第二节 完型填空 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 From Monday until Friday (36) people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and (37) weekends they are free to enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; (38) take part in sports. It depends on individual (39) . There are many different ways to spend our (40) time. (41) . everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be (42) from collecting stamps to (43) model planes. Some hobbies are very (44) ; others don’t cost (45) at all. Some collections (收藏品) are (46) a lot of money; others are valuable only (47) their owners. I know a man who (48) a coin collection worth thousands of dollars. A short time ago, he got a (49) fifty cent piece by (50) $250. He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was (51) . On the contrary, my youngest brother (52) match boxes. He has almost 6,000 of them. But I (53) if they are worth any money. However, for my brother they are very (54) . Nothing makes him (55) than to find a new match box for his collection.
A. working
B. business
C. spare
D. empty
Text 1 Pisa is an Italian city known for its Leaning Tower. The Tower, interestingly enough, started leaning in the middle of its construction — when its first three stories were completed. Bonnano Pisano, the engineer in charge, tried to correct the lean by making the new stories slightly taller on the short side, only to find that the added marble caused the Tower to sink still further. Work was suspended several times as engineers sought fresh solutions, until the Tower was finished in the 14th century, still leaning. The construction, begun in 1174, nearly took 200 years. In modern times the structure has been several times strengthened by cement, but to this day it is still in danger of collapse. Various schemes have been under consideration for saving, it. To rebuild an upright tower would be easy enough for modern engineering, but it would not be the same edifice as people love and remember it. The Leaning Tower must be left leaning, saved, not reconstructed. There is nothing really wrong with a leaning tower — after all, Galileo climbed to the top and did his experiment by throwing down weights. In the meantime, the Tower has been closed to the public since 1990. What is NOT true about the Leaning Tower
A. It makes its city Pisa well-known.
B. Its construction took nearly 200 years.
C. Many measures have been taken to correct the lean.
D. If you go to Pisa now, you can go and visit the Leaning Tower.
阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出了7个句子,清根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息,请选择A项;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请选择B项;如果该句的信息文章中没有提及,请选择C项。 Plants in Desert Only special plants can survive the terrible climate of a desert, for these are regions when the annual range of the soil temperature can be over 75℃. Furthermore, during the summer there are few clouds in the sky to protect plans from the sun’ s ray. Another problem is the fact that there are frequently strong winds that drive small, sharp particles of sand into the plants,earing and damaging them. The most difficult probiem for all forms of plant life, however, is the fact that the entire annual rainfall occurs during a few days or weeks in spring. Grasses and flowers in desert survive from one year to the next by existing through the long, hot, dry season in the form of seeds. These seeds remain inactive unless the fight amount of’rain falls. If no rain falls, or if insufficient rain falls, they wait until the next year, or even still the next. Another factor that helps these plants to survive is the fact that their life cycles are short. By the time the water from the spring rains disappears — just a few weeks after it falls — such plants no longer need any. The perennials (多年生植物) have special features that enable them to survive as plants for several years. Thus, nearly all desert perennials have extensive root systems below ground and a small shoot system above ground. The large root network enables the plant to absorb as much water as possible in short time. The small shoot system, on the other hand, considerably limits water loss by evaporation. Another feature of many perennials is that after the rainy season they 10se their leaves in preparation for the long, dry season, just as trees in wetter climates lose theirs in preparation for the winter. This reduces their water loss by evaporation (蒸发) duing the dry season. Then, in next rainy season, they come fully alive once more, and grow new branches, leaves and flowers, just as the grasses and flowers in desert do. Winter is the toughest season for the grasses and flowers to survive.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
第一节 听下面5段对话,每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。 听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 What time will they leave for the airport
A. 11:30
B. 13:30
C. 9:30