B. Discussing the topic of her paper.

C. Making a plan for a programme.

11. How many children are there in the man’s family?

A. Six. B. Five. C. Four .

12. What was the man’s father?

A. An actor. B. A driver. C. A sportsman. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does John work?

A. North Carolina. B. California. C. Washington.

14. What does John do?

A. A soldier. B. A firefighter. C. A teacher.

15. What are John’s working hours?

A. Eight hours every day.

B. Twelve hours every week

C. Working 24 hours and having a day off.

16. What kind of clothes does John wear to work?

A. A dress uniform. B. A blue work uniform. C. A black work uniform. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

17. What is the speaker doing?

A. Advertising a book. B. Telling a class rule. C. Introducing a course.

18. What is the purpose of the listening course?

A. To achieve personal success.

B. To develop effective listening skills.

C. To prepare for a listening test.

19. Who wrote the required textbook?

A. William Brown. B. Helen Smith. C. Jackson Black.

20. How will the listeners be evaluated(评估；评价)?

A. By the performances in class and test grades.

B. By the mid-term and final grades.

C. By the tests in class and final grades.

第二部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

21. It’s useful to have _____ good command of ____English language.

A. the; the B. a; the C. a; / D. the; /

22. She found _____difficult to settle and calm down in the hiding place, because she was afraid that they would be caught by the German Nazis.

A. this B. that C. it D. one

23. George Bush, the former President of USA, lost his __________naturally after he left the White House.

A. power B. right C. energy D. strength

24. ---That exchange student from Spain seems to be getting on quite well with Chinese learning.

---______________, he finds it difficult to learn Chinese.