听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the father reading at the beginning of the conversation?

A. A novel. B. A magazine. C. A newspaper.

13. What kind of book does the girl want to read?

A. A book about animals.

B. A book on dolls.

C. A book about candy and cookies.

14. What does the girl’s teacher say about reading?

A. The girl can borrow books from the library.

B. The girl should read books every day.

C. The girl ought to read at least ten books a night.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where are they planning to go in the morning?

A. To a zoo. B. To an art museum. C. To the seashore.

16. Why does the woman want to go shopping instead?

A. To buy some clothes.

B. To meet her friend there.

C. To buy a gift for her friend.

17. What are they talking about?

A. A city guide. B. A shopping center. C. A travel plan.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. How do you decide what you are going to buy in a supermarket.

B. Who decides what you should buy in a supermarket.

C. How does a supermarket make people spend more money.

19. Why does the food that everybody must buy spread all over the store?

A. To lead customers to all sections of the store.

B. To make it easy for customers to locate the food.

C. To provide a good service.

20. How much do people spend after they have been in a store for 30 minutes?

A. 40 cents each minute. B. 1,500 cents in total. C. Five dollars each minute.

第二部分 英语知识运用

第一节　单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

21. In order to find _ __ better job, he decided to study _ __ second foreign language.

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

22. The young teacher came to her class every week, but her attitude_____ she was not really interested in the job.

A.expressed B.described C.explained D.suggested

23. Tim’s house in NY is much smaller than ours, but it's three times ______ expensive.

A.very B.so C.too D.as

24. “Do you mind if I look at your notes?”

“Of course not .______”

A. No problem B. Be my guest C. With pleasure D. Not at all

25. We should do what we have to do ______ we can do what we want to do in the future.

A. so that 　B. in case C. for fear that D. now that

26. Last week I took part in the Civil Service Admission Examination, for which I ____ for nearly three months.

A.had prepared B.would prepare C.was preparing D.have been preparing