11. What are the two speakers trying to find?

A. A plane ticket. B. A passport. C. Some luggage.

12. Where does this conversation probably take place?

A. At home. B. At the airport. C. In the post office.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the man have to do this Saturday?

A. Go to the supermarket. B. Clean the house. C. Visit the woman's house.

14. When will the two speakers go in their spring outing?

A. Next Saturday. B. Next Sunday. C. This Sunday.

15. How will the two speakers go to Xiangshan?

A. By car. B. By bike C. By bus.

16. What will the woman take with her?

A. A tent. B. Some snacks. C. Some drinks.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When is there no ice on Hudson Bay?

A. In January. B. In December. C. In October.

18. How much did the polar bear weigh?

A. 1, 000 pounds. B. 2, 100 pounds. C. 1,200 pounds.

19. What came after the man when he was in Africa?

A. A polar bear. B. A fierce dog. C. A husky.

20. What did the husky do when she saw the polar bear?

A. She played with the polar bear.

B. She ran away immediately.

C. She fought with the polar bear.

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。

A

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it．And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is．That is what "Keeping up with the Joneses" is about．It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich as his neighbors．

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand．He told this story about himself．He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23．That was a lot of money in those days．And he was proud of his wealth(财富). He got married and moved with his wife to a very rich neighborhood outside New York City．When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day．When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors．It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up．The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life．They moved back to an apartment in New York City．

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors．He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it"Keeping up with the Joneses", because"Jones"is a very ordinary(普通的) name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich