1. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A dream. 　　 B. A university. 　　 C. A test.

2. How does the man go to his office?

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

3. What does the man intend to do?

A. To save $150.

B. To repair the old one.

C. To buy a new one.

4. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife.

B. Friends or classmates.

C. Boss and employee.

5. What team may they probably belong to?

A. Chess. B. Basketball. C. Bridge.

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6～8题。

6. What did the man do after studying a lot last night?

A. He stayed in bed. 　　　 B. He met a study group.

C. He went to a party.

7. What is the man probably?

A. A student. 　　 B. A reporter. 　　 C. A teacher.

8. What does the woman mean?

A. It’s necessary to get enough sleep for the man.

B. The man shouldn’t stay in bed.

C. It’s a good idea to study late last night.

听第7段材料, 回答第9～11题。

9. Where does the dialogue take place?

A. In a restaurant. 　　　　 B. In an office.

C. In a shop.

10. How does the woman get the gloves?

A. Someone gave her as a gift.

B. She bought them for herself.

C. She bought them for someone else.

11. How much extra money will the woman pay for another pair?

A. $29. 95. B. $35. 25. C. $5. 30.

听第8段材料, 回答第12～14题。

12. What job is the woman going to do?

A. A nurse. 　　　　　 　B. A teacher.

C. A babysitter.

13. How many hours will Eddie Sharp work every day?

A. 15 hours. B. 10 hours.

C. 5 hours.

14. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A job interview. B. A phone talk.

C. An introduction.

听第9段材料, 回答第15～17题。

15. What caused the mistake?

A. The delivery company.

B. The computer problems.

C. The woman’s carelessness.

16. What printers did the man order?

A. HP356. 　　　 B. HP56. 　　 　C. HP36.

17. How will the woman make up to the man for the inconvenience?

A. Give him a discount.

B. Send him an extra printer.

C. Put a $30 credit on his account.

听第10段材料, 回答第18～20题。

18. How far will each missile fly?

A. About 400 kilometers.

B. About 800 kilometers.

C. Nearly 4, 000 kilometers.

19. What’s the attitude of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul?

A. Frightened. 　 　B. Regretful. 　　C. Supportive.

20. Why did North Korea launch the missiles?

A. They wanted to attack South Korea.

B. They wanted to begin their peace talk with South Korea.

C. They wanted to get the South Korea’s attention.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每题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，选出最佳选项。

A

In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes(性别) are different, because their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways.

Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boys. And they generally(通常) see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages.

What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神经) tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic creation(创造) and the expression for emotions(情感). In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are connected by a smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain are.

21. Which of the following is best to outline(概括) the article?

A. Research on the brain. B. Differences between men and women

C. People’s different brains. D. Who Are Better, Boys or Girls

22.________men and women think differently.

A. Sex makes. B. The different brains make

C. The different experiences make. D. The influences of society make.

23. According to the article, girls are generally better than boys at __ in your school.

A. mathematics B. physics C. English D. Chemistry

24. Which of the following is true?

A. The right side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls.

B. The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys.

C. Men are better than women in all things.

D. The area in girls’ brain used for language skills develops better.

B

Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight began. What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, the disputants sit down with peer mediators(同龄调解者). Peer mediators are students with special training in this kind of problems.

Peer mediators help the disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use:

1) Put what you think clearly but don’t say anything to hurt the other. Begin with “I feel…” instead of “You always…”

2) Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Don’t stop the other person’s words.

3) Keep looking at the other person’s eyes when he or she talks.

4) Try to see the other person’s side of the problem.

5) Never put anyone down. Saying things like “You are foolish” makes the talk difficult.

6) Try to find a result that makes both people happy.

Peer mediators never decide the result or the winner. They don’t decide who is right and who is wrong. Instead, they help the two students to find their own “win-win” result.

25. The underlined word “disputants” refers to the students ________.

A. who make peace B. who give in C. who are lazy D. who quarrel

26. When there is a fight at school ________.

A. the peer mediators decide who the winner is

B. the peer mediators and the disputants talk together

C. the students who quarrel decide who the winner is

D. the two students sit down and listen to the peer mediators

27. Peer mediators’ work is ________.

A. to give lessons to disputants B. to find out who starts a quarrel

C. to give students some special training D. to help find a way to make both sides happy

28. Which of the following ways is not used by Peer mediators in finding a “win-win” result?

A. Listen carefully to what the other person is saying.

B. Try to see the other person’s side of the problem.

C. Never say things like “You are foolish”

D. Never keep looking at the other person’s eyes when he or she talks.

C

The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.

Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.

The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect, wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them was new St Paul's.

The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

29. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that? ______.A. many famous buildings were destroyed

B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fireC. some people lost their lives

D. the King's bakery was burned down

30. Why did the writer cite (引用)Samuel Pepys’ words? A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.C. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

D. To show that poor people suffered most.

31. How was the fire put out according to the text?

A. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.C. People managed to get enough water from the river.

D. The king and his soldiers came to help.

32. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread (扩散)of the big fire?(a) There was a strong wind.(b) The streets were very narrow.(c) Many houses were made of wood.(d) There was not enough water in the city.(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.A. (a) and (b)?? B. (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) C. (a), (b), (c) and (d)??????? D. (a), (b) and (c)

D

Teenagers are often a difficult group. With all those hormones（荷尔蒙） flooding their bodies, they can be moody, unpredictable, and tend to make uncertain choices. But however confusing their teenage years are, kids can still be generally happy, depending on their lifestyle choices. According to a new research by British scientists, teens who don’t smoke, drink only moderately or not at all, and who don’t eat much junk food are likely to be happier than other teens.

The study looked at 40,000 British families and came