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滿分: 150 分 本試卷分第 Ⅰ 卷(閱讀題)和第 Ⅱ 卷(表達(dá)題)兩部分 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 : 聽力 (共兩節(jié),滿分 30 分 ) 第一節(jié)(共 5小題;每小題 1. 5分,滿分 7. 5分) 聽下面 5段對話。每段對話僅讀一遍。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。 10. Which of the following is true about Tahiti according to the woman? A. It’s located in the Northern Pacific Ocean. B. It’s formed from volcanic activity. C. It’s the highest island in French Polynesia. 11. What is the island’s official language? A. English. B. Tahitian. C. French. 12. What is Tahiti famous for? A. Its beach scenery. B. Its food. C. Its population. 聽第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16題。 A After I mastered my first concerto (協(xié)奏曲 ) at age 14, my parents decided to get me a nice violin. I tried out dozens of instruments before I found my match: a German violin. It was beautiful, but what I liked best about it was its voice. Confident and strong, it was everything I longed to be. I’m not sure how much that violin cost, but my parents made me promise never to let it out of my sight. They didn’t understand that dragging a large violin case ran counter to my daily middle school task of being invisible (看不見 ). I was a strange, absentminded kid. When I spoke up in class, my ments brought confused silence from teachers and wild laughter from students. Like a deer in a wolf pack, I tried to be quiet and still. In contrast, my new violin was almost shoc kingly loud. Together, we could drown out the rest of my middle school orchestra—which was encouraged, since the other kids made sounds like cats’ crying. For one glorious hour every day, I was showered with attention. Everyone wanted to hear what I had to say. Between classes, I bent under the bined weight of my violin case and a backpack filled with books. My posture suffered, but my confidence grew. With my violin by my side, I found my voice. More and more, I contributed to class discussions and even made a couple of friends. Today, I’m just an amateur violinist with a regular day job. As I sit in my munity orchestra, sometimes I feel jealous (嫉妒的 ) of my fellow musicians’ instruments with their elegant voices. I may not be the best violinist around, but at least I’m still the loudest. 21. The underlined part “ran counter to “ in Paragraph 2 probably means ______. A. was similar to B. went along with C. was the opposite of D. had something in mon with 22. We know from Paragraph 2 that the author ________. A. did not fit in at school B. was an excellent student C. was strong and confident D. did not attend classes regularly 23. What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 3? A. Disappointment. B. Anger. C. Pride. D. Regret. 24. What can we infer from the text? A. The violin changed the author in some way. B. The author hated the loud voice of his violin. C. The violin always made the author embarrassed. D. The author was the best violinist in his munity orchestra. B What if our babies could somehow tell us what they’re thinking about, what they want, and what makes them unhappy? Robyn Holt, researcher for Baby Talk New Zealand, says they can. Holt heard about baby sign language through an advertisement and decided to go a long to a workshop (研討會 ). “Sign language is something that’s always interested me, and I thought, it could be really cool to try this with a baby because we are always guessing all the time what they actually want.” Holt started using baby sign language with her baby son Benjamin, now 12, and within two weeks he started to sign the sign for milk. She has since used it with her two younger sons Dominic, 8, and Matthew, 3.[來源 :學(xué) 科 網(wǎng) ] Baby sign language is nothing new: the practice (which is based on adult sign laguange) has been out in America for more than 30 years. But it is enjoying a rebirth in New Zealand. The idea behind baby sign language is that babies do have the ability to municate their needs if they are given the right tools to do so. Although many mothers develop an intuition (直覺 ) about whether their baby’s crying is from hunger, tiredness, or pain, baby sign language c reates a direct form of munication that unlocks the mystery. When babies are between 6months and 12 to 13months, parents can begin to teach them sign language: use the sign for milk while feeding, and also talk