If you have ever gone through a toll booth(收费所), you know that your relationship to the person in the booth is not the most intimate you'll ever have. It is one of life's frequent affairs: You hand over some money; you might get change; you drive off.

　　Late one morning in 1984, headed for lunch in San Francisco, I drove toward a booth. I heard loud music. It sounded like a party. I looked around. No other cars with their windows open. No sound trucks. I looked at the toll booth. Inside it, the man was dancing.

　　"What are you doing?" I asked.

　　"I'm having a party," he said.

　　"What about the rest of the people?" I looked at the other toll booths.

　　He said, "What do those look like to you?" He pointed down the row of toll booths.

　　"They look like……toll booths. What do they look like to you?"

　　He said, "Vertical coffins. At 8:30 every morning, live people get in. Then they die for eight hours. At 4:30, like Lazarus from the dead, they reemerge and go home. For eight hours, brain is on hold, dead on the job. Going through the motions."

　　I was amazed. This guy had developed a philosophy, a mythology about his job. Sixteen people dead on the job, and the seventeenth, in precisely the same situation, figures out a way to live. I could not help asking the next question: "Why is it different for you? You're having a good time."

He looked at me. "I knew you were going to ask that. I don't understand why anybody would think my job is boring. I have a corner office, glass on all sides. I can see the Golden Gate, San Francisco, and the Berkeley hills. Half the Western world vacations here……and I just stroll in every day and practice dancing."

1.According to the first paragraph, in most cases, how do you describe the relationship between drivers and toll booth?

A．most intimate      B．very tense         C．pretty ordinary     D．extremely hostile

2.Why did the author go to San Francisco?

A. To attend a party

B. B. To have a meal

C. To dance with the worker in the toll booth

D. To hand in the repair fee of his car

3.The underlined name “Lazarus” mentioned in the eighth paragraph probably refers to a person___________.

A. who was very active in his life

B. B. who was dead and revived from death

C. who was going to San Francisco

D. who liked dancing at work

4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．The author passed by the toll booth every day.

B．The worker enjoyed his work very much.

C．Only western people like to spend their holidays in the Berkeley hills.

D．The dancing worker was getting badly along with his colleagues.

5.After hearing what the worker said, the author would probably_________.

A．go to the worker’s senior to complain about his bad attitude towards job.

B．go climbing the Golden Gate and the Berkeley hills to have a vacation.

C．learn to take a positive attitude to job and appreciate valuable things in life.

D．go back home instead of wasting time traveling to San Francisco.

 

　　第一节

　　听下面的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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 is Vicky Zhao from?

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2．What can you learn from the dialogue?

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A．Ben is absent.

B．No one knows why Bobby is absent.

C．Bobby is late and is giving the reason for it.

3．Where are they most probably?

A．At the post office.

B．At the bank.

C．At the bookstore.

4．What is the total cost for them?

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5．What kind of a room is the man looking for?

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A．A single room on the top floor.

B．A single room for three nights.

C．A room for three people that casts eighty dollars.

　　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，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。每段对话或独白读一遍。

　　听第6段材料，回答6～8题。

6．What are they talking about?

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A．The weather of London.

B．Travelling in Britain.

C．The traffic of London.

7．What does the woman think of London buses?

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8．What does the woman think is the best way to travel in London?

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A．The undergrounds(地铁).

B．London taxis.

C．The buses in London.

　　听第7段材料，回答9～11题。

9．When will the man come back from the trip?

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10．Which flights is the man going to take for his round trip?

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A．Flight 414 and Flight 476.

B．Flight 220 and Flight 414.

C．Flight 476 and Flight 220.

11．When should the men arrive at the airport to take a plane for Chicago?

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　　听第8段材料，回答12～14题。

12．What are the two speakers talking about?

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A．The US holidays and presidents.

B．The US language and culture.

C．The US history and presidents.

13．Which of the following falls on July 4th?

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14．Who was considered Father of the United States?

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　　听第9段材料，回答15～17题。

15．What haven't the man and the woman done?

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A．They haven't called the hotel.

B．They haven't mailed a letter.

C．They haven't picked up some shoes.

　　16．When are the speakers going to meet Howard?

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17．Why is it easy to talk to Howard?

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A．He's very quiet.

B．He has a lot to talk about.

C．He knows a lot.

　　听第10段材料，回答18～20题。

18．Where did people live after they learned how to grow food?

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19．When did people's life begin to change?

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A．After they hunted animals.

B．While they moved from place to place.

C．After they learned how to grow food.

20．When did the first village come along?

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A．After people hunted many animals.

B．After people lived near each other.

C．After people moved from place to place.