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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

W: Excuse me.Do you have time to take a picture for us?

M: Oh.I am sorry.I really have to go.

W: It’s OK.

Text 2

W: This Internet connection is so slow! Isn’t there anything we can do about it?

M: Well, we could spend an extra forty dollars a month for the fastest service…but it’s probably because of your computer.It’s got to be at least seven years old.Maybe you should get a new one.

Text 3

M: This cake is delicious, Stephanie! It must be from Fantasy Bakery on Broadway.

W: Actually, I made it myself.My mother taught me how to bake when I was a little girl.When my daughter is old enough,I’ll teach her how to do it, too.

Text 4

W: I’m going to try out some new recipes tonight.

M: Well, remember that the Johnsons are coming over for dinner.You know how much I like your cooking, dear, but maybe you shouldn’t pick tonight of all nights to experiment…

Text 5

M: Have you seen my brown hat? I’ve been looking for it everywhere.

W: Which one? You have tons of brown hats…the warm one with the stars, the one with the baseball logo, the cowboy hat with…

M: I’m going skiing, so I need the warm one.

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

W: Mr.Smith, can I have a word with you?

M: Sure, Barbara.What’s up?

W: Well, I’ve been at the company for one year now, and I wanted to talk to you about a raise.

M: Hmm…You know, I’d love to talk about this with you, but I don’t want to make a decision too quickly.You should have a chance to give me some details about why you deserve a raise, and I also need some time to talk to the director.Can we set up a time for a real meeting about this?

W: Sure.Any time after lunch is usually convenient for me.

M: Let me just check my calendar here…how about Thursday at 2:00 p.m.?

W: That sounds great.Thank you.

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

Text 7

M: What subjects are you taking this school year?

W: I’m taking history, geography, physics, and chemistry.

M: That’s quite a load.

W: Yes.I know it’s going to be a lot of work, but it should be interesting.And I won’t have to work.I managed to save quite a bit of money from my summer job at a restaurant.So, I should have enough time to study.

M: That’s good.I’ll have to work 20 hours a week at the library.

W: What do you do there? Do you like it?

M: I shelve books on the third floor.Sometimes it gets boring, but the pay isn’t bad.And I can arrange my hours to suit my class schedule.

W: What are you taking this year?

M: French, biology and accounting.I like the French and biology professors, but the accounting professor is very boring.

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

Text 8

W: Excuse me.Can you tell me if there is a gas station around here?

M: Yeah.There are a few.The closest one is only a couple of blocks away, but it’s a little expensive.The cheapest one is about two miles from here.

W: Do you have any idea about the price difference?

M: Last week, the difference was about twenty-five cents per gallon.

W: Well, that’s not too much.And I’ve been driving with the yellow “empty” light on for about ten miles now, so I think I should just go for the closest one!

M: Sure.Just go straight until you see the first traffic light up there.Take a left, and go down one block.You should see the gas station on the right-hand side.

W: OK.I should be able to make it.

M: If for some reason you don’t, you can always leave your car where it is and walk to the gas station.They sell big plastic bottles that you can fill up in case of an emergency.

W: Well, hopefully, it won’t come to that!

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

Text 9

M: What do you think about cloning?

W: I think cloning is a double-edged sword.

M: Can you list some advantages of cloning?

W: Yes, this technology can help us cure many illnesses and make people live longer than before on average.When we have something wrong with our organs, we can replace them with cloned ones.

M: Yeah, I think you’re right.Cloning can also save species which are endangering, such as pandas, eagles and tigers.

W: There are also many disadvantages of cloning.It will surely cause moral argument.How should we treat a cloned person? They would be taken as abnormal people, and nearly nobody would be their friends.Because it’s strange to communicate with a cloned one which is just the same with another person.

M: That’s really a problem.Some evil-minded leaders may abuse this technology, you know, just as the films always tell us.Then, cloning is far from perfect.Dolly had lived only six years before it died.We shouldn’t use it on humans.

W: Regardless of the disadvantages, cloning is beneficial to us.In my opinion, organ shops will appear in the world in the near future.It is a place where you can go and purchase a liver if your liver is not so good, or a heart if it is skipping a beat or even another brain if you keep forgetting where you have left your keys.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

Text 10

I would like to thank you for inviting me to speak with you today.It is wonderful to be back at this school after so many years.Since I finished graduate school, I’ve been involved in the design of the new shopping center and library downtown.When I heard that my former high school was designing a student center, I quickly asked to work on the project.I spent some of my happiest years at this school, and I wanted to make sure that students could continue having positive experiences here.We’ve spent almost a year designing the new building, and I’m excited to tell you a little about it.The building will take about twice as long to build as it took to design.This means some of you will have graduated by the time it’s completed.When it’s finished, it will have five study rooms, a food service area, three meeting rooms, two game rooms, and a room for the student newspapers.