13. What does the man think of the woman's plan?

A. Quite good. B. Not practical. C. Just so-so.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Where does this conversation probably take place?

A. In a bookstore. B. In a grocery. C. In a cinema.

15. When did popcorn grow more popular?

A. In the 1930s. B. In 1621. C. In 1947.

16. What are the speakers talking about?

A. The brief history of popcorn.

B. The various uses of popcorn.

C. The function of popcorn on films.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What material was the valuable penny from the talk made of?

A. Silver. B. Copper. C. Steel.

18. What caused pennies to be made differently in 1943?

A. The cost of metal. B. Collectors' taste. C. World War II.

19. Why was the coin so interesting and valuable to the collector?

A. It was from Philadelphia. B. It was unique. C. It once belonged to Lincoln.

20. What kinds of collectable items are worth the most?

A. Old ones. B. Ones from the war. C. Rare ones.

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

British and American polls（民意调查） say that few people can name even one famous woman scientist. Here are some women in the sciences including medicine and mathematics. You may recognize some of these famous women scientists; others may be new to you and worth further exploring. They're listed alphabetically over several pages, though I put Maria Curie at the top. That's the one woman scientist most people know. Click through to the rest of the pages so you don't miss the others.

Marie Curie

Dates: November 7, 1867 - Jul 4, 1934

Known for: Marie Curie was the first well-known woman scientist in the modern world and was called "Mother of Modern Physics" - pioneer in research into radioactivity; she was the discoverer of and first to isolate（隔离） polonium and radium; she established the nature of radiation and beta rays; she was also the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific disciplines: Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911)