1. What color is the boss's hair?

A. Brown. B. Blonde. C. Dark.

2. What can the man get for booking three nights?

A. $50 in cash. B. A shopping card. C. A gas card.

3. What does the girl say about her new classmates?

A. It's difficult to know all of them. B. They are very clever.

C. They are indifferent.

4. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a clothing store. B. At the woman's. C. In a ballroom.

5. How much does the man cut the price?

A. $20. B. $25. C. $45.

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, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话, 回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. Where are the speakers?

A. At the Lost and Found. B. At a bus stop. C. In a shop.

7. What does the man mean at last?

A. He tries to find the coat. B. He doesn't sell coats like that.

C. He didn't see a coat like that.

听下面一段对话, 回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. When was the butter bought?

A. Yesterday. B. The day before yesterday. C. One month ago.

9. What is the woman going to do with the butter?

A. Change it. B. Eat it up. C. Throw it away.

听下面一段对话, 回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Why is the woman so happy?

A. Her sister has studied at school. B. Her sister has started a hobby.

C. Her sister begins to write articles.

11. What does the woman's sister like most?

A. Painting landscapes. B. Learning literature. C. Drawing still lives.

12. What does the man like doing?

A. Painting landscapes. B. Drawing people. C. Watching others drawing.

听下面一段对话, 回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. What is the man going to do?

A. Meet his sister. B. Take a train. C. See his uncle off.

14. What time does the train arrive at the station?

A. At 4:10. B. At 4:20. C. At 4:30.

15. How often does the No. 1 bus run?

A. Every 5 minutes. B. Every 10 minutes. C. Every 15 minutes.

16. Who did the woman lend her bike to?

A. Mike. B. Her uncle. C. Mike's uncle.

听下面一段独白, 回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What is the speaker's main purpose of coming to England?

A. To visit the city. B. To visit her boyfriend.

C. To attend a conference and exhibition.

18. What did the speaker do yesterday?

A. She visited Chinatown. B. She did some shopping.

C. She went to an exhibition.

19. Where is the stand of the speaker's company?

A. Near the restaurant. B. Near the coffee shop.

C. Near the clothes shop.

20. How is everything going with the speaker in England?

A. Awful. B. Not bad. C. Not too well.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.

Ms. Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.

Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.

Ms. Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.

“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr. Len Notaras, according to a local report.

He said Ms. Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”. Dr. Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria on the teeth of the crocodile.

21. This passage is most likely to be found in ______.

A. a travel guide B. a textbook C. a novel D. a newspaper

22. The crocodile attacked Ms. Pethrick when she was ______.

A. swimming in the river B. standing on the river bank

C. watching the crocodile D. fishing in the water

23. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms. Pethrick?

A. One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.

B. She had eight wounds altogether.

C. One of her fingers also got hurt.

D. Her eyes were badly poked.

24. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. The husband should save the wife

B. Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

C. A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine

D. A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws

B

Welcome here! The Southern Spring Home & Garden Show will be held at The Park Expo and Conference Center. This show will last from Wednesday (March 2) to Sunday (March 6,2012).

Admission : Adults $10.00. Teenagers under 15 free with a paying adult.

Join Lincolnton’s own Tammie Davis as she performs her original country songs at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5th.

Special Days: The Spring for Kids First Night Gala benefiting the Council for Children’s Rights will take place from 7 p.m. to 10p.m. on Wednesday, March 2,2012. Tickets are $50 and include an access to Freedom Hall, where you can enjoy delicious food, beverage(饮料)and entertainment free of charge.

Seniors Day(55+):Wednesday is for them. Cost is $7.00 but without coupons(减价优惠).

Hours :Wednesday, Thursday &Sunday :10 a.m.---5p.m.;Friday &Saturday :10 a.m.----9 a.m.

Wheelchairs are available on a first come first served basis for you. The cost is $1.00 and you are required to leave a valid driver’s license or ID.

Parking :All Day Parking: $6.00;Half Day Parking:$3.00; Every Hour Parking:$1.00

For more Information: Come to visit Mardee Woodward in person.

E-mail: mwoodward@southernshows.com

Telephone:704-376-4085

25. We can learn from the text that the show will ___________.

A. last only five days B. offer a free parking

C. have the only one singer D. take place in a private house

26. How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and a child aged 16?

A.$ 10 B. $ 30 C.$ 20 D.$40

27. We can infer from the text that______________.

A. old people can visit the show only on Wednesday

B. the disabled can use the wheelchairs free of charge

C. there are not enough wheelchairs for the disabled

D. kids’ tickets on Wednesday don’t include beverage

C

The weather predictions for Asia in 2050 read like a story from a doomsday movie．

Many experts and green groups fear they will come true unless there is a united global effort to hold back greenhouse gas outpouring．In the decades to come, Asia—home to more than half the world's 63 billion people—will change from one climate extreme to another, with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels．

"It's not a pretty picture," said Steve Sawyer, climate policy adviser with Greenpeace in Amsterdam．Global warming and changes of weather patterns are already occurring and there is more than enough carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to drive climate change for decades to come．

Already, changes are being felt in Asia but worse is likely to come．Sawyer and top climate bodies say, and could lead to mass migration and widespread human disasters．According to predictions, icebergs will melt faster, some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands will have to evacuate or build sea defenses, storms will become stronger and insects and water-borne diseases will move into new areas as the world warms．

All this comes on top of rising populations and demand for food, water and other resources．Experts say environmental worsening such as deforestation and pollution will likely enlarge the results of climate change．

In what could be a sign of the future, Japan was hit by a record of 10 typhoons and tropical storms this year, while two - thirds of Bangladesh, parts of Nepal and large areas of northeastern India were flooded, affecting 50 million people, destroying livelihoods and making tens of thousands ill．

The year before, a winter cold strike and a summer heat wave killed more than 2,000 people in India．

28．This passage is mainly about ____ ．

A．present situation and predictions of environmental problems in Asia.

B．the weather predictions for Asia in the future and the reasons

C．how to improve our environment

D．reasons why the world will no longer be suitable for us to live in

29．In the future the Asian farmers will have to face the following except ____ ．

A．food shortages B．wars C．droughts D．floods

30．The underlined word "doomsday" in the first paragraph may mean____ ．

A．the hell B．the end of the world

C．a great world war D．mystery

31．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Asian climate will change greatly．

B．Some islands may be flooded in the future．

C．People may meet with some new diseases resulting from water．

D．More than 50 million people have been ill in Asia the year before．

D

Students who date(约会) in middle school have significantly worse study skills. They are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol and tobacco use as their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

“Romantic relationships are a trademark of adolescence, but very few studies have examined how adolescents differ in the development of these relationships,” said Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health and head of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior.

Orpinas followed a group of 624 students over a seven-year period f