【正文】 pla because they have nowhere left to go. I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone (臭氧層 ). I am afraid to breathe the air because I don39。 13. Why can’t the man get through? A. The line is busy. B. The line has not been paid. C. The line is not in the service. 14. What do we know about the man? A. He lost his way. B. He is stuck in a traffic jam. C. He had a traffic accident. 15. How many people are there in the car? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. 16. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Policeman and driver. 請聽第 10段材料，回答第 17 至 20題。 聽第 6段材料，回答第 6至 7題。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題 ,從題中所給的 A、 B、 C 三個項中選出最佳選項 ,并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后 ,你都有 10稱鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。聽力結束后 ,你將有兩分鐘的時間將試卷上的答案轉涂到答題卡上。 每小題答案后 ,用鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑。如需改動 ,用橡皮擦干凈后 ,再選涂其他答案標號。 第一節(jié) (共 5小題 。每段對話僅讀一遍。聽每段對話或獨白前 ,你將有時間閱讀各個小題 ,每小題 5秒鐘 。 6. How does the man feel after the second job interview? A. Anxious. B. Confused. C. Hopeful. 7. How many people were able to go to the second interview? A. 4. B. 12. C. 16. 請聽第 7段材料，回答第 8至 9題。 17. When was the 55mileperhour speed limit made a law? A. In 1963. B. In 1973. C. In 1983. 18. What is the reason that 75% of the persons surveyed favor the law? A. Easing the traffic pressure. B. Protecting the environment. C. Decreasing the highway death rate. 19. How many people favor a higher speed limit for trucks? A. Only 23%. B. Only 55%. C. Only 75%. 20. Why do truckers want a higher speed limit for trucks? A. Trucks do not use crucial fuel. B. Trucks run better at higher speeds. C. Most trucks don’t transport consumer goods. 第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié) （共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下面短文 ,從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C和 D)中 ,選出最佳選項 ,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。t know what chemicals are in it. You don39。t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it! Here, you may be delegates of your governments, business people, anizers, reporters or politicians— but really you are mothers and fathers, brothers and sister, aunts and uncles— and all of you are somebody39。t care much for sermons (布道 ), and drink too much in the hope of relaxing— only to find themselves drunk into even bigger dreams. There is of course, no typical (典型的 ) American. But if you added them all together and then divided by 226, 000, 000 they would look something like what this chapter has tried to describe. 25. What may be the best title of the passage? A. The Americans. B. Life in America. C. Strange people. D. Great America 26. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in ? A. They like listening to bad luck stories. B. They push the interesting stories away. C. They can easily be moved by sad stories. D. They are informed of good luck stories often. 27. Which one of the following is probably NOT what the Americans love? A. noise B. advertisement C. smoking D. fresh water 28. In what way did the author write this passage? A. By parison. B. By giving examples. C. By experimenting. D. By telling stories. C What if handheld (掌控型的 ) tools know what needs to be done and were even able to guide and help inexperienced users to plete jobs that require skill? Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed and started studying a novel concept in robotics— intelligent handheld robots. Historically, handheld tools have been straight, unintelligent instruments that are unaware of the context they operate in, are fully directed by the user, and therefore, lack any understanding about the task they are performing. Dr. Walterio MayolCuevas and PhD student, Austin GreggSmith, from the University39。 Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. 36 . Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries (金絲雀 ). If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself or herself, we say he or she looks like “the cat that ate the canary”. 37 . So if you “play cat and mouse” with someone, you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person. For example, a child might offer something sweet to her little brother and then take it away when he reaches for it. One old and funny expression describes something that is the best. Americans might say that something is “the cat’s miaow ( 喵 )”. 38 . Sometimes people sleep for a short time during the day. This is called “a cat nap”. If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you “l(fā)et the cat out of the bag”. 39 . Then someone might ask if “the cat has g ot your tongue”. Have you ever watched children in a classroom when their teacher leaves for a few minutes? 40 . It means people sometimes misbehave when there is no supervision (監(jiān)督 ). You may have heard this expression: curiosity killed the cat. This means being too concerned about things that are not your business might cause problems. A. Whe