1、3.What does the man think of a second-hand bike? A. Expensive B. Convenient C. Troublesome4.Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library B. In a classroom C. In a travel agency5.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A broken door B. A television C. A theft第二节（共15小题；每小题1.
2、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。6.What does the man want the woman to do?A. Help him stop smoking B. Go running with him C. Talk with his friends7.Why does the man plan to stop smoking?A.
3、Smoking costs him a lot B. He suffers from bad health C. His parents ask him to do so听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.When did the man begin to work in Courtaulds?A. About 4 years ago B. About 40 years ago C. About 44 years ago9. Who is Rover?A. The mans workmate B. The mans dog C. The mans wife听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.
4、Where is the woman?A. In her bedroom B. In the kitchen C. In the living room11.What is Kate doing now?A. Watching TV B. Working on a report C. Talking on the phone12.What does the woman suggest the boy do in the end?A. Ask his sister for help B. Get help from his fatherC. Telephone his classmates听第9
5、段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What do we know about the paint shop?A. It is near a bus station B. It is often crowded C. It has a car park14.Where does the woman suggest going first?A. To a paint shop B. To a supermarket C. To a restaurant15.What did the speakers discuss last night?A. Where to buy the paintB. Wh
6、ether to buy the paintC. What color paint to buy16.What will the speakers do first?A. Buy the paint B. Have dinner C. Shop for food听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.How many key cultural sites are expected to be listed under state protection in China by 2020?A.1800 B.1000 C.77018.What did the Chinese government
7、do with the cultural sites in the 1990s?A. It passed new laws to protect themB. It spent much money on their protectionC. It used special technology to protect them19.In what aspect does the Chinese government protect cultural cities?A. Ancient buildings and traditional culturesB. The natural enviro
8、nmentsC. Agricultural technology20. What are the cultural experts planning to do?A. Rebuild some ancient city wallsB. Introduce folk culture and art to more countriesC. Carry out a protection project on ancient villages第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A W
9、e thought we had it all-a beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment-and we loved it. Then, the market turned and my husbands job at a construction company was gone. The company was closing down for good. We both started loo
10、king for jobs right away, but there werent any to be found. With each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through. The more we pulled together, the closer we got. I felt feelings of admiration for my husband that I hadnt felt
11、 in years.Thats why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. I continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.Finally, one afternoon I pulled him aside and said, “We have four healthy children. Thats whats important. Tha
12、t makes you a rich man.”“But what if we lose the house? Theyll hate me-youll hate me,” he replied.I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye. “No matter where we live I will be happy-as long as I have you.” I smiled again. In all the struggling together
13、 I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said “I do”.I could see his shoulders and neck relaxed. He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadnt for quite some time. It was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.We are still s
14、truggling for our better life, but I consider us well-off because we have something that money cant buy and no one can take away from us.21. Why was it hard or the author to watch her husband blame himself? A. She thought she should be blamed B. She thought he had tried his bestC. She thought he wou
15、ld get a job somedayD. She thought it would remind her of sad memories22. Which of the following can best describe the couples present life?A. Bitter but quiet B. Comfortable and easyC. Hard but happy D. Well-off and relaxing23. The best title of the text might be .A. We Have It All B. We Find It Ag
16、ainC. A Perfect Couple D. A Hard TimeB Do you think that puppet shows（木偶戏） are just for children? In some parts of the world, like Indonesia, a puppet show is an activity enjoyed by people of all ages. At most puppet shows, the audience sits on one side of the screen and the puppeteer（操纵木偶的人） sits o
17、n the other. However, at an Indonesian front shadow puppet show, the audience can choose which side to sit on. From out front, audience members see shadows of puppets acting out exciting scenes of romance or battle. These people enjoy the fantasy that “real” events are taking place.Behind the scenes
18、, it can be fascinating to see a dalang, or puppeteer, in action. The dalang manipulates puppets made of buffalo hide by moving attached rods（棒） of buffalo horn or bamboo. Each of a puppets arms and the main part of its body have their own rods, but its legs are rarely moved on their own.Each puppet
19、 has its own voice and its own way of moving. The “good” puppets usually speak calmly and move gracefully; the “bad” ones have rough voices and move in a funny way. The stories acted out by the puppets are often based on ancient myths or legends. A specially written puppet show might also celebrate
20、a birth, wedding, or harvest. Sometimes a dalang chooses an old story that he thinks is appropriate for the village where the performance will take place. Before the show, he may ask local people about current events in the village and then use the puppet show to illustrate possible solutions to loc
21、al problems.The audience of a shadow puppet show expects to settle in for a long evening. A show may start in the later afternoon and not end until four oclock the next morning! Children and adults alike may fall asleep in the middle of a show and wake up hours later to find it still going on. Of co
22、urse, the dalang must remain alert（警觉的） throughout the show. One dalang remarked, “I have no real sense of time until its all over.”24.How is an Indonesian puppet show different from most other puppet shows? A. A dalang may take a rest during a showB. People can leave in the middle of a showC. It is
23、 an activity enjoyed by people of all agesD. The audience can choose to sit on either side of the screen25.The underlined word “manipulates” in Paragraph 3 means “ ”. A. builds B. chooses C. controls D. watches26.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? A. The “good” puppets move in a funny wayB
24、. A dalang offers solutions to local problems before the showC. The audience determines the puppets voice and way of movingD. The dalang attempts to personalize the puppet show for the audienceC A new study, a project of the researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, finds that f
25、itness tracker（追踪器） probably does not help with weight loss. The devices are designed to record your physical activity. They are usually worn around the wrist, where they measure a persons heart rate. The research team looked at two groups of individuals. The first wore a fitness tracker and took pa
26、rt in health counseling（咨询） with experts to consider the best weight-loss plan. The researchers compared this group with people who only got health counseling.The study found that those only speaking with the health experts lost nearly 6 kilograms, but those using a fitness tracker lost only 3.5 kil
27、ograms. John Jakicic, the lead researcher, questioned the use of electronic devices for weight control in place of “effective behavioral counseling for physical activity and diet.”The study involved 470 subjects aged between 18 and 35. Some of them were overweight, while others were considered obese
28、（肥胖的）. Over three fourths of the subjects were women. All the subjects were told to increase physical activity and start on a low-calorie diet. They had their weight measured once every six months. After six months, researchers divided the group into two parts: one continued with monthly counseling,
29、 while members of the other group were given a fitness tracker. Eighteen months later, both groups “showed significant improvements in fitness, physical activity, and diet,” with no major difference between groups. However, when it came to losing weight, the people who only spoke with experts lost n
30、early twice as much weight.Jakicic said, “the studys findings are important because effective long-term treatments are needed to address Americas obesity.” More information is needed, he added, to learn how to best use these devices to change “physical activity and diet behaviors” in adults who want to lose weight.27. All the subjects in the study were asked to .A. start on a high-calorie diet B. wear a fitness trackerC. increase physical activities D. record their heart rates28. Why does Jakicic think the findings are important?A. Wearing fitness trackers hardly
