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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，你将有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. At what time does the office open?

A. 7:45. B. 8:17. C. 8:00.

2. What did the man do last Saturday?

A. He saw a play. B. He acted in a play. C. He went to the teahouse.

3. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Friends. B. Strangers. C. Brothers and sisters.

4. What is the weather like now?

A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny.

5. What are the two speakers doing?

A. Playing a football game. B. Cheering for Oxford. C. Watching a football game.

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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What is the woman studying now?

A. History. B. French. C. Computer

7. How does the woman pay for college?

A. She has a scholarship. B. Her parents pay for it. C. She has a part-time job.

8. What do we know about the man?

A. He envies the woman. B. He has a full-time job. C. He likes hotel service.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. How many times has the woman received strange phone calls?

A. Twice. B. Three times. C. Four times.

10. Why were the phone calls strange?

A. They always came after midnight.

B. They were from a man the woman didn’t know.

C. They were difficult to understand and not complete.

11. What does the woman know about the phone calls?

A.The caller was a man.

B.The calls were from the same man.

C. The calls were from different people.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Who’s Bobby?

A. A dog. B. A friend. C. A neighbor.

13. What happened to Bobby?

A. It was missing. B. He went with Jim. C. He dropped to the ground.

14. How does Crystal feel?

A. Angry. B. Worried. C. Regretful.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What size of shoes fits the man?

A. Size 7. B. Size 8. C. Size 7.5.

16. What does the man think of the second pair the saleswoman shows him?

A. Too large. B. Too loose. C. Too expensive.

17. What will happen in the end?

A. The man will buy the third pair of shoes.

B. The man will not buy the shoes.

C. The woman will go upstairs to the third floor to have a look.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What’s one lifelong dream of Michelle’s?

A. Flying to Pairs for baking a cake at a party.

B. Getting more attention in cooking.

C. Taking part in a training course.

19. How did Michelle get the chance to work in Paris?

A. She was chosen out of a cooking test.

B. She worked well enough to be given the chance.

C. She had already had three years of baking experience.

20. What can we know about Michelle in the passage?

A. Cakes she bakes are enjoyed by everyone.

B. She has strong desire for improvement.

C. She is good in the cooking school.

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。

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Basketball, baseball and soccer are classic sports that people will always enjoy. And yet we keep changing popular games like these in new ways to keep them fresh.

Underwater hockey

This game is played in swimming pools with two teams of six players. Each player has flippers (蛙鞋), a snorkel and a stick used for hitting a puck (圆盘). Each team earns points by hitting the puck into its underwater goal. Other team members must be ready to take the puck when a team member goes up for air. That makes underwater hockey a true team sport.

Chessboxing

A sport can also be revised by mixing it with another game. In chessboxing, two players compete on the chess board and in the ring. First, their minds are tested in a game of chess. Then they use their strength in a round of boxing. They repeat this for 11 rounds. The winner beats the loser in chess, knocks him out while boxing or gets more boxing points.

Bossaball

This exciting sport is part volleyball and part soccer. But unlike both of those sports, players jump up and down throughout the game. That’s because it’s played on an inflatable (可充气的) volleyball court with a trampoline on either side of the net. One player bounce on the trampoline while up to four others stand around it. A team can touch the ball six times before sending it back across the net. Each player may touch the ball once with arms or twice with other body parts.

Cycleball

Another fun game to watch, cycleball is like indoor soccer on wheels. Each player rides a special bike designed for the game. Like soccer, a team must put the ball in a goal. However, there is a catch. The ball can only be touched with the bikes’ wheels or the players’ heads. This game requires a lot of practice to learn the skills needed.

Though these sports may not be common, give them a look or even a try.

21. Why does the author think Underwater Hockey is a true team sport?

A. Because all players in a team wear the same flippers and use a stick to hit a puck.

B. Because each player in a team has to cooperate with other team members in the match.

C. Because it is played underwater, the game is more dangerous than the sports played on land.

D. Because each team earns points by hitting the puck into its underwater goal.

22. In Chessboxing, the winner will be the one who _____.

A. wins both in chess and in boxing B. defeats his opponent in chess

C. wins in chess or in boxing D. can knock his opponent out of the boxing ring

23. According to the article, at most how many players in all can take part in a Bossaball match?

A. 4. B. 6. C. 8. D. 10.

24. In Cycleball, the author mentions catch, whose meaning may be _____.

A. sport B. skill C. rule D. practice

B

Any snakebite can be dangerous if infection sets in. Some types of snake poison make the bite area swollen (肿胀的) or painful. Others cause bleeding or damage the heart’s nerves. Here are some especially dangerous snakes:

The largest of all poisonous snakes, king cobras can reach 5.5 meters in length. Each king cobra bite contains enough poison to kill an elephant — or 20 people. But these big snakes usually avoid people. They live throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia.

A bite from Australia’s inland taipan, the world’s most poisonous snake, releases enough poison to kill 100 men. The good news is that people rarely come in contact with this snake, and a treatment for its poison exists.

Russell’s viper lives throughout Asia, including India, southern China, and on the island of Taiwan. It prefers grassy fields but can be found in forests and urban areas. It bites more people and causes more deaths than any other poisonous snake.

Though short, the common Indian krait packs a powerful punch (攻击) in its bite. Most often, it strikes people at night while they are sleeping. Since the bite causes little pain, victims are often not sure that they have been bitten until they begin to experience stomach cramps (痉挛). Without treatment, symptoms will worsen quickly and can lead to death.

The black mamba, a native of Africa, is actually olive or grey in color. Only the inside of its mouth is black. When black mambas feel threatened by a human, they make a loud hissing sound to warn the person away. If the warning is ignored, the snake will attack the person repeatedly. And they can attack quickly, moving over the ground at speeds of up to 20 kilometers per hour.

25. According to this article, what is a particular feature of the king cobra?

A. Its seasonal changes. B. Its lack of movement.

C. Its sense of hearing. D. Its remarkable size.

26. What does the article imply about the inland taipan?

A. It was once believed to be extinct. B. A chance meeting with it could be deadly.

C. Some people keep one as a pet. D. Very little is known about its behavior.

27. In which magazine would you most likely find this article?

A. Let’s Explore Nature B. Weekly Travel Digest C. Psychology Magazine D. Global Warning News

C

When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. “Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words.”

I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation. Some of the people even cried. I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur(激励) action. Now, a decade from Rio, after I’ve sat through many more conferences, I’m not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.

When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I’m learning that as we have to make choices — education, career, lifestyle — life gets more and more complicated. We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is in progress, but aren’t taught how to seek a happy, healthy or sustainable(可持续的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and innocent .

Today I’m no longer a child, but I’m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in. I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of change. I hope this goal will be met through our common efforts.

28. The purpose of what the writer said at the ag