1. What are they talking about?

A. Their neighbors. B. A dog. C. The garden.

2. How did Tom know the news?

A. From a newspaper. B. From a TV program. C. From a radio program.

3. What does the man mean?

A. He has already been there. B. He will go there soon. C. He hasn’t been there.

4. Where does this conversation take place?

A. At a book store. B. In a library. C. In a college.

5. What sport does the woman like best?

A. Swimming. B. Diving. C. Table tennis.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，共15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，并表在试卷的相应位置。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6-7题。

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

A. Mother and son. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends.

7. What will the woman do?

A. Go on a diet. B. Ask her personal trainer for help. C. Give up exercising.

听第7段材料，回答8-10题。

8. What time is it now?

A.It’s 3:00. B. It’s 4:00. C. It’s 5:00.

9. What dose the man do?

A. A robber. B. A policeman. C. A report.

10. What will the man do?

A. Take action at once. B. Find out more details. C. Call for help.

听第8段材料，回答第11-13题

11.Why is the woman angry?

A. The man missed the appointment. B. The man was late for the appointment.

C. She failed to meet the man.

12.Where was the man yesterday?

A. In a park. B. At school. C. At his friend’s place.

13. What does the woman think of the man?

A. Stupid. B. Serious. C. Unreliable.

听第9段材料，回答第14-16题。

14. How long will the girl’s uncle stay in her home?

A. For one day. B. for three days. C. For a week.

15. How old is Rosemary?

A. 13. B.15. C.17.

16. What are they going to do next?

A. Go to the store. B. Make a shopping list. C. Cook some meals.

听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in history. His astonishing power of observation and analysis meant that he was able to solve cases which left the real police completely perplexed. As a problem solver in the law forced business, he was a knowledgeable person equal to Superman, the comic book hero.

Like Superman, of course, Holmes did not exist. He was the creation of a Scottish doctor and novelist Arthur Conan Doyle, and remains one of the most famous literary fiction characters of all time.

Holmes’ general rule when trying to solve a case was as follows: completely get rid of the impossible. Then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

It’s said that Holmes’ powers of deduction (推断) were superhuman, particularly his ability to process information from what he observed. In a story called The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Holmes examines the area near a lake where a murder has been committed. The local police have already searched the area and found no clues. Holmes spends ten minutes in the area, and announces that the murderer “is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears thick-soled shooting boots and a gray coat, smokes Indian cigars, uses a cigar holder, and carries a penknife in his pocket. There are several other indications, but these may be enough to aid us in our search.” Needless to say, he has found evidence to support all of these statements.

The fictional Holmes lived in an apartment at 221 Baker Street, a real street in Central London. When Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes, there was no 221 Baker Street, but after the street was extended northwards, there was. There is currently a bank at that address.

The fact that Holmes didn’t actually exist doesn’t stop thousands of people writing to him for help every year. The bank kindly responds to every letter they receive with the following message: “Mr. Holmes thanks you for your letter. At the moment he is retired in Sussex, keeping bees, and does not undertake detective work nowadays.”

21. In the first paragraph the underlined word “perplexed” suggests that the police were _______

A. confident B. worried C. confused D. sure

22. How does the writer describe Holmes and Superman?

A. Neither Superman nor Holmes was a real character.

B. Both Superman and Holmes used super intellect to solve problems.

C. Superman was a comic book figure, while Holmes was a real detective.

D. Superman and Holmes were equally intelligent and brave.

23. How did Holmes use his powers of deduction in the fourth paragraph?

A. He spent a long time thinking about possible solutions.

B. He found clues to help him create a full description of a suspect.

C. He observed the crime area and guessed what happened.

D. He searched the area with the police and discussed with them,

24. When letters are written to Holmes, _______

A. he answers letters when he receives them

B. his secretary answers them for him.

C. the bank at 221 Baker Street where he used to live sends the letters back

D. the bank at his address replies that Holmes is no longer working as a detective

B

A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and... I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction（互动）. With email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated（自动化）, the alienation index（疏远指数） goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.

I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise... they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.

More and more. I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier ...or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.

So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.

25．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. The Advance of Communications Technology B. The Consequences of modern Technology

C. The Story of Communications Revolution D. The Automation of Modern Communications

26．The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that ________.

A. the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone call

B. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you

C. modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talk

D. people can now go to work without going to the office

27．The writer feels that the use of modern communications is ________.

A. satisfying B. encouraging C. disappointing D. embarrassing

28．The passage implies that ________.

A. modern technology is bridging the people B. modern technology is separating the people

C. modern technology is developing too fast

D. modern technology is interrupting our communication

C

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29. In the first paragraph, “Young at heart” refers to ___________.

A. optimistic people B. people with a strong heart

C. old professional teachers D. the elderly people

30. It can be inferred that IELTS is _________.

A. a language course B. a language te