听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：(共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5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．Where are the books now?

A．In the man’s office．

B．In the man’s home．

C．In the woman’s home．

2．How will they go to the cinema?

A．By bus．

B．In John’s car or on foot．

C．They haven’t decided yet．

3．What will the man do now?

A．Buy his mum a handbag．

B．Buy his mum a coat．

C．Give Mary a call．

4．Who will call the children to come?

A．Frank．

B．Joan．

C．Mike．

5．How will the girl go to school?

A．In her father’s car．

B．On her father’s bike．

C．In her mother’s car．

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。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6至7题。

Who should have a good rest?

A．Mary．

B．Mom and Ben．

C．Mary’s dad．

7．Who will stay at home in the following several days?

A．Dad．

B．Mom．

C．Ben．

8．Why does the bus driver refuse to leave?

A．Because the bus driver is ill．

B．Because there is something wrong with the bus．

C．Because it is raining heavily．

9．What will Mr．White do with some other people?

A．Have a meeting．

B．Print the working plan．

C．Drive and pick up Miss Brown．

10．Who will open the door of the meeting room?

A．Miss Black．

B．Mike．

C．Mr．White

What will the man NOT do in London?

A．Write advertising words．

B．Design pictures．

C．Open his own business．

12．How much at the most can the man get a month in London?

A．3,000 dollars．

B．3,500 dollars．

C．5,000 dollars．

13．What’s the reason why the man decided to work in London?

A．His son can learn art．

B．He can earn much more．

C．His wife won’t have to work．

14．How long will Mr．Brown have worked in total in the company by the time he retires?

A．Thirty-eight years．

B．Thirty-nine years．

C．Forty years．

15．What will Mr．Brown do right after retirement?

A．Find anther job．

B．Go around the country．

C．Build a house in his hometown．

16．Why won’t Mr．Brown live with his daughter?

A．Because their house is not large enough．

B．Because he likes his hometown better．

C．Because he wants to live near his friends．

17．Where will Mr．Brown live when he’s too old?

A．In his own house．

B．In his daughter’s house．

C．In a nursing home．

What’s the highest tax rate in America?

A．35 percent．

B．37 percent．

C．40 percent．

19．When does the United States government begin to tax working people?

A．In the 1790s．

B．In the late 1800s．

C．In 2003．

20．What do tax preparers do for people in America?

A．Explain tax laws to them．

B．Pay tax for them．

C．Calculate the tax they should pay．