog, belonged to Maria Lochi, 57, and had been her faithful partner after she adopted him when she found him in fields close to her home. Mrs. Lochi adopted several dogs she found but friends said she developed a close friendship with Tommy and would walk to church with him every day, where he would be allowed to sit patiently by her feet.

Father Panna said, “He’s there every time I celebrate Mass and is very well behaved. He doesn’t make a sound, and I’ve not heard one bark from him in all the time he has been in. He used to come with Maria and he was obviously devoted to her. I let him stay inside as he was always so well behaved and none of the other people ever complained to me. He’s still coming to Mass even after Maria’s funeral, he just sat there quietly. I didn’t have the heart to throw him out. I’ve just recently lost my own dog so I leave him there until Mass finishes and then I let him out.”

Tommy’s been adopted by everyone in the village now and he is everybody’s friend. Everyone looks out for him and leaves food for him, although it would be nice to find a proper home for him.

The story of Tommy is similar to the 2009 Hollywood film Hachi which told of how a faithful Akita dog waits patiently for his master after he also dies. It was based on the true story of a Japanese Akita called Hachi, whose owner died in 1925 but for the next nine years he waited patiently at the railway station for his owner from where they regularly caught a train.

21. The dog Tommy still goes to the church every day to ____________.

A. attend his owner’s funeral

B. wait for Lochi to come back

C. stay together with Lochi

D. celebrate Mass with Father Panna

22. According to the passage, Maris Lochi ____________.

A. is an old woman who likes dogs

B. is Father Panna’s wife

C. is the owner of the Italian church

D. is devoted to the Father Panna

23.What does the writer want to tell us by quoting what Father Panna said?

A. Why the dog can stay in the church every day.

B. How the dog came to Mass with Maria.

C. What Father Panna usually does in the church.

D. Where Father Panna allows the dog to stay.

24. What is the best title for the passage?

A. A dog fond of Mass

B. A faithful dog like Hachi

C. A Hollywood film Hachi

D. Maria Lochi’s story

B

How cool can libraries be in an era(时代) of iPods and Kindles? More than you think. Only if you know where to go.

Central Library: Seattle, Washington, United States

The Central Library in Seattle is modern and fashionable and has tourists from around the world paying visits and taking tours. It was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and American designer Joshua Prince-Ramus. Tours began in 2006, two years after its opening. The library holds various art exhibitions, book signings and other events, while visitors can stop by the Chocolati cat for a coffee and scan through the gift shop anytime.

Trinity College Library: Dublin, Ireland

The Trinity College Library in Dublin is the oldest library in Ireland, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. It is the largest single library in the world, also known as the Long Room, which contains more than 200,000 of the library’s oldest books. The Long Room houses one of the oldest harps(竖琴) in Ireland. Dating to the 15th century, the old harp is the model for the symbol of Ireland.

Geisel Library, University of California: San Diego, United States

At first glance, it looks like a spaceship. Architect William Pereira, who helped design actual space launch facilities at Cape Canaveral in Houston, Texas, designed the library in 1970. It has been featured in sci-fi films, short stories and novels. The library hosts “Dinner in the Library” which invites readers for cocktails, and also a special speech from distinguished authors.

TU Delft Library: The Netherlands

The library at the Delft University of Technology was constructed in 1997 and has more than 862,000 books, 16,000 magazine subscriptions and its own museum. The building itself exists beneath the ground, so you can’t really see the actual library. What makes it interesting is the roof, which is a grassy hill. The roof covers 5,500 square meters. And it has become one of the most striking and greenest structures in the area.

25. Which of the four libraries has the longest history?

A. Central Library B. Trinity College Library

C. Geisel Library D. TU Delft Library

26. What makes Geisel Library different from the others is that __________.

A. famous writers often deliver speeches there

B. it has a roof of a grassy hill

C. Queen Elizabeth I founded the library

D. it is the largest single library in the world

27. In Central Library, you can __________.

A. buy souvenirs B. drink cocktails

C. enjoy sci-fi films D. see the old harp

C

It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, free yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you chance to reinvent yourself. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life.

Each day is a new beginning and a piece of blank paper. How would you like to create your day? If you wake up in a negative mind, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your picture will not show hope, happiness and joy.

If you take each day to think actively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life different? What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an “attitude of gratitude”.

Each day is a chance to look at things in a different way. You can experience each day in the beauty of the world—and the beauty of you who is in it! You find yourself changing from “I can’t” to “I can”. With a focus on positive intentions, you feel you are full of power and more like a “winner” than a “loser”.

You pay more attention to the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don’t want to live there! So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day?

28. The first paragraph mainly tells us ____________.

A. we should make every day a new start

B. January 1st is the most important day

C. learning is helpful in reinventing ourselves

D. we needn’t change ourselves at all

29. The underlined word “negative” in Paragraph 2 probably means ____________.

A. not clear B. not wise C. not happy D. not careful

30. If you have daily positive intentions, you will ____________.

A. get a positive result

B. have a busy life

C. get gifts from others

D. be a complete loser

31. From the passage we can learn that ____________.

A. past regrets or hurts can make you older and wiser

B. think actively and you will be a winner, not a loser

C. the present is not where you should live for ever

D. positive intentions for each day are of great help

D

How the Grand Canyon (大峡谷) was created remains one of the geology’s greatest mysteries. Some evidence suggests that the proces