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 does the woman mean?

A. The leather coat is not her size.

B. The leather coat is beautiful.

C. The leather coat is dear.

2. What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Colleagues(同事). B. Teacher and student. C. Boss and secretary.

3. Why is the man late according to his words?

A. He knocked down an old man.

B. He sent an old man to hospital.

C. His bike broke down on the way.

4. What’s the date today?

A. 16 th. B．17th. C. 18th.

5. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. At a bookshop. B. At a bank. C. At a restaurant.

第二节（共15小题；每小题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. When did the dialogue happen?

A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.

7. What happened to her on Monday moming according to the woman?

A. She was ill.

B. She couldn’t get a taxi.

C. She was kept waiting at the doctor’s.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Chatting on the Internet.

B. Buying something in a store.

C. Buying something on the Internet.

9. How does the man probably pay for his goods?

A. By paying cash(现金).

B. By loaning(贷款).

C. By using his credit card(信誉卡).

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A travel plan.

B. An exciting travel.

C. The content(内容) of papers.

11. What does the woman think the man might worry about?

A. Weather. B. Traveling information. C. Food and water.

12. What does the woman plan to do for holidays?

A. To help the man get some information.

B. To work in a garden to make a path.

C. To go somewhere out-of-the-way.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the man want to learn?

A. English courses. B. Driving. C. A fixed timetable(时间表).

14. How long does the course last?

A. About 25 days. B. About 30 days. C. About 37 days.

15. What will the man learn first?

A. Basic knowledge from book.

B. Driving a car on the road.

C. Getting some information.

16. What did the man ask for at the end of the conversation?

A. A driving license. B. A book on driving. C. A timetable for the course.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How long is the Flight NA 115 to Las Vegas late?

A. 15 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 45 minutes.

18. What do the police do with the unattended luggage(没人看管的行李)?

A. Remove and destroy it.

B. Keep it until claimed(认领).

C. Hand it in to the Lost and Found.

19. Where will passengers on Flight EA 642 go?

A. Hanoi. B. Las Vegas. C. Hong Kong.

20. Which Gate should passengers flying to Hong Kong go through?

A. Gate 34. B. Gate 40. C. Gate 41.

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。

A

Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee. She was born too early and weighed two kilograms. She had many illnesses when she was very young. When she was six years old, she began to wear metal leg braces（支架）. Her family took good care of her and their care showed results. By the time she was nine years old, she no longer needed her leg braces.

When Wilma was eleven years old, her brothers set up a basketball hoop（铁环）in the backyard. After that, she played basketball every day. As a teenager, Wilma joined the girl’s basketball team at Burt High School. Many people noted that Wilma was a very good basketball player and a very good athlete. One of these people was Ed Temple, who coached the track team of runners at Tennessee State University. He thought Rudolph would make a very good runner. She did very well on the new track team.

Wilma Rudolph went to her first Olympic Games when she was sixteen years old and still in high school. She competed in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. She was the youngest member of the United States team. She helped her team win a bronze medal in the sprint（短跑）relay event.

Wilma Rudolph trained hard while she was in college. She did very well in her track competitions against teams from other colleges. In 1960, she set the world record for the fastest time in the 2, 000-meter event. That same year, Wilma Rudolph went to the Olympics again, this time in Rome, Italy. She won two gold medals. She set a new Olympic record for the 200-meter dash(短跑). Her team also won the gold medal in the 400-meter sprint relay event, setting a new world record, too. These victories made people call her the “world’s fastest woman”.

21. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that when Wilma Rudolph was very young, she __________.

A. hurt her leg in an accident B. was not physically strong

C. was not loved by her family D. showed great interest in sports

22. In high school, many people thought that Wilma Rudolph __________.

A. had a gift for sports

B. was too weak to play basketball

C. would give up basketball for running

D. would achieve nothing as a basketball player

23. When Wilma Rudolph took part in the 1956 Olympic Games, __________.

A. she was still studying in college

B. she won a gold medal for the first time

C. she was the youngest in the Olympic Games

D. her team won the third place in the sprint relay event

24. From the last paragraph we can learn that__________.

A. Wilma Rudolph was known as the “world’s fastest woman” before 1960

B. Wilma Rudolph set three world records in the 1960 Olympic Games

C. Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals alone in 1960

D. the year 1960 was a great year for Wilma Rudolph

B

India has many festivais, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, India’s most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this year’s festival happens to be on March 19th.

As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe—Lord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune(免疫的) to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while tne evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.

So what’s so great about this day? While there are some fun parades(游行) and folk songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(泼洒) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody is fair game, no matter how old or how young.

At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.

25. Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?

A. Because Prahlada doesn’t love him.

B. Because Prahlada is rude to Holika.

C. Because Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu.

D. Because Prahlada concentrates on his own success.

26. Prahlada gets out of danger __________.

A. with the help of Lord Vishnu

B. because of his good luck

C. by beating his aunt Holika

D. using his amazing talent

27. The underlined phrase “fair game” in Paragraph 3 refers to a person who __________.

A. fights against others fairly

B. enjoys splashing people

C. plays a trick on others

D. is the aim of splashing water

28. After the fun activities, people living close to oceans or rivers often take a bath because __________.

A. they have got dirty with dry colors and colored water

B. going home with colored water means bad luck

C. they believe clean water will bring good luck

D. taking a bath shows their true love for Lord Vishnu

C

A visit to the National Gallery (美术馆) brings you to one of the most beautiful buildings in the country. Opened in 1988, this is now the permanent(永久的) home of the national art collection.

Gallery Hours

Summer (rnid. May-September) : Daily, Monday to Sunday 10 a. m.— 6 p. m. ; Thursday until 8 p. m.

Winter (October-mid. May): Wednesday to Sunday 10 a.m. — 5 p. m.; Thursday until 8 p.m. Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, and holidays.

Tickets

Free for the permanent collection. Tickets for some special exhibitions.

Public Tours

Free daily tours of the permanent collection at 11 a. m. and 2 p. rn.

Group tours can be booked—three weeks notice required. Tel: 990-0570

Bookstore

Open and closed with the Gallery. Tel: 990-0962

Education Center

Organizes talks, tours, workshops and other special public and school programs. Tel: 993-8876

Library

Open to the public for purposes of research and study. Tel: 998-7620

29. If you are free only after 6 p. m. , on what day can you visit the Gallery?

A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday. D. Sunday.

30. If your school is going to organize some activities in the Gallery, which number should you dial?

A. 998-7620 B. 993-8876 C. 990-0962 D. 990-0570

31. If you want to visit the bookstore on a Sunday in July, when would you go?

A. Between 10 a.m. and 5 p. m.

B. Between 10 a. m. and 6 p. m.

C. Between 10 a. m. and 7 p. m.

D. Between 10 a. m, and 8 p. m.

D

A bottle of bad wine could drop your electrical and gas bills. Scientists in the United States and India are turning the unused sugar and unwanted vinegar(醋) resulting from improper fermentation(发酵) into electricity. The technology could provide a new and effective way to clean wastewater from wine factories and get some value out of a bottle of bad wine.

“There is nothing special about the bacteria,” said Bruce Logan, a scientist at Penn State University. “We just give them a good environment to grow in.” A