【正文】 28. What39。re blessed to have been born in Kohama. Our lyrics are about the island and naturewhales in the sea spouting or dolphins doing somersaults（空翻） .” Regardless of the lyrics, these elderly women are incredibly charming when they perform. Their energy and enthusiasm is amazing, considering their age. In fact, no one under the age of 80 is allowed into the band. It turns out that the pop queens are blessed with incredible genesOkinawan islanders have one of the highest life expectant in the world. Their diet chiefly consists of vegetables and local purplefleshed sweet potatoes, with practically no added said she isn39。 the West. But many traditional customs acpanying the Spring Festival, however, have weakened in practice. Setting off fireworks was once the most typical custom of the Spring Festival. People thought the sputtering（爆裂） sound could help drive away evil spirits. However,the activity has been pletely or partially forbidden in big cities for years as the government has taken security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. “ In recent years, some cities have begun to allow people to light fireworks during limited hours at the Spring Festival, surrendering to （屈從于 ) public demand. Respecting folk traditions is a gesture of respect toward public opinion. said Zhou Xing, a folklore researcher. As people gain more ine and it bees easier to buy daily goods. the New Year holiday is just like any other. After long workdays, many people use the New Year holiday to take a rest, rather than visiting friends and neighbors. The process of making and enjoying the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve is the most important thing. However, many families would like to eat out to save time and energy. said Li Shunzhi, a resident of Harbin, Heilongjiang. I enjoy the holidays very much in the countryside. My family has been preparing for the Spring Festival more than two weeks before the holiday, cleaning the house, buying holiday goods and decorating the house with paper cuttings. On New Year39。 A An egg sinks to the bottom if you drop it into a glass of ordinary drinking water but what happens if you add salt? The results arc very interesting and can teach you some fun facts about density(密度 ) . What you39。t learn yoga. C. She can39。s cheaper than a fulltime course. B. Because she has no free time during the day. C. Because it takes much less time during the day. 11. What does the woman think of a oneonone private course? A. Too expensive. B. Very boring. C. Quite interesting. 12. What will the woman do before starting her class? A. Take an online course. B. Sign up for a group class. C. Have another talk with a private tutor. 聽第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16題。 聽第 6段材料，回答第 7題。 will the speakers go to the meeting? A. By taxi. bus. train. 2. What is wrong with the man? A. He has a terrible toothache. B. He has a terrible stomachache. C. He has a terrible headache. 3. What can we know about the man? A. He wants to help wash the glasses. B. He feels sorry for breaking a glass. C. He feels nice just sitting there. 4. Where does the woman want to go? A. To a bank. a restaurant. C. To Beijing Road. 5. What is the man probably? bus conductor. police officer. C. A taxi driver. 第二節(jié) （共 15小題；每小題 ，滿分 ） 聽下面 5段對話或獨白。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。不能答在本試卷上，否則無效。第三部 分的第二節(jié)和第四部分為非選擇題。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一節(jié)為選擇題。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；每小題 ，滿分 ） 聽下面 5段對話。 例： How much is the shirt? A.￡ 19. 15. B.￡ . C.￡ 5. 答案是 C。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。 10. Why does the woman choose a parttime course? A. Because it39。t get to sleep. B. She can39。s final grade? A. Final exams. B. Class attendance. C. Research 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 A、 B、 C、 D四個選項中，選出最佳答案，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。the denser the liquid is, the easier it is for an object to float in it. D. Because the more the liquid there is, the easier it is for an object to float in it. B The old Chinese saying as happy as spending the New Year might be outdated now in the busy modern world. The Spring Festival is regarded as the most important festival for Chinese people and an occasion for all family members to get together, like Christmas in39。ve just pleted a sellout tour of Japan. “ We felt like stars in Tokyo,” added 86yearold Hideko Kedamori. “ Everyone in the audience had a big smile, which gave us the energy to sing our hearts out. We39。 to get burnt. I have to take care of my skinI39。 food. 31. What Menaka said in the last paragraph suggests______. A. she keeps fit by doing housework B. taking exercise every day brings her joy C. she likes high temperature very much D. her good skin is what she takes pride in D Cutting trees in half can help scientists understand the past and now it appears it can be used to predict the future. Researchers have been looking at ring growth from trees to make sense of past weather patterns such as droughts and rain. Combining data from the rings allowed them to create a copy of pictures of climate changes over the past 2, 000 years and this information could also be used to foresee future famine(饑荒 ), unrest and conflict. The project has been named Old World Drought Atlas, or OWDA. Its main author, Columbia biologist Edward Cook, has already carried out similar projects using trees to create chronological(按順序排列的 ) maps of drought in Asia and NorthAmerica. He believes that bining the three atlases could throw light on the global causes of drought and climate change. The study, for instance, gave special attention to the importance of one of such causes,the No