本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟

第Ⅰ卷 （三部分 共115分）

一 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节：听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.How many students are there in the Western Culture class today?

A. 92 . B. 18. C. 74.

2.Whose car was stolen?

A. Karen’s B. The man’s . C. The woman’s

3. Where is the woman now?

A. In Oxford. B. In Harvard. C. In Cambridge.

4. How does the woman think of her life now?

A. A little bad. B. Wonderful. C. Very common.

5. Why do most of people raise pets according to the man?

A. To find comfort. B. To kill time . C. For meat.

第二节：听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至7题。

6. What is the woman going to do?

A. Buy a birthday gift for her son. B. Buy a pet for her husband.

C.Go to David’s birthday party.

7. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. David likes keeping rabbits. B. David doesn’t like animals.

C. David likes keeping a pet.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。

8. What is the woman going to do tomorrow?

A. To watch TV B. To plant trees C.To cut down some trees.

9. What does the woman want her son to know most of all?

A. Tree-Planting Day is important. B. Cutting down trees is necessary.

C. Trees are very important.

10. What can we learn about the boy?

A. He likes asking questions. B. He enjoys planting trees.

C. He has enough knowledge about planting trees.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。

11.What is the woman doing when the man talks to her?

A. Listening to music. B. Watching a film. C. Writing a letter.

12. How long will the woman stay in Japan?

A. A year. B. A month. C. Two years.

13. What will the woman do before she leaves for Japan?

A. She will read more Japanese novels. B. She will attend a language class

C. She will apply for a new program.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。

14.When will the man go back to London?

A. Next month.. B. Tomorrow. C. In three days.

15. How long has the man been in Japan?

A. For two months. B. For nine months. C. For two years.

16. What will the man miss the most?

A. The drinks. B. The food. C. A nightlife.

17.Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The man is excited to go home.

B. The man doesn’t like dancing. C. The drinks in Japan are cheaper than those in London.

听下面一段对话，回答第18至20题。

18. What’s the main topic of this passage?

A. The public school. B. Electronic books. C. Online textbooks.

19. How mang students attend the public schools in Fairfax County?

A. More than 175,000. B. More than 157,000. C. About 170,500.

20. Which one is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Students like online textbooks.

B. Students can individualize their learning when they use online textbooks.

C. No other school is planning to use online textbooks.

二．单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

21. －What did you think of the place?

--I didn’t care for it at first, but after _____ time I got to like it．

A.the；a B. /；a C. a；the D. /；the

22. Is that the day we’ll never forget.

A. that B.where C.when D.on which

23. They were walking around the town a place for the party.

A. search for B. to search for C. searching D. searched for

24. He said,“What’s the matter?”

→He asked .

A. what the matter is B. what the matter was

C. what is the matter D. what was the matter

25. We all know it will be next June we can really have a rest.

A. when B. before C. since D. until

26. I insisted that a doctor immediately.

A. has been sent for B. sends for C. will be sent for D. be sent for

27. She was about to leave the room the telephone rang.

A. when B. while C. after D. since

28. —What are you mailing, Tom?

— A textbook a new method of teaching physics. I want my friends to take a look at it.

A. is based on B. based on C. basing upon D. which based upon

29. In the dark forests ,some large enough to hold several towns.

A. stand many lakes B. lie many lakes C. many lakes lie D. many lakes stand

30. Could it be in the restaurant ______ you had dinner with me yesterday _______ you lost your handbag?

A. that; which B. which; that C. where; that D. that; where

31.This is the house the window faces south.

A. of which B. which C. of it D. whose

32. The way the boss treats his men makes many people angry.

A. where B. which C. what D. in which

33. The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.

A. laid B. laying C. to lay D. being laid

34. －Are you coming to the English evening?

－I’m not sure. I go to the concert instead.

A. must B. might C. should D. would

35. －Sorry, I made a mistake again.

－_______. Practice more and you’ll succeed.

A. Never mind B. Certainly not C. Not at all D. Don’t mention it

三． 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面两篇短文，从后面各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

A

I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually 36 for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was 37 in the soft,sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to 38 from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.

Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be 39 soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long 40 a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really 41 .

Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to 42 some watermelons from us.”

There was a long 43 before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you 44 for them?”

“Twenty-five cents each.”

“Well, I suppose that would be 45 enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.

It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been 46 . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your 47 , you’re going to run out of friends.”

36．A．trusted B．ready C．paid D．offered

37．A．stuck B．broken C．deserted D．lost

38．A．remove B．steal C．sell D．hide

39．A．purchasing B．bargaining C．returning D．searching

40．A．till B．before C．that D．since

41．A．astonished B．anxious C．familiar D．angry

42．A．borrow B．buy C．steal D．carry

43．A．break B．discussion C．watching D．silence

44．A．getting B．offering C．paying D．finding

45．A．necessary B．helpful C．easy D．fair

46．A．stopped B．avoided C．handled D．taught

47．A．mistakes B．neighbors C．enemies D．Melons

B

Americans value competition. They believe that competition 48 out the best in any individual. They claim that it challenges or even 49 each person to produce the very best that is humanly possible. 50 , the foreign visitor will see competition encouraged in the American home and in the American classroom, 51 at the youngest age levels. You may find the 52 placed on competition confusing, especially if you come from a society that promotes cooperation 53 competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in the Third World countries find the lack of competition in a classroom situation equally 54 . They soon learn that what they had thought to be one of the universal human qualities 55 only a particularly American or Western value.

48．A．carries B．brings C．picks D．comes

49．A．forces B．causes C．leads D．teaches

50．A．Particularly B．Occasionally C．Consequently D．Accidentally

51．A．even B．still C．only D．already

52．A．thoughts B．interest C．attitude D．value

53．A．together with B．rather than C．in spite of D．along with

54．A．puzzling B．unacceptable C．unfortunate D．discouraging

55．A．encouraged B．respected C．represented D．produced

四． 阅读理解（两节 共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：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。 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Did you know that the position you choose to sleep in says something about what kind of person you are?

A study of 1,000British people has been done by Chris,a British professor and director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service in the UK.It looked at the six most common sleeping positions and which personalities tend to match them.Have a look.

1. Fetus (胎儿) position – This is the most common sleeping position. About 41 percent of the participants said they sleep in this position. These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive (敏感的) and shy. The more they curl (蜷缩) up, the more worried they are. 2. Log position (树干睡姿) – This is the second most common position. People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn. 3. Yearner position (向往型睡姿) – This position says that you are open-minded and eager (急切的) to face challenges. 4. Soldier position – These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body. They are usually r