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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上 注意：本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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. 15 B. 9. 15 C.

2、 9. 18答案是B。1. What will the man do? A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.2. Whats the date of the womans birthday?A. March 15th. B. March 11th. C. March 7th.3. What does the man mean?A. John has some personal problems. B. The problem is common for young men. 学科网()C. Its

3、 not common for young men to leave home.4. What will the man most probably do?A. Get some change from Jane. B. Go and look for a payphone.C. Use Janes mobile phone.5. What does the man mean?A. It was impossible for him to go to the party.B. Everybody was surprised by his appearance at the party.C. H

4、e had expected to go to the party for a long time.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. Why does the woman want to go to the library?A. To return some books.B. To borrow some new books.C. To find some test papers.7. When does the library close?A. At 9:00. B. At 9:40. C. A

5、t 10:00.8. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. He asks her to return some books for him.B. He asks her to borrow some books for him.C. He asks her to go to the library with him.请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What was the man doing when the story happened?A. Sleeping. B. Swimming. C. Listening to the radi

6、o.10. What happened to the little boy?A. His eye was hurt by the sand.B. He couldnt find his parents. C. He fell into the water.11. What did the man do after hearing someone shouting for help?A. He went on enjoying the music. B. He looked for the boys parents. C. He jumped into the water.请听第8段材料，回答第

7、12至14题。 12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and secretary.13. Where are the two speakers going?A. The airport. B. The railway station. C. The bus station.14. Why do the speakers call Brenda?A. To ask her to change clo

8、thes.B. To ask her when Mother arrives.C. To ask her if she can go with them.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. Where is Mary going?A. Her home. B. The park. C. The zoo.16. Why doesnt Mary like walking through the street?A. Its too cold.B. There are too many people. C. It isnt interesting.17. When does the conve

9、rsation most likely take place?A. Late in the morning. B. In the late afternoon. C. Early in the morning.请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When did Grandma Moses turn to painting?A. At the age of 76. B. At the age of 39. C. At the age of 101.19. What did Grandma Moses do before she became an artist?A. She sol

10、d other artists works in a shop.B. She worked on her farm. C. She taught at a school.20. What is the story mainly about?A. A famous American artist.B. Making money from painting. C. Collecting paintings. 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。AAt

11、one time it was the dream for many little girls to become a nurseToday, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2, 000, 000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten（= say that you will hurt someb

12、ody if they dont do what you want）the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes.One possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options （职业选择）. In the p

13、ast, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every fi

14、eld of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status（地位）. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered（劝 导）away from nursing, to

15、ld by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have ca

16、used more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long drawn - out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.21Why is America facing its wor

17、st nurse shortage?A. Because the demand of nurses has been doubled.B. Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.C. Because women have been provided with many different jobs.D. Because women no longer choose to be nurses.22The passage tells us that high school teachers are at faul

18、t for_.A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the USB. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their studentsC. not asking the government to raise the nurses paymentD. persuading the students not to be nurses23The author wrote this passage in order to_.A. describe the unequal t

19、reatment of women in the USB. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problemC. tell us womens free choice of jobs todayD. call on women not to be nurses24Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. high school students think themselves too bright to be nursesB. Women in the

20、US have greater career choice than those in other countries.C. Of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed.D. Nursing used to be a popular job among women.BOne thinks of princes and presidents as some of the most powerful people in the world; however, governments, elect

21、ed or otherwise, sometimes have had to struggle with the financial powerhouses called tycoons. The word tycoon is relatively new to the English language. It is Chinese in origin but was given as a title to some Japanese generals. The term was brought to the United States, in the late nineteenth cent

22、ury, where it eventually was used to refer to magnates who acquired immense fortunes from sugar and cattle, coal and oil, rubber and steel, and railroads. Some people called these tycoons “capitals of industry” and praised them for their contributions to U.S. wealth and international reputation. Oth

23、ers criticized them as cruel “robber barons”, who would stop at nothing in pursuit of personal wealth.The early tycoons built successful businesses, often taking over smaller companies to eliminate competition. A single company that came to control an entire market was called a monopoly. Monopolies

24、made a few families very wealthy, but they also placed a heavy financial burden on consumers and the economy at large.As the country expanded and railroads linked the East Coast to the West Coast, local monopolies turned into national corporations called trusts. A trust is a group of companies that

25、join together under the control of a board of trustees. Railroad trusts are an excellent example. Railroads were privately owned and operated and often monopolized various routes, setting rates as high as they desired. The financial burden this placed on passengers and businesses increased when rail

26、roads formed trusts. Farmers, for example, had no choice but to pay, as railroads were the only means they could use to get their grain to buyers. Exorbitant (过高的) goods rates put some farmers out of business.There were even accusations that the trusts controlled government itself by buying votes an

27、d manipulating elected officials. In 1890 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust. Act, legislation aimed at breaking the power of such trusts. The Sherman Antitrust Act focused on two main issues. First of all, it made illegal any effort to interfere with the normal conduct of interstate trade. It al

28、so made it illegal to monopolize any part of business that operates across state lines.Over the next 60 years or so, Congress passed other antitrust laws in an effort to encourage competition and restrict the power of larger corporations.25. The Sherman Antitrust Act_.A. affected only the companies

29、doing business within state lines B. sought to eliminate monopolies in favor of competition in the market-place C. promoted trade with a large number of nations D. provides a financial advantage to the buyer 26. One might infer from this passage that lower prices _.A. are more likely to exist in a c

30、ompetitive market economyB. usually can be found only in an economy based on monopoliesC. matter only to people who are poor and living below the poverty levelD. are regulated by the government27. It seems likely that many Americans_.A. believed that the trusts had little influence over governmentB.

31、 expected the wealthy magnates to share money with the poorC. did little to build up American businessD. were worried that trusts might manipulate the government CAt one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in fron

32、t of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who

33、 ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the re

34、d lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, bu

35、t then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him. “Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.“Yes,” said Rolls, and waite

36、d.“Ive often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen cant buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rollss face. “Jump in,” said Rolls.“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isnt another p

37、oliceman on this road for a mile and a half.”28The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _.A. they could watch the car coming from the other directionB. Rollss car could go faster than four miles an hourC. they could make sure no one was in the wayD. the car would not hit them on the r

38、oad29In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?A. They greeted Rolls when the car came along.B. They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.C. They pretended to be attracted by something else.D. They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.30The policeman who sai

39、d “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _.A. teach Rolls a lessonB. take a free ride homeC. have a talk with RollsD. have a car ride experience31After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _.A. dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed toB. could drive as fast as he wished within a certain d

40、istanceC. could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journeyD. drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to CambridgeDCenturies ago, man discovered that removing moisture(潮湿)from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In thi

41、s way the North American Indians produce pemmican(dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates.All foods include watercabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 7

42、5% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria(细菌)which cause food to go bad is checked.Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia.

43、Various methods are used, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun.Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The method of such dehydration(脱水)is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110 at entry to about 43 at exit.

44、 This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced(切碎的)meat, and fish.Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to the climbers, explorer

45、s and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. Usually it is just a case of replacing the dried-out moisture with boiling water.32According to the text, the open-air method of drying food . Ais the one most

46、 commonly used todayBwas invented by the American IndiansChas been known for hundreds of yearsDtends to be unhealthy33Bacteria which cause food to go bad . Acannot live in sunlight Bare killed by dryingCare in no way dependent on the water contained Dhave their activity greatly reduced by drying34To

47、day vegetables are most commonly dried . Aon hot and sunny days Bin hot-air chambersCin the sun and wind Dusing the open tray method35Housewives like dried foods because they . Aare quick to prepare Btaste better than fresh foodsCcan be packed in a case Dlook fresh when cooked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。选项中有两处为多余选项。For more than six milli