高中英语听力

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
Why do people build underground houses?
A. To save time and energy.
B. To save land and money.
C. To save land and energy.
In what country have underground hosues been used for a long time?
A. Canada.
B. Japan.
C. China.
What was the temperature inside Rinker's house when it was -22℃ outside?
A. 22℃.
B. 16℃.
C. -16℃.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
Which of the following can best describe the Kuwaiti lifestyle?
A. Relaxing and interesting.
B. Modern and traditional.
C. Modern and busy.
Where do the people in Kuwait usually go in their spare time?
A. Coffee bars.
B. The coast.
C. Friends homes.
What is the most popular sport in Kuwait?
A. Swimming.
B. Water skiing.
C. Football.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
When did Grandma Moses turn to painting?
A. At the age of 76.
B. At the age of 39.
C. At the age of 101.
What did Grandma Moses do before she became an artist?
A. She sold her works for a little money.
B. She worked on her farm.
C. She taught at a school.
What is the story mainly about?
A. A famous American artist.
B. Making money from painting.
C. Collecting paintings.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
What is Steinbeck's book Travels with Charley about?
A. People with problem.
B. Travels around the world.
C. Travels in America.
Which of the following shows the right order of the places Steinbeck and Charley traveled to?
A. Maine--Midwest--California--Texas.
B. Midwest--Maine--Texas--California.
C. New York--California--Maine--Texas.
What does the passage tell us about Steinbeck?
A. He spent three months writing Travels with Charley.
B. He enjoyed his travels around the United States.
C. He traveled wih another writer called Charley.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
What did Obama's victory mean?
A. He became the 41st President of the United States.
B. He became USA's first black President-elect.
C. He will be the first African-American in the US history.
Which is NOT mentioned as a serious challenge for Obama?
A. Civil wars.
B. Climate change.
C. Financial crisis.
When did Obama exercise his duty as President?
A. On January 20, 2009.
B. On January 12, 2009.
C. On February 20, 2009.
Which of the following best describes how Obama felt in his victory speech?
A. Dependent and joyless.
B. Hopeful and confident.
C. Proud and over optimistic.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
In which city did Elizabeth attend the medical school?
A. New York.
B. Philadelphia.
C. Paris.
What forced Elizabeth to give up being a surgeon（外科医生）?
A. An eye illness.
B. Social pressure.
C. Lack of money.
What was Elizabeth's contribution?
A. She set up the first hospital in the world.
B. She trained many experienced nurses.
C. She set up the first medical school for women.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
When did Jones have to work?
A. In 1948.
B. In 1971.
C. In 1979.
What did Jones study in the University of Pennsylvania?
A. Math.
B. Construction.
C. Computer.
How old was Joe Jones when he completed the work on his master's degree?
A. 48.
B. 55.
C. 65.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
Who is the speaker?
A. A student.
B. A teacher.
C. An office clerk.
Why did the speaker get a parking ticket?
A. His car was parked for too long.
B. His car took up too much space.
C. He left his car in a wrong place.
Which of the following words best describes the day the speaker had?
A. Exciting.
B. Unlucky.
C. Tiring.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
Why did the police stop the man's car?
A. Because he drove after drinking.
B. Because he had a car accident.
C. Because he didn't care about the traffic lights.
How did he drive home after being tested?
A. The police allowed him to drive home.
B. He drove home when the police were not there.
C. He told his son to come and drive him home.
How many policemen came to the man's home the next day?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
Why did the police ask the man where his car was?
A. Because the man had stolen a police's car.
B. Because the man's car had hit the police's car.
C. Becasue the man had driven the police's car home.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
What can we know about the Great Salt Lake?
A. It is far from the ocean.
B. It is as salty as the ocean.
C. It gets its water from the ocean.
Why couldn't the speaker stand on the ground?
A. The lake was too deep.
B. He was too heavy.
C. The water held him up.
How did the speaker describe his swimming experience there?
A. Interesting.
B. Boring.
C. Useful.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
When did the fire break out?
A. On May 2nd.
B. On June 2nd.
C. On March 2nd.
When did Mr. Smith smell something strange?
A. At about 10:05.
B. At about 9:55.
C. At about 10:55.
On which floor did Mr. Smith live?
A. The 11th floor.
B. The 9th floor.
C. The 10th floor.
What was the weather like?
A. Cold.
B. Cool.
C. Hot.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
What special food did Mrs. Wilson cook that day?
A. Some beef.
B. Some meat.
C. Some fish.
What was Mrs. Wilson worried about?
A. The food.
B. The visitors' lives.
C. Her neighbor's cat.
What did the neighbor's call mean to Mrs. Wison?
A. She didn't need to worry about anything.
B. She would be sorry to hear the news.
C. She would be surprised by the news.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
When did Alice make up her mind to be a nurse?
A. After she left school last year.
B. When she was just a little child.
C. When she began to study in a big hospital.
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Alice went to classes every day.
B. Alice hated to care for the old people.
C. Alice studied late at night.
What was Alice told to do one day?
A. To serve meals.
B. To bath the patients.
C. To clean the patients' false teeth.
How long did it take patients to find their teeth?
A. Half an hour.
B. One hour.
C. One hour and a half.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
Why did the young couple give a party at home?
A. To celebrate that they had set up their first home.
B. To celebrate their happy marriage.
C. To celebrate the lucky buying of a new nice apartment.
Who were the guests?
A. All the member of bank.
B. All the friends of the young man's wife's.
C. All the friends of the young man's in the band.
Which of the following is true?
A. The young couple had chosen a good quiet apartment.
B. The couple received a call telling them they were lucky to have a quiet apartment.
C. The hostess didn't understand the phone call from the flat downstairs.

听一段材料，回答下面几个小题。
What was Miss Richards?
A. A chemistry teacher.
B. A physics teacher.
C. A science teacher.
How did Miss Richards feel before Dick put up his hand?
A. Disappointed and unhappy.
B. Angry and annoyed.
C. Excited.
What can we learn from the passage?
A. Dick was the top student in class.
B. The student were active in class.
C. Miss Richards was rather patient.