3. What time will the train leave?

A. At 6:10 tomorrow morning. B. At 11:00 tonight. C. At 11:00 tomorrow morning.

4. What does the man mean?

A. He is waiting for someone else. B. He doesn’t want to talk with Mr Miller.

C. He is busy now.

5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a department store. C. In a hotel.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分 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. How was the weather like during the Browns’ trip?

A. Very warm. B. Very hot. C. Very cool.

7. How were the hotels in Venezuela?

A. Excellent and not expensive. B. Cheap but not good. C. Nice but expensive.

8. What was the woman advised to buy in Venezuela?

A. Daily staff. B. Clothes. C. Gold jewelry.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Where is the Mandy’s family?

A. In England. B. In Ireland. C. In Scotland.

10. How did the woman get the money to buy a flat?

A. From her friends. B. From her brother. C. From her parents.

11. What will? the speakers do next?

A. Have lunch. B. Have coffee. C. Have dinner.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Where does the man want to go?

A. America. B. New Zealand. C. Japan.

13. What time will the flight take off?

A. At 11:30 am. B. At 10:30 am. C. At 11:30 pm.

14. How long does the whole journey take?

A. Less than one hour. B. About two hours. C. About eleven hours.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What sports does the man like to play after work?

A. Table tennis, running and golf. B. Tennis, swimming and golf.

C. Tennis, running and golf.

16. How often does the man play golf?

A. About once a week. B. About once a month. C. About once a year.

17. What time will the speakers meet at the clubhouse?

A. At 1:30 pm. B. At 2:00 am. C. At 2:30 pm.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Where is the speaker giving the talk?

A. On a hill. B. In a forest. C. Beside a lake.

19. What can the listeners do at Summit Lake?

A. Rest and take photos. B. Go boating or swimming. C. Cook lunch over a campfire.

20. What would be part of the trip?

A. Climbing up rocks. B. Fishing in a stream. C. Walking through a field.

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)

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项。

A

Fumbling with the buttons to find a good song while driving has been linked to increased risk of crashes, but is listening to music risky? “It depends on the music,” says a report published in the October issue of Accident Analysis & Prevention.

The study found teenage drivers who played their own music had significantly more traffic violations（违规）compared with background music designed by the researchers to minimize driving distractions, or no music.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel recruited(招募) 85 drivers about 18 years old; just over half were male. The subjects were each assigned to drive six challenging road trips that were about 40 minutes long, accompanied by an experienced driving instructor. Music was played on four trips, two with selections from the drivers' playlists, mostly fast-paced vocals, and two with background music, which was a mixture of easy listening, soft rock and light jazz designed to increase driver safety. No music was played on two trips. Subjects rated their mood after each trip and in-car data recorders analyzed driver behavior and errors.

All 85 subjects committed at least three errors in one or more of the six trips; 27 received a warning and 17 required steering or braking by an instructor to prevent an accident. When the music was their own, 98% made errors; without the music, 92% made errors; and while listening to the safe-driving music, 77% made errors. Speeding, following too close, inappropriate lane use, and one-handed driving were the common violations.

The male subjects were more aggressive drivers and made more serious errors than female subjects. The teens played their own music at a very loud volume but significantly decreased the sound level when listening to the safe-driving music, researchers said. Mood ratings were highest on trips with driver-preferred music.

21. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?

A. Many drivers played their favorite music while driving.

B. Drivers shouldn’t search for the buttons to find a good song.

C. Song selection has nothing to do with increased risk of crashes.

D. Listening to certain types of music can increase drivers’ errors.

22. What does the underlined word “subjects” refer to in this passage?

A. Something being discussed. B. People being written about.

C. People being tested. D. Areas of knowledge or study.

23. In the research, soft rock and light jazz are likely to _______.

A. increase drivers’ safety B. add to the pleasure of driving

C. change drivers’ idea of safe driving D. lower drivers’ guard against danger

24. It can be inferred from the passage that in the research ______.

A. the teens committed the most errors

B. the male were more skillful in driving

C. traveling with no music made the least errors

D. driver-preferred music increased the mood ratings

B

You may not be aware, but digital currency (货币) is a big part of the Internet world. QQ Coins can buy you accessories (配饰) for your QQ images. More importantly, a new digital currency, Bitcoin, is bringing the world’s commerce online.

If you’re traveling, you can spend Bitcoins at restaurants and hotels listed at BitcoinTravel.com. In China, Bitcoins can be used to buy goods at about 134 online shops on Taobao. And at a café named 2nd Place in Beijing, you can even buy fresh coffee with Bitcoins.

So what makes Bitcoin so attractive to investors?

First of all, the Bitcoin system is not controlled by anyone. One central authority cannot make policies to change the value of Bitcoins. The fixed amount of Bitcoins also means they cannot lose value through inflation(通货膨胀), as all forms of paper money have done over time.

In addition, accounts in the Bitcoin system are anonymous and transparent. Users can set up an account easily and track every Bitcoin. All of these features seem to make Bitcoins immune(有免疫力的) from loss, but that is not entirely true.

“The value of Bitcoins can vary wildly as no central government makes the price of them steady. If the value drops suddenly, investors cannot get any compensation(赔偿),” Zhao Qingming, a senior researcher at China Construction Bank, told China Economic Weekly. And Bitcoins, unlike company shares, are not backed by any tangible funds, which also adds to their risk.

While China will not recognize the digital currency anytime soon, Xinhua said, lawmakers and officials at a hearing on Nov. 18 in the US made positive comments about Bitcoin.

Ben Bernanke, outgoing chairman of the Federal Reserve, told the Washington Post that “these types of creations, such as Bitcoin… may hold long-term promise, particularly if its system promotes a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.”

25. Bitcoin is ______.

A. actually exactly like QQ Coins B. only used online

C. a new currency used both online and in real life

D. a country’s new digital currency.

26. We can use Bitcoin to buy the following things except ______.

A. online goods B. goods at 134 online shops on Taobao

C. books in physical shops D. coffee at a café named 2nd Place

27. What is the disadvantage of Bitcoin?

A. the value of it can rise and fall wildly. B. It cannot lose value through inflation.

C. Every bitcoin in your account can be followed.

D. It can even be used at some specific restaurants and hotels.

C

The biggest danger facing airlines nowadays may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with portable computer in business class. In the last 16 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference (电磁干扰). The source of this interference remains not proved, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.

RTC.A. an organization which advises the aviation (航空 )industry, has suggested that all airlines ban such devices from being used during "critical" stages of flight particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently , rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some air- lines prevent passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are unwilling to carry out a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flight.

The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft's computers. Experts know that portable devices send out radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.

The fact that aircraft may be fragile to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage navigation equipment. As worrying，though, is the passenger who can 't hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music's too loud.

28. What is said about the over 100 aircraft incidents in the past 16 years?

A. They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.

B. They may have taken place during take-off and landing.

C. They were proved to have been caused by the passengers’ portable computers.

D. They w