12. What does the woman think will happen to job ads if The Times closes down?

A. The other two newspapers will open a local jobs newspaper.

B. The local economy will be much affected but not destroyed.

C. The job ads will be carried in either of the other two newspapers.

听第五段对话，回答第13-15题。

13. Which factor can most seriously endanger airplanes according to this passage?

A. Crowded air traffic.

B. The large size of airplanes.

C. Mistakes made by air traffic controllers.

14. What happened to the two large jets?

A. They bumped into each other over a swimming pool.

B. They avoided each by turning in different directions.

C. They narrowly escaped crashing into each other.

15. Why were the two large jets specially mentioned?

A. To show the key role played by air traffic controllers.

B. To show the great responsibility shouldered by the pilots.

C. To give an example of air disasters.

第二节 听取信息(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)

听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16～20的空格中。听录音前，你将有20秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

THE JOB OFFERED

Reasons to leave present job To work in a larger company that offers (16)________ for growth.

Working hours From (17)________ with a one-hour lunch break at noon.

Salary $ (18)________ a year.

Vacation Ten days off per year for the first two years; (19)_______ per year after that.

Sick leave One day of sick leave per month.

Company benefits Excellent benefits, including (20)________, a retirement program and a savings plan.

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)

第一节篇章阅读(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。

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Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. He was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty learning to read. When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. The child was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction — to the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move.

Albert did not like school. The German schools of that time were not pleasant. Students could not ask questions. Albert said he felt as if he were in prison.

In 1905, Albert Einstein published some important papers in a German scientific magazine. They included one of the most important scientific documents in history. It explained what came to be called his “Special Theory of Relativity”. Ten years later, he expanded it to a “General Theory of Relativity”.

In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics. It was given to him not for his theories of relativity, but for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

Albert Einstein left Germany when Adolph Hitler came to power in 1933. He moved to the United States to continue his research. Einstein became a citizen of the United States in 1940.

Einstein was a famous man, but yowould not have known that by looking at him. His white hair was long and wild. He wore old clothes. He showed an inner joy when he was playing his violin or talking about his work. Students and friends said he had a way of explaining difficult ideas using images that were easy to understand.

Einstein spent the last twenty-five years of his life working on what he called a “unified field theory”. He hoped to find a common mathematical statement that could tie together all the different parts of physics. He did not succeed.

Albert Einstein died in 1955 at the age of seventy-six.

21. What can we learn about Albert Einstein in his childhood according to the passage?

A. He was quite clever and smart. B. He was curious about new things.