第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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秒钟时间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 man mean?

A. He doesn’t plan to move.

B. He’s looking for an apartment.

C. He will move to the dormitory(宿舍).

2. What can we know about the man?

A. He doesn’t like basketball.

B. He likes football.

C. He will be busy this afternoon.

3. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman refused the man’s apology.

B. The man hurt the woman’s feelings.

C. The man forgot the whole work.

4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Policewoman and thief. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student.

5. Where are the speakers?

A. In a supermarket. B. In the public house. C. In a hotel.

第二节（共15小题；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 is the man probably from?

A. Japan. B. America. C. England.

7. What does the man’s friend do?

A. She’s a doctor. B. She’s a nurse. C. She’s a teacher.

听第7段材料，回答8，9，10题。

8. When does the conversation take place?

A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the evening.

9. What did the woman buy last week?

A. A pair of green shoes. B. A new sofa. C. A green dress.

10. What color is the speakers’ old sofa?

A. Light blue. B. Brown. C. Yellow.

听第8段材料，回答第11，12，13题。

11. What do we know about the man?

A. He is very sick. B. He has a lot of stress. C. He sleeps well.

12. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Try to relax. B. Eat more vegetables. C. Find the reason.

13. Where does the conversation most likely take place?

A. At the man’s home. B. At a restaurant. C. At school.

听第9段材料，回答第14，15，16题。

14. Why was the man late for work?

A. He got up late. B. He didn’t catch the bus. C. The traffic was heavy.

15. What is the woman’s suggestion?

A. Starting off earlier. B. Taking buses. C. Joining a car pool.

16. How does the woman know so much about the car pool?

A. She works in it. B. She has joined a car pool. C. She has read about it in the paper.

听第10段材料，回答第17，18，19，20题。

17. Where is Newcastle?

A. On the river Tyne. B. On the Thames. C. In the north of England.

18. How many bridges are there in Newcastle now?

A. One. B. Five. C. Ten.

19. What’s the main industry of Newcastle now?

A. Shipbuilding. B. Coal-mining. C. Chemical and Soap industries.

20. Why does the man often return to Newcastle now?

A. Because of the special name.

B. Because of the big shopping center.

C. Because of the wild and nice countryside.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40分）

（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? If you are like most women, you’ve faced this question the hard way.? A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organize it. This doesn’t mean that a woman has to do all the housework; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner’s participation(参与). A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility for housework.

Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women’s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it’s important that you give your man appreciation for those things, too. Most men will take on a little extra housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do, and do it without being monitored (监督).? Here’s the key men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or because they simply want to please their women. Men are much less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In a word, men are likely to do a household task just for the good of the house.21. The passage is mainly about ______________. A. how to get men to take on some housework B. how to get men to serve their families?

C. how to praise men’s housework

D. how to make men do all the housework22. According to the passage, a man ______________. A. is willing to do any housework? B. likes to be told to do housework ?C. is taught to be responsible for housework from childhood ?D. likes a clean house but doesn’t make efforts to clean it23. In order to get men to do some housework, women should often_____. ?A. order them to do their share ?B. ask them to do some housework politely ?C. blame men’s laziness ?D. monitor men’s work24. According to the passage, which of the following would a husband most probably like to do?? A. Wash the dishes.? B. Do some sewing.? C. Paint the roof.? D. Ask his wife to work on the yard.

B

WHAT can help you make a fortune in the future? Graduating from a top university might not be enough. A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school, the more money you’ll earn later.

The idea that popularity could have a serious influence on one’s earning potential shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life, social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work.

“If a person has lots of friends, it means that he or she has the ability to go along with others in all kinds of different situations,” said Xu Yanchun,17, from Nantou High School in Shenzhen, who totally agreed with the recent finding. “Also, friends always help each other.” They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you are occasionally in low spirits,” said Xu. She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary”.

Maybe that’s why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendaholism(交友狂症)? A woman even complained that the networking website Facebook’s 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve (储备)of social contacts.

But what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of money?

“Call me uncool, but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing. It seems, however, that this is no longer the meaning of a friend,” said Meghan Daum, who works with the Los Angeles Times in the US.

Daum dislikes the idea that quantity trumps quality in the age of Friendaholism. She thought the idea of friendship, at least among the growing population of Internet social networkers, was to get as many of not-really-friends as possible. For example, a friend might be someone you might know personally or someone who could just as easily be the friend of a friend of some other Facebook friend you don’t actually know. Although she agreed that social ties grease(润滑)the wheels of life, she also warned, “Too bad one thing money can’t buy is a real friend.”

What can friends do in the eyes of Xu Yanchun?

A. They can help you with your schoolwork.

B. They teach you how to make more money.

C. They help you to get rid of sadness and cheer up.

D. They introduce their friends to you.

What will be needed if you are to achieve success according to the researchers?

A. Social skills, friends, good mood and fortune.

B. Social skills, networking, talent and hard work.

C. Social skills, networking, potential and fortune.

D. Social skills, talent, hard work and Facebook.

We learn that Meghan Daum’s attitude towards friends is somewhat ________.

A. up-to-date B. optimistic C. puzzled D. traditional

What does the word “trumps” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Be better than. B. Be equal to. C. Be worse than. D. Be similar to.

C

　I was talking with a client（客户）who was completely burned out on her work and life and then ready for a job change. She said, “I just wish I had meaningful work. I don’t feel like I’m making a difference. I’m just wasting my life.” These are the words I hear most often from clients. All of us want to feel like we are making a difference and our work means something. The problem comes in defining （定义）“meaningful work”. What is it? For some people meaningful work might be helping others organize their office. For others it may mean making a million dollars. 　　What really matters is how you see it. What is meaningful work to you? Take out a piece of paper and answer these questions. How do you define meaningful work? When do you feel like you are really making a difference? What work have you done so far that feels the most meaningful? Write down whatever comes to your mind. 　　It is very easy to start judging yourself as being selfish. Stop! Allow yourself to be honest. The fact is when Picasso painted, he was doing it because he liked to paint. He was not thinking, “Oh, I hope this brings joy to others’ lives.” He painted because he wanted to. When Beethoven composed, he did it because he loved music. Even scientists searching for a cure for cancer are completely involved in their work just because it fascinates them.　　It is easy to downplay the importance of work that feels meaningful. I remember Tony Robbins told a story of talking with the owner of a major company. The man said to Tony, “I wish I could do what you do because it makes such a difference in people’s lives.” Tony said, “You’ve got to be kidding! Look at what a difference you make. You provide work, health insurance and security for thousands of people! Don’t underestimate（低估）the value you provide.” 　　Take a look at what you have written about meaningful work. How do you wish to contribute to this world? Whatever you choose, remember that the greatest gift you can give is to find work that makes you fee