【正文】 ation? A. Korean pop songs. B. Taekwondo. C. A Korean series. is mentioned as a famous actor in Korean dramas? A .Bae Yong Jun. B. Baby Vox. C. . 聽第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 題。 17. Where did Gloria work as a waitress? A. At a bar at New York University B.. At a top club in Britain C.. At a club named Top Club did Gloria describe Mr. Williams? A. Nice. B. Careless. C. Humorous. 19. Why did the club pay Gloria the money? A. She worked hard for the club B. Gordon had no money in the bank. C. Her story made the club well known is the story mainly about? A. A Lostandfound check B. An unexpected sum of money. C. The biggest tip in the history 第二部 分：閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)， 40 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 15 小題 。 A WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) The Los Angeles Lakers hero Kobe Bryant announced that he will retire at the end of the 202016 season via a letter poem on The Players39。s millions of fans around the world in congratulating him on an outstanding NBA career and thank him for so many thrilling memories. At 37 years old and suffering from various injuries, Bryant acknowledged(承認 ) that recovering from a previous night’s game is a painful, allday process for him. A lot has to be done to fort his muscles. By Bryant’s own admission, although he loves his career so much, the end of it could be ing sooner or later. many teams has Kobe served during his entire career? the passage ,we can learn that____________. A .Kobe refused to play for Hor B. Adam Silver. speaks highly of Kobe C. Kobe didn’t receive school education. D. Kobe has 17championships with the Lakers can be inferred that Kobe A. participated in 2 Olympic Games B. suffered little from his injuries. C. will be a coach after retirement. D. was unwilling to end his career. of the following word can best describe Kobe Bryant according to the passage? A. Badtempered. B. Hardworking. C. Easygoing. D. Warmhearted. B Tangshan is located in the heart place of the economic circle around the Bohai Sea in the south and it borders the Yanshan Mountain in the North. July, 28th,1976, Beijing time before dawn, Tangshan suffered a big earthquake. The entire city was leveled within seconds. But Tangshan neither disappears nor falls down. Today Tangshan is creating itself into a new model as a key city in the One Body of Beijing ,Tianjin and Hebei. It has been chosen to hold the International Horticultural Exposition is not only because its history is unfettable but largely because Tangshan, for the first time, makes use of coalmining sinking land for the value instead of farming land for the foresight of Expo 2020. Tangshan is the first prefecture level city(地級市 ) in China to hold the International Horticultural Exposition. It shows the world the great achievement of its recovery and reconstruction. The world gives Tangshan a chance and Tangshan gives the world a wonder in return. Tangshan Expo2020,with “ City and Nature, phoenix Nirvana” as its theme, opens in the South Lake park, covering an area of 540 hectares including an afforested(綠化 )area of 220 hectares and a water area of 143 hectares. The whole body consists of “One main axis(軸 )and eight subparks”. Altogether 88 various exhibition areas and gardens have been built. Visit Tangshan a day, smell well flowers all over the world. 25. Tangshan has been chosen to hold Expo 2020 mainly because________ A. it has an unfettable big earthquake B .it’s bee a key city in Hebei Province. C. it is located close to Beijing and Tianjin . D. it makes use of coalmining sinking land. ’s South Lake park covers a water area of______ A. 540 hectares B. 220hectares C. 143hectares D. 88hectares 27. If you plan to visit the Tangshan Expo, you can probably e in _______ A. March B. August C. November D. December C Who taught you speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grownup. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly being a truly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language and about the same number who have learnt it besides their mother tongue. It is said there are one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Inter is in English. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can municate, usin