第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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，并标在试卷的相应位置。（共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5）

What does Bob want to do?

Go to evening classes. B. Find a full-time job. C. Get a part-time job.

When will they get to the cinema?

At 8:00 am. B. At 9:00 am. C. At 10:00 am.

What are they talking about?

The man’s hobby. B. The man’s vacation. C. The man’s photo.

What will the man do next?

Fix the car by himself. B. Make some money. C. Buy a mechanic.

What happened to the man in 2013?

A. He got lost on a mountain. B. He lost his friend on a mountain.

C. He fell down from the mountain.

第二节: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。(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听第6段材料，回答第6至7两个小题。

6. What is the woman on the roof going to do?

A. Rescue her baby. B. Repair the roof. C. Take her own life.

7. What does the man probably do?

A. A policeman. B. A teacher. C. A journalist.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9两个小题。

8. What are they talking about?

A. Their weekend plans. B. A tennis game. C. A gathering of friends.

9. When will the two speakers meet?

A. At 2:00 on Saturday afternoon. B. At 1:30 on Saturday afternoon.

C. At 2:00 on Sunday afternoon

听第8段材料，回答第10至12两个小题。

10. When will the woman’s holiday end?

A. On August 7th. B. On August 16 th. C. On August 11th

11. Where is the woman going tomorrow afternoon?

A. To Musee d’Orsay B. To the national museum. C. To Musee du Louvre.

12. How much should a general visitor pay for visiting Musee du Louvre.

A. $80. B. $120. C. $200.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16两个小题。

13. What doesn’t the Workers’ Club include?

A. A swimming pool. B. A weight room. C. A tennis court.

14. What can we learn about the club?

A. People can skate or dance there. B. People can stay there till 12:00.

C. People can play computer games there.

15. Where does the man work？

A. At a computer center. B. At a high school. C. At the Workers’ Club.

16. How are they going there tomorrow night?

A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20两个小题。

17. What does agritourism refer to?

A. Living in the countryside. B. Making farm-fresh products

C. Getting away from the city.

18. What isn’t the benefit of agritourism?

A. Protecting the environment. B. Increasing farmers’ income.

C. Saving the farmlands.

19. Which of the following is specially offered for children?

A. Horseback riding. B. Petting zoos. C. Historic tours.

20. What can we learn about Summerfield?

A. It’s a big city in North Carolina.

B. The lands there have been developed.

C. People often go sightseeing there.

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

There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour and said:“Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won’t have your meals tonight.”

He went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at her son’s eyes. She gave him a gold coin. When the father asked his son what he had earned, the son presented him the gold coin. The father asked him to throw it into a well.

The next day, he asked his son to earn something. This time he went crying to his sister who gave him a coin. When he showed it to his father he again asked him to throw it in a well. Then the father asked him to earn more money.

This time since there was no one to help him, the son was forced to go to the market. One shopkeeper told him he would pay him two coins if he carried his trunk to his house. He did so and sweated plenty. As he returned home he was asked to do the same. The son almost cried out. He could not imagine throwing his hard-earned money like this. He cried, “My entire body is aching. You are asking me to throw the money into the well.”

At this moment, the businessman told him one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On the earlier two occasions he was helped and therefore had no pain in throwing the coins into the well. The son had now realized the value of hard work. He promised never to be lazy and to safely keep the father’s wealth. The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him though the rest of the life.

21. Which of the following is TURE?

A. At first the son was hard-working and responsible

B. The father taught his son a lesson in a good way.

C. The father didn’t like his son at all.

D. The businessman was a little lazy.

22. According to the passage, the father wanted his son to realize .

A. the importance of helping others B. the importance of father

C. the value of hard labour D. the value of money

23. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A. the mother was very cold

B. the sister was very intelligent

C. the father was very strict

D. the shopkeeper was very cruel

24. According to the last paragraph, we can guess the boy was likely (可能的)to .

A. look for a good job B. used up his father’s wealth

C. become a successful guide D. follow his father’s career(事业)

B

It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are too serious or too strict with their children; and that they seldom give their children a free hand.

Actually parents also find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend to forget what they were like when young.

For example, young people like to act without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation, while older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something unpleasant. When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.

Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes, in entertainment (娱乐) and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. It is natural enough that you want to live a life in your own way, after being a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents’ control.

However, you should know that if you plan to control your life, you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.

25. The passage is mainly written for __________.

A. parents B. older people C. young people D. teachers

26. Young people like to have clothes, entertainment and music in their own way, because _________.

A. they want to make their parents angry

B. they try to get their parents into trouble

C. they want something new and different from the older people

D. they know they are cleverer than the older people

27. What does the writer mean by “they seldom give their children a free hand”?

A. They don’t try to help their children.

B. They always keep their children busy.

C. They don’t like their children’s choice of clothes.

D. They don’t let their children do what they like.

28. The writer suggests that you should __________ if you want to control your own life.

A. talk to your parents B. create your own culture

C. show that you are responsible enough D. plan everything carefully

C

People will enjoy what you have to say if it is presented with humor. But, more importantly, if you are in a situation where important, and perhaps controversial（有争议的）, ideas must be presented to less than open minds, humor allows those ideas to be presented in a non-threatening (无威胁的) manner. Abraham Lincoln was famous for his ability to relate humorous stories to make a point. Humor used carefully throughout a presentation will also keep the listener’s interest high. In a word, individuals learning how to use humor in their speeches can strengthen arguments, support interesting presentations and, most of all, entertain their audience in a positive and comfortable way.

While popular culture may well hold many kinds of humor, some of it has no place in presentations that are designed to educate and encourage the audience. If you want to become a professional stand-up (单人表演的) comedian whose goal is 100% entertainment, then you may be able to use some of the reference materials like The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking. They can help you develop your skills and sources of humor. To that end , your participation in this study of humor will become necessary. Hopefully, you will come to appreciate the special difficulty of entertaining the audience with good and clean humor.

29. How many reasons does the author give for using humor?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

30. What’s the purpose of stand-up comedians?

A. To educate the audience. B. To encourage the audience.

C. To entertain the audience. D. To exchange with the audience.

31. Why did the author suggest reading The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking?

A. It was good for training one’s skills of humor.

B. It helped the readers relax after work.

C. It gave some tips on how to live a positive life.

D. It was a textbook for professional stand-up comedians.

32. The passage is most likely to benefit________ a lot.

A. science researchers B. public speakers C. dress designers D. sports players

D

You either have it, or you don’t---a sense of direction, that is. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?

Scientists say we’re all born with a