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I. Listening Comprehension

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. Because she is sick.

B. Because she has to work.

C. Because she has to go to the Students’ Union.

D. Because she does not want to go.

2. A. They have been to Africa. B. They are both from Africa.

C. They have sisters in Afica. D. They are interested in African art.

3. A. She does not know how to play tennis. B. She has to study.

C. She does not like the man. D. She is not interested in tennis.

4. A. He’s dying. B. He was at a party.

C. He doesn’t hear too well. D. He was reading something important.

5. A. They will buy a new house after their vacation.

B. They will not buy a new house.

C. They will find a smaller house.

D.They will not buy a new house during their vacation.

6. A. Planting something. B. Looking for water.

C. Looking for something. D. Getting dirty.

7. A. A movie. B. A documentary. C. A soccer game. D. Volcanoes.

8. A. Scientist. B. Artist. C. Surgeon. D. Accountant.

9. A. Europe. B. Canada. C. Here. D. Australia.

10. A. Please sit down. B. She’ll mind if he sits down.

C. She doesn’t care if he sits down. D. She doesn’t want the man to sit by her.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. She was a British girl.

B. The hospitals in Qatar were full at that time.

C. She was a daughter of a doctor in London.

D. The Qatar doctors were not sure they could cure her.

12. A. A doctor in Qatar. B. A nurse in London.

C. Dr. Brown. D. Agatha Christie.

13. A. Substance used in making glass. B. Grug found in a detective story.

C. Medicine often used in hospital. D. A rare deadly poison.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

14. A. To determine the position of a ship. B. To find the direction of a current.

C. To predict the direction of a ship. D. To carry messages across the ocean.

15. A. US ships were longer than British ones.

B. British ships could sail the Atlantic faster than US ones.

C. US ships could sail the Atlantic faster than British ones.

D. US captains knew more about maps.

16. A. He compared his own map with other maps.

B. He talked with many British sea captains.

C. He used drifting ships to check his map.

D. He drew maps of currents and checked them.

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you hear. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use ONE word that best fits each blank.

Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets (21) _________ help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

Any owner will tell you (22) _________ a comfortable life they live with a pet. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it (23) _________ (well).Those tested with their animal friends had the smallest change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. (24) _________ pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems that people feel more (25 ) _________ (relax) around pets, says Allen, (26 ) _________ thinks it may be because pets don't judge.

A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only (27) _________ (raise) your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year (28) _________ (study) 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing an average of 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Researchers say dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs, (29) _________ they got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs - and found it worth doing.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. separates B. suggest C. negative D. responsibility E. failure

F. willing G. control H. hold I. element J. concerned



How do successful people think? What drives them? Interviews and investigations __30__ that there are several keys to success that successful people share.

First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their __31__ to go ahead. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they cannot __32__ things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. But in the meantime, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take __33__ for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering things they can do. Perhaps what most __34__ successful people from others is that they live a life “on purpose” ---- they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important __35__ that enables them to become fully functioning people. They __36__ that when they live their life on purpose, their main concern is to do the job right. They love what they do ---- and it shows. People want to do business with them because of their commitment (责任心). To live their life on purpose, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it. Besides, they never easily give up. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are __37__ to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Rather than seeing it __38__ or upset they use the knowledge to encourage themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two ___39___ systems on the whole.

The ___40___ of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated by rivers. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River __41___ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own __42___. Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture __43___ went overseas to Japan, __44___ into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same ___45___.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was ___46___ on the Mesopotamian Plain ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known ___47___ the base of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also ___48___ waters. When the colonists(殖民者) of England ___49__ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't ___50____ from the European one a lot.

At the same time, the difference of the language systems ___51____ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.

Other factors like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, ___52___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no __ 53___ with the other.

39. A. connected B. separate C. ancient D. remote

40. A. preservation B. development C. resource D. origin

41. A. if B. until C. while D. as

42. A. styles B. habits C. ways D. means

43. A. hurriedly B. gradually C. unfortunately D. suddenly

44. A. made B. emerged C. mixed D. applied

45. A. culture B. nation C. influence D. system

46. A. brought up B. brought out C. brought about D. brought along

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