1. What will the woman do this weekend?

A. Go to Boston.

B. Look after her friend.

C. Have dinner with the man.

2. How does the woman make her garden look lovely?

A. By hiring a gardener.

B. By planting more roses.

C. By looking after it carefully.

3. How much did the man pay for his ticket?

A.＄300. B.＄600. C.＄900.

4. What's Linda's message mainly about?

A. The time change of a meeting.

B. The crash of a telephone system.

C. Her job at West Coast Office.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A birthday party. B. A wedding ceremony. C. A meeting.

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，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 does the man call the woman?

A. To remind her of a trip.

B. To invite her parents to the trip.

C. To ask her to hand in the report tomorrow.

7.When does the conversation take place？

A. On Sunday. B. On Friday. C. On Wednesday.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the woman think of the report?

A. Not reliable. B. True. C. Absurd.

9. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is optimistic about the climate.

B. She thinks the weather is nice.

C. She is a weather scientist.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. When will the woman's new play be on?

A. This Tuesday. B. This Thursday. C. Next Thursday.

11. What does Malcolm do?

A. A director. B. A writer. C. An actor.

12. What is Malcolm's attitude towards work?

A. Serious. B. Casual. C. Careless.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man doing?

A. Introducing a book.

B. Having an interview.

C. Telling a story.

14. What do the organization members do in Brazil?

A. They do business with local people.

B. They offer medical care.

C. They help set up schools.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When is the talk given?

A. At a birthday party.

B. At a routine meeting.

C. At an opening of a club.

18. Why does the speaker give Joan Miller a special welcome?

A. To wish her a happy birthday.

B. To thank her for her coming.

C. To invite her to join the club.

19. What does the speaker say about the food provided?

A. Tasty. B. Nutritious. C. Fresh.

20. What is this activity mainly aiming at?

A. Giving help.

B. Providing food.

C. Offering companionship.

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。

A

One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get shelter for the night.

The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said, "but I can't send a nice couple like you into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It's not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night." The couple agreed.

As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, "You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I’ll build one for you." The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man, asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of the Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a reddish stone one with watchtowers thrusting (插入) up to the sky, and told the clerk that it was the hotel he had just built for him to manage.

That wonderful building was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose name was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the world's most attractive hotels.

21. Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?

A .He was grateful to the clerk.

B. They had a bet at first.

C. He wanted to please the clerk.

D. He wanted to sell the hotel.

22. Which of the statements about the story is NOT true?

A. The story took place at about one a.m.

B. The old couple were too poor to afford a luxurious room.

C. The clerk was willing to help those in need.

D. The clerk received an unexpected invitation from the old man.

23. According to the text, the clerk .

A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor.

B. hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money.

C. didn't expect to receive things in return from the old couple.

D. became rich, thanks to his own efforts.

24. Which of the following proverbs suits the story the best?

A. Every little thing helps.????????????????????

B. Make hay (干草) while the sun shines.

C. Accidents will happen.???????????????

D. One good turn deserves another.B

When Kate’s paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “a ribbon (丝带）around a bomb”. Such comments seem to suggest Kate had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.

Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City, Kate suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven. Her spine (脊柱) became bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kate taught herself to paint.

In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican artist. Rivera’s strong influences on Kate’s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.

Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kate’s works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.

25. What does the underlined phrase “a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most probably

mean?

A. A far better artist. B. A far more gifted artist.

C. A much stronger person. D. A much more famous person.

26. The terrible pain Kate suffered was caused by .

A. polio B. her bent spine

C. back injuries D. the operations she had

27. Kate’s style had become increasingly independent since the .

A.1930s B. 1940s C. 1950s D. 1970s

28. What is author’s attitude toward Kate?

A. Devotion. B. Sympathy.

C. Worry. D. Encouragement.

C

Have you ever used Facebook? Many people are being lured (引诱) onto it with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they’re paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.

Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Facebook because people don’t really know what their personal data is worth.

The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook — you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things — your city, your photo, your friends' names—were set, by default (默认) to be shared with everyone on the Internet.

According to Facebook’s vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don’t share information, they have a “less satisfying experience”.

Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed.?Who wants to look at ads when they’re online connecting with their friends?

The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator (议员) Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. “I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits.

I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy is only the beginning, which is why I’m considering deactivating (撤销) my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I’m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t know. That’s too high a price to pay.

29. What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph?

A. It is a website that sends messages to targeted users.

B. It makes money by putting on advertisements.

C. It profits by selling its users’ personal data.

D. It provides loads of information to its users.

30. What does the author say about most Facebook users?

A. They are reluctant to give up their personal information.

B. They don’t know their personal data enriches Facebook.

C. They don’t identify themselves when using the website.

D. They care very little about their personal information.

31. Why does Facebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage?

A. To provide better service to its users. 　

B. To follow the Federal guidelines.

C. To improve its users’ connectivity. 　

D. To expand its scope of business.

32. Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account?

A. He is dissatisfied with its curr