Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文:W: I think I'll take my mother to that French restaurant on Main Street for her birthday.
M: I hope it's not any time soon. They are usually booked up weeks in advance.
Q: What does the man mean?
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A. He thought the woman's birthday was next week.
B. The restaurant closes early during the week.
C. The woman should find out if she can reserve a table.
D. He won't be able to go with the woman.
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Today, I'll be talking about the invention of the camera and photography. The invention of the camera and photography changed our lives a lot. The camera is often thought to be a modern invention. But as early as 1727. (26) a German physicist discovered that light darkens silver salt, a chemical compound. Using as a camera, a big box with small hole to let the light in, (26)he made temporary images on the salt. Silver salt is still the base of film today.
Then a French scientist made the first permanent picture by using a special piece of metal sensitized with silver salt. A photograph he made in 1826 still exists. The painter, Daguerre improved on the process by placing common salt on the metal. (27)This was in 1839, the official date of the beginning of photography, but the problem was the printing of the photographs, and it wasn't until other scientists developed the kind of paper we now use, that good printing was possible and photograph became truly modem.
(28) In 1860s, Mattew Bradey was able to take his famous pictures of the American Civil War. In the 20th century. George Eastman of the United States simplified film developing, and Dr. Edwin Land invented the so-called "instant" camera with self-developing film. If we say that photography came into existence in 1839, it follows that it has taken more than one hundred years for the camera to reach its present condition of technical refinement.
(27)
A. Light darkens silver salt.
B. Light darkens natural salt.
C. Light darkens silver.
D. Light darkens self-developing film.
A.Because she enjoys travelling in summer holidays.B.Because she'd like to have wicked
A. Because she enjoys travelling in summer holidays.
Because she'd like to have wicked experience.
C. Because she is food lover and spends a lot on food.
D. Because she lived a life of a normal student.
What is ranked by parents as the greatest threat to boys?
A. Gang crimes.
B. Online games.
C. Extreme sports.
Dangerous traffics.
听力原文:M: I ran all the way to the bus stop, but the man at the ticket counter told me the bus left only 5 minutes ago.
W: That's too bad. Those buses leave only every 50 minutes.
Q: How long does the man have to wait?
(16)
A. 40 minutes.
B. 50 minutes.
C. 45 minutes.
D. 55 minutes.