They’ve won their last three matches. ________I find a bit surprising
A. that B. when
C. what D. which
When we visited my old family home, memory came ______ back
A. flooding B. to flood
C. flood. D. flooded
－Is it OK to take this seat?
－Sorry. _______
A. here you are B. take it
C. it’s taken D. never mind
作题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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，从小题中所给的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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. &19. 15 B. &9. 15 C. &9. 18
答案B。
1.What do the speakers need to buy?
A. A fridge B. A dinner table C. A few chairs
2.Where are the speakers?
A. In a restaurant.
B. In a hotel
C. In a school.
3.What does the woman mean?
A. Cathy will be at the party.
B. Cathy is too busy to come.
C. Cathy is going to be invited
4.Why does the woman plan to go to town?
A. To pay her bills in the bank.
B. To buy books in a bookstore.
C. To get some money from the bank
5.What is the woman trying to do?
A. Finish some writing.
B. Print an article.
C. Find a newspaper.
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、7题。
6.What is the man doing?
A. Changing seats on the plane
B. Asking for a window seat
C. Trying to find his seat
7.What is the woman’s seat number?
A. 6A. B. 7A. C. 8A
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8.Why doesn’t the woman take the green T-shirt?
A. It’s too small
B. It’s too dark
C. It’s to expensive
9.What does the woman buy in the end?
A. A yellow T-shirt
B. A blue T-shirt
C. A pink T-shirt
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.How long has the man been in London?
A. One year.
B. A few years
C. A couple of months
11.Why did the woman leave her hometown?
A. To lend a city life.
B. To open a restaurant.
C. To find a job
12.Where did the woman come from?
A. London.
B. Arnside
C. Lancaster.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.What is a daypack?
A. A box
B. A bag
C. A lock
14.What surprise the girl at school?
A. A lot of discussions in class
B. Teachers giving little homework
C. Few students asking questions in class.
15.At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At the end of it.
B. In the middle of it
C. At the beginning of it
16.What do we know about the girl?
A. She is new to the school
B. She writes for the school newspaper.
C. She seldom asks questions in class.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.Where does Mr. Henry Stone do?
A. A bank clerk
B. A teacher
C. A writer
18.What does Henry like doing at airport?
A. Watching people
B. Telling stories
C. Reading magazines.
19.What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day?
A. A valuable suitcase was missing
B. A man stole money from a bank
C. A woman ran away from home
20.Why was the woman at the airport?
A. She was traveling on business
B. She was seeing the man off.
C. She was leaving for Greece
Computer programmer David Jones earns ￥35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases (推出) two new games for the fast throwing computer market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押贷款), or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.” David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
1.In what way is David different from people of his age?
A. He often goes out with friends. B. He lives with his mother.
C. He has a handsome income. D. He graduated with six O-levels.
2.What is one of the problems that David is facing now?
A. He is too young to get a credit card.
B. He has no time to learn driving.
C. He has very little spare time.
D. He will soon lose his job.
3.Why was David able to get the job in the company?
A. He had done well in all his exams.
B. He had written some computer programs.
C. He was good at playing computer games.
D. He had learnt to use computers at school.
4.Why did David decide to leave school and start working?
A. He received lots of job offers. B. He was eager to help his mother.
C. He lost interest in school studies. D. He wanted to earn his own living.
I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.
There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk (象鼻) against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.
Just at this moment she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot(地点) where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.
While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring (吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.
1.The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw _____,
A. the calf was about to fall into the river
B. Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock
C. the calf was washed away by the rising water
D. Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water
2.How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?
A. By putting it on a safe spot. B. By pressing it against her body.
C. By taking it away with her. D. By carrying it on her back.
3.How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?
A. It was a great comfort. B. It was a sign of danger.
C. It was a call for help. D. It was a musical note.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Mother’s Love B. A Brave Act
C. A Deadly River D. A Matter of Life and Death
