九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

九年级上学期期末考试英语试题

‎ 初三英语 听力理解 （共26分）‎ 一、听对话，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图 片。每段对话读两遍。（共4分，每小题1分）‎ ‎1. ‎ ‎ A. B. C. ‎ ‎2. ‎ A. B. C. ‎ ‎3. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ A. B. C.‎ ‎4.‎ ‎ A. B. C.‎ 二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。（共12分，每小题1分）‎ 请听一段对话，完成第5至第6小题。‎ ‎5. What color is the shirt?‎ A. Green. B. Blue. C. Red.‎ ‎6. Where are the speakers?‎ A. At a bank. B. At a store. C. In a zoo.‎ 请听一段对话，完成第7至第8小题。‎ ‎7. When will Tom come back?‎ A. At 9:15. B. At 9:30. C. At 9:45.‎ 17‎ ‎8. What does Betty ask Tom to do?‎ A. Do sports. B. Return home. C. Sing songs.‎ 请听一段对话，完成第9至第10小题。‎ ‎9. How is Susan going to the seaside town?‎ A. By bus. B. By plane. C. By ship.‎ ‎10. What is Susan probably going to take?‎ A. An umbrella. B. A skirt. C. A radio.‎ 请听一段对话，完成第11至第13小题。 ‎ ‎11. Who is the man’s youngest cousin?‎ A. Lily. B. Bob. C. John.‎ ‎12. How often does the man usually visit his cousins?‎ A. Once a week. B. Once a month. C. Once a year.‎ ‎13. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A. The man is living in New York now.‎ B. The woman has been to New York before.‎ C. The speakers both enjoy visiting beautiful cities.‎ 请听一段独白，完成第14至第16小题。‎ ‎14. Why did Lucy start a new magazine?‎ A. She wanted to be famous.‎ B. She wanted to get more experience.‎ C. She wanted to do something different.‎ ‎15. How many parts are there in the magazine?‎ A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.‎ ‎16. What do you know about the magazine?‎ A. It has the latest news.‎ B. It has some ads for restaurants.‎ C. It has articles about the people in the town.‎ 三、听对话，记录关键信息。（共10分，每小题2分）‎ 请根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在相应位置上。对话读两遍。‎ House for Sale Rooms ‎17.a ______ one with two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen Address ‎18. No. ______, Park Street Price ‎$ 9859‎ 17‎ Surroundings (环境)‎ ‎19. a supermarket, a ______‎ ‎20. a very good ______ ‎ Time to see it ‎21. every day except Wednesday and ______‎ 知识运用 （共25分）‎ 四、单项填空（共13分，每小题1分）‎ 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ ‎22. Look at the girl in the red skirt. ______is my new classmate.‎ A. She B. He C. You D. It ‎ ‎23. Lucy lived in Beijing ______2008 to 2012.‎ A. on B. from C. at D. of ‎ ‎24. Which do you prefer to use, QQ______E-mail?‎ A. and B. but C. or D. so ‎25. Tony is not as clever as Lucy, but he works______ than her.‎ A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. the hardest ‎26. — ______ you sing the English song?‎ ‎— Yes, I can. But only a little.‎ A. Can B. May C. Must D. Need ‎ ‎27. David is the tallest student in our class. ______is taller than him.‎ A. Anybody B. Everybody C. Somebody D. Nobody ‎ ‎28. There ______ still some apples in the fridge now. ‎ A. is B. are C. was D. were ‎29. — Jenny, I need some milk?‎ ‎—Ok, Mum.______do you need?‎ A. How long B. How far C. How often D. How much ‎30. —Mike, where is Miss Li?‎ ‎—She ______ a speech to the first-year students now.‎ A. gives B. gave C. is giving D. will give ‎31. It’s time for class. Mr.King asked all the children______down quietly.‎ A. sit B. to sit C. sat D. sitting ‎32. Miss Lin ______ a lot of work for the poor area for about 10 years.‎ A. does B. did C. has done D. will do ‎ ‎33. The books______ into many other languages last year.‎ A. translate B. translated C. are translated D. were translated 17‎ ‎34. I don’t know ______ tomorrow.‎ A. where my father will go B. where will my father go ‎ C. where did my father go D. where my father went 五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）‎ 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。‎ Tina was a seventeen-year-old girl who always wore a bright smile. She got a serious disease and had to use a walker most of the time. People didn’t speak to __35__ very often. Maybe it was because she looked __36__ and people didn’t know how to come near to her. Tina usually ___37___ the ice with people she met with a big “Hi”. In one class, I gave the students an assignment (作业) to __38__ a poem. I only made the assignment worth a very small part of their total grade since I knew most of my __39__ wouldn’t do it anyway. In the class, one by one each student __40__ to correctly recite the poem. Finally, annoyed (生气) and half kidding（开玩笑）, I said that the next student who couldn’t recite the poem had to do three push-ups. To my __41__, Tina was next. She used her walker to move to the front of the class. When she recited, she made a mistake. __42___I could say a word, she threw her walker and started doing push-ups. I wanted to say, “Tina, I was just kidding!” But she __43__, continued the poem and she finished the rest perfectly. When she finished, a student asked, “Tina, why did you do that? It’s not an important assignment!” “Because I want to be like yours! To be __44__ ” Tina said. Silence fell on the whole room when another student cried out, “Tina, we’re not normal! We are teenagers! We get in __45__all the time.” “I know.” Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too. Tina got only a few __46__ that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was worth a lot more than a grade. 35. A. her B. me C. us D. them ‎36. A. strong B. different C. short D. young 37. A. gave B. ate C. broke D. brought 38. A. read B. copy C. find D. recite 39. A. friends B. students C. teachers D. parents 40. A. started B. planned C. continued D. failed ‎ 17‎ ‎41. A. surprise B. joy C. excitement D. satisfaction 42. A. Because B. After C. Before D. If 43. A. woke up B. gave up C. stood up D. made up 44. A. happy B. normal C. social D. true 45. A. attention B. thought C. touch D. trouble ‎46. A. points B. chances C. mistakes D. exercises 阅读理解（共44分）‎ 六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选 项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）‎ A ‎ News Review Head-on Train Crash  ‎ On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60 people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.‎ Travel Time ‎ Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000 tourists visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day holiday.‎ Brave Volunteer   ‎ Liao Zhi, a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.‎ Tomato Competition   ‎ A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April 16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.‎ ‎47. About ______ people were hurt in the Head-on Train Crash.‎ A. 18                       B. 29 C. 60                         D. 250‎ ‎48. Liao Zhi, the dance teacher from______, came to Ya’an to offer help.‎ A. Chengdu           B. Huainan C. Taishan      D. New York ‎49. The Tomato Competition in Anhui Province was held to______.‎ A. help the people in Ya’an         B. save the people on the trains C. help grow better tomatoes           D. forget the terrible time ‎ 17‎ B Kindergartens may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.‎ The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route 22. The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.‎ ‎       “He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “It is surprising for him to get off the highway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.‎ Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize（抓住）the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value of education.”‎ ‎50. When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ______.‎ A. on the way home                       B. in the kindergarten C. in a shopping center               D. at a bus station ‎51. Dancy called ______for help when his father couldn’t speak.‎ A. 911         B. his mother      C. Shine D. the reporter ‎52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Dancy drove his father home.‎ B. The reporter was really a hero.‎ C. Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital.‎ D. Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.‎ C The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981. At that time, they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an English-speaking country.‎ Now the Vieira children are adults, and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and friends. But they cannot communicate with them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries, they often leave their own customs and mother language behind. This is a mistake because there are many 17‎ ‎ benefits（益处）of knowing more than one language.‎ One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate directly with more people around the world. You do not have to depend on others to talk for you, so you’re more independent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.‎ Furthermore, speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs more effectively（有效地）. Local expressions, vocabulary, and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person’s understanding of another culture. So, knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.‎ Finally, having more multi-language speakers improves relationships between countries. If people from different countries can communicate well, the world can become closer. Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each other’s problems.‎ The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact, there are no disadvantages. It is very sad that many people don’t try to learn another language. It is even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silenced.‎ ‎53. The passage begins with the experience of the Vieira family in order to______.‎ A. discuss the need for teaching a new language B. show the problems of speaking only one language ‎ C. describe the advantages of moving to another country D. introduce the passage’s main characters to the readers ‎54. According to the passage, if you can speak more than one language, you can______.‎ A. find a better job B. make more friends C. better understand history D. communicate more independently ‎55. The underlined phrase “multi-language speakers” (In Paragraph 5) means “people who know ______.”‎ A. more than one language B. a new language C. their mother language D. body language ‎56. What is the passage mainly about?‎ A. How to learn another language.‎ B. The importance of learning English.‎ C. The benefits of learning other languages.‎ D. The reasons why people come to America.‎ 17‎ D ‎“Yes, ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard NASA’s Space Elevator. We’re going to leave soon. The entire ride will take about five hours, so sit back and enjoy the trip. As we rise, be sure to look out the window. You’ll see the sky change from deep blue to black. It is one of the most wonderful views（景色）you will ever see! ”‎ Does this sound like the Sci-Fi Channel? Well, it’s not. Scientists are thinking that a “space elevator” will be possible toward the end of the 21st century. A space elevator will consist of a long cable (电缆) from the Earth’s surface into space to an altitude(高度) of about 35,786 km. “Elevators” will travel along the cable and move people and loads between Earth and space. One of the greatest advantages is that the cost will be much less. Researchers estimate (估计) that a passenger with baggage at 150 kg might cost only $222! Compare that to today’s cost of around $3.3 million for the same weight. It would make “cheap” space travel possible. Scientists believe carbon nanotubes (纳米管) may be used to make high-strength materials for the cables, although they are still being studied.‎ It was Arthur C. Clarke who brought this idea to the general public. In his science fiction novel Fountains of Paradise, engineers build a space elevator on top of a mountain peak on an island. One day, Clarke was asked a question by a student during his speech. The student asked when the space elevator would become a reality. Clarke answered, “Probably about 50 years after everybody stops laughing.” He’s got a point. When we stop thinking of something as impossible, then we start working on its development.‎ ‎57. Why should passengers in a space elevator look out the window while they are moving into space?‎ A. Because the blue sky is very beautiful.‎ B. Because the view outside is wonderful.‎ C. Because the sky changes from black to blue.‎ D. Because the trip will take about seven hours.‎ ‎58. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?‎ 17‎ A. Scientists haven’t used carbon nanotubes to make the cables.‎ B. Traveling in space elevators will cost much less in the future.‎ C. Passengers will be able to travel in space elevators with baggage.‎ D. Space elevators will travel for 35,786 km around the Earth’s surface.‎ ‎59. What is the best title for this passage?‎ A. Possible Now: Space Travel B. Cheap Space Travel C. Going into Space in an Elevator D. Space Travel — Impossible 七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）‎ Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. 60. ______ If he lost, he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losing was the worst thing in the world.‎ A new kid, Albert, came to Peter’s school. He was good at table tennis, too.‎ ‎61. ______ Peter worked hard to get ready for the match, but Albert didn’t seem to think much of it. When the match began, Albert was a real player. There was always a smile on his face, while Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat, but he lost in the end.‎ ‎“You played very well, Peter. I think we can play again sometime,” said Albert. But Peter didn’t feel happy and couldn’t fall asleep that night.‎ One day, Peter saw Albert playing basketball. Though he lost again and again, the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. 62. ______‎ Whether he won or lost the game, Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it. 63. ______‎ A. However, he enjoyed both of them.‎ B. So he felt happier than ever before.‎ C. Peter and Albert were good at swimming.‎ D. When he won, he would feel really good.‎ E. Soon there would be a match between Peter and Albert.‎ 八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）‎ ‎“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Internet.” ‎ ‎“I check my e-mail almost forty times a day.”‎ ‎“I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net.” ‎ ‎“Spend more time in chat rooms than with my real-life friends.”‎ Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called 17‎ ‎ Internet addiction. According to experts, Internet addicts(迷)spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.‎ ‎ For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. They called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet — for seven days straight. ‎ A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted. The teenagers spend more time on the Internet than with families. That’s why some experts worry most about young people. ‎ Is “surfing the Internet” a hobby or all addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms(症状):‎ ‎★You can’t wait to get online again.‎ ‎★You go out with your friends less and less.‎ ‎★You’ve decided to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours.‎ ‎★You do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.‎ What is the solution(解决办法)? Some experts suggest that people set strict limits(限制) on their time for Internet use. You have to learn to control it, or the Internet would control you.‎ ‎64. Do Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week?‎ ‎65. Where was the missing college student found? ‎ ‎66. Why do some experts worry most about young people? ‎ ‎67. How many symptoms are mentioned in the passage?‎ ‎68. What’s the passage mainly about?‎ 书面表达（25分）‎ 九、完成句子。（共10分，每小题2分）‎ 根据中英文提示词完成句子。‎ ‎69. 吸烟有害健康。‎ ‎ Smoking ______our health.‎ ‎70. 他一接到母亲去世的消息，就立刻踏上归途。‎ ‎ He started back ______ he got the news of his mother’s death.‎ ‎71. 我过去常常爬山，可现在没有这样的胆量了。‎ ‎ I ______ do a lot of climbing, but I haven’t the nerve for it now.‎ ‎72. 你坐火车去要花很多钱，为什么不坐公共汽车呢？‎ 17‎ ‎ It will cost you to go by train; ______ ?‎ ‎73. 同学之间好好相处很有必要。‎ ‎ It’s______ each other.‎ 十、文段表达 （15分）‎ 根据中文大意和英文提示词语，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的短文。所给的英文提示词仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。‎ ‎74. 作为中学生，学习任务重，但也需要丰富多彩的业余生活。某英文报纸正以“My Spare Time”为题征文，请你投稿。说说你经常做些什么，并请说明想法或理由。‎ 提示词语：busy；colorful；sports；healthy；read；knowledge；relax；housework 17‎ ‎13-14第一学期初三英语期末考试参考答案 题号 答案 得分 ‎33‎ D ‎34‎ A ‎35‎ A ‎36‎ B ‎37‎ C ‎38‎ D ‎39‎ B ‎40‎ D ‎41‎ A ‎42‎ C ‎43‎ C ‎44‎ B ‎45‎ D ‎46‎ A ‎47‎ C ‎48‎ A ‎49‎ C ‎50‎ A ‎51‎ B ‎52‎ D ‎53‎ B ‎54‎ D ‎55‎ A ‎56‎ C ‎57‎ B ‎58‎ D ‎59‎ C ‎60‎ D ‎61‎ E ‎62‎ A ‎63‎ B 题号 答案 得分 ‎1‎ A ‎2‎ B ‎3‎ C ‎4‎ B ‎5‎ A ‎6‎ B ‎7‎ B ‎8‎ C ‎9‎ A ‎10‎ B ‎11‎ A ‎12‎ C ‎13‎ B ‎14‎ C ‎15‎ A ‎16‎ C ‎17‎ small ‎18‎ ‎7‎ ‎19‎ bank ‎20‎ school ‎21‎ Sunday ‎22‎ A ‎23‎ B ‎24‎ C ‎25‎ B ‎26‎ A ‎27‎ D ‎28‎ B ‎29‎ D ‎30‎ C ‎31‎ B 17‎ ‎32‎ C 八、 阅读短文，回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）‎ ‎64. Yes.‎ ‎65. In the computer lab.‎ ‎66. Because they spend more time on the Internet than with families.‎ ‎67. 4.‎ ‎68. What Internet Addiction is, what its symptoms are and how to solve it.（the solution）‎ The facts of Internet Addiction and how to solve it.‎ 九、完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）‎ ‎69. is bad for / is harmful to ‎70. as soon as ‎ ‎71. used to ‎ ‎72. why not/why don’t you go by bus/take a bus ‎73. very necessary for the classmates/schoolmates to get on/along well with 十、文段表达（15分）‎ ‎74. One possible version:‎ My Spare Time I am a middle school student. Though I’m busy with my lessons, my spare time is still colorful.‎ After school I usually play sports. Sports help me to keep healthy and study better. I often do some reading in the evening. I think books are our best friends. They give us much knowledge that we can’t learn at school. Sometimes I watch TV or surf the Internet. I find it’s a good way to relax myself. At the same time it can also help me open up my eyes to the outside world. At the weekends I often help my parents with the housework, so they can have a good rest.‎ I enjoy myself in my spare time.‎ 书面表达评分标准：‎ 第一档：（15~13分）‎ 完全符合题目要求，观点正确，要点齐全。句式多样，词汇丰富。语言准确，语意连贯，表达清楚，具有逻辑性。 ‎ 第二档：（12~9分）‎ 基本符合题目要求，观点正确，要点齐全。语法结构和词汇基本满足文章需要。语言基本通顺，语意基本连贯，表达基本清楚。虽然有少量语言错误，但不影响整体理解。‎ 第三档：（8~5分） ‎ 17‎ 部分内容符合题目要求，要点不齐全。语法结构和词汇错误较多，语言不通顺，表达不够清楚，影响整体理解。‎ 第四档：（4~0分） ‎ 与题目有关内容不多，只是简单拼凑词语，所写内容难以理解。‎ 17‎ 听力录音材料：‎ 延庆县2013—2014学年第一学期期末试卷初三英语听力考试现在开始：‎ 一、听对话，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图 片。每段对话读两遍。‎ ‎1. W: Do you like swimming?‎ M: Yes. But my mum says swimming in the river is dangerous.‎ ‎2. W: What’s your favourite fruit? ‎ M: Bananas. I think it’s good for me to have a banana every day.‎ ‎3. M: Could you please pass me the newspaper, Mum?‎ W: Sure. Here you are.‎ M: Thanks. Mum.‎ ‎4. W: Where did you have supper?‎ M: I went to Rose Restaurant with some friends.‎ 二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下列各题所给的A、B、C三个 选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 请听一段对话，完成第5至第6小题。‎ M: Good morning! What can I do for you?‎ W: I’d like a shirt. Could you show me some?‎ M: Certainly. What color do you like?‎ W: Green.‎ M: What size do you want?‎ W: Size L.‎ M: What about this one? It’s made of silk.‎ W: It feels good. How much is it?‎ M: Ten dollars.‎ W: It’s cheap. I’ll take it. Here is the money.‎ M: Your change, please.‎ W: Thanks a lot.‎ 请听一段对话，完成第7至第8小题。‎ W: Hello, this is Betty. May I speak to Tom?‎ M: Oh, I’m sorry he’s out at the moment.‎ W: When will he come back?‎ M: He will be back at half past nine. ‎ W: Would you please take a message for me?‎ M: Certainly.‎ W: Please tell him some students from England will visit our school tomorrow. ‎ Tom sings very well, so we want him to sing some English songs for them.‎ M: OK. I’ll tell him as soon as he comes back.‎ W: Thank you very much.‎ M: That’s all right.‎ 请听一段对话，完成第9至第10小题。‎ M: When do you want to leave for that seaside town, Susan?‎ W: I’m not sure yet, but maybe we should leave on Friday afternoon.‎ 17‎ It’s a long drive. ‎ M: How long will you sit on the bus?‎ W: For five or six hours.‎ M: Say you leave at 4:30, right after school, and you’ll be there around nine or ten.‎ W: I suppose so. And we could still have a good night’s sleep.‎ M: What are you going to take?‎ W: Mostly skirt and T-shirts.‎ M: You don’t think it’s a bit cold at night at the seaside.‎ W: Maybe. I’m going to take a sweater or a light coat, just in case.‎ M: Hope you have a good time there.‎ 请听一段对话，完成第11至第13小题。 ‎ W: Are these photos of your family, Richard?‎ M: Yes. My mum’s side of the family all live in the USA.‎ W: Where do they live?‎ M: In New York.‎ W: Hey! I’ve got some cousins in New York, too.‎ M: Really? My grandmother, my aunt and uncle, and my three cousins, John, Bob and Lily live there. That’s Lily. She’s the youngest. She’s 25.‎ W: Do you go and see the family a lot?‎ M: I usually go once a year if I can. But it’s a bit expensive to fly from Australia to the United States every year.‎ W: Yeah, I think so.‎ M: And time is also a problem. I prefer to go for a month and make a real holiday of it.‎ W: You’re right. It’s not worth going all that way just for a week or two. So what do you think of New York? Do you like it?‎ M: Oh, I really like it. It’s great. It’s easy to get around and there are lots of good museums and theatres.‎ W: Yeah, I love it too. I often feel excited in New York. You’re making me miss it!‎ 请听一段独白，完成第14至第16小题。‎ I’m Lucy Holmes and I’m here today to tell you about my work. People ask me why I decided to start a new magazine. Well, I’ve been working for newspapers and magazines for many years. I’ve always dreamt of starting my own magazine, not because I want to be rich but because I want to do something different. And now I’ve done it! It is different from other magazines and I’m sure it’s going to be successful. ‎ So what’s the magazine like? It’s the same size as the local weekly newspaper, but it doesn’t carry news and it doesn’t report on events as they happen. I think this is the important difference. You can buy it in all the usual places you would buy newspapers. It comes out each Thursday.‎ The first part of the magazine is a “What’s on” guide. It tells the information about everything that’s happening in the city over a seven-day period. There are music and film reviews, and information about special events. There are also reports ‎ 17‎ on restaurants. But these are not advertisements. They are the honest opinions of our reporters. ‎ That’s one part of the magazine; the other part is the articles. We want to write about the lives of the people in the town. They may be famous or not but they have all done something interesting such as developing a new business. We hope to interview a lot of different people. So, anyone who’s interested in …‎ 三、听对话，根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在相应位置上。对话读两遍。‎ W: Good morning, sir. ‎ M: Good morning. I’m looking for a house for my family.‎ W: OK, do you want a big one or a small one?‎ M: A small one with two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen. ‎ W: OK, let me look up the information on the computer. Oh, I’ve got one for you.‎ M: Thank you. Where is the house?‎ W: It’s No. 7 in Park Street.‎ M: Sounds great. How much does it cost? ‎ W: It’s very cheap. It only costs 9859 dollars. ‎ M: That’s a lot of money for me! ‎ W: It’s worth every penny. It’s convenient there. You can walk to the supermarket and the bank in five minutes. The most important thing is that there is a very good school along the street for your children. ‎ M: Well, I like the house, but I can’t decide yet. My wife must see it first. ‎ W: It doesn’t matter. You can see the house every day except Wednesday and Sunday. ‎ M: Thanks a lot.‎ W: You are welcome.‎ 听力考试到此结束，请同学们继续完成后面的试题。 ‎ 17‎