英语考生注意:1.答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上,并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡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。
回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上。
写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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2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。
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.£9.18.C.£9.15.答案是C。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant.B. In a post office.C. In a department store.2. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Two good friends.B. Next door neighbors.C. Employer and employee.3. When will the train leave?A. At 11: 00 tonight.B. At 6: 10 tomorrow morning.C. At 11: 00 tomorrow morning.4. What will the woman do for the man?A. Get him some fruit.B. Wash his clothes.C. Take him to the supermarket.5. What will the two speakers most probably do this weekend?A. See a film.B. Climb a mountain.C. Play table tennis.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。
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. When did the man reserve the room?A. On October 8th.B. On October 15th.C. On October 22nd.7. How does the man want to pay?A. In cash.B. By traveler’ s check.C. By credit card.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. Who is on a banana diet?A. The man’ s sister.B. The man’ s cousin.C. The man’ s neighbor.9. What is the woman probably going to do?A. Play tennis.B. See a doctor.C. Go shopping.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. When did the club open again?A. On the twelfth.B. On the thirteenth.C. On the fourteenth.11. Why is the man looking for today’ s newspaper?A. To find out today’ s date.B. To get some important news.C. To know what films are on this week.12. What will the woman do on Saturday?A. Go to see a film.B. Play tennis.C. Go to see her family.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. What happened to the woman?A. She lost her handbag.B. Somebody took her purse.C. She found her bag missing.14. What can we know about the robber?A. He was tall.B. He had short hair.C. He was old.15. What clothes was the robber wearing?A. Pants and a shirt.B. Jeans and a shirt.C. Jeans and a T-shirt.16. What is the purse made of?A. Cloth.B. Leather.C. Plastic.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What was Annie Oakley famous for?A. Her perfect shooting skills.B. Her adventure in traveling.C. Her good performance in the film.18. Why did Annie Oakley begin to learn hunting?A. To help support her family.B. To teach herself living skills.C. To make her dream come true.19. How old was Annie Oakley when she died?A. 46.B. 56.C. 66.20. What does the speaker say about Annie Oakley?A. She ever fought in a battle.B. She acted in a traveling show.C. She grew up in the American Wild West.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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AGUEST POST GUIDELINESIf you’ re a regular travel or outdoor blogger, please consider sharing a National Park story on Walking The Parks. Here are our guest post guidelines:About Our ReadersOur readers are planning to visit one of the 59 US National Parks and are looking for specific information that can help them plan their trip. As you well know, there are more things to do in the parks than is possible to squeeze into one vacation. Your article should help readers confidentlymake decisions about what to do to create a memorable vacation.To do this, we like articles that are focused on a single topic and take a deep dive. If you conside r we’ll have dozens of stories about each National Park, then it benefits our readers if each story is about a unique area or activity in the park.What to WriteYour article should be a story that blends(混合)your personal experience with facts that help your readers decide if they want a similar adventure experience.Guest Post Guidelines:—Generally 500 - 1,000 word range. However, this isn’t set in stone. We’ re more interested in a quality story than word count.—3 to 5 landscape photos that you or someone in your party took.—Please link to relevant research to help our readers learn even more.Submit Your Idea for a Guest Post!If you’re interested in sharing your story, please send us an email. Please include a link to your personal bl og. We do respond to everyone as quickly as possible. However, if we’ re traveling, it might take a week or so. We look forward to reading about your adventure.21. What do readers expect the posts to help them do?A. Make travel planning.B. Build self-confidence.C. Memorize their vacations.D. Squeeze more things into one vacation.22. Which of the following is a requirement on the guest post?A. It must be limited within 1,000 words.B. It should focus on more than one specific topic.C. It should include the writer’ s personal experience.D. It must be accompanied with photos taken by the writer.23. What may affect Walking The Parks’ s speed of response to the guest post?A. The quality of the post itself.B. Whether its employees are taking a trip.C. The degree of the adventure described in the post.D. Whether a link to the writer’ s personal blog is included.BMost female fashion models start their careers(事业)in their late teens and retire in their early 30s, but 96-year-old Alice Pang isn’t an ordinary fashion model. She started modelling at 93.Alice always liked dressing well and looking elegant, but never actually considered a career in modelling. But her granddaughter always thought she had it in her, so when she saw an online ad for senior models of 65, she sent in Alice’ s pictures and she was chosen for a photo shoot. Never one to back away from a challenge, Pang decided to give it a shot and even though she knew nothing about modelling, she had all the natural qualities to succeed in it. Today, she is recognized as one of the best senior models in Asia, as well as the oldest.Born in 1923, Alice never dreamed she’ d one day be modelling for high-end fashion brands like Gucci, Ellery or Valentino, let alone at age 96. But her wonderful skin color and excellent posture(姿势)—uncommon qualities for people of her age—make her one of the most sought-after senior models in the business.Surprisingly, Alice doesn’t credit exercise or a strict diet for her enviable figure and posture. Even though she agrees that exercise helps some people stay in good shape, she doesn’t even havea morning exercise routine, crediting her good genes(基因)instead. She says her skin is white because she’ s seldom exposed to the sun and she has a straight back.While most people praise her for her active lifestyle and the courage to start a whole new career in her nineties, some say she should dress and act according to her age. She chooses to ignore them, though, saying that her personal happiness is all that counts.24. What makes Alice Pang a special fashion model?A. Her unusually long modelling career.B. Her being famous worldwide at an old age.C. Her not retiring from modelling in her early 30s.D. Her starting the career decades later than normal.25. According to the text, Alice is a person who ________.A. doesn’t give up easilyB. is quite fond of competing with othersC. doesn’t do anything she is unfamiliar withD. often dreams of being a professional model26. In Alice’ s opinion, her good shape is ________.A. completely naturalB. quite unexpectedC. due to her strict dietD. the result of regular exercise27. What can be inferred about Alice from the last paragraph?A. Active as she is, she is rather stubborn.B. She always turns a deaf ear to others’ opinions.C. There are different voices on her present lifestyle.D. She thinks personal happiness comes before modelling.CThere are hundreds of grape varieties in Japan, but only one can sell for several hundred dollars per grape. The Ruby Roman was cultivated in Japan’ s Ishikawa Prefecture and is considered one of the world’ s most expensive fruits.The story of Ruby Roman began in 1995, when Ishikawa grape farmers appealed to the government to create a large red grape variety. 400 experimental vines(葡萄树)were planted into a test field. Two years later; they started bearing fruit. However, out of the 400 vines, only 4 turned out to be red grapes, and only one of them was considered large enough to meet the farmers’ expectations. Over the next 14 years, researchers constantly improved its size, taste, color and ease of planting, and today Ruby Roman is considered a “treasure of Ishikawa”.In 2008, soon after making its commercial debut(首秀), the Ruby Roman grape variety made international headlines after a 700-gram bunch sold for 10,000 yen($910), or $26 per grape. Eight years later, a 26-grape bunch sold for 1.1 million yen($11,000), or roughly $370 per grape.While the Ruby Roman name is used to describe a type of grapes, every bunch must meet very strict standards. For example, every grape in the bunch must weigh at least 20 grams and have a sugar content of at least 18 percent. There is also a Premium class of Ruby Roman grapes—each grape must weigh over 30 grams, and the whole bunch must be at least 700 grams heavy.Most bunches of Ruby Roman grapes are sold through auctions(拍卖), but Premium Ruby Rose are extremely difficult to find. For example, in 2010, only six bunches of grapes were certified Premium, and in 2011 no bunches qualified for it.And if you’ re wondering how the Ruby Roman name came to b e, it was apparently voted bylocal residents(居民)out of 639 different names.28. The underlined word “cultivated” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by”_________”.A. discoveredB. preservedC. developedD. promoted29. According to the second paragraph, Ruby Roman _________.A. is widely planted in JapanB. does not come easilyC. used to be a treasure of IshikawaD. is more productive than expected30. What’ s the author’ s purpose in listing a nu mber of figures in paragraph 3 ?A. To explain how large Ruby Roman grapes are.B. To tell how profitable planting Ruby Roman is.C. To prove how popular Ruby Roman is globally.D. To show how expensive Ruby Roman grapes are.31. What does the text say about the Ruby Roman grape?A. It’ s named after its birthplace.B. It isn’t available in abundance.C. It doesn’t refer to only one grape variety.D. Its price has nothing to do with its color.DCarbon dioxide (CO2)is one of the major greenhouse gases. Most of this heat-trapping gas is produced through human activities related to burning fossil (化石)fuels for electricity, heat and transportation. Several major industries have attempted to move away from fossil fuels in favor of cleaner energy solutions.Now, a team of researchers has announced a successful experiment that turned CO2into useful liquid fuel. The researchers created a device called a reactor, which turns CO2 into a pure form of formic acid—a substance(物质)found in ants, some other insects and many plants. It’s used as an antibacterial material and in the processing of some kinds of clothing.Haotian Wang led the research team. He said the results of the experiment were important because formic acid is a major carrier of energy. So, the substance can provide a way to reuse CO2 and prevent it from being sent into the atmosphere.Other methods for turning CO2 into formic acid require many purification processes. Such methods are very costly and require a lot of energy. The research team said it was able to reduce the number of steps used in the traditional process to create a low-cost, energy-saving method.The researchers noted that the technology could also be a big help in solving another major energy problem—how to store large amounts of power in small places. Wang said formic acid can be used as a better storage material for hydrogen, for example. Hydrogen is seen as a possible new energy to power automobiles and trains. Hydrogen combines with oxygen to produce electrical power, and only releases(排放)water and steam into the atmosphere.“The big picture is that CO2reduction is very important for its effect on global warming,” Wang said. “If the electricity comes from renewable sources like the sun or wind, we can create a cycle that turns CO2 into something important without releasing more of it.”32. Where does carbon dioxide mainly come from?A. Animal farming.B. Fossil fuel burning.C. Greenhouse effects.D. Industrial production.33. What’ s the author’ s purpose in writing paragraph 4?A. To analyze causes.B. To provide an example.C. To make a comparison.D. To make classifications.34. What can be known about hydrogen from the text?A. It can be stored easily.B. It is a major carrier of energy.C. It is widely used to power trains.D. It cannot create electrical power alone.35. What can be the best title for the text?A. Researchers Find a Way to Turn CO2 into Valuable FuelB. How to Better Reduce the Effects of Greenhouse GasesC. Formic Acid Promises a Good Cleaner Energy SolutionD. It’ s High Time to Say Goodbye to Major Energy Problems第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。