2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How much is the speakers’ income per month?

A．$ 3,000.

B．$ 4,000.

C．$ 4,500.

2. What do the speakers spend most money on?

A．The house rent.

B．Daily use.

C．The car loan.

3. What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The woman has got a raise.

B．The car loan will be over this month.

C．The speakers have some money left every month.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the conversation mainly about?

A．Throwing a party.

B．Tidying the house.

C．Visiting friends.

2. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A．Sweep the floor.

B．Wash the dishes.

C．Throw out the rubbish.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Mum and Her Bank Account

My family had the tradition to sit down by the kitchen table every Saturday night to count out the money Dad had brought home.

These are for the rent, and these for the groceries. “ Mum counted out and divided the big silver pieces.

I’ll need a notebook, “ That would be my sister Christine, my brother Nels or me.

After Mum put one or two coins to the side for the notebook, she said that was all we needed to buy for the week and we all relaxed a little. We didn’t have to go downtown and draw money out of Mum’s bank account, which could always give us such a warm and secure feeling for having enough to afford the life.

When Nels graduated from grammar school , he needed some money for high school We sat by the table and I offered my “ Little Bank” which was used for sudden emergencies such as the time when Christine broke her arm and had to see a doctor. I laid the box carefully in front of Mum. After counting out the money in the little bank and finding there was not enough, we all agreed not to go to the bank but to find some ways.

Nels volunteered to work in Dillon’s grocery after school and Dad said he would give up smoking. Now there was enough money. We felt relieved.

So many things came out of the little bank that year: Christine’s dress for the school play, Nel’s operation ... Whatever happened , we always knew we still had the bank to depend on. We never used her bank account.

That was twenty years ago.

Last year, I sold my first story. When the money came I thought of Mum’s bank account.

注意 1.续写词数应为120左右:
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

So I hurried over to Mum’s home.

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Knowing that there was no bank account at all, I felt shocked.

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5 . For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is—politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something—and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

1. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

A．Both are about where to draw the line.

B．Both can continue for generations.

C．Neither has any clear winner.

D．Neither can be put to an end.

2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C．The teens cause their parents of misleading them.

D．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

3. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ______.

A．give orders to the other

B．know more than the other

C．gain respect from the other

D．get the other to behave properly

4. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A．Solutions for the parent-teen problems.

B．Examples of the parent-teen war.

C．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.

D．Future of the parent-teen relationship.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Salesperson and customer.

B．Homeowner and cleaner.

C．Husband and wife.

2. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?

A．One with two bedrooms.

B．One without furniture.

C．One near a market.

3. How much rent should one pay for the one bedroom apartment?

A．＄350.

B．＄400.

C．＄415.

4. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?

A．On Lake Street.

B．On Market Street.

C．On South Street.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where are the speakers?

A．In a hospital.

B．In the office.

C．At home.

2. When is the report due?

A．Thursday.

B．Friday.

C．Next Monday.

3. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?

A．Improve it.

B．Hand it in later.

C．Leave it with him.

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It was March 8th, Women’s Day. I decided to do something for my mom and give her a surprise.

Immediately after school, I went to the supermarket, when I bought plenty of vegetables, fish and meat. As soon as I arrived home, I started to prepare the dinner for Mom. It was the first time that I had cooked something on my own. Not knowing the exactly process to cook. I read some recipes first. Keep what I had learned in mind, I got down with cooking. Almost an hour later, three simple but delicious dishes were ready on the table.

Since Mom couldn’t get home until thirty minutes later, I started to do some cleaning. It was not difficult for me. Mopping thoroughly, the floor was quite clean.

No sooner had everything been ready Mom came back. I couldn’t wait to show what I had been done for her. A big smile with both surprise and satisfy spread on Mom’s face when she found the hearty(丰盛的) dinner and the tidy room. At that moment, pride rose from a bottom of my heart. Although she fell a little tired, everything was worthwhile.

9 . One evening, author Neil’s son was angry. Neil had said one of those things that parents say, like “isn’t it time you were in bed.” His son looked up at him, angry and said, “I wish I didn’t have a dad! I wish I had … a goldfish!” That conversation gave birth to Neil’s book, “The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish”. The book is a funny adventure of a son searching for the dad he swapped.

Whether they realize it or not, fathers play an important role in their children’s development. Roland Warren, Director of the National Fatherhood Initiative, says that, “The shape of their dads has a role in the kids’ soul.” I agree. We live in the best of times and the worst of times for fatherhood. We live in the best of times because fathers who are engaged in their child’s life spend more time than fathers of any previous generation. We live in the worst of times because there are still millions of children who continue to miss the regular presence of Dad.

What difference does a dad make? Are they really that important? For the most part, studies have proved clearly that fathers, whether they live with their children or not, matter in the lives of their children. When fathers are present, they provide economic support for their children and caregiving responsibilities. Well-fathered children are shown to be more emotionally intelligent and socially successful as adults. When fathers are absent, their absence may negatively influence children’s academic achievement, general behavioural adjustment and anger management, especially in males.

Yet just being physically present isn’t enough to be a great father. It is important that a dad be warm and emotionally available to his child. Author and researcher, John Gottman, describes this kind of father as an “emotion coaching father”. Emotion coaches are parents who listen to their children’s feelings, see the sharing of feelings as an opportunity for intimacy（亲密）. It is not just the mere presence of fathers that matters, but how they are present. Most children long for and need a loving, devoted and responsible father.

1. The author introduces his topic by ______.

A．presenting the results of studies	B．telling a story
C．making a comparison	D．interviewing some experts

2. What does the author mean in Paragraph 2 by saying “We live in the worst of times … ”?

A．Today’s fathers don’t care about their children’s emotions.

B．Lots of children’s fathers have to work every day.

C．Lots of children’s fathers are absent from their lives.

D．Today’s fathers don’t have care giving responsibilities.

3. According to the text, a well-fathered child is more likely to _______.

A．lose control of anger	B．obtain high academic achievement
C．have low emotional intelligence	D．have good social skills

4. We can learn from the text that an “emotion coaching father” is a father who ______.

A．gives economic support to his child	B．shares his child’s emotions
C．tries to change his child’s emotions	D．is always available to his child

10 . Coffee is the smell of childhood at my grandma’s house, and the    1     (pleasure) smell spreading the house every time she gave me a vivid     2     (describe) of being a migrant from Europe after the war—she always said she found not having real coffee     3     (hard) than learning English. Coffee is my dad mum    4    (watch) ABC News after dinner every night.

Coffee is travelling from Adelaide to Hobart with my brother in his car, camping as we    5     (run) out of money, and spend the money we just earned     6     a bottle of beer at    7     start of our trip. Coffee is me on a Sunday morning, as a little girl,     8     (comfortable) lying in bed with my kitties and reading the newspapers. And now coffee is me going to work in a coffee bar     9     (base) in Tasmania and making people’s days a bit better with my job.     10     is also related to coffee is a saying: First cup you are a visitor, second cup you are a friend and by the third cup you are family.