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7题。

Where is the boy from?

Sanya B. Vancouver C. London

What season is it in Sanya?

Spring B. Summer C. Winter

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

When will the boy have an English test?

On Friday B. On Monday C. On Thursday

What does the boy ask the girl to do for him?

Get some food B. Save the seat C. Keep an eye on his materials

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

What does the woman think of living downtown?

Convenient B. Unsafe C. Noisy

What do we know about the suburb?

There is a shopping mall B. There is a night club C. There is a lake

What is the relationship between them?

Boss and worker B. Guide and tourist C. Husband and wife

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Where does Monica skateboard?

In skate parks and streets B. In her school C. In a gym

When did Monica get her first skateboard?

At the age of 13 B. At the age of 14 C. At the age of 15

What do we know about Go Skateboarding Day?

It is on the 21st of July every year

Skateboarders attend parties

Austrians also celebrate the day

What don’t skateboarders like to wear?

Tight trousers B. T-shirts C. Baseball caps

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does the new adventure mean in the letter?

A foreign trip B. The university life C. The new city life

How can Edith make the homesickness fade away?

By chatting with parents online. B. By calling friends C. By making new friends

What does Millie do ?

A doctor B. A student C. A teacher

What is Millie’s cell phone number?

A. 18566338876 B. 15866337786 C. 15863337086

第二部分 （共三节，满分70分）

第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

A modern-day love story of a man seeing the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train and tracking her down over the Internet has failed to have a fairy tale ending with the relationship over.

For Web designer Patrick Moberg, then 21, from Brooklyn, it was love at first sight when he saw a woman on a Manthttan train last November. But he lost her in the crowd so he set up a website with a sketch(素描)picture to find her—www.Nygirlofmydreams.com.

Unbelievably in a city of 8 million people, it only took Moberg 48 hours to find the woman, with his phone ringing non-stop and email box overflowing. New Yorkers took pity on the subway Romeo and joined his hunt.

The mysterious girl was named as Camille Hayton, from Melbourne, Australia, who was working at the magazine Black Book and also lived in Brooklyn. One of her friends saw the sketched picture on the Web site and recognized her.

But after finding each other, appearing on TV and getting international press, the couple took their romance out of the public eye, with Moberg closing down the Web site and with both refusing to make any more comments—until now.Hayton told Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that she dated Moberg for about two months but it just didn’t work out.

“I say we dated for a while but now we’re just friends,” Hayton, now 23, told the newspaper. Hayton said she is still recognized about three times a week on the streets of Manhattan as “that girl” and the question is always the same: “So what happened?”

“I think the situation was so intense that it linked us,” she said, adding, “it linked us in a way that you could mistake, I guess, for being more romantic than it was. I don’t know. But I wanted to give it a go so didn’t wonder what if, what if?”

Hayton told The Sunday Telegraph that she is enjoying single life in New York, keeping busy with acting classes, working in two clothing stores. Last week she had a small role as a waitress in the long-running daytime soap As the World Turns.

“I just can’t believe it happened. It feels like a long time ago,” said Hayton. Moberg, however, was still refusing to comment on the relationship.

21．After Moborg lost the girl in the crowd，he set up a website with?? ?????.

A. a pretty notice to find her?????? B. an inspiring story to move her

C. an exciting program to attract her D. a rough drawing to discover her

22．Moberg found the girl in a short time because???????? .

A. he phoned everybody in the city??? ????? B. he e-mailed everybody in the city

C. he got help from the net citizens??? D.he continued his hunt day and night?

23．What has happened to Hayton after the subway romance?

A. She still gets noticed in the streets in New York

B. She has become a journalist in Australia.

C. She has become a superstar in the city.

D. She is out of work and is looking for a new job.

24．The best title for this passage may be???????? .

A. NY subway romance causes debate(争论)

B. NY subway romance hits end

C. NY—a romantic city for the young couple

D. NY—a heartbreaking city for the young couple

B

Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain's most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe—the business tribe.

You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn't wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.

This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business.

“Ties offer a point of difference，” says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers. “They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”

So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.

Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to be rare among entrepreneurs(企业家) in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders，including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people—but not the people wearing ties.

Up until around 1960, it was common for men across the Western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat in fact his nickname was“hatless Jack”. Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to, either. Perhaps“tieless Tony”(UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as “hatless Jack”．

25．In Britain, ties were first used as a sign to show a person's________.

A. personality B. job C.social position D. favorite hobby

26．In the business world，wearing a tie was necessary because________.

A. it showed you were well-trained

B. it showed you got a good salary

C. it showed you were an employer

D. it showed you were a brainworker

If you meet a man with a not brightly colored tie, that means ______

A. He likes playing jokes. B. He is popular with others.

C. He maybe seldom play jokes. D. He is a leader.

28．The writer may hold the opinion that________.

A. millions of people will go to work without a tie

B. Kennedy is the best leader in the world

C. Blair is the best leader in the world

D. people will wear hats instead of ties

C

In today’s world of cell phones, mini laptops and MP5 players, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these devices are so common, is time running out for the 500-year-old watch? According to some consumers, yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function”. Many young adults agree and use their cell phones to tell time. It is said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago. As a result, some people claim that the watch industry is at a crossroads.

However, watchmakers optimistically say that watches redeem popularity when consumers reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they are willing to spend money on a quality watch that doesn’t just keep good time. Fifty years ago, watchmakers boasted about their products’ accuracy. But in recent years, the watch industry has transformed itself into an accessory（饰品）business. And for many today, the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells.

“Complications” --- features that go beyond simple timekeeping--- are an important part of a watch’s image. Today’s watches offer lots of features that meet almost any personality. These features include compasses, lunar calendars, and even USB drives.

Creativity is a key element in today’s watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that don’t even look like watches. The company’s popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell the time. It looks more like a fashionable bracelet than a watch.

Whether a watch communicates fashion sense, creative flair or a love of sports, consumers want their timepieces to stand out. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget(小玩意儿) in their bags, so people want to make a statement with what’s on their wrists. Will this interest in wrist fashion last? Only time will tell!

29. The underlined word “redeem” in Paragraph 2 can be best replaced by “__________”.

A. enlarge B. lose C. prove D. regain

30. According to the passage, a multi-function watch can _________.

A. show the direction B. remind