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

A．Discussing their schedule.

B．Packing for a journey.

C．Deciding on a present.

2. What does Jacques like doing?

A．Swimming.

B．Playing basketball.

C．Reading books on modern art.

3. What will the speakers most probably do next?

A．Find a basketball.

B．Leave home.

C．Call a taxi.

2 . “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade (柠檬水).” It is a good saying, but life throws at us more serious problems than lemons, doesn’t it? What do we do when we lose a family member? What do we do when we have been through events that leave us feelings? Can any failure be turned into success?

Most of us realize we can learn one or two things from failure. When we fail, we think, “Well, I won’t try that again! ”or “I won’t trust anyone again! ”But this is not useful learning. It is suggested that we ask challenging questions. For example, “How could I try that again?” There are a lot we can learn and get from failure if we keep asking good questions on how to do better next time.

Failure or pain can be good for developing our character if we choose to face it in a positive way. Our own suffering often makes us understand others better. It can give us wisdom or knowledge to share with others, which can prevent them from similar failure. If we have been hurt by others because of another person’s poor character, it may improve us to be better persons.

Failures can make us experience many things that we didn’t experience before. If you lose your job, it doesn’t mean you lose everything and probably you may get more. As we know, no job often leads to self employment; no job has been the beginning of many highly successful businesses. It is common that we don’t like changing, but change, even unfortunate change, brings new opportunities. Sometimes only failure brings us better opportunities or greater success.

1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that ________.

A．any lemons can be made into lemonade

B．problems always bring us lots of trouble

C．problems can never be avoided in our life

D．failure can also be turned into a success

2. The 2^nd paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A．We should learn more when we fail

B．We must be careful to trust anyone

C．We must ask questions when we fail

D．We should deal with failure positively

3. According to the writer, if you were hurt by another person, you should ________.

A．avoid hurting others in the same way

B．find a better way to hurt him bravely

C．try to prevent him from hurting others

D．thank him for making you more perfect

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Failure Decides success	B．Failure Creates Opportunities
C．Failure Brings Everything	D．Failure Makes a Perfect Person

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the conversation take place?

A．In a coffeehouse.

B．In a company.

C．At the office.

2. Why does the woman take the part-time job?

A．Because She is a volunteer.

B．Because she is an English student.

C．Because she wants to improve oral English.

3. What can we know about the man?

A．He seldom comes here.

B．He wants some cookies.

C．He tries to improve his English.

4. What’s not allowed for the woman?

A．Accepting tips.

B．Talking with customers.

C．Speaking English.

4 . Every life in Britain

The weather is the most common topic in Britain.    1    Because in Britain the weather changes a lot. Wind, rain, sun, cloud, snow---they can all happen in Britain.

    2    At banks, cinemas, shops, bus stops you can always see people in queues. They stand and wait quietly, often for a long time. Each new person stands at the end of the queue---sometimes in rain,wind or snow. They never complain and they will get quite upset when someone jumps the queue.

Men always shake hands when they meet.     3    They shook hands to show that they didn't have sword(剑). Now shaking hands is a customer most countries. In Britain you don't shake hands with your friends or family members. But you do shake hands when you meet a person for the first time.

    4    And they always send birthday cards or presents. There are also other cards like Christmascards, goodluckcards, congratulations on your new baby cards and get well soon cards. They have everything for every important moment.

British people are very superstitious(迷信). They believe in all sorts of signs they see. For them black cats are luck    5    The more leaves you catch, the more lucky you will be. However, never open an umbrella in the house and never break a mirror because they mean seven years of bad luck.

A．Shopping is another common topic in Britain

B．Another common thing in Britain is queue

C．Hundreds of years ago, soldiers began this custom.

D．In autumn if you catch falling leaves you are lucky

E．Why do the Britain talk about the weather so often

F．They also pay attention to tiny details like your birthday

G．Never walk under a ladder, and don't walk pass somebody on the stairs

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When will the girl start her afternoon class next Thursday?

A．At 2:30 p.m.

B．At 2:00 p.m.

C．At 1:30 p.m.

2. Where will Jane Winter give the talk?

A．In the classroom.

B．In the hall.

C．In the library.

3. What does the man ask the girl to do?

A．Write a story about Jane Winter.

B．Invite Jane Winter to her class.

C．Show Jane Winter her story.

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

A．Change some US dollars.

B．Change some UK dollars.

C．Change some HK dollars.

2. What is the exchange rate？

A．700 American dollars to 405 pounds.

B．100 American dollars to 72 pounds.

C．700 American dollars to 400 pounds.

3. How much does the man want to change?

A．＄700.

B．＄400.

C．＄500.

4. What kind of notes does he want？

A．100, 50 and small changes.

B．20, 5 and small changes.

C．100 and small changes.