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Section A News ReportsDirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D.(1) (单选题)News Report 1Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A.By opening fire with machine guns.B.y singing through loudspeakers.C.By dancing.D.By firing mortar bombs.(2) (单选题)News Report 1Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.2.A.Singing and music are prohibited.B.Tight restrictions are imposed on women.C.Many women are taken as sex slaves.D.Women are backed by the U.S.A.(3) (单选题)News Report 2Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A.Shortage of water.B.Too much rain.C.High temperature.D.Cold spell.(4) (单选题)News Report 2Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.4.A.Water is meted out drip by drip.B.No long, hot showers.C.No lawn watering.D.o the laundry once every three weeks.(5) (单选题)News Report 3Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A.Saturday, March 11th from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.B.Sunday, March 11thfrom 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.C.Saturday, March 11thfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.D.Sunday, March 11thfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.(6) (单选题)News Report 3Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.6.A.VendorsB.Horse ridingC.lownsD.A climbing wall(7) (单选题)News Report 3Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.7.A.BurgersB.SpiritsC.heese cakesD.SpaghettiA. 执行用户程序→输入采样→输出刷新选项B. 输入采样→执行用户程序→输出刷新选项C. 输入采样→输出刷新→执行用户程序选项D. 以上都不对

Passage ThreeA hobby is something you do just for fun. It could be painting pictures, watching birds, or reading. Some people collect things. These things could be new, but they might be old. Many beautiful things were made long ago.Do people get the things that they collect? At the beach, many people pick up pretty shells to save. They find them near the sea. Some people pick up things from the street. They find things in the garbage. Others save things from their families or friends. Still others buy things to collect.Why do people collect things? First it can be fun. People really like the things they save. Also, you and your friend may collect the same thing. Then it's something you can do together.However, some people like to do it alone. To them, a hobby is something you do by yourself. People also learn from their hobbies. You may have many pictures of kings. If you want to know more about them, you can go to the library and get a book. Then you can read about them.You will find out such things as when and where they live.Saving things gives people something to do. Both children and older people like to have hobbies. Some people no longer work so they collect things to keep busy. Hobbies fill many people's days with hours of fun.51. According to the passage, a hobby is something thatA. you paintB. you watchC. you readD. you do just for fun52. According to the writer, a hobby can't beA. collecting thingsB. selling thingsC. saving thingsD. making things53. According to the passage, people can collect thingsA. almost everywhereB. from the streetC. in the garbageD. at the beach54. Having hobbies is meaningful because you canA. learn somethingB. have funC. keep busyD. all of the above55. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Whoever you are, you can find your hobbies.B. People can't collect things until they no longer work.C. People of all ages can enjoy their hobbies.D. People can have a lot of fun through their hobbies.

One day a tailor in Duluth, Minnesota, was busy making a coat when he suddenly heard a low, threatening sound at his open door. He looked up and could hardly believe what he saw. He had heard there were bears coming right into the city and looking for food, but it didn't seem possible a bear at his door was real. He was terribly frightened (害怕的) because underline(he had no gun in the shop). His only weapon was the pair of scissors (剪刀) he used for cutting cloth. At that moment a car came down the street. The driver saw the bear and was so surprised that he turned his car off the road and onto the sidewalk. Luckily, the bear was just as frightened as the tailor. The bear moved quickly on down the street to look for food elsewhere. The tailor telephoned the police, and the bear was captured by the police before it could harm anyone.41. According to the passage, the story took place at _______.A. the doctor'sB. the hairdresser'sC. the tailor'sD. the barber's42. The passage says that _______.A. no one heard bears coming into DuluthB. a bear came right into Duluth looking for foodC. the tailor often saw bears coming to himD. bears always came into the city at night43. The tailor was terribly frightened because _______.A. there was no gun at all in the shopB. he did not know how to use a gunC. he was afraid to fire a gunD. there was something wrong with his gun44. When a car came down the street, _______.A. the bear was killed by the driverB. the bear got angry and attacked the driverC. the bear ran down the street to look for food elsewhereD. the bear was finally captured by the tailor45. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The bear was not frightened by the car.B. The tailor was not frightened when he saw a bear at his door.C. The bear harmed the car driver.D. The bear was finally captured by the police.

After a day at work, I like to put some music on, dance around and let ______ steam.A. offB. onC. overD. out

Police will strictly underline(enf---) these speed limits with heavy fines.

WARBy Luigi PirandelloThe passengers who had left Rome, Italy by the night express had had to stop until dawn at the small station of Fabriano in order to continue their journey by the small old-fashioned "local" joining the main line with Sulmona.At dawn, in a hot and smoky second-class carriage（车厢）in which five people had already spent the night, a tall and heavy woman in deep mourning, was came in—almost like a shapeless bundle, Behind her—puffing and moaning, followed her husband—a tiny man, thin and weakly, his face death-white, his eyes small and bright and looking shy and uneasy.Having at last taken a seat he politely thanked the passengers who had helped his wife and who had made room for her, then he turned round to the woman trying to pull down the collar of her coat and politely asked:"Are you all right, dear? "The wife, instead of answering, pulled up her collar again to her eyes, so as to hide her face."Nasty world, " muttered the husband with a sad smile.And he felt it his duty to explain to his traveling companions that the poor woman was to be pitied because the war was taking away from her only son, a boy of twenty to whom both had devoted their entire life, even breaking up their home at Sulmona to follow him to Rome where he had to go as a student, then allowing him to volunteer for war with an assurance, however, that at least for six months he would not be sent to the front and now, all of a sudden, receiving a wire saying that he was due to leave in three days' time and asking them to go and see him off.The woman under the big coat was twisting and turning, at times growling like a wild animal, feeling certain that all those explanations would not have aroused even a shadow of sympathy from those people who—most likely—were in the same plight as herself. One of them, who had been listening with particular attention, said:"You should thank God that your son is only leaving now for the front, Mine has been sent there the first day of the war. He has already come back twice wounded and been sent back again to the front.""What about me? I have two sons and three nephews at the front, " said another passenger."Maybe, but in our case, it is our only son, " ventured the husband."What difference can it make? You may spoil your only son with much attention, but you cannot love him more than you would all your other children if you had any. Paternal love is not like bread that can be broken into pieces and split amongst the children in equal shares. A father gives all his love to each one of his children without discrimination（歧视）, whether it be one or ten, and if l am suffering now for my two sons, I am not suffering half for each of them but double…""True … true …" sighed the embarrassed husband, "but suppose (of course we all hope it will never be your case)a father has two sons at the front and he loses one of them, there is still one left to comfort him … while …""Yes, " answered the other, getting cross, "a son left to comfort him but also a son left for whom he must survive, while in the case of the father of an only son if the son dies the father can die too and put an end to his distress. Which of the two positions is the worse? Don't you see how my case would be worse than yours? ""Nonsense, " interrupted another traveler, a fat red-faced man with bloodshot eyes of the palest gray.He was panting From his bulging（鼓起的）eyes seemed to burst inner violence of an uncontrolled energy which his weakened body could hardly contain."Nonsense, " he repeated, trying to cover his mouth with his hand so as to hide the two missing front teeth. "Nonsense. Do we give life to our children for our own benefit? "The other travelers stared at him in sorrow. The one who had had his son at the front since the first day of the war sighed: "You are right. Our children do not belong to us, they belong to the Country …""Bosh, " replied angrily to the fat traveler. "Do we think of the Country when we give life to our children? Our sons are born because they must be born and when they come to life they take our own life with them. This is the truth. We belong to them but they never belong to us. And when they reach twenty they are exactly what we were at their age. We too had a father and mother, but there were so many other things as well … girls, cigarettes, illusions, new ties …and the Country, of course, whose call we would have answered—when we were twenty—even if father and mother had said no. Now, at our age, the love of our Country is still great, of course, but stronger than it is the love for our children. Is there any one of us here who wouldn't gladly take his son's place at the front if he could? "There was a silence all around, everybody nodding as to approve."Why then, " continued the fat man, "shouldn't we consider the feelings of our children when they are twenty? Isn't it natural that at their age they should consider the love for their Country （I am speaking of decent boys, of course）even greater than the love for us? Isn't it natural that it should be so, as after all, they must look upon us as upon old boys who cannot move any more and must stay at home? If Country exists, if Country is a natural necessity like bread, of which each of us must eat in order not to die of hunger, somebody must go to defend it. And our sons go, when they are twenty, and they don't want tears, because if they die, they die inflamed and happy（I am speaking, of course, of good boys）. Now, if one dies young and happy, without having the ugly sides of life, the boredom of it, the pettiness, the bitterness of disillusion（幻灭）… what more can we ask for him? Everyone should stop crying: everyone should laugh, as I do … or at least thank God—as I do—because my son, before dying, sent me a message saying that he was dying satisfied at having ended his life in the best way he could have wished. That is why, as you see, I do not even wear mourning …"He shook his light fawn coat as to show it; his livid lip over his missing teeth was trembling, his eyes were watery and motionless, and soon after, he ended with a shrill laugh which might well have been a sob."Quite so … quite so …" agreed the others.The woman who, bundled in a corner under her coat, had been sitting and listening had—for the last three months—tried to find in the words of her husband and her friends something to console her in her deep sorrow, something that might show her how a mother should resign herself to send her son not even to death but to a probable danger of life. Yet not a word had she found amongst the many which had been said … and her grief had been greater in seeing that nobody—as she thought—could share her feelings.But now the words of the traveler amazed and almost stunned her. She suddenly realized that it wasn't the others who were wrong and could not understand her but herself who could not rise up to the same height of those fathers and mothers willing to resign themselves, without crying, not only to the departure of their sons but even to their death.She lifted her head; she bent over from her corner trying to listen with great attention to the details which the fat man was giving to his companions about the way his son had fallen as a hero, for his King and his Country, happy and without regrets. It seemed to her that she had stumbled into a world she had never dreamt of, a world so far unknown to her and she was so pleased to hear everyone joining in congratulating that brave father who could so stoically speak of his child's death.Then suddenly, just as if she had heard nothing of what had been said and almost as if waking up from a dream, she turned to the old man, asking him:"Then … is your son really dead? "Everybody stared at her. The old man, too, turned to look at her fixing his great, bulging, horribly watery light gray eyes, deep in her face, For some little time he tried to answer, but words failed him. He looked and looked at her, almost as if only then—at that silly, incongruous（不协调的）question—he had suddenly realized at last that his son was really dead … gone forever … forever. His face contracted, became horribly distorted, then he snatched in haste a handkerchief from his pocket and, to the amazement of everyone, broke into heart-breaking, uncontrollable sobs.(1)How did the woman feel about their son leaving home? (2)What is the "fat red-faced man" like? Support your idea with evidence.(3)If you were in the carriage with these parents, who would you choose to comfort? How would you do it? (4)What can you learn from this story? Support your idea with evidence.

The Benefits of a Paid Vacation Taking a paid vacation is good for everyone. Not only are regular vacations good for the work-life balance of the individual employees, they also increase productivity, which is great for business. Vacations don’t need to be long to be effective. Sally Harper, a professional psychologist says: “Some people believe that a vacation is only worthwhile if it’s for two weeks or longer. In fact, taking several short two-day vacations each year can be even more energising. You don’t need to spend lots of money travelling somewhere new. The important thing is to try something you haven’t done before.” Sally continues: “It’s fine to stay at home, but go on a hike, or go swimming, you will feel better. Don’t spend your vacation cleaning out your kitchen closet, as this will not help you to return to work feeling recharged!” When you go on vacation, take a complete break from work. Sally says: “It can be tempting to respond to emails, so you don’t fall too far behind. If you do this, you’re not on vacation-you’re just working somewhere else.” If you’re still not convinced about the importance of taking regular vacations, think of the health benefits. Taking regular time off will improve your mental and physical health. You’ll return to work feeling relaxed and find it easier to get along with your colleagues. Better start planning your time off work now. And if you’re an employer, make sure you encourage all your employees to make the most of their vacations. 1. Which of the following sentences best sums up the writer’s opinion about vacations? A They cost businesses a lot of money, and they are bad for the economy. B They’re necessary, but employees need to be careful they don’t fall behind with work. C They’re a positive thing, as long as employees aren’t away too regularly. D They’re good for individual employees and, in the long term, they’re good for business.

The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ________ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck.A. wasB. wereC. had beenD. would be

8. This aircraft company deals with ___ only; it has no passenger service.A. freightB. plantsC. compoundD. dump