1、 该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。1Where does the conversation take place?AIn a post office BIn a bank CIn a store2What does the woman care about m
2、ost?AThe job BJennys health CThe mans ability3Why is the man taking the computer class?ATo get a better jobBTo keep up with the changesCTo get a degree in computer science4What did the woman do yesterday?AShe rested at homeBShe went to the hospitalCShe went to the new French restaurant5What does the
3、 man advise the woman to do?AUse a dictionary BWait until tomorrow CTurn to others for help第二节（共15小题；每小题15分。满分225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。6What problem does the man have?AHe is charged too
4、muchBHe always drops his phoneCHis call gets dropped often7How much is the womans telephone bill each month?A$17 B$70 C$700听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8How did the man feel when he went to the zoo?ADisappointed BSurprised CExcited9Whats the womans usual way to see the animals?AGo to the zooBWatch some TV showsCH
5、ave adventures in nature听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10What was the mans plan at first?AStudying in the libraryBTraveling with his parentsCWorking at his uncles schoo111What do we know about the mans job?AIt comes with a good salaryBThe company is in JapanCIts a volunteer job12When will the woman go home?ATomor
6、row BIn two days CNext month听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13Who did the woman visit in Chassep Village?AHer sister BHer aunt CHer brother14What impressed the man most about the village?AThe scenery BThe policeman CThe driving15Who had an accident on Newland Street?AThe man BLinda CCathy16What do we know about th
7、e police officer?AHe is a machineBHe works most of the timeCHe has been there for seven years听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Where will the class go?ANew York BChicago CMichigan18What is planned for the second day?ASwimming in the lakeBVisiting famous museumsCWalking along the lake shore19Whats the speakers fav
8、orite?ALake MichiganBThe downtown areaCArt Institute of Chicago20What is the speaker probably?AA painterBA tour guideCAn art history teacher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。AShake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the
9、U SThe restaurants are not“fast food”They are known as“fast casual”Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eatThis trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonalds has struggled financiallyIn the last quarter of 2014，McDonalds net income dro
10、pped by about$300 millionThe January earnings report brought more bad newsWorldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expectedWhile McDonalds is struggling to get their customers back，Shake Shack，is doing well in making moneyThe New York-based burger chain had a very suc
11、cessful IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of JanuaryOn its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from$21 a share to just under$46 a shareBeing part of the“fast casual”trend has helped Shake ShackOther fast casual restaurants in the USinclude Chipotle and PaneraBonnie Riggs，a restau
12、rant expert with NPD has studied Americansrestaurant habits for almost 30 yearsShe says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that its newIt is creative，it is something different and people like to try new thingsHer study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last yearThr
13、ee out of four visits were to fast food restaurants，like McDonaldsFast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits，but it has developed fastJust as MsRiggs says，“Its growing by leaps and bounds，because they meet consumersneedsThey know its being prepared while they wait，its fresh，quality
14、 food，good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices”Many Americans still like their fast foodThey just are not going as oftenThey are finding other ways to have a meal21What is the trouble with McDonalds?AIts share goes down to$21BShake Shack has taken its placeCIts not pop
15、ular with AmericansDIts sales and income have dropped22We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans_A1ike to try something newBcare only about the qualityCdont like fast food any moreDpay more restaurant visits to fast casual23What does the underlined phrase“by leaps and bounds”in Paragraph 3 mean?
16、ASteadily BRapidly CSlowly DNormally24Which of the following best describes fast casual?AFresh-made and tasty BHigh-quality and expensiveCFarm-to-table and traditional DTime-consuming and specialBFor decades，the San Francisco Bay area has been the heart of the computer technology industryMany of the
17、 biggest technology companies have their headquarters in the area called Silicon ValleyBut the area has not always been associated with charity（慈善）Now，a new generation of entrepreneurs（企业家）appears to be changing Silicon ValleyOne example is Marc Benioff，a donor（捐赠者），who has called on wealthy donors
18、to give more to their communitiesHe also is the founder of Salesforcecom，a computer services company in San Francisco who has helped build a childrens hospital and given millions of dollars to non-profit organizations in the cityMoney from the technology industry has also started to change the face
19、of charityBenjamin Soskis writes about the history and ideas behind charity in AmericaHis articles have appeared in The Atlantic magazine and a number of major publicationsHe says，traditionally，donors have given after they spent much of their lives building up wealthUsually donors are in their 70sBu
20、t an increasing number of people appearing on the list of top donors are younger than 40 years of ageBenjamin Soskis says that is something new“Theres a whole new model thats appearing in which people give and accumulate at the same time”Some of the young donors on this years top 50 list have starte
21、d to change in the way people see charityThat is especially the case in the San Francisco area，where giving money and making money appear to be coming together“I think its fair to say that charity is now a part of the Silicon Valley identity”25What is true of Marc Benioff?AHe joined a non-profit org
22、anizationBHe advised donors to build hospitalsCHe made San Francisco a city of charityDHe set up the company of Salesforcecom26What is special about the donors of Silicon Valley?AThey prefer to give rather than make moneyBThey give after accumulating a lot of wealthCThey are much younger than the us
23、ual donorsDThey donate more money to their communities27Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AThe age of charity BThe changing faces of charityCIn search of new faces DFrom computer base to charity centreCCan you imagine a world without chocolate? Its not something Id 1ike to do
24、so I was relieved to read that theres a university with a program me to safeguard the future of chocolate!The University of Reading，in England，has just opened a new clearing house for all the worlds new cocoa varietiesThey must be quarantined（隔离检疫）before they can be grownWhy? Cocoa production hit a
25、record high of 44 million tons last year but about 30of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseasesNow we dont want that，do we? Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problemThe Uni
26、versity of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985，after it took over the task from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew，LondonAnd it has improved its facilitiesThe leader of the institutions cocoa project，Professor Paul Hadley，says，“One of the main issues concerning cocoa
27、improvement is the supply of reliably clean，healthy，interesting cocoa material”The cocoa centre has a collection of 400 plant varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical conditionsAfter up to two years in quarantine，clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries，
28、including several in West AfricaThats where 75of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes fromThe crop is extremely important for the local economy：it employs about two million people.Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collectionAnd more of
29、 us seem to count on them nowThe scientist says，“there is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constantly，particularly in countries like China，where the standard of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates”28What is the text mainly about?ASaf
30、eguarding cocoa seeds BPlanting cocoa worldwideCKeeping cocoa in greenhouse DFinding the new market for cocoa29The institutions cocoa project is to_Ahave cocoa skin removed Boffer more jobs to peopleCensure the quality of cocoa Dsupply cocoa for two million people30What does the last paragraph tell us?AThe taste of chocolates is changingBDemand for cocoa is increasing fastCPeople are concerned about cocoa varietiesDChin
