听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the woman?

A. An actress. B. A secretary. C. A typist

13. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Interviewer and interviewee. C. Actor and actress.

14. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman will be a secretary.

B. The woman made a mistake.

C. The man is satisfied with the woman.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the woman doing?

A .She is doing an experiment.

B.She is having a study.

C. She is asking others for help.

16. How long is the man's house to the place of his work?

A. One to five kilometers.

B. Six to ten kilometers.

C. Fourteen or fifteen kilometers.

17. How does the man's family members go to work or school?

A. By train. B. By bus. C. Use private transport.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is Alice Walker?

A. A writer. B. A teacher. C. A policeman.

19. Where did Alice Walker finish her college education?

A. In Georgia. B. In Atlanta. C. In New York.

20. What did Langston give to Alice Walker?

A. Many books. B. Some money. C. Some advice.

二、单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around Thomas Edison.

A. to B. from C. with D. without

22. Some people eating meat because they think it' s wrong to kill animals.

A. approve B. convey C. oppose D. applaud

23. Our city streets with people, cars and bicycles, drivers have to take the responsibility to watch out for people crossing the road.

A. crowded B. were crowded C. crowding D to crowd

24. The couple withdrew the large city and settled down in a forest, ridding themselves their addiction to modem technology.

A. from; from B. to; of C. from; of D. to; from

25. Readers, another program hosted by Dong Qing, _ to be "a breath of fresh air” among varieties of shows.

A. has acknowledged B. had acknowledged

C. has been acknowledged D. had been acknowledged