第I卷(共三部分，共115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 the woman going to do?

A. Show the man the way to a hotel. B. Find a hotel for herself.

C.?Help the man find a shop.

2.?What’s the possible relationship between the two people?

A .?Shop assistant and customer. B.?Husband and wife.

C.?Teacher and student.

3.?With whom and where did the woman spend her vacation?

A.?With their friends in Europe. B.?With the woman’s sister in Washington.

C.?With George’s parents in Chicago.

4.??What are the man and woman doing?

A.?Preparing for bed. B.?Inviting some friends to visit.

C.?Looking for a place to live.

5.?What does Tom mean?

A.??Studying at school is no more interesting than work.

B.?He hopes to get a job soon. C.?He would rather stay at school.

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、7题.

6.??Where does the conversation most probably take place?

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

C.?At the man’s home.

7.??What does the woman ask the man to do?

A.?Have supper with her. B.?Bring his wife along next time.

C.?Help her with the cooking.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题.

8.?What does Nancy want to buy at the grocery store??

A. A few things to make dinner tonight. ? B.?A birthday present.

C. A few things for a cake. ?

9.?How does Nancy probably feel at the moment??

A.?A little nervous but excited. B.?Stressed and frustrated.?

C.?Emotional and exhausted.?

10.?What will Nancy do next???????

A. Continue to chat with the man.???? ?B. Go home.?C. Invite the man to taste the cake.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.

11.?What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A.?A TV program. B.?Visiting a close friend of theirs. C. Studying for a test.

12.?Why is the man watching television?

A.??He has already finished studying. B. He is searching for some information.

C.??He is taking a break.

13.?Why doesn’t the man want to call Elizabeth?

A.??He and Elizabeth argued recently.

B.??He didn’t want to bother her so late in the evening.

C.???She did poorly on the last test.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14.?What did the woman have inside her handbag?

A. a wallet B. a computer C. a novel

15.?Where did she lose the handbag?

A. In a train station. B. On a bus. C. In a supermarket.

16.?How much did the woman pay for her handbag?

A. 20 B. 40 C. 60

17.?What time was it when she lost her handbag?

A. 4:25 B. 4:35 C. 4:30

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.?What is the speaker mainly taking about?A. An accident. B. A program. ?????? ??? C. The music.

19.?What’s the matter with the trucker?A. He was dead.? ? B. He was well.? ? ? C. He was hurt.

20.?What’s the police’s advice?A. Don’t drink.?? ? B. Drive slowly. C. Be careful in driving.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21. —Have you seen _____ TV drama, You Who Came From the Stars?— Is it _____ American drama? I have never heard of it.

A. the; an B. a, an C. the; the D. a; the

22. Some Southeast Asian countries were quick to ________ the search for a missing Malaysian airliner--Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

A. join B. participate C. attend D. involve

23. The income of skilled workers went up. ________, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

A. Anyhow B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Otherwise

24. —I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.

—You ________ something not very nice to me, but that’s OK.

A. have said B. had said C. did say D. were saying

25. Meeting President Xi was a precious moment for the villagers, ________they will treasure forever.

A. it B. one C. that D. what

26. Children all turned _________the famous actress as she entered the classroom.

A. looked at B. look at C .to looking at D. to look at

27. On?Sundays there were a lot of children playing in the park, ____??parents seated together joking.

A.?their ??????? B.?whose ?C.?which ? ????D.?where

28. With so much work unfinished, he realized that a picnic out this weekend was completely________.

A. out of question B. out of the question C. out of order D. out of date

29. ______twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck, is the rule that every driver must obey in this city.

A. Examining B. Examined C. Being examined D. Having been examined

30. After _________ the quality of this new switch, we are ready to go into production.

A. carrying out B. making out C. squeezing out D. testing out

31. Do you know when the plane will take off? The passengers are________ to know it.

A. agreeing B. desiring C. deciding D. dying

32. Obviously the measures taken by the local government have ______________ the solution to drinking water problems in this region.

A. contributed to B. referred to C. turned to D. devoted to

33. To our belief, clothes and blankets have been _______among the people in that earthquake stricken area.

A. distributed B. separated C. contributed D. donated

34. I’m as busy as a bee; ________ you bother me with so many questions now?

A. can B. shall C. must D. may

35. —Why are you crying? Today is your birthday!

—_____________. I am so excited with so many friends surrounding me.

A. Don’t mention it B. Just can’t help it

C. None of your business D. That’s all right

第二节：完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分）

I have a friend who had a stammer (口吃) in his childhood, but he dreamed of becoming a missionary(传教士). When he told his own desire to his friends and relatives, some of whom laughed at him, and some even held down his enthusiasm 36 .

"I must change it." said the boy angrily, “I believe I can speak very 37 , I will do!"

When it was possible, he would spend an hour 38 to chickens. He viewed the chickens as living persons, 39 himself to be the person in the speech.

"In the beginning, the chickens looked so 40 , then they watched me curiously, putting down the food in the mouths and listening to my words. It seemed as if they had been 41 by my powerful and effective language. Sometimes they seemed to be listening to me 42 . Gradually, the effect of this practice became more and more 43 and I had a better understanding of the exact 44 of my stammer, so I found the ability to speak more."

"You may not know that my father was always tyrannical(专横的). He 45 believed in the old saying: 'Young man should be more knowledgeable, but should not 46 much.' During the whole childhood, 47 I spoke or commented, he criticized me seriously, which 48 my shy personality. I used to worry about being 49 at, so I became a stammer. From then on, I kept 50 in front of everyone because they didn't want to see my embarrassment. But later I found myself talking in front of chickens, stammers disappeared 51 , therefore I regained my 52 ."

Now, the previous boy is the best at speaking and one of the most 53 missionaries. You can hardly imagine he used to have a serious language 54 . So when you come across disadvantages, you should believe you can 55 them by yourself.

36.??A. sincerely B. strangely C. privately D. impolitely

37.??A. fluently B. frequently C. obviously D. completely

38.??A. contributing B. seeing C. speaking D. turning

39.??A. considering B. declaring C. imagining D. finding

40.??A. satisfied B. frightened C. pleased D. surprised

41.??A. beaten B. attracted C. bothered D. influenced

42.??A. casually B. luckily C. carefully D. cautiously

43.??A. slight B. common C. slim D. obvious

44.??A. cause B. effect C. benefit D. harm

45.??A. originally B. personally C. stubbornly D. doubtfully

46.??A. think B. listen C. talk D. play

47.??A. since B. whenever C. before D. unless

48.??A. led to B. applied to C. referred to D. owed to

49.??A. amazed B. looked C. studied D. laughed

50.??A. active B. silent C. noisy D. upset

51.??A. naturally B. logically C. typically? D. equally

52.??A. strength B. dream C. confidence D. freedom

53.??A. intelligent B. successful C. modest D. responsible

54.??A. gift B. barrier C. ability D. study

55.??A. arrange B. exchange C. reduce D. change

第三部分 阅读理解（共20题，满分40分）

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I went to a nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work was done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing and many other jobs are performed by robots. The whole dashboard (仪表板) is put into a car by a robot. It would have taken two men to do so in the past, and it would have hurt their backs quite a bit.

It got me thinking: Is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On the one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They are not likely to make many mistakes. If something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing every time, but a human worker is unable to do so. On the other hand, robots reduce costs for companies. Companies don’t have to pay robots wages or injury compensation if they’re broken. If something in a robot does go wrong, it won’t have to take time off work for a year, or even forever, as could happen to a real person if he breaks his back or burns himself while welding.

The obvious downside is that robots increase unemployment rate, which in turn increases taxes. We don’t want to pay for those