Question

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第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。

1．What does the man suggest?

A．Taking a plane．

B．Taking a train．

C．Driving a car．

2．What will the speakers do first?

A．Go home．

B．Eat downtown．

C．Go to the concert．

3．How much does the woman weigh now?

A．153 pounds．

B．160 pounds．

C．163 pounds．

4．Where is the woman’s father now?

A．At home．

B．In a hospital．

C．At a restaurant．

5．Who will probably do the paperwork?

A．Beth．

B．The man．

C．The woman．

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，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至7题。

6．What probably is the woman?

A．The man’s colleague．

B．The man’s wife．

C．A doctor．

7．Why does the man come to the woman again?

A．He is tired of smoking．

B．He’s still coughing．

C．He failed in quitting smoking．

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The party is over．

B．The speakers are at a very high building．

C．The woman prefers a small house in a poor neighborhood．

9．Where did the woman live when she was small?

A．A poor low suburban neighborhood．

B．A high apartment building．

C．A faraway village．

10．What can we learn about the woman?

A．She is sleepy now．

B．She doesn’t sleep much．

C．She doesn’t need to work tomorrow．

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11．What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A library．

B．A university．

C．A city．

12．What is Plymouth?

A．A ship．

B．A town．

C．A museum．

13．What is Boston best known for according to the man?

A．Economy．

B．Farming．

C．Culture．

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．At a bus stop．

B．At an airport．

C．At an office．

15．Where are the speakers now?

A．In Indiana．

B．In Florida．

C．In California．

16．Why did the woman and her mother move here?

A．It’s cool here．

B．It’s warm here．

C．It’s dry here．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Where do children play games after school?

A．On the street comer．

B．At home．

C．At school．

18．What do old people do in the evening?

A．Read newspapers．

B．Go to car races．

C．Watch TV at home．

19．How do young people go on outings at the weekends?

A．By bike．

B．By car．

C．By train．

20．What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．Different ways of enjoyment．

B．The life of Australians．

C．Australians live a relaxed life．

Answer 1

答案：C;B;A;B;A;C;B;B;A;B;C;B;C;A;B;B;A;C;B;A
解析：

(Text 1) 　　W：It is going to be expensive to take the train to New York．Have you seen the rates? 　　M：Yes, I think we’d better be off driving． 　　(Text 2) 　　W：I want to go to the concert tonight, but it starts at 7∶30, and I have to work until 5∶30． 　　There won’t be enough time to go home for dinner． 　　M：I’ve got an idea．I’ll pick you up after work and we’ll eat downtown．That’ll save us a lot of time． 　　(Text 3) 　　M：Susan told me you were on a diet．How much weight have you lost? 　　W：Well, to start with, I weighed 160 pounds．The first two weeks I took off ten pounds, but then I gained 3 over the holidays． 　　(Text 4) 　　M：How has your father been feeling since his operation? 　　W：Much better, thanks．We will be bringing him back home in about 3 days．And he’s planning to retire and leave the restaurant for me to run． 　　(Text 5) 　　W：I’m never going to have free time to finish the paperwork for Mr．Anderson． 　　M：Do you want me to take care of it for you? 　　W：Oh, that’s okay．I’ll have Beth do it． 　　(Text 6) 　　W：Hi, it’s you again．What can I do for you? 　　M：Well, I’ve got this terrible cough． 　　W：You’ve still got the cough? 　　M：Yes, there doesn’t seem to be any improvement． 　　W：You know what I want to say, right? 　　M：Yes, I know．I’m sorry．But I…I’ve tried but I can’t give it up． 　　W：But you have to if you want to stop coughing．By the way, have you got any cigarettes on you at the moment? 　　M：Er…yeah． 　　W：My advice is to throw away the packet of cigarettes and give up smoking． 　　M：Could you give me something else?For example… 　　W：There is nothing else．It’s only your willpower that can help． 　　M：I suppose you’re right．Thank you． 　　(Text 7) 　　M：What are you doing out here alone? 　　W：Just looking at the lights．I like to look at the city at night． 　　M：Everybody’s standing around the piano and singing．Don’t you want to join us? 　　W：I’d rather stay out here for a few minutes．Look down there where I’m pointing． 　　M：I don’t see anything special． 　　W：That’s where I used to live when I was a child． 　　M：What kind of neighborhood was it? 　　W：A very poor one．Everybody was supposed to work hard and end up with a house in the suburbs． 　　M：But you’ve ended up with an apartment in the sky． 　　W：Yes, and I don’t want to lose it． 　　M：I think that means that all of us had better go home soon so that you can get a little sleep． 　　W：Well, I do have to be at the office in the morning． 　　M：Tell me, how do you do it, both work and play so hard? 　　W：I don’t know．I just like to do both．And I don’t need much sleep． 　　(Text 8) 　　W：How would you describe Boston? 　　M：Boston is a cultural city．It has the two most famous universities in the US． 　　W：Harvard and MIT． 　　M：Right．They are both on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge．The famous Kennedy Library is also in Boston． 　　W：Did the early immigrants come to Boston? 　　M：They actually came to the small town near Boston called Plymouth on the ship the May-flower． 　　W：Oh yes．I’ve heard of the May-flower． 　　M：Boston also had numerous historic events． 　　W：What’s the best way to get to know these events? 　　M：There is a building downtown called John Hancock Observatory．It’s the highest view point in New England．You can see the historic presentations there． 　　W：What are we waiting for?Let’s get up there． 　　M：Okay． 　　(Text 9) 　　M：Hot today, isn’t it? 　　W：Yes, it is．I wish that it would rain and cool off． 　　M：Me, too．This is unusual for May．I don’t remember it ever being so hot and dry in May before． 　　W：You are from Florida, then． 　　M：Not really．I was born in Chicago, but I’ve lived here for ten years now． 　　W：My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana． 　　M：Pretty cold in Indiana, isn’t it? 　　W：Yes．That is why we moved．But we didn’t know that it would be so hot here．We should have gone to California．Do you think that we’ve missed the bus, by the way? 　　M：No．It’s always a little late． 　　(Text 10) 　　M：In Australia, different people have their own ways of enjoyment and their own worlds in which to pass time． 　　Most children work hard in school since they have to take various exams．After school they do not want to stay at home reading books any more．Instead, they put aside their schoolbags and go quickly to some quiet street comer to play games．Some old people get up early in the morning and go to parks to read newspapers．After breakfast, they go to horse races, dog races and sometimes car races for betting．If they win, they can buy themselves a good dinner．In the evening they stay home, watching TV, sometimes with their grandchildren．Some older people also enjoy fishing and gardening．Young people prefer to go on outings during the holidays．At the weekends, they go to the seashore for swimming or to the forest for hunting and camping, or mountainous areas for picnicking．Then on Sunday evenings, they start their long drive back home on the highways．Nobody seems in a hurry．