12. What does the man want to do?

A. Go to college. B. Play some games. C. Work on some insurance business.

13. What is the woman's attitude towards the man's decision in the end?

A. negative. B. Indifferent. C. Supportive.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How many people does the man introduce to the woman?

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

15. What do we know about Danny?

A. He is a security guard. B. He is Helen's assistant. C. He is the man's boss.

16. What does Ben look like?

A. He is a bit overweight. B. He wears short brown hair. C. He has a round face.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. At what time of the school term does the talk most probably take place?

A. At the end of it. B. In the middle of it. C. At the beginning of it.

18. What does today's assignment require the students to do?

A. Find out some unknown matter.

B. Become familiar with chemicals and gases.

C. Know about laboratory procedures and equipment.

19. Who will grade the students' lab reports?

A. Dr Gibbler. B. Ivan Allen. C. Dr Isaac.

20. Why does the speaker tell the story about Newton?

A. To explain the illness of Newton.

B. To encourage students to learn from Newton.

C. To stress the need for proper safety caution.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa where a woman may go to choose a husband from many men.

　　The store consists of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes(品质,特点) as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a trap. As you open the door to any floor, you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.

So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1- These men have jobs. The woman reads the sign and says to herself, "Well, that's better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what's further up?"