Module 2 A Job Worth Doing
(时间：120分钟，满分：150分)
第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力 [共两节， 满分30分]
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题， 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后， 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What are the speakers talking about? A．The man’s weekend activity. B．The woman’s favorite sport. C．The city they live in. 2．What does the man do? A．He’s a businessman. B．He’s a doctor. C．He’s a student.
3．When did the speakers start talking? A．At 2：50 pm. B．At 3：00 pm. C．At 3：10 pm.
4．What does the woman want to do? A．Borrow money from the man. B．Go to the bank.
C．Start up a business.
5．What is the man’s research field? A．Education. B．Insects. C．Finance.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题， 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前， 你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后， 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料， 回答第6、7题。
6．Why is the woman in the United States this time? A．To visit her friends. B．To have a holiday. C．To do some business.
7．Which of the following has the woman planned well? A．The route of her trip. B．The hotel she will stay. C．The date she will return.
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听第7段材料， 回答第8、9题。
8．How long did the man work in the radio factory? A．For three months. B．For two months. C．For one month.
9．Why does the man want to work in the woman’s company? A．It is the company’s busy season. B．He can make a lot of money.
C．He wants to become a skilled engineer. 听第8段材料， 回答第10至12题。 10．What do we know about the man? A．He is married.
B．He has a four-day vacation. C．He took a trip last summer.
11．Why won’t the man go to Australia by ship? A．He doesn’t have enough time. B．Going by ship isn’t relaxing. C．He has booked the plane tickets.
12．What does the man want to visit most? A．Golden Beach. B．Wave Rock.
C．The Great Ocean Road.
听第9段材料， 回答第13至16题。
13．How long has the man been feeling ill? A．About two or three days. B．About three or four days. C．About five or six days.
14．When did the man give up smoking for the first time? A．Three years ago. B．Two years ago. C．One year ago.
15．What did the man do this morning? A．He took some cough medicine. B．He had some lemon juice. C．He took his temperature.
16．How many capsules should the man take each day? A．3. B．5. C．8.
听第10段材料， 回答第17至20题。
17．When were the three fishermen probably rescued? A．In January. B．In June. C．In August.
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18．How did the three fishermen manage to survive? A．By eating dried food they had brought. B．By eating animals they caught. C．By eating fish boiled in water.
19．How were the three fishermen when they were rescued? A．They were in poor health but in good spirits. B．They were desperate about their future. C．They were very frightened.
20．What can we learn from the talk?
A．The three fishermen were blown 5，000 kilometers off course. B．The boat the three fishermen took was 25 feet long. C．A Kiribati fishing boat found the three fishermen. 答案：1～5.ACBCB 6～10.BABCA 11～15.CABAC 16～20.ACBAB 听力材料 (Text 1)
W：What do you like to do during the weekend?
M：I love cycling.On Saturday morning I usually ride around the city for two hours.①
(Text 2)
W：What kind of college are you going to apply for？②
M：My father wants me to go into business but my mother wants me to go to medical school.
(Text 3)
M：How much time has passed since we started talking? W：It’s been only 10 minutes.
M：So right now it should be 3：10 pm. W：Correct.③ (Text 4)
W：Where did you get the money to start your restaurant? M：I have been saving my money for years.
W：Is there any other way to get money to start up a small business？④ M：Yes, you can borrow some from a bank. (Text 5)
W：Did you want to become a scientist when you were young?
M：No.I became interested in insects only after I entered university.⑤ W：Are you happy with the working conditions in this university? M：Yes.It provides me with excellent equipment and enough funding to do my work. (Text 6) M：Welcome to Boston.May I see your passport？Oh, I see you’ve been here before. W：Yeah, I’ve been to your country a couple of times for business. M：What’s the purpose of your visit this time? W：I’m here on holiday this time.⑥ M：Where are you planning to go?
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W：I’m going from here to Atlanta, then across the Midwest to California, and then back to Boston.⑦
M：Where are you going to stay? W：Mainly with friends.
M：And how long are you going to be here?
W：About three months or until the money runs out. M：What’s the date of your return? W：I’ve got an open ticket. M：Thank you.Have a nice day! (Text 7)
W：Now tell me something about yourself and why you are here to apply for the job.
M：I left school three months ago.I got straight A’s in nearly every subject.I worked very hard at my studies.
W：I see.Have you had any experience already? M：I worked in a radio factory for two months.⑧ W：That was a very short time, wasn’t it?
M：Yes, it was.It was during the factory’s busy season, so they hired extra people to help, and the pay was really good.
W：I see.Can you tell me a bit about why you want this job?
M：I want to become a skilled engineer, and I know your company has a reputation for excellence in engineering.⑨
W：All right.We will give you our decision as soon as possible.My secretary will be in touch.
M：OK.Thank you very much. (Text 8)
W：Hey, James.Any plans for the coming vacation? M：Ah, yes.I am planning to tour with my wife.⑩ W：Oh, really？Where?
M：We are taking a five-day tour in Australia.
W：Oh, that’s a wonderful country. Jack and I went there last summer.How will you get there? I mean you can take a ship there.That would be a relaxing way to travel.
M：Well, maybe next time.We have already booked the tickets; we’ll go by plane this time.?
W：And where will you stay, if you don’t mind my asking? M：In a four-star hotel.It has excellent reviews online.
W：Oh, that’s good.Any place in particular that you hope to visit?
M：Golden Beach，of course.Australia is famous for its beautiful beach.? W：Yes, it is, and I am sure you will enjoy it much.Wave Rock and the Great Ocean Road are also worth visiting, if you have time.
(Text 9)
M：Morning, Doctor.Sorry I’m a bit late, but I felt really awful when I got up.
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W：Don’t worry, David.What seems to be the trouble? M：Well, I’ve had this awful flu and a terrible cough. W：I see.How long have you been feeling like this? M：Oh, about three or four days, I suppose.?About six days ago, I got caught in a heavy rain on my way home from a party.
W：I see.And have you been taking any medicine?
M：Just the normal things.Cough medicine, lemon and hot drinks, but it hasn’t done any good.So I stopped yesterday.
W：Are you a smoker?
M：No.I gave up three years ago，? though I’ve picked it up again twice since then.
W：Have you had a temperature?
M：Yes.For a couple of days.I took my temperature this morning—it was 38.5℃.?
W：OK.I’ll just listen to your chest...well, it looks as if you’ve got a really bad cold, but not the flu.Take these pills: one capsule every 8 hours for the next five days.?
M：OK，Doctor.What about going to work?
W：I’m sorry, but you’ll have to spend a few days in bed till it clears up. (Text 10)
Today we are bringing you a story from real life.Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after floating in a small boat for about nine months across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean.?
The three fishermen left their home of San Blas on Mexico’s Pacific coast last November and were blown 5，000 miles off course after their 25-foot rubber boat ran out of gas and they were left to the mercy of the winds.??The fishermen were able to survive by eating raw fish and sea birds.They caught any bird that landed on their boat and ate it uncooked.?
Their difficult and unpleasant experience finally ended a week ago when they were rescued by a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters between the Marshall Islands and Kiribati.They were very skinny and very hungry but they were definitely in fine mental state.?
News of their rescue shocked their friends and relatives.They were overjoyed, since they had given the fishermen up for dead, announcing their deaths in June.
第二部分 阅读理解 [共两节，满分40分]
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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Last year，around Labor Day，I read a “Happy Ad” in our local newspaper.There was a lady in a local nursing home，who was celebrating her 90th birthday and her family wanted everyone to know about it.It said that if you wanted to drop her a line，here was her address.So I did.I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note，wishing her a happy birthday.
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