第I卷(三部分, 共115分)

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 is Maria going to do next？

A. Prepare for her history class.

B. Go to her physics lecture.

C. Help Tim with his project.

2. Who are the speakers？

A. Mother and son. B. Classmates. C. Teacher and student.

3. How many hours does the woman work on Wednesday？

A. 12. B. 10. C. 7.

4. What is the man doing？

A. Looking for a job. B. Interviewing the woman. C. Checking into a hotel.

5. What did the man think of the movie？

A. He loved it. B. He didn’t enjoy it. C. He didn’t see it.

第二节

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，各个小题将给出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. Why does the woman want to book a first-class hotel？

A. She alw
ays stays in a first-class hotel when she travels.

B. Her husband wants her to book a first-class hotel.

C. She wants to do something different.

7. When will the couple check in？

A. On September 23rd. B. On September 26th. C. On September 30th.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers？

A. Friends. B. Strangers. C. Neighbors.

9. Why doesn’t the man like his downstairs neighbor？

A. The neighbor’s dog is always barking.

B. He is disturbed by his neighbor’s smoking.

C. He hates his neighbor’s wild parties.

10. What does the woman suggest the man do in the end？

A. Move. B. Talk to his neighbor. C. Go have fun with his neighbor.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How did Bill do on this exams?

A. He did poorly. B. He failed a course. C. He passed all his courses.

15. What does the woman think of Bill?

A. She thinks he did his best.

B. She thinks he could have done better.

C. She thinks he is not very smart.

16. What does the woman tell Bill to do?

A. Get some sleep every night.

B. Stop watching TV.

C. Pay more attention to his studies.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is special about Jackson’s home？

A. It takes up a huge are
a. B. It has a golf range. C. Many animals live there.

18. Which is NOT mentioned as a part of Jackson’s home？

A. A garage. B. A swimming pool. C. A theater.

19. Who did Jackson want to enjoy his house？

A. Children. B. Other famous people. C. His fans.

20. What does the speaker think of Jackson？

A. He spent too much money.

B. He was a strange guy.

C. He deserved this home.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）[来源:Zxxk.Com]

单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21. Everybody showed great respect to the old doctor, who devote
d everything he had to _____ the poor conditions of the local hospital.

A. improving B. improve C. improved D. being improved

22．It was only when I read this story for a second time ________to appreciate its beauty.

A. that did I begin?????B. had I begun C. then I began???? D. that I began

23．Maybe all Americans realize that______ they expect to be next president will face lots of problems.

A．no matter who B．whoever

C．whomever D．no matter whom[来源:学科网]

24．There is no doubt，in my opinion， ________matters is not the speed，but the quality of the product.

A. that B. which C. what that D. that what

25. Ｉstill remember the day when I said goodbye to my family, ________on the plane and started my journey to London.

A. to step B. stepping C. stepped D. having stepped

26．As we have known from the map of the world，this is ________.

A．twice as large an island as that B．twice as larger as that island

C．as twice large as that one D．twice as a large island as that

27．—Mom，Dad is smoking again!

—Well，let him cut it ________ gradually since old habits die hard.

A．off
B．down C．up D．out

28. -----Do you know whether they talked about their work or their family?

-----As matter of fact，I couldn’t hear it clearly, as they talked in whisper．

A．the，a B．the，the C．a；a D．a：/

29. A thief broke into the house at midnight, ______ the house in a mess.

A. left B. to leave C. leaving D. having left

30．—How much is the T-shirt ____
_______?

—65 dollars．

A．worth B．cost C． worthy D．worthwhile

31. She is the only one among the ______ writers who _______ stories for children.

A. woman; writes B. women; write C. women; writes D. woman; write

32. I’d rather you _______that now, than afterwards.

A. know B. to know C. knowing D. knew

33. He is only too ready to help others, seldom, ____, refusing them when they turn to him.

A. if never B. if ever C. if not D. if any

34.— Conductor, can I get to Market Street on this subway?

— Of course. It’s leaving. ___________, please．

A. Take your time B. Mind your step C. Look out D. Walk slowly

35. Guilin is the most beautiful place _____people all over the world want to visit.

A. where B. which C. what D. that

第二节 完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Almost everyone wants to get smarter. We struggle to improve our 36_ , intelligence and attention. We drink cup after cup of coffee to help us 37_ the day.

38 __, a new study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science warns that there are 39___ to how smart humans can get.

Each of our body parts develops in a certain way for a reason. 40 _, we are not 3 meters t
all 41 _ most people’s hearts are not strong enough to send 42 _ up that high. Scientists say that our thinking ability works in the same way. A baby’s brain size is limited by a series of __43 , such as the size of the mother’s pelvis (骨盆). If our brains developed to be bigger, there could be more 44 during childbirth.

The study of Jews, who have an average IQ much _ 45_ than other Europeans, showed they were more _46_ to develop diseases of the _47_ system. This might be because of their increased brainpower.

If intelligence cannot be improved, can we at least get better at _ 48 _ ? Not really, say scientists. They studied _49_ like caffeine (咖啡因)that improve attention. They found the drugs only helped people with serious 50 _ problems. For those who did not have tr
ouble paying attention, the drugs could have the 51 _ effect. Scientists say that this suggests there is a(n) 52 limit to how much people can or should concentrate.

Our memory is also a “double-edged sword”. People with extremely good memories could 53__ having a difficult life because they cannot _54 bad things that happen to them.

Thomas Hills,
one of the authors of the paper, said that 55 all the problems in trying to get smarter, it’s unlikely that there will ever be a “super mind”.

36.A.ability

B. character

C. memory

D. emotion



37.A.go through

B. put through

C. get through

D. carry through



38.A. Though

B. Therefore

C. However

D. Meanwhile



39.A.standards

B. measures

C. ranges

D. limits



40.A.At first

B. In addition

C. For example

D. Above all



41.A.until

B. because

C. before

D. so that



42.A. blood

B information

C. breath

D. strength



43.A. factors

B. reasons

C. aspects

D. effects



44.A.chances

B. deaths

C. choices

D. lives



45.A.smarter

B. better

C. lower

D. higher



46.A.likely

B. possible

C. probable

D. sure



47.A.physical

B. bodily

C. personal

D. nervous



48.A.exercising

B. concentrating

C. memorizing

D. thinking



49.A. poisons

B. drinks

C. plants

D. drugs



50.A. attention

B. family

C. health

D. living



51.A.same

B. opposite [来源:学科网ZXXK][来源:学科网]

C. different

D. similar



52.A.lower

B. smaller

C. upper

D. higher



53.A. end up

B. make up

C. start up

D. come up



54.A.forget

B. remember

C. perform

D. share



55.A.supposing

B. concerning

C. considering

D. regarding





第三部分?? 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）

A

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.

He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.’’ I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more ，and caught up in the business of our new life ，I eventually forgot about his surprise.

Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn 一 blue, yellow and my favorite pink ，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?

My father’s crocuses bloomed (开花）each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.

Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses ，so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.

On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow ，bravely waving in the wind, was one pink