第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 22.5 分）

听下面 4 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5 秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍

听第六段材料,回答6,7题

6. What is the man doing? A. Watching TV. B. Surfing the Internet. C. Listening to the radio.

7. What will the weather probably be like in Chicago next Saturday?

A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny.

听第七段材料,回答8,9题

8. What do we know about Alfred?

A. He always works hard.

B. He always stays with his friends.

C. He did well in math last term.

9. What does the woman suggest doing? A. Having a talk with Alfred.

B. Realizing the dreams online.

C. Playing online games with Alfred.

听第八段材料,回答10,11,12题

10. What happened to the woman this morning? A. Her car window was broken.

B. Her flat was broken into.

C. Her car was stolen.

11. Where did the woman put her handbag?

A. In her flat. B. In her office. C. In her car.

12. What did the woman do in the morning? A. She had the locks of her flat changed.

B. She got her car repaired.

C. She called the police.

听第九段材料,回答13至16题

13. What does the man say about the new iPhone?

A. It is expensive.

B. It has many uses.

C. It will come out in July.

14. How big is the first generation iPod?

A. It is about the size of a pack of name cards.

B. It is about the size of a piece of name card.

C. It is about half the size of a pack of name cards.

15. How much does the second generation iPod cost?

A. About $50. B. About $100. C. About $150.

16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Co-workers. B. Customer and salesman. C. Classmates.

听第十段材料,回答17至20题

17. How did the speaker feel on her first morning in the restaurant?

A. Frightened. B. Worried. C. Excited.

18. What happened to the speaker during her first day in the restaurant?

A. She didn’t feel well.

B. She made the cook angry.

C. She had to make all the food alone.

19. What did the customers do after they ate the wrong food?

A. They enjoyed it. B. They complained. C. They got angry.

20. What can we learn from the talk?

A. The speaker got a big tip.

B. The speaker prefers cooking.

C. The speaker cooks terrible food.

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中（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

A

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(绰号) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

21. What was Albert in the oil company at the beginning?

A. A customer B. A worker.

C. A manager. D. An assistant.

22. Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?

A. He could become famous. B. He liked to have a nickname.

C. It could make his workmates happy. D. It could advertise for his company for free.

23. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. It’s very important to do small things well.

B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D. You should make more advertisements for your company.

24. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements. B. Albert and Rockefeller.

C. Four Dollars a Bucket. D. The Second Board Chairman.

B

Our warming planet is expected to face serious water crisis（危机）in the coming decades — which means each nation’s natural resource will be more important than ever.





25. According to the statistics, what is the world average of freshwater resource per person?

A. 6,122 cubic kilometers B. 241 cubic kilometers

C. 3,642 cubic kilometers D. 244,973 cubic kilometers

26. Which country or region has the most freshwater resource per year?

A. Guyana B. Brazil C. Iceland D. China

27. Which country or region appears twice on the top 5 lists?

A. Bhutan B. Seychelles C. Suriname D. Canada

C

In the United States and several other countries, 2.5 million children play baseball in an organization called Little League. They play on teams in their hometowns. Their parents and other adults in the community coach or instruct them and serve as umpires to make sure that everyone follows the rules. Local businesses give money for the ball fields and the uniforms. Local teams compete against each other and the winners get to play teams that are more distant. Eventually, the top teams go to the Little League World Series.

One hundred years after Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839, Little League got started in Pennsylvania. Three men started the game for neighborhood boys with a smaller playing field and fewer innings than adult baseball. Little League became popular after World War Ⅱ when the game spread across the United States. By 1955 it was played throughout North America and within five years it had spread to Europe. Children's baseball really caught on in Japan and Taiwan of China and teams from those areas won the World Series seven out of eight years. After this, the organization tried banning foreign teams from the World Series, but the ban came to an end after one year.

At first, Little League was only for boys aged nine to twelve. However, in 1974, the parents of girl baseball players brought a law suit. The courts ruled that Little League had to include both boys and girls. Later Little League added on softball and other games for teenagers up to age eighteen. Occasionally, a Little Leaguer becomes a professional player. For example, Gary Carter went from Little League to play nineteen seasons in the Major Leagues, ten of them as an All－Star player. By and large, youngsters play baseball for fun, but their parents are proud of them.

28．The mothers and fathers of Little League players ________．

A．play in the World Series B．travel with coaches

C．give the teams money D．help run the games

29．In what year did baseball come into being?

A．1739 B．1939 C．1955 D．1839

30．Why do most players take part in Little League?

A．To play in the Major League.

B．To have fun.

C．They expect a profit from All－Star games.

D．They want to learn how to serve as umpires.

31．What is TRUE about players today?

A．Little League is only for neighborhood boys.

B．Girl players have to buy their suits.

C．Girls and boys can participate up to age eighteen.

D．Children can only play until age twelve.

D

Have you ever received a gift that was so dearly, not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed the mark. Why do presents sometimes go wrong? And what do your choices (good and bad) reflect about your personal qualities?

Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy -- the ability to put yourself into someone else's head and heart. We're all able to do this; in fact, we're born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced (加强)--by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn't, we're not able to understand other people's feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional (情感的) qualities.

Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. (Of course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know.

We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won't make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends ahead of time.

32. The underlined expression "you had missed the mark" means "you had failed to _____.

A. make her feel better B. keep your friendship

C. get the expected effect D. receive a present in return

33. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced.

B. Emotional changes influence one's choice of gifts.

C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with.

D. Choosing gifts requires one to