1、期 末 测 试本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。共150分,考试时间120分钟。第卷第一部分听力(共两节,满分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。1How much did the woman pay altogether?A. $50. B. $48. C. $52.2How can the man get to the bus stop?A. To turn to th
2、e left.B. To turn left, then right.C. To turn left twice.3What does the man mean?A. He has forgotten his magazine.B. He has the magazine back already.C. He doesnt want to get the magazine back.4Where did the man find the wallet?A. In the grass.B. In the laboratory.C. At the parking lot.5What will th
3、e woman probably do first?A. Hurry to the meeting.B. Go sightseeing by bus.C. Take the underground.其次节(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67题。6What time does the fast train leave?A. At
4、9:13. B. At 9:30. C. At 9:20.7Which platform does it leave from?A. Platform No.14.B. Platform No.15.C. Platform No.40.听第7段材料,回答第810题。8Whats Three Five?A. A brand of cigarettes.B. A brand of chocolate.C. A brand of boxes.9What does the man buy?A. Both cigarettes and chocolate.B. A pack of cigarettes.
5、C. Five boxes of chocolate.10How much money does the man have to pay for the chocolate?A. $21. B. $11. C. $10.听第8段材料,回答第1113题。11What is the man looking for?A. A book. B. A room. C. A friend.12Why does the man refuse the first offer?A. Because its too expensive.B. Because its too small.C. Because its
6、 too far away.13How long does it take him to get there on foot?A. An hour.B. Half an hour.C. One and a half hours.听第9段材料,回答第1416题。14What are they talking about?A. Bobs illness.B. How Bob got his illness.C. Why Bob delayed seeing a doctor.15How long has Bob been sick?A. For a month.B. For two weeks.C
7、. For a couple of days.16What do we know about Bob?A. He has got something wrong with his heart.B. He came back from India long ago.C. He will stay in the hospital for a few weeks.听第10段材料,回答第1720题。17Where did the doctor suggest the gentleman to go?A. To a quiet place.B. To another country.C. To a si
8、lent forest.18How was the gentleman when he came back?A. He was just the same as before.B. He was very well.C. He was very sad because someone wanted to kill him.19What had almost killed the gentleman?A. The medicine. B. The cigar. C. The jokes.20When did the gentleman begin to smoke?A. He began to
9、smoke on the doctors advice one month ago.B. He had smoked for a very long time.C. He began to smoke ten years ago.答案15CCCAB610ACAAC1115BABAB1620CABBA听力材料Text 1W: I bought a recorder on sale. It was $50.M: Including tax?W: No, I paid another $2.Text 2M: How can I get to the Central Square? There see
10、ms no bus stop near here.W: Well, just turn left once again at the street corner.Text 3W: Here, do you remember the magazine I borrowed from you last week, but .M: Oh, its out of date. Forget about it.Text 4W: Where did you say you found the wallet?M: It was lying in the grass, between the parking l
11、ots and the laboratory.Text 5M: If you are in a hurry, you can take the underground. If you want to go sightseeing, take a bus.W: Actually, I dont have to be at the meeting before noon.Text 6W: Excuse me, what time does the Oxford train leave?M: Which one? The fast one or the slow one?W: The fast on
12、e.M: It leaves at 9:13.W: Which platform does it leave from?M: Platform No.40.W: And how long does the journey take?M: It takes about two and a half hours.W: Thank you very much.M: Dont mention it.Text 7W: What can I do for you, sir?M: Im looking for some chocolate.W: We have different kinds of choc
13、olate for you to choose from. Do you like this?M: Yes. But how much is a box of it?W: $2.M: How about a pack of cigarettes?W: Three Five is $11 and 7 Up is $12.M: OK. Get me a pack of Three Five and five boxes of chocolate.W: Here you are, sir.Text 8W: Good morning, what can I do for you?M: Good mor
14、ning, Im looking for a single room.W: A single room? Let me see. Well, we happen to have one.M: How much is the rent?W: 150 dollars a month.M: Im afraid thats too expensive for me.W: Well, wait a minute. We have another one for 100 a month. But it is three blocks away from here.M: How long does it t
15、ake to get there?W: It takes half an hour to walk there. But you can take a bus.M: Is it a direct bus?W: No, you must change once.M: I dont think that is a problem. I can use my bike.W: Oh, sure. Thats a good idea.Text 9M: Did you hear that Bob was in hospital?W: Oh, really? Whats the matter with hi
16、m?M: Hes got a very high temperature. Something may be wrong with his lungs.W: How in the world did he get that?M: He just came back from India. He must have got that while he was there.W: Thats really too bad. Has he been sick for a long time?M: For a couple of weeks, but he only went to see a doct
17、or yesterday.W: Why did he wait so long? He should have seen a doctor earlier.M: Yes, I know. But luckily he seems to be improving. The doctors say if he stays in the hospital for a few weeks, he should be able to get better.W: I hope so.Text 10Once an old gentleman went to see a doctor. The doctor
18、examined him and said,“Medicine wont help you. You must have a complete rest. Go to a quiet country place for a month, go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot, and smoke just one cigar a day.”“Thank you very much,”said the old gentleman, “I shall do everything you say.”A month later, the gentleman c
19、ame to the doctor again.“How do you do?” said the doctor, “I am very glad to see you. You look much younger.”“Oh, doctor,” said the gentleman,“I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early. I drank a lot of milk. I walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you told me to smo
20、ke one cigar a day, and that one cigar almost killed me at first. Its no joke to start smoking at my age.”其次部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共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。ABuying insurance (保险) is a way in which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protection against fire i
21、s one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay small sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only a few will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the small sums of money it has collected.The fi
22、rst modern fire insurance company was formed in London, England, in the 1760s. A great fire had just destroyed most of the city, and people wanted protection against further losses. The first company grew rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.Benjamin Franklin helped form the fir
23、st fire insurance company in America in 1752, and then a new kind of insurance for farmers was suggested. The new insurance would provide protection against the loss of crops from storms.Later on another new insurance company was started in America. This company, which offered life insurance, collec
24、ted small sums of money regularly from many different men. If a man died, his family was given a large sum of money.Over the years, insurance companies have offered new kinds of insurance protection. The new kinds of insurance cover losses from such accidents as car and plane crashes. Today, most pe
25、ople have some kind of insurance.21Who helped set up the first company in America?A. Benjamin Franklin.B. Businessmen.C. The first insurance company in London.D. Farmers.答案与解析A依据“Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752, and then a new kind of insurance for f
26、armers was suggested.”可知在美国,本杰明富兰克林挂念建立了第一个公司。A项正确。22Insurance means _.A. Protection against the losses from the stormsB. protection against illness C. Protection against accidentsD. all of the above答案与解析D依据“Buying insurance(保险) is a way in which people can protect themselves against large losses.”以
27、及全文内容,可知保险可以保障人们暴风雨造成的损失,疾病的赔偿以及事故的赔偿。本题选择D项。23The first modern insurance company offered _.A. life insuranceB. fire insuranceC. a new kind of insuranceD. both A and B答案与解析B依据“The first modern fire insurance company was formed in London, England, in the 1760s.”可知现代第一个保险公司供应火灾保险。B项正确。24Why do most pe
28、ople buy some kind of insurance today?A. Insurance will keep their homes from burning.B. People can protect themselves against large losses.C. Insurance will pay for safety.D. The insurance companies grow rapidly. 答案与解析B依据“Buying insurance (保险) is a way in which people can protect themselves against
29、 large losses.”可知,现在有很多人买保险的缘由是在遇到巨大损失时,有保障。B项正确。BRecently Chinese society has seen a flowering of a new vocabulary. Perhaps the most interesting has been the division of people into tribes (zu in Chinese). The pains of the yi zu, or the ant tribe, have been wellknown recent graduates from outside t
30、he main cities who move to urban areas, live cheaply and work hard, often in lowpaid jobs. Perhaps less wellknown are the ken lao zu, the bitetheold tribe, those between 25 and 35 who are out of work, still at home and depending completely on Mum and Dad. Many of the tribes, inevitably (必定地), are ma
31、de up of people looking for love. There is the jia wan zu, the marrythebowl tribe. These are young women searching for the most stable husbands, the ones who hold government jobs. The shan hun zu, or lighteningmarriage tribe, marry fast and sometimes separate faster. They should not be confused with
32、 the yin hun zu, the hiddenmarriage tribe. These are women in their 20s who hide the fact that they are married. And if you can only afford a postage stamp of an apartment, youre probably a member of the wo ju zu, the snailhouse tribe.You can belong to more than one tribe. Most members of the ant tr
33、ibe also belong to the ben ben zu, the rushrush tribe, to which, in fact, most urban Chinese belong. All that rushing around can create a lot of anger, leading to the nie nie zu, the crushcrush tribe, so named because they go into supermarkets and take out their anger by standing in the passages cru
34、shing packets of instant noodles.Another famous one is the yue guang zu, or moonlight tribe, so named because the Chinese characters for “moonlight” sound the same as the phrase “spend all your monthly salary”. Their parents save every coin, but life for these young people is just to spend, spend an
35、d spend.25Who probably belong to the ant tribe?A. Graduates in their 20s.B. Young women looking for love. C. People between 25 and 35.D. Graduates from the countryside.答案与解析D从其次段第一句蚁族的定义可以看出,蚁族主要是刚刚毕业的同学,没有什么经济基础,融入一个新的大城市,消费得少,工作卖力。四个选项中,D项最符合。26If you live on your parents, you are a member of _.A.
36、 the bitetheold tribeB. the ant tribeC. the marrythebowl tribeD. the snailhouse tribe答案与解析A文章其次段其次句介绍了啃老族。他们年龄在25岁到35岁之间,没有工作,照旧在家依靠父母吃住。A项正确。27Most young people in the big city have to _.A. depend completely on Mum and Dad B. rush around to make a livingC. hide the fact that they are marriedD. spen
37、d all their monthly salary答案与解析B从文章第四段可知,多数蚁族成员和大城市的年轻人属于奔奔族。他们成天在拥挤的城市中奔波。B项正确。28Whats the best title for the passage?A. Chinese recent societyB. Chinas most famous tribeC. Chinas new tribesD. The young people in cities答案与解析C文章叙述了由于生活环境等问题,衍生出各种各样的新型“民族”的社会现象。用C项作标题最恰当。CI live in Hollywood. You may
38、 think people in such an attractive, funfilled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience dur
39、ing an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more longlasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, b
40、ecause their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that
41、spells “happiness”. But in memoir (回忆录) after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, and longtime loneliness.The way people hold on to the belief that a funfilled, painfree life equates hap
42、piness actually decreases their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true. More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoi
43、d the very efforts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, chant able work and selfimprovement.29According to the passage, “fun activities” _.A. are the things we do bef
44、ore we find happinessB. could provide longlast positive effectsC. will lead us to the true happinessD. may help us relax and forget our problems sometimes答案与解析D从其次段的句子“Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget o
45、ur problems and maybe even laugh.”可知欢快的活动可以挂念我们放松,有时遗忘我们的问题,D项正确。30In the authors opinion, those Hollywood stars _.A. possess happiness because they are rich and famousB. experience almost all kinds of happy thingsC. tell us happiness isnt equal to fun using their own storiesD. have to suffer a lot
46、before they become successful答案与解析C从第三段的句子“I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun.”可知,好莱坞明星的故事告知我们幸福不等于欢快。C项正确。31It is difficult for people to find real happiness because _.A. they believe happiness is the fun lif
47、e without painB. they find pain equals unhappinessC. they fear to lose what they already have in lifeD. They are afraid all their efforts were in vain答案与解析A从第四段的句子“The way people hold on to the belief that a funfilled, painfree life equates happiness actually decreases their chances of ever attaining real happiness.”可知,人们认为幸福就是没有苦痛的欢快,这削减了人们获得幸福的可能性。A项正确。32The main purpose of the text is to _.A. describe the difference between happiness and funB. show the true meaning of happinessC. encourage people to pur