命题人：彭德学 审题人：江涛

（考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分）

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 is Alice doing now?

A. Doing homework. B. Playing the piano. C. Having a walk.

2. How much do the shoes and the trousers cost in all?

A. 40 dollars. B. 50 dollars. C. 60 dollars.

3. What has the weather been like recently?

A. Rainy. B. Snowy. C. cloudy.

4. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. At home. B. At school. C. In the street.

5. What will the woman do next?

A. Go back home. B. Say hello to Mrs. Smith. C. Go to pick up her husband.

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7题。

6. How does the man feel now?

A. Worried. B. Angry. C. Surprised.

7. When will the film begin?

A. At 6:00. B. At 6:10. C. At 6:15.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

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

A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Friends.

9. What do we know about the man’s father?

A. He is busy with his work.

B. He is trying to find a new job.

C. He doesn’t like playing with children.

10. What day is it today?

A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. How does the woman usually go to work?

A. By subway. B. By car. C. On foot.

12. What do we know about the man’s brother?

A. He works near his home.

B. He doesn’t like driving a car.

C. He often goes to work on foot.

13. What does the man do to protect the earth?

A. He never drives to work.

B. He goes to work by bus.

C. He shares a car with Mary.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What does the woman want to buy for herself?

A. A skirt in size 8. B. A skirt in size 10 C. A dress in size 8.

15. What disappointed the woman?

A. That there are no red skirts in the store.

B. That there are no red dresses for her in the store.

C. That there are no skirts in her size.

16. What color does the woman’s daughter like?

A. Red. B. Blue. C. White.

17. How much does the woman have to pay for the dress?

A. 80 dollars. B. 90 dollars. C. 100 dollars.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Which of the following places did they visit on August 4th?

A. The Great Wall. B. The Ming Tombs. C. The Temple of Heaven.

19. How long does the trip last?

A. 3 days. B. 4 days. C. 5 days.

20. What will they do in the afternoon while visiting the Summer Palace?

A. Visit a gallery. B. Visit Longevity Hill. C. Take a boat on Kunming Lake.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，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和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk, That’s all-- milk. At the same time, a woman enters the same store and also buys milk. Besides, she buys chicken to make dinner that night. Then she gets coffee for breakfast and remembers stamps to mail the bills.

And that is the difference between the female and male brains simply explained in a store. Generally speaking, men do one thing at a time while women do many. Doing many things at one time is often called multi-tasking a very popular word these days.

Now scientific research supports this theory about male and female brains. A recent study has proved what we have known all along—men and women think differently.

Last year, some scientists studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old They found that male brains have more connections only on one side of the brain. In the female brain, they found more activities and connections between the right and left sides of the brain The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason”. The right one is known as the “creative” side.

Regina Verma, a professor in the brain study, says when women are asked to do something difficult they might use different parts of the brain. Men, she adds, generally use just one side of the brain.

As a result, men generally deal directly with a problem. In fact, there is a strong connection between the “understandings and the “action” parts of men’s brains. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, like the part connected with ?reason?and the part connected with sensitivity (敏感性) when solving a problem. They take a less direct path to find a solution.

21. In paragraph 1, the writer is trying to____ .

A. introduce the topic of the passage

B. describe how shopping is going on

C. compare behaviors of men and women

D. tell us that women buy more than men

22. What’s the finding of the study?

A. Women can find a solution to a problem directly.

B. Men use different parts of the brains to solve a problem.

C. Men and women think differently when solving problems.

D. A female brain has more connections on one side of the brain

23. In which section of a newspaper are we more likely to read this article?

A. Science. B. Business. C. Education. D. Life.

B

Hurricane Sandy was a hurricane that destroyed parts of the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States during late October 2012, with minor impacts in the Southeastern and Midwestern states and Eastern Canada. Sandy, classified as the eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, was a Category 2 storm at its peak intensity. While it was a Category 1 storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. Previous estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.6 billion, which would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane, behind only Hurricane Katrina. At least 253 people were killed along the path of the storm in eight countries.

Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22, quickly strengthened, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm six hours later. Sandy moved slowly northward toward the Greater Antilles and gradually becoming stronger. On October 24, Sandy became a hurricane, made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica, a few hours later, entered into the Caribbean Sea again and strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. On October 25, Sandy hit Cuba, and then weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 26, Sandy moved through the Bahamas. On October 27, Sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm and then restrengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 29, Sandy turned from north to northwest and then moved a shore near Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.

In the United States, Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states, including the entire eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine and west across the Appalachian Mountains to Michigan and Wisconsin, with particularly severe damage in New Jersey and New York. Its storm hit New York City on October 29, flooding streets, tunnels and subway lines and cutting power in and around the city. Damage in the US is estimated at over $63 billion.

24. According to the passage, which of the following wind forms is the strongest?

A. Tropical wave. B. Tropical storm.

C. Category 1 hurricane. D. Category 2 hurricane.

25. We can learn from the passage that_______.

A. Sandy caused 253 deaths totally in the USA.

B. Sandy reached its strongest in the Caribbean Sea.

C. Sandy resulted in great loss in most states in the USA.

D. Sandy is the second largest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.

26. Which of the following graph shows the development of Sandy?

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27. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?

A. To tell us how terrible Sandy is.

B. To teach us what to do in face of hurricanes.

C. To inform readers of Sandy and its damage.

D. To warn readers of the dangers caused by hurricanes.

C

Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear（鞋类）in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

Room 1

The celebrity footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of?footwear extremely interesting.?

Room 2

Most of our visitors are amazed and shocked by the collection of “special purpose” shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!



Room 3

As well as shoes and boots the museum also exhibits shoe shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example , there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that are like legs!

The footwear Library

People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.





28. Where would you find a famous singer's shoes?

A. Room 1. B. Room 2. C. Room 3. D. The Footwear Library

29. All exhibits in each room .

A. share the same theme B. have the same shape

C. are made of the same material D. belong to the same social class

30. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.

B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.

C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.

31. The purpose of the text is to get more people to ____________.

A. do research B. design shoes C. visit