In a few short months, if I have learned anything, it’s that college is（)easy.

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.

听力原文：M: In the past few months, I've introduced you five nurses. Now, what do you think of the latest one？

W: Well, she is not the worst one. Between her illnesses last month, she could do something for me.

Q: Which statement is true？

(12)

A．The latest nurse is the best one.

B．The latest nurse was ill for two times last month.

C．The latest nurse is the worst one.

D．In the past five months, the man has introduced the woman quite a few nurses.

nts found work here last year. We like to visit big cities. Last month, we went to Beijing for a visit. We went at a bad time of the y. ear. The weather there was very cold. It was very different from Guangzhou at that time of the year. In our city we only wear blouses, skirts or shirts. But people in Beijing wore sweaters or even coats. We didn't take many clothes, so we had to stay there for a short time. After a few days we came back to Guangzhou.

The writer was born in ______.

A．Beijing

B．Tian Jin

C．Guangzhou

Read the information and the chart below. What findings can you report according to the chart？ You work in the marketing department of your company and your line manager has delegated to you the task of preparing a short report. You must report on the number of people visiting the company website in the last three months and propose a marketing strategy for the next three months. You have already made some handwritten notes on the information below.

A、Over the last three months, the number of visitors has increased by 650. There are two reasons for the increase

B、With regards to costs, banners have cost 3200 euros a month but very few people seem to visit the website as a result of these.

C、On the other hand, the newsletter doesn’t cost anything (other than my time) but has helped to increase the number of visitors.

D、/

1. Why Are There Only 28 Days in February？ Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, Except for February, Which got the short stick because it's cold and no one likes it. Well, something to that effect. Some believe February once boasted 29 days and that Augustus Caesar stole a day so he could add it to August, which was named for him. (If there’s a month named after you, why not milk it？) But that’s a myth. Rather, February has 28 days because, to the Romans, the month was an afterthought. In the 8th century BCE, they used the Calendar of Romulus, a 10-month calendar that kicked the year off in March (with the spring equinox) and ended in December. January and February didn’t even exist: Martius: 31 days Aprilius: 30 days Maius: 31 days Junius: 30 days Quintilis: 31 days Sextilis: 30 days September: 30 days October: 31 days November: 30 days December: 30 days Tally up those numbers, and you’ll see a problem—the year is only 304 days long. Back then, winter was a nameless, monthless period that no one cared for much. (Planters and harvesters used the calendar as a timetable. To them, winter was useless and wasn’t worth counting.) So for 61 days out of the year, Romans could ask “What month is it？” and you could correctly answer, “None!” King Numa Pompilius thought that was stupid. Why have a calendar if you’re going to neglect one-sixth of the year？ So in 713 BCE, he lined the calendar up with the year’s 12 lunar cycles—a span of about 355 days—and introduced January and February. The months were added to the end of the calendar, making February the last month of the year. But no Roman calendar would be complete without some good old-fashioned superstition mixed in! The Romans believed even numbers were unlucky, so Numa tried to make each month odd. But to reach the quota of 355, one month had to be even. February ended up pulling the short stick, probably because it was simply the last month on the list. (Or as Cecil Adams puts it, “If there had to be an unlucky month, better make it a short one.”) Numa’s calendar ended up looking like this: Martius: 31 days Aprilius: 29 days Maius: 31 days Iunius: 29 days Quintilis: 31 days Sextilis: 29 days September: 29 days October: 31 days November: 29 days December: 29 days Ianuarius: 29 days Februarius: 28 days Of course, a 355-day calendar had its bugs. After a few years went by, the seasons and months would fall out of sync. So to keep things straight, the Romans would occasionally insert a 27-day leap month called Mercedonius. The Romans would erase the last couple days of February and start the leap month on February 24—further evidence no one ever cared much for the month. This caused headaches everywhere. The leap month was inconsistent, mainly because Rome’s high priests determined when it would arrive. Not only did they insert Mercedonius haphazardly, but the priests (being politicians) abused the power, using it to extend the terms of friends and trim the terms of enemies. By Julius Caesar’s time, the Roman people had no clue what day it was. So Caesar nixed the leap month and reformed the calendar again. (To get Rome back on track, the year 46 BCE had to be 445 days long!) Caesar aligned the calendar with the sun and added a few days so that everything added up to 365. February, which by now was at the top of the calendar, kept its 28 days. We can only imagine it’s because Caesar, like everyone before and after him, just wanted it to be March already. 1. How many months were there in the 8th century BCE？

A、6

B、8

C、10

D、12

: A gunman had shot and injured two young children at a California day camp. "My heart was in my throat," she says. "Those children could have been mine."

Anger and fear led Dees-Thomases, 46, a mother of three from Short Hills, NJ, to organize the Million Mom March on Mother's Day in 2000. A stand against the 30 000 deaths and 75 000 gun-related injuries a year in the United States, it drew an estimated 750 000 to Washington, DC.

Now the second Million Mom March, set for May 9 in DC, will urge the federal government to renew and strengthen the assault weapons ban (set to expire in September). And Dees-Thomases' new book, Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mother Rallied a Million Others against the Gun Lobby, will be published this month by Rodale, Prevention's parent company.

How many children does Donna Dees-Thomases have？

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

MEMORANDUM TO: All Section B-4 Employees From: Mary Hightower RE: Relocation of Office Space DATE: Wednesday, July 6 We are going to relocate to new office space before the end of this month in order to start business in the new space on Monday, August 1. I know this is relatively short notice, but I know you’ll be delighted with the larger workspaces as well as the better view! The new office space for B-4 is on the 11th floor of the Parker Building on Renault Road, just a few minutes from here. The new location offers better parking opportunities. It seems likely that everyone will get a personal parking space! The movers are coming on July 28 and 29. Until then, pack only non-essential items. Packing materials will be made available from Monday, July 11. A meeting to discuss any moving problems will be held this Friday at 2:00 p.m. See you then. Mary Hightower What is the purpose of the memorandum？

A、To notify employees of a move

B、To inform employees of a business opportunity

C、To request a moving company to move an office

D、To direct employees to new parking spaces

A、in a few weeks

B、in the past

C、by last month

D、recently

A.set up

B.set out

C.set off

D.set aside

A．a few weeks

B．about one month

C．several years

D．several months

A.first few short English

B.few first short English

C.few first English short

D.short few first English