【正文】 第二節(jié) （ 共 15 小題 。每段對話或獨自后有幾個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。每段對話或獨自讀兩遍。 6. Whose CD is broken? A. Kathy39。s. C. Jack39。原文提示： Oh, it’s broken! Jacky is not going to be happy when he sees this. It’s his favorite CD! 7. What does the boy promise to do for the girl? her a new CD. B. Do some cleaning. C. Give her 10 dollars. 【答案】 B 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 8. What did the man think of the meal? A. Just soso. B. Quite satisfactory. C. A bit disappointing. 【答案】 B 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。原文提示： M: How much is your service charge? W: Fifteen percent and it’s included in your bill. 聽第 8 段材料，回答第 I0 至 12 題。原文提示： M: My daughter bought this camera here for my wife’s birthday. But it doesn’t work. So I’d like to change it for another one. 11. What colour does the man want? A. Pink. B. Black. C. Orange. 【 答案】 A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。原文提示 ： W: We’ll call you when it es in. 聽第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 題。原文提示： W: Hi, Joe! Many people in our department are leaving for Thanksgiving. What are you going to do? M: I think I’ll just stay at home. I may see some friends and watch a few DVDs. 14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto? A. Attend a party. B. Meet her aunt. C. See a car show. 【答案】 A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。原文提示： W: My husband is waiting for me. And we’ll have to pick up Daniel from school. 16. What might be the relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Fellow workers. C. Guide and tourist. 【答案】 B 【解析】推理判斷題。 17. Where does Thomas Manning work? A. In the Guinness Company. B. At a radio station. C. In a museum. 【答案】 A 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。原文提示： Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of Guinness, was out shooting birds with some friends. A bird flew away so quickly that no one was able to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe, and if it wasn’t the fastest, he wondered what was.” “So I suppose he went to the nearest library to look for the information and he couldn’t find it?” “Yes, that’s exactly what happened. And this made Sir Hugh think there must be other people in the same situation who wanted this kind of information. He thought that, like himself, people would be interested in finding facts of all records to satisfy their curiosity.” “So the idea for a book of records was born. 19. When did Sir Hugh39。原文提示： when did the first book e out?” “A few years later, in 1955.” 20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next? A. More records of unusual facts. B. The founder of the pany. C. The oldest person in the world 【答案】 A 【解析】推理判斷題。 A Every Wednesday， I go to Cantata Adult Life Services， a local retirement munity in Brookfield， Illinois， US， with my classmates to do munity service． Our visits last about an hour， and we bring 25—30 students every time． We play board games and cards with the elderly while we’re there． You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about “l(fā)ife back then”， but nothing pares to talking to the people who were actually there． Just hearing their stories has touched me in a way I never thought possible． Whether it was talking to 98yearold “Hurricane Hilda” about her glory days as a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor， I was pletely mesmerized by every single memory the elderly wanted to share with me． Even those who don’t have amazing memories make the experience fulfilling(充實的 )． I remember visiting Mrs Robinson． She couldn’t recall much about her past， but she told me she’d never fet how kind I was just to listen to her． It made me realize that it’s the little things that make life worth living． If there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata， it’s that presence——just being there—means more than anything to many of them． And despite how busy our lives are， there’s always time to make someone’s day． 【語篇解讀】 本文屬于故事類文章，講述作者去敬老院做義工的經(jīng)歷，并從該經(jīng)歷收獲了很多。 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 22. The underlined word “mesmerized” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to“_______”. A. confused B. annoyed C. encouraged D. attracted 【答案】 D。根據(jù)第四段 I was pletely mesmerized by every single memory the elderly wanted to share with me． Even those who don’t have amazing memories make the experience fulfilling(充實的 )．可知，作者被老人的經(jīng)歷所吸引，故選 D。 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 B It is good to get in touch with your inner child from time to time， and obviously some people are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment． A Brooklynbased adult preschool is charging customers between $333 and $999 for the chance to act like a kid again． At Preschool Mastermind in New York adults get to participate in show—and—tell，arts—and—crafts such as finger paint， games like musical chairs and even take naps． The monthlong course also has class picture day where the adults are expected to have a field trip and a parent day． 30yearold Michelle Joni Lapidos， the brain behind the adult preschool， studied childhood education and has always wanted to be a preschool teacher． She’s always on the lookout for new ways to get people in touch with the freedom of childhood． A friend encouraged her to start the mastermind course instead． According to Candice， her blogger friend， Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to relearn and master the things that they failed to understand as children． “I realized all the significances of what we learn in preschool， ”said founder Michelle Joni， “People e here and get in touch with their inner child． It’s magical． We are bringing ourselves back to another place，another time with ourselves when we are more believing in ourselves， more confident and ready to take on the world． ” “One person’s here because they want to learn not to be so serious ． ”Michelle said． “Another39。 24. What is the purpose of Preschool Mastermind? A. To give adults a chance to r