2 . Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a supermarket.

B．In the post office.

C．In the street.

3 . Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a supermarket.

B．In the post office.

C．In the street.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is next to the apartment building？

A．A restaurant.

B．A laundry.

C．A grocery store.

2. Which is included in the rent？

A．Electricity.

B．The Internet.

C．Satellite TV.

3. What does the woman think of the apartment？

A．It’s quite large.

B．It’s well furnished.

C．It’s worth the money.

5 . Color is fundamental in home design—something you’ll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you’ll love to live in. Do you want a room that’s full of life? Professional? Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day?     1    , color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.

Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point.     2    , they can get a little complex. But good news is that there’re really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.

    3    . They’re the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.

Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves.     4    . They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.

The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you’re looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant.     5    .

A．While all of them are useful

B．Whatever you’re looking for

C．If you’re experimenting with a color

D．Small color choices are the ones we’re most familiar with

E．It’s not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces

F．So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time

G．Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways

6 . 听第9段材料，完成下面小题。
1. Why does the woman meet the man?

A．To look at an apartment.

B．To deliver some furniture.

C．To have a meal together.

2. What does the woman like about the carpet?

A．Its color.

B．Its design.

C．Its quality.

3. What does the man say about the kitchen?

A．It's a good size.

B．It's newly painted.

C．It's adequately equipped .

4. What will the woman probably do next?

A．Go downtown.

B．Talk with her friend.

C．Make payment.

7 . A garden that’s just right for you

Have you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum (总和) of its parts?     1    . But it doesn’t happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.

●     2    

Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers (肥料).     3    . However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.

●Recall (回忆) your childhood memories

Our model of what a garden should be often goes back to childhood. Grandma’s rose garden and Dad’s vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that’s not what’s important.     4     — how being in those gardens made us feel. If you’d like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth.     5    . Then go outside and work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden. Have fun.

A．Know why you garden

B．Find a good place for your own garden

C．It’s our experience of the garden that matters

D．It’s delightful to see so many beautiful flowers

E．Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plants

F．You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, too

G．For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you have

8 . The adobe dwellings(土坯房)     1    (build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even     2    most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their     3    (able) to “air condition” a house without     4    (use)electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat     5    (slow)during cool nights，thus warning the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough       6    (cool) the house during the hot day:       7    the same time, they warm up again for the night This cycle        8    (go) day after day: The walls warm up During the day and cool off during the night and thus always a timely offset(抵消)for the outside temperatures. As     9    (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly     10    thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

9 . Attractions in Wisconsin

1.Wisconsin Historical Museum
30 N. Carroll Street on Madison’s Capitol Square
Discover Wisconsin’s history and culture (文化) on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program. Admission is free.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00am — 4:00 pm.
(608) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum
2. Swiss historical village
612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus
The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America’s heartland. 14 buildings in the village give a full picture of every day life in the nineteenth-century Midwest.
Tue.–Fri., May 1^st –October 31^st , 10:00 am–4:00 pm. Admission is $20.
(608) 527-2317 www.swisshistoricalvillage.com
3. Artisan Gallery & Creamery
6858 Paoli Rd., Paoli, WI
One of the largest collections of fine arts and crafts (手工艺品) in Wisconsin. Over 5000 sp. ft. of exhibition space in a historic creamery. While visiting enjoy a wonderfully prepared lunch at our café overlooking the Sugar River. Just minutes from Madison!
Gallery open Tue.–Sun., 10:00 am5:00 pm.
Café open Wed.–Sat., 11:00 am –3:00 pm.
Sun. brunch with wine, 10:00–3:00 pm.
(608) 845-6600 www.artisangal.com
4. Christopher Columbus Museum
239 Whitney St., Columbus
World-class exhibit –2000 quality souvenirs (纪念品) marking Chicago’s 1893 World Columbian Exhibition. Tour buses are always welcome.
Open daily, 8:15 am–4:00 pm.
(920) 623-1992 www.columbusantiquemall.com
1. Which of the following is on Capitol Square?

A．Wisconsin Historical Museum.	B．Swiss Historical Village.
C．Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.	D．Christopher Columbus Museum.

2. Where can you go for a visit on Monday?

A．Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B．Swiss Historical Village.

C．Artisan Gallery & Creamery café.

D．Christopher Columbus Museum.

3. Where can visitors have lunch?

A．At Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B．At Swiss Historical Village.

C．At Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.

D．At Christopher Columbus Museum.

4. We learn from the text that___________.

A．Swiss Historical Village is open for half a year

B．Christopher Columbus Museum overlooks a river

C．tickets are needed for Wisconsin Historical Museum

D．Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café are open daily for 4 hours

10 . Thousands of people living in the Chinese capital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New year by heading for the ski resorts (滑雪场). Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces snow. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines             to make a covering for the hills north to the capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this new craze(热潮).
Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed astonishing increase. There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr. Wei, a             manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years, ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway             areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.
Beijing’s skiing craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private (私有的) cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs (郊区), which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei, about 40% of the visitors to his resort come in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.
The problem is making money. Starting ski resorts requires quite a lot of money; hiring land from the local government, preparing the hills, buying snow machines, making sure there are enough water and electricity to run them, and buying ski equipment             for hiring out to customers.
The ski resort where Mr. Wei works cost nearly $4 million to set up. And as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea, many others rush in and price wars break out. Beijing now offers some of the cheapest ski training classes in the             world, though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.
1. What does this text mainly talk about?

A．Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars.

B．Skiing as a new way of enjoying one's spare time.

C．Things to be considered when starting a ski resort.

D．A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing.

2. Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Europe?

A．To visit more ski areas.

B．To ski on natural snow.

C．For a large collection of ski suits.

D．For better services and equipment.

3. The underlined words “leisure industry” in Paragraph 3 refer to         

A．transport to ski resorts

B．production of family cars

C．business of providing spare time enjoyments

D．part-time work for people living in the suburbs

4. What is the main problem in running a ski resort?

A．Difficulty in hiring land．

B．Lack of business experience．

C．Price wars with other ski resorts

D．Shortage of water and electricity.