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第一节

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。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。

Text 1

M:You look very happy in this photo.Where were you? It looks like a painting.

W:We were on the mountains outside the city.We went hiking there last week.We have some videos from there as well.

Text 2

W:OK,I have already booked my flight and my hotel.Now I need to arrange a train ticket.Can I borrow your computer,Dad?

M:It is in my bedroom.Please save my work before using it.

Text 3

W:Did you enjoy your holiday? London seems such an interesting place.I can’t decide whether to go there or to Paris for my next vacation.

M:You’re right.It is interesting.You just don’t see that kind of history here in New York.

Text 4

M:Could I have the scarf,please? Not the $20 one,but the red one behind it.It says $16.

W:Well,today is your lucky day,sir.That one is on sale at half price today.

Text 5

M:My tooth is killing me.The cold weather seems to make it worse.I’m afraid I’ll have to go to the dentist.

W:Yes,you must.Cold weather often makes the toothache worse.

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。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。

Text 6

M:Is that a new car you are driving? Blue is my favorite color.

W:Yes,the white one kept breaking down,so I thought it was time for a change.

M:Was it white? I thought it was cream.

W:Haha.That’s because I only washed it once in the five years I had it.

M:Really? I thought I was lazy washing mine only once a year.

W:Yes,it didn’t really look dirty until two years ago when I drove through some mud.

M:Well,you must make sure you keep the new one clean.

听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。

Text 7

M:Are you going to play tennis with us this afternoon?

W:Who will be there?

M:Mary,Peter,Jane,and me.Come along.We’re only going to the park.It’s not too far.

W:I’m not going because my mother is ill.

M:I’m sorry to hear that.Who else is taking care of your mother as well?

W:My brother.He works in a travel agency.So he can only stay with my mother at night.What’s more,I need to be awake bright and early tomorrow morning for my college interview.

M:Well,in that case,we’ll go without you.

听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。

Text 8

W:So now you work at home.How do you like it? We miss you at the office.

M:It’s great.I can get up in the morning at whatever time I like,and I don’t have a manager watching me all the time.

W:I would love that.But how do you inspire yourself to do your work?

M:With great difficulty.That is the biggest problem I have — making myself do the work.

W:But you are managing to do it.

M:Yes,I’m not complaining.Besides,I don’t have any more travel costs to think of.

W:And you can make your own lunch instead of buying it.That will be cheaper.

M:True,although I do have to turn on the heat to keep the house warm all day in winter,which is a new expense.

听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。

Text 9

M:I’m really sorry.I always feel sick when I ride on a bus.I think it’s because I can’t see the road ahead.

W:Don’t worry.We’ll soon reach our stop.I thought it would make us tired if we walked all the way.

M:You’re right.We will need all our strength to climb the mountain when we get there.

W:I think there is a chair lift to the top these days.

M:That’s for lazy people.We’ll take the path,like we did just after we got married.

W:Yes,do you remember? We had a tour guide — a friendly guy.

M:He was a nice man.He showed us all the best views.Are there any tour guides now?

W:No,I think most tourists like to explore on their own.

M:They would see more with a guide like him.He wouldn’t let us rest.There was always another sight to see.

W:Let’s hope we can see all the views today.

听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。

Text 10

How do you turn trash into treasure? In the case of furniture,you wait for around a hundred years.That is my opinion.I have been selling old furniture,really old furniture,for 40 years,and people often ask me how I know the difference between something that is junk and something that is good.The answer is usually the age,because in the past,more care was taken to make things.The technology might have been worse in the past,but people had time to make things better.People weren’t as rich in the old days,so their furniture was made to last.Nowadays,if something breaks,we throw it away.In the past,things were repaired.Many of the beautiful old chairs and tables I see show signs of having been repaired many times.Do I mind? No,I love it.It gives them character.Of course,there are still some beautiful things being made today,but give me the old ones any day.