（一）交际应答。录音中有五个句子，每个句子听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能对每个句子做出适当反应的答语。

1.A.Yes, please.                    B.Good idea.                        C.Of course, it is.

2.A.Certainly you are.           B.Sure. Hold on, please.        C.I’ll do that.

3.A.Oh, they are over there.  B.I’m glad you’ve found it.   C.Go straight and turn left.

4. A.OK, I wil.                            B.Yes, I think so.                  C.Good for you.

5.A.Never mind.                   B.You are welcome.                     C.I’m sorry.

(二)情景反应。录音中有五组对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。

6.When will Mrs White come back?

A.Right now.                       B.Quite soon.                       C.At four.

7.What sport does the woman like?

8.What does the woman prefer to do?

A.To see the new play.                 B.To do some shopping.               C.To visit the museum.

9.What are the man and woman doing?

A.They are looking for a CD player in a shop.                  

B.They are learning how to press the button.

C.The man is teaching the woman how to use the CD player.

10.Why was Frank on the news last night?

A.He walked along the beach at night.

B.He swam alone in the cold water.

C.He got the boy out of water and saved him.

(三)对话理解。录音中有一段对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。

11.Where could the dialogue happen?

 A.In a shop.                       B.In a library.                       C.In a hospital.

12.Why did the young man go to see the doctor?

A.He didn’t know where to begin his talk.

B.He felt difficult to fall asleep.

C.He felt unhappy most of the day.

13.How long has the young man been ill?

A.For about two years.                B.For about three weeks.                    C.For about six months.

14.In what season did the young man feel worse?

A.In Spring.                                B.In Autumn.                              C.In winter.

15.What did the doctor ask the young man to do?

A.To take some medicine.            B.To burn away his worries.         C.To take more exercises.

(四)短文理解。录音中有一篇短文，听短文两篇后，从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。

16.What happened to the three boys in a cold day?

A.They lost their way.

B.They couldn’t find the big house.

C.They had to spend the night in the open air.

17.What did the three boys ask the farmer to do?

A.To give them some water and food.

B.To let them stay in his house for a night.

C.To tell them the way to walk out of the forest.

18.Why did one of the boys have to sleep in the big house?

A.The farmer didn’t like the third boy.

B.One of the boys made a loud noise when he slept.

C.There wasn’t enough room in the farmer’s house.

19.Who was the first to sleep with the horses?

 A.Mike                              B.Jack                                        C.Tom

20.Why were all the horses outside at the house door?

A.Because someone drove them out of the house.

B.Because the smell in the big house was really terrible.

C.Because the horses didn’t like to stay with people at night.

In a 2005 survey of 2005 schoolchildren in six cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, it was found that about 77% of them were short of sleep. Should school hours be cut? In new survey taken by the China Daily website, almost 70% of the 1, 133 people online agreed with cutting school hours, while 20% disagreed and 10% gave no answer.

Liu Xing (12-year-old, 6-grade student): I get up at 5:50 every school day, have breakfast at 6:15, leave home at 6:30 and, after a 30-minute bus ride, arrive at school at 7:00, a full hour before lessons start. Besides, I spend my weekends taking classes in math and English, as well as learning to play the piano.

 Wang Qun (Liu Xing’s mother): My son is still no t doing enough to win a place at a top high school, as it is so competitive. They want students with good English and math and also special skills.

“Craig”(netizen): The best way for children to learn is through play. Through play, they can develop their characters, learn to be independent and improve all kinds of skills.

“Skylark”(netizen): Young parents have little time to play with their children, so letting them go home early is not a good idea. I think schools should have more activities for children after class.

Qi Zhen(high school teacher): People might take some time to accept shorter school hours. It will also take time to change people’s traditional mind that going to college is the only way to a good job.

1. The China Daily website took a new survey to        .

   A. see how many school children are short of sleep

   B. see what people think of cutting school hours

   C. give schoolchildren more time to play

   D. Liu Xing with his math and English study

2.         probably disagree with shorter school hours.

   A. Wang Qun and “Skylark”              B. Liu Xing and “Craig”

   C. Liu Xing and “Skylark”                     D. “Craig” and Qi Zhen

3. Which is not true about Wang Qun?

   A. She wants her son to have many kinds of skills.

   B. She has little time to play with her son every day.

   C. She believes a happy childhood means a failed adulthood (成年).

4. What can we learn from QI Zhen’s words?

   A. Schools should have more activities for children after class.

   B. All the schools will take shorter school hours soon.

   C. There’ll be a long to way to change people’s traditional mind.

   D. Through play children can develop well in different ways.