第一部分：听力理解（共两节，20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，共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 is the man doing now?

A. Running a book store. B. Teaching in a middle school. C. Serving in the army.

2. What the woman mean?

A. She will be a teacher after graduation.

B. She has no desire to teach.

C. She does not like her teachers.

3. What will the man do most probably?

A. Go to Washington on business. B. Go to the garage to fetch his car.

C. Take the guests to the airport.

4. What is the time now?

A. 11:30. B. 11:25. C. 11:35.

5. How can the man find Mrs. Jones?

A. He can find her in the Room 620. B. He can wait for her until 8:30.

C. He can make a call to her office.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

听第6段材料， 回答第6、7题。

6. What kind of TV programs are there after eight on channel 5?

A. Sports. B. News. C. Entertainment.

7. Which channel is Police Zero on?

A. Channel 4. B. Channel 5. C. Channel 1.

听第7段材料， 回答第8、9题。

8. What is probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Customer and shop assistant. B. Brother and sister. C. Classmates.

9. How much does the man earn in a month?

A. About $100. B. About $300. C. About $250.

听第8段材料， 回答第10至12题。

10. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Social problems in the US. B. Racial inequality (种族不平等) in the US.

C. Educational opportunities.

11. What is the most serious social problem in the US according to the woman?

A. Education. B. Unemployment. C. Violent crime.

12. What happened in Washington last month?

A. A 24 year old person was killed. B. 14 people were killed by two gunmen.

C. A group of school children were shot dead

听第9段材料， 回答第13至16题。

13. What is Dr. Ellis doing at the moment?

A. Seeing a patient. B. Having a meeting. C. Talking on the phone.

14. What’s wrong with the woman?

A. She has lost another tooth. B. She will be late for an appointment.

C. Her new teeth don’t fit her.

15. Who is Andrew?

A. A doctor. B. An assistant. C. A patient.

16. When will the woman see the dentist?

A. At 10:00. B. At 10:30. C. At 11:00.

听第10段材料， 回答第17至20题。

17. Why does the woman want to move out?

A. She has her own house. B. She wants to move to another place.

C. She wants to get her deposit (定金，存款) back.

18. What’s the date today?

A. November 1. B. October 1. C. December 1.

19. What can we learn from the man?

A. He has rented out his house for more than three years.

B. He shares an apartment with his friends. C. He moved house one month ago.

20. Which of the following is required in a move-out notice?

A. A security deposit (押金). B. A future address. C. The fees of the rental property (出租房).

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中（A、B、C和D),选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

One day, I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem, while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter( 仲裁人).I read the examination problem: “Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(气压计).” The student had answered: “Take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower it to the street, and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of it is the height of the building. ”?? The student had really answered the question completely, but the answer didn’t confirm his competence in physics. I suggested the student try again. I gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. Five minutes later, he said he had many answers and dashed off one, which read: “Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ”???? At this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. I couldn’t help asking the student what the other answers were. He listed many others, and then added “Probably the best is to take the barometer to the administrator and said to him, “Sir, here is a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of the building, I will give it to you.” Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did, but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think. The name of the student was Bohr who later was famous all over the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.

B

Isn’t it interesting how we expect others to behave in a certain way so we can feel good about ourselves? And then when people don't behave as we want them to, we feel so disappointed and angry ––– when really, most times, we’re not actually surprised at their actions? We just want those actions to be different ––– actions we’d be more comfortable with.

This week I shared a friend a wonderful home-cooked meal and a bottle of wine. About the time we got to the freshly-baked cookies, the conversation turned to her somewhat crazy sister. I had to smile, just a little, since her sister-stories had had much the same theme for the last two decades. When her frustration was just about to peak over her sister’s latest unbelievably selfish act, I suggested she begin trying “The Law of Patient Acceptance.” “How can I possibly accept her behavior?” my friend asked. “Acceptance doesn’t necessarily mean tolerance,” I shared. “It just means that you accept the person for who they are and you stop knocking yourself out trying to change them.”

Everyone has these difficult people in their lives from time to time. “Think of it this way,” I said. “If you were to go out and buy an ottoman(搁脚凳) today, thinking you were buying a chair, you’d be really angry that the ottoman was such a pathetic(差劲的) chair. But once you realize what you’re dealing with, once you accept the ottoman for what it is and you stop trying to turn it into a chair, your anger largely goes away.”

You have to accept people for who they are. Even when you’ve had high hopes that they might have been able to be someone else. “You can’t change people,” my mother always said. And she was right. The best we can do is to see people as clearly and objectively as possible. For they rarely change.

C

Attractions in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Historical Museum

30 N. Carroll Street on Madison’s Capitol Square

Discover Wisconsin’s history and culture(文化) on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program. Admission is free.

Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00am -- 4:00 pm.

(608) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum

Swiss historical village

612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus

The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America’s heartland. 14 buildings in the village give a full picture of every day life in the nineteenth-century Midwest.

Tue.—Fri., May 1st –October 31st , 10:00 am—4:00 pm. Admission is $20.

(608) 527-2317 www.swisshistoricalvillage.com

Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café

6858 Paoli Rd., Paoli, WI

One of the largest collections of fine arts and crafts(手工艺品) in Wisconsin. Over 5000 sp. ft. of exhibition space in a historic creamery. While visiting enjoy a wonderfully prepared lunch at our café overlooking the Sugar River. Just minutes from Madison!

Gallery open Tue. –Sun., 10:00 am—5:00 pm.

Café open Wed. –Sat., 11:00 am –3:00 pm.

Sun. brunch with wine, 10:00—3:00 pm.

(608) 845-6600 www.artisangal.com

Christopher Columbus Museum

239 Whitney St., Columbus

World-class exhibit –2000 quality souvenirs(纪念品) marking Chicago’s 1893 World Columbian Exhibition. Tour buses are always welcome.

Open daily, 8:15 am – 4:00 pm.

(920) 623-1992 www.columbusantiquemall.com

28. Which of the following is on Capitol Square?

A. Christopher Columbus Museum. B. Swiss Historical Village.

C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café. D. Wisconsin Historical Museum.

29. Where can you go for a visit on Monday?

A. Wisconsin Historical Museum. B. Christopher Columbus Museum.

C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery café. D. Swiss Historical Village.

30. Where can visitors have lunch?

A. At Wisconsin Historical Museum. B. At Swiss Historical Village.

C. At Christopher Columbus Museum. D. At Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.

31. We learn from the text that___________.

A. tickets are needed for Wisconsin Historical Museum

B. Christopher Columbus Museum overlooks a river

C. Swiss Historical Village is open for half a year

D. Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café are open daily for 4 hour

D

Nowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer drivers than men.

In a survey done for insurer MetLife, 51% of women said they drive more safely. The evidence is on their side: Men are 3.4 times more likely than women to get a ticket for careless driving and 3.1 times as likely to be punished for drunk driving. “Women are on average less aggressive and more law abiding (守法的) drivers, which leads to fewer accidents,” the report says. However, not all male drivers share the same opinion. Of the men surveyed by MetLife, 39% claimed male drivers were safer. The findings did back them up on one point: automotive knowledge. The report showed that more men are familiar with current safety equipment such as electronic stability control, which helps prevent rollover accidents.

Auto safety unavoidably matters to Money. Insurance (保险) companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims (赔偿额), and for now, that mainly includes women. In general, women pay about