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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. At what time is the next train to London?

A. 11:35. B. 11:45. C. 12:00.

2. Where is the Natural History Museum?

A. Next to a park. B. On the 42nd street. C. Beside the Central Bank.

3. How does the woman’s son want his steak served?

A. Medium. B. Well done. C. Slightly underdone.

4. What will the man do this weekend?

A. Help Nick move house. B. Go shopping. C. Hold a house-warming party.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. She has bought a present for Tommy.

B. She wants to buy something on sale.

C. She hasn’t decided what to buy.

第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What are the speakers talking about in general?

A. How to take a vacation. B. How to cut down expenses. C. How to get to a conference.

7. How is the woman going?

A. By air. B. By train. C. By taxi.

8. Why aren’t the speakers going together?

A. They travel in different ways.

B. The man has to work overtime.

C. The woman will go on vacation first.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Send the e-mails. B. Mail something for him. C. Pick up some packages.

10. Why does the man ask the woman for help?

A. He doesn’t have any time.

B. He doesn’t have the address list.

C. He doesn’t know how to find a messenger (邮差).

11. What will the woman probably do next? A. Call the messenger service. B. Attend a meeting. C. Have some coffee.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Where has the man been to?

A. Switzerland. B. Australia. C. Thailand.

13. What impressed the man most?

A. Feeding kangaroos. B. Walking through rainforests. C. Visiting the Great Barrier Reef.

14. How did the man get the cheap air ticket?

A. From his dad. B. From his dad’s friend. C. From his cousin.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Interviewer and interviewee.

B. Manager and secretary.

C. Clerk and guest.

16. What strong point does the woman think she has?

A. She travels a lot.

B. She has good records at school.

C. She is good at writing news reports.

17. How does the man most probably feel about the woman’s reply?

A. Calm. B. Surprised. C. Dissatisfied.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Where is the speaker studying now?

A. In Mongolia. B. In Brazil. C. In the United States.

19. How did the speaker spend her childhood?

A. She moved from one place to another.

B. She joined in her favourite school activities.

C. She just made friends with people from America.

20. What may make the speaker choose the major?

A. Her love for sharing her wide interests.

B. Her love for being in touch with others.

C. Her love for travelling around the world.

第二部分：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）

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Kids undergo a large amount of pressure and stress during their school exams, which can often become quite overwhelming for them. It may be the first experience of stress, at this level, they have ever experienced and therefore quite frightening. Yes, you may say that it's all a part of growing up and therefore good lessons for them to learn, and to an extent I agree with you. However, it’s important to learn how to prepare for life’s challenges so that they aren’t overwhelming or scary and so that we are able to manage them the best we can.

Here are some tips you can use during your kids exam time.

Break their revision plan down into small parts. Doing this will help transform what once seemed like a huge impossible task into a more manageable one.

Help them arrange properly so that the subjects they like the least (perhaps ones that require more time and effort) are worked on first; once they are out of the way, it will help reduce the worry.

Plan week on week to make sure they are on track. Ticking items of a list each week will help them to feel good about themselves and their progress.

Create rewards for all the ticks - a favorite TV program, a delicious snack, an hour’s surfing the Internet, computer games or whatever it was that they enjoy the most. This will encourage them to carry on and make them feel good.

Think of strategies on how to deal with exams calmly so their anxieties don't get the better of them.

Talk about times in their lives when they had been successful at something and look at the qualities they used to get them there - determination, persistence, hard work, patience, dedication - discuss how they can apply these skills to their exams.

Acknowledge that if they do their best that is good enough

Ensure they realize that this period in their lives will pass and that exams are only a temporary time in their lives; nothing can and does last forever.

Ensure they keep their eye on the prize: enjoying their long summer holiday when the exams are finished; giving them something to look forward to will help to motivate them and provide a positive end in sight.

21. According to paragraph 1, it’s important to learn how to prepare for exams because___.

A. it is a part of growing up.

B. It is the first experience of stress

C. it helps kid release stress and do better.

D. it is important to get a good mark in exams.

22. Which subjects should be worked on first?

A. Their best ones. B. Their favorite ones.

C. the easiest ones D. the most difficult ones

23. The underlined expression get the better of in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. defeat B. worry C. keep sb. calm D. make sb. feel better

24. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. Kid should become aware of the importance of exams.

B. Kids should learn to deal with exam pressure independently.

C. Parents should keep their kids away from entertainment.

D. Parents should care about the psychological development of children.

25. Who are the intended readers of the passage?

A. Kids. B. Parents. C. Educators. D. People in general.

B

The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day.

More than 15 percent of the Chinese youth have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shanghai based Wenhui Daily reported.

The World Health Organization estimated that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problems will become a major factor behind death and illness in the young worldwide.

Deng Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said rapid social change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems.

If these mental diseases are not addressed on time, occurrence of crime, drug-taking and other dangerous behavior is expected to rise.

Experts said mental disease could be caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressure from the overload of study. A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.

Children were said to be too "spoiled" and "selfish" in one child families. Schools in many cities were reported rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental wellbeing. Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No. 105 Middle School, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month. "Students can be arranged to have 40minute counseling sessions," Yin said. The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams, to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.

26. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To urge awareness on mental health of the young.

B. To give the details of the problems the Chinese youth are facing today.

C. To recommend that schools should invite more psychologists to help solve the mental problems among the youth.

D. To show us the causes of the mental problems among students.

27. The underlined word "addressed" in the fifth paragraph most probably means ______.

A. talked about B. dealt with C. satisfied D. introduced

28. From the passage we can know that the causes of mental problems are mainly the following EXCEPT ________.

A. one-child policy

B. lack of ability to handle interpersonal relations well

C. lack of special training in mental health

D. heavy burden from study

29. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. By 2020,about 50 percent of the students in China will have mental problems.

B. Mental problems mainly appear among the youth while they are seldom seen among adults.

C. China has the largest number of youngsters with psychological problems.

D. Many schools have realized the problem and taken measures.

C

We keep reading that TV is bad for you. If this is true, how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are? In my home, the only people who can work the remote control are the children.

Perhaps TV does educate you. For example, you learn a useful medical fact: A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies. “The killer was…” (dies)

I’ve even acquired useful geographical facts from science-fiction shows: Aliens speak English no matter which planet they come from.

Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security. Consider these truths. If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys, don’t w