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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

M:There’s a new bakery on the next street.Should we get the pork pie or the beef pie this morning?

W:I want something sweet.The egg cake lady just opened her doors.Let’s go and stand in line.

Text 2

M:The shopping mall closes at 10:00 p.m.It’s 9:30 now.Hurry up,or I won’t be able to buy a shirt for my interview tomorrow!

W:Oh,I wish we had gotten here at 9:00!

Text 3

W:Are you ready for the family party this weekend?

M:It’s been 10 years since we last got together.I’m afraid they might not recognize me.I’m not sure if I will go.

Text 4

W:I like all the colours you’ve used in your picture,Bobby.Why don’t you try putting a little more detail in it?

M:OK,Mrs.White.I just need to go to the bathroom and wash out my brush first.

Text 5

W:Have you ever been to a cotton farm like this before?My uncle switched over to it because he could make more money there.He used to grow corn and beans.

M:I’ve never actually been to a farm,so I have no idea how farmers make a living!

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。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:Now we have our own home theatre! Look! The screen is as big as our wall!

W:Hey,how did you do that?

M:I just bought a piece of equipment that is connected to the computer or TV…or even a smart phone! I can play anything I want,like a movie or a TV show.Then,this equipment makes the images present on the wall,just like when you go to the movies.

W:Well,it’s not the same.

M:You’re right.But it isn’t bad,and when I set up my new speaker system…

W:Umm,you bought a set of speakers,too?

M:Of course!You’re going to love it!

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

Text 7

W:What a great shot!

M:Who’s playing tonight?

W:Playing?I’m watching a TV documentary about nature photography.

M:What does that have to do with basketball?

W:It doesn’t.I was commenting on the picture.It’s a photo of a lion jumping.

M:OK,I like lions,but what’s so impressive about that?

W:Well,the photographer was in the path of a running lion when it rushed out of the bushes.The photographer fell onto the ground on his back,and the lion jumped right over him.It was chasing a zebra,and the photographer…

M:Shot the lion with a gun?

W:No! He took a picture really quickly as the lion jumped over him.That’s what I meant by “great shot”.

M:I’m surprised the guy wasn’t attacked!

W:He was lucky for being alive,and for taking the photo of the year!

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

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M:We’re in business! I can’t believe we waited so long to open our own store.This is great,isn’t it?I hope we can get a lot of customers.

W:I still think we should hire someone to advertise for us.

M:I’ve been considering what to do about that,Laura.There should be an easier and cheaper way.I don’t like traditional advertising anyway.Since our store is online,the first thing we could do is to send an email to all of our friends and family.We’ll include the link to our website.They can share information about our new store on Facebook,Instagram,and Twitter.

W:That’s a great idea! The more young people we tell,the better.People between 15 and 30 years old usually have a large network of friends.

M:Yeah,but I’ve noticed that our age group uses social media a lot,too.And our store mainly sells things that people from 45 to 60 would use,like products to make people look younger.

W:Maybe we should send some emails to our old school friends.By now,many of them should have a lot of business associates and friends.

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

Text 9

W:Did you hear the news?A research team just discovered a new fish.

M:Unbelievable! They haven’t discovered anything in a long time.They must feel proud!

W:Yes,and very relieved.You know,the university was just about to cut their budgets.If that happened in our department,I think you and I would soon be out of work!

M:I agree.The discovery was just in time! So,what is this new animal?

W:Actually,it’s called the Atacama Snailfish.There are three colours of them—the pink,the blue,and the purple Atacama Snailfish.

M:Cool! Just from the name I know where they were found—in one of the deepest parts of the ocean,west of the South American continent.Is there anything special about this fish?

W:Yes! It isn’t like many other deep-ocean fishes,which usually have huge teeth and are much bigger because the pressure is very great at the bottom of the sea.Instead,the new fish are small.They’re a little bit transparent,too,and seem very active.

M:Did the team catch any?

W:They did catch a blue one.I saw a picture of it this morning from Maude,one of the leaders.She told me that these fish are very delicate and when they are taken from their natural environment,they melt quickly.They’re just made to survive in that extreme pressure and cold environment.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

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This is Britain’s Daily News at 10:00.I’m Mark O’Reilly,and we’re starting off with a story from Iran.A team of engineers there have created an exact copy of a Lamborghini.For the past four years,the leader and designer Masoud Moradi has led his creative group through the research,design,modeling and production stages of the project.The final product is a perfect copy of the Italian expensive car.At a presentation in the Iranian city of Tabriz,the audience was treated to the sight of the flashy yellow race car.In Moradi’s speech,he explained that his team had chosen a unique model of a superior brand.In building the car,they tried to recreate the main features and even the simplest details of the original model.They did it and he said,“We believe that our team can produce one of the best cars in the world…” The main goal was to gain the technical knowledge and methods for making super sports cars.Since they have accomplished this,the next step is to produce Iranian-made expensive sports cars.It may take a while for mass production of such cars—but if the enthusiasm of the crowd is any indication,there will certainly be enough buyers!