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至8题。

6. Where does the woman want to go at first?

A. The New York Hotel B. The Central Park. C. The subway station.

7. How will the woman go to the central park?

A. By bus. B. By car. C. By subway.

8. What is the man probably?

A. A traveler. B. A police officer. C. A guide.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What kind of sandwich does the boy like?

A. Chicken sandwich. B. Beef sandwich. C. Vegetable sandwich.

10. What drink does the boy prefer?

A. Milk. B. Juice. C. Tea.

11. Why did the boy’s dad sleep late last night?

A. He overworked.

B. He went to meet his friend.

C. He had difficulty falling asleep.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. With whom will the woman go to New York City?

A. Herself. B. The man’s roommate. C. Her friend.

13. How will the woman go to New York?

A. By car. B. By plane. C. By train.

14. What do the woman and Laura have in common?

A. They both enjoy traveling.

B. They’re both teenagers.

C. They’re both interested in music.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What does the woman suggest at first?

A. Roast beef. B. Castle steak. C. Roast chicken.

16. What kind of soup does the man order?

A. The cream of mushroom soup. B. The tomato and egg soup.

C. The chicken soup.

17. What dessert(甜点) does the man order?

A. Ice cream. B. Rice pudding. C. Peach pie.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What about the old people in America according to the text?

A. They live harder.

B. There are more older people.

C. They have great benefits(益处) to American society.

19. Why do people feel younger than their parents at their age?

A. They keep fit with the healthy food.

B. They have youthful hearts comparing with their parents.

C. They pay a lot of attention to exercises.

20. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Suitable behaviors at different age.

B. Older people act in youthful ways.

C. The change of the American’s ideas about age.

第二部分 阅读理解 （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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

A

ChiChi weighs only 13 pounds. “He’s so tiny，I can carry him with one hand，” says Mary Lane.“Most people see him and think he’s useless.”

But last October，ChiChi proved to be more than just a pretty face. Mary and her husband，Rick，were relaxing on the beach one afternoon while on vacation in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.As usual，ChiChi was lying on his blanket in his own little beach chair.

“We had our noses buried in books，”recalls Rick，“when suddenly the dog became extremely uneasy. His bark was different from anything we had heard before.And he would not let us ignore him.”

ChiChi ran back and forth in front of his chair as if to run down the beach.The Lanes sat up to see two elderly women in the ocean，about 100 yards down the beach and 10 feet off shore.One was on her back，her head under the waves.The other was struggling hard to keep her friend’s head above the surface.

The Lanes rushed across the sand and into the surf. Rick went to the woman in danger of drowning，while Mary held fast on to the other one and pulled her up on the beach.“Then I went back to help Rick，” Mary says.“The sand dropped off steeply，and a riptide(激流)was beating the woman under. She was completely helpless.”

Not getting well from recent knee surgery，the woman had been unable to turn over or push herself up.“Her friend had been in danger too，” Mary says.“The waves were pushing her around. There’s no way she could have held on much longer.”

The women hadn’t called out for help. “They were struggling so hard that there was no time for screaming，” Mary recalls.“But ChiChi had sensed their danger.”

Duty done，ChiChi was back in his chair，asleep，by the time the two women were on dry ground and the Lanes had returned to their blankets.Luckily，the women were fine，though shaken.They thanked the Lanes for saving their lives.

Back home in Greensboro，North Carolina，the Lanes ordered a special collar with the words “Hero Dog” on it.

21．How does ChiChi impress the people around it?

A．It is lovable. B．It is of no use. C．It is very ugly. D．It is too small.

22．When the two women were struggling in the ocean，what were the Lanes doing?

A．They were sleeping soundly. B．They were absorbed in reading.

C．They were wiping their noses. D．They were bathing in the sun.

23．Why did ChiChi run back and forth in front of his chair?

A．It sensed that a danger was upon them. B．It smelled there was a storm on the way.

C．It was trying to draw its master’s attention. D．There was something wrong with its master.

24．Why couldn’t the woman get out of the water?

A．She was bitten by a shark. B．Her friend didn’t offer help.

C．She was too weak to stay awake. D．There was something wrong with her knee.

25．What is the text mainly about?

A．How ChiChi became a “Hero Dog”． B．A pet dog was saved by two women.

C．What is the best place to go on holiday? D．The Lanes helped two strangers out of trouble.

B

People used to think that wetlands were wasted land. Developers would drain them with ditches（水沟），fill them in with tons of soil，and build houses，schools，and parking areas on them.Then scientists began to realize the important role wetlands played in the environment.

Wetlands act like giant sponges（海绵） during storms.They soak up extra storm water and afterward release it slowly back into the water cycle.This helps prevent flooding. Towns where people have drained wetlands have found that in a big storm，their streets and homes are often flooded because there are no wetlands to soak up the excess water.

Wetlands also act as giant filters where pollutants are absorbed and dissolved over time.Though wetlands can become polluted from dumping，wastewater，and fertilizer run-off from farm fields，they are able to process some pollutants over time because of all the microorganisms and plants living there.

Wetlands are especially important for providing homes and breeding grounds to millions of birds，fish，and amphibians worldwide. Many wetlands have become national wildlife refuges（避难所），where you can go to take pictures and look at birds and animals.

The Everglades are a huge wetland that once covered more than four million acres of southern Florida. Sometimes called the “river of grass”，the Everglades are a shallow sheet of water that slowly flowed across a grassy plain. In the late 1800s people began draining parts of the Everglades for development. Roads were built and towns sprang up.The Everglades shrank to half its original size. Cities like Miami grew up where once there was a thriving wetland. Sewage and waste from the cities were pumped into the remaining wetlands. Over time scientists began to see the importance of the Everglades. Even with its smaller size，the Everglades filtered the pollutants coming from the cities，absorbing the worst of it like a sewage treatment plant. During storms the Everglades protected the cities from storm surge flooding. They also are just a great place to visit and see wildlife.

26．The first paragraph is intended to tell us________.

A．wasted land used to be wetlands B．people didn’t know the importance of wetlands before

C．wetlands used to be left undisturbed D．wetlands can be used for building

27．Why can wetlands be compared to giant sponges?

A．They absorb extra water from storms. B．They become large or small in size.

C．They absorb pollutants and dissolve them. D．They are made of soft soil.

28．As for the importance of wetlands，how many aspects are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five.

29．The example of the Everglades is given in the last paragraph to show________.

A．the threat to wetlands B．the protection of wetlands

C．the development of wetlands D．the importance of wetlands

30．We can infer from the passage that________.

A．some wetlands can be used to build cities or towns

B．wetlands in the world are disappearing fast

C．wetlands play an important role in the ecosystem

D．wetlands are especially important to wildlife

C

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together.Others say that the opposite is true；that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred.There is probably some truth in both arguments，but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murder of athletes，but the Games were also ruined by less incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final.There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey(曲棍球) match，the losers objecting to the final decisions.They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’（对手） victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said，“This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension（中止） of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia，after a disputable end to their contest.The game had ended in disorder.It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point，but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play.A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other，and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury(评审委员会)debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

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