注意：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试

时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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. When can the woman get her car?

A. At noon. B. At about 2 pm. C. Late in the evening.

2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. In a drugstore. B. In a lawyer’s office. C. In a doctor’s office.

3. What does Kate do?

A. She is a teacher. B. She is a writer. C. She is a doctor.

4. What will the girl do tonight?

A. She will stay at home alone.

B. She will go to ask Nancy for dinner.

C. She will have to stay at home with her brother.

5. What is the woman?

A. A librarian. B. A student. C. A teacher.

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，各小题将给出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. How many car salespersons were hired?

A. Ten. B. Eleven. C. Twenty-one.

7. What advantage does the woman have compared with the salesmen?

A. She is a woman. B. She is very friendly. C. She is ready to help others.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. What does the woman want to do next year?

A. Work abroad. B. Make travels. C. Make more money.

9. What is the woman worried about?

A. She is unable to live in a family.

B. How to find a reputable agency.

C. Whether the family treats her well.

10. What suggestion does the man offer?

A. Get some money from parents.

B. Get a part-time job abroad.

C. Get information from an agency.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11. What did the man put up on his wall yesterday?

A. The picture he drew.

B. The picture he took.

C. The picture his friend gave him.

12. What is probably the man?

A. A photographer. B. A model. C. A visitor.

13. How many cameras does the man have?

A. A dozen. B. More than two. C. Only two.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。

14. Why did the man buy the second-hand car for the woman?

A. He was short of money.

B. He wanted to save some money.

C. The new cars were not satisfying.

15. What’s the woman’s feeling if she drives an old car?

A. Ashamed. B. Angry. C. Happy.

16. What do the speakers decide to do at last?

A. To buy an expensive car immediately.

B. To sell the car to a friend.

C. To dress the car up.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What do you know from the talk?

A. People still prefer to live in the same place where they have always lived.

B. People nowadays don’t stay in the same place all their lives.

C. No people still live where they used to live.

18. How old is the man?

A. 70. B. 85. C. 100.

19. What is the secret of long life according to the man?

A. Laughing and taking exercise.

B. Moving from one place to another place.

C. Talking to people as often as possible.

20. How many times has the man been married?

A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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

Hi guys! I’m Lucy the Ladybird and while I’m very much of a lady, I’m not actually a bird but a glowing red beetle(甲虫) with decorative black spots.

I’m a friendly little bug, to be honest, and simply like to be close with my pals as long as they handle me very gently. I don’t bite humans but I do sink my teeth into mean beasts like aphids (蚜虫) which, unlike me, are very harmful to all the plants. I milk the aphids just like people do with cows and I milk them dry of all the sap (汁) they have got from your poor plants. I’m a real gardeners’ friend and love helping out around the place by pollinating flowers, tidying up plants’ fallen leaves and helping to turn them into nice rich fertilizer to feed everything both above and below the soil, and naturally, being so attractive to look at, we are perfect living garden decorations.

One thing I can not tolerate is all that poisonous pollution from vehicles, garbage burning and other un-environmentally friendly acts that occur in the cities every single minute of the day and night. Pollution of any kind really chokes me to death, so these days, I only live in clean countryside areas, particularly cool ones where it rains and everything grows fresh and green from spring right through to autumn. In winter, when the weather is too cold for me to bear, then I find a nice place to sleep until the snow has gone and I can come back out to play.

Oh! I almost forgot to tell you that although I am not a bird I do have wings and can fly for short distances. So if you pick me up and let me run up and down your hands and arms, then please don’t frighten me by screaming if I suddenly secede to take off!

21. What threatens Lucy the Ladybird most?

A. Heavy rains. B. Cold weather. C. Air pollution. D. Aphids.

22. From the second paragraph we can learn that Lucy thinks_____.

A. ladybirds are the best living things in the garden

B. ladybirds are the most honest living things in the garden

C. the garden is a perfect place for ladybirds to live in

D. ladybirds add beauty to the garden naturally

23. What do we know about the ladybird?

A. It belongs to the insect family. B. It does harm to all growing plants.

C. It lives on the liquid of plants. D. It can fly a long distance.

24. How many aspects about the ladybirds are talked about in the passage?

a. its appearance b. its influence on plants

c. its habitat d. its food

e. the origin of its name

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

B

No rows of desks in this classroom, and no teacher lecturing at the front. In fact, that’s something Barrie teacher Liz Collett rarely does. Instead, she’s on the move, talking to students about their work, from the small group sitting on the floor playing games to others nearby figuring out a math problem.

The children in this class do not take a spelling test all year — in fact, the school avoids all pencil-and-paper tests — nor do they get assigned homework. Instead, their teacher gives them immediate feedback(反馈) on their work throughout the day.

Welcome to the school of the 21st century, a place where teachers and students cooperate all the time. Such advanced classrooms are trying things, which some might consider as coddling kids — letting students give a voice-recorded essay instead of a written one or even allowing teens to design their own courses.

Though some people blame schools for dumbing things down (降低教育标准) , others will say such changes are actually based on the newest research on how to attract today’s youth and increase not only their interests, but also their achievements. Many of today’s school are not holding kid’s interests. And if they’re not interested, they’re not learning — and isn’t that the point?

“Students today say they want their education to be useful and valuable, and don’t want it to be simply repeating the facts. That’s the kind of learning that be happening for many kids,” says Penny Milton, a researcher. “What we could argue is that to become good learners, they need to become thinkers.”

Jan Olson, anther researcher, says schools have been operating the same way since the Industrial Revolution. But the digital age is bringing an education revolution. While using technology is a part of it, what’s important for students is being able to use information and understand it, not just remembering it.

Today’s learner needs fewer traditional tests and more “effective” feedback, ongoing discussion with a teacher, which studies have found is the number one factor in improving achievement.

25. The first two paragraphs are used to_______.

A. blame Liz for not being responsible for her work

B. describe what schools are like in the 21st century

C. give an example of a successful school lesson

D. question whether it is right not to assign homework

26. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 means “some people may think it as a way of____”

A. spoiling children B. making children become lazy

C. leading children to make mistakes D. caring about children

27. Jan Olson thinks it important for students to ______.

A. repeat the facts without really thinking

B. learn something related to technology

C. make full use of information

D. use technology to improve their grades

28. Which is the most effective way to help students achieve more?

A. Assigning more homework B. Offering immediate answers.

C. Giving more pencil-and-paper tests. D. Holding more discussions with them.

C

Last month, James Connolly, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, stood in front of a local police station wearing a loose garment as punishment. His crime? He was charged with underage drinking, illegal possession of alcohol and very big noise while holding a party.

This shaming punishment has increased in the US in recent years, mostly decided by local judges for less-serious crimes such as drunk driving and theft. They believe shame is the best small crime punishment. For example, in Tennessee, Judge James McKenzie has made a shoplifter stand outside Wal-Mart with signs that read, “ I’m a thief put here by order of Judge McKenzie.”

Some experts think alternative punishments like community service and fines don’t convey moral condemnation (谴责) of the criminal because they aren’t shameful enough. Shaming punishments are sometimes called Scarlet Letter punishments. The name comes from US author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter. In this novel, a woman is forced to wear a scarlet ( red) ”A” on her clothes as punishment for her adultery.

Supporters of shaming punishment argue that public shaming is a good way of expressing community values. Some judges say shamed offenders seldom repeat their crimes. Others aren’t so sure. “There is little evidence to suggest that shaming punishment are successful in preventing people from committing special crimes. And a shame