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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。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。

Text 1

W:I am looking for a sweater for my mother.Which sweater is suitable for her? The red one or the brown one?

M:The red one is too bright for an old woman.You’d better buy the brown one.

Text 2

M:How’s your new position going?

W:Much busier and a lot more challenging than my old one.But I can handle it.

M:How are you getting along with the colleagues in your department?

W:Not bad…I’m pretty sure we’ll all get along well in the future.

Text 3

M:How long do you get off for Spring Festival?

W:I have a week’s holiday.I will start to work on February 18 again.

Text 4

M:Honey, you look great! What do you do in your free time?

W:Yeah, you know what? I’ve been going to the club regularly.The training really pays off.Now I am in a good shape and I know more about how to keep fit.

Text 5

M:Oh, no.We’re going to be late for the meeting.

W:No.We’ll get a cab.It’s faster than taking the bus or the subway.

M:I can’t agree more, but that will cost much more money.

W:It doesn’t matter, and I will treat you as long as we aren’t late.

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。

Text 6

M:Good morning, Mrs Schmidt! I see you’re standing on your head again.

W:Hi, John! I’m just doing my morning yoga! You’re up awfully early today.

M:I have to finish preparing a paper for my western civilisation class.

W:How has school been going? You come home so late every night! You’re working really hard.

M:Actually, I study a lot less here than I did in China! My classes are great, though.Sociology is the perfect major for me.

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

Text 7

M:What are you doing? Checking the “to do” list for the wedding?

W:Yeah.There’s still so much to do!

M:So let’s start by checking off what we’ve already done.

W:Did you reconfirm the plane reservations for all the Chinese guests?

M:Not yet.I was busy confirming who films stuffs for the Net.

W:Cool! I can’t believe he agreed to go all the way to Dallas with us!

M:Hey! We’re paying for his ticket!

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

Text 8

W:Help me organise these coins.

M:That’s a lot of money! What did you do? Break the piggy bank?

W:Yeah, I’m going to the bank and change it for bills, but first I have to separate them into little piles.

M:OK, I’ll find all the quarters and dimes while you sort the nickels and pennies.

W:Great, then we can add everything up and take it to the bank.

M:I found some coins that are not from here.

W:Oh yeah, those are from my trip to London.I have a couple of different pence, but in all it won’t add up to one pound.

M:Are you sure the bank will change these coins for you?

W:Hopefully!

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

Text 9

W:Help me decide on which type of hotel room to book.

M:I want the one with a bed.

W:Very funny.We have a choice of different views, and each one is a different price.For instance, a room with a city view is $175 a night.

M:$175 a night? That’s highway robbery!

W:If you think that’s too steep, there are some other options.We can get a courtyard room with no view for $120 a night or a room with an obstructed or peek-a-boo ocean views for $130 a night.

M:I don’t really care which type of room we get as long as we don’t end up with a room on the ground floor.I don’t like having people walking back and forth outside my window all night.

W:Okay, I can request a room on an upper floor.You really don’t have a preference?

M:No, not really.

W:There is a penthouse room for $400 a night.

M:What?! For that price, I’d better get a view of the Eiffel Tower, the Parthenon, and the Great Wall of China!

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

Text 10

Today we will explore an expression from the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was published in 1865.The story is about a young girl falling, falling, falling... for a long time down a rabbit hole.When she finally lands, she finds herself in a strange world.

In this strange world are some of the most famous characters in children’s literature.Many of them have found their way into American English.

The first character Alice meets is the White Rabbit.He is wearing a vest and carrying a pocket watch.He also has somewhere very important to be; he says over and over.Running past Alice, he says,“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!”

Alice runs after him, and that is where her adventures begin.In English, chasing a white rabbit means to chase the impossible, a fantasy, a dream.The White Rabbit is so curious, so strange, that Alice cannot help but to follow him.As she chases after him, she falls down the rabbit hole into Wonderland and begins her mysterious journey.