说明：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

满分100分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卷上，交卷时只交答题卷。

第I卷（选择题 共55分）

I．单项选择：（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1. Maybe Mr. Green is really in ______ debt, for he is losing ______ weight quickly.

A. / ; his B. / ; / C. the; / D. a; /

2. I’ll never forget the good trick my classmates ________ on me when I was in the primary school.

A. paid B. acted C. played D. made

3. The rescuers _______ to work as soon as they arrived at the spot of the accident.

A. set out B. set off C. set up D. set in

4. The great _______ of my plan is that it’s so cheap compared to the others.

A. power B. strength C. energy D. force

5. The news that he failed in the exam _______ his unhappiness this morning.

A. accounted for B. accounting for C. had accounted for D. to account for

6. After five hours’ drive, they reached _______ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.

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

7. He made up his mind to devote his life _______ pollution _______ happily.

A. to prevent; to live B. to prevent; from living

C. to preventing; to live D. to preventing; living

8. Don’t give up halfway, Andy. You’ll succeed _______ if you keep on working like this.

A. in turn B. on time C. in time D. by accident

9. ________ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.

A. As far as B. as long as C. Just as D. Even if

10. All passengers _______, please fasten your seat belts and remain seated _______ the plane is landing.

A. on board; until B. abroad; since C. on the board; before D. aboard; when

II．完形填空：（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a 11 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish was 12 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would 13 every bit of the food on their plates.

As I was hungry, my local colleague 14 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not 15 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of unconsumed(没吃光的) food left. When we were 16 the restaurant, we 17 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were 18 about us wasting so much food.

“We 19 for our food; it is none of your 20 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry and one of them 21 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in 22 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro 23 . The officer told us in a stern(严厉的) voice, “Order 24 you can consume. Money is yours, 25 the resources belong to the society. You have no 26 wasting them.” Our faces turned red. We all agreed with him in our 27 colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly 28 to the officer.

My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all 29 it to remind us that we should never be 30 .

11.A. restaurant

B. company

C. family

D. bank



12. A. cooked

B. served

C. gathered

D. missed



13. A. desert

B. refuse

C. oppose

D. finish



14. A. kept

B. sold

C. ordered

D. made



15. A. save

B. spend

C. divide

D. find



16. A. reaching

B. passing

C. leaving

D. seeing



17. A. appointed

B. knew

C. realized

D. heard



18. A. curious

B. unhappy

C. nervous

D. optimistic



19. A. paid

B. asked

C. applied

D. accounted



20. A. business

B. matter

C. mind

D. question



21. A. excitedly

B. immediately

C. passively

D. regularly



22. A. rags

B. fashion

C. uniform

D. dream



23. A. award

B. fine

C. food

D. souvenir



24. A. how

B. what

C. it

D. that



25. A. or

B. but

C. and

D. so



26. A. ability

B. problem

C. power

D. reason



27. A. words

B. faces

C. hearts

D. ears



28. A. accused

B. apologized

C. admitted

D. approved



29. A. stuck

B. threw

C. broke

D. kept



30. A. hopeful

B. grateful

C. wasteful

D. merciful



III.阅读理解: （共两小节，满分25分）

第一节：（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

A

I know what you’re thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.

I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time, others think they’re “saving” calories, still others just don’t like breakfast food.

But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R. D., who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.

Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers—it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

31. The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means _________.

A. food remaining after a meal B. things left undone

C. meals made of vegetables D. pizza topped with fruit

32. What can we infer from the text?

A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.

B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.

C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.

D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.

33. The text is written mainly for those ________.

A. who go to work early B. who want to lose weight

C. who stay up late D. who eat before sleep

B

Finland (芬兰) is perhaps the most beautiful and mysterious country of Northern Europe. Two-thirds of its surface is covered with thick forests. Relative to its size, Finland has more lakes than any other country. The northern part of this country is inside the Arctic Circle, where almost no trees can grow because of its cold weather and the people use their deer of transport, clothing and food.

The Finnish history began in the Middle Ages. In about 1155, Finland was conquered (侵略) by its western neighbor Sweden (瑞典). After a period of rule by Denmark (丹麦) in the 14th century, the Swedes won back independence and power in 1523 under their brave king. During the Napoleonic (拿破仑的) Wars (1804-1818) Finland was passed finally from Sweden to Russia. The opportunity came in 1917, when the Russian Revolution brought foreign rule of Finland to an end. Shortly after Soviet Russia made peace with Germany, 1919 saw the founding of the Finnish Republic.

The years between the First and Second World Wars were years of progress and growing development. Finland is the fifth largest country in Europe, and despite a relatively small population of 5.2 million, the market potential is much greater. Finland has no coal or oil, and the nation’s wealth lies in the timber from its forests, which supplies material for paper and furniture making, and in the electric power from its water. Finland is an excellent gateway to trading with Russia and the Baltic States because of a long history of trading with these marks. Finland has also enjoyed a strong and long-Finland’s accession to the European Union in January 1995.

34. From the passage, we learn that Finland _______.

A. lies inside the Arctic Circle B. lies east of Sweden

C. is next to the countries of northern Europe D. is entirely covered with forests and lakes

35. Finland must have been under the control of _______ for as long as one hundred years or so.

A. Russia B. Denmark C. Sweden D. foreign countries

36. Among natural resources, the Finnish people benefit mainly from _______.

A. coal and oil B. forests and water C. paper and furniture D. timber and power industry

37. What does the underlined word “timber” probably mean?

A. Fruits. B. Wood. C. Animals. D. Money.

C

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first –year lectures—which are open to students from all departments were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done.” He said.

University applications rose 7% last year, but there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the public sector(部门), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them wh