1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where does kiwifruit (猕猴桃) originally come from?

A．America.

B．New Zealand.

C．China.

2. When was “zipper” trademarked (注册商标)?

A．In 1923.

B．In 1930.

C．In 1959.

3. Which is the largest producer of zippers (拉链)?

A．An American company.

B．A Japanese company.

C．A France company.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．Cooling fans.

B．Air conditioning.

C．Room design.

2. Which country might have invented the first cooling device?

A．Egypt.

B．Rome.

C．China.

3. Which cooling method has the longest history?

A．Wet plants.

B．Cold water.

C．Hand fans.

4. Where is the passage most probably taken from?

A．A radio programme.

B．A culture magazine.

C．A history book.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was the first real newspaper started?

A．In 1609.

B．In 1665.

C．In 1704.

2. Which country was the first to publish newspapers?

A．Germany.

B．England.

C．America.

3. Which was the first successful newspaper in America?

A．Strassburg Relation.

B．The New York Sun.

C．The Boston News-Letter.

4. What did the speaker say about the first penny newspaper?

A．It only cost a dollar.

B．It was called The London Gazette.

C．It was the first one to have advertisements.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was Mother’s Day first celebrated?

A．In 1905

B．In 1908.

C．In 1914.

2. What do we know about Anna’s mother?

A．She was a soldier during the Civil War.

B．She founded Mother’s Day Work Clubs.

C．She brought up the idea of Mother’s Day.

3. Who formally announced Mother’s Day?

A．President Wilson.

B．The U.S. Congress.

C．Anna Marie Jarvis.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The origin of Mother’s Day.

B．The celebration of Mother’s Day.

C．The importance of Mother’s Day.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did wheels come into being?

A．5,500 years ago.

B．3,500 years ago.

C．1,500 years ago.

2. Where was the oldest known transport wheel discovered?

A．In China.

B．In Britain.

C．In Slovenia.

3. Why didn’t wheels for transport become popular for a while?

A．Because of money.

B．Because of weather.

C．Because of animals.

4. What led to the changes in wheels?

A．Modern technology.

B．Modern road design.

C．Improving economy.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was the first reconstruction (重建) of Tokyo completed?

A．In 1923.

B．In 1930.

C．In 1945.

2. What destroyed Tokyo the second time in the last century?

A．The war.

B．An earthquake.

C．A fire disaster.

3. What problem is the Tokyo government facing now?

A．Air pollution.

B．Waste treatment.

C．Housing shortages.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who named the eastern states of New Hampshire and New Jersey?

A．The British explorers.

B．The Spanish explorers.

C．The French explorers.

2. What did California mean when the Spanish explorers used it to name the area?

A．A land of flowers.

B．A Spanish book.

C．An island of gold.

3. Why did French explorers call a river in the Midwest “Missouri”?

A．The Indian tribe lived along the river.

B．The name Missouri meant a rich place.

C．It showed the influence of Indians.

4. What’s the passage mainly talking about?

A．How British explorers named the American states.

B．How some American states got their names.

C．Each state was named in the same way.