How many people will go to the exhibition?

A. About 10,000. B. About 20,000. C. About 30,000.

What is the woman doing?

A. Repairing her computer. B. Working on a paper. C. Surfing the Internet.

Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a classroom.

Why does the woman call the man?

A. To report a car accident.

B. To give information about a thief.

C. To report her stolen car.

第二节（共15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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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6至7题

Why does the woman refuse to take a walk this Saturday?

A. She thinks it’s boring. B. She thinks it’s tiring. C. The weather is too hot.

What does the woman suggest doing?

A. Going to the gym. B. Having a cup of coffee. C. Buying some books.

听第7段材料，回答8至9题

What does the man order?

A. Medium steak and red wine.

B. French fries and milk tea.

C. Rare steak and Coke.

How will the man pay for his bill?

A. By credit card. B. In cash. C. By cheque.

听第8段材料，回答10至12题

What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student.

B. Employer and employee.

C. Interviewer and interviewee.

Why does the woman only give the man eight seconds?

A. She is very busy.

B. She doesn’t like the man.

C. She has decided on another person.

What shows that the man is careful?

A. The way he took off his hat when he came in.

B. The way he cleaned his feet at the door.

C. The way he cleaned his fingernails.

听第9段材料，回答13至16题

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. How to be a good mother.

B. How to deal with stress.(压力）

C. How to eat properly.

What do we know about the woman?

A. She does exercise regularly.

B. She has two part-time jobs.

C. She has got three little girls.

How long does the woman sleep one day?

A. About 6 hours. B. About 8 hours. C. About 9 hours.

What does the woman prefer to do?

A. Run with the dog.

B. Cook different cookies

C. Eat a piece of dark chocolate.

听第10段材料，回答17至20题

Why did the speaker help the boy?

A. The teacher asked her to do so.

B. He was her good friend.

C. She was afraid of him.

How did the boy cheat in exams first?

A. He wrote his notes on the wall.

B. He put his notes in the toilet.

C. He hid his notes under the desk.

What did the boy ask the speaker to do one day?

A. Show her paper to him.

B. Help him move his desk.

C. Write a composition for him.

How did the teacher feel about the speaker in the end?

A. Sorry. B. Angry. C. Disappointed.

II 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. Shen Zhou X, three astronauts and a space dream of the Chinese nation, was successfully launched on June 11, 2013.

A. carried B. was carried C. carrying D. has carried

22. ______ a piece of ice outside in such hot weather, and you’ll soon find it melt.

A. To put B. Put C. Putting D. Having put

23. No one in our class but Tom and I the movie American Dreams in China.

A. has seen B.?am going to see C. see D. have seen ?

24. Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life and he keep time for his hobbies _______ spend money on himself or lead a comfortable life.

A. had rather; than B. would rather; than

C. could rather; than D. prefer to; rather than

25.It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly _______ my friend.

A. cut out B. carry out C. pick out D. put out

26.______ is known to us all is that the 2014 World Cup has taken place in Brazil.

A. Which B. It C. As D. What

27. --What made you change your mind at the last minute?

-- ______________________.

A. Because he lied to me B. His lying to me

C. He lied to me D. Him lying to me

28. After our government founded a to popularize Chinese language worldwide, lots of Confucius（孔子）college have appeared in foreign universities.

A. campaign B. content C. creature D. comment

29. It is a general rule that children’s games and books seek to teach and ______ at the same time.

A. satisfy B. appreciate C. entertain D. content

30. Our opinion is that such demands will not lead to any benefit._________, they will only result in more unemployment.

A. By that time B. In advance C. Up to now D. On the contrary

31. -- It was _______ of Jack to turn off the radio when I was sleeping in the bedroom.

-- So he was.

A. confident B. selfish C. considerate D. generous

32. I am not used to living in the Middle East, because they have too many religious festivals to ____.

A. observe B. keep C. follow D. respect

33. Only after Mary read her composition the second time _____ the spelling mistake.

A. she noticed B. did she notice C. does she notice D. she has noticed

34. Some military(军事的) experts are sure that the army of that nation _________ with more modern and advanced weapons in the near future, especially the navy.

A. to equip B. to be equipped

C. will equip D. will be equipped

35. --- Shall I explain the problem to you, since it’s too difficult?

--- __________.

A. It’s up to you B. Of course you can

C. If you like D. It couldn’t be better.

III.阅读理解：40分(共20小题；每小题2分，共40分)

A

Olive Bowen made some hot coffee and brought it to her husband Nate, who was over in the barn (牛舍). Olive herself was expecting a baby very soon.

The darkness in the barn made Olive nervous and she stood at the door, not sure what to do. Then she saw a light at the far end and called out to Nate. Nate held his lantern high as he came up to Olive and said, "You shouldn't have come out when it's so cold."

"I brought you some hot coffee," Olive kept looking into the darkness of the barn to see where Maudie was.

"I don't want you to stay," Nate said.

"Oh, no, Nate, I don't want to leave. If it begins to happen, I'11 go back to the house."

He helped Olive sit down in a chair and told her again that he did not want her to stay when their cow Maudie's calf came. It wasn't something a young wife should see, especially a young wife who would soon be a mother herself.

The cow lay quietly. The husband and wife did not say much as they waited; words did not seem to come easily to them.

Time seemed to be moving too slowly for Olive. She looked nervously at the cow. Then Nate began to rub the cow's head, but the cow turned its head away from his hands and then suddenly it came. Olive could see it clearly--- part of the head of the young calf slowly, painfully coming out.

But Nate saw that the cow was in trouble. He looked for a nail(钉子) on the wall where he could hang his lamp. There was none. Olive said he should have asked a neighbor to help him. Suddenly, Olive saw that Nate was also afraid---fearful that the cow's struggle would be too much for him alone. And at that moment she decided that nothing could drive her out of the barn. The emergency changed Olive. She no longer felt fearful. There was a sudden new strength in her.

Nate told her not to look, but she had to look. As she watched, Olive was afraid, but not of the cow or even herself. She was fearful of the calf. At last, it was done.

Olive and Nate were both tired. Olive remembered the coffee she had brought to the barn, She put it on the hot stove. Nate dried the calf with a cloth. As he worked, Olive looked through the barn window. She saw the apple trees with snow on them, the light in her kitchen and the beauty of the morning sun.

36. Nate didn't want Olive to stay in the barn because______.

A. it was too cold in the barn

B. Olive was afraid of darkness

C. there was nothing for Olive to sit on

D. it was not good for Olive to see Maudie's giving birth

37. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 8 probably refers to______

A. the time of the calf's birth B. Nate's nervousness

C. a neighbor's frightening voice D. Olive's anxiety

38. How did Olive finally feel about Maudie's giving birth?

A. Nervous. B. Fearless. C. Tired. D. Imaginative.

39. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that Olive______.

A. began to feel hopeful about life

B. appreciated the scene out of the window

C. loved apples very much

D. would like to have breakfast

B

How to sing like a superstar is a question people have been asking for ages. We naturally look up to the stars we want to sound like when we’re young and just experimenting with singing. But as we get older, we find that we have our own voice.

In my opinion, you can only be a superstar if you find your own voice. If you want to sound great and attract people, just get comfortable with your own voice. Do you think Bob Dylan has a great voice? Of course not, but people love his voice and his songs. One of the main reasons is that he’s very comfortable with himself and his own voice. So remember this when you’re asking yourself how to sing like a superstar.

I hate hearing many singers trying to imitate other singers! But it still happens all the time and yes, some of them do become famous by trying to sound like others. I just don’t feel like I’m listening to real art when I hear these so-called stars trying to imitate someone else with their voice.

Now one thing I like to do is to sing other people’s songs in my own voice. Yes, you can practice a great song by an artist you love while you’re driving down the road, but practice it in your own voice not his or her voice. Turn down the volume a little and hear your own natural voice singing the song and giving it a new flavor!

That’s exciting and you’re being true to yourself. We’re supposed to be artists and that means expressing ourselves in a unique way. So if you’re asking how to sing like a superstar, remember to just use your own voice.

40. The author uses Bob Dylan as an example in order to tell us _______.

A. how to become a great singer

B. that we should feel comfortable with our own voice

C. how to have a great voice