1、说明：本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，第卷为第1页至第9页，共三部分，第卷为第9页至第10页，共两节。请将第卷答案答在答题纸相应位置，考试结束后将答题纸上交。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 第卷（选择题，共105分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，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的阅读下一小题，每段对话
2、仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A 19.15 B 9.15 C 9.18 答案是B 1What will Dorothy do on the weekend? A. Go out with her friend. B. work on her paper. C. Make some plans. 2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt? A .15 . B .30 . C .50 .3. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon? A .To atte
3、nd a wedding . B .To visit an exhibition . C .To meet a friend .4. When does the bank close on Saturday? A . AT 1:00 pm . B .AT 3:00 pm . C .AT 4:00 pm .5. where are the speakers?A. In a store . B. In a classroom . C .At a hotel . 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，每段对话和独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A B C三个选项中
4、选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5分钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题6What do we know about Nora?A .She prefers a room of her own .B .She likes to work with other girls .C .She lives near the city center .7What is good about the flat? A. It has a large sitting room B. It has goo
5、d furniture . C . It has a big kitchen. 听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。8where has Barbara been? A. Milan. B. Florence. C. Rome. 9 .What has Barbara got in her suitcase? A . Shoes B. Stones. C. Books. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Who is making the telephone call? A. Thomas Brothers. B. Mike Landon. C. Jack Cooper. 11. What
6、 relation is the woman to Mr. Cooper?A. His wife. B. His boss. C . His secretary. 12. What is the message about? A. A meeting. B. A visit to France . C. The date for a trip. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who could the man speaker most probably be? A. A person who saw the accident. B. The driver of the lorry.
7、 C. A police officer. 14 . What was Mrs. Franks doing when the accident took place? A. Walking along Churchill Avenue. B. Getting ready to cross the road. C. Standing outside a bank. 15. When did the accident happen? A. At about 8:00 am. B. At about 9:00 am. C. At about 10:00 am. 16. How did the acc
8、ident happen?A.A lorry hit a car. B.A car ran into a lorry. C.A bank clerk rushed into the street听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What is the talk mainly about? A. The history of the school. B. The courses for the term. C. The plan for the day. 18. Where can the visitors learn about the subjects for new students
9、? A. In the school hall. B. In the science labs. C. In the classrooms. 19.What can students do in the practical areas? A. Take science courses. B. Enjoy excellent meals. C. Attend workshops. 20. When are the visitors expected to ask questions?A. During the lunch hour. B. After the welcome speech. C.
10、 Before the tour of labs.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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. -Jenny, I think Ill just have some coffee for a change-_The coffee I bought yesterday is in the cupboard A. Change it, pleaseB. Never mind C. With pleasureD. Help yourself23. My pa
11、rtner wants to keep the company small _ Id like to expand it. A. andB. orC. howeverD. while24. My opinion is _the same as yours. A. and so on B. on the other hand C. at risk D. on the whole26. My friend Jack was the first person I knew _an iPhone 5S. A. using B. to use C. used D. having used27. We c
12、an hardly believe such a young boy _ travel around the world all by himself. A. may B. need C. should D. must28. The tourists, had enjoyed themselves so much in the botanic garden, were worn outA. all of what B. all of which C. all of them D. all of whom30.This advertisement is a/an_ example of thei
13、r marketing strategyA. average B. specific C. typical D. flexible31. It is none of your business _ other people think about you. Believe in yourself.A. howB. whatC. which D. when32.- Is your father a teacher of English in No. l Middle School? - No. But he _ English there for ten years. A. has taught
14、 B. has been teaching C. taught D. had taught34. -Are you free now? Ive got something to tell you. - Ok, _ you make your story short. A. so long as B. even if C. now that D. in that case35. - You hate Lee, dont you? -_I just think he is a bit annoying. A. Thats right B. Not exactly C. By all means D
15、. Never mind第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。 Many years ago ,l was working at my job at a community college when a homeless woman came in. She began 36 as she lay on one of the sofas in the student rest room. 37 , she wasnt well. Without thinking
16、too much I went next door to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find 38 in the Lost and Found box. I 39 up a set of clothing and went back to my office, 40 I heard a colleague calling me. She told me that I should not 41 this person, as it would only lead to her wanting more help. I ref
17、used her 42 and went back to help the woman, 43 my co-workers warning . Two weeks later, while I was working, a very cute elderly man entered my 44 and asked to speak with me in private. Curiously, l gave him my full 45 and he told me that he had happened to hear my 46 with the co-worker about helpi
18、ng the 47 woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people and that was why he wanted to give me a 48 for $1,000. I burst into tears, because I 49 needed the money at the time, but also because I had never been 50 in such a way for helping someone! We soon became good 51 and 10 yea
19、rs later he called me up suddenly and told me he wanted to help me 52 my first home! He 53 giving me $120,000 as part payment for my dream house in my home town. I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large amount of money and he said it was because I was a giver and that I 54 it ! To make a lo
20、ng story short, l was able to buy the perfect little home for myself, all because one day I did not 55 to help a homeless woman.【小题1】 A. smiling B. talking C. shouting D. coughing 【小题2】A. Luckily B. Clearly C. Strangely D. Sadly 【小题3】A. clothes B. books C. food D. medicine 【小题4】A. gave B. turned C.
21、gathered D. made 【小题5】A. while B. when C. how D. why 【小题6】.A.ignore B. disturb C. value D. help 【小题7】A. advice B. request C. plan D. offer 【小题8】 A. more than B. rather than C. regardless of D. apart from 【小题9】 A. home B. office C. classroom D. dormitory 【小题10】A. energy B. love C. care D. attention 【
22、小题11】 A. disagreement B. discussion C. fight D. quarrel【小题12】A. young B. old C. sick D. wealthy 【小题13】A. support B. check C. tip D. promise 【小题14】A. anxiously B. eagerly C. hardly D. really 【小题15】 A. recognized B. measured C. taught D. praised 【小题16】A. colleagues B. competitors C .partners D. friend
23、s 【小题17】 A. build B. buy C. rent D. repair 【小题18】 A. came out B. ended up C. carried on D. resulted in 【小题19】A. deserved B. wanted C. needed D. enjoyed 【小题20】A. fear B. fail C. hesitate D. attempt 【解析】第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题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。ADuring the last fifteen
24、 years of my mothers life she suffered with Alzheimers disease (老年痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a puzzled way and ask, “Who are you?” I would answer, “
25、Im your son.” “Where do you live?” She would ask. “In California”, I would tell her. “Isnt that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in California.” She seemed simply forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, but later on she would go through periods of intense anxiety. She would
26、 pace through the house she had lived in most of her life crying uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were unattended for a short time. Hoping to please her and put her mind at ease I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a c
27、hild. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I pictured my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said, “I want to go
28、home.” Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.Watching my mothers suffering set me wondering where I w
29、ould have gone in mind if someday I couldnt find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with ag
30、e. Still the fear of Alzheimers is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where home is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave thes
31、e notes for your guidance. 【小题1】Whats the main idea of the first two paragraphs? A. The authors mother suffered with serious Alzheimers disease. B. The authors mother forgot whos his son. C. The author didnt know how to cure his mother. D. The authors mother couldnt find her home. 【小题2】 What is not
32、the symptom of the authors mother ? A. cheerful B. confused C. forgetful D. uneasy 【小题3】 Whats the meaning of the underlined word “pictured”? A. photographed B. appeared C. described D. painted【小题4】What can you infer from the third paragraph? A. The author care much about his mother. B. The authors
33、mother was fond of pet lambs. C. The author saw a little girl playing with a pet lamb. D. The authors mother didnt like her usual home. 【小题5】Whats the best title of the passage? A. Take Mother Home. B. Everyone will suffer with Alzheimers disease. C. A story about a son and a mother. D. Where Is Hom
34、e?BYou have probably heard of the Mozart effect. Its the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more=intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you tas
35、te the power of Mozarts music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and public interest about
36、 the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it ,well become more intelligent.The idea took off, with thousands
37、of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Moz
38、arts music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.Ill leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More
39、 research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesnt make us more intelligent.【小题1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?A. M
40、ozart composed many musical pieces for children.B. Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.C. There are few products on the Internet about Mozarts music.D. There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.【小题2】Why did many people believe in the idea of Mozart Effect?A. Beca
41、use a study described it in the journal Nature.B. Because Mozart himself was a genius.C. Because Mozarts music is enjoyable.D. Because Mozarts music makes people relaxed.【小题3】The underlined sentence in paragraph3 suggests that .A. people were strongly against the ideaB. the idea was accepted by many
42、 peopleC. Mozart played an important part in peoples lifeD. the US government helped promote the idea【小题4】What is the authors attitude towards the Mozart effect?A. FavorableB. ObjectiveC. DoubtfulD. Positive【小题5】What would be the best title for the passage? A. Listening to Mozart , necessary? B. Wha
43、t music is beneficial?C. What is the Mozart effect? D. To be or not to be?CAn eighteen-year-old high school student from Utah won the top prize in the Intel Science Talent Search in the United States. The winner received a computer and a scholarship for a college education.The top winner received 10
44、0,000 dollars for college. Shannon Babb of American Fork High School studied the water quality of tile Spanish Fork River in Utah for six years. She found that people have a harmful effect on the river through human activity, including agriculture. And she suggested ways to improve the water quality
45、 in the future. These include educating the public not to put household chemicals down the drains（下水道）, which lead to the river eventually. Seventeen-year-old Yi Sun of the Hanker School in San Jose, California, earned the second place. He won a 75,000-dollar scholarship for new discoveries about a
46、mathematical theory known as random walks. His work could help computer scientists and chemists. Yi Sun was born in China. The third-place winner was also seventeen and born in China. Yuan “Chelsea” Zhang of Montgomery Blair High School in Rockville, Maryland, won a 50,000-dollar scholarship. She re
47、searched the molecular genetics（分子遗传学）of heart disease. Her findings could aid the development of new medicines. The Intel Science Talent Search is the oldest science competition for high school students in the United States. It is 65 years old this year. Past winners have gone on to receive six Nob
48、el prizes and other top honors in science and math.【小题1】What do we know about the talent search project? A. Most of its winners have received Nobel prizes. B. The project includes researches in every area of science. C. Only a small part of the students can attend the final judging. D. Most of the w
49、inners come from Asian countries. 【小题2】According to the text, . A. water quality in Utah will be better than that in the other states B. the river was polluted only by those living near it C. Shannon Babb suggested more than one way to improve the water quality D. household chemicals should be kept
50、in the drains forever【小题3】Which of the following about the girl from Maryland is NOT true? A. The scholarship she received was half as many as Shannon Babb. B. Her discovery is of great help to Chinese medicine. C. Her research will contribute to the cure of heart disease. D. She and the second-plac
51、e winner Yi Sun have something in common.【小题4】What is the text mainly about? A. Three winners contributions to science and math. B. Three Chinese students won the Science Talent Search. C. Great rewards were given to winners in the competition. D. Winners of the Intel Science Talent Search in the US
52、.【小题5】Where are you most likely to find this text? A. In a newspaper. B. In a handbook. C. In a textbook. D. In a medical magazine.【答案】【小题1】C【小题2】CDFahad Azad, an engineer in India, invented a robot named DuctBotThe toy-car sized DuctBot measured 23 centimeters in length, 19 centimeters in width and
53、 9 centimeters in height and weighs just two kilogramsThe robot is designed to snake through dark, narrow air conditioning ducts （管道） and clean themA pair of LEDs fitted on the robot light up the dirty scenery, so it can be captured （抓拍） by a cameraIn order to control it more easily, Mr. Azad choose
54、s to fix DuctBot on wheelsThe robot can clean off lots of dirt, as well as dead pigeons and insectsKeeping indoor air in good quality and monitoring carbon-dioxide levels in buildings with central air conditioning is a challengeIt is important in some places where clean air can mean a difference bet
55、ween life and death, such as hospitalsDirty air has a bad influence on peoples healthEPSCO, a Dubai-based company which specializes in improving indoor air quality, read about Mr. Azads invention in a national newspaper after he had won an international robotics competitionEPSCO had cleaning equipme
56、nt, but it needed someone to get into those ducts to do the dirty, dangerous workAcross India, for example, the task still falls to childrenThey are small enough to go through those ductsIn 2005, Mr. Azad who was still at university decided to do something about itSix years later his own company, Ro
57、bosoft Systems, has Bluestar, EPSCO and the Indian Navy, some leading air condition makers, as partnersMr. Azad and his ten employees are currently exploring robot designs to examine oil tanks or sewage （污水）pipesTheir biggest challenge is to make the robots user-friendly enoughMr. Azad hopes that th
58、e robot could eventually be operated not by engineers but by workersThere will be lots of difficulties they need to overcome in the future【小题1】What can we learn about Ductbot?AIt is a toy car and popular with childrenBIt is designed to move like a snake in the ductsCmany LEDs are fitted on it to tel
59、l its locationDIt is actually a camera to capture dirty scenery【小题2】The underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refers to _Athe camera Bthe conditioning ductCthe LED light Dthe dirty scenery【小题3】What can the Ductbot do for us?AClean off the dirt in the ductsBControl the central conditioningCReduce carbon-
60、dioxide in buildingsDProtect more animals in city【小题4】According to the text, EPSCO_Ahas won an international robotics competitionBhired children to clean the dirty ducts in the pastCis the only partner of Robosoft SystemsDspecializes in improving peoples health【小题5】What is the main idea of the last
61、paragraph?AOnly engineers can operate the Ductbot nowBNew ways have been found to examine oil tanksCAzads difficulties are impossible to overcomeDAzads team are working to improve their robot designs考点：考查科普类短文第卷（非选择题，共45分）第四部分: 书面表达 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 阅读表达 (共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的
62、位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。1 Alice Munro wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Canadian woman to take the award since it was founded in 1901. 2 Munro,82, only the 13th woman given the award, was praised by the Swedish Academy during the Nobel announcement in Stockholm as the master of th
63、e contemporary short story. Were not saying just that she can say a lot in just 20 pages-more than an average novel writer can-but also that she can cover ground. She can have a single short story that covers decades, and it works, said Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. 3 Mu
64、nro said she always viewed her chances of winning the Nobel as one of those pipe dreams that might happen, but it probably wouldnt. Munros daughter woke her up to tell her the news. It just seems impossible. A splendid thing to happenMore than I can say, she said, overcome with emotion. My stories h
65、ave gotten around quite remarkably for short stories. I would really hope that this would make people see the short story as an important art, not something you play around with until you got a novel written. 4 Born in Ontario in 193I,Alice Anne Laidlaw studied journalism at the University of Wester
66、n Ontario in London before dropping out to marry James Munro, a fellow student. She became a full-time housewife and mother of their children. She then moved to Victoria with her first husband and later returned to Ontario following their divorce. She married Fremlin in 1976. 5 Three years ago, in a
67、n interview at Torontos International Festival of Authors, Munro said she had battled cancer, but did not provide specifics. In June, she told the National Post she was probably not going to write anymore. Asked on Thursday whether she would reconsider that statement, Munro said_, because I am getti
68、ng rather old. 【小题1】What is the text mainly about? ( no more than 15 words) _【小题2】What is Peter Englund mainly talking about in paragraph two? ( no more than 5 words) _【小题3】Please explain the underlined sentence in paragraph three. _【小题4】How did Alice Munro get the news that she won the Nobel Prize?
69、 ( no more than 10 words) _【小题5】Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words. (no more than 5 words) _第二节：写作 (满分30分) 假如你是新华中学的学生李华，偶然看到在你市求学的美国学生Tom在网上发帖，要大家给他推荐一本学习汉语的书。你手头正好有一本合适的书可以借给他。请你给他发一封电子邮件，要点如下： 1说明写信原因； 2描述书的情况； 3约定见面时间和地点。 注意： 1.词数：120 -150； 2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Tom, Im Ii Hua, a student of Xinhua Middle School._ _ _ Best wishes. Yours Li Hua 【答案】Dear Tom, 23山东、北京、天津、云南、贵州、江西 六地区试卷投稿QQ 2355394694
