2014年12月

?本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共5页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷以及答题卡和答题纸一并交回。

第I卷

注意事项：

1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2．选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

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l0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．Why do the two speakers want to go to a bar?

A．Because they don’t want to be caught in the rain．

B．Because they want to have a drink．

C．Because they want to meet another friend．

2．How long will the man have to wait before the plane takes off at the airport？

A．105 minutes. B．80 minutes. C．75 minutes.

3．What is the woman going to buy？

A．Pants suit. B．A blouse. C．A coat.

4．What can we learn from this conversation？

A．Michael is playing in the garden．

B．Sally is playing in the garden．

C．Sally is not present here．

5．What kind of coffee does the man prefer？

A．White coffee without sugar．

B．Coffee with sugar.

C．Coffee without milk or sugar．

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，从每题所给的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至7题。

6．For which day did the man book a room finally？

A. April 22nd. B. April 21 st. C. April 23rd.

7．How much will the man pay for the room？

A. 100 dollars. B．99 dollars. C．108 dollars.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．Why doesn’t the man book the seats downstairs？

A. It’s too expensive. B. It’s too crowded. C. It’s too far.

9．When does the man plan to see the performance？

A. Next Saturday. B. On October 21 st. C. On October 25th.

10．How much does each upstairs ticket cost？

A．＄10． B．$3．75． C．$2．50.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11．What is the possible relationship between the two speakers？

A．Teacher and student．

B．Classmates．

C．Saleswoman and customer．

12．Where does Tom Brown work now？

A．The Spanish department．

B．The Jones at French Company．

C．The National Bank．

13．Which language do you think Kathy Smith teaches now？

A. German. B. Spanish. C. French.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14．Where does the conversation take place？

A. In a bank．

B．At an airport ticket office．

C．At a police station．

15．Where was the woman’s money probably stolen？

A．Near the bank．

B．On the moving stair from the underground．

C．Around the police station．

16．What’s the woman doing in the city？

A．Doing a business．

B．Paying a visit．

C．Having lessons．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What was children’s education like in the past？

A．Children liked to sit in the classroom for hours．

B．Children had to go on repeating things until they could learn them by heart．

C．Children could think and learn by themselves.

18．What do we learn from the passage？

A．Children today like staying in school．

B．Some children today hate to get out of the classroom when the teachers ask them to．

C．Something should be done to encourage children to learn by themselves.

19．Why can’t some of the children find jobs？

A．They are too young to do so．

B．Their parents won’t allow them to do so．

C．The teachers won’t help them do so．

20．What do many teachers consider？

A．Wondering if they can make children learn．

B．Wondering if children can learn by themselves．

C．Wondering what they should do to help children learn

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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: "No pain, no gain". He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart.

21. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often______.

A. kept watering them every morning B. talked to them to get their attention

C. paid little attention to them D. beat them to make them grow deep roots

22. What does the underlined word "Adversity" mean in the sixth paragraph?

A. Difficult living conditions. B. Lack of moisture.

C. Enough care or attention. D. Bad weather.

23. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?

A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.

B. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.

C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life.

D. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.

B

A Robot Fish has been developed by National University of Singapore’s researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering．This robot fish has movements which have been inspired by the movements of the carp（鲤鱼）．

There are various purposes that it can be used for．It can help in underwater archaeology （ 考古学 ）．For example, it can enter a sunken city where human divers cannot enter．Just like a fish , it can also look at all the comers of particular wreckage．This robot can also be used for general purposes such as detection of leakages in a pipeline or for laying down communication cables across oceans．It also has possible military uses．

In order to copy carp movements, Mr．Fan studied the movements of the fish for around 3 months．He studied all the different movements of carp using different cameras and then converted these movements mathematically to transfer this data to the robot using many actuators（驱动器）．

Professor Xu commented on the robot that the current models that copy fish movements are capable only of 2D movements which limits their capability as they are not able to dive into water．He said that his model is the first model with 3D movements which allows it to dive as well as float with the help of its fins, just as a normal fish would do．Hence, this fish model robot has much greater movement capability．It would be much harder for enemies to detect as compared to traditional ones when used for military purposes．

The researches want to make their robot fish even smaller, more realistic while adding more sensors such as GPS and video camera to it．This will improve its autonomous 3D movement．They are also planning to test the fish by giving it more difficult tasks such as detecting various objects．

24．The author gave an example in paragraph 2 _____．

A．to introduce the Robot Fish can help in underwater archaeology

B．to show the Robot Fish can be used for general purposes

C．to show the Robot Fish can lay down communication cables across oceans

D．to tell us the Robot Fish has possible military uses

25．Which is NOT true about the 3D Robot Fish?

A．It is capable of diving into water． B．It cannot dive into water．

C．It can float using its fins． D．It is difficult to detect．

26．What' s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．The researchers will give the robot more difficult tasks．

B．The researches want to make their robot smaller．

C．The researchers are going to test the robot．

D．The researches plan to improve the robot．

27．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement used widely

B．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement treading the ocean

C．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement created in Singapore

D．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement's general purposes

C

MUMBAI, India —The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award. And the two of them said, "It’s unbelievable!"???? Nine-year-old, Rubina Ali, and Azharuddin Ismail, 10, were living a very different life and obviously loving every minute of it. The two, some of the child stars of the Oscar-winning Slum dog Millionaire(《贫民窟的百万富翁》)movie, know the Indian slums very well. That was where they grew up, and it is where they will return at the end of their Hollywood dream trip.????
???? "I don’t really know what the Oscars are," Rubina’s mother said. "I’m just glad my daughter looks happy, though she told me she missed Indian food."???? "Our children lead a dog’s life," Rubina’s mother said, pointing out the rubbish everywhere, the open drains (下水道) and the lack of education opportunities.???? In a few days they will be back in Mumbai and back in the slums which are their home. Fortunately, according to media reports, the movie’s director, Danny Boyle, has promised to help the children he chose from the slum and make sure they will go to a proper school. ???? The two don’t need to worry about