1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What event is the man going to attend?

A．A wedding.

B．A meeting.

C．An interview.

2. What did the man do yesterday?

A．He cleaned his shoes.

B．He had a suit adjusted.

C．He bought some clothes.

3. What colour are the man’s shoes?

A．Black.

B．Brown.

C．Blue.

4. What does the man dislike?

A．Doing the cleaning.

B．Wearing tight shoes.

C．Walking a long distance.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．An event they are attending.

B．Things they bought yesterday.

C．The movie they will watch tonight.

2. How will the woman get to Laura’s house?

A．She will take a taxi.

B．She will go there by bus.

C．She will ask her mom to drive her there.

3. What will the speakers do after dinner?

A．Go to the mall.

B．Go to an appointment.

C．Watch a DVD.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why will the speakers go to Seattle?

A．To take a holiday.

B．To visit a friend.

C．To study.

2. Where does the woman’s friend live?

A．In the suburbs.

B．In downtown.

C．In a small village.

3. What do the speakers agree to do?

A．Take some canned food.

B．Share the cost with others.

C．Leave for Seattle after suppertime.

4 . 假如你是李华，你跟 Chris一起参加了中国爱尔兰文化节。他已经回国了，请你给他写一封邮件。内容包括：
1.回忆活动;
2.分享收获;
3.保持联系。
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5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does the man feel now?

A．Homesick.

B．Annoyed.

C．Hungry.

2. What festival is celebrated in the woman’s motherland at this time?

A．Halloween.

B．The New Yam Festival.

C．The Day of the Dead.

3. What does the man advise the woman to to?

A．Treat Rebecca to lunch.

B．Share something about a festival.

C．Join in the International Fall Festival.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When can people enjoy the art exhibition?

A．On Monday.

B．On Tuesday.

C．On Thursday.

2. How does this year’s ballet performance differ from that of last year?

A．Admission is free.

B．It will be at the theater.

C．There will be two performances.

3. Where will the mask party be held?

A．In the piazza.

B．In the concert hall.

C．In the theater.

4. How much is a family ticket for The Little Prince?

A．$8.

B．$10.

C．$15.

7 . Every year, Dale Marks puts up a massive Christmas lights display at his home in Des Moines. It’s part of a neighborhood ______. For decades, people have come by the carload every December to the Beaverdale community to ______ the Markses’ house Christmas lights display. The holiday display _________ good cheer. The Markses put boxes at the end of their driveway and ask visitors to ______ money and food to the Food Bank of Iowa as they drive past.

But this year, after ______ a heart attack, Marks was too _______ to hang lights while his wife was too busy with his care to _______the job. Bob Coffey, a stranger who owns a local construction company, heard the couple’s ______ and offered to help. So Coffey brought a group of ____ to their home to put up thousands of lights. Coffey and four of his workers spent ______ putting up lights and decorations throughout the yard. He _____ that there were at least 10,000 lights. Everyone ______, when at the end of the day, he plugged two cords (电线) together and ______ the display.

“The _____ of that afternoon will last a lifetime,” Coffey said, explaining that seeing Dale and Julie Marks watching from the porch made it all ______.

1.

A．reform

B．mission

C．initiative

D．tradition

2.

A．admire

B．fetch

C．report

D．dismiss

3.

A．responds to

B．goes beyond

C．aims at

D．differs from

4.

A．donate

B．earn

C．lend

D．save

5.

A．suffering

B．identifying

C．convincing

D．acknowledging

6.

A．urgent

B．mighty

C．weak

D．panicked

7.

A．take away

B．take in

C．take apart

D．take on

8.

A．resolution

B．interruption

C．outcome

D．situation

9.

A．volunteers

B．doctors

C．nurses

D．students

10.

A．weeks

B．days

C．hours

D．minutes

11.

A．imagined

B．estimated

C．suggested

D．insisted

12.

A．hesitated

B．continued

C．complained

D．cheered

13.

A．beat down

B．lit up

C．packed up

D．prayed for

14.

A．news

B．truth

C．goal

D．memory

15.

A．worthwhile

B．harmonious

C．incredible

D．permanent

8 . Unlike many other Europeans, the French are not noted for their eagerness to work long hours. The British are surprised by the French readiness to rest from work not only on Sunday but also on Monday afternoons. The Germans and the Swiss are less innocent but, nevertheless, are scornful(鄙夷的)of the fact that the whole of France appears to shut down for three weeks in August so that French citizens can rush to the cote d’Azur (a tourist attraction in France) and squeeze together on the narrow area of Mediterranean beach for vacation. Consequently, most of Northern Europe dismisses France as a lazy nation.

Annually, the 14^th of July marks the start of what the French call “the great escape.” July 14^th is Bastille Day, the celebration of a 1790 attempt to make French political prisoners free, which marked the beginning of modern France, and it was for this reason that, in 1880, Bastille Day was named a national holiday.

The center of the celebration is the Champs-Élysées(香榭丽舍大街)in Paris. An enormous tricolor French flag hangs from the Arc de Triomphe(凯旋门). The broad avenue itself is lined with flags of blue, white, and red. With great pomp(盛况), the President of France progresses along the Champs-Elysées, which is lined with police officers and applauding Parisians. He receives the greeting of the largest military parade in Europe. In the most modern of these displays of power, planes fly low over the cheering crowds.

Later, the president meets with the media and talks informally about what had been achieved in the previous year, how France stands presently, and how she will advance. Bastille Day ends with concerts and parties and, of course, a huge fireworks display centered on the Eiffel Tower. The streets are crowed and alive with people calling out to one another, gossiping, laughing, and partying in being French.

1. According to the text, what is special about the French?

A．They spend all their holidays on Mediterranean beach.

B．They never bother to hide their appetite for vacation.

C．They take a rest on every Monday afternoon.

D．They are eager to work long hours.

2. The underlined word “dismisses” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by ______.

A．looks down upon	B．thinks highly of
C．is indifferent to	D．worries unnecessarily about

3. What can the Parisians do on their national holiday?

A．To liberate French political prisoners from Bastille.

B．To meet with the media and accept the interview.

C．To receive the greeting of the largest military parade in Europe.

D．To enjoy a splendid fireworks display near the Eiffel Tower.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．France’s Historic Vacation	B．France’s National Pride
C．French Working Habits	D．French Leisurely Lifestyle

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右。
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

My best friend Lily and I met in high school. Ever since then, we had spent New Year’s Eve together. We’d watch together on TV the New Year celebration in Times Square, a the world-renowned tradition for millions to welcome the new year. Every year,   thousands of people will gather in Times Square New York in person on New Year’s Eve counting down to the new year, with celebrations and performances after midnight. And we’d always say that one day we should go there ourselves.

Then we both went to college. Struggling through exams and schoolwork, we had little time to meet up. We missed each other terribly and decided it was time: to finally go to New York ourselves, to be present at the New Year’s celebration, and to do something fun together.

We worked out our schedule, bought tickets for everything and, most importantly, planned how to survive the long hours of waiting in the biting cold before the celebration — we wanted the best spot possible, and there’s only so much space, so we had no choice but to get to the Time Square early.

When the big day finally arrived, it became snowy and colder than any cold we had ever experienced. Actually it was one of the coldest New Year’s Eves on record. Everyone thought we were going to back out.

But we didn’t. We didn’t make it that far to back out.

We woke up and set off early. And, of course, we did freeze along the way, but we kept cheering each other up. Once we got there, we found our way to the line pretty quickly, considering everyone else was pushing their way in the same direction. We got in line and waited to finally get into our area in the Time Square, which thankfully was pretty spacious and close to the stage.

Halfway through the day, my friend and I couldn’t feel our toes.
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“Three, two, one. Happy New Year!” we screamed the words as loud as possible.
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10 . Just then, Senora Ines arrived and asked Rosaura if she wouldn't mind helping serve out the hot dogs, as she knew the house so much better than the others.

“See?” said Rosaura to the girl with a bow, and when no one was looking she kicked her in the shin (胫骨).

Apart from the girl with a bow, all the others were delightful. The one she liked best was Luciana, with her golden birthday crown, and then the boys. Rosaura won the sack race, and nobody managed to catch her when they played tag. When they split into two teams to play charades, all the boys wanted her for their side. Rosaura felt she had never been so happy in her life.

The best came after Luciana blew out the candles. First the cake. Senora Ines had asked her to help pass the cake around, and Rosaura had enjoyed the task very much because everyone called out to her, shouting ^“Me, me!” Rosaura remembered a story in which there was a queen who had the power of life or death over her subjects. She had always loved that, having the power of life or death. To Luciana and the boys she gave the largest pieces_，and to the girl with a bow she gave a piece so thin one could see through it.

After the cake came the magician. A true magician, he could untie handkerchiefs by blowing on them and make a chain with links that had no openings. He could guess what cards were pulled out from a pack and a monkey was his assistant. He called the monkey "partner".

The final trick was wonderful. One of the children had to hold the monkey in his arms and the magician said he would make the monkey disappear.

Rosaura thought that this was truly the most amusing party in the whole world.

1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A．Rosaura was unwilling to give Senora Ines some help.

B．Rosaura showed off the love she got from Senora Ines.

C．Rosaura looked down upon the girl with a bow.

D．Rosaura tried to prove her importance to the girl with a bow.

2. What is Rosaura’s attitude towards the girl with a bow according to the passage?

A．Friendly.

B．Concerned.

C．Cold.

D．Warm

3. What does the underlined word "that” refer to in the fourth paragraph?

A．A story Rosaura remembered.	B．The power of life and death.
C．The task to pass the cake around.	D．The cake they enjoyed together.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．The people at the party were happy except the girl with a bow.

B．Rosaura had a good time when playing games with other children.

C．The magician was able to play many tricks at the party.

D．Rosaura felt amused when the monkey disappeared suddenly.