听力(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

第一节

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。

W：What about those in England?

M：The fifty-pence’s the biggest, and the half-penny is the smallest．

W：Really? In America, the biggest is the fifty-cents, and the smallest is the cent．

1．What are the speakers doing?

A．Comparing goods．

B．Doing shopping．

C．Talking about coins．

M：This meat is like old leather! It’s enough to break every tooth in your head．

W：Perhaps you’d like to change your order, sir．The fish is very tender．

2．How does the man feel?

A．Unsatisfied．

B．Impatient．

C．Pleased．

M：Tomorrow is the Tenth of June．It’s my birthday and I’m going to the George and Dragon．Would you like to come?

W：To celebrate your birthday? Of course I would．What group’s playing?

M：The Red Rose, I think．

3．What is the woman interested in?

A．The man．

B．The party．

C．The band．

W：Why are you so late?

M：My alarm clock failed to work again．

4．Why is the man late?

A．He could not walk fast．

B．He slept late last night．

C．His clock was out of order．

M：Where’s the book about cars I was reading last night? I laid it down on the table, and now it’s gone．

W：I don’t know．I cleaned early this morning and I don’t remember where I put it．

5．What is the man looking for?

A．A book about cards．

B．A book about furniture．

C．A book about cars．

第二节

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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，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6～8题。

M：Why aren’t you doing your homework?

W：I’ll do it later, Dad．I must get these things right first．Our group’s playing in a concert on Saturday．

M：Oh, is it? You’ll be making records next, will you?

W：We hope so．The man from “Dream Discs” is coming to the concert．So I’d better play well．

M：You’d better get on with your homework! You can practise the guitar all day Saturday．

W：Oh, Dad, you don’t understand at all．This concert could change my life．

M：It certainly could! You’ve got exams next month．Important ones．If you don’t pass them, you won’t get a good job．

W：I don’t want a boring old job in a bank．

M：Oh, don’t you? Whose boring old job paid for this house? And for what?

W：Yours, I know．But I’d rather be happy than rich．

6．What is the girl doing now?

A．Repairing a guitar．

B．Practising the guitar．

C．Preparing for making records．

7．What does the girl expect?

A．To be chosen by a band．

B．To pass the coming exams．

C．To get a job in a bank．

8．What is the man?

A．A school teacher．

B．A guitar player．

C．A bank clerk．

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。

W：Hello?1523852．

M：Hello, may I speak to Anna?

W：I’m afraid Anna isn’t in．

M：Is that Tracy speaking?

W：No, this is Jane．

M：Oh, I’m sorry…er…well, could you please leave Anna a passage for me?

W：Sure, what is it?

M：Well, I’ll meet Anna for lunch at my home．Would you ask her to see if she has my French dictionary? And if she does, tell her to bring it along．

W：All right．And where are you calling from?

M：My home．I’m Anna’s friend, Pat．

W：Thank you for calling, Pat．

M：And thank you, Jane．

9．Where is Pat calling from?

A．His home．

B．His school．

C．His office．

10．Who does Pat want to call?

A．Tracy．

B．His friend Anna．

C．Tracy and Anna．

11．Why can’t Pat speak to Anna now?

A．Because Anna is at work．

B．Because Anna is out for lunch．

C．Because Anna is not at home．

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。

W：Good evening, sir．I’m Assistant Manager．I’m afraid we’ve had a complaint about the noise from your neighbour who’s trying to get some sleep．

M：Oh, I see．

W：Could you please ask your friends to be a little quieter so that our guests can get a good night’s sleep?

M：Oh, I’m so sorry．I suppose we were talking rather loudly．We won an important prize．We were having a celebration．

W：I’m pleased to hear it．Shall I have some coffee brought to you?

M：No, that won’t be necessary．We were just about to pack up anyway．

12．Where does the conversation take place?

A．At a hotel．

B．In a flat building．

C．In the manager’s office．

13．What is the woman pleased to hear?

A．The man’s apology．

B．The man’s story．

C．The man’s explanation．

14．What were the man and his friends about to do?

A．End their activity．

B．Leave where they were．

C．Apologize to their neighbor．

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。

W：So, what do you think? How do you like New York?

M：I’m having a good time．I love it．I’m glad we came．

W：Yeath really like the stores and the shopping centers?．

M：I love the museums, too．

W：But the traffic is pretty bad．

M：Yeah．I hate all the traffic．It’s really noisy．

W：Listen, it’s almost dinner time．There are lots of restaurants around here．What do you want to try? Italian? Greek? Japanese? Chinese?

M：I can’t stand making decisions．You choose．

W：OK, let’s go American．Where is the nearest McDonald’s?

15．What do you know about the speakers from the dialogue?

A．They are native American．

B．They are tourists to New York．

C．They are from Japan．

16．What do they dislike here?

A．The museum．

B．The restaurants．

C．The traffic．

17．Which restaurants are NOT mentioned in their dialogue?

A．Chinese restaurants．

B．Thai restaurants．

C．American restaurants．

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。

　　Scientists are trying to make desert into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food．They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．

　　Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts．

　　People are doing bad things to the earth．

　　Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there．Green plants and grass are very important to dry places．Plants don’t let the wind blow away the dirt．When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water．Without plants, the land can become desert more easily．

18．Why is land becoming desert little by little according to the passage?

A．Because plants can’t grow there．

B．Because there is not enough rain．

C．Because people do bad things to the earth．

19．Why are green plants very important to dry places?

A．Because they don’t let the wind blow the earth away?．

B．Because they hold water．

C．Both of the above．

20．From this passage, what can we learn?

A．Plants can keep dry land from becoming desert．

B．All places without a lot of rain will become deserts?．

C．It is better to grow crops on dry land than on wet land．

听力

第一节

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。

W：Concert tickets are ＄6 for adults, half price for children．

M：OK, I’d like three adults and two children’s tickets, please．

1．How much will the man pay for the tickets?

A．＄6．

B．＄24．

C．＄18．

W：You look sleepy．When did you go to bed last night?

M：We went to bed at 6∶30, but we had promised to wake up 　　2　　 hours later to meet your 9∶00 train．

2．What do we learn from the conversation?

A．The man woke at 8∶30．

B．The man had 9 hours to sleep．

C．The man woke at 9∶00．

W：When do you work?

M：Well, most days I work until six but on Thursdays I get off early at about 4∶30．

3．When does the man finish working on Monday?

A．At 5∶00．

B．At 6∶00．

C．At 4∶30．

M：I want to have this coat dry-cleaned．

W：Very well, sir．Your name and room numbers, please．

4．Where do you think the woman is working?

A．At a hotel．

B．At a cleaner’s．

C．On the train．

M：Now Mrs Snow, what can you remember about the attack?

W：Well, I was on my way home when a man wearing a stocking hit me on the head．

5．What is the man’s job?

A．A customer．

B．A policeman．

C．A headmaster．

第二节

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。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，各题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

W：Have you traveled much?

M：Well, I’ve been around the world several times．

W：What countries have you visited then?

M：I have been to France, Italy, Japan and Ireland．

W：Why did you visit them?Was it just for vacation or work?

M：In most cases, it was for vacation．I once worked in France for two years．

W：Have you ever been to Britain on vacation?

M：Oh, yes．I’ve often been to Britain．

6．How many countries are mentioned in the dialogue?

A．Four．

B．Three．

C．Five．

7．Why did the man visit those countries?

A．For holidays．

B．For work．

C．Both A and B．

8．In what country do you think the man stayed the longest time?

A．France．

B．Japan．

C．Italy．

M：How long have you lived here?

W：Since last June．．．about a year．

M：Was it cold last winter?

W：Yes, it was, but not as cold as Paris．December and February were much colder than January．

M：Did you have much snow?

W：Yes．But we didn’t have as much snow as you had in Paris．

M：What about the other seasons?

W：I think autumn was the most beautiful season．The days were clear and dry, and it was sunny all the time．But November was terrible．We had a lot of rain．

M：What was last spring like?

W：It wasn’t very nice．But May was nicer than March and April．

M：What’s summer like?

W：It was wonderful．

9．What were the two people talking about?

A．The weather in China．

B．The weather in Paris．

C．The weather in some place we don’t know．

10．How did the woman like the weather in autumn there?

A．She didn’t like it at all．

B．She did like it．

C．She thought it was terrible．

11．What was the weather like in summer?

A．It wasn’t very nice．

B．It was bad．

C．It was nice．

M：Let me see now．Which train do I need to get on?

W：Excuse me．Do you need any help?

M：Yes．I want to go to Tokyo Tower, but I’m really lost．This is my first visit to Japan, so I have no idea on how to ride the trains．

W：First, you need to buy a ticket to your destination．From here, it’s a hundred and thirty yen．

M：A hundred and thirty yen．Okay．

W：Then, get on the Subway Line at platform number 4．

M：Number 4, all right．Oh, and how often do the trains come around this time of day?

W：Usually, they come about every six minutes or so．

M：All right．And where do I get off the train?

W：Get off three stops from here．The sign at the station is written in English, so you’ll be able to read it．

M：Three stops．Got it．Thanks for your help．

W：You’re welcome．Good luck．

12．Where should the man get on the train?

A．Platform number 3．

B．Platform number 4．

C．Platform number 5

13．How often do the trains come?

A．About every five minutes．

B．About every six minutes．

C．About every seven minutes．

14．Where should the man get off the train?

A．At the first stop from here．

B．At the second stop from here．

C．At the third stop from here．

M：Windy, isn’t it?

W：Yes, it is．

M：Oh．．．where are you going?

W：To Germany．I’m going home．

M：Oh, you’re German．

W：Yes, you’re English, aren’t you?

M：Yes, I am．

W：Where are you going?

M：To Portugal．

W：On holiday?

M：No, I’m going to take some photographs．

W：Photographs?

M：Yes, I work for a travel magazine．

W：Ah．

M：What do you do?

W：I’m a student．

M：What are you studying?

W：Medicine．

M：Oh, my brother is a doctor．

W：Ah, really?

M：Cold, isn’t it?Would you like a coffee?

W：Yes, I’d love one．

M：Let’s go to the restaurant then．

15．What’s the weather like?

A．It is windy and warm．

B．It is windy and cold．

C．It is sunny and cool．

16．What’s the native language of the woman?

A．German．

B．English．

C．We don’t know．

17．What is the man going to Portugal for?

A．For holidays．

B．For work．

C．To see a friend of his．

　　How does television affect our lives?It can be helpful to those who carefully choose the programs that they watch and harmful to those who watch it too much．

　　In China, many people worry that children and young people are watching too much television．A survey of 300 youngsters in Shanghai last year showed that, on average, they spent half of their free time watching television．And two-thirds of them spent about two and a half hours reading romance and detective stories．Another survey of school-aged children in Wuhan found that half of them said they read very little．

　　During the Barcelona Olympic Games, tens of millions of Chinese viewers stayed up late to watch the opening ceremonies and other programs．

　　And television is quickly taking the place of printed material as the major source of news for most Chinese．A recent survey in Beijing found that 63 percent of those surveyed got their news from television through CCTV and local TV stations．

18．What is the main topic of the passage?

A．The Barcelona Olympic Games．

B．TV programs on Chinese television．

C．Effects of television on our lives．

19．How many people watched the Barcelona Olympic Games on television in China?

A．Tens of thousands．

B．Tens of millions．

C．Ten million．

20．According to a survey(调查)in Shanghai, how much time did young people spend on television each day?

A．Two and a half hours．

B．Three hours．

C．Three and a half hours．