第一卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节：（共5小题；每题1分，满分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答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What’s the weather like at the moment?

A. Rainy B. Sunny C. Cloudy

2. What’s the women’s roommate like?

A. She’s patient. B. She’s nice . C. She’s tidy .

3. Why has John moved out?

A. To be near school. B. To live in a quiet place. C. To avoid the trouble.

4. What’s the man’s problem?

A. He can’t see the sign clearly.

B. He has no ticket in the movie.

C. He’s parked in the wrong place.

5. Which musical instrument does Bob have?

A. Drums. B. A guitar. C. A violin.

第二节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15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三个选项选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置，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。

听第6段材料。回答6、7题。

6. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The women has missed her flight.

B. The plane will take off tonight.

C. The airport is closed.

7. What does the woman want?

A. A room for herself alone.

B. A hotel close to the airport.

C. A room with bright light.

听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。

8. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She isn’t familiar with the Internet.

B. She can’t afford a camera.

C. She doesn’t like MA-205.

9. What is the man probably going to do next?

A. Reduce the budget. B. Change the model. C. Order a camera.

听第8段材料，回答第10至17题。

10. What does the man show the woman?

A. A magazine. B. Hair care products. C. A bottle of red wine.

11. How will the woman’s hair look?

A. Long. B. Short. C. Shoulder-length.

12. Why doesn’t the woman want to change the color of her hair?

A. She thinks it’s too expensive.

B. She’s afraid it might damage her hair.

C. She doesn’t like the suggested color.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．How much pocket money does Lily get a month?

A. About 20 pounds. B. About 15 pounds. C. About 5 pounds.

14. Why does Lily want more pocket money?

A. To get as much as her friends.

B. To pay for music lessons.

C. To buy some clothes.

When can Lily have pocket money?

A. When she proves good at her school work.

B. When she no longer argues with her mum.

C. When she is mature in her mum’s eyes.

16. What does David suggest Lily do?

A . Have a discussion with her mum.

B. Help her mum with housework.

C. Sit down and wait calmly.

听第10段录音，回答17-20问题：

17. Where is the speaker?

A. On a plane. B. In a bus. C. At a tourist site.

18. Why is food or drink not allowed on the journey?

A. To avoid annoying others.

B. To show respect for the guide.

C. To guarantee passengers’ safety.

19. How long can the tourists stay at the first destination?

A. 15 to 30 minutes. B. About an hour. C. About two hours.

20. What is the second destination famous for?

A. Stonehenge. B. The River Avon. C. The Roman Baths.

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）

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“It was all his own idea, ” says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39. Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract” --a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couple’s four children, plus all household chores. Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident. (He thought the experience would make a nice book.)  After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up. “I was beaten down, completely humbled（挫败的）,” admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press, stating, “Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”  Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto’s Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids. Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley. “I had been around children so much,” she sighs, “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household, however----until Bob signed the contract, therefore, she decided to relax and enjoy it.?

Although Peters had consulted with his school’s home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria, his meals were sometimes a disaster. “I tried to slip the butter I’d forgotten under the eggs after they were frying, ” he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot—sometimes having Macdonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.  As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made. “I found an easier way-I shut the doors, ” he says. Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week. “I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean.”  Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. The tentative（暂时的） title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day.

21. The couple signed the contract because _______. ??? A. Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself ??? B. Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest ??? C. they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks ??? D. Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book

22. It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to _______. ??? A. pay a certain amount of money ??? B.??admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

C. say sorry to his wife ?? ?D. do all the housework for years 23. What can we learn about Pat Peters? ??? A. She was hard-working and selfless. ??? B. She was pretty and kind-hearted. ??? C. She was tired of the child-raising and household tasks. ??? D. She did not love Bob any longer. 24. Which of the following can best end the news story? ??? A. “Wait till your mother gets home!” ??? B. “My experience of being a mother.”??? C. “I’m proud of you all, my dear!”??? D. “Motherhood: an impossible job for anyone.”

B

Should parents ever hit their children?

Research suggests many of us are likely to respond “no”, and public support for spanking（打屁股） has been falling over the years．But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once．

I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment．And, no, I don' t feel I was damaged by it．

Nothing is more annoying than watching ill-mannered behavior from children．

But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isn't the answer．

Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive．

Murray Straus, professor at the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades．He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers．It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been counterproductive （反作用的） to their mental development, as well．

Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks （用巴掌打） on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit．

Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never spanked．There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished．Gunnoe’s research suggests they don' t turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked．

There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers （脾气）．But I still believe that the best parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline without ever turning to physical punishment．

25．According to the first three paragraphs, the author was probably hit by her parents when .

A．they were dissatisfied with her grade

B．she showed no respect for the elder

C．they cannot control their temper

D．their discipline turns out to be not strict enough

26．According to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished ____ __．

A．are less aggressive toward others when they get older

B．have slower physical development

C．benefit from occasional spanking

D．may develop lower IQs than their peer

27．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A．40 percent of children grow up without ever being spanked

B．Children who suffer less physical punishment are better students

C．Occasional open-handed spanking on the bottom are mentally harmful

D．Researchers disagree over whether smacking is mentally harmful to children

C

Among various programmes, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as they can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.

Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.

Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the e