听第1段材料，回答1—3 题 1. What’s the matter with Steve? A. He has a cold. B. He has the flu. C. He has a stomachache. 2. What does Carla suggest Steve do? A. Take Chinese medicine. B. See another doctor. C. Take a good rest. 3. What does Steve probably decide to do? A. Talk to another friend. B. Listen to Carla’s suggestion. C. See the same doctor again.
听第2段材料，回答4—6 题 4. What service is being advertised? A. Home repair. B. Food delivery. C. Carpet cleaning. 5. What is the regular cost of the service? A. 29.95 dollars. B. 25.45 dollars. C. 14.95 dollars. 6. What will new customers receive free if they call now? A. Fur balls. B. Stain remover. C. Mud cleaner.
听第3段材料，回答7—9题 7. What is the man? A. An actor. B. A director. C. A writer. 8. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In an entrance hall. B. In the man’s home. C. In a theatre. 9. What do we know about the woman? A. She is only interested in a lead role. B. She is never had a part in a play before. C. She tries to make the man pleased with her.
听第4段材料，回答10—12题
10. Based on the girl’s statements, how would you describe her English teacher? A. Considerate. B. Irritable (易怒的). C. Fashionable. 11. How does the girl feel about her Spanish class? A. She finds that the exams are quite confusing. B. She says that the assignments require too much time. C. She feels the teacher doesn’t spend enough time explaining verbs. 12. Why does the girl like her history class? A. The teacher gives easy questions on tests. B. The teacher gives candy to all of the students. C. The teacher rewards students who can handle his questions.
听第5段材料，回答13—15题 13. When did the worst Ohio River Flood occur according to the speaker? A. In 1930. B. In 1937. C. In 1936. 14. How many lives were lost in the East of the United States in the 1930s? A. 3,500 and more. B. 3,500 and less. C. About 5,000. 15. What was the weather like in America during the 1930s? A. Unusually hot. B. Rainy. C. Extraordinary.
第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要信息，填入标号为16—20的空格中。录音读两遍。你有90秒钟的作答时间。答案做在答题卷上。 According to the passage, what does the 358 mean? Building 3, (16) _______, Room 8. Where is the woman’s class on? In Building (17) _____________. Professor Laurier teaches the History of (18)__________. When is the Professor’s class every week? (19)______________¬¬¬¬_ at 3:00 p.m. What should the woman take to the class? (20)__________and other materials.
He turned an ordinary term paper into a 32 billion business … Fred Smith was just 27 when he founded FedEx. Thirty-five years later, he’s 21 at the helm (舵). He owes the success of the company to leadership – something he 22 from his family. Smith’s grandfather 23 a Mississippi River steamboat; his father built the Greyhound Bus Line in the South, 24 his fortune along with the routes. Smith says he was just four when his father died, “so he probably served as a role model for me.” Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Smith says, “I didn’t know I wanted to go into 25 , but I knew I wanted a leadership 26 . That appealed to me.” Actually, he loved flying. So as a student at Yale University, he helped set up the Yale flying club. But Smith never 27 looking for the “big idea.” He thought he had found it when he wrote for an economics class a term paper, in which he outlined his 28 for overnight delivery of goods to major US cities. Yet the professor wasn’t impressed. But he knew it would be a while before he could turn his idea into 29 . Fred Smith was 30 . Now thirty-five years has passed, and FedEx has become a $ 32 billion global transportation and logistics (物流) company, serving more than 220 countries and areas.
21. A. even B. still C. ever D. always 22. A. built up B. put up C. made up D. picked up 23. A. captained B. charged C. changed D. damaged 24. A. taking B. telling C. expanding D. searching 25. A. politics B. business C. work D. education 26. A. position B. condition C. situation D. reservation 27. A. risked B. ended C. stopped D. started 28. A. idea B. program C. article D. aim 29. A. dream B. use C. practice D. reality 30. A. wrong B. active C. right D. accurate
One evening, I came across one of my son’s papers with a failing grade. I almost started to yell his name 31 I suddenly remembered he was in bed asleep. It was his 32 (nine) year of school and his academic career seemed to be in ruins, so I was angry. But I put the paper aside and turned to the 33 one, at the top of which were written “My dad”. It was a poem about me, 34 included the time I had to leave work to take him to the hospital because he 35 (break) his finger. So careless was I 36 I had forgotten all about that. He talked about how I wrestled with him in the evenings and 37 good many other things. That
