听一段对话，回答第11~12小题。
（）11. Why is Amy nervous?
A. She is seeing the doctor.
B. She has kept on working for long.
C. She is worried about her competition.
（）12. What does Mr White mean at the end of the conversation?
A. He can offer any help to Amy if necessary.
B. He asks Amy to go to the office with him.
C. He wants to take part in the competition by himself.

11.C 12.A

听第一篇短文，回答第13～15小题。

()13. A. 1,039 B. 1,063 C. 1,093
()14. A. January B. February C. August
()15. A. newspapers B. magazines C. novels

13.C 14.A 15.B

[思维品质] 听第二篇短文，回答第16~20小题。
（）16. What did Ben Franklin always do when he was only a child?
A. He always liked to play with water. B. He always liked to find out new things.
C. He always asked his teacher many different questions.
（）17. Which of the following is true about Ben's father and brothers?
A. They couldn't answer all Ben's questions.
B. They were too busy to answer Ben's questions.
C. They tried hard to find out something new for Ben.
（）18. Where did Ben live?
A. Close to the water. B. Near a grassland. C. In a big city.
（）19. How did Ben Franklin float across the water?
A. The water carried him across it. B. The other boys took him across it.
C. The flying kite took him across it.
（）20. What do the words "he did not work at all" in the passage mean?
A. He didn't cross the water at all. B. He worked hard to cross the water.
C. He crossed the water in an easy way.

16.B 17.A 18.A 19.C 20.C