本试卷分第一部分（选择题）和第二部分（非选择题），满分150分，测试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷(满分100分）

1.?答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。2.?选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。

1. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In an elevator. B. On a bus. C. In a taxi.

2. How much does each ticket cost?

A. ￡3.70. B. ￡4.70. C. ￡7.40.

3. What item is needed the most?

A. Batteries. B. Cell phones. C. MP4s.

4. What do we know about Karen?

A. She hasn’t been in contact with the speakers.

B. She has turned away from all her friends.

C. She really likes her studies.

5. Why did the woman change her job?

A. She didn’t like machines.

B. She was not good at doing business.

C. She didn’t like accounting.

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至8题。

6. At what time will the speakers go to see the Smiths?

A. 3:30. B. 4:00. C. 4:15.

7. How will they go there?

A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot.8. Where will they meet?

A. At the bus stop. B. Opposite the factory. C. In front of the bookstore.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Why does the man like Joplin’s?

A. Because of the location.

B. Because of the benefits.

C. Because of the salary.

10. What does the woman suggest?

A. He should reconsider.

B. He should ask for more benefits.

C. He should apply for it.

11. Why is the woman familiar with Joplin’s?

A. Her husband was employed there.

B. She lives near there.

C. She once worked there.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What’s Charles’ problem?

A. He has to rent a room.

B. He has to pay the rent.

C. He has to leave his home.

13. What do we know about the woman in the past?

A. She always lent money to the man.

B. She got financial problems.

C. She always bought lotteries.

14. How did the woman get so much money?

A. She won the lottery. B. She found a good job. C. Her uncle left it to her.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the woman’s first impression of the television?

A. It’s too big. B. It’s beautiful. C. It’s of high quality.

16. How much did the TV cost the man?

A.＄1000. B.＄1200. C.＄2400.

17. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Watch less television.

B. Have the old television fixed.

C. Return the television and get his money back.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What roles do fathers play nowadays?

A. They mainly stay at home looking after children.

B. They work outside the home leaving childcare to their wives.

C. Besides working they help with childcare as well.

19. What do people often do on Mother’s Day?

A. Mothers and children go shopping together.

B. They have outdoor picnics.

C. They wear carnations.

20. What is most important on these two days?

A. What children write on cards.

B. The value of gifts.

C. Love and respect given to parents.

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)

（共10小题，每题2分，满分20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

Although the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have English as an official language, the United States does not have an official language. This is why it’s possible to become a US citizen without speaking English. Canada also has French as an official language, though it is mostly spoken in the province of Quebec. Because many of the English speakers who originally lived in Canada came from the US, there is little difference in American and Canadian English. Similarly, Australian English and New Zealand English have few differences, except Australia was originally settled as a penal colony (罪犯流放地) and New Zealand was not. New Zealanders were more attached to the Received Pronunciation of the upper class in England, so their dialect is considered closer to British English.

British colonialism (殖民主义) has spread English all over the world, and it is still popular in South Africa, India, and Singapore, among other nations. In South Africa, English became an official language, along with Afrikaans and 9 African languages, in the 1996 constitution. However, only 3% of the country’s 30 million people are native English speakers. Twenty percent are descendants (后代) of Dutch farmers who speak Afrikaans, and the rest are native Africans.

India became independent from Britain in 1947. However, today English and Hindi are the official languages. Indian English is characterized by treating mass nouns as count nouns, frequent use of the “isn’t it?” tag, use of more compounds, and a different use of prepositions. In Singapore, Chinese, Malay and Indian languages all influence the form of English spoken. Everyone is taught English in the school system, but there are a few differences from British English as well. Mass nouns are treated as count nouns, “use to” means usually, and no articles are used before occupations.

21. Why can people become a US citizen without speaking English?

A. They can learn English there.

B. Different languages are spoken in the US.

C. The US doesn’t have an official language.

D. They can speak their own language there.

22. What do we know about South Africa?

A. English is its only official language.

B. It has 11 different official languages.

C. English is becoming less important there.

D. 20 percent of its population are native English speakers.

23. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The Indians are good at English grammar.

B. People in Singapore often misuse count nouns.

C. Singaporean English is similar to Indian English.

D. English is a required subject in Singaporean schools.

24. What is the text mainly about?

A. British colonialism. B. The wide use of English.

C. English around the world. D. The history of the English language.

B

If your family is like many in the United States, keeping a lot of bottled water at home, it’s easy to get a cold one right out of the fridge on your way to a soccer game or activity, right?

But all those plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment. In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, and add 29 billion water bottles a year to the problem. In order to make all these bottles, manufacturers use 17 million barrels of crude oil (原油). That’s enough oil to keep a million cars going for twelve months.

So why don’t more people drink water straight from the kitchen faucet? Some people drink bottled water because they think it is better for them than water out of the tap, but that’s not true. In the US, local governments make sure water from the faucet is safe.

People love the convenience of bottled water. But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a refillable steel container instead of plastic.

Unfortunately, for every six water bottles we use, only one makes it to the recycling bin. The rest are sent to landfills. Or, even worse, they end up as trash on the land and in rivers, lakes and the ocean. Plastic bottles take many hundreds of years to break down.

Water is good for you, so keep drinking it. But think about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change. And yes, you can make a difference. Remember this: recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours. No matter who you are, you can do something for the environment. Join us and protect the environment.

25. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Drinking water: bottled or from the tap?

B. How to save more energy?

C. Why is it good to drink water out of the tap?

D. Stop drinking bottled water from now on.

26. According to the passage, why don’t some people drink water straight from the kitchen faucet?

A. Because they think bottled water is healthier than water out of the tap.

B. Because local governments don’t make sure that water from the faucet is safe.

C. Because bottled water is much cheaper than water out of the kitchen faucet.

D. Because water out of the kitchen faucet is not provided anywhere.

27. The author may disagree that _____.

A. it is very hard for plastic bottles to break down

B. if we used one bottle less, more oil would be saved

C. bottled water is very convenient to drink

D. plastic bottles have been causing less and less pollution

C

Why do people run? That is, why do thousands get up early and put their knees and ankles and hearts and lungs through the hell of 10,000 meters on the roads? For those who stick with it and are lucky, they get into another world: a state of physical and mental grace reached when their blood is racing through every vein (血管).

And in Austin, those who long to get better, even when they know it’s impossible, hang on Gilbert’s every word.

Gilbert’s methods are simple. It’s all about form: how the arms move and the feet land. He pushes his students hard. When they feel like they’re about to die, they look at Gilbert’s scars (伤疤) — the burns along his right arm, and then to his right leg, where the flames ate down to the bone. Whatever they feel, how bad, really, could it be?

“He gets people to believe in themselves,” says Lisa Spenner, one of the fanatics, who are crazy about Gilbert. “He treats everyone like they’re amazing.” If Gilbert is their savior, they are his saviors too. “Eventually, I realized I had to help people. When I help people, I feel good,” he says.

Gilbert’s right leg was so badly burnt that the knee was stuck at a 90-degree angle. The doctor said it would take six months to heal. Frustrated, Gilbert got on a bike. The biking led to walking, which finally led to r