第一部分：听力测试（本题有两节，共30分）

第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后由一个小题，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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman probably do?

A. Lock the store. B. Check the store. C. Leave for home.

2. What does the woman mean?

A. Sam’s assignment is overdue（迟交的）.

B. Sam never finishes the assignment early.

C. Sam is going to be late for work.

3. What does the woman say about the graduation?

A. It will be outside regardless of the weather.

B. It will be outside only if the weather is fine.

C. It will be cancelled if it’s raining on Sunday.

4. What is the man doing?

A. Seeing a friend off. B. Buying a plane ticket. C. Paying for a sport ticket.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The man’s sister. B. A birthday party. C. A present.

第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. What does the man want to do?

A. Buy double beds B. Change his room. C. Make a hotel reservation.

7. What does the woman promise to do?

A. Give a discount. B. Add extra beds. C. Call back later.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第10题。

8. What problem does the woman have?

A. She turned the wrong way. B. She took the wrong exit. C. She passed her street.

9. Where is the woman going?

A. To the post office. B. To Sandusky and Pine. C. To the furniture factory.

10. How is the woman probably traveling?

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

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。

11. What do we know about the woman?

A. She prefers the job that allows time to study.

B. She likes reading books in the library.

C. She wants to be a photographer.

12. Why doesn’t the woman want to work as a lifeguard?

A. The job is too tiring.

B. The pay is not satisfying.

C. She can’t do anything else while working.

13. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Stop off at the library. B. Go to the job fair. C. Leave her lifeguard job.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16题。

14. Where are the speakers?

A. In a car. B. In a hall. C. In a supermarket.

15. What is the man’s trouble?

A. He has no coins on him.

B. He can’t find a parking space.

C. He will miss the professor’s speech.

16. What does the man decide to do in the end?

A. Borrow some coins. B. Buy some tickets. C. Park his car.

听下面一段独白，回答第17题至20题。

17. What do we know about Sarah two years ago?

A. She got promoted.

B. She became a weather forecaster.

C. She managed to balance work and life.

18. What does Sarah say about her job?

A. She works ten or twelve hours a day.

B. She gets up early on weekdays.

C. She sometimes has to work at night.

19. What does Sarah do before doing a weather forecast?

A. She studies data.

B. She tries not to be nervous.

C. She spends much time memorizing her words.

20. Which word can best describe Sarah?

A. Interesting. B. Popular. C. Helpful.

第二部分：英语知识运用:（共两节，满分30分）

单项填空：(共20小题; 每题0.5分, 满分10分 )

I. 从A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

21. Susan looked at _______ damaged vase with _________ disappointment.

A. 不填; a??? B. a; the?? C. the; 不填??? D. the; a

22. ——Can I come and have a look at your new house?

——Yes, ________!

A. with pleasure B. I like it C. I quite agree. D. by all means

23. _________ going through to New York yesterday to attend his son’s wedding, Dr. Knapp flew to Chicago for a flower show.

A. On the contrary B. In spite of C. Instead of D. Because of

24. Reportedly yesterday a group of soldiers were talking along the road when a bomb was _________, and three of them were killed.

A. set aside B. set off C. set out D. set up

25. I’m sorry, those overcoats are not _________ in your colour and size.

A. altogether B. accident C. available D. average

26. “Chinese Dama”, _________married woman between the age 40-60, ______Wall Street tycoons(大亨) in gold buying in 2013.

A. making mainly up; beating B. made mainly up; beat

C. consisting mainly of; beat D. consisting mainly of; beating

27. Briggs will __________ as general manager when Mitchell retires.

A. take away B. take over C. take in D. take up

28. The world has lost one of its most respected statesmen (政治家)---Nelson Mandela, ______once said, “I learned that courage was not the _______ of fear, but the triumph over it.”

A. who; absence B. whom; presence C. that; absence D. whom; present

29. We _______ have bought so much food now that Suzie won’t be with us for dinner.

A. may not B. needn’t C. can’t D. mustn’t

30. Students hold different opinions towards the news ______ the point value of English ____________ for Gaokao College Entrance Examination.

A. that; decreased B. of; having decreased

C. that; decreasing D. of; to be decreased

31. During the last three decades, the number of people participating in physical fitness programs __________ sharply.

A. was rising B. has risen

C. had risen D. will be rising

32. The box has a label “__________” on it, please handle it with care.

A. flexible B. break C. fragile D. full

33. What Remy and Exir say means that they have no belonging when in China though they have Chinese__________.

A. origin B. region C. birth D. blood

34.___________ your timely help, I __________ in the traffic jam for a long time.

A. Without; would be B. But for; would be

C. Otherwise; would have been D. But for; would have been

35. It was not until ________ that I knew the truth.

A. you told me B. did you tell me C. had you told me D. you have told me

36. Had they known what was coming next, they __________ second thought.

A. may have B. could have C. must have had D. might have had

37. We’d better not buy the house, for it was too expensive and too big. __________, I’d grown fond of our little rented house where we live.

A. Besides B. Therefore C. Somehow D. Otherwise

38. Parents should pay attention to the cases __________their children have difficulty __________ to new surroundings.

A. where; adapting B. where; adapt C. when; adapted D. where; adapted

39. He was __________with envy when he saw one of his classmates struck it rich.

A. complained B. covered C. conveyed D. consumed

40. ——My new computer is really handy and works perfectly well.

——__________________________.

A. I’d like to have one like that. B. That’s interesting!

C. My I have a look? D. Good for you!

第二节 完形填空：（共20小题, 每小题1分, 满分20分）

Ⅱ. 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从第41- 60各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

When passing through an airport one morning, I caught one of those trains that take travelers from the main terminal(终点站) to their __41__ gates. Free and clean, the trains run __42__ all day long. Not many people consider them __43__, but this Saturday I heard laughter.

At the front of the first car, a man and his son were looking out of the window at the __44__. The train had just stopped and the passengers__45__. As the doors closed again, the father said excitedly, “Here we go! Hold on to me __46__! Look!” the father said to his son. “See that pilot? I __47__he’s walking to his plane.” The son craned his neck to look.

As I got off, I saw that man and his son were back at the platform, too.

“Do you want to go home now?” the father asked.

“I want to __48__some more!”

“More?” the father said. “You’re not tried?”“This is fun!” his son said.

“All right,” the father replied, and when a door opened, we all got on.

I then realized that they had not been __49__ a flight at all, but had just been riding the shuttle for fun.

“Where are all these people going, Daddy?” the son asked.

“All over the world,” the father replied. The other people in the airport were leaving for places or arriving at the ends of their journeys. The father and the son, __50__, were just riding this shuttle together, __51__ it exciting. The father and his son shared each other’s __52__.

There are parents who can __53__ to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, yet many of those children turn out rotten and cause social problems. There are parents who live in __54__ and cannot give their children cars or __55__, but their kids grow up to be happy and successful. There are a number of __56__ over possible solutions. Yet, the __57__ these problems is simple: if parents care enough to __58__ time with and pay attention to their kids, these problems will not happen. Here was a father who just cared about spending the day with his son and __59__this plan for a Saturday morning. It costs nothing, yet it is the most __60__ thing in the world.

41. A. front B. boarded C. back D. boarding

42. A. right and left B. in and out C. up and down D. back and forth

43. A. surprise B. interest C. fun D. miracle

44. A. avenue B. street C. track D. road

45. A. went off B. gave off C. took off D. put off

46. A. tight B. light C. right D. fight

47. A. doubt B. convince C. wonder D. bet

48. A. drive B. pilot C. ride D. steer

49. A. going for B. heading for C. looking for D. setting for

50. A. although B. but C. despite D. though

51. A. having made B. making C. made D. being made

52. A. companies B. company C. accompany D. companion

53. A. provide B. affect C. afford D. produce

54. A. horror B. poverty C. surprise D. miracle

55. A. interesting books B. hiking equipment C. badminton rackets D. swimming pools

56. A. conflict B. debates C. opinions D. books

57. A. aim of B. result of C. process of D. key to

58. A. pay B. cost C. spend D. take

59. A. put up with B. came up with C. made up with D. picked up with

60. A. worthless B. priceless C. penniless D. valueless

第三部分：阅读理解 (第一小节20小题，第二小节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)

第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

The people who built Stonehenge in Southern England thousands of years ago had wild parties, eating barbecued pigs and breaking pottery. This is according to recent work by archaeologists--history experts who investigate how human beings lived in the past.

Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge last year discovered the remains