I.听力（共2节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分。满分5分）

第一节：请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项

Where is the woman going first?

The cinema. B. The bank. C. The concert hall.

What’s the possible relationship between Jack and the man?

Teacher and student. B. Parent and child. C. Classmates.

Who will help fix the man’s computer?

Jim. B. His brother. C. The woman’s brother.

How often does the woman go bowling each week?

Twice a week. B. Three times a week. C. Four times a week.

What does the woman think of the dress?

Ugly. B. Common. C. Excellent.

第二节请听下面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。

Where does the man read the news?

In the newspaper. B. In the Magazine. C. On the Internet.

What is the news mainly about?

A latest plane crash. B. The effect of global warming.

C. Action taken to prevent pollution.

请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

What did the doctors say about Mr. Brown?

He wouldn’t speak again.

He wouldn’t hear again.

He wouldn’t walk again.

What led to the car accident?

Speeding. B. Drink-driving. C. Bad weather

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

Where did the man spend his childhood?

In Wilmette. B. In Munich. C. In Los Angeles.

How old was the man when he finished high school?

15. B. 16. C. 17.

What does the man probably think of Chicago?

Great. B. Just so-so. C. Terrible.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Why didn’t the man go to work today?

He doesn’t feel very well.

It is a public holiday today.

His boss let him take a break.

What did the man and Mary do on the top of the hill?

They enjoyed the sunrise.

They played with birds.

They danced for a while.

Why didn’t the man and Mary visit the coin museum?

The tickets to it cost too much.

Mary was not interested in coins.

The man preferred to do something else.

What will the man probably do next?

Take a shower. B. Get some sleep. C. Have a walk.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

When did the extreme heat wave strike Greenland?

In August, 2012. B. In July, 2012. C. In June, 2012.

What happened at one scientific research station?

Flags fell over. B. Supply planes crashed. C. Flags broke into halves.

How much of the island’s surface ice melted for a short term this summer?

79 percent. B. 90 percent. C. 97 percent.

What makes Marco Tedesco worried?

Greenland may lose its ice forever.

Such melts may occur more frequently.

Greenland may become colder and colder.

II. 单项选择 （共15小题每小题1分）

21. --- Excuse me. Can you tell me where the nearest bank is?

--- ________ Oh, yes! It’s past the post office, next to a big market.

A. I beg you pardon? B. You asked the right question. C. Mm, let me see. D. Be quiet.

24. To keep healthy, Professor Johnson ______ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.

A. made up B. put up C. took up D. carried out

25._______ you dare to overcome difficulties with your studies,______ make great progress in the future.

A．Only if, can you B．If, can you C．Only if, you can D.If, you can to

26．It took us several hours to make the old man ____of the safety of travelling by air.

A．believed B．convinced C．informed D．persuaded

27．—How did you________the old valuable house?

—It used to be ________my uncle. He left it to me in his will.

A．take possession of；in possession of B．take the possession of；in the possession of

C．take possession of；in the possession of D．take the possession of；in possession of

28. ________, she talked a lot about her favorite movie star to us.

A. A girl as is she B. The girl as she is C. A girl as she is D. Girl as she is

29. _____ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.

A. If it is not B. Were it not C. Had it not been D. If they were not

30. – Who should be responsible for the accident?

-- The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order ______.

A. as told B. as are told C. as telling D. as they told

31. My mother didn’t ____ us leaving Kunming at once, so we had to stay there for ____ two days.

A. approve; other B. approve of; more C. approve of; another D. approve; the other

32. We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, ______ that all children like these things.

A. thinking B. think C. to think D. thought

33．He is devoted to his job and is always the last______ the office.

A．leaving　B．to leave C．left D．leave

34. The pianos in the other shop will be ______, but _________.

A. cheaper; not as better B. more cheap; not as better

C. cheaper; not as good D. more cheap; not as good

35. We will have to work________ faster in order to complete our task on time.

A．a great deal of B．a great deal C．a great many of D．a great many

Ⅲ.完形填空 （每题1.5分，共30分）

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he __36__ up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his __37__ expensive “school” fees. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before __38__，he bought a Rolex watch with the __39__ made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be __40__ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the __41__ goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying __42__ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless __43__. When he was __44__ of his “smarts”，immediately, __45__ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which __46__ nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen's words. Glen was amazed. __47__ he understood why, he was taken to the office to be __48__ strictly. For many times of entry-exit __49__ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him __50__ time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if _51__ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after __52__ the plane for long.

After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep _53__ on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of __54__，which he would __55__ as the secret of his success forever.

36. A. set B. came C. went D. called

37. A. good B. bad C. extra D. few

38. A. staying B. leaving C. living D. coming

39. A. books B. things C. saving D. pounds

40. A. put B. looked C. taken D. lied

41. A. ordinary B. common C. specific D. many

42. A. one B. it C. them D. these

43. A. present B. trade C. toy D. fake

44. A. afraid B. proud C. well D. hard

45. A. in B. on C. before D. after

46. A. paid B. spent C. took D. cost

47. A. Before B. After C. If D. Though

48. A. appreciated B. beaten C. spoken D. examined

49. A. conditions B. experiences C. experiments D. chances

50. A. no matter what B. no matter how C. no matter when D. no matter why

51. A. came out B. found out C. sent out D. set out

52. A. landing B. flying C. catching D. boarding

53. A. expression B. idea C. thought D. impression

54. A. honesty B. lies C. goods D. things

55. A. remember B. learn C. revise D. read

IV. 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30分）

A

When I was younger, I wished for a Porsche and a big house. That was my idea of success. I took all the advanced classes possible and took the exams with my mind set on going to a key school. I just knew that I would somehow become famous and be able to afford that car and the dream house. All the way through junior year, my mind was planning this beautiful future.

Then in the eleventh grade, many losses changed my mind. First, one of my friends died at the age of 16. Soon after, my great-grandmother passed away, and on the same day, my beloved fourth-grade teacher. They left me not knowing what to do or where to go. Death had never touched me so closely.

After a long period of emptiness, it finally struck me; life is not promised and neither is my future success. While I was going through the actions in an attempt to achieve material success, I was not enjoying my daily life. I was just existing. It occurred to me that life has more purposes than acquiring possessions, which will only be yours until you can no longer keep up with the payments. I realized that finding inner peace, purpose and happiness will stick with you forever and that is real success.

Enjoying life’s precious changes makes a person more successful than a wealthy person who is not content and takes everything for granted. The summer before senior year, my attitude changed greatly. Instead of memorizing facts, I began learning information. Instead of focusing on the future, I focused on today and the blessings and successes that come with it.

I still make excellent grades, but now I dedicate weeks to studying instead of preparing for exams, and I think about the future with a deeper sense of meaning. Success, just like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder（旁观者). For me, being successful means truly living life each day, being thankful, and affecting the world.

The main idea of the first paragraph is ____________.

A. the writer drew