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一、听力(听力)(共20小题;共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，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. What does the woman want to do?

A. Walk indoors. B. Go shopping. C. Walk by the water.

2. Where is the man going?

A. City Hall.

B. The train station.

C. The Children' s Museum.

3. What did the woman learn?

A. She worked badly.

B. She shouldn't lie to her parents.

C. Lying doesn't usually work.

4. How does the woman feel about the man and his cat?

A. A little unhappy. B. Extremely angry. C. Understanding.

5. Why did the man invite the woman to the restaurant?

A. She loves to eat meat.

B. She loves to try new things.

C. The restaurant has great vegetarian food.

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;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. According to the man, how often should shoes be replaced?

A. Every 200 miles. B. Every 300 miles. C. Every 500 miles.

7. What is the woman most concerned about?

A. Saving money.

B. Protecting her feet.

C. Buying fashionable shoes.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How does the woman feel about the news?

A. Puzzled. B. Excited. C. Worried.

9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Mother and son. B. Husband and wife. C. Brother and sister.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How does the woman feel after hiking up these stairs?

A. She feels so tired.

B. She doesn't feel very tired actually.

C. She feels refreshed.

11. What do we know about the man?

A. He was too tired.

B. He thought he was at the top of the Great Wall.

C. He frank all the water.

12. What was the weather like this morning in the city?

A. It rained.

B. The air quality was bad.

C. It was a beautiful day.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the necessary condition when the man hires a personal shopper?

A. Filling in the application.

B. Being helpful.

C. Having working experience.

14. How did the woman learn about the job?

A. From a sign in the window.

B. From a website.

C. From a newspaper ad.

15. Why does the woman want the job?

A. She likes to shop for herself.

B. She can help people shop.

C. She wants a challenge.

16. How does the woman feel about the job?

A. Confident. B. Nervous. C. Disappointed.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What action have the hospitals taken to prevent thieves from stealing children's toys?

A. To catch thieves.

B. To lock the doors.

C. To chain children's toys.

18. How does Mr. Fidick feel about children's toys being stolen?

A. Indifferent. B. Annoyed. C. Embarrassed.

19. Where did the toys originally come from?

A. The hospital.

B. The children's parents.

C. The city of Glasgow.

20. What did the hospital spokesman advise visitors and the staff to do?

A. Be careful. B. Limit visitors. C. Add extra security.

二、阅读理解(共15小题;共30分)

A

I went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great, personalized education at an affordable price.

This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.

These “colleges without walls,” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexible learning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.

One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.

Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.

Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”

After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling quite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.

21. What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. Colleges that have no walls around.       B. Colleges that students attend online .

C. Colleges that can be entered freely.        D. Colleges that give students more freedom.

22. What made Shawn Lee return to attend college again ?

A. That he has nothing to do.                B. That he couldn’t find a job.

C. That the cost of the college is low.         D. That he wanted to find a better job.

23. How did the writer feel after the visit ?

A. Hopeful.          B. Dissatisfied.      C. Disappointed .     D. Upset.

24. What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?

A. To explain what “colleges without walls” are.    B. To advertise the colleges.

C. To encourage people to attend higher education  .D. To introduce a new model of education.

B

Children' s lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?

It's difficult to look back on one's own childhood without some element of nostalgia(怀旧的). I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure.

These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically. Firstly, families are smaller, and there are far more only children. It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn't time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today's boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn't dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.

Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood. The irony(令人啼笑皆非的事情) is that so many ways of playing games are called “interactive”. The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today.

Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.

25. What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?

A. To show who the passage is written for.

B. To gather people's opinions on childhood.

C. To get people's attention and lead in the topic.

D. To compare the childhood lives of two generations.

26. Which is NOT a reason for the changes?

A. Families are smaller today.

B. It's too dangerous to play outside.

C. Toys can be played by children alone at home.

D. Parents worried too much about their children.

27. What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph?

A. Young people today shouldn't play electronic games.

B. Computer and video games have replaced the board games.

C. Some games that young people play today aren't really good.

D. Board games are much more interesting than computer games.

28. The writer's attitude towards the childhood changing is                 .

A. approving B. objective C. unconcerned D. optimistic