一、听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

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. What does the woman think of the coffee?

A. It’s a bit expensive. B. It’s delicious and cheap. C. It’s pretty bad for local business.

2. What happened to the woman?

A. Someone knocked her down.

B. Her friend went to the hospital for an operation.

C. Her wallet was stolen.

3. What are the speakers doing?

A. Having a dinner. B. Buying some fruit. C. Enjoying a holiday.

4. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Write something down. B. Call her sister. C. Give Mr. Peterson a message.

5. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. Next to a gas station. B. On the side of the road. C. In a car.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What matters most to the woman about teaching?

A. Working with many different people. B. Having long vacations. C. Staying with young people.

7. How does the woman feel about teaching?

A. It’s boring. B. It’s rewarding. C. It’s always tiring.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is wrong with the girl?

A. She has a headache and a sore throat. B. She has a cough and a fever. C. Her stomach hurts.

9. What will the man do next?

A. Take her to see the doctor. B. Give her some medicine. C. Bring her something to drink.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why was the man upset last week?

A. He was fired from his job.

B. The woman lied to him about something.

C. Tammy changed his shift.

11. What does the man say about Mr. Ainsworth?

A. He is a liar. B. He is Tammy’s boyfriend. C. He is on Tammy’s side.

12. What does the woman suggest that the man do at first?

A. Look for another job. B. Talk to their boss. C. Talk to Mr. Ainsworth again.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why does the man go to that particular store?

A. He heard they had a discount for jewelry.

B. His wife likes that store a lot.

C. He always buys his wife presents from that store.

14. Why does the man want to buy his wife a present?

A. For Valentine’s Day. B. For their anniversary. C. For her birthday.

15. What does the man think of the first necklace?

A. It is beautiful but expensive.

B. His wife already has something like it.

C. The diamond was too large.

16. How much does the man pay in the end?

A. ＄2000. B. ＄800. C. ＄720.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. According to the talk, what makes a language easy to learn?

A. It is spoken by a lot of people.

B. It is similar in grammar and structure to your native language.

C. It doesn’t contain too much vocabulary.

18. Why is Chinese considered one of the most difficult languages to learn?

A. There are many characters with changeable meanings.

B. There are many different writing systems.

C. Its sentence structure is completely different from English.

19. Which languages’ writing systems are partly based on Chinese characters?

A. Japanese and Arabic. B. Korean and Arabic. C. Japanese and Korean.

20. What can we learn about Arabic?

A. It is written left to right. B. It uses few vowels. C. Many words come from English.

二、英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 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涂黑。

21. Teaching _____ child to cook will improve many of _____ skills that he or she will need later in life. 　　

A. 不填; the 　　B. the; 不填　 　C. a; the D. the; the

22. —Look at those clouds!

—Don’t worry. _____ it rains, we’ll still have a great time.

A. Even if B. As though C. In case D. If only

23. By the side of the Bird’s Nest_____，completed in 2008.

A．there standing the Water Cube B．does the Water Cube stand

C．the Water Cube stands D．stands the Water Cube

24. It would be a good idea to use a plastic bottle，_____ cut off，as a container to grow young plants in.

A. of which the top B. the top is C. the top of which D. with its top

25. _____ and you will find a solution to the problem, no matter how difficult it is.

A. Making a bit more effort B. A bit more effort

C. If you make a bit more effort D. To make a bit more effort

26. The great role ________ workers played in the development of industry can't be forgotten forever．

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

27. I _____ playing the piano with great enthusiasm, but soon got tired of practising day after day and gave it up.

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

28. At the evening party the host said ________ was able to solve the riddle could get a nice present as a reward.

A. whoever B. who C. no matter who D. whomever

29. —What do you know about our new school?

—When it is completed, it will be ______ the old one.

A. twice as bigger as B. bigger twice than

C. twice as big as D. as twice big as

30. ________not to drive after drinking，some drivers are still trying their luck，which is really dangerous.

A．Being reminded B．To remind C．Having reminded D．Reminded

31. Scientists say it may be five or six years______ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.

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

32. A friend of mine returned to his house after a holiday only to find it ________.A. to be broken B. had broken intoC. was broken D. had been broken into

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）

请阅读下面两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A

I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to 36 and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t 37 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.

Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to 38 me. Seeing tattoos (纹身) on his arm, I became 39 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 40 I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the 41 . While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This 42 me.

Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much 43 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 44 the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 45 at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.

Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid 46 at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they 47 .

36. A. stop B. move C. see D. look

37. A. difficult B. easy C. bad D. polite

38. A. lift B. carry C. drive D. help

39. A. discouraged B. disappointed C. frightened D. astonished

40. A. as B. before C. until D. when

41. A. tyre B. suit C. shirt D. tools

42. A. puzzled B. embarrassed C. calmed D. concerned

43. A. fear B. relief C. satisfaction D. delight

44. A. taking on B. fighting for C. picking out D. struggling with

45. A. volunteered B. studied C. grew D. performed

46. A. ignorance B. words C. reaction D. comment

47. A. drove B. walked C. behaved D. looked

B

It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The 48__ has been on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的) growth by learning situation that has designed for the 49 children.

There can be little doubt that 50 classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner. However, to take these 51 out of the regular classes may create serious problems.

Many are concerned that gifted children become 52 and lose interest in learning. However this concern is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these 53 simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who are talented. Some top students do feel bored in class, but why they 54 so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious. The gifted child who is bored is an 55 child.

第三部分： 阅读理解 （每小题2 分，满分40分）

A

Most people think of pigs as dirty, fat, smelly creatures, but why do pigs create such a bad impression?

Pigs are found in almost all parts of the world. Thousands of years ago in Europe pigs became the first domesticated(驯服的) animal in the world and when people moved away to other parts of the world, they took pigs with them. Humans have a long connection with pigs so it is surprising that they are so misunderstood.

It is common to hear the phrase “sweating(出汗) like a pig to describe a person who is sweating. However, pigs do not sweat in the way that we do because they do not have sweat glands(汗腺), so the need to roll in mud to cool themselves down and protect themselves from the sun in summer. The mud also helps them to get rid of parasites(寄生虫) on their skin. Perhaps the need to roll in mud is why they are thought of as dirty.

The word “pig” is often used to describe a person’s thoughtless behavior, but pigs are not foolish. Professor Stanley Curtis of Penn State University taught pigs to perform a number of tasks including jumping and fetching different objects. The pigs still remembered what they had been taught three years later.

So before you call someone a pig, keep these points in mind. Pigs are natural