第I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。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Teacher and student.

2. What is the woman doing?

A. Posting a letter. B. Collecting stamps. C. Buying envelopes.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. The cafeteria is small. B. The cafeteria is crowded.

C. She isn’t willing to wait that long.

4. What odes the man mean?

A. He won’t lend his car to the woman.

B. He asked the woman repair his car at the weekend.

C. He will lend his car to the woman.

5. What is Tom’s mother cooking for supper?

A. French fries. B. Chicken. C. Pasta.

第二节（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、7题。

6. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a hotel. B. In an Exhibition Centre.

C. In a shopping centre.

7. Which floor is the Exhibition Centre on?

A. The ninth floor. B. The third floor.

C. The second floor.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. American holidays. B. The American government.

C. American culture.

9. How many holidays does the man know about?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How many times can a learner go to the painting classes in a week?

A. Twice. B. Three. C. Four times.

11. How much does a member of the Painting Club have to pay for the painting classes?

A. $ 140. B. $ 70. C. $ 35.

12. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She works at the Painting Club. B. She is a painting teacher.

C. She will attend the painting classes herself.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who could the man speaker be?

A. A person who sells vegetables. B. A college teacher.

C. A personnel manager.

14. How long did the woman work in the small supermarket?

A. Two months. B. Two years. C. Three years.

15. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is going to work in a travel agency.

B. She lives far away from where she will work.

C. She is going to take a part-time job.

16. How will the woman usually go to work.

A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By car.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker probably?

A. An assistant of the school’s president. B. The principle of the school.

C. A senior student of the school.

18. Where can you go if you want to see someone?

A. To the reception desk. B. To the hall. C. To the appointment office.

19. Where can you go if you want to hold a concert?

A. In the gym. B. In the hall. C. At the library.

20. Where is the computer room?

A. Over by the glass door beside the library. B. Next to the reception desk.

C. In the corner by the water machine.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）　　

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Searching for airfares（飞机票价） often seems like a game that passengers are bound to lose．

Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute． Looking through multiple websites for the best deal can be a big challenge． Even when you do book, there’s no guarantee that you are going to get the best price．

"You just don’t know when to pull the trigger． It’s not like buying anything else I can think of,” said George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog．com．

Harriet Levy paid $179 for a recent round-trip flight on American Airlines between New York and Fort Lauderdale, Florida． Sitting just one row behind her, Shirley Harrison paid $215． A few rows back, Ellis and Dianne Traub paid $317 each．There were at least 12 fares on the flight, ranging from $169 to $360．

There’s no reason for it, Harrison said．

Fares can change significantly in just a few hours． One Delta flight from New York to Los Angeles jumped from $755 to $1,143 from a Friday to Saturday in late April, then fell to $718 0n Sunday．

The flight was one of a dozen the Associated Press followed over three months for a vacation between July 16 and 22． The number one finding: avoid booking tickets on weekends． It’s the most expensive time to buy．

There’s no way to guarantee the best fare． But before booking, travelers should pay attention to this additional advice:

Book on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday． That’s when airlines most often offer sales．

Buy in advance, but not too early． The best time is four to six weeks before traveling． In general, prices for any given flight are highest eight to ten weeks and two to three weeks in advance．

Make use of social media． Airlines are giving more benefits like exclusive（独有的 ） sales to travelers who interact with them on Twitter and Facebook． Those specials are often gone within hours．

The so-called discount airlines - JetBlue, Air-Tran, Southwest and Frontier-adjust their fares less frequently than other airlines, so you can feel more confident that the price will stay the same． But their prices aren’t always the lowest．Researching multiple airlines’ fares is the only way to get a good deal．

21．What can we infer from the first sentence of the text?

A．Passengers are unable to search for airfares．

B．Airlines often play games with passengers．

C．Airfares are set in different situations．

D．It’s difficult for passengers to get the best price．

22．The underlined phrase "pull the trigger" in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A．start searching B．get the highest price

C．make a purchase D．get on board the plane

23．By using a lot of figures, the author intends to ________.

A．show there is standard price for every single airline B．discover the rules behind airfares

C．guarantee passengers a low price D．prove airfares can vary widely

24．Passengers are advised to book flights ________.

A．in the middle of the week

B．on special websites

C．several months before traveling

D．with airlines which are famous for offering discount prices

B

“A very disruptive (调皮捣蛋的) six-year-old child kicked my legs and clawed at my hand,” said one teacher. “I broke up a fight and was kicked between my legs,” said another. Many people have heard stories like this. But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.

Every child, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born, has the right to achieve their potential, regardless of their parents’ wealth and class. And we recognize that, as a nation, it is a long way to achieve this goal. But with rights come responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of neglecting the latter.

Far too many children are behaving badly at school, even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough, but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behaviour of their parents. Too many are starting school unable to hold a knife and fork, unused to eating at a table, and unable to use the lavatory(卫生间) properly.

We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep, has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed (沉迷于) in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.

Schools cannot right the wrongs of society and teachers cannot become substitute parents. Both parties need to work together. Parents must be helped and given confidence to take back control. They are responsible for setting boundaries for their children’s behaviour and sticking to those boundaries. They are responsible for setting a good example to their children and for devoting that most precious of resources---time---so that children come to school ready and willing to learn.

25. In the opinion of the writer, what problem do people ignore?

A. The violence in the school B. The pressure of students’ learning

C. The right to achieve students’ potential D. The responsibilities of the students.

26. The underlined part in paragraph 4 means________.

A. parents care little about children’s life at home

B. parents and children live in their separate rooms

C. children don’t live with their parents in the same house

D. children live a different life from that of parents at home

27. The writer’s attitude to the behaviours of parents may be_______.

A. unconcern B. understanding C. dissatisfied D. tolerant

C

What did your school smell like? Was it noisy or peaceful? It might not seem important, but a growing body of research suggests that smells and sounds can have an impact on learning, performance and creativity．

Bridget Shield has been conducting studies and advising people on the effects of all sorts of noises, such as traffic and sirens, as well as noise made by the children themselves． "Everything points to a harmful impact of the noise on children’s performance, in numeracy, in literacy, and in spelling,” says Shield．

Shield says the sound of “babble” －the chatter of other children, is particularly distracting in the classroom．。People are very distracted by speech-particularly if it is understandable, but you’re not involved in it．” This phenomenon is also known as the irrelevant speech effect, she says, adding that “it’s a very common finding in open-plan offices as well．’’

In a series of studies published last year, Ravi Mehta found that people were more creative when the background noises were played at a medium level than when volume was low． Loud background noise, however, damaged their creativity． Ravi Mehta suggests there maybe some benefit to playing music or other sounds in an art class or other situations where creativity is the key．

Many teachers all over the world already play music to students in class． Many are inspired by the