(满分120分;时间90分钟)
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分20分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1分,满分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,你将有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. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library. B. In a shop. C. In a college.
2. What is the man going to buy?
A. Some flowers. B. A box of chocolate. C. A music CD.
3. Why does the man need to stay out of school?
A. Hes got a headache. B. Hes got a fever. C. Hes got an accident.
4. Who enjoyed the concert last night?
A. Lucy and Lisa. B. Lisa and Helen. C. Helen and Lucy.
5. What does the man mean?
A. The woman is a smart student. B. The woman has bad study habits.
C. The woman failed her mid-term exam.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15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6至7题。
6. What does the man want to do?
A. To buy a house. B. To rent a house. C. To build a house.
7. How long will the man want the house?
A. Two months. B. Five weeks. C. All summer.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What is the man doing now?
A. Renting a flat. B. Holding a party. C. Changing furniture.
9. How many questions did the man ask the woman?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
10. What will the man probably do after the conversation?
A. Help the woman to move the house. B. Go back to call his schoolmates in.
C. Sign an agreement with the woman.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man feel bored with?
A. Job. B. Life. C. Everything.
12. What does the man think of the life of his great grandfather?
A. Boring. B. Hard. C. Interesting.
13. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Take a rest. B. Hunt for food. C. Give up his job.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. In which hall will “Good Boy ” be shown?
A. Hall 1. B. Hall 2. C. Hall 3.
15. What films are shown on Sunday?
A. Good Boy and Maria. B. Black Window and Maria.
C. The Big Easy and Good Boy.
16. Whats the ticket price for “Maria”?
A. 2 pounds. B. 5 pounds. C. Free.
17. What is the phone number of the box office?
A. 515226. B. 550226. C. 515622.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18. What is the most difficult subject according to the research?
A. Physics. B. Chemistry. C. French.
19. How many pupils took the test of physical education last year?
A. More than 144,000. B. About 147,500. C. 7.5% of all the test takers.
20. What dose the report mainly tell us about the GCSEs?
A. Few students avoid harder subjects. B. Each subject has the same level of difficulty.
C. Some subjects are more difficult than others.
第二部分 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Im proud of my Mom. I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and 21 . When Mum died in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me 22 . I was distraught(忧心如焚的). Some days later, I was 23 that a guy, who was working with us that day, could probably have made a fortune by 24 the necklace he found. 25 , he returned it. Hearing how Id 26 Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be 27 —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”
I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and 28 fell in love with it. What was 29 to be a stopgap(权宜之计)trip turned into a new life. I kept travelling between London and here and felt 30 than I had in months. In December 2012, I was hired as a hotel manager and 31 here full time.
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didnt want to discuss 32 , because the sadness of losing Mum 33 felt great. Paul understood that and never 34 me. But, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Moms house, to build our own 35 .
We want to give our guests a 36 feeling, so each room is themed(以……为题)around 37 from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom—a tiny chair which used to be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life Mum 38 naturally part of it, 39 theres no way we would be here if it wasnt for the 40 she gave me. I know shes here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.
21. A. businesswoman B. manager C. cook D. traveler
22. A. burned B. disappeared C. broke D. dropped
23. A. shown B. comforted C. bothered D. told
24. A. hiding B. stealing C. selling D. wearing
25. A. Luckily B. Naturally C. Surely D. Hopefully
26. A. nursed B. cured C. missed D. guarded
27. A. long B. hard C. happy D. free
38. A. suddenly B. finally C. nearly D. immediately
29. A. describe B. proved C. supposed D. acted
30. A. clever B. busier C. thinner D. lighter
31. A. honoured B. moved C. visited D. trained
32. A. travel B. business C. children D. marriage
33. A. recently B. once C. still D. first
34. A. left B. pushed C. misunderstood D. frustrated
35. A. hotel B. restaurant C. home D. shop
36. A. homely B. lively C. motherly D. friendly
37. A. cartoons B. memories C. neighbours D. topics
38. A. takes B. keeps C. looks D. feels
39. A. unless B. while C. because D. though
40. A. money B. chair C. house D. necklace
第三部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共10小题;每小题3分,满分30分)
A
Abby Subark is a mother of two from Boston. “For my kids, Im nervous. I dont know if theyll be able to achieve their American dream.” She may be right. More than hard work or education, the best way to get rich in America is to be born rich.
It is the case that somebody who is in the upper third of income, with poor scores at the bottom on tests when they are in eighth grade, is more likely to go to college and finish college than a poor kid with the top scores. Thats what the working persons children are up against.
The Economic Policy Institute finds it would take a poor couple with 2 children 9 or 10 generations to achieve middle-class status. Thats about 200 years. The typical feature of American opportunity has always been the ability to do better than your parents. But compared with similar developed countries, the United States is fifth out of six for so–called intergenerational mobility(变动). If you look at the mechanisms(机制)for upward mobility that were so readily available 50 years ago, they are becoming out of reach, like plentiful factory jobs with good money and affordable education and health care. White families are twice as likely as blacks to be upwardly mobile. For most people in America today, where you end up depends on where you start.
If you started in the middle-income class, about 40 to 45 percent of what you are making right now is due to the fact that your parents were in the middle-income class. The rest is up to you.
But for the millions of people who find themselves below the poverty line and the millions more who are the working poor, their starting point for the American dream leaves them painfully far away from the middle class.
41. Abby Subark is nervous because her kids ___ .
A. cannot easily reach their goals B. cannot succeed with poor score
C. dont want to achieve success at all D. dont want to continue their education
42. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. A great many poor people can achieve middle-class status.
B. The American dream is to do better than old generations.
C. People used to have more opportunities for upward mobility.
D. You can make your dreams come true in America if born rich.
43. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A. A high goal can make you successful. B. Your birth had nothing to do with your future.
C. Your family lays solid foundation for your future. D. Your starting point cannot determine your destination.
44. Whats the main idea of the passage?
A. How the middle class comes about in the U.S.. B. Social status depends on family background.
C. Upward mobility in America has been easy. D. Its hard for poor Americans to realise American dream.
45. Whats the best title of the passage?
A. American dream. B. Far away from middle class.
C. Lower starting point, hard to realize dream. D. Starting point determine future.
B
Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(装置)which uses satellites(卫星)to find the users position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street .
There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(计算)its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.
46. With the help of the GPS, people can ___ .
A. easily find the way B. know a place well
C. learn about the culture of an unknown place D. spend the least time getting to another place
47. Which of the following is TRUE about GPS?
A. It consists of three parts. B. It is usually put in a watch.
C. It can help you start your car. D. It is becoming more and more expensive.
48. The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 3 means “___”.
A. Receivers B. GPS devices C. Satellites D. Ground stations
49. The passage is mainly about ___ .
A. the history of the GPS B. the introduction of the GPS
C. the shape of the GPS D. the three parts of the GPS
50. What can we infer from the passage?
A. GPS devices must have electronic maps.
B. People in many countries will use the GPS for free.
C. The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites.
D. The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life.
第二节 阅读选择(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. 51 It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the building, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury.
52 An average person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. 53 Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. 54 Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked(渗入)into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escaping are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto stones might end in injury. 55
A. It is about the height of an average man.
B. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.
C. No one knows for sure when a fire will happen.
D. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself.
E. Dont lose your head if unfortunately a fire breaks out.
F. The second floor windows are usually not very high from the ground.
G. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room.
51.__________52.__________53.____________54.________55.___________
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分30分)
第一节 短文改错(满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)画掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One afternoon my father and I go fishing by a riverside.We found the water was very dirty that we could not see the bottom.We also found any rubbish or dead fish flowing on the water. That afternoon, my father and I caught only a smaller fish. Why do the fish die in the river? That was because of a lot of factories along the river always poured its waste water and rubbish into the river. So the water got polluting. Thus, most of the fish in the river killed.What should we do now?
第二节 书面表达(满分20分)
假如你叫李华,你校为了丰富学生的学习而开设了选修课,学生可以从十余门选修课中任选一门参加。现在请你根据提示给校长写封信,反映同学们对选修课的评价和建议。
内容提示:1. 同学们对待选修课的态度;2. 选修课的好处;3. 你的看法和建议。
注意:词数100左右。
参考词汇:选修课optional course。
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