24. -- You seem to show interest in cooking.

　 -- What? ______, I’m getting tired of it.

A. On the contrary　　 　　B. To the contrary　

C. On the other hand　 　　D. To the other hand

23. -- I hear that his mother died the other day.

　-- Yes, _____ news came as _____ shock to all of us.

A. the; the　　　 B. a; /　　　 C. the; a　　 　　D. /; a

22. Mr. Kox, we all _____ here to give us a lecture on the space technology.

　 A. appreciate your coming　　　 B. appreciate you to come

　 C. would like you come　　　　 D. hope you to come

第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

21. _______ can you expect to get a pay rise.

A. With hard work　　　　　　　 B. Although work hard

C. Only with hard work　　　　　 D. Now that he works hard

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答案，每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is the woman going to do?

A. Feel cool.　　　　 B. Start soon.　　　 C. Stay there for five minutes.

2. What does the man mean?

A. He tried to call the woman.　　　　 B. He was too busy to call the woman.

C. He spoke to the woman on the phone last night.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. She’d like a sandwich.　　　　　　 B. She has already eaten.

C. She doesn’t want anything to eat now.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the dialogue?

A. The man’s wife finds him watching a film with a lady.

B. The man enjoys watching a film with his wife.

C. The man always watches a film with his wife.

5. Why does the man feel sad?

A. Because he had a fight with his wife for 29 days.

B. Because he hasn’t seen his wife for 29 days.

C. Because his wife will talk to him.