1. Where is the cat?

A. On the wall. B. In a garage. C. In a tree.

2. How much does the woman weigh now?

A. 147 pounds. B. 153 pounds. C. 160 pounds.

3. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At home. B. At a tailor’s. C. At a store.

4. What does the woman think of the ads?

A. Funny. B. Meaningless. C. Ineffective.

5. Why does the woman need help?

A. She doesn’t know what gift to choose.

B. She can’t decide whether to buy a present.

C. She doesn’t have enough money to buy a camera.

第二节 听下面五段对话或独白。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、7题。

6. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A. When the conference will begin.

B. When the report will be finished.

C. When the woman will go to Rome.

7. What will the woman do this weekend?

A. Attend a meeting. B. See Sarah. C. Work on a report.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the man’s favorite hobby?

A. Painting. B. Cycling. C. Surfing the Net.

9. Why does the woman make the phone call to the man?

A. To show him a book.

B. To ask his brother to call Lyn.

C. To invite his brother to see a collection.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What do we know about the theft?

A. Nobody helped the man. B. The man seized the boy. C. It happened in a shop.

11. Why did the old lady hit the man?

A. He didn’t catch the thief.

B. She thought he was a thief.

C. He didn’t give her bag to her.

12. How did the old lady feel in the end?

A. Apologetic. B. Angry. C. Frightened.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where will the boy go first this evening?

A. To a club. B. To a cinema. C. To a restaurant.

14. What will the girl do?

A. Wait for a call at home. B. Skip her homework. C. Join the boy later.

15. When will the boy probably leave the cinema?

A. At about 5:30. B. At about 7:00. C. At about 7:15.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The speakers will meet in a restaurant. B. The girl will go to watch a movie.

C. It is the boy’s birthday today.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the main purpose of the man’s words?

A. To report on work. B. To get more support. C. To get rights for the state.

18. According to the man, on what should the government spend more money?

A. Army. B. Personnel. C. Education.

19. What does the man think can help with the city’s safety?

A. Making more laws. B. Banning on the sales of guns in stores.

C. Increasing training for police officers.

20. On what does the man intend to increase the taxes?

A. Gas B. Wine. C. Cigarettes.

二、阅读部分（每题2分，共30分）

A

BAD weather, bad food and grumpy people – that’s what some people think of first when they think about Britain. Many online commentators even joke that Britons are so grumpy precisely because it constantly rains and they are always hungry.

In fact, many believe that Britons are inherently negative, in contrast to their neighbors across the Atlantic Ocean.

“Americans are more optimistic, due to the fact that they are told they can become the next president of the United States,” Ricky Gervais, a British comedian, told online forum Big Think. “British people are told, it won’t happen to you. And they carry that. They carry that with them. We champion the underdog .”

It’s no wonder that Britons hold the reputation of having a “stiff upper lip” – being cold and not showing any emotion.

Britain’s reputation as a grumpy country may, however, simply be the result of a cultural misunderstanding. According to the BBC, British actor Michael Caine once said: “I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well-mannered and cold, but we are not cold – we don’t interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don’t scream in your face with tears – we go home and cry on our own. It’s completely to do with your comfort – we don’t intrude on your space. That’s very English.”

A BBC reader noted that the perceived coldness of British people is actually their way of dealing with hardship. Remembering the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005, Stuart Colley, who lived in the capital at the time, said: “It seemed to me that most people’s response was a ‘cruel’ determination to carry on and not to ‘fall’ into an over-emotional outpouring of grief or anger – despite what many of us felt inside. Our stiff upper lip seems to be something that gives us strength as a society when we most need it.”

( ) 21. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article?

A. To list common stereotypes about the UK.

B. To fight common misunderstandings about the UK.

C. To analyze what makes British people grumpy and negative.

D. To list some differences between Americans and British people.( )22. Which of the following statements might Ricky Gervais agree with?

A. Britons like challenging the underdog more than Americans do.

B. Americans are more optimistic and realistic than British people.

C. Britons are more comfortable with life’s losers than Americans.

D. Bad weather in the UK is the main thing that makes Britons grumpy.( ) 23. The underlined phrase “interfere in” in the second-to-last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. think about B. benefit from C. get in the way of D. have a positive effect on

( ) 24. Why does Michael Caine think British people are not cold?

A. They can be heartbroken, and they cry too.

B. They are well-mannered and unwilling to disturb others.

C. They care a lot about what other people think of them.

D. They are taught to face hardships by themselves.( ) 25. With the example of the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005, the author intends to ____.

A. explain why British people tend to be cold

B. reveal that Britons don’t intrude on others’ space

C. present an example in which British people hide their emotions and feelings

D. show how not giving in to emotions can help one to get through a tough time

B

The United States government wants to know what the public think about its findings on the safety of cloned animals.

The Food and Drug Administration says meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, pigs and goats are safe to eat. An F.D.A. official called them "as safe to eat as the food we eat every day." And when those clones reproduce sexually (有性繁殖), the agency says, their offspring (后代) are safe to eat as well. But research on cloned sheep is limited. So the F.D.A. suggests that sheep clones not be used for human food.

The United States this year could become the first country to approve the sale of foods from cloned animals. First, however, the public will have ninety days to discuss three proposed documents. On December 28th the F.D.A. released a long report, called a draft risk assessment, along with two policy documents.

The agency says it must receive the public’s opinion by April second. The F.D.A. seemed ready to act several years ago, but an advisory committee called for more research. For now, the government will continue to ask producers to honor a request that they not sell foods from cloned animals.

Clones are still rare. They cost a lot and are difficult to produce.

The F.D.A. says most food from cloning is expected to come not from clones themselves, but from their sexually reproduced offspring. It says clones are expected to be used mostly as breeding animals to spread good qualities.

Public opinion studies show most Americans do not like the idea of food from cloned animals. But this research also shows the public knows little about cloning.

Cloning differs from genetic engineering. A cell taken from a so-called donor animal is grown into an embryo in the laboratory. Next, the embryo is placed into the uterus (子宫) of a female animal. If the process is successful, the pregnancy reaches full term and a genetic copy of the donor animal is born.

26. The main purpose of the text is to __________.

A. tell an interesting story

B. give some advice on foods

C. give a report

D. compare different opinions

27. From the passage we know that ___________.

A. foods from cloned animals are popular in America

B. according to F.D.A., some cloned adult animals are safe to eat

C. cloned animals will be easy to produce

D. most foods from cloning is expected to take place of other foods

28. Who believe that foods from cloning are safe to eat?

A. Most Americans B. An advisory committee

C. Critics D. The F.D.A.

29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that __________.

A. cloning has much in common with genetic engineering

B. not every cell taken from a donor animal can grow into a genetic copy

C. the donor animal should be a female one

D. cloned animals grow faster than normal ones

30. Which of the following is TRUE about foods from cloning?

A. They come from the sexually reproduced offspring of cloned animals.

B. The government is in favor of foods from cloning now.

C. Only F.D.A. has the right to sell the food.

D. Many countries have sold foods from cloned animals.

C

When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.

For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的).

In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.

In adulthood the things that bring deep joy — love, marriage, birth — also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated.

My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to liv