本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。时间120分钟，总分150分。

第I卷

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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A ￡19.15 B ￡9.15 C ￡9.18 答案是B

1. What will Dorothy do on the weekend?

A. Go out with her friend B. work on her paper C. Make some plans

2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt?

A. ＄15 B. ＄30 C. ＄50

3. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?

A .To attend a wedding B. To visit an exhibition C. To meet a friend

4. When does the bank close on Saturday?

A .At 1:00 pm B. At 3:00 pm C. At 4:00 pm

5. Where are the speakers?

A. In a store B. In a classroom C. At a hotel

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，每段对话和独白后有几个小题，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，听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5分钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What do we know about Nora?

A. She prefers a room of her own

B. She likes to work with other girls

C. She lives near the city center

7. What is good about the flat?

A. It has a large sitting room B. It has good furniture C. It has a big kitchen

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Where has Barbara been?

A. Milan B. Florence C. Rome

9. What has Barbara got in her suitcase?

A . Shoes B. Stones C. Books

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who is making the telephone call?

A. Thomas Brothers B. Mike Landon C. Jack Cooper

11. What relation is the woman to Mr. Cooper?

A. His wife B. His boss C . His secretary

12. What is the message about?

A. A meeting B. A visit to France C. The date for a trip

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the talk mainly about?

A. The history of the school B. The courses for the term C. The plan for the day

18. Where can the visitors learn about the subjects for new students?

A. In the school hall B. In the science labs C. In the classrooms

19. What can students do in the practical areas?

A. Take science courses B. Enjoy excellent meals C. Attend workshops

20. When are the visitors expected to ask questions?

A. During the lunch hour

B. After the welcome speech

C. Before the tour of labs

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 ）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

According to sociologists（社会学家）, every modern industrial society has some form of social stratification（阶层）. Class, power and status are important in deciding people’s rank in society. Class means a person’s economic position in society. A commonly used classification is lower class, middle class and upper class. While sociologists disagree on how these terms should be exactly defined, they do describe societies like the United States quite well. One study shows that 53% of Americans belong to the lower class, 46% the middle class, and 1% the upper class. Interestingly, a surgeon earning ＄500,000 a year and a bus driver earning ＄50,000 a year both regard themselves as the middle class! Power refers to the amount of control a person has over other people. Obviously, people in positions of great power (such as governors) exercise（行使）big power, but people who take orders from others have less power. Power and class do not always go hand in hand, however. For example, the governor of a state has great power, but he or she may not belong to a corresponding （相应的）economic class. Generally, however, there is a relationship between power and class.

To our knowledge, there aren’t too many people who aren’t millionaires in the U.S. Senate! Status is the honor or respect attached to a person’s position in society. It can also be affected by power and class, but not necessarily so. For example, a university professor may have a high status but not belong to a high social class or have a lot of power over others.

21. What can we learn about “the middle class” from Paragraph 2? A. People earning ＄50,000 a year belong to the middle class. B. Nearly half Americans belong to the middle class. C. People generally consider bus drivers as the middle class. D. Sociologists have a clear definition of the middle class.22. According to the text, we know that _____. A. class is less important in deciding a person’s social rank B. status refers to a person’s economic position in society C. people with high status have a lot of control over others D. power and class do not always correspond with each other

23. Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?

B

Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my family’s last vacation. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break form school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York, so I had to get back. But that didn't mean my husband and my son couldn't stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.

The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged—okay, ordered—them to wait it out at the airport, to "earn" more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?

Now some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.

I've made a living looking for the best deals and exposing the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.

I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I’m also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its shape longer, and it's the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.

24. Why did Delta give the author's family credits?

A. They took a later flight. B. They had early bookings.

C. Their flight had been delayed. D. Their flight had been cancelled.

25. What can we learn about the author?

A. She seldom makes a compromise(妥协). B. She rarely misses a good deal.

C. She is very strict with her children. D. She is interested in cheap products.

26. What does the author do?

A. She's a teacher. B. She's a housewife.

C. She's a businesswoman. D. She's a media person.

27. What does the author want to tell us?

A. How to expose bad tricks. B. How to reserve airline seats.

C. How to spend money wisely. D. How to make a business deal.

C

I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.

I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.

It takes confidence to make a new start ---- there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.

Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.

The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.

It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck ---- of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer —is unbelievably rewarding.

28. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. I was waiting for good fortune.

B. I was trying to find an admirable job.

C. I was being aimless about a suitable job.

D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.

29. The author decided to write a novel ______ .

A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dream

C. to satisfy readers’ wish D. to earn more money

30. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain.

31. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. It pays to stick to one’s goal.

B. Hard work can lead to success.

C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.

D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

D

Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted（预测）in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.

Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.

Increased carbon dioxide（CO2）in the air from burning coal