1 . 听下面一段短对话，根据对话内容填空。
W: Tom, why didn’t you go to Michelle’s party last night? Didn’t you     1    ?
M:     2    , but I was really     3     to do anything when I heard about my best friend Robert’s     4    .
W: I’m so sorry to hear that.

2 . 听下面一段对话，根据对话内容填空。
W: Bruce, have you finished doing research for your school paper?
M: Yes. I spent about two hours doing that.
W: Are you writing     1     for it right now?
M: No. I’d like to take a break. I’ll     2     it this afternoon. I’m just browsing some news online to learn about what’s going on around the world.
W: Is there any news special?
M: There’s some news about     3    . On Tuesday a helicopter crashed into the Indian Ocean off Madagascar’s northeast coast.
W: I’m so sorry to hear that. How many people were in the helicopter?
M: There were     4     in the helicopter when it crashed. Only     5    . One of them was a     6     in Madagascar’s government. His name is Serge Gelle.
W: It was really lucky. But how did he manage to survive?
M: It wasn’t easy of course. He used one of the helicopter’s seats to help him float. He     7     to reach the shore.
W: He must be very strong.
M: Yes. He worked at a police station before he became a minister of the government. Though he’s 57, he is as strong as a young man.

3 . 听下面一段短对话，根据对话内容填空。
W: You can     1     a foreign language in no time if you live in a foreign country.
M: I agree. But if one cannot    2    , finding someone to     3    can also be helpful.
W: Yes. Watching TV shows in the language you’re learning is also a good way.

4 . 听下面一段短对话，根据对话内容填空。
W: Didn’t Mandy come to your    1    ?
M: Oh! She sat in the corner with Athena. But Mary didn’t    2    because she had    3    .

6 . What does Alice want to do?

A．Play the violin.

B．Write a book.

C．Learn the piano.

10 . 听下面一段独白。在短文中的空白处填入你所听到的单词。

Welcome to the Oracle Art Center. I’m pleased to show you     1     this wonderful center.

There is a large     2     of modern art here. There are also exhibitions throughout the year by different artists. Exhibitions are     3     on Level 2 of the center and usually last between two and four months. There are also regular videos shown at weekends.

And that’s not all; we hold talks by local artists. These are given     4     a month in Room 5 on Level 3. And if you’d like to do a course in painting, local artists often come to the center and teach people of all     5     . For a list of dates of events and courses through the year, please ask at reception. They can     6     information about times and tickets as well.

The Oracle restaurant is on Level 4 and is open for morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea     7    . It is also open for dinner on Friday evenings. You might like to visit the gift shop after you have looked at the exhibition. The shop has a great selection of books and is located on the ground floor     8     the reception desk. There are also hundreds of postcards and     9     of famous paintings as well as gifts and art materials.

That’s all for now, so let’s begin the     10    .