28.When did the author start to love teaching? A.In her favorite teacher's class. B.After she graduated from college. C.At a camp working with the disabled. D.Since she went to Boston University. 29.What do we know about the author's first official teaching ex- perience? A.She was worried that she was not fit to be a teacher. B.She was very calm and confident about her teaching skills. C.It was a complete failure and her heart was broken. D.Her most difficult part was understanding the learning content.

I'm not going to lie.I haven't always wanted to be in educa tion.It wasn't until I was in high school that I realized that edu- cation was something I was interested in.I really started falling in love with my volunteer work at a camp that worked with peo ple living with disabilities.My teaching experiences at that camp influenced me to want to major in severe special education,and coming to Boston University has made me crazy about it. Though my path towards education started early on in my high school years,my first official teaching experience was not until this summer.I got to work as a kindergarten teacher at a summer school.I have always loved children,especially kinder- garten through second grade children,so I was very excited a-

C.Some endangered languages would get help. D.Duolingo's headquarters moved to Pittsburgh. 27.Which of the following best describes Noah Higgs? A.Ambitious. B.Generous. C.Demanding. D.Humorous.

from an important way to communicate and trap those languages in the past. Higgs,23,though,is one of a small group of educators and activists reinventing how minority languages are taught and pre- served online by using cutting-edge technology. When he was 17,Higgs had a crazy teenage idea.He had begun using Duolingo,a mobile language-learning app,to study French,and wondered if the creators had considered adding sup port for Irish. At the time in early 2013,there were five languages on Duolingo,the smallest of which,Italian,has an estimated 67.9 million speakers worldwide.By comparison,at its height in the 18th century,there were an estimated four million Irish speak-

C.Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. D.San Francisco International Airport.

C.Great. 3.Where does the conversation probably take place? A.In a bank. B.At a ticket office. C.On a train. 4.What do we know about the woman? A.She works as a tutor at night. B.She has a well-paid job. C.She got a pay raise recently. 5.What is the man looking for? A.The cowboy hat. B.The warm hat with stars. C.The hat with a baseball logo.

contains a all of the food stores,fish markets and vegetable stands.Fernando Street,which was named after an educator,is where all of the government offices are housed.Via del Mar Street,whose roads are made of stones,is the only street which still has its old surface.Finally we come to the Horatio Street, on which there are two universities.One of them is the most fa- mous university in my country.That's why it is my favorite street of all

OK? M:Yes,of course. W:I can get the early flight from New York.I'll get a taxi from the airport,so you don't need to pick me up. M:OK. W:I want to spend two or three days in the store talking to sales- people and customers.So can you book a hotel for me for two nights-Tuesday night and Wednesday night?Somewhere in the center of Chicago? M:OK.I'll ask my secretary to do that. W:Thanks.Harry.See you next week. (Text 9) M:I'm broke again.Could you lend me some money?

where. W:Which one?You have tons of brown hats...the warm one with stars,the one with a baseball logo,the cowboy hat with... M:I'm going skiing,so I need the warm one. (Text 6) W:Hello,young man.Be a good boy and help an old woman cross the street,would you? M:Of course,madam.I'd be glad to. W:Thank you so much.I'm afraid these legs don't move as fast as they used to！ M:Well.I think you're looking very healthy.By the way,where are you going today?

试题答案 15 CAACB 6~10 ABBAB 11~15 I BCBCA 16~20 ACACC 附： 听力部分录音材料 (Text 1) W:So,how is your German class going,John? M:Well,not bad.The pronunciation is fine with me,and its vo cabulary is similar to English.But I find the grammar awful. W:Well,it takes a while to get it right. (Text 2) W:I hope you can come to the party on Saturday. M:I didn't know I was invited.