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）

请听下面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. Where does this conversation take place probably?

A. In a post office. B. In a bar. C. In a library.

2. Where will the speakers go for their vacation?

A. The mountains. B. The seaside. C. The city.

3. When should the woman turn right?

A. At the colored sign. B. At Joe’s Garage. C. After two miles.

4. What does the woman want to know?

A. What kind of typewriter it is.

B. What price the man is asking.

C. Why the man wants to sell the typewriter.

5. How does the man feel about the news?

A. Happy. B. Anxious. C. Unconcerned.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Co-workers. C. Salesman and customer.

7. How much money can be saved to buy a camera and a washing machine?

A. 42 pounds. B. 26 pounds. C. 20 pounds.

请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why can’t the woman handle her problem alone?

A. She is inexperienced. B. She is too busy. C. She is afraid.

9. What will the woman’s son do this weekend?

A. Play sports. B. Help her buy a car. C. See a match.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How old was James Dean when his family moved to California?

A. Four years old. B. Five years old. C. Nine years old.

11. When did Dean become more serious about acting?

A. When he was a college student.

B. When he was in high school.

C. After he moved to New York.

12. Which aspect（方面） of Dean first attracted the man’s attention?

A. His acting skills. B. His character. C. His cool appearance（外表）.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speakers doing?

A. They’re on vacation. B. They’re shopping online.

C. They’re visiting a museum.

14. What did the woman do during the video chat?

A. She showed off some photos.

B. She showed off her boyfriend.

C. She showed off her new jewelry.

15. What does the woman’s friend want?

A. A ring. B. Some bags. C. A new dress.

16. What does the man think of the woman’s plan?

A. It’s a bad idea. B. It’s a good idea. C. He doesn’t care.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When does the story take place?

A. During the week. B. On the weekend. C. During a holiday.

18. What was the strangest thing about the man according to the speaker?

A. He was riding a unicycle.

B. He was singing a love song.

C. All his clothes were pink.

19. Why did everyone start clapping?

A. The guy（家伙） did a trick on the unicycle.

B. The guy helped someone out.

C. The guy sang a song with some kids.

20. What might be the lesson of the story?

A. Don’t judge people by their appearances.

B. Always do the right thing.

C. Be careful with your money.

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.D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Welcome to your future life!

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging (抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age!

You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” contain particles (粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change your clothes’ color or pattern.

You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk, and it knows the milk is old. In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

It’s time to go to work. In 2025, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve. Such “smart technology” is all around you.

So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,” says scientist Andrew Zolli, “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example—what will be the next?

21. We can learn from the text that in the future ________.

A. people will never get old

B. everyone will look the same

C. red will be the most popular color

D. clothes will be able to change their pattern

22. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. Milk will be harmful to health.

B. More drinks will be available for sale.

C. Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.

D. Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.

23. Which of the following is mentioned in the text?

A. Nothing can replace the Internet.

B. Fridges will know what people need.

C. Jacket sleeves can be used as a guide.

D. Cars will be able to drive automatically (自动的).

24. What is the text mainly about?

A. Food and clothing in 2035.

B. Future technology in everyday life.

C. Medical treatments of the future.

D. The reason for the success of new technology.

B

Early risers are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have advantages, researchers say. They have found that night owls(夜猫子) are generally brighter and wealthier than those who are able to get up early in the morning.

Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late showed the kind of intelligence to find good jobs and earn much money. Larks or “morning people”, however, often get better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls.

The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the young people to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their best state in the morning. School performance and problem solving ability, were judged and test grades in the major subjects were also taken into consideration.

Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, said: “Evening types tend(倾向) to be the more creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are considered to be civil servants and accountants(会计). ”

25. The researchers from the University of Madrid found _______.

A. morning people will probably find good jobs and earn a lot

B. morning people show higher intelligence from an early age

C. night owls may earn more money than morning people

D. night owls might be healthier than morning people

26. Early risers often do well in exams possibly because_______.

A. they go to bed by 10p.m. regularly

B. they make full preparations before exam

C. lessons are held at the right time for them

D. they have longer time to prepare for their lessons

27. The research may include questions about the following EXCEPT_______.

A. favorite sports B. grades in main subjects

C. living habits and body clocks D. school performance

28. In Jim Horne’ opinion, Larks may choose to be _______ in the future.

A. inventors B. artists C. poets D. civil servants

C

Sometimes it is difficult to talk to taxi drivers. They must give all their attention to the road as they work out the shortest way to the place where you are going. However, passengers from Wangfujing were in surprise when they took a taxi. The driver just would not stop talking - in English.

Organized by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy, “Dare to Speak” examines if Chinese people will speak English in “real-life” situations.

Matthew Knowles, an acting student from South Carolina at Beijing Film Academy, acted the part as the “driver”. He collected six passengers on Saturday morning, most of whom were female white-collar (白领)workers.

“Of course they were surprised at first, wondering why I’m driving a taxi, and wondering whether this is a real taxi, but then most of them were pretty willing to speak,” he said. Knowles said he was also surprised by his “passengers”. “Apart from my first ‘passenger’, who could speak very little English, all the rest spoke English very well, and it was fun to communicate with them,” he said, adding that some “passengers” were quite talkative.

The “foreign taxi driver” project was just one of the “Dare to Speak” activities, which have been going on since the end of October. Other projects included a foreign store owner near a high school in Beijing, a cook in a Shanghai university canteen. They were testing the willingness of Chinese people, especially students and white-collar workers, to speak to foreigners in English.

Rong Xin, senior manager of IELTS (雅思) with the British Embassy, said they hoped to let IELTS takers in China know that communication is the ultimate goal of IELTS.

“We hope that more and more IELTS takers in China can realize the importance of communicating in English in real life, instead of just getting high test scores,” she said.

29. Why did Matthew Knowles drive a taxi?

A. He took part in the project “Dear to speak”

B. He played the role of a taxi driver in a film.

C. He enjoyed chatting with people in English.

D. He wanted to improve his Chinese while driving.

30. The Chinese may meet and talk to _______ in “Dear to speak” projects.

A. a white-collar worker B. a foreign store owner

C. a restaurant manager D. a high school student

31. The underlined word ultimate is closest in meaning to ________.

A. most difficult B. most common

C. most famous D. most important

32. The purpose of the project “Dear to Speak” is to _______ .

A. attract more foreigners to start business in China

B. draw Chinese people’s attention to IELT