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（满分120分，时间90分钟）
一、听力理解(本大题分A 、B 、C 、D 四部分，共30小题, 每小题1分, 共30分)。
A. 听单句话（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
根据所听句子的内容和所提的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题，并将答题卡上对应的选项涂黑。每小题听一遍。
1. What was mentioned?
A. B. C.
2. What’s Peter’s national flag?
A. B. C.
3. Which subject is Tom good at?
A.
B. C.
4. What dose Mrs. Brown do every day?
A.
C. 5. What did John do last night?
A. B. C.
B.听对话（本小题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
根据所听内容，回答每段对话后面的问题，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出
一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。每段对话听两遍。
听第一段对话，回答第6小题。
6.What is Julia’s sister?
A.A singer.
B. A player.
C. A nurse.
听第二段对话，回答第7小题。
7.What will Mary do this Sunday?
A.Study for the test.
B. Go to play table tennis.
C. Go to visit her friends.听第三段对话，回答第8小题。
8.Why is Katie moving?
A.She needs a small house.
B.She needs a beautiful house.
C.She needs a big house.
听第四段对话，回答第9小题。
9.Why is Jim late again?
A.His bike is broken on his way to school.
B.The traffic is too heavy.
C.He gets up late in the morning.
听第五段对话，回答第10小题。
10.How does Anna usually go to school?
A.She drives her a car.
B. She takes a bus.
C. She rides her bike.
听第六段对话，回答第11-12小题。
11.What does Miss Chen mean?
A.She means to go to Wuxi for meeting.
B.She means to go to Suzhou for a visit.
C.She means to go to Wuxi in Mr. Li’s car
12.When will Mr. Li and Miss Chen set off?
A.On Saturday.
B. On Wednesday.
C. On Friday.
听第七段对话，回答第13-15小题。
13.What color shoes in the woman looking for?
A.Black.
B. Brown.
C. White.
14.What color shoes does the shop have?
A.Black.
B. Brown.
C. White.
15.How much is the pair of shoes?
A.￥8.
B. ￥17.
C. ￥70.
C.听独白（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
请根据所听内容，在每小题所给的三个选项中，选出一个能完成句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目的选项涂黑。独白听两遍。
听第一篇独白，回答第16~20小题。
16.The woman speaker may be ______.
A.the headmaster
B. a teacher
C. a student
17.The party will be held _______.
A.tomorrow
B. on Saturday
C. before the sports meeting
18.What will they do at the party?
A.Singing and dancing.
B.Playing games.
C.They don’t know yet.
19.If a student has a good idea, he can ______.
A.go to the teachers’ office before 5 o’clock on Friday afternoon.
B.send messages or letters to the teacher
C.Call the teacher by 5556 2113
20.From the monologue, we know that _______.
A.the students don’t like the parties very much
B.the students are good at holding parties
C.the students have just had a sports meeting
听第一篇独白，回答第21~25小题。
21.The writer and her parents spend their holiday ___________.
A.in Canada
B. in England
C. in Australia
22.The writer can see ______ from her bedroom window.
A.tall trees
B. snowy mountains
C. beautiful lakes
23.They go with ______ when taking walks.
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