第一部分: 听力(共两节，满分30分)

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 man mean?

A. The woman should apologize to him.

B. The woman should buy him a new book.

C. The woman should take it easy though she lost his book.

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

A. Wait a moment B. Have breakfast C. Buy some carrot juice

3. What do you know about the man?

A. He is out of breath. B. He doesn’t like to swim.

C. He hasn’t finished his homework.

4. What is the man probably?

A. A repairman. B. A housekeeper. C. A salesman.

5. Why does the man apologize?

A. He made a wrong delivery. B. He forgot to pay for shipping.

C. He couldn’t take the sweater back.

第二节(共15小题: 每小题1.5分，满分22.5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. What is the man speaker’s telephone number?

A. 763-4565 B. 736-4535 C. 736-4565

7. What has happened according to the conversation?

A. Patti happens to be out.

B. The woman speaker has dialed the wrong number.

C. The woman speaker doesn’t know Patti’s phone number.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
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8. Why does the woman want to cancel their appointment?

A. Because she has to fly to Shanghai.

B. Because she can’t get back as planned.

C. Because she has to meet an unexpected guest.

9. When will they meet?

A. Next Tuesday evening. B. Next Thursday evening. C. Next Wednesday evening.

听下面一段对话，回答第10 至第12三个小题。[来源:学科网ZXXK]

10. Why is the woman feeling so excited?

A. Because she’s going to have a trip. B. Bec
ause she is offered a good job.

C. Because she has arranged her studies well.

11. What will the man do during the vacation?

A. Go to Hawaii. B. Do a part-time job. C. Attend a computer class.

12. What can be learnt from the conversation?

A. The man wants to buy a computer.

B. The man doesn’t like his part-time job.

C. The man plans to travel this summer vacation.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至16四个小题。

13. What does the woman want to do?

A. Find a job. B. Meet the boss. C. Ask for a leave.

14. What do we know about the man?

A. He has been out of job. B. He wants to change his job.

C. He has just been offered a new job.

15. What will the man have to do on his way home?

A. Do shopping. B. Pick up his wife. C. See an important customer.

16. Where will the man probably like to work?

A. A flower shop. B. A tour agency. C. An employment agency.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至20四个小题。

17. What did the two men do the night before they left Australia?

A. They went shopping. B. They stayed up late with fans.

C. They drank beer together and got drunk.

18. What happened on their way to the airport?

A. They killed a kangaroo. B. Their car hit a kangaroo.

C. They couldn’t find their jackets.

19. Why was the motorist surprised at the sight of the kangaroo?

A. It was bleeding. B. It was in a green jacket. C. It was running at the airport.

20. Where were the men’s air tickets?

A. In the car. B. In the hotel. C. On the kangaroo.

第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节,满分60分)

第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Fumbling with the buttons to find a good song while driving has been linked to increased risk of crashes, but is listening to music risky? “It depends on the music,” says a report published in the October issue of Accident Analysis & Prevention.

The study found teenage drivers who played their own music had significantly more traffic violations（违规） compared with background music designed by the researchers to minimize driving distractions, or no music.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel recruited(招募) 85 drivers about 18 years old; just over half were male. The subjects were each assigned to drive six challenging road trips that were about 40 minutes long, accompanied by an exp
erienced driving instructor. Music was played on four trips, two with selections from the drivers' playlists, mostly fast-paced vocals, and two with background music, which was a mixture of easy listening, soft rock and light jazz designed to increase driver safety. No music was played on two trips. Subjects rated their mood after each trip and in-car data recorders analyzed driver behavior a
nd errors.

All 85 subjects committed at least three errors in one or more of the six trips; 27 received a warning and 17 required steering or braking by an instructor to prevent an accident. When the music was their own, 98% made errors; without the music, 92% made errors; and while listening to the safe-driving music, 77% made errors. Speeding, following too close, inappropriate lane use, one-handed driving and were the common violations.

The male subjects were more aggressive drivers and made more serious errors than female subjects. The teens played their own music at a very loud volume but signi
ficantly decreased the sound level when listening to the safe-driving music, researchers said. Mood ratings were highest on trips with driver-preferred music.

21. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?

A. Many drivers played their favorite music while driving.

B. Drivers shouldn’t search for the buttons to find a good song.

C. Song selection has nothing to do with increased risk of crashes.

D. Listening to certain types of music can increase drivers’ errors.

22. What does the underlined word “ subjects” refer to in this passage?

A. Something being discussed. B. People being written about.

C. People being tested. D. Areas of knowledge or study.

23. In the research, soft rock and light jazz are likely to _______.

A. increase drivers’ safety B. add to the pleasure of driving

C. change drivers’ idea of safe driving D. lower drivers’ guard against danger

24. It can be inferred from the passage that in the research ______.

A. the teens committed the most errors

B. the male were more skillful in driving

C. traveling with no music made the least errors

D. driver-preferred music increased the mood ratings

B

If you’re traveling, you can spend Bitcoins at restaurants and hotels listed at BitcoinTravel.com. In China, Bitcoins can be used to buy goods at about 134 online shops on Taobao. And at a café named 2nd Place in Beijing, you can even buy fresh coffee with Bitcoins.

So what makes Bitcoin so attractive to investors?

First of all, the Bitcoin system is not controlled by anyone. One central authority cannot make policies to change the value of Bitcoins. The fixed amount of Bitcoins also means they cannot lose value through inflation(通货膨胀), as all forms of paper money have done over time.

In addition, accounts in the Bitcoin system are anonymous and transparent. Users can set up an account easily and track every Bitcoin. All of these features seem to make Bitcoins immune(有免疫力的) from loss, but that is not entirely true.

“The value of Bitcoins can vary wildly as no central government makes the price of them steady. If the value drops suddenly, investors cannot get any compensation(赔偿),” Zhao Qingming, a senior researcher at China Construction Bank, told China Economic Weekly. And Bitcoins, unlike company shares, are not backed by any tangible funds, which also adds to their risk.

While China will not recognize the digital currency anytime soon, Xinhua said, lawmakers and officials at a hearing on Nov. 18 in the US made positive comments about Bitcoin.

Ben Bernanke, outgoing chairman of the Federal Reserve, told the Washington Post that “these types of creations, such as Bitcoin… may hold long-term promise, particularly if its system promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.”

25. Bitcoin is ______.

A. actually exactly like QQ Coins B. only used online

C. a new currency used both online and in real life

D a country’s new digital currency.

26. We can use Bitcoin to buy the following things except ______.

A. online goods B. goods at 134 online shops on Taobao

C. books in physical shops D. coffee at a café named 2nd Place

27. What is the disadvantage of Bitcoin?[来源:学科网ZXXK]

A. the value of it can rise and fall wildly.

B. It cannot lose value through inflation.

C. Every bitcoin in your account can be followed.

D. It can even be used at some specific restaurants and hotels.

C

On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island, Florida, Melissa Hawkinson, 41, was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead. What was that? She thought. As she drove up to the scene, she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore. “It was going down pretty quickly,” Hawkinson recalls. She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water. Water is going to be cold, she thought.

She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.

Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.

There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of