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英 语 试 题

第 I 卷

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

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 Where does the woman like to go this summer?

A. To Greece. B. To China. C. To Canada.

2 What does the woman want to do first?

A. Do the dishes. B. Sweep the floor. C. Wash the clothes.

3 Why does the man want to go to the library?

A. To borrow some books. B. To finish his term paper. C. To return some reference books.

4 What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A book. B. A film. C. A story.

5 What is the man most probably?

A. A policeman. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.

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。

听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。

6 Why doesn’t the man want to watch the World Cup Final?

A. He won’t have time. B. He isn’t good at football. C. His TV doesn’t work.

7 What does the woman like?

A. Football. B. Golf. C. Horse riding.

听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。

8 What does the woman want the man to do?

A. Join her in the picnic trip. B. Decide the place for the picnic.C. Listen to the weather report.

9 What will the weather probably be like on Sunday?

A. Rainy. B. Windy. C. Sunny.

听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。

10 Who is the man probably?

A. A manager. B. A salesman. C. A guard.

11 Where is ladies’ casual wear?

A. In front of the lift. B. On the ground floor. C. Opposite ladies’ formal wear.

12 When can the woman return her clothes if there is something wrong with them?

A. Within 30 days. B. Within 15 days. C. Within 7 days.

听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。

13 What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Come to her house later with his friends.

B. See an opera with his friends.

C. Have dinner with her.

14 How does the man feel?

A. Ashamed. B. Sorry. C. Disappointed.

15 What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman hasn’t checked the e-mail.

B. The man hasn’t got the invitation.

C. The woman has planned for the party for ages.

16 What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Co-workers. B. Neighbours. C. Classmates.

听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。

17 What is the talk about?

A. Practical English. B. Spoken English. C. Listening English.

18 How many activities does the speaker recommend?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.

19 Why does the speaker recommend reading books?

A. It is a popular way to improve one’s English.

B. It is more interesting and useful to learners.

C. It is the most beneficial to English learning.

20 What does the speaker think of watching the news in English?

A. It is too boring to secondary school students.

B. It is more useful to advanced English learners.

C. It can help students learn how to use body language.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（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中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I’ve often wondered if I might do more good as a travel agent rather than as a psychologist. It seems that I have been more dramatically affected by certain kinds of travel experiences than I ever have.

My trip to Iceland is a fine example of that. The plan was to spend two days in a remote mountain hut in Iceland. I was working on a photographic book about winter in Iceland and needed to capture images of this amazing region of high mountain peaks, smoky volcanoes, and lakes with floating icebergs.

The moment after we arrived, the weather turned extreme making visibility impossible. It snowed so much and the wind blew so hard that we couldn’t leave the tiny hut. To stay warm, we walked around in circles much of the day inside the tiny hut. We tried to call for help but the radio did not work. Day after day, we watched our supplies of food and fuel grow dangerously short. We got acute cabin fever (幽居病) and started going for walks and ski expeditions outside. Even when the weather finally broke, nobody came to get us even though it was three days beyond our scheduled pickup. By the time the rescue team came to pull us out, we had all given up hope.

From then on, the world looks different to me, as does my life. It would have taken me years of psychotherapy to get to the same point.

Almost everyone has a story to tell, and interestingly, most of these experiences were not altogether pleasant at the time. In fact, it appears that the most constructive life-changing journeys were those that involved some sorts of awful and uncomfortable events that forced the person to develop new resources, increase confidence, and solve problems in new ways.

21. The writer went to Iceland to ______.

A. enjoy the natural beautiful floating icebergs

B. take photos about the region for a book

C. collect materials for psychological research

D. challenge the high mountains there

22. During the trip in Iceland, those travelers faced difficulties EXCEPT that ______.

A. they got lost in the mountain

B. they were short of food and fuel

C. they couldn’t see the surroundings clearly

D. they failed to get in touch with the rescue team

23. From Paragraph 3, we learn that the travelers ______.

A. were in despair before they were rescued

B. stayed in the hut for three days altogether

C. got sick because of going for ski outside

D. got rescued immediately the weather turned fine

24. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The writer is a travel agent who loves difficult challenges.

B. In Iceland the weather is always extreme and it snows a lot.

C. The travellers were so depressed that they needed psychotherapy.

D. Awful journeys may become life-changing events that inspire people.

B

One of India’s top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its boarding houses, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students’ performance, making them lonely and even suicidal.

Authorities at the best Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. “Now, a student doesn’t even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet,” said Prakash Gopalan, dean of Student Affairs. “The old dormitory culture of companionship and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion.”

IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of the seven IITs across India which are considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their hard courses, tough competition and lonely campus lifestyle have taken an effect on students. Depressive and dysfunctional lifestyles are known to be common among IIT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their boarding houses to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming.

“Starting Monday, Internet access will be banned between 11 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai’s 13 boarding buildings to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their shells.” Gopalan said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. “Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby (摇篮曲) to go to sleep.” said Rajiv, an electronics student.

25. According to the text, the students addicted to the Internet in IIT-Mumbai are likely to ______.

A. perform well in studies B. participate in social activities

C. know their classmates better D. feel lonely and even suicidal

26. The underlined word “dysfunctional” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “______”.

A. unpopular B. meaningful C. abnormal D. exciting

27. What measures have been taken in IIT-Mumbai?

A. Students must go to bed before 11 p.m.

B. Students are forbidden to surf the Internet on campus.

C. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their dormitories.

D. Internet access is unavailable in deep night in boarding buildings.

28. We may infer from the last paragraph that ______.

A. all electronics students hate the banning order

B. some students complain about the banning order

C. there is no Internet access on the IIT campus ever since

D. more students prefer listening to music to surfing the Internet

C

Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to thumb rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to be refused when you call a friend and ask for a ride. But with Twitter, you just look for other people heading the same way.

It may sound risky, so many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends when asking on Twitter just like me, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.

“I think the digital connection of young people is really key, because younger generations grew up sharing things on line, sharing files, photos, music, etc, so they’ve been very used to sharing,” said Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College.

The sharing economy got big during the recession (经济衰退), allowing people to access more goods, services using technology and even to share costs. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom, like what my friend Earl says, “The symbol of freedom isn’t the car any more because there’s technology out there connecting you to a car.”

According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license compared to six in ten today. So it’s not that su