also l like music（）

Questions are based on the following passage.

Young people tend to be critical of their parents at times and blame them for most ofthe misunderstandings between them. I think it is true that parents often underestimate theirteenage children and also（36）how they themselves felt when young.

For example， young people like doing things on spur of the moment: it is one of theirways of showing that they can accept a（37）. Older people worry more（38）; most ofthem plan things ahead， at least in the back of their minds， and do not like their plans to beupset by something（39）.

So my advice to you is this: when you want to borrow the family car or get your mother tomend something for you， you will have better success ifyou can possibly ask in advance.

Young people also make it harder for their parents to trust them because they liketo（40）them. They say things like "Everybody we know drives at ninety miles anhour"， or "We"ve all decided we won"t study for our final examinations —— it"s（41）"Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles，in entertainers and music. This is not their main（42）. They feel cut off from the adultworld， into which they have not yet been accepted. So they（43）a culture and society oftheir own. Then， if it tums out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes orhairstyles irritate their parents， this gives them（44）enjoyment. They feel they are（45），at least in a small way， and that they are leaders in style. and taste.

A．create

B．worse

C．additional

D．superior

E. challenge

F. recall

G. importantly

H. unexpected

I . shock

J . easily

K. benefit

L . motive

M. forget

N. helpful

O. Useless

第（36）题应填__________

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roblem, and they are very bad for musicians. 3. I can buy pirated software in some small computer stores I know. 4. You know it is pirated if it is very cheap. 5. You can tell the software is pirated if the label is from a copy machine. 6. Sometimes the seller gives you a CD that has no printing on it. 7. Sometimes real copies of software cost more than a thousand dollars. 8. I think it is wrong to buy pirated software because it is like stealing from the company.

"Good Time" is a program on ABC Radio.

Jim Green is an announcer for the program. Most of the girls and boys like the program. They also like Jim Green. Some of them often make phone calls to him and thank him __21__ his work. There are lots of letters to him every day, too.

Jim Green gets up at 6:00 every morning. He has bread and a glass of milk for breakfast. He leaves home at 6:30 and __22__ his office at 7:15.

The program __23__ at 7:30.He plays the new records of the pop songs and modern music for his listeners. At 8:00 it's time for the news.

Jim finishes work at 10:30. He goes home __24__ his car. He __25__ newspaper and listens to music after supper. He thinks his life is very interesting.

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根据下列材料请回答 16～30 题：

Some years ago，Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags，new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started．Today，however，all have 16 If you still come back to school 17 0nly these things，you are out—of-date(过时的)。Students in big cities like to bring the latest high．tech things to school，and feel happy and 18 to show off(炫耀)these things to 19 ．Mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players，electronic dictionaries，the list is endless．

Young people think that．1iving in the 21 st century，they must keep up with the 20 They don't want to fall 21 ．Besides，they think 22 they need to keep in touch with their classmates．SO they need mobile phones．They also like to 23 the pop music，SO they need CD players．They explain that， 24 like electronic dictionarjes，these can be 25 in their study， 26 ．They think that their parents should understand 27 they want these things-

Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they 28 to school at the beginning of a new term． 29 ，they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to 30 these high—tech things that they want．

第 16 题

A．changed

B．come

C．joined

D．stopped

The statement “it is all too monkey” (Last line, paragraph l) implies that ________.

[A] monkeys are also outraged by slack rivals

[B] resenting unfairness is also monkeys’ nature

[C] monkeys, like humans, tend to be jealous of each other

[D] no animals other than monkeys can develop such emotions

请阅读Passage l。完成第小题。

Shoppers on Black Friday， the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in America， are notoriously aggressive. Some even start queuing outside stores before dawn to be the first to lay their hands on heavily discounted merchandise. Despite the frenzy at many stores， however， the recession appears to have accelerated the pace at which shoppers are abandoning bricks and mortar（传统实体商场） in favor of online retailers——e-tailers. So this year Black Friday （so named because it is supposed to put shops into profit for the year） also marks the start of many conventional retailers" attempts to regain the initiative.

E-commerce holds particular appeal in straitened times as it enables people to compare pries across retailers quickly and easily. Buyers can sometimes avoid local sales taxes online， and shipping is often free. No wonder， then， that online shopping continues to grow even as the offline sort shrinks.

The shift in spending to the Internet is good news for companies like P&G that lack retail outlets of their own. But it is a big concern for bricks-and-mortar retailers， whose prices are often higher than those of e-tailers， since they must bear the extra expense of running stores. Happily， however， conventional retailers are in a better position to fight back than last year， when overstocking forced them to resort to ruinous discounting.

The most obvious response to the growth of e-tailing is for conventional retailers to redouble their own efforts online. The online arms of big retailers are performing well， on the whole. Retailers are also trying to make shopping seem fun and exciting to counteract the economic gloom. One common tactic is to set up "pop-up" stores， which appear for a short time before vanishing again， to foster a sense of novelty and urgency. Following the lead of many bricks-and-mortar outfits， eBay recently launched a pop-up in New York where customers could inspect items before ordering them.

Stores are also trying to lure customers by offering services that are not available online. Best Buy， a consumer-electronics retailer， has started selling music lessons along with its musical instruments. Lululemon Athletica， which sells sports clothes， offers free yoga classes. The idea is to bring people back to its shops regularly， increasing the likelihood that they will develop the habit of shopping there.

Why is the recession of conventional business accelerating？ 查看材料

A. Because conventional retailers don"t care for their customers.

B. Because more people are waiting for the best bargain.

C. Because stores compete by offering discounted merchandise.

D. Because many customers begin to favor shopping onhne.

用所给单句完成对话，并将答案序号写在答题线上。

Molly and Zhang Hua are talking about hobbies.

A. I prefer swimming and going joggings whenever I get the chance.

B. Do you like yoga？

C. Do you have any hobbies？

D. but they are in different ways.

E. The key to do exercise is to do it regularly.

Molly:___26_____ ()

Zhang Hua: Oh, yes. I enjoy playing tennis and riding my mountain bike. I also enjoy listening to music and cooking. What about you？

Molly:_____27_____ ()

Zhang Hua : Great! These are good to our health. How often do you go jogging？

Molly : I try to do at least a little every day. ____28_____()

Zhang Hua: Exactly right.

Molly:_____29___ ()

Zhang Hua : Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Yoga is now the most popular exercise. Lots of people are doing that. They think it's a good way of losing weight. It can calm you down and make you think of nothing, just concentrate on yourself.

Mfolly : That sounds like Tai Chi in China.

Zhang Hua: Yeah,____30_____ ()

ood education is often regarded as a ticket to Success in their future.So，many of these students try their best to get a good mark in their examinations.They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big headache.Sometimes，some of them are even made to go to remedial(补习的)classes after school.

Schools run programmes outside school hours.The students can take part in sports and games，music and dance，hiking and rock-climbing，etc.They are also very active in community service(社区服务).

In their spare time，most students like to listen to pop music.Hollywood blockbusters(大片)，Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them.They understand IT very well.Some of them also spend their free time surfing the Internet，e—mailing their friends，playing computer and video games.

They sometimes go to cafes，fast—food restaurants，shopping centres and big bookstores.

So，it looks like life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.

21.Many students want to get good education to be （） in the future.

A.popular

B.successful

C.comfortable

D.generous

22.（） go to remedial classes after school in Singapore.

A.A11 of the students

B.Few of the students

C.Not all the students

D.Most of the students

23.In the school，the students can’t outside school （） hours.

A.have sports

B.dance

C.go hiking

D.go to a restaurant

24.According to the passage，most students in Singapore like （）.

A.Hollywood blockbusters

B.writing to their friends

C.talking to their friends

D.having exams

25.The meaning of the underlined sentence in the passage is （）.

A.the middle schoo1 students’ life in Singapore is easy

B.the middle school students’ life in Singapore is amazing

C.the middle school students’ life in Singapore is boring

D.the middle school students’ life in Singapore is hard，but it’s interesting

The British SummerBritain is well known for its rainy climate. People joke that even in

The British Summer

Britain is well known for its rainy climate. People joke that even in the summer time the country never gets any sun and that the skies stay disappointingly grey even during the months of July and August. Last summer though, it was so hot that people could hardly believe it. British people weren't used to such high temperatures, so every day on the news there were stories about people struggling to work in such unusual weather conditions. Radio and television programmers also reminded everyone to drink more water and not to stay too long in the sun.

When the sun comes out, British people tend to spend time in their garden if they have one. It’s common to invite friends and neighbours around for a barbecue, where everyone sits outside and eats food like grilled meat (烤肉)and salads. There's always a back-up plan in case of rain though, and the meal sometimes has to be cooked in the kitchen and eaten indoors. People also spend a lot of time in parks during the summer, having picnics or playing sports. In every green area, there’s always at least one ice cream van, a kind of car that plays children’s music and sells ice creams. Towns like Blackpool and Brighton are popular for their beaches and amusement arcades(游乐场).People go there to swim, sunbathe and eat fish and chips. The water can be quite cold, though, and that’s why quite a lot of people prefer to go abroad for their summer holiday instead. Popular destinations include Spain, Germany and France: all countries that promise a lot of sunshine!

1、There is little sunshine in Britain in summer.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

2、British people like to tell jokes about each other.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

3、It was unusually hot last summer in Britain.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

4、British people enjoyed the high temperatures of last summer.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

5、The media advised people to enjoy the sunshine.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

6、Most British people have a garden of their own.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

7、People having a barbecue often have a plan against the rain.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

8、Children like the music from the ice cream vans.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

9、Blackpool and Brighton are known for their beaches.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

10、People go to Spain in summer to enjoy the cooler sea water.()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

听力原文： Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain elements of writing: a word, a phrase, an idea, a pause, a sound, or a grammatical construction. We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternate heavy and light beats in music. Our love for rhythm seems to be innate; witness the response of a small child to a lively music. Children love to beat on toy drums or empty boxes. They stamp their feet and chant nursery rhythms or nonsense syllables, just like primitive dancers. As children grow older, they are taught to restrain their responses to rhythm, but our love of rhythm remains. We live in rhythms; in fact we are governed by rhythms.

Physiologically, we are rhythmical. We must eat, sleep, breathe, and play regularly to maintain good health. Emotionally, we are rhythmical, too, for psychologists say that all of us feel alternate periods of being in high spirits or concentration. It usually follows that rhythm, a fundamental aspect of our lives, must be a part of any good literature works, whether poetry or prose.

Q. 15. What is rhythm in literature according to the passage？

Q. 16.What is the difference between a child's response to music and an adult's response to music？

Q. 17. Which of the following statements is NOT made in the passage？

Q. 18. What is the passage mainly about？

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A．A special use of words.

B．The arrangement of ideas.

C．The regular occurrence of certain elements of writing.

D．The exploration of sound effects.

ty two years of his life that followed, he built a literary fame unsurpassed (无法超越)in the twentieth century.

As a boy he was taught by his father to hunt and fish along the shores and in the forests around Lake Michigan. The Hemingways had a summer house in northern Michigan, and the family would spend the summer months there trying to stay cool. Hemingway would either fish the different streams that ran into the lake, or would take the small boat out to do some fishing there. He would also go squirrel hunting in the woods, discovering early in life the peace to be found while alone in the forest or going through a stream. It was something he could always go back to throughout his life, and though he often found himself living in major cities like Chicago, Toronto and Paris early in his life, once he became successful he chose somewhat isolated places to live in.

When he wasn't hunting or fishing his mother taught him the good points of music. She was a skilled singer who once had wished a life on stage, but at last settled down with her husband and spent her time by giving voice and music lessons to local children, including her own. Hemingway was never talented for music and suffered through singing practices and music lessons, however, the musical knowledge he got from his mother helped him share in his first wife Hadley's interest in the piano.

Ernest Hemingway died in______.

A．1969

B．1979

C．1981

D．1961