1、第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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，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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1. What are the s
2、peakers mainly talk about? A. A bike. B. A boy. C. A bed.2. What will the speakers probably do? A. Sell the old TV. B. Read the advertisement. C. Have the TV repaired.3. What is t
3、he probable relationship between the speakers?A. Saleswoman and customer. B. Policewoman and thief. C. Doctor and patient.4. What can we know about the woman?A. She is quitting her job. &nbs
4、p; B. She knows the man well. C. She is asking for some advice.5. Why does the woman want to visit the factories? A. To kill time. B. To sell products. C. To get some information.第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分） 听下面
5、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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How much will the man be paid a week if he takes the job?A. About $ 5. B.About $ 15 . C.About $ 50 .7. When does the man have to get up at we
6、ekdays? A. At 5:00 am. B. At 6:00 am. C. At 6:30 am.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In an office. B. On the phone. &nb
7、sp; C. At a party.9. Why is the woman absent from work this morning? A. She overslept and woke up too late.B. She was having a party for her son. C. She was drinking wit
8、h her friends.10. What did Bill pass out to people in the office?A. Candies. B. Drinks. C. Eggs. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Who did the mans father leave all his money to according to Martin? &nbs
9、p; A. The man. B. The mans uncle. C. Elizabeth.12. How did the man respond to Martins demand?A. He turned it down. B. He bargained with him. C. He decided to accept it.13. What does the wom
10、an say about Martin?A. He is telling lies. B. He is an honest person. C. He should get some money. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Why does the woman want to go to Camden Town? A. To visit Mary.
11、 B. To look for a market. C. To buy something.15. Where will the woman get off to take the Northern Line?A. At the Bond Street. B. At Camden Town Station. C. At Tottenham Court Road.16. How many stops is Camden Town from Tottenham C
12、ourt Road? A. Three. B. Four. C. Ten.17. At what time does the woman suggest meeting? A. 9:30 am. B. 10:00 am. &nbs
13、p;C. 10:30 am.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who are the children with on the third floor? A. Miss Chen. B. Mr Brown. C. Miss Cabell.19. What do the children take turns to do? A. Drive c
14、ars. B. Help with lunch. C. Do the washing-up.20. When do children probably see a film? A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C.On Friday.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15
15、小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAt a click of mouse consumers can purchase the goods and service they need at online shops. What they have to do is waiting for the goods sent to their homes.We shall all be grateful to the pioneers of online shopping for bringing us suc
16、h convenience.Michael Aldrich（the UK）Online shopping was invented and pioneered by Michael Aldrich in the UK.In 1979 he connected a television via a telephone line to a real-time multi-user transaction（交易）processing computer. He sold mainly Business-to-Business systems. There were a number of signif
17、icant world firsts with new applications in several business fields.Jeff Bezos（the USA）Jeff Bezos defined online shopping and rewrote the rules of commerce.Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web server and browser（浏览器）in 1990.In 1994, Jeff Bezos read an article about how the World Wide Web was
18、growing by 2,300 percent a year.He knew he had to tap into such a great potential for commerce. On July 6, 1995, Bezos launched A, which operated out of the garage of his two bedroom home in suburban Seattle, Washington. With almost no publicity, sales took off immediately. The company has now expan
19、ded into dozens of product categories, forcing the worlds biggest retailer（零售商）to rethink their business models, and finally changing the way people shop.Jack Ma（China）As a child, Jack Ma was bad at maths but fascinated by English. He travelled to the United States in 1995 as a translator to help a
20、Chinese firm recover payment. The attempt failed. But a friend in Seattle showed Ma the Internet, and an idea began brewing.In 1999, Mr Ma gathered 17 friends and founded Alibaba in his apartment in Hangzhou. Alibabas model was simple:allow small and medium-sized Chinese companies to find global buy
21、ers they would otherwise only be able to meet at trade shows. It works brilliantly. Alibabas sales are now more than those of eBay and Amazon combined.21.What made A a success?A.Business-to-Business systems.B.The World Wide Web server and browserC.Commercial publicity.D.Help from retailers.22.How di
22、d Jack Ma have the idea of founding Alibaba?A.A translator helped him.B.A Chinese firm inspired him.C. He was introduced to the Internet.D.He was funded by some companies.23.What do the pioneers have in common?A.They have improved computers.B.They have sold goods worldwide.C.They have enlarged produ
23、ct categories.D.They have contributed to online shopping.BAn old lady was walking with her basket down the middle of a street in Petrograd to the great confusion of the traffic and with no small danger to herself. It was pointed out to her that the pavement was the place for pedestrians, but she rep
24、lied:“Im going to walk where I like. Weve got liberty now.” It did not occur to the dear old lady that if liberty entitled（授权）the pedestrian to walk down the middle of the road, then the end of such liberty would be universal chaos. Everybody would be getting in everybody elses way and nobody would
25、get anywhere. Individual liberty would have become social chaos.There is a danger of the world getting liberty-drunk in these days like the old lady, and it is just as well to remind ourselves of what the rule of the road means. It means that in order that the liberties of all may be preserved, the
26、liberties of everybody must be limited. When the policeman steps into the middle of the road and puts out his hand, he is the symbol not of tyranny（暴政）, but of liberty.Liberty is not a personal affair only,but a social contract（契约）. In matters which do not touch anybody elses liberty, of course, I m
27、ay be as free as 1 like. If I go down the street dressed strangely, who shall say me no? We have a whole kingdom in which we rule alone and can do what we choose. But directly we step out of that kingdom, our personal liberty of action becomes qualified by other peoples liberty.We all tend to forget
28、 this.A reasonable consideration for the rights or feelings of others is the base of social conduct.24.What does the first paragraph serve as?A. A background.B. An introduction.C. A comment.D. An explanation.25.Which is an example of getting liberty-drunk?A. Park anywhere you like.B. Walk along the
29、pavement.C. Wear whatever you like.D. Make loud noises in the wild.26.What might the author have stated his “rule of the road” (Paragraph 2) as?A. Follow the orders of policemen.B. Do what you like in private.C. Never walk in the middle of the road.D. Do not behave inconsiderately in public.27.What
30、does the underlined word “qualified” (Paragraph 3) mean?A. Limited.B. Ruined.C. Improved.D. Educated.C The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design st
31、udent is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the Univer
32、sity of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr. Dunlop used cardboard
33、 material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.To raise money for the idea, he toured the Citys private companies which fund new
34、businesses and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mints directors and won their support. Mint has committed around 500,000 to MyHab and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr. Dunlops business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before
35、 being marketed fully next year.Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab team before the fe
36、stival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior(外部的) advertising space.The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonhury having some 150,000 each
37、year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.28“Eco-friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents .A. economically desirable B. fav
38、orable to the environmentC. for holding music performances D. designed for disaster relief29. Mr. Dunlop established his business .A. independently with an interest-free loan from MintB. with the approval of the Citys administrationC. in p
39、artnership with a finance groupD. with the help of a Japanese architect30. It is implied in the passage that .A. the weather in the UK. is changeable in summerB. most performances at British festivals are given in the open airC. the cardboard tents pr
40、oduced by Mr. Dunlop can be user-tailoredD. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users31. The passage is mainly concerned with .A. an attempt at developing recyclable tentsB. some efforts at making full use of cardboardsC. an unusual suc
41、cess of a graduation project D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivalsDSports accounts for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract views from particular sections of the general pub
42、lic, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.An attraction of sports programs for the major U.S. media company is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend progr
43、ams, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming. Media corporations also use sports to attract c
44、ommercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many
45、men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings(收视率) are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is
46、made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling high-priced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. This is also why the networ
47、ks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings. Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach high-income consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computers. With such viewers, these programs dont need high ratings to stay on the air.3
48、2. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?A. Because there would be few viewersB. Because the advertisers would be off work.C. Because television programs would go slowly.D. Because viewers would pay less for watching television.33. In many families, men make decisions
49、on _.A. holiday trips B. sports viewing C. television shopping D. expensive purchases34. Why are the ratings not important for golf and tennis programs?A. their advertisers are carmakers B. their viewers are attracted by sportsC. their advertisers targe
50、t at rich people. D. their viewers can afford expensive cars35. What is the passage mainly about?A. Television ratings are determined by male viewers.B. Rich viewers contribute most to television companies.C. Sports are gaining importance in advertising on television.D. Commercial advertisers
51、are the major sponsors of sport events.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分） 根据短文内容，从其后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。How the Elderly Are Treated Around the WorldHow cultures view and treat their elderly is closely linked to their most prized values and qualities. 36 In the US and UK, Protestantism (新教)
52、 is at play. Western cultures tend to be youth-centric, stressing qualities like independence. 37 . It ties a persons value to his or her ability to work something that becomes weaker in old age. As their health becomes worse, the elderly in these cultures often move to old peoples homes and nursing homes.In France, parents are protected by law. It is difficult to imagine an Elderly Rights Law being a focus in the laws of many Western cultures. France did, however, pass a similar law in 2004. 38 . One was a group of official statistics showing Fra