听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1．Why did the speaker go to the hotel?
A．To deliver a speech.
B．To arrange a conference.
C．To interview Mr. Rochester.
2．What did Mr. Rochester do soon after he bought the hotel?
A．He talked with the staff members.
B．He had the old carpets replaced.
C．He ran a six-month training project.
3．What did Susan do when she met Mr. Rochester the second time?
A．She was a cleaner. B．She was a secretary. C．She was a receptionist.
4．What does the speaker think is key to Mr. Rochester’s success?
A．Managing time efficiently.
B．Valuing human relationships.
C．Possessing a good memory.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
5．Why did the waiter refuse to serve the man any drink?
A．The man was a taxi driver.
B．The man had had plenty of drink.
C．The man had never paid for the drink.
6．How did the man feel when he saw the waiter the second time?
A．Unexpected. B．Angry. C．Afraid.
7．From where did the man enter the bar the last time?
A．The front door. B．The side door. C．The back door.
8．What can we learn from the story?
A．The waiter called a policeman in the end.
B．The man asked the waiter to call a taxi for him.C．The man thought he went to three different bars.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
9．What does the man do for a living?
A．He helps people look for living places.
B．He performs in a band.
C．He organizes funny activities.
10．What did the couple hesitate about?
A．When to move in.
B．How to have their housewarming.
C．Which flat to take.
11．How was the party?
A．Happy but noisy. B．Busy but boring. C．Noisy and boring.
12．Who gave the couple a call?
A．A friend. B．A house agent. C．A new neighbor.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
13．What did Lucia’s father give her as a birthday gift?
A．A cat. B．A dog. C．A bird.
14．Where was the bag found?
A．In a village. B．In the forest. C．On a farm.
15．Who did Lucia give the bag to?
A．Her parents. B．The owner. C．The police.
16．What did Lucia get as a reward?
A．A small shop. B．A lot of jewels. C．A large sum of money.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17．Why did Elizabeth go to the hospital?
A．To help patients. B．To see a doctor. C．To get a job.
18．What did Elizabeth see in the hospital?
A．Patients ate very badly. B．Patients cried during the day. C．Nurses seldom bathed
patients.
19．Who helped Elizabeth get out of the hospital?
A．An editor. B．A Police officer. C．A lawyer.
20．What probably happened after Elizabeth’s experience became public?
A．Many readers wrote to her.
B．The living conditions of patients got improved.
C．The hospital was closed down.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
21．Which member of the Attenborough family performed in films?
A．Richard. B．David. C．John.
22．When did David Attenborough first become a TV presenter?
A．In 1952. B．In 1954. C．In 1973.
23．What does David Attenborough worry about?
A．The production of his next documentary.
B．The lack of social activities in his life.
C．Human influences on the planet.
24．How many living things have been named after Attenborough?
A．At least 20. B．Less than 20. C．At least 12.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
25．What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A．A search engine.B．A language program.
C．A free lesson website for teachers.
26．How many people use Duolingo currently?
A．Over one hundred million.
B．A few hundred thousand.
C．Several thousand
27．Where is Luis von Ahn from?
A．Switzerland. B．Guatemala. C．Costa Rica.
28．How was Duolingo originally funded?
A．By big websites. B．By an actor. C．By schools.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
29．When was Mother’s Day first celebrated?
A．In 1905. B．In 1908. C．In 1914.
30．What do we know about Anna’s mother?
A．She was a soldier during the Civil War.
B．She founded Mother’s Day Work Clubs.
C．She brought up the idea of Mother’s Day.
31．Who formally announced Mother’s Day?
A．President Wilson. B．The U.S. Congress. C．Anna Marie Jarvis.
32．What is the text mainly about?
A．The origin of Mother’s Day.
B．The celebration of Mother’s Day.
C．The importance of Mother’s Day.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
33．Why cannot Bill Bird make shoes fast enough?
A．He is too old. B．He is not skilled. C．He has more and morecustomers.
34．Why do people choose Bill Bird’s shoes?
A．They fit perfectly. B．They cost little money. C．They are in the most
popular style.
35．What worries Bill Bird most now?
A．His shoes selling business.
B．His difficulty in finding skilled workers.
C．His old age.
36．What does Bill Bird say about young people?
A．They don’t work hard enough.
B．They are difficult to teach.
C．They prefer other jobs.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
37．Where did the story happen?
A．In a restaurant. B．In a hotel. C．In a theater.
38．Who did Mr. Jones meet near the door after his meal?
A．The manager. B．The waitress. C．A thief.
39．Whose coat did the man wear when he came back?
A．Mr. Jones’ coat. B．His own coat. C．The waiter’s coat.
40．How about the man’s jewellery from the conversation?
A．He has got back the jewellery from the waiter.
B．The manager returned the jewellery to the man.
C．The man has lost his jewellery.参考答案：
1．B 2．A 3．C 4．B
【原文】W: Good morning, everyone. This lesson is a part of our leadership series. Let me start
by sharing a story of Richard Rochester, one of the most successful businessmen in Britain. Years
ago, I was given the task of organizing a conference in the south of England. I chose a five-star
hotel owned by Rochester as the venue. Susan, the receptionist, helped me arrange everything
perfectly. Once when we were chatting, I asked Susan if she’d ever met Mr. Rochester. She said
yes. Shortly after Mr. Rochester bought the hotel, he made an appointment to see the hotel
manager. When he arrived, the first person he met was Susan, who was cleaning the carpet. He
chatted with Susan for 30 minutes before keeping his appointment with the manager. He spent all
day at the hotel talking with each member of the staff, from the top guy to the lady who cleaned
the toilets. Six months later, Mr. Rochester paid another visit. Susan had been promoted to
receptionist, but he recognized her immediately and addressed her by name. He even remembered
that she had a little girl and what her name was. Now, I don’t believe that Richard Rochester has
that good memory. He must have written a lot of notes after his first visit and read them over again
before that second visit. It’s time-consuming, but it shows the importance he places on human
relationships. I think that’s one of the secrets of his success.
5．B 6．A 7．C 8．C
【原文】
M: A man walked into the front door of a bar. He was obviously drunk. After seating
himself by a table, he asked the waiter for a drink. The waiter politely told him that he had already
had plenty of drink, and he would not serve him anymore. The drunken man was angry, and then
he walked out of the bar slowly. Five minutes later, the drunken man walked inside the same bar
from the side door and asked for a drink again. Then the waiter still politely refused to serve him.
The waiter asked whether he should call a taxi for him. The drunken man looked at the waiter for a
moment with great surprise, and showed himself back out of the side door. Three minutes later, the
same drunken man walked through the back door of the bar. He ordered a drink in a low voice.
The waiter came over and told him that he would call a policeman. The surprised drunken manlooked at the waiter and cried out loud, “Man, how many bars do you work at?”
9．B 10．C 11．A 12．C
【原文】M: A happy young man who earned his living as a drummer in a band, had last married
and he and his wife were looking for somewhere to live. They saw a lot of places but there was
always something that one of them didn’t like about the places. At last, they found a house which
both of them really liked. But they couldn’t decide whether they should take one of the ground-
floor flats or one of the upstairs flats.
At last, they decided on an upstairs one-not too low down and not too high up-and moved in. Then
they gave a house-warming.
It was a merry and noisy party as all his friends from the band came and played their instruments.
The guests danced, sang, and practiced on the drums. After a time the telephone rang. The young
man’s wife went into the hall to answer it. Then she came back with a happy smile on her face and
said, “That was the man who has just moved into the flat that is under our flat. I am so glad we
decided not to choose it. He says it is terribly noisy down there.”
13．B 14．B 15．C 16．C
【原文】
Once, there was a little girl named Lucia. When she saw other kids playing with their cats
or dogs, she also wanted to have one. But she knew her family was poor, so she never asked her
parents to buy one for her. When she was about to turn 12, her father surprised her by buying her a
little black dog as a birthday present. Lucia was very happy, and she named it Candy. One
Saturday morning, Lucia and Candy went for a walk in the forest near the village. Candy ran to a
tall tree and brought out a black bag from under the fallen leaves there. Lucia was surprised. There
were a lot of jewels in the bag. She decided to give the bag to the police. Several days later, the
police told Lucia that when the jewels were returned to the shop, the owner was so happy that he
gave Lucia a lot of money as a reward. With the money, Lucia’s family bought a small farm and
lived a better life.
17．C 18．A 19．C 20．B
【原文】Hello, everyone. I’m Shirley Griffith. Every week we can know about an important person
in American history. Today, we will tell about a reporter of more than one hundred years ago.
In 1887, a young woman, Elizabeth Cochrane, wanted a job at a large newspaper. The
editor agreed, if she would investigate a hospital for mentally sick people and then write about it.
Elizabeth decided to become a patient in the hospital. She used the name Nellie Brown so no one
would discover her or her purpose. To prepare, she wore old clothes and stopped washing. She
acted as if she had serious mental illness. She cried and screamed. The police were called. Most
people said she was mad. Elizabeth was taken to the mental hospital.
Living in the hospital was terrible. Garbage was left outside the dining room. Bugs ran
across the table. The patients ate hard bread and gray-colored meat. And they did nothing but sit
quietly during the day. Nurses bathed the patients in cold water and gave them only a thin piece of
cloth to wear.
After ten days, a lawyer from the newspaper got her out of the hospital. Then, the story of
her experience in the hospital appeared in the New York: World newspaper. Readers were shocked.
They wrote to officials and the hospital protesting the conditions and patient treatment. A survey
led to the changes at the hospital.
21．A 22．B 23．C 24．A
【原文】
Hello, everyone. In today’s class. I’d like to talk about David Attenborough, a British
broadcaster and naturalist, who is known throughout the world for his nature documentaries and
his support for environmental issues. David Attenborough was born on May 8th, 1926. He is the
younger brother of the famous director, producer and movie actor Richard Attenborough and older
brother of the motor boss John Attenborough. David Attenborough was interested in nature from
an early age. He joined the BBC in 1952, and his introduction to TV was in 1954 when he
presented Zoo Quest. He later became a TV chief but returned to broadcasting in 1973 with the
program Eastwards with Attenborough. The first of his ambitious Life on Earth series was made
with the cooperation of an American network in 1976. His more recent programs have used
scientific evidence to show the effect of man’s activities on the planet, something which greatly
concerns the broadcaster. At least 20 living things have been named after Attenborough, includinga tree, a butterfly. a fish and a frog.
25．B 26．A 27．B 28．A
【原文】
Duolingo is a free language-learning website and app. It offers ad-free courses for those
who want to learn a new language. As of 2016, Duolingo has fifty-nine different language courses
for twenty-three languages. Over 120 million people are registered with the program. Duolingo
was created in 2011 by Professor Luis von Ahn and his graduate student Severin Hacker, who was
born in Switzerland. Prof. Luis von Ahn was born in Guatemala, and he was upset by how
expensive it was for people in his town to learn English. He wanted to create a program that
offered free education to anyone in the world. Because most of the services are available free of
charge, Duolingo originally used a special business model to make money. Members of the public
were able to translate content and vote on correct translations. The content came from large
websites such as BuzzFeed and CNN. com, which paid Duolingo to translate their webpages.
Many private investors have given money to the company, including actor Ashton Kutcher’s firm.
Duolingo has also been used in public schools in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
29．B 30．B 31．A 32．A
【原文】
The modern American holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908. It is on the
second Sunday in May. It is a day to honor mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers
and cards.
On the cards, children often write, “Thanks, Mom”, “To the best mother in the world” and
so on. Then where did the idea for the holiday come from? We should thank Miss Anna Marie
Jarvis. It is she who brought up the idea of having such a day. She lived in West Virginia. Anna’s
mother was a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and
created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues (问题). Her mother died on May
9th, 1905. On the anniversary of her mother’s death, she invited some friends to an informal
memorial meeting. In 1907, a church service was held on her mother’s death anniversary. Anna’s
love for her mother moved other people. Besides, she wrote letters to important persons of thecountry suggesting a public holiday to honor all mothers. In 1914, the United States Congress
agreed that the second Sunday in May should be appointed as Mother’s Day. Finally, the decision
was announced by President Wilson.
33．C 34．A 35．B 36．C
【原文】
M: Hello, everyone. Today I’d like to talk about a shoemaker. Bill Bird is an old shoemaker.
He is really too old but he is very skillful. Now he cannot make shoes fast enough because the
number of his customers is increasing — and he charges more than £300 a pair! Customers travel
hundreds of kilometers to his London shoe store or to his workshop in the countryside to have
their feet measured. He makes shoes for people with unusual sizes: very large, very small, very
broad or very narrow. The shoes are at least as stylish as those found in ordinary shops. Mr. Bird
says his biggest problem is that he cannot find skilled workers. Young people all seem to prefer to
work with computers these days. We will lose the necessary skills soon because there are fewer
and fewer shoemakers nowadays. He is 67, and now he wants to teach young people everything he
knows about making shoes. He says it’s a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes
specially made for them. He started in the business 30 years ago and now he employs three other
people. His customers pay about £500 for their first pair of shoes. He says his customers come
because they want comfortable shoes which are exactly the right size. Extra pairs of shoes cost
between £320 and £450, as it takes one employee a whole week just to make one shoe.
37．A 38．C 39．A 40．C
【原文】W:When Mr. Jones went to a restaurant one day,he left his coat near the door.There was
nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it.So he was very surprised when he took his coat
after his meal and found the pockets full of jewellery! There was a waiter near the door,so Mr.
Jones said to him,“Someone has made a mistake.He has put some jewellery in my coat.Take it,and
when he comes back,give it to him.”The waiter took it and went away.Suddenly another man came
in with a coat just like Mr. Jones’.“I’m sorry,”said the man.“I made a mistake.I took your coat
and you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewellery.”Mr. Jones answered,“I gave the
jewellery to the waiter.He will give it to you.”Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant,butthe manager said,“We have no waiters here.We only have waitresses.”
