1、1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. What are the speakers talking about?A. A book. B. A movie. C. A magazine.2. What is the woman going to do this summer vacation?A. Stay at home. B
2、. Visit her aunt. C. Read some books.3. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Boss and employee.C. Husband and wife.4. How much should the woman pay for her ice-creams?A. 2.5 dollars. B. 5 dollars. C. 3.75 dollars.5. How about the weather next week?A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C.
3、Rainy.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。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What is the woman truly looking forward to?A. The mans birthday.B. Her golden birthday.C. Her brother? s birthday.
4、7. What does the man think about “golden birthday”？2A. Interesting.B. Dissatisfying.C. Disappointing. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What course does Professor Kin probably teach?A. Writing. B. Teaching. C. Economics.9. Which one shouldnt they hand in?A. A data collection.B. A questionnaire.C. An essay.10
5、. How many words are they required to write?A. 1,000. B. 1,200. C. 200.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What may the woman like eating most?A. Fried fish.B. Sweet-and-sour fish.C. Salty fish.12. What do we know about the man?A. He has a good appetite.B. He likes beef.C. He prefers sweet.13. Where does thi
6、s conversation most probably take place?A. In a library.B. In a supermarket.C. In a canteen.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. When does the flight probably leave?A. 11:00 a. m. B. 9:00 a. m. C. 10:40 a.m.15. How does the man go to the airport?A. By taxi.3B. By subway.C. By the hotel shuttle.16. What does t
7、he man want to do in the end?A. To change his room.B. To get a receipt.C. To call his company.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Whats the main topic of the speech?A. Harvard University. B. Harvard Library.C. John Harvard.18. How many hours are the libraries usually open?A. 24 hours. B. 12 hours. C. 8 hour
8、s.19. Why are many books stored in suburban libraries?A. There is no limitation for the number of books.B. The space for the library is limited.C. You can borrow a book within 24 hours.20. How can students borrow books from a suburban library?A. Go to borrow by themselves.B. Wait for someone to post
9、 to them.C. Wait for someone to go and get for them. 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） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIf there is one thing that Long Island is known for, it is our vast, beautiful beaches. They offer a variety of activities to the visitors take a look at our
10、Long Island Beaches guide to ensure youll have everything you need for a great day of catching rays and chasing waves.Sunken Meadow State ParkRte. 25 A and Sunken Meadow Parkway Kings Park, NY 11754 Phone: 631-26943334Sunken Meadow State Park is home to three miles of water front on the Long Island.
11、 Visitors can enjoy swimming with seasonal lifeguard supervision. Large picnic areas are available for use in the park. The park also hosts as a venue for family reunions, parties, and weddings.Jones Beach State Park2600 Ocean Parkway Wantagh 11793Phone: 516-785-1600Jones Beach State Park offers 6.5
12、 miles of ocean beach and a half mile of bay beach. The beach offers a lot of facilities to visitors which include mini-golf, basketball courts, a swimming pool, a performing arts theater with shows all summer, a long boardwalk to walk or jog, and a gift shop.Robert Moses State ParkRobert Moses Park
13、way Babylon 11702Phone: 631-669-0470Enjoy five miles of ocean beach front at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island. Here you can swim, surf, or fish from the shore.A boat basin is available for a day? s use. The basin can accommodate 40 boats.Orient Beach State Park 40000 Route 25 Orient, NY 11957
14、Phone: 631-323-2440With an ocean beach 4 miles longer than that of Robert Moses State Park, Orient Beach State Park is known for relaxing, fishing and various recreational activities. Visitors can also kayak and paddle board. The beach also offers kayaking tours either by the park or through a partn
15、er company.21. Which of the following has the longest ocean beach?A. Sunken Meadow State Park.B. Jones Beach State Park.C. Robert Moses State Park.D. Orient Beach State Park.22. If youre planning your wedding on the beach, you can contact .A. 631-269-4333 B. 516-785-1600C. 631-669-0470 D. 631-323-24
16、4023. What can you probably do in Jones Beach State Park?5A. Hold a party.B. Picnic with friends.C. Enjoy shows.D. Fish from the shore.B“I think there was a little bit of nervousness,” neighbor Jamie Peterson said about 7-year-old Karl Warm. “His mom was wondering how Halloween was going to work wit
17、h Karl in a wheelchair and they have a younger son who was going to be running around trick-or-treating.”Petersons son, Ty, is best friends with Karl, so they decided to figure out a way to help. “Its a wonderful friendship,” Peterson said. “He and Karl have just been very close. They love playing t
18、ogether, spending time together.” To save Halloween, Peterson and Ty decided to build Karl a wheelchair-friendly military tank costume.“The idea from his mother was originally building something over his push wheelchair, but Ty and I decided that just wasnt going to work,” he said. “We needed to do
19、something more impressive something he can drive, so thats where the power chair came from.”After a few long days of work, Peterson and Ty presented Karl with the incredible costume. “I love my son Ty amazingly, but that kid cannot keep a secret for his life. He kept filtering (透露) little bits of in
20、formation” to either Karl or his mom,” Peterson said. Even though it wasnt a surprise, Karl and his family were amazed by how well it turned out. “He was so excited when we rolled up to his house with it.”24. Who first got the idea of making a special costume for Karl?A. Ty. B. Tys mother. C. Tys fa
21、ther. D. Ty and his father.25. We can infer from this story that with the “special costume”, on the Halloween.A. Karl might dress up himself as a driverB. Karl might dress up himself as a soldierC. Karl would go trick-or-treating with others pushing himD. Karl would run and play trick-or-treating26.
22、 What do we know about Ty from the story?A. He lived close to Karl and they were classmates.B. He was so capable that he finished the costume quickly.C. He was considerate and creative.D. He prepared a big surprise for Karl.627. Which of the following is the best title for the text?A. A Precious Hal
23、loween Gift for TyB. A Special Gift for HalloweenC. A Friendly NeighborhoodD. A Friend in Need Is a Friend IndeedCOn Oct. 14, He Qiaonv announced to donate $ 1.5 billion to save endangered animals, nearly one third of her total fortune. That could prove to be “a game-changer in the battle to save en
24、dangered wildlife”, agrees the South China Morning Post.The number isnt the only thing thats surprising about the announcement. The source of the donation might equally raise eyebrows: The donation isnt coming from a known western conservationist like Paul Alien, but from a Chinese woman.He Qiaonv i
25、s a Chinese entrepreneur (企业家) who is also a self-made billionaire through her Beijing Oriental Landscape and Ecology Company. Born in 1966, in a mountain village in Zhejiang, she grew up among plants. She got her bachelors degree in 1988. A visit to a bonsai (盆景 ) exhibition a few years later in Be
26、ijing inspired her to launch her own business selling the miniature Japanese trees, which proved to be a success. However, it was not long before her initial success hit a setback when a manager ran off with company cash, and an investment she made in iron mine failed. But she persisted and started
27、from scratch again.He Qiaonv is not only a strong-willed woman with a vision, but also an incredible woman with a kind heart. She pays special attention to protecting the environment as well as endangered animals. “At the very beginning, the dream of our business was to build 100 most beautiful park
28、s in 100 cities of China,” said He. But what she found along the way were polluted water systems and abandoned urban ecology, which made her determined to make efforts to deal with environment problems. As He said, “We believe that to protect Chinas environment is to protect the environment of the e
29、ntire planet.”28. In what way is the donation surprising?A. The purpose of the donation is to save endangered animals.B. Just the number of the donation is so huge.C. A Chinese woman donated a large sum of money.D. A famous western conservationist donated a large sum of money.29. Whats the meaning o
30、f the underlined phrase “started from scratch” in the third paragraph?7A. Insisted on her business.B. Started from the beginning.C. Started to invest.D. Started to work hard.30. What can we learn from the passage?A. A visit to a bonsai exhibition made a difference in He Qiaonvs life.B. He Qiaonv got
31、 a large fortune from her parents.C. He Qiaonv gained some money in an iron mine investment.D. He Qiaonv gave away most of her fortune to save endangered animals.31. What kind of person is He Qiaonv in the authors opinion?A. Selfish and greedy.B. Warm-hearted and ambitious.C. Intelligent and mean.D.
32、 Determined and kind.DScientists have discovered that the left side of the brain controls the verbal expression of our longterm “semantic” (语义的) memory which contains facts, concepts and knowledge.The research is led by Dr. Grace Rice and Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph. The team worked with 41 patie
33、nts who had part of their brains removed to treat their long-standing epilepsy (癫痫). The patients had their verbal (言语的) and visual semantic memory tested.The surgery removes part of the brain that causes the epilepsy, but also removes tissue which researchers believe is involved in storing semantic
34、 memories. Twenty of the patients had surgery to remove part of the brain on the right side, and 21 had surgery to remove the left part.To test their verbal semantic memory, the teams assessments included testing patients ability to name pictures and famous people, and their ability to match words i
35、n terms of their meaning. And to test their visual memory, the patients were asked to identify emotions of people in photographs and say if a face was familiar to them. The test results were compared with 20 more people who did not have any neurological (神经学的) problems.Dr. Grace Rice said: “Our rese
36、arch for the first time shows that at least for semantic memory both sides of the brain play an important role in visual and verbal semantic memory. But there is a significant difference when it comes to verbal expression of this knowledge, which was affected more by surgery to the left side of the
37、brain.”8“Our research provides an important insight both into what effects this particular kind of epilepsy surgery has on behaviour, but also helps us to understand where in the brain memory is stored,” she adds.32. Where does the passage probably come from?A. An exhibition guide. B. A science fict
38、ion.C. A medical report. D. A financial review.33. How does the team test the patients verbal semantic memory?A. By drawing famous pictures. B. By telling the patients emotions.C. By identifying the familiar faces. D. By matching words with their meanings.34. What can be learned from the research?A.
39、 The research involves more than 60 people.B. The location of the brain memory is still unknown.C. The research is a breakthrough in the brains semantic memory.D. The surgery removes part of the brain and tissues of 21 patients.35. Which side of the brain mainly controls the verbal expression accord
40、ing to Dr. Grace Rice?A. The right side. B. The left side.C. Both sides. D. Neither side.第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Struggles of the Highly Intelligent PeopleMost people regard highly intelligent people as super humans. Yet, the reality is quite differen
41、t. 36 If youre a highly intelligent person, these struggles and the lack of understanding from peers can leave you feeling lonely. In order to help you feel acknowledged and understood, here are some of your most common struggles. 37 .It can be quite a challenge for you to be involved in small talk
42、about ordinary things. This is because your brain is full of great ideas. Topics that interest you likely include science, art, philosophy ,and those are rarely found in small talk. Your job can easily bore you.The need for your brain to be constantly challenged with new greater ideas and projects c
43、an turn your once exciting job into ordinary and boring, as you exhaust all ways to be creative with it. 38 . You sometimes have action numbness.9Its hard to be a thinker in a world that appreciates action more than great ideas. 39 , you may at times be missing the action urge. Unfortunately, people
44、 tend to mistake this quality as laziness which leaves you feeling under-appreciated. Its hard for you to fall in love.40 Since youre much more cautious, analytical and independent, you tend to get mistaken for cold and high maintenance.However difficult your daily struggles may seem, you dont need
45、to let them prevent you from growing. Go your own way!A. Small talk exhausts youB. Small talk is of no benefit to youC. As youre too consumed with different ideasD. They can also encounter numbers of difficultiesE. Finally, your quest for love is slightly more demandingF. And your boss isnt so sympa
46、thetic but just wants the job doneG. They struggle with issues somewhat different than those of the rest of the world 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Last summer, Luke was thinking of something interesting to do. 41 playing
47、video games or riding his bike, the 12-year-old decided to build a 42 house in his backyard in Iowa.“Having got tired during the summer, I became really 43 tiny houses,” Luke says: “In addition to raising funds (资金 ), I also decided to 44 enough money by cutting lawns to build one.”With his dads ass
48、istance, Luke 45 the home in just a year and a half. It is 10 feet long and 5.5 feet wide and cost about $1,500. Outside, the door and windows are reused from a 46 bus; Inside, many are 47 from grandmas house, such as some shelves and an old sofa.When he started, Luke was already handy with a lot of
49、 48 , and he quickly learned skills like carpentry (木匠). “Now that I m done building, I think its a very 49 process,” he says. “But when I started, I didnt know what to do.”When his son started the project, his dad said he set simple 50 : You raise the money. You build it. And you own it.10He said his son learned how to do much of the work, including staying on 51 and dealing with adults. “It was a (n) 52 for a kid to do something more than play video games or sports
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