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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What is talked about in the dialogue?

A. Weather. B. Natural disasters. C. Jiangxi Province.

2.When did the man get a license?

A. When he was 13. B. When he was 14. C. When he was 15.

3.When will the school term begin?

A. On September 12. B. On September 20. C. On September 22.

4.What did the man’s parents think about the play?

A. Neither liked it. B. They both liked it.

C. His mother didn’t like it, but his father did.

5.What is the woman likely to do during the festival?

A. She may do anything that she will meet.

B. She will help her mother do some shopping.

C. She will help her mother do some cooking.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分）

听下面5段对话和独白。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,每小题五秒钟,听完后,每小题将给出五秒钟的作答时间,每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6~8小题。

6.Where does the woman work?

A. In Italy. B. In Japan. C. In America.

7.When does the woman read newspapers?

A. At night. B. During the day. C. In the shopping time.

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

A. Teacher and student. B. Journalist and passer by. C. Editor and newspaper seller.

听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。

9.What can we learn about the couple?

A. The husband likes to sit in the same chair.

B. The wife doesn’t like to travel.

C. They went on a trip last year.

10.How long does the voyage they talked about last?

A. Ten days. B. Ten weeks. C. Twenty one days.

11.Why doesn’t the wife like the kind of voyage?

A. It may cost a lot of money.

B. She doesn’t like to go to so many places.

C. She dislikes going to many places and it may cost her a lot.

听第8段材料，回答第12~14小题。

12.Why was the man kept in hospital?

A. His left leg was broken.

B. He was seriously ill.

C. He had a car accident.

13. How did the accident happen?

A. Someone knocked into the back of his car.

B. He had drunk too much and lost his control.

C. He drove too fast.

14.Where was the man going that day?

A. He was going to work.

B. He was going home.

C. He was going to a party.

听第9段材料，回答第15~17小题。

15.What is the man?

A. A farmer. B. An engineer. C. A plane driver.

16.What did the object do?

A. It stayed still all the time.

B. It moved round from time to time.

C. It flew away quickly.

17. How did the man describe the object?

A. It was bigger than a normal plane.

B. It was smaller than a normal plane.

C. It was as big as a normal plane.

听第10段材料，回答第18~20小题。

18.According to the survey last year, how much of the youngsters’ free time watching TV on average?

A. Half. B. Two thirds. C. Three fourths.

19. According to the passage, where did most Chinese people get news?

A. Radio. B. Newspapers. C.TV.

20. What are many people worried about children and youngsters?

A. Spending too much money.

B. Watching too much TV.

C. Going too often to Internet Cafes.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节　单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。　　

21. I can’t remember when _______ turning point took place exactly, but it might be _______summer morning when I was in New York.

A. /; a B. a; a C. the; a D. a; the

22. The house, ______door often stays open until late at night, works as a home for the guards.

A. its B. which C. where D .whose

23. ------Mary looks sad.

------So _________ you if you fail your final exam.

A. will B. would C. do D. did

24. Joining the company as a worker, Peter got rapid promotion, and _____ as a manager.

A. turned up B. brought up C. ended up D. showed up

25. Miss Green often said “God helps those who help themselves”, intending to ________on us the importance of being independent.

A. base B. impress C. focus D. depend

26. _________ cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead ________ research in order to produce a cloned human baby.

As; for B. While; with C. As; with D. While ; for

27. Any help from you will be greatly appreciated. Please give me a reply at your earliest _________.

A. permission B. convenience C. intention D. consideration

28. All the teachers are well aware of the fact that most students, especially teens, need help and encouragement _________ punishment.

A. other than B rather than C. or rather D more than

29. ---Jack has spent an hour in shoes shop. Hasn't he decided which shoes to buy?

---Maybe. Although he is young, he is ______ about his appearance.

A. special B. curious C. particular D. serious

30. The world population has grown by six times _______it was in 1800.

A. as B. what C. than D .that

31. --- Have you been to Australia?

--- Yes, only once. I_____ there only for seven days.

A .have stayed B. stayed C. was staying D. had stayed

32. She was found sitting in her wheelchair, completely _______ in a fashion magazine her son had just bought.

A. absorbing B. being absorbed C. absorbed D. to absorb

33. It is easy to _______ my car from others in the parking lot. It has an advertisement for a car company on its back.

A. let out B. give out C. pick out D. run out

34. There is no debating _______we also have a problem with population.

A. what B. that C. where D. which

35. ---How about the exam last week?

---Oh, it is not my day, I am the last one in the class.

--- __________ Don’t lose heart, good luck for you next time.

A. What a shame! B. So what ?

C. Sorry to hear that. D. Don’t be afraid.

第二节　完形填空（共20小题；每题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, but on the walk of life, problems, 36 , profession came into their life.

One day, she finally decided, “I want to 37 .”

“Why?” he asked.

“I am tired.” She answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep thought. 38 he asked, “What can I do to 39 your mind?”

Looking into his eyes she said,“Answer my question. If you can 40 my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower 41 on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will 42 your death . Will you do it for me?”

He said, “I will give you my 43 tomorrow.”

She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which 44, “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The 45 are …”

“When you use the computer you always 46 the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers 47 I can help to restore the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my legs to 48 home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) 49 city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always 50 at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes so when we grow 51 , I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those 52 white hairs.”

“Thus, my dear, 53 I am not sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”

That’s life, and 54 . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the 55 of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

36. A. talks B. quarrels C. remarks D. flowers

37. A. grow up B. turn up C. break up D. put up

38. A. Loudly B. Quickly C. Slowly D. Finally

39. A. change B. speak C. blow D. keep

40. A. represent B. expand C. admit D. convince

41. A. waiting B. falling C. standing D. growing

42. A. stop B. prevent C. cause D. arise

43. A. plan B. answer C. opinion D. life

44. A. wrote B. said C. printed D. informed

45. A. answers B. messages C. reasons D. purposes

46. A. run out B. put up C. use up D. mess up

47. A. in case B. as if C. so that D. in order

48. A. rush B. find C. show D. leave

49. A. big B. new C. modern D. strange

50. A. glance B. look C. glare D. stare

51. A. weak B. old C. sick D. ugly

52. A. annoying B. angry C. rough D. amusing

53. A. although B. even if C. unless D. if

54. A. decision B. love C. couple D. power

55. A. surface B. way C. course D. nature

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

On March 25, 2013, two pandas were shipped from China to Canada. The pandas received a warm welcome to the North America from Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chinese ambassador(大使)Zhang Junsai.

The pandas will spend five years at the Toronto Zoo, and then spend another five years at the Calgary Zoo. This is the first time in 20 years that pandas have been sent to a Canadian zoo. “I want to offer my sincere thanks to the government of China for sharing these two pandas, symbolizing peace and friendship, with all Canadians, ”said Prime Minister Harper.

The pandas are named Er Shun and Da Mao. Er Shun, a five-year-old female, came from the Chongqing Zoo, in southwest China. Da Mao, a four-year-old male, traveled from Chengdu. The panda passengers were given plenty of snacks throughout the flight. Each panda received more than 200 pounds of bamboo and 100 pounds of apples.

The number of pandas is decreasing and now there are only 1, 600 pandas left in the wild. And this is partly due to the loss of their primary food source, bamboo. According to a recent study, warming temperatures are causing a shortage of bamboo in at least one region of China where pandas l