听力（共两节，满分30分）

(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，并标在试题的相应位置。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’s the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife

2. Why does David go shopping?

A. The weather is great. B. He wants to buy a gift. C. It's his father's birthday

3. When did Alice probably go to London?

A. Yesterday. B. Two days ago. C. Four days ago.

4. What's the man going to do?

A. Organize a show. B. Help his teacher. C. Give some suggestions.

5. What was the woman doing yesterday afternoon?

A. Answering a phone. B. Writing a report. C. Cleaning her room.

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。

听第六段材料，回答第6至第8题。

6. What is Peter wearing today?

A. A shirt. B. A jacket. C. A suit.

7. What is Peter's speech about this time?

A. European paintings. B. European films. C. Chinese movies.

8. When will peter give the speech?

A. This afternoon. B. This Tuesday. C. This Thursday.

听第七段材料，回答第9至第11题。

9. What do you think Daniel is doing now?

A. Enjoying walking. B. Drinking. C. Giving a call.

10. What has Daniel prepared for the parade?

A. Juice. B. A costume. C. Cheese.

11. Who will go to church today?

A. Daniel and his father. B. Daniel and Tina. C. Tina herself

听第八段材料，回答第12至第14题。

12. Why is the girl complaining?

A. She gets home late. B. She has to do lots of homework. C. She forgets the show.

13. What does the boy think of their teacher?

A. Boring. B. Active. C. Happy.

14. What is the girl probably going to do first after the conversation?

A. Watch TV. B. Do homework. C.Take a shower.

听第九段材料，回答第15至第17题。

15. When could they go to the exhibition?

A. This Friday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Saturday.

16. What is the exhibition about?

A. Robots. B. The Internet. C. Toys.

17. Who will go to the exhibition?

A. Jack and his brother. B. Sandy and her brother C. Sandy and Jack.

听第十段材料，回答第18至第20题。

18. What does the government encourage kids to do?

A. Do homework online. B. Learn online skills. C. Make money online.

19. What does the government do to help?

A. Pay some of the bills B. Set up online centers. C. Communicate with the kids.

20. What does the government think of the people who don't have the Internet?

A. They will be left behind.

B.They will save some money.

C. They can enjoy modern life ,too.

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)

A

Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”

The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead.

The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.”

The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless!”

“So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean.

“Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.”21. What puzzled the grandson most was ________.

A. whether it was useful to read books

B. why he forgot what he read soon

C. what kind of book he could understand

D. how he could read books like his grandpa

22. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water?

A. To train him to run faster.

B. To clean the dirty basket in the river.

C. To punish him for not reading carefully.

D. To get him to realize the use of reading books.

23. What lesson can we learn from the story?

A. The old are always wiser than the young.

B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket.

C. Reading books can change a person gradually.

D. You can’t expect to remember whatever you read.

B

Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee (裁判) and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who win or lose, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.

Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too，in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

24. To become a leader in a game, the child has to_______.

A. play well B. wait for his turn

C. be confidence in himself D. be popular among his playmates

25. What do we know about grown-ups?

A.?They are not interested in games.

B.?They find children’s games too easy.

C.?They don’t need a reason to play games.

D.?They don’t understand children’s games.

26. Why does a child like playing games?

A. Because he can be someone other than himself.

B. Because he can become popular among friends.

C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.

D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

27. The writer believes that _________.

A.?children should make better rules for their game

B.?children should invite grown-ups to play with them

C.?children’s games can do them a lot of good

D.?children play games without reason

C

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A．Beach Plaza Hotel． B．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．

C．Baymont Inn Hotel． D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

29．In which hotel parking is the cheapest?

A．Beach Plaza Hotel． B．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．

C．Baymont Inn Hotel． D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

30．If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel．

A．enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room

B．want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel

C．are fond of swimming in heated water

D．are a cigarette smoker

31．Which of the following is NOT true to the ads?

A．In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available．

B．All of the three hotels provide television with cable．

C．You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

D．While staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the Internet．

D

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