2014/03/20

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分10分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

When does the man want to leave?

A. At 8:30 am. B. At 8:00 am. C. At 7:30 am.

2. What does the man think led to the accident?

A. He was too tired. B. The weather was terrible. C. There was a tree too close to the road

3. Where will the two speakers eat?

A. At home. B. In a restaurant C. At the woman’s mother’s home.

4. What does the man plan to do?

A. Have lunch with the woman. B. Pay his bills online. C. Go to the bank.

5. When will the woman visit the man’s class?

A. tonight B. tomorrow C. Next Monday.

第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How does the woman most probably feel now?

A. Angry. B. Excited. C. Nervous

7. What do we know about the man?

A. He often comes to work by bus. B. He is a responsible employee.

C. He is often late for work..

请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. When will the woman arrive at the airport on July 22nd?

A. Ay 3:15 am. B. At 2:15 pm. C. At 3:15 pm.

9. What does the woman want the man to do?

A. Rent a car for her. B. Check her schedule for her. C. Pick her up in his car.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why did the woman miss the meeting this morning?

A. She got up late. B. Her bus broke down. C. She was delayed by the traffic.

11. What did the manager decide to do?

A. Start a new project next week. B. Finish a project this week. C. Fire an employee.

12. What will the woman do?

A. Work overtime for weeks. B. Talk to the manager. C. Check her email.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the man want to do first during the summer vacation?

A. Go to visit his cousins. B. Have a family reunion. C. Visit his friends

14. Why does the man want to know about some locations?

A. To know where to go camping. B. To know where to buy a new house.

C. To know where to take a family vacation.

15. What will the woman do for her father?

A. Find some helpful articles. B. Tell a site to him. C. Help him look after the garden.

16. Which site might the woman be interested in?

A. A site about camping. B. A site about travelling. C. A site about gardening.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many film companies are mentioned in the talk?

A. Five. B. Four. C. Three.

18. When did musicals become popular?

A. In the 1930s. B. In the 1940s C. In the 1950s

19. What kind of films are often studies of social problems?

A. Science fiction films. B. Detective movies. C. Documentaries.

20. What is the talk mainly about?

A. The history of Los Angeles. B. The development of movies in Hollywood.

C. The future of film industry in Hollywood.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C、D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

A

A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. “I think half of them fell off their chairs,” Gerner says.

Gerner manages school facilities (设施)for Clark County, Nevada, a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018, 143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system. Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes (样品); they plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.

Green schools are appearing all over , but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate. “One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),” Mark. McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. “You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”

Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of re most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings. “I don’t believe in the new green religion,” Gerner says. “Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical. I’m interested in those that work.” But he wouldn’t mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power. “You never know what’s going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,” he says.

21. How did the architects react to Gerner’s design requirements?

A. They lost balance in excitement. B. they showed strong disbelief.

C. they expressed little interest. D. they burst into cheers.

22. Which order of steps is followed in carrying out the project?

A. Assessment－Prototype－Design－Construction.

B. Assessment－Design－Prototype－Construction.

C. Design－Assessment－Prototype－Construction.

D. Design－Prototype－Assessment－Construction.

23. What makes it difficult to build green schools in Clark County?

A. The large size. B. Limited facilities.

C. The desert climate. D. Poor natural resources.

24. What dose Gerner think of the ideas of green schools?

A. They are questionable. B. They are out of date.

C. They are advanced. D. They are practical.

　　　 B

　　　Everyone knows that the French are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Or do they? Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

　　　At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (实业家) in the UK found that 70 percent felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public.

　　　Britain is hostile to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy (嫉妒) . As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood”. Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. Some were given a little, others a great deal. Those given a little money were given the chance to destroy the large amounts of money given to others—but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.

　　　This seems to prove the entrepreneurs were right to complain. But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently reported that the UK was now the world’s fourth largest economy .That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.

　　　“It’s not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a Professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems arrogant (傲慢) or unfair or which separates them from their roots .”

　　　Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them. It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were friendlier, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.

25. What does the underlined “it” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. One group of people B. A great survey C. A nation D. National character

26. Most entrepreneurs surveyed believe that .

A. the British public are hardworking

B. they are not popular simply because they are successful

C. love of success is Britain’s national character

D. they are considered as “green-eyed monsters”

27. What does the result of the Warwich University test show ?

A. Most people would rather fail than see others succeed

B. Two thirds of the people tested didn’t love money

C. An imaginary amount of money does not attract people

D. Most people are willing to enjoy success with others

28. The writer of the passage seems to suggest that . .

A. jealousy is Britain’s national character

B. British entrepreneurs are not fairly treated

C. the British dislike the entrepreneurs because they do not behave properly

D. the scientists at Warwich University did a successful test

29. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Everyone knows that the French are romantic, the Germans are fashionable and the Italians are serious.

B. About 350 entrepreneurs in the UK felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public.

C. The British people are not lazy and they work longer hours than anyone else in the world.

D. Carey Cooper said that the British really dislike success.

C

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