1、4.What does the woman probably want to be in the future?A.A doctor. B.A reporter. C.A teacher.5.How does the woman lose weight?A.By starving herself. B.By exercising. C.By eating a balanced meal.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
2、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 is the man planning to book his flight?A.In three weeks. B.In two weeks. C.In one week.7.Why does the woman advise the man to book his flight soon?A.The price will be higher. B.There may be no tickets left then. C.There are only a few days
3、 left.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What drink does the man order?A.Orange juice. B.Grape juice. C.Coke.9.How much should the man pay in total?A.$10.50. B.$11.50. C.$12.50.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.Who is the man?A.Stranger. B.The womans friend. C.A taxi driver.11.What time is it now?A.3:00. B.3:10. C.3:30.12.How much
4、 tip does the man get?A.2 dollars. B.8 dollars. C.10 dollars.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Where is the woman?A.At a hotel. B.At an airport. C.At a store.14.What color are the womans suitcases?A.Yellow. B.Red. C.Blue.15.What terrible thing happened to the woman at last?A.She took the wrong suitcase. B.She for
5、got her room number. C.She left her room card in the hall.16.What can be known from the conversation?A.The woman gave wrong direction to the man.B.The womans suitcases were on the left.C.The womans two suitcases were the same in size.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What do people call our society?A.A throwaway
6、 society. B.A crowded society. C.An unfair society.18.What is mentioned when talking about electronic toys?A.Buying them.n the supermarket. B.Buying cheaper ones. C.Using rechargeable batteries.19.What is not mentioned as a thing for people to exchange?A.Clothes. B.Books. C.Cameras.20.What does the
7、speaker recommend to do?A.Drink bottled water. B.Take shopping bags. C.Use disposable cups.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。AChristmas events in Los AngelesYou wont find snow-covered trees and below-zero temperatures in LA,but there are still plenty of Chr
8、istmas events and holiday activities to get you involved.Beverly Hills Holiday Lighting CeremonyRodeo Drive,Beverly Hills Sunday December 17,2017During Christmas,you can see the twinkling lights anywhere along Rodeo Drive between Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards.On weekends throughout the holida
9、y season,you can swing by the Paley Center to meet Santa or board a trolleybus with Mrs.Claus.Hollywood Christmas ParadeVarious locations in LA Sunday December 17,2017Now in its 84th year,the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade will feature floats,balloons,bands and Hollywood stars as they ride in a U
10、-shaped route that begins at Hollywood and Orange and ends up at Sunset and Orange. Reserved seats can be purchased,but free side seating is also available.Culver City Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting CelebrationMusic Center,Downtown Monday December 18,2017Downtown Culver City lights up the holiday se
11、ason at Town Square.The city opens the switch on its respectable green tree: a 22-foot Rocky Mountain pine with over 7,500 LED lights.Stick around for hot cocoa and cookies,along with a special visit from Santa.Park free for two hours in the nearby parking spaces.Angel City Band Holiday Concert and
12、Sing-AlongPomona Friday December 22,2017Sunday December 24,2017Head over to the Methodist Church to listen and sing along to Christmas classics.The 160-member Angel City Band,famous for its classical,pop,world and contemporary,is putting on “Bring on the Joy” its annual holiday concert.So join in on
13、 the holiday tradition.21.Where should you go to have a bus ride with Mrs.Claus?A.Methodist Church,Pomona. B.Town Square,Culver City.C.Rodeo Drive,Beverly Hills. D.Hollywood and Orange.22.What do you know about the Christmas tree at Town Square?A.Its the tallest Christmas tree in the US. B.Its colle
14、cted from Rocky Mountain.C.It offers free drinks and food to visitors. D.It has the most Christmas lights in the city.23.If you are a traveler in Los Angeles,you can .A.meet Santa and Mrs.Claus throughout the week B.reserve seats to view the Hollywood Christmas paradeC.switch on the green tree by yo
15、urself D.sing and dance along with the bandBNeil Jordan,a conservation biologist,has come up with a novel method for protecting cattle from African lions: paint eyes on their behinds.The lions will think their intended prey（猎物）has seen them and will give up,since theyve lost the element of surprise.
16、This psychological trickery has been called iCow,which is actually not as strange as it sounds.The eye-like patterns on butterfly wings are known to prevent preying birds and woodcutters in Indian forests wear masks on the backs of their heads when working to discourage hungry tigers.The inspiration
17、 for the iCow strategy came while Jordan was based in a village in Botswana,when two lionesses were killed by local farmers to revenge their cattles death.The African lion is a vulnerable species,with numbers dropping from over 100,000 in the 1990s to about 30,000 today.Much of that decline is due t
18、o these kinds of revengeful killings because farmers have no effective strategies for protecting their herds.Lions are hunters that like to attack by surprise.They move slowly,quietly,and carefully to their prey,get close,and jump on them unseen,he said.When Jordan was watching a lion follow an ante
19、lope one day,he noticed the lion gave up the hunt once the antelope spotted it.So he joined one of the local farmers on a 10-week trial study,painting eyes on one-third of a herd of 62 cattle. When the cattle returned each night,they took a head count to see how many had survived.Only three cows wer
20、e killed by lions during this period-all without the painted eyes on their behinds.And all the painted cows survived. However,Jordan warned that so far this is just a promising idea.He is now back in Botswana for a more ambitious study,equipped with GPS devices to better monitor the movement of pred
21、ators（捕食者）and prey.24.The iCow strategy is designed to .A.kill the lions B.scare off Predators C.identify cattle D.have fun25.When hunting,lions like to .A.give up halfway B.hesitate to take actionC.chase their prey steadily D.launch surprising attacks26.What does the underlined word vulnerable mean
22、 in the third paragraph?A.badly behaved B.likely to attack C.easily cheated D.easily damaged27.What can be inferred from the passage?A.Neil Jordan got the inspiration from the patterns on butterfly wings.B.In the 10-week trial study,more cattle were killed.C.The iCow strategy is likely to bring grea
23、t benefit.D.The farmers will continue to take their revenge on the lions.CThe shower,I find,is the best place to cry.The water covers the sound of my sadness,while washing away any evidence of my pain.I shower after the kids have gone to bed;its the only time I can be alone.I always did my best to p
24、rotect my two children from my tears.If I needed to cry,I cried by myself.Yet,I encourage my two boys to cry.My 7-year-old prides himself on never crying at school.Oh,but you must cry,I insist. Crying is good.It gets the sadness out.Never hold back your tears.But then I did just that.What might it d
25、o to them to see their mother upset? Then my father died,and there was no way I could schedule my grief and keep my feelings inside.I tried to get on with things,but the sadness still came. The realization that my dad was actually gone hit me with an intensity（紧张）that was impossible to cover up.To m
26、y surprise,my boys didnt seem too alarmed.Later,they found me hiding in the bedroom one afternoon,weeping.Its OK,mommies get sad too,I told them,smiling through my tears.“Dont be sad,Mommy.Granddad is coming back as a baby,”my 7-year-old said,his tiny arm stretched across my shoulders.Think about lo
27、ve,he went on.Think about all the people who love you.I realized that in hiding my pain,I was only denying what it means to be human,I felt as if I had led my sons to believe that negative emotions are only a concept,and not something they should possess.Its one thing to tell my children its OK to c
28、ry.Its another to show them how its done.We owe that to our children,according to social researcher and author Brene Brown.During her TED talk,Brown said,s necessary we be seendeeply seen.Our job is not to protect our children,to keep them perfect,said Brown.Our job is to look and say,youre imperfec
29、t,and youre made for struggles,but you are worthy of love and belonging.28.According to the passage,the author .A.seldom schedules her grief B.believes boys should be toughC.finds inspiration when she showers D.often gets her sadness out29.Where was the author when she was found crying by her son?A.
30、In the bathroom. B.In the authors bedroom.C.In her fathers house. D.In the kitchen. 30.What did the author realize after she failed to hide her pain?A.His sons words were moving and comforting. B.Her son completely understood her sadness.C.The way she handled sadness had misled her children. D.Her children didnt worry about her sadness at all.
