1、30.5. Where does the woman suggest meeting? A. At her apartment. B. At her parents house. C. Outside the police station.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 did the woman
2、 record last week? A. A music show. B. A talk show. C. A documentary.7. What does the woman think of the programme the boy wants this time? A. Boring. B. Useless. C. Popular.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What does the woman look like? A. She has brown hair and brown eyes. B. She has blond hair and green eyes.
3、C. She has blond hair and blue eyes.9. What is the man wearing? A. A red jacket. B. A white sweater. C. A white sweatshirt.10. Where will the speakers meet? A. At an airport. B. At a bus stop. C. At a train station.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What does the woman think of Sandy Bay Beach at first? A. It is
4、far away. B. It will be too crowded. C. It seldom has so many tourists.12. What does the woman suggest having on the little beach? A. Coffee and cakes. B. Cakes and a salad. C. Chicken and a salad.13. Why does the woman give up having lunch in town? A. There will be a lot of traffic. B. There will b
5、e no place to park. C. There are few good restaurants.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What is the relationship between the girl and Tom? A. Classmates. B. Girlfriend and boyfriend. C. Neighbours.15. What does the girl think of Jane? A. She is pretty. B. She is talkative. C. She is energetic.16. Who does the ma
6、n suggest inviting? A. The girls classmate. B. The girls cousin. C. The girls brother.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. How she chose her career. B. How she lives with deaf people. C. How she learned the difficult sign language.18. What do we know about the speaker?
7、A. She couldnt find a job as a nurse or a teacher. B. She wouldnt get a job until she was 45. C. She didnt want to work in a school or hospital.19. Why were the speakers parents happy to know she signed up the course? A. It was free of charge. B. The college was famous. C. The future job was good.20
8、. What part of the course did the speaker like most? A. She was asked to sing a song for the last lesson. B. She was asked to sign a song for the last lesson. C. Her teacher sang a song for the last lesson.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、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AShree Bose is on
9、e of the most impressive kids graduating from Fort Worth Country Day High School this year. Bose has a large circle of friends, and theres one who you may have heard of: President Obama. He has twice publicly recognized her achievements in cancer research and spoken with her in the Oval Office.If th
10、at isnt enough, Bose recently gave a TED Talk about her work with the cancer drug Cisplatin, which also won her first prize at the Google Science Fair and recognition as one of Glamour magazines Young Amazing Women of the Year.After watching her grandfather struggle with liver cancer, Bose was deter
11、mined to help out in any way she could. As a high school student though, her scientific choices were limited. She reached out to various hospitals and research centers, but doctors turned down her requests because they felt she was too inexperienced medically.Only the North Texas Science Health Cent
12、er respected her determination and chose to guide her. The results were amazing.Bose chose to study a protein （蛋白质） and its reaction with the cancer drug Cisplatin. She noticed that when she prevented this protein from growing, Cisplatin was allowed to begin destroying cancer cells once again.“My pr
13、oject not only contributes to the understanding of the relationship between the protein and Cisplatin, but also suggests a newer, more effective treatment for patients who resist Cisplatin,” Bose said.Boses achievements arent limited to the lab, though. She was also captain of her swim team and edit
14、or-in-chief of her school paper.Bose is currently getting practical experience at the National Institute of Health and shell be attending Harvard in the fall. She plans to study molecular biology and go to medical school. Eventually, she would like to be a doctor.21. President Obama has spoken with
15、Bose because she _. A. gave a TED Talk recently B. is captain of her swim team C. has a large circle of friends D. contributed to the cancer research 22. According to Boses research, _ helps make Cisplatin work better. A. stopping the protein from growing B. destroying cancer cells timely C. using t
16、he drug more frequently D. making the protein react with the drug23. From the passage, we know that _. A. Boses research was supported from the start B. Bose plans to become a doctor in the future C. Bose will study in the National Institute of Health D. Boses grandfather asked her to do cancer rese
17、arch24. The passage is mainly about _. A. a research on cancer drugs B. a new effective cancer treatment C. a doctor who has a promising future D. a girl who did research on cancer treatmentBIn most cases, there is only one correct answer to a question. But there is one question that has millions of
18、 current answers. That question is “Whats your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.Have you ever wondered about peoples names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?Peoples first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparen
19、t or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happin
20、ess”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near a brook（小溪）；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family
21、lived in or near a leafy forest.Other early surnames came from peoples occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names ar
22、e: Carter a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter a person who made pots and pans.The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenters great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.Sometimes people were known for th
23、e color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer
24、 and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.Some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name. English-speaking people added s or son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts familys ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O.
25、Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the ODonnells are descendants of the same Donnell.25. Which of the following aspects are NOT covered in the surnames of the passage?A. Peoples characters. B. Peoples occupations.C. Places where people lived. D. Talents that people possessed.26. A
26、ccording to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _.A. owned or drove a cart B. made things with metalsC. built houses and furniture D. made kitchen tools or containers27. Suppose an English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become
27、a world leader, the baby might be named _.A. Beatrice Smith B. Leonard CarterC. Donald Greenwood D. George Longstreet28. The underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a persons _.A. ancestors B. later generationsC. friends and relatives D. colleagues and partners CHere are the commen
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