W: Great. And in the job description, can you tell me something about your working hours?

M: Sure. Because we open our bookshops in the evenings as well as during the day, we ask staff when they prefer to work. Look at this timetable. It says here…We have a member whose name is Julia… she works three hours in the morning and then two hours in the evening. 【10题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【11题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【12题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】

13. Where does the man live? A. In a city.

B. In the Highland of Scotland.

C. In the Lake District.

14. What do we know about modern mountain running races? A. They are independent events.

B. They take place at fairs or during festivals. C. They haven’t got any support from the government. 15. What does the man say about the Dragon’s Back Race? A. It covers a distance of 200 kilometers. B. It only allows certain people to do the run. C. It is not as challenging as some other courses. 16. What does the man suggest beginners do? A. Try to enter races. B. Begin with easy runs.

C. Learn about the race grading system. 【答案】13. A 14. A 15. B 16. B 【解析】

W: Do a lot of people do mountain running?

M: Yes. The runs take place in the countryside — the areas like the Lake District and the Highland of Scotland are

very popular. But this doesn’t stop people from the city taking part. For example, I drive to my club from my city apartment.

W: Can you tell me the history of mountain running?

M: Well, there are records of people doing this going back nearly a thousand years. It was always been connected with country fairs and festivals. Over time it became official and nowadays a run is operated usually on its own. W: Hmm. What are the tougher courses like?

M: There’s a race called the Dragon’s Back, which takes place over five days and over a distance of 200 miles. But before you sign up for it, I should point out that only people with lots of experience are allowed to enter. W: How can you get started in the sport?

M: Well, you start with something easy and work your way up to more challenging runs. If you want to enter races, you’ll find they’re graded in terms of distance and height. But just as people who do road running won’t necessarily run a marathon, you don’t have to enter mountain running races. 【13题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【14题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【15题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【16题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处有音频，请去附件查看】

17. What was the speaker most satisfied with in the forest? A. The meals.

B. The living place.

C. The weather.

18. What did the speaker enjoy doing? A. Guiding tourists.

B. Clearing the path in the forest. C. Collecting information for a map.

19. What sound made the speaker surprised in the morning? A. The birds’ singing.

B. The rabbits’ running around.

C. The wind’s blowing through the grass. 20. What does one need to prepare for the trip? A. A tent.

B. Special boots.

C. The flight fare.

【答案】17. A 18. C 19. B 20. C 【解析】

I’ve always wanted to go to New Zealand. So, when I saw an advertisement asking for people to work in a forest near Auckland, I applied. I was accepted and flew out to New Zealand in January. Eventually, there’s going to be a really big tourist center where we were in the forest. I thought I’d be staying in a wooden cottage, but in fact I was staying in a tent, which I shared with four other boys. It was summer, so I was a bit disappointed that the weather was rather wet and windy. The only thing I liked was the professional cook who made us great food. That’s important when you’re working outside all day.

Our main job was creating a path in the forest. They’ll need it when the tourist center opens to groups. I enjoyed getting the information to make a map of the forest area. That was a good experience for me. I’ll always remember how quiet the forest was early in the morning. The birds were singing as you expected but I couldn’t believe I could actually hear the rabbits. They ran around in the long grass early in the morning.

If you like the nature, and you want a taste of life outside a city, try this trip. You have to find the money for your own flight, but everything else, including special boots, is provided. 【17题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【18题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【19题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。 【20题详解】

此题为听力题，解析略。

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分) 第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

My kids sit in Gee’s living room and respectfully lift antique Christmas ornaments (装饰品) out of a cardboard box. They giggle at Ann, who is a foreign character to them. Gee stands beside them, quietly explaining each treasure. She tells me that she and Tom built their ornament collection piece by piece. She smiles as we leave with the box.

We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day, and Jim and I had wondered who. Then one day we spotted him: an elderly man who lived across the street.

I baked cookies and left them outside with a thank-you note. When we got home that day, a typed letter had replaced the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained back when he’d been fighting a war, neighbors had taken the time to handle the garbage cans for his young wife, Gee, and he never forgot. Now he paid it forward by doing the same for all of us.

A few years after we’d moved in, Tom died. We photocopied that letter and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how special Tom had been to us. She wrote back and told us she still talked to Tom every day.

These days, we’re piling up boxes of our own. We’re planning a move. We know it’s time to go, and yet we can’t seem to stick the For Sale sign up on the lawn. It’s not just Gee. It’s the man who lets our kids pick peaches off the tree in his front yard. It’s the ladies who leave overflowing baskets for our kids on Easter.

Jim and I agree to wait until January. This Christmas, we’ll decorate our tree with Gee’s ornaments, out of the box labeled in Tom’s handwriting. Maybe I’ll talk to him just as Gee still does. Thank you, I’ll say. For teaching us what it means to be a neighbor.

21. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. The kids thought little of these antique Christmas ornaments. B. The kids were fond of these antique Christmas ornaments. C. The kids were afraid of these antique Christmas ornaments. D. The kids had no interest in these antique Christmas ornaments. 22. Which of the following is true about Tom? A. He fought a war from which the author suffered a lot. B. He first met the author at her wedding.

C. He was an elderly man whose job was handling garbage cans. D. He helped to handle his neighbors’ garbage cans secretly. 23. What could be the best title of this passage?