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At these stores, they will sell a car that is customized(定做) to the customer’s needs. So you will buy your car piece by piece. What’s the point of buying a top if you don’t need one? Why buy sides to your car if you want a good view? If you always drive alone, what’s the point of buying four seats? The solution is to buy only what you need; pay a dollar for each wheel, a dollar for the engine, a dollar for the floor, a dollar for a seat, and away you go. When it looks like rain, run back and buy a r oof. When winter comes you can buy the sides and top; or fold up what you have and store it. Reliability(可靠性 ) won’t be a problem because when something breaks down, just throw it away and buy a new one. When you get tired of the color of style, just replace it. While it may feel like you are always dishing out money, by the time you’ve done, you might only pay $12.00 for the entire car, so let’s not complain. This store will be such a big hit in India. 49. Why does the writer say the stores will be successful? A. The stores sell big things for low prices. B. The stores are all over the world. C. The stores sell cars customized to customers’ needs. D. The stores are from India. 50. When something about the car breaks down, what can you do with it? A. You can fold it up and take it home. B. You can run back to t he store. C. You can throw it away and buy a new one. D. You can replace its colour and style. 51. Why does the writer ask us not to complain? A. Because the entire car costs you so little as to $12.00. B. Because the car has the color or style that you like. C. Because when something breaks down, you can replace it with a little money. [来源:学科网ZXXK] D. Because you can be always dishing out money. C Try this: For a whole day, forget about the clock. Eat when you’re hungry and sleep when you’re tired. What do you think will happen? You may be surprised to find that your day is much like most other days. You’ll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Even though you don’t know what time it is, your body does. Inside our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a 24-hour cycle. Everyone is unique, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister always wants to go to bed early. Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse on tests and quizzes. And working shifts at night leads to higher rates of heart disease. “There is a growing sen se that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are,” says Steen Shea, Director of the Sleep Disorders Research program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “During the night, we are prepared to sleep,” Shea says. “During the day, we are prepared to eat and move around. If you reverse (逆转) what you are doing, everything is out of phase. That can have adverse (不利的) results. 52. Why do you feel surprised that our day is much like most other days? A. We often have the same days. B. We often do the same in a simple day. C. We’ll probably get hungry when we normally eat and tired when we normally sleep. D. Even though you don’t know what time it is, your body does. 53. What makes some like to stay up late while others go to bed early? A. Our bodies. B. Our minds. C. The clock. D. Our unique system. 54. Steven Shea suggests ______. A. when we eat, we are prepared to eat. B. whe n we sleep, we are prepared to sleep. C. When we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are. D. we are prepared to follow clocklike system.[ 55. “Everything is out of phase” means _____. A. everything is out of order B. everything is bad C. everything is good D. everything is not controlled 第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共40分) 四、单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分,每空一词) 56. My dream is to travel ___________ (国外) to do further study. 57. The mother went out in a hurry, __________ (留下) her baby at home alone. 58. The computer can be used for __________ (设计) different things. 59. Knowledge is the most precious _________(财富) of all things. 60. Who are they talking with ___________(激动)? 61. These costumes must be one of the __________ (表演者). 62. Line 1 Underground will be in s__________ next month. 63. --What c_________ the serious accident this morning? –Maybe the bad weather. 64. This show attracts a large number of a__________. 65. There are going to be some e____________ about ancient Chinese dresses tomorrow. 五、翻译句子。(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分) 66. 近几年来政府有没有采取行动来减少污染? ______________________________________________________________________________ 67. 从中国乘飞机去英国要花多少时间? ______________________________________________________________________________ 68. 他无法停止去想那个令人兴奋的游行。 _____________________________________________________________________________ 69. 如果人们继续污染环境的话，我们的地球100年后会是什么样? _______________________________________________________________ ______________ 70. 文档创建后应该马上保存。 _____________________________________________________________________________ 六、书面表达(共15分) 几乎每个人都喜欢旅游，旅游在给你带来快乐的同时也有一些麻烦，在旅游中我们应该注意什么呢?请你根据以下要点写一篇关于旅游的文章，字数在90字左右，文章开头已给出，不计入字数。 1. 旅游是一种很好的放松方式。当你工作累了，有空的时候，到外地欣赏自然，可呼吸新鲜空气，可交友，忘记疲劳，有益健康; 2.旅游有时很麻烦。天气多变。有时可能会迷路。 3.旅游时应做充分准备，需了解天气情况。有朋友在一起，可相互照顾。 Traveling Almost everyone loves travelling. _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 听力材料及答案 (请同学们先用两分钟时间熟悉听力听力内容，然后再动笔答题。) 一. 听力选择(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分) A)听下面5段对话。每段对话后面有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. A: Where’s Jack? I want to talk to him. B: His maths teacher is talking with him in the office. Q: Where has Jack been? 2. A: When did you begin to learn Chinese painting, Xiao Wang? B: The year before last year. Q: How long has Xiao Wang learn English? 3. A: Shall we go to Suzhou Amusement Land tomorrow? B: That sounds great. But I’m afraid I’ll have no time to go with you. Q: Her friend won’t go with her, will she? 4. A: What is your plan after finishing school, Mike? xkb1.com B: Well, my parents want me to be a teacher, while I prefer to be a doctor. Q: What is Mike now? 5. A: Do you know a strong wind hit Taiwan yesterday? And it killed lots of people. B: Oh! Really? It sounds terrible. Q: What are they talking about? B) 听下面3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 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍. 听第一段对话，回答第6-7小题 W : Bob Kessier is forty-two. He’s a writer, and he lives in a small village in the west of England with his wife and daughter . Now I’d like to ask him some questions. Bob, you aren’t English , are you ? M: No, I am from West Hills, a small town in California in the United Stated . W: And what’s your job? M: I write travel books , mainly about England and the English , but also about other countries like Italy ,and France . W: What do you think of England? M: I like it here. I don’t want to go back to the United States. I like the traditions and the way of life. It’s so different from the States. For example, I love the way everyone says “sorry” all the time. I don’t understand why, it’s so nice. W: So you are happy in England ? M: Yes, very happy. My daughter goes to school here and she’s got lots of English friends . And you know, my wife and I usually drink tea with milk. 听第二段对话，回答第8-10小题。 M：What a beautiful blouse ! Where did you buy it? W：I bought it in the shop n ear our school. M：When did you buy it? W：I bought it four months ago.But I am we aring it for the first time. M：How much did it cost? W：It cost seventy-six yuan.But I don't know how much it costs now. M：What was it made of ? W：It was made of silk.I think. 听第三段材料，回答第11--15小题。 Mrs. Henry kept a very young cat as her pet. One evening the cat was playing outside and didn’t come back .Mrs. Henry looked for it everywhere, but could not find it. She called the police and said, “I’ve lost a small black cat. Did anybody find it?” “No, madam.” said the policeman. “But don’t worry. Sometimes cats can live in the snow for days, and when the snow stops, they are quite OK.” Mrs. Henry felt happier when she heard this. “And ,” she said, “ my cat is very clever. She almost talks.” The policeman really wanted to put down his telephone when he heard that, so he said, “Well, why don’t you put your telephone down, madam? Maybe she is trying to call you now.” (责任编辑：admin) |