My friend gave me the （) light to head to his home.

听力原文：M: That's a smart hat you are wearing.

W: Thank you. My husband gave it to me for my 30th birthday.

Q: What did the woman say about the hat？

(15)

A．She paid $ 30.00 for the hat.

B．She bought the hat on her thirtieth birthday.

C．Her husband presented it to her as a gift.

D．Her friend sent it to her as a birthday gift.

Which of the italicized parts functions as a complement？

A．I felt my hands tremble.

B．Yesterday I met John, a friend of my sister"s.

C．She gave me a birthday present.

D．Our plan is to keep the affair secret.

听力原文：M: That's a lovely coat you're wearing.

W: Oh, thank you. My husband gave it to me for my 30th birthday.

Q: What did the woman say about the coat？

(15)

A．She paid ＄ 30.00 for the coat.

B．Her husband presented it to her as a gift.

C．She bought the coat on her thirteenth birthday.

D．Her friend sent it to her as a birthday present.

听力原文：M: I'm never going to that coffee house again!

W: Why？What happened？

M: It's the third time in a week that I've had lousy service. I don't expect five-star treatment，but I do expect service industry employees to be at least civil.

W: What happened this time？

M: I walked in and went up to the counter to place my order. The woman working there was talking to her friend，another customer. I stood there，clearly needing to be waited on and she couldn't have cared less.

W: You mean she didn't even acknowledge you？

M: Are you kidding？She didn't stop talking for one second. When she finally took a breath，I told her my order. She gave me a dirty look and finally turned around to get my coffee. She practically threw it at me!

W: Well，maybe she was having a bad day. At least you got your coffee.

M: I got a cup of coffee，but not the kind I ordered. When I realized it，I went back to the counter and she was still talking to her friend. I interrupted her and told her that I got the wrong order. She had the chutzpah to try to tell me that I had made a mistake in telling her my order. Not only did she not take responsibility for her mistake，she tried to tell me that it was my fault!

W: That's really infuriating. What are you going to do？

M: One good thing about her talking with her friend for so long is that I got her name. I'll be calling the manager to Complain.

W: Aren't you overreacting？

M: No，I'm not. She's lucky I didn't pour the coffee over her head!

(23)

A．She is complaining to her manager.

B．She is talking on the phone with her friend.

C．She is talking with her friend in person.

D．She is checking phone messages.

W: Well, let me see. Sorry, all the tickets for tomorrow's show have been booked up. How about the day after tomorrow？

Q: What can we learn from the conversation？

(14)

A．The man and his friend will come for tonight's show.

B．The man and his friend will come for tomorrow's show.

C．The man and his friend will have to change their plan.

D．The man and his friend gave up the show at last.

听力原文： My friend, Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key of his front door in my mailbox.

Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Vemon would say when he came back.

I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.

I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me, I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vemon's neighbours. "What are you doing up there？" said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Davies's birds."

(34)

A．His friend gave him the wrong key.

B．He didn't know where. the back door was.

C．He couldn't find the key to his mailbox.

D．It was too dark to put the key in the lock.

听力原文：M: Excuse me, but I think I know you from somewhere. My name is Adam Miller.

W: Right, Mr. Miller. I thought you looked familiar. My name is Lauren Elliot. I remember you. You gave a great presentation at the biotechnology conference last November in San Francisco. It was a really impressive speech.

M: Oh, thanks for the compliment. I'm going to attend this year's conference on March 12th. How about you？

W: I'm supposed to make a presentation this year. This will be the first time for me to present in front of such a large audience, so I' m kind of anxious. I' II see you then, right？

Where did they meet last year？

A．At the research center

B．At the party

C．At the friend' s house

D．At the conference

The Importance of Just Being There

"What's the most important thing you've done in your life.'？" The question was put to me during a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers.

The answer came to me in an instant. It's not the one I gave, because the setting wasn't right. As a lawyer in the entertainment industry, I knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well known persons. But here's the true answer, the one that leapt from the recesses of memory.

The most important thing I've ever done occurred on October 8, 1990. It was my mother's 65th birthday, and I was back home for a family celebration. I began the day playing tennis with a secondary -school friend I hadn't seen for a while. Between points we talked about what had been happening in each other's lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.

While we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. It was my friend's father, who shouted to my buddy that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. In a flash my friend was in the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust.

For a moment I just stood there, paralyzed. Then I tried to figure out what I should do. Follow my friend to the hospital？ There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend's son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect tile outcome. Be there for moral support？ Well, maybe. But my friend and his wife both }tad large families, and I knew they'd be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. All I could do at the hospital, I decided, was get in the way. Also, I had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. So I decided to head back to my folks' house and check in with my friend later.

As I started my rental car, I realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. I now faced another problem. I couldn't leave the keys in the truck. But if I locked the truck and took the keys, what would I do with them？ I could leave them at his house, but with no paper on me to leave a note, how would he know I bad done that？ Reluctantly I decided to swing by the hospital and give him the keys.

When I arrived, I was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. As I had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. I slipped in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. Soon a doctor appeared. He approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died, the victim of sudden infant death syndrome.

For what seemed an eternity the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained, stunned silence. After they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they might want to spend a few moments with their son.

My friend and his wife stood up and walked numbly past their family. When they reached the door, my friend's wife saw my standing in the corner. She came over and hugged me and started to cry. My friend hugged me, too, and said, "Thanks for being here. '

For the rest of that morning, I sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say good - bye.

It's the most important thing I have ever done.

The experience taught me three lessons.

First: The most important thing I've ever done happened when I was completely helpless. None of the things I had learned in university, in three years of law school or in six years of legal practice were of any use in that situation. Something terrible was happening to people I cared about, and I was powerless to chang

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

第二节 对话理解

在本节中，你将听到15个对话，每个对话有一个问题。请从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话后有15秒钟的停顿，以便回答问题和阅读下一问题及其选项。每段对话读两遍。

听力原文：F: You missed your train today, didn't you？

M: No, I didn’t. My friend gave me a ride to town.

Why didn't the man miss his train？

A．He missed it.

B．He drove his own car to town.

C．His friend drove him to town.

听力原文： A couple of weeks ago, I ran into my boyhood friend David for the first time in twenty years. I had heard that David had made a fortune on the stock market, so I was surprised he wasn't driving an expensive car, or wearing expensive clothes. As a matter of fact, he looked a lot like me, wearing an inexpensive suit that looked a couple of years old, and driving an old car with a little rust around the edges. I asked him what he was doing these years, and he said he was teaching business at the local community college. "Teaching business？" I exclaimed, "I thought I heard you were in New York, making a fortune in stocks." David smiled," Yes, I did that until five years ago, but I got out. The stress was giving me a stomachache and a had heart. Besides, once I got into that business, I had to run just to keep up. I never had any time to spend with my family. We are all much happier now." I shook my head, he had achieved every man's ambition, but he gave it up. I had always dreamed of having money, but it never occurred to me that there might be disadvantages to being rich.

(30)

A．David had made a lot of money in stocks.

B．David wore expensive clothes when driving.

C．David ran into a boyhood friend twenty years ago.

D．David taught business at a local community college.

听力原文： My friend, Vernon Davies, kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his front door in my mailbox.

Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Vernon would say when he came back.

I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.

I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbors. "What are you doing up there？" said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Davies's birds."

(4)

A．His friend might have given him the wrong key.

B．He didn't know where the back door was.

C．He couldn't find the key in the mailbox.

D．It was too dark to put the key in the lock.