第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分）[来源:Zxxk.Com]

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 does the woman think of mountain climbing?

A.It's scaring. B. It's dangerous. C.It's good to health.

2. Where are the speakers?

A.In Leith. B. In Bristol. C. In Edinburgh.

3. What will the speakers do next?

A. Catch a bus. . B. Call a taxi. C. Walk home

4. What is the matter with the man?

A. He is sick. B. He feels sleepy. C. He is in an unsuitable colour.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. She won't read the novel.

B. She has heard about the UFO.

C. She has no interest in science fiction.

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6段材料，回答6,7题。

6. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. To confirm the e-mail addresses.

B. To check the class schedule.

C. To correct the numbers on the paper.

7. How many people does the woman need to call?

A.22. B.23. C.25. .

听7段材料，回答8,9题。

8. What is the man concemed about?

A.lnstruments. B. Time for classes. C. Knowledge about music. 9. What is necessary for the course?

A. Computer skills. B. Reading music. C. Attendance.

听8段材料，回答第10至1 2题。

10. What are the speakers talking about?.:

A. What a good office is like. B. What to put in an office. C. How to design an office

11. What is the purpose of putting a coffee machine next to the toilet?

A. To get more light. B. To shorten coffee breaks.

C. To make space for more computers.

12. What does the man say about an open-plan office?

A. It's bright. B. It's modern. C. It has no design.

听9段材料，回答第13至16题。[来源:学科网ZXXK]

13. What do we know about the man?

A. He was thinking about becoming a teacher. B. He performed well in Professor Jamison's class.

C. He got the highest grades in managerial economics.

What does Professor Jamison's assistant need to do?

A.Grade,homework. B. Teach an economic course. C. Write down homework results.

15. What will one learn working as Professor Jamison's assistant?

A. Setting homework. B. Getting high grades. C. Developing computer skills

16. What do the speakers have in common?

A. They both worked in a post office. B. They're both Professor Jamison's students.

C. They both worked as Professor Jamison's assistant.

听10段材料，回答第1 7至20题。

What is the purpose of the speech?

A. To advertise a website.

B. To introduce a job vacancy.

C. To make an announcement of a job fair.

18. What could the listeners probably be?

A. Students. B. Graduates. C. People who are out of

19. What advice does the speaker offer?

A. To print out a list of employers.

B. To find out the employers who need part-time staff.

C. To make use of every source for finding summer work.

20. How often is the data updated?

A.Daily. B.Weekly. C.Monthly.

第二部分:词汇知识运用（共两节,满分30分）

第一节.多项选择(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

21. As far as I am concerned, Peter deserves ______ for giving back the money he found.

A. bravery B. credit C. impression D. enquiry

22. — It’s raining so hard. Will you go to your friend’s birthday party?

— I promised him to go, but the heavy rain really places me in a ____. I am not sure whether I will go or not.[来源:学科网]

A. disadvantage B. benefit C. fantasy D. dilemma

23. I watched the machine disposing of the waste using the principles of ecology, ______ by its efficiency.

A. absorbed B. demanded C. informed D. concentrated

24. A series of ads produced by the company has greatly _______ the success of the new product in the market.

A. referred to B. turned to C. belonged to D. contributed to

25. It is quite _______ of English beginners to forget to use an article before a noun.

A. usual B. ordinary C. typical D. general

26. It is easy for people to ______the bad habits such as smoking and drinking, which are not so easy to get rid of.

A. slide into B. look into C. break into D. knock into

27. I’m not sure exactly how much money you’ll receive, but it will _______ cover your major expenses.

A. generally B. roughly C. negatively D. firmly

28. After hearing the poor little girl’s sad story, I tried to _______ my sympathy by holding her hand firmly.

A. improve B. apply C. convey D. involve

29. One of my classmates accidentally _______ he had cheated in the last examination, or he wouldn’t have got so high a mark.

A. left out B. tried out C. pointed out D. let out

30. Since his works earned him quite a reputation in Liverpool, he has stayed there most of his life, ______ the occasional visits to his hometown.

A. but for B. apa
rt from C. regardless of D. instead of

第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分'20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was a single mother and I have two daughters to bring up. I just moved to Chicago this year.

Though I tried my best, what I 31 just made ends meet. I was
always 32 of the last days

of a month, during which many bills were waiting for me to pay. Now the 33 month was going

to end. When I 34 the monthly bills, I saw I couldn’t 35 what my girls wanted.

I still remembered what I had 36 my daughters. For our first Christmas in a 37 state, far

from the rest of our family, I wanted to get my daughters, Tiffany and Jasmine, something 38 .

“What do you want from Santa this year?”

“Bicycles!” they replied at once. 39 they had their hopes set. But after I got the monthly bills, I 40 the money left was not enough for one bike. What could I do to get two? I turned the matter over in my 41 several times: Lord, would it be fair to my landlord to be 42 with the rent this month? Just this once?

Over the next few 43 I always asked myself the same question when my daughters were deep in sleep. 44 the only voice I heard was my grandpa’s: “Diane, whatever you do, always pay your rent on time,” he 45 to say.

I guessed I had my 46 . I slipped the rent check under the landlord’s door and called the girls in. The phone rang when I was about to break the bad 47 .

“I want you to 48 something,” my landlord said. I h
eard the sound of paper breaking. “That was your December rent check,” he said. “It is being 49 into a million pieces because you always pay your rent on time. Merry Christmas to you and the girls.”

Grandpa’s kind 50 , a generous landlord and some unknown reasons had added up to a Christmas gift that my daughters and I will never forget.

31. A. asked B. hunted C. earned D. studied

32. A. afraid B. fond C. proud D. careful

33. A. first B. second C. third D. last

34. A. turned in B. went over C. put away D. paid off

35. A. remember B. decide
C. think D. afford

36. A. posted B. bought C. promised D. prepared

37. A. small B. beautiful C. rich D. new

38. A. similar B. special C. expensive D. advanced

39. A. Clearly B. Strangely C. Fortunately D
. Quietly

40. A. hoped B. feared C. found D. admitted

41. A. table B. head C. bag D. hand

42. A. busy B. angry C. late D. calm

43. A. weeks B. noons C. months D. nights

44. A.
But B. So C. Therefore D. Thus

45. A. needed B. used C. forgot D. wished

46. A. fate B. order C. power D. answer

47. A. news B. dream C. habit D. promise

48. A.
feel sorry for B. look at C. listen to D. insist on

49. A. separated B. torn C. changed D. cut

50. A. advice B. help C. face D. smile

第三部分阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分4
0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

In a message beginning "Dear President Obama”，the 86-year-old queen Elizabeth said： “I have been deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the dreadful loss of life today in Newtown. Connecticut； particularly the news that so many of the dead are children. ”

The gunman, named as Adam Lanza, 20, killed 20 small children and six teachers in the Friday shooting, after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town. He had earlier killed his mother, who was a teacher at the school.

Former school bus driver Marsha Moskowitz is in disbelief. She once drove at least two of the victims to school，and remembers driving the gunman when he was in middle school. “I recall him t
o be quiet, reserved and very shy. Pretty much stayed to himself on the bus. ”

Connecticut State Police spokesman Paul Vance says Lanza forced his way into the building. “We have established the point of entry. He was not voluntarily let into the school at all, but he forced his way into the school. ？ But that's as far as we can go on that. ”

As the nation struggles to understand how the tragedy could have occurred, Lawrence Palinkas, Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern California, notes the reason why so many young Americans have become targets in mass killings is unknown. “Largely because we still don't have enough data — surprisingly, given the increasing number of e- vents. ？ But generally when helpless populations are victimized like that，it's usually to send a message, and it's unfortunately a message of intense anger. ” As of now, no one knows the reason why Adam I^anza did what he did, and many residents of Newtown fear they never will.

The queen, who never gives interviews and normally restricts her public