听力原文：Everyone has heard of the Braille...

单项选择题听力原文：Everyone has heard of the Braille system of reading for the blind. But few people know why it is called the 'Braille' system or who Louis Braille was. In the year 1812,Louis Braille was a very small boy. He lived in a small town in France. Louis' father had a small shop in which he made things of leather. One day Louis was playing in his father's shop and picked up a small tool with a very sharp point, Louis fell, the point of the tool entered his eye. And later he became blind in both eyes. One day, he said to his father,' Blind people are the loneliest people in the world. I can tell one bird from another by its sound. I can know the door of the house by feeling it with my hand. But there are so many things which I can not hear and can not feel. Only books can free the blind. But there are no books for us to read.'
Why is the reading system for the blind called the Braille?

A.'
Why
B.Because
C.
B．Because
D.
C．It
E.

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1.单项选择题第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听力原文：W: Are there any long rivers in Africa?
M: Yes, for example, the River Nile is the longest river in the world.
W: Is it in Egypt? I hear that it used to flood large areas. What about it today?
M: In order to control the flood and make electricity, people built the Aswan High Dam on the fiver.
W: Then it is another interesting place, isn't it?
What do you know about the River Nile?

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W:
B.
W:
C.It's
D.
B．If
E.
C．It's
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2.单项选择题听力原文： El Salvador called Tuesday for a regional summit on ways to fight criminal youth gangs.
Salvadorean President Tony Saca said American officials of 'the highest level' also would be 'invited to the summit on youth gangs, which Mexican President Vicente Fox called 'a strategic topic and important for us.'
The gangs, known as 'maras,' have increasingly alarmed officials in Central America, Mexico and the United States.
U.S. officials and gang investigators believe gang members from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador may be entering the United States more frequently because of laws targeting gang members in those countries.
Saca said the summit of Central American and Mexican leaders could be held around the end of June, but did not say where.
The planned summit meeting is aimed ______

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B.'
C.
D.S.
E.
F.
The
G.to
H.to
I.to
J.to

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3.单项选择题听力原文： Americans recognize that there is a past on which the present rests. But they have not developed their sense of the depth of time to the extent that this has been done in the Middle East and South Asia. The Arab looks back two to six thousand years for his own origins. History is used as the basis for almost any modern action. The chances are that an Arab won't start a talk or a speech or analyze a problem without first developing the historical aspects of his subject. The Americans assumes that time has depth, but he takes this for granted.
The Americans never questions the fact that time should be planned and future events fitted into a schedule. He thinks that people should look forward to the future and not dwell too much on the past. His future is not very far ahead of him. Results must be obtained in the foreseeable future-one or two years or, at the most, five or ten. Promises to meet deadlines and appointments are taken very seriously. There are real penal ties for being late and for not keeping commitments in time. The American thinks it is natural to quantify time. To fail to do so is unthinkable. The American specifies how much time is required to do everything. 'I'll be there in ten minutes.' 'It will take six months to finish that job.' 'I was in the Army for four and a half years.
How far does the Arab look back for his own origins?

A.
B.'
C.'
D.
How
E.Twenty
F.Two
G.A
H.
D．Hundreds
I.

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4.单项选择题听力原文：W: Tom, have you seen The Fifth Element?
M: Yes, I think the pictures are beautiful. And I know some reviewers observed that this movie might actually be a milestone in movie making. It took US $17 million on its first weekend, a more than respectable total.
W: Oh? They really said so? But I think it's a story less movie, although it's a big budget one. Don't you think it resembles video games, the crafted aliens, a deafening sound track, and striking minor characters--it has no coherent story to hang it all on.
M: I quite agree with you. Story is the soul of a meaningful film, the key to involving the audience emotionally.
W: I used to like Steven Spielberg. His work had always been a balance of story and technical things. But in his most recent movie, The Lost World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, the story is almost an afterthought to the spectacle. The dinosaurs are rediscovered and again eat a lot of people, which character development hardly gets a look in. The film simply relies on action to keep the drama going.
M: But thanks to a US $ 40 million market campaign, The Lost World broke all box office records for its first four days and Steve Spielberg was tipped to earn from the movie far more than that $ 300 million he collect ed from Jurassic Park.
What is NOT true about The Fifth Element?

A.
W:
B.
M:
C.
W:
D.
M:
E.
What
F.The
G.
B．It
H.
C．It's
I.
D．It
J.

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5.单项选择题Speakers usually violate the cooperative principle in order to（）

A.break down the conversation.
B.display their lack of interest in the conversation.
C.give conversational implicatures.
D.confuse their intentions.

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6.单项选择题It must have been after two o'clock in the morning when the last guests【C1】______their leave, and although we had enjoyed their【C2】______, my wife and I were quite thankful to shut the door【C3】______them. We left all the dirty dishes and glasses【C4】______, and after opening a few windows to let some fresh air in and the smell of【C5】______out, we climbed into bed and fell asleep.
I【C6】______asleep for more than half an hour when I awoke with a strong smell of smoke in my nostrils(鼻孔).【C7】______half asleep, I【C8】______into the sitting room, and there, through【C9】______clouds of smoke, I saw that one of the curtains was【C10】______fire. I should have closed the windows then without delay, but【C11】______I tried to beat out the flames with a folded newspaper.【C12】______this failed I hastened into the kitchen to snatch a bucket(木桶)and【C13】______it with water. At the same time I shouted to Barbara, who【C14】______dialed 999 to call the brigade【C15】______coming to my aid. We had to work at top speed carrying buckets of water from the kitchen to prevent the flames,【C16】______by the breeze from the windows, from spreading. We【C17】______to extinguish the fire but we managed to keep it【C18】______in check until the arrival of the firemen. Fortunately, they promptly came and they had little difficulty【C19】______out the flames.
For most of the【C20】______of the day we worked hard.
【C1】

A．asked
B．took
C．were
F.waited

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7.单项选择题Mentalists hold that language is acquired with the help of（）

A.enough practice.
B.language acquisition device.
C.context.
D.sufficient input.

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8.单项选择题听力原文：M: Are you ready for the trip to the museum in the Big Apple? I can hardly wait.
W: The Big Apple? What are you talking about?
M: The Big Apple is the nickname for New York City. You are going to New York with us, aren't you?
W: Yes, I'm going. I'm especially looking forward to seeing the Museum of Modern Art. There's a special show of 20th century American painters there. But, tell me, where did the nickname the Big Apple come from?
M: The jazz musicians of the 1920's are responsible for the name. When they played a concert in a city, they called that city an apple. Of course, New York was the biggest city in the country and the best place for a jazz concert. So, the musicians called it the Big Apple.
W: Amazing! New York is such a fascinating place and it even has an interesting nickname, one that it's had for more than 50 years.
Who gave New York its nickname?

A.
W:
B.
W:
C.
Who
D.Artists.
B．Musicians.
C．Grocers.
D．Tour
E.

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9.单项选择题听力原文：M: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?
W: Yes, thanks. I want to go to New York and I'm not sure of the best way to get there.
M: Well, you can get there by the long distance bus. It costs only 20 dollars.
W: Mm, that's not bad. How long does it take to get there?
M: It takes you about ten hours.
W: Ten hours? That's a long time.
M: Yeah. But you can go at night, and you can get some sleep on the way.
W: That's terrible. I can't sleep well when sitting up.
What does the woman want to do?

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M:
B.
W:
C.
W:
D.
M:
E.
W:
F.
What
G.To
H.
B．To
I.
C．To
J.

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10.单项选择题听力原文：M: Hello. How are you today?
W: Not so good. My leg's playing me up. Awful pains in my leg and my toothache!
M: Oh, dear! I've got toothache too and the dentist says he simply can't see me before next week. But what gets me is my headache.
W: I know what you mean, but at least you can do the garden. I can't even do that with my back — the doctor says I mustn't lift or bend.
M: You poor thing. There's nothing worse than back trouble. But I don't do much in the garden now because I've hurt my ann. It's really painful.
W: Like my ankle. It's all swollen up.
Which age group do the two speakers most likely belong to?

A.
W:
B.
M:
C.
W:
D.
Which
E.Young.
B．Middle-aged.
C．Old.

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