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：(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。

例： How much is the shirt?

A.￡19.15. B.￡9.15. C.￡9.18.

答案是B。

1. What does the woman want to do?

??A. Find a place.??????B. Buy a map.?????????C. Get an address.

2. What does the man do for the woman?

??A. Repair her car?????B. Give her a ride????C. Pick up her aunt.

3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?

??A. A new professor????B. A department head???C. A company director.

4. What does the man think of the book?

??A. Quite difficult.???B. Very interesting.???C. Too simple.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

??A. Weather????B. Clothes????C. News.

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。

请听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。

6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?

??A. He has a pain in his knee.

??B. He wants to watch TV.

??C. he is too lazy.

7. What will the woman probably do next?

??A. Stay at home.

??B. Take Harry to hospital.

??C. Do some exercise.

听第7段对话，回答8、9小题。

8. When will the man be home from work?

??A. At 5:45?????B. At 6:15?????C. At 6:50

9. Where will the speakers go?

??A. The Green House Cinema.??B. The New State Cinema.???C. The UME Cinema.

听第8段对话，回答第10至12题。

10. How will the speakers go to?New York?

??A. By air.?????B. By taxi.?????C. By bus.

11. Why are the speakers making the trip?

??A. For business.????B. For shopping.????C. For holiday.

12. What is the probalbe relationship between the speakers?

??A. Driver and passenger????B. Husband and wife????C. Fellow workers.

听第9段对话，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does this conversation probably take place?

??A. In a restaurant.????B. In an office.???C. In a classroom.

14. What does John do now?

??A. He’s a trainer.????B. He’s a tour guide.???C. He’s a college student.

15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?

??A. $10,500.?? ?B. $12,000.????C. $15,000.

16. How many people will the woman hire?

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

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?

??A. One year.?????B. Ten years.????C. Eighteen years

18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?

??A. It’s comfortable????B. It’s time-saving????C. It’s cheap.

19. What is good about living in a small town?

??A. It’s safer.????B. It’s healthier.????C. It’s more convenient.

20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?

??A. Busy.??????B. Colourful.??????C. Quiet.

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（A．B．C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWoman Uses Daughter's Key to "Steal" Car

Charlie Vansant, a college student of Athens, Ohio who reported that his car was stolen, got a surprise when he learned a woman had mistaken it for her daughter's car and taken it－using her key.?? Kate Anderson became an accidental car thief when picking up her daughter's car near an Ohio University building last week. Anderson spotted the Toyota Camry（丰田凯美瑞）and used her daughter's key to unlock the car, start the engine and drive home-without realizing that the car wasn't her daughter's.?? When Charlie Vansant left class a short time later, he found only an empty parking spot. He first assumed the car had been towed, but when the police couldn't find a record of it, they took a theft report.?? The morning after Anderson took the car, her daughter discovered the Camry in the driveway wasn't hers. Anderson said she was able to find Vansant's name on paperwork in the glove compartment and look up his phone number on the website for the university.?? When Anderson told Charlie the car was in her driveway, "It sounded real suspicious at first, as she wanted to hold the thing for ransom（赎金）,” said Vansant. He eventually went to the house with a police officer, where he was reunited with his car. According to the police report, the case was closed "because of mistaken car identity", Anderson wasn't charged.?? Vansant seemed to blame the car company more than the "thief". "Her key fit not only my lock, but my ignition（点火装置） as well - so high-five for Toyota. I guess." he said.?21. What does the underlined word "towed" mean in paragraph 3?? ?A. removed.???? ?B. damaged.?????? ?C. stolen.???? ?D. sold.22. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage??? A. Mrs. Anderson's daughter discovered the car her mother drove was not hers.??? B. Mrs. Anderson stole Charlie's car at the request of her daughter.?? C. Charlie had thought he had to give Anderson money to get his car back.??? D. Mrs. Anderson used her daughter's key to unlock Charlie's car and drive home.?23. What does Charlie mean by "high-five for Toyota"??? A.? He is blaming Toyota for the poor quality of car keys.?? B.? He should thank Toyota for returning his car.?? C.? He wants to celebrate with Toyota for getting his car back.?? D.? He thinks highly of Toyota for producing large quantities of cars.24. What is likely to happen next according to the passage??? A. Mrs. Anderson was charged with stealing a car.?? B. Charlie blamed Mrs. Anderson for mistakenly taking his car.?? C. Charlie would ask the Toyota Company to give him an explanation.?? D. The Toyota Company would give Charlie a new car as compensation.

B

The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better.

?“ As far as I see, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” Yu said. “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system. ”

Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.

The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.

25. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.

B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of national college entrance exam.

C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.

D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

26. According to the passage, Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.

A. the new exam and admission system will make no difference

B. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance exam

C. the reform may accomplish the very opposite

D. Western educational system does not apply to China

27. What does the passage try to express in the underlined sentence?

A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.

B. Whether students should study English hard may depend on their major.

C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.

D. English must be close to full mark.

28. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To advise students not to devote themselves to English.

B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.

C. To support the act of Ministry of Education.

D. To encourage students to do as they have planned.

C

It is a wonderful morning, as I write this: hot, but without being too hot．Outside my window, I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water．?It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer's temporary nature a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday, time is running out．

????It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday．This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it．You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music．What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?

????So what is my problem? On the surface, I'm probably a bit of homebody．And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun．?Somehow, packing a carefully itemized?（详细列举的?）list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it．?

????Thankfully, I am not alone．?This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break．?And a recent survey highlighted the downside（负面）of holidays, with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal．And this year's the Idler magazine published its hook, Awful Holidays．Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it's possible to take, along with 50 horrible holidays experiences voted for on the idler website．?Over the last decade, The Idler has become well known for pr