命题人 熊勇 2014/12

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。听完每段对话后，你都有10称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

Where are the two speakers?

A. In a store. B. At home. C. On the street.

2. What did the man do today?

A. Watched a movie. B. Visited Susan. C. Studied at home.

3. How did the woman probably feel when reading the book?

A. Moved. B. Excited C. Bored.

4. What does the woman probably think the man should do?

A. Have the jacket returned. B. Exchange it for a red one. C. Exchange it for a black one.

5. What did the man do after supper?

A. He worked on his school paper. B. He searched about a trip to London,

C. He surfed the Internet for entertainment.

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7题。

6. What do we know about the woman?

A. She will help the man carry the bag. B. She is seeing someone off.

C. She didn’t expect to see the man there.

7. What is the man doing there?

A. Seeing off his girlfriend. B. Looking for his bag. C. Waiting for his flight.

听第7段材料，回答第8 、9题。

8. Why won’t the woman go to eat out tonight?

A. Her friends are busy. B. She can’t book a table in a restaurant.

C. She doesn’t feel like eating out tonight.

9. How long will the woman and her parents stay in the Sunshine Restaurant tomorrow?

A. Half an hour. B. An hour. C. One and a half hours.

听第 8段材料,回答第 10至 12题。

10. What do we know about the man’s job?

A. The pay isn’t satisfying. B. It is too difficult for him. C. It makes him tired every day.

11. What’s the man’s plan?

A. To take a vacation. B. To go back to college. C. To find a new job.

12. What’s the man’s problem?

A. He doesn’t have enough money. B. He doesn’t know where to go.

C. He doesn’t have any time.

听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。

13. How does the woman feel for Sam?

A. Interested. B. Upset. C. Surprised.

14. What does the man probably think of Sam?

A. Nice. B. Poor. C. Careless.

15. What will the woman do this afternoon?

A. Play table tennis. B. Go shopping. C. Visit her aunt’s home.

16. How will the woman’s dad go to the conference tomorrow?

A. By car. B. By subway C. By bus.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How does the speaker usually go to school?

A. By underground. B. By bike. C. On foot.

18. How long does one class usually last?

A. 40 minutes. B. 45 minutes. C. 50 minutes.

19. What time do they have lunch?

A. At 11:40. B. At 12:00 C. At 12:20.

20. What’s the speaker’s favorite subject?

A. Science. B. Art. C. Music.

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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something that both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. In the UK people usually agree about the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion or politics so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus-stops, people may comment on the transport system. “The bus service is terrible, isn’t it?”21. Small talk is ________.  A. a kind of conversation with short words? B. a greeting used when people meet each other C. to let people disagree about something? D. something we talk about to start a conversation22. The favorite topic of small talk for English people is _________.  ?A. the weather?? B. politics?? C. games?? ?D. languages 23. The passage suggests that when we learn a language _________.  ?A. we should learn about the transport system of the country ?B. we should only master the grammar and the vocabulary ?C. we should learn the culture of the country ?D. we should understand the importance of the language24. When we say “Great game, isn’t it?”, we are in fact __________.  ?A. asking a question???? B. having a conversation ?C. make a comment ??? ?D. making small talk

B

Did you know that the position you choose to sleep in says something about what kind of person you are?

A study of 1,000 British people has been done by Chris, a British professor and director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service in the UK. It looked at the six most common sleeping positions and which personalities tend to match them. Have a look.

1. Fetus (胎儿) position – This is the most common sleeping position. About 41 percent of the participants said they sleep in this position. These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive (敏感的) and shy. The more they curl (蜷缩) up, the more worried they are. 2. Log position (树干睡姿) – This is the second most common position. People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn. 3. Yearner position (向往型睡姿) – This position says that you are open-minded and eager (急切的) to face challenges. 4. Soldier position – These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body. They are usually reserved and quiet.  5. Freefall position – People who sleep in this position are outgoing (外向的) but feel a lack of control in their lives. This is the least comfortable position. 6. Starfish position – People who sleep like this are good listeners, helpful, and uncomfortable being the center of attention.

25. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Sleeping position decides personality.

B. Sleeping position reflects personality.

C. What the six different sleeping positions are like.

D. Different people have different sleeping positions.

26. According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?

A. Those sleeping in fetus position are always strong.

B. Those sleeping in log position changes their ideas easily.

C. Those sleeping in freefall position usually feel uncomfortable in their lives.

D. Those sleeping in starfish position may feel uneasy when focused on.

27. What does the underlined word “participants” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A. Fetus B. British people C. People surveyed D. Sleepers

C

Many countries follow special customs when a child’s baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.

For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie (喜鹊) can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.

Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take children’s teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their children’s fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.

In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.

28. Koreans throw a tooth onto the roof of a house in order to __________.

A. get money B. feed magpies C. get candies D. get a new tooth

29. In Vietnam, if a child’s tooth falls out, he or she will __________.

A. throw it onto the roof of a house B. feed it to a mouse

C. put it in a piece of meat and feed the meat to a dog D. leave it to the Tooth Fairy

30. From the last paragraph, we can know that in France and the USA _________.

A. a child will put his or her fallen tooth beside the pillow

B. the Tooth Fairy takes the fallen teeth away at midnight

C. the Tooth Fairy will leave some candies to the children after taking the fallen teeth away

D. no one knows for sure what the Tooth Fairy will leave to the children after taking the fallen teeth away

31. The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. customs about fallen teeth in western countries

B. customs about fallen teeth in different countries

C. stories about human teeth

D. stories about some animals

D

In recent years, there has been a steady attack on salt from the doctors: salt is bad for you—regardless of your health. Politicians also got aboard. “There is a direct relationship,” US Congressman Neal Smith said, “between the amount of sodium(钠) a person consumes and heart disease, circulatory(循环的) disorders, stroke and even early death.” Frightening, if true! But many doctors and medical researchers are now beginning to feel the salt scare has gone too far. “All these remarks and cry about salt is unnecessary,” Dr. Dustan insists. “For most of us it probably does not mak