本卷满分150分 答题时间120分钟

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。

1．Who will go to the laundry（洗衣店）?

A．The woman． B．The man’s brother． C．The woman’s brother.

2．What is the man going to do right after he finishes school?

A．Go on a long trip． B．Start his own business． C．Work for his uncle.

3．How does the woman want to lose weight?

A．By eating less． B．By running． C．By swimming.

4．When was the last time the speakers saw each other?

A．Four months ago． B．Nine months ago． C．Nearly a year ago.

5．Where does this conversation probably take place?

A．On a street corner

B．At a college．

C．In a shopping center near Union Square.

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。听每段材料前，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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What did the woman do in New York?

A．She attended a party.

B．She went to Chinatown.

C．She visited a relative on Wall Street.

7. What do we know about the man?

A．He was busy doing business.

B．He had a lot of fun in New York.

C．He has never been to New York.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．What was the woman doing when the man called her?

A．Watching TV B．Seeing a concert C．Waiting for her parents．

9．What will the weather be like tomorrow?

A．Sunny B．Windy C．Rainy

10．When will the man and the woman meet tomorrow?

A．At 1030 B．At 1130 C．At 100 pm

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11．Where did the accident happen?

A．On the way to the woman’s aunt’s home.

B．On the way back to the woman’s home.

C．On the way to a national park.

12．What did the woman’s father do on the way?

A．He hit another car. B．He fell asleep. C．He hit a bear.

13．How was the woman’s mother?

A．She broke a leg. B．She was alright. C．She cut her head.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14．What is the woman?

A．A writer． B．A teacher． C．A reporter．

15．How can the woman know children so well?

A．She has her own children． B．She often takes care of children．

C．She spends a lot of time with children．

16．What does the woman usually do in the afternoon?

A．She stays with the children． B．She works in her office．

C．She reads stories．

17．Where does this conversation probably take place?

A．In a kindergarten． B．In a TV studio． C．At the woman’s home．

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．What is true about the school?

A．It was built on a farm． B．It was built in the woods．

C．There were fewer than twenty pupils．

19．Why did the girl laugh at the speaker when she first came to school?

A．Because she did not smoke．

B．Because she was too young．

C．Because she used her left hand．

20．How old is the speaker now?

A．60． B．67． C．70．

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21．Finally President Obama won the presidential election, beating Republican challenger Mitt Romney after a long and bitter election ________．

A．compromise B．negotiation C．campaign D．promotion

22．The _______ you need for a task are the qualities and skills that you need to be able to do it．

A．qualifications B．motivations C．objectives D．standards

23．The health care experts have worked out a detailed plan to make sure the famous athlete can ________ as quickly as possible．

A．strengthen B．accelerate C．recover D．transform

24．In order to _______ a good knowledge of French, he gave up his job and went to a French school．

A．purchase B．enquire C．accomplish D．acquire

25．He has been so absorbed in writing his new novel in a remote village for three months that he sometimes feels _______ from the world．

A．cut out B．cut off C．cut in D．cut down

26．When practicing yoga, people often feel severe pain, but what you need to do is take a deep breath, _______ it and overcome it．

A．come up with B．put up with C．get away with D．do away with

27．Many companies in the developing world, China in particular, are ________ to hire more MBAs in order to improve their traditionally unscientific approach to management．

A．appropriate B．unsatisfied C．convenient D．desperate

28．Having worked non-stop for ten hours, I found myself slow in thinking and a bit _______ at performing even the simplest task．

A．compulsory B．clumsy C．unconscious D．contradictory

29．According to a survey by the WHO, nearly two-thirds of women in China are ________ exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke at home and in their workplaces．

A．roughly B．routinely C．ridiculously D．remarkably

30．A special title was awarded to Zhang Lili, an ordinary Chinese teacher, ________ her act of bravery to rescue two students at the risk of her own life．

A．in favor of B．in place of C．in honor of D．in terms of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village．One day, on the road, I found the 31 pieces of a mirror．There was a motorcycle accident．

I 32 to find all the pieces and put them 33 , but it was not possible, so I used only the 34 piece and I made it round．I could 35 with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the 36 that I could reflect light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in 37 holes and some other dark places．It became a game for me to 38 light into the darkest places I could find．

I 39 the little mirror, and, as I grew up, I would take it out 40 I had nothing to do and 41 the game．As I became a man, I grew to realize that this was not 42 a child’s game but a metaphor（暗喻） for what I might 43 my life．I came to 44 that I am not the light or the source of light．But light— truth, understanding, knowledge— is there, and it will shine in many dark places 45 I reflect it．

I am just a single piece of a mirror whose 46 design and shape I do not know．47 , with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this 48 — into the black places in the 49 of men— and change some things in some people．Perhaps others may see and do the same．This is what I am about．This is the 50 of my life．

31．A．broken B．wasted C．painted D．sharpened

32．A．pretended B．tried C．demanded D．hated

33．A．back B．down C．together D．aside

34．A．lightest B．longest C．hardest D．largest

35．A．talk B．play C．deal D．share

36．A．suggestion B．fact C．decision D．reason

37．A．deep B．big C．bright D．empty

38．A．attract B．show C．get D．bring

39．A．kept B．cut C．used D．mended

40．A．until B．before C．when D．after

41．A．watch B．continue C．remember D．change

42．A．just B．wholly C．really D．even

43．A．get from B．owe to C．tell about D．do with

44．A．announce B．doubt C．understand D．expect

45．A．so that B．now that C．even if D．only if

46．A．whole B．unique C．special D．other

47．A．Otherwise B．However C．Besides D．Therefore

48．A．country B．village C．world D．city

49．A．hands B．brains C．eyes D．hearts

50．A．way B．standard C．quality D．meaning

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

My favourite quilt is always on my bed．Even in warm weather．

It is not a large quilt but very beautiful: made up of many brightly colored woolen squares of every imaginable color—red, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, cream．

From the start, I loved this quilt．Just to look at it is to feel comforted．How many years have passed since my mother gave the quilt to me and my husband Ray Smith? I can only guess: thirty years? thirty-five?

The beautiful little quilt in all the colors of the rainbow has followed me from one house to another．The same bed, in different bedrooms in different houses in different periods of my life．

In this most recent period, the quilt is laid on my bed in a house in Princeton, New Jersey, into which I moved in 2009．My mother visited this house．When she’d visited Ray and me in my former home, less than five minutes from this house, Mom had always helped out in the garden; we would garden together, and we would prepare meals together, while my father, a gifted amateur pianist, played my piano in the living room．

Whenever my parents came to visit us, my mother would bring gifts for us: mostly items she had knitted, or sewn．For years, I wore dresses and jackets my mother had sewn．There is nothing so comforting as wearing clothes your mother has sewn or knitted for you．

In February 2008 when my husband was in hospital, and after he died unexpectedly a week later, often I lay in bed too exhausted to move, beneath the rainbow-colored quilt．The bed became my shelter, and my “nest”．My mother’s quilt made me realize how love lasts in the most comforting way．

We desire comfort, but comfort can come to us from only a few sources．I know that I have been very fortunate．I never stop giving thanks to my wonderful parents who gave me their love, for this quilt on my bed, as special and beautiful in 2013 as it was in the late 1970s．

51．The author’s favourite quilt ______．

A．is made of cotton B．is a colorful one

C．has accompanied her for more than 40 years D．always reminds her of Ray Smith

52．According to the text, the author’s mother ______．

A．was fond of music B．loved handmade things

C．visited the author frequently D．lived near the author’s house

53．After her husband’s death, the quilt helped the author ______．

A．remember the happy moments in the past B．understand the importance of true love

C．get through the hard times D．find the meaning of life

54．The author’s purpose in writing the text is to ______．

A．show her love for her parents B．tell readers to respect their parents

C．describe how beautiful her quilt is D．ask readers to treasure what they have

B

In the past, writing wasn’t very common in West Africa．In fact none of the