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本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
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个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7. 5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19.5. B.£9.18. C.£9.15.
答案是C。
1.What does the woman mean?
A. Find a full-time job. B. Find his stolen bike. C. Buy another bike.
2. What will the woman bring to the man first?
A. Coffee. B. A menu. C. His order.
3.What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Play the violin. B. Play the guitar. C. Learn to paint.
4. When did the man graduate from university?
A.In 1975. B. In 1979. C. In 1985.
5.What does the man plan to do next?
A. She regrets never taking a job.
B. She is tired of being a housewife.
C. She wants to hire a cleaner
第二节（共15小題：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顶，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 surprised the man?
A. The woman had found a new job. B. The woman disagreed with him.
C. The woman didn’t feel like leaving.
7. What does the woman say about her department?
A. There is lack of trust. B. There is too much pressure.
C. There are some problems.
8. Why doesn’t the boy want to be the president in the end?
A. He doesn't want to get up early. B. He wants more free time.
C. He doesn’t want to travel.
9. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Aunt and nephew.
10. When will Frank Stone be free?
A. Tomorrow. B. This aflemooa C. This weekend.
11. What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?
A. 5: 20 p.m. B. 6: 15 p.m. C. 7: 00 p.m.
12. When is the clinic open in a week?
A. During the whole week. B. On weekdays except Thursday.
C. From Monday to Friday.
13. Who is the woman?
A. A salesperson. B. A gallery worker. C. An architect.
14. How did the man know about the gallery?
A. From his friend. B. Fn»n a magazine. C. From a website.
15. Which one is not asked by the woman?
A. Occupation. B. Address. C. Education.
16. What does the man think of the exhibition?
A. He didn’t like it at all. B. He liked the video a lot
C. He found the paintings great.
17. Which novel by Mo Yan is best known to Westerners?
A Red Sorghum Clan B. Life and Death A re Wearing Me Out.
C. Falling Rain on a Spring Night.
18. When did Mo Yan’s novel about a landlord come out?
A. In 2006. B. In 1992. C.Inl987.
19. What can we learn about Mo Yan from the dialogue?
A. He wasn't the first citizen of mainland China to receive the Nobel Prize.
B. He was 57 years old at the time of the announcement of the Nobel Prize.
C. He was the 119th person to receive the Nobel Prize.
20. According to Peter England, why is Mo Yan special?
A.He writes honestly about Chinese history.
B. He influenced many Chinese writers.
C.He has a very unique style.
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。
A
Tesco
Headquartered m Cheshunt, the UK, this supermarket chain is one of the largest in terms of the money it cams each year. It was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen. Tesco stores can be found across all continents. Even though it was set up only for food and drinks, now Tesco has completely branched out
Safeway
Founded in 1915 by young MB.Skaggs, Safeway developed from just a small grocery store on the fundamentals of providing value to customers but narrow profit. The success story of M.B.Skaggs became more evident when, by the end of the year 1926, he had opened almost 428 stores across ten states. Almost two years later, Safeway was listed at the New York Stock Exchange. At present, there arc more than fifteen hundred Safeway stores across the US and Canada.
The Kroger Company
Founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1883 by Bernard Kroger, the Kroger Company is now the third largest supermarket chains in the US. It is known for many precedents(先例）that it has set. It was the first supermarket to sell fresh meat and it invented the price scanners to shorten the check-out time. Over the last couple of decades, the Kroger Company has vastly expanded by acquiring popular brand names.
Reve- Gruppe
Reve- Gruppe was founded in 1927 and is presently headquartered in Cologne, Germany. This supermarket chain is easily counted among the top supennaricet chains of the world. Its vast line of products includes grocery, home improvement, medicines, clothing and so on.
21. What makes Tesco one of the largest supermarket chains?
A The profit of its stores. B. The goods in its stores.
C. The widespread chains. D. The large areas of its stores.
22. What was MB.Skaggs’ secret to developing his small grocery store?
A.He provided various goods.
B. He opened many stores across the US.
C. He focused on serving customers well.
D. He had all kinds of customers.
23. Why is the Kroger Company famous in its field?
A. Because it has acquired popular brand names.
B. Because it has been listed at the New York Stock Exchange.
C. Because it is the pioneer in many aspects.
D. Because it is the largest supermarket chain in the US.
24. What may be the best title for the text?
A. Which supermarket chain is the best?
B. How to be a profitable supermarket?
C.The history of lop supermarket chains.
D. Top supermarket chains around the world.
B
On a dark night, 11-year-old Joe was playing with his friends in the backyard when he saw a young cougar(美洲狮）.He quickly turned and ran inside the house.
Cougar encounters like this one are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. Most people assume that's because cougar populations are growing. But Professor Robert Wielgus argues that poorly designed
hunting policies might be causing an increase in cougar-human conflicts.
Wielgus’s research teams have been observing the big cats’ movements. They find that the cougar population is actually falling rapidly and almost no male cougars are over four years of age. A study shows that the heavily hunted area has five times as many cougar complaints as the lightly hunted area—even though th« density of cougars is about the same in both areas.
Wielgus doubts that hunting policies, which allow older males to be killed to keep cougar population in control, were the reasons and teenage cougars in the heavily hunted area may be responsible for most of the trouble. He finds that heavy hunting indeed almost wipes out older males and the population structure in the heavily hunted area shifts toward younger animals.
With these findings, Wielgus believes without adults to keep them under control, the disorderly teens are more likely to conflict with humans, farm animals and pets.
Wielgus’s ideas don’t sit well with everyone. “Hunting definitely does cause lots of teenage males to flow in, but 1 don’t yet see solid proof that they are more likely to cause trouble than older cats,” says Robinson. “In many cases, the new arrivals have been squeezed out of remote wilderness habitat and forced into areas where they arc more likely to encounter humans. I think humans arc primarily responsible for all the interaction. We’re moving into these areas where cougars and deer are.”
25. Why does the author begin the passage with a story?
A. To describe an incident.
B.To show the author’s attitude.
C. To warn of the dangers of cougars.
D.To discuss the cause of cougar encounters.
26. What does Wielgus say about cougar-human conflicts?
A. They result from hunting policies.
B. The increasing number of cougars leads to these conflicts.
C. Human beings destroy cougars' living areas.
D. Cougars want to find more food.
27. According to Wielgus* findings, the influence of hunting policies is that
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A. adult cougars are threatened
B. many young cougars are left out of control.
C. the number of cougars has decreased
D. cougars are forced to move to a safer place
28. What might Robinson advise to reduce cougar attacks?
A. Forbidding children to play in the dark night.
B. Driving cougars into their natural habitat.
C. Getting people to move out of the areas where cougars are.
D. Changing hunting policies.
C
The 2016 China-Japan-South Korea Art Festival opened in Ningbo, a coastal city in Southeast China's Zhejiang province and one of the three 2016 Culture Cities of East Asia, on Scpt.28. Artists from the three countries tried their best to present their special folk culture that night.
During the seven-day festival, all three countries will show their best performances, handwriting and photo exhibitions, foods and cultural attractions. In fact, this art festival is only part of the Ningbo Cultural Campaign. Since it started on April 15, the Ningbo Cultural Campaign has featured various activities throughout the year, with difTcrcnt themes in different seasons. The spring, summer, autumn and winter themes are respectively."Inheritance", “Bloom”,Harmony" and “Sharing”.
The ongoing China-Japan-South Korea Art Festival is an important pan of autumn activities, just like the campaign's opening ceremony in spring and the China-Japan-South Korea Youth Games in summer.
According to Lu Yong, vice-director of Ningbo's Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication Administration, three 2016 Culture Cities of East Asia, namely Ningbo, Japan's Nara and South Korea's Jeju, contributed to the festival. Former culture cities also took part, including Yokohama and Gwangju. They promoted their local art projects and eagerly communicated with one another.
The festival lasted to Oct.5, partly overlapped China's National Day holiday, so more citizens attended the all-inclusive and family-friendly festival.
Six cultural exchange delegations(代表团）have been sent from Ningbo to other culture cities of East Asia, Tokyo and Seoul. Japan and South Korea paid a return visit by sending six delegations. Ningbo will
send another eight delegations by the end of 2016.
29. Which of the following activities cannot be included in The 2016 China-Japan-South Korea Art Festival?
A. Science Exhibition. B. Photo Exhibition
C.Live Concert D. Local Food Festival.
30. Which of the following can replace the underline word “overlap” in Para. 5?
A.disturb B. cover C. shorten D. change
31. According to the text, we can know that .
A.Ningbo, Yokohama and Gwangju are three 2016 Culture Cities of East Asia
B. "Harmony" is the winter theme in the Ningbo Cultural Campaign
C. Ningbo will send fourteen delegations altogether in 2016
D.The campaign's opening ceremony is an important part of autumn activities
D
Earlier last year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with The New York Times to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant Articles will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stones eam—at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing—and has been for a while.
When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead, Google used, and still uses a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo have been punishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports—areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to tht accuracy of the data.
Should we be worried about such developments? I think wt should. One concern is that Facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline(兼职)，a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function一so if it stops making them lots of money, they’re likely to stop doing it.
There’s also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news stoiy puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.
Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article一at least for daily news一I don't think the ccnnputers will be writing any in-dcpth articles for a while yet.
32.What will happen if the New York Times work with Facebook?
A Facebook users can read The New York Times’ news on their own webpage.
B. Facebook can get part of the advertising income.
C. The New York Times will stop place news for free.
D. The New York Times will get all-round supports from society.
33. Why do computer-written news have mainly concentrated on finance and sports?
A. These are the most popular topics for online users.
B. More journalists have specializing in these areas.
C. Information about these topics is more easily available.
D. In these areas accuracy of data is more important than writing style.
34. Which of the following is not the characteristic of well-written news articles?
A. The articles are carefully sliced.
B. The articles are delivered quickly.
C.Different views are presented.
D. The articles offer the public new knowledge.
35. What is author’s attitude towards Facebook Instant Articles according to the text?
A.Supportive. B. Optimistic. C. Indifferent. D. Negative.
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。
When touring Europe, People usually visit the UK，France, Germany, or Italy. 36 It’s a hidden treasure in Europe.
The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany,Luxembourg and France. 37 However, it’s population is over ten million, thus making it one of the most crowded countries in Europe.
38 About 58% of people live in Flanders to the north, who speak Dutch. Approximately 41% of Belgians live in southern area Less then ten thousand people living in the east speak German which only occupies 1%. Belgian university, TV channels and newspapers may use Dutch, French and German.
For most of its history, Belgium was controlled by foreigners, starling with the Romans over 2,000 years ago. People from the area that is now Germany also ruled part of the country, and France fought two other kingdoms over control of Belgium in the 17th and 18th centuries. Belgium finally won its independence in 1830 and has its own place in Europe. 39
If you like sweet food, Belgium is a wonderful place. It’s famous for its different kinds of chocolate. Belgium produces more than 170 million kilograms of chocolate each year. In fact, Belgians are also heavy users in it. 40 Another thing that all Belgians share is beer. There are also hundreds of kinds of beer, of whic verage Belgium consumes 100 liters per year.
Whether you wish to try a strawberry beer or walk through the street of old Europe, Belgium is the place for you. Come to Belgium and experience something new.
A. The average person eats 6.8 kilograms of chocolate a year.
B. Why not visit Belgium?
C. Beer is as important to Belgians as wine is to the French.
D. Belgium is linguistically divided due to its history.
E. The nation covers 30»000 square kilometers.
F. Belgium becomes one of the most attractive destinations.
G. Today, the capital city, Brussels, is home to the European Union.
第一节完形填空(共20小题:每蔑1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各題所给的四个选项(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。
Last week I hurt my back, so I had to cut down my 41 at work. Recently the only thing that 42 me more than the pain in ray back was worry about money. 43 I had been excited to visit my sister Thcrcse, all I could think about in her house yesterday was that I wasn’t sure whether I would have enough money to 44 the bills with my savings.
My sister felt my worry, saying “Why not make 45 cake? It always cheered us up.”
It was difficult to be a single mum and 46 seven kids without enough money, but that couldn't break my mum down. Mum got the 47 from our grandma, who was 48 _ at any time, too. Mum was a master at making food 49 she can always make a cake with no eggs, milk or butter delicious.
“Remember how we'd 50 the living room singing, ‘eggless，milkless, butterless cake’？” My sister asked, 51 .
Those were 52 deeply in my mind and I couldn’t forget Mum’s cake. In fact. Mum would make 53_ kind of cake for the Christmas. She would put a coin into the cake. Whoever found the 54 in their slice could keep it and wouldn’t have to do housework for a week. At that time we didn’t have money, but wc 55一 knew how to have fun together. Thinking about we gathered around the table waiting for Mum to cut the cake made my worries 56 .
57 the cake was done, I pulled it 58 the oven and called everyone in. Looking at all the faces, I 59 myself once again that whatever hardships come my way I can 60 them. I can find joy in my life, even in a simple cake, and share it with the ones I love.
41. A. expense B hours C.fat D. salary
42. A. inspired B. encouraged C. troubled D. survived
43. A. Though B. If C. Unless D. Since
44. A. pass B. receive C. return D. cover
45. A. our B. their C. Grandma’s D. Mum’s
46. A. bring out B. bring down C. bring up D. bring in
47. A. spirit B. way C. fact D. wisdom
48. A elegant B. cheerful C. diligent D. intelligent
49. A. when B. because C. while D. until
50. A. handed in B. given out C. gone away D. run around
51. A. smiling B. junking C. crying D. thinking
52. A. changed B. cleared C. kept D. moved
53. A. her B. another C.this D. the other
54. A. chance B. punishment C. information D. prize
55. A. surely B. seldom C. ever D.then
56. A. rise B. disappear C. grow D. exist
57. A. As long as B. Before C. Immediately D. In case
58. A. aside B. out of C. along D. into
59. A. reminded B. realized C. struggled D. explained
60. A. put up with B. set off C. get through D. take care of
第II卷
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料.在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Idioms often 61 (expression) the meanings which cannot be understood _62_(direct) by looking at the meanings of their separate words. The reason is that many idioms are not only often made up of more than one word but the meanings of idioms can be distinguished 63 the apparent meanings of their words. Idioms often use a number of words 64 (represent) objects, persons or concept. _65 you recognize the idioms used, it is easy to misunderstand what you read or hear spoken.
There are many idioms in English，and quite a lot of them come from the Bible. Some idioms focus on 66 _ (agriculture) life or food. We often say ‘you reap what you sow’. This is from a story 67 (tell) that the only things a farmer harvests come from the seeds he plants. Another idiom 'the apple of somebody’s eye’ 68 (use) to talk about a child who is loved very much by his or her parents. Some biblical idioms use animals, such as 'kill the fatted calt, 69 means to have a large celebration. It comes from a stoiy where a son lefl home to waste his time and money in amusing 70 (he). But later, he realized his mistakes and went home. His father killed and cooked a calf to celebrate his return.
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小題1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个渴字符号（∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
It is known to us, students do fewer and fewer sports now, which makes them weak and easy tired.
There are many reasons for this. First of all, some students complain that they had too much homework, resulting less time to take exercise. Besides, some of them think it very difficult to keep doing exercise, because it is an very hard task. Finally, computers and mobile phones take up their time, either.
Without enough physical activities, many students are in poor healthy. So, I suggest to taking measures to encourage more students to take part in sports. For students, no matter how busy wc are, it is necessary to spare some lime to do exercises.
假定你是李华.因某些原因未能完成ProfcssorSmith布置的作业。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1.表示歉意； 2.说明原因； 3.如何补救。
怀化市2016年下期期中博览联考试卷
英语参考答案及评分标准
第一部分 听力（30分，每小题1.5分）
题 号 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
答 案 | C | A | C | B | B | A | C | B | C | A | B | C | B | A | B | C | A | A | B | C |
第二部分阅读理解(40分，每小题2分)
题 号 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
答 案 | A | C | C | D | D | A | B | C | A | B | C | A | D | B | D | B | E | D | G | A |
第三部分
第一节 完形填空(30分，每题1.5分)
题 号 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
答 案 | B | C | A | D | D | C | A | B | B | D | A | C | B | D | A | B | C | B | A | C |
第二节 (15分，每小题1.5分)
61. express 62. directly
63. from 64. to represent/representing
65. Unless 66. agricultural
67. telling 68. is used
69. which 70. himself
第一节短文改错(10分，每题1分)
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第二节 书面表达(25分)
Possible version:
Dear Professor Smith,
I’m writing to apologize for not having finished the homework that you assigned last week.
I got a bad cold and my head has been aching for several days. Though having taken some medicines, I don’t feel any better and couldn’t concentrate on my homework. The doctor advised me to rest enough to relieve the symptoms of the cold.
So, I apologized to you again for my mistake. I will make my great effort to do it the instant I recover from the illness. Please excuse me for my unintentional fault!
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
听力录音材料
这是怀化市2016年下学期高三期中博览联考英语科听力部分。该部分分为第一节、第二节。
注意，回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到答题卡上。
停顿 00'10''
现在是听力试音时间。
M: Hello. International Friends Club. Can I help you?
W: Oh, hello. I read about your club in the paper today and I thought I'd phone to find out a bit
more.
M: Yes, certainly, well, we' re a sort of social club for people from different countries. It's quite a
new club — we have about 50 members at the moment, but we're growing all the time.
W: That sounds interesting. I'm British actually, and I came to Washington about three months
ago. I'm looking for ways to meet people. Er, what kinds of events do you organize?
M: Well, we have social get-togethers, and sports events, and we also have language evenings.
W: Could you tell me something about the language evenings?
M: Yes, Every day except Thursday we have a language evening. People can come and practice
their languages, you know, over a drink or something. We have different languages on different evenings. Monday — Spanish; Tuesday — Italian; Wednesday—German; and Friday —French. On Thursday, we usually have a meal in a restaurant for anyone who wants to come.
W: Well, that sounds great. I really need to practice my French.
M: OK, well, if you can just give me your name and address, I' ll send you the form and some
more information. If you join now you can have the first month free.
试音到此结束
听力考试正式开始
停顿 00'10''
请看听力部分第一节。
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，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。
停顿 00'02''
例如：现在你有5秒钟的时间看试卷上的例题。
停顿 00'05''
你将听到以下内容。
M: Excuse me, can you tell me how much the shirt is?
W: Yes, it’s nine fifteen.
停顿 00'02''
你将有5秒钟的时间将正确答案画在试卷上。
衬衫的价格为9镑15便士，所以你选择C项，并将其画在试卷上。
现在，你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。
停顿 00'05''
（Text 1）
W: Do you have a bicycle?
M: I did, but it was stolen last month.
W: I am sorry to hear that. What are you going to do?
M: I’m working part-time to save some money for a new one.
（Text 2）
W: Welcome to Denny’s, sir. Can I bring you a cup of coffee?
M: Yes, that would be great. And I’ve already known what I want to eat. I don’t need to see a menu.
W: All right. I’ll be right back with your coffee, and then take your order.
（Text 3）
M: I’ve been thinking of learning to play an instrument. I can’t decide between the violin and the guitar. What do you think?
W: Knowing how musical you are, maybe you should take up painting!
（Text 4）
W: Would you like to tell me something about your university life?
M: Sure. I was admitted to Cambridge in 1975, and graduated four years later. I finally became a lawyer ten years after I graduated.
（Text 5）
M: What’s wrong with you, my dear?
W: I feel so bored. I have to stay home all day long doing housework and taking care of the kids. I can’t bear it! How I wish I hadn’t quit my job!
第一节到此结束。
第二节，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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。
（Text 6）
M: Lucy, what’s going on? Fred told me that you’re going to leave us.
W: Yes. I really feel sorry about it. But BMD came up with a really good offer.
M: I didn’t know that you were looking for a new job.
W: I think we have some real problems in this department. But it has nothing to do with you, Frank. Everybody says that you’re an excellent manager.
M: Well, I think we should have time to talk about it.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。
（Text 7）
W: What do you want to be when you grow up?
M: Auntie Molly, I want to be the President!
W: That’s great! But Jason, it might be the hardest job in the world.
M: I don’t think so! You get to live in a big white house and fly in a big plane.
W: That’s true, but presidents are very busy. You probably don’t have much free time.
M: That’s too bad. I don’t want to be the president anymore. I want to be a cowboy instead.
W: That sounds fun. But are you okay with getting up really early?
M: That’s not true. I can train my horses and cows to sleep late, and we can get up late together!
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。（Text 8）
W: Clinic. Can I help you?
M: Good afternoon. This is Frank Stone. I want to make an appointment with Doctor Milton.
W: OK, Mr. Stone. Can you manage this afternoon?
M: I’m afraid not. I can manage tomorrow.
W: I’m afraid Mr. Milton is not on duty tomorrow. He’ll be here the day after tomorrow. That’s Thursday.
M: Fine.
W: Will 5: 20 be all right?
M: Well, yes. But what time is the clinic closed?
W: We start from 9: 00 a. m. and close at 7: 00 p. m. on weekdays. We don’t work at the weekends.
M: I’d prefer a later time so that I can come along after work.
W: Then what about 6: 15?
M: Well, that’s fine.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。（Text 9）
W: Hello, sir. Do you have a moment?
M: Sorry, but who are you? Are you selling something?
W: No. I work for the art gallery you just visited. I was wondering if you have time to answer a quick survey about the exhibition.
M: OK. I can spare a few minutes.
W: Great. First, what’s your name and occupation?
M: My name is Raymond Wade. I work as an architect.
W: So you have a university education?
M: Yes, I attended the University of Toronto Architecture School.
W: And how did you hear about the gallery? Did you see our website, or our ad in an art magazine? Or was it by word of mouth?
M: My friend Barry told me about your gallery.
W: I see. Finally, do you have any comments about the show?
M: Yes, I liked the paintings very much. But I found the video piece a bit disturbing.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。
（Text 10）
Welcome to the Seven o’clock News on Channel 2. I’m your host Betty Evans. Mo Yan has been referred to as one of the most famous and widely copied of all Chinese writers. His first novel was Falling Rain on a Spring Night, published in 1981. He is best known to Western readers for his 1987 novel Red Sorghum Clan, which was later adapted for the film Red Sorghum. The author deals with painful events in Chinese history in an unusual way. His famous book Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out about a landlord was published in 2006. He composed the first version of the book on traditional Chinese paper using only ink and a writing brush. In 2012, Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Aged 57 at the time of the announcement, he was the 109th person to receive the award and the first ever resident of mainland China to receive it. According to Swedish Academy Head Peter Englund, “He has such a unique way of writing. If you read half a page of Mo Yan, you immediately recognize it as him.”
第二节到此结束。现在你有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
听力部分到此结束。