一、听力

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 is the woman going to do this afternoon?

A.To attend a meeting B.To see a film C.To meet her old friend

2．What does the man mean?

A.He doubted that B.He believed that C.He could do as fast as Jone

3．Is Jack going to the farm?

A.Yes B.No C.He hasn’t decided

4．In what competition did Julie win first prize?

A. Driving competition B.Diving competition C. Dancing competition

5．What will the man do first?

A. To change a new apartment B.To go on vacation C.To make a plan

第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

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。

听第6段材料，回答第6~7题。

6．Where does the talk most likely happen？

A．At home B. In the hospital C. On the playground

7.What’s wrong with Mrs Brown’s son?

A. He is terribly ill B. He only wants to watch the biggest football match

C.He prefers going to school to staying at home

听第7段材料，回答第8~10题。

8.What did Mary do last Sunday?

A.She attended a meeting B.She held a birthday party

C.She attended a friend’s birthday party

9. What time did the man call the woman last Sunday?

A.At eight in the morning B. At eight in the evening C. At nine in the evening

10.What will they do this Saturday?

A.Go out for a picnic B.Go swimming C.Go shopping

听第8段材料，回答第11~13题。

11.Where does this dialogue take place?

A.In the restaurant B.On the telephone C.In the street

12.When does this restaurant stop serving lunch ?

A.At 1:00 p.m B. At 2:00 p.m C. At 3:00 p.m

13.How many people will come with Mrs Black for lunch?

A.One B.Two C.Three

听第9段材料，回答第14~16题。

14.How long has it been since they went out last time ?

A.More than a month B.Just a month C. Less than a month

15.What did the newspaper story say about the new play?

A.Very good B.Very bad C.Just so so

16.How about Dance in the Dark?

A.It’s new B. It’s old C. It’s not good

听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

17.What do you think the speaker is?

A.She must be a swimming trainer B.She must be a professional swimmer

C. She must be a middle school student

18.When is the girl always worried?

A.In the morning B.Before a race C.Before a swim

19.When is she usually waken up on the morning of a swim?

A.At about three a.m B. At about six a.m C. At about five a.m

20.Where do you think the girl practices swimming?

A.In the sea B. In a lake C.In a swimming pool

二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21. As _____ matter of fact, you can’t expect to lose _____ weight simply by going on _____ diet.

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

22. The efforts he has devoted during the past few years ______ the children in the remote areas have achieved a lot; several children have been admitted to key universities.

A. to teach B. to teaching C. teaching D. in teaching

23. —Linda didn’t invite us to her party. —______? I don’t care.

A. So what B. For what C. How come D. Now what

24. Last week we visited the farm ______ fruit was popular all over the world.

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

25. ______ is often the case, watching English films can be a fun experience and useful for English learning.

A. As B. What C. When D. It

26. With all teeth ______, the old man had a limited variety of choices on his diet.

A. going out B. staying out C. working out D. falling out

27.You are not________to play basketball in the classroom.

A.hoped B.supposed C.wanted D.required

28.Take a taxi,________you’ll miss your train.

A.so B.or C.and D.but

29.The patients________all look happy and healthy.

A.whom the nurses look after B. whom the nurses look

C. after whom the nurses look D. after that the nurses look

30.We’ll discuss many situations_________English beginners fail to use this expression.

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

31.The doctor insisted that the patient_______badly ill and that he________.

A.was;should operate on B.be;would be operated

C.was;be operated on D.should be; be operated on

32.No one thought that John’s suggestion was worth_______.

A.to consider B. considering C.to be considered D.of consideration

33.Nothing seems to please her,________?

A.does it B.doesn’t it C.is it D.isn’t it

34.There stands a small temple,and under________roof live a group of monks.

A.which B.whose C.its D.that

35.The women carrying babies,come in first,_______?

A.will you B.will they C.don’t they D.don’t you

三、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __36_ the hill towards the frontier, __37__ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike __38__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __39__ him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very __40__ to see __41__ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets __42__ he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __43__ to find gold or other valuable things __44__ in the straw, he never found __45__. He was sure the man was __46__ something, but he was not __47__ to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked __48__ the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets __49__ usual, he __50__ to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things __51_ this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the __52__. Tomorrow I’m going to __53__. I promise I shall not tell __54__ if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for __55__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

36. A. towards B. down C. to D. up

37. A. filling B. pulling C. pushing D. carrying

38. A. arrived B. appeared C. came D. reached

39. A. ask B. order C. make D. call

40. A. carefully B. quickly C. silently D. horribly

41. A. that B. where C. how D. whether

42. A. before B. after C. first D. so

43. A. lucky B. hoping C. thinking D. wondering

44. A. had been B. hidden C. hiding D. have been

45. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

46. A. taking B. smuggling C. stealing D. pushing

47. A. possible B. strong C. able D. clever

48. A. through B. thoroughly C. upon D. up

49. A. like B. more C. then D. as

50. A. told B. cried C. ordered D. said

51. A. cross B. past C. across D. into

52. A. thing B. work C. job D. duty

53. A. rest B. back C. retire D. retreat

54. A. everyone B. anyone C. no one D. someone

55. A. moment B. long time C. sometime D. some time

四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

A student is learning to speak British English. He wants to know: Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between BE and AE? How important are these differences?

Certainly, there are some differences between BE and AE. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of BE say: “in hospital” and “Have you got a pen?” Americans say: “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the r’s in words like “bird”and “hurt” Speakers of British English do not sound r’s in these words. There are differences between British English and American English is spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, while “color” and “honor” are American.

These difference in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and vocabularly are not important, however. For the most part, British English and American English are the same language.

56. According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak AE might be afraid that ________.

A. British people cannot understand him

B. American people cannot understand him

C. the grammar is too hard for him

D. the spelling too hard for him

57. AE and BE are different in _________.

A. spelling B. pronunciation C. grammar D. all of the above

58. What is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Whether there are differences between BE and AE

B. Whether BE are AE one language or two.

C. How the differences between BE and AE came about

D. How important the differences are.

59.According to this passage, British people and Americans have _______ difficulty in understanding each other.

A. little B. much C. some D. great

B

Many of Chinese students who have learnt English for more than ten years are still unable to speak English fluently when they meet a foreigner. They seem to have mastered the basic language structure, but a conversation in English will make them feel uneasy. They are afraid that other people might find out their mistakes.

It is uncommon that many students, who are bad speakers of English, can write English perfectly. This proves that they are not unable to organize their idea in English. The centre of problem is that they lack practice and confidence.

Why should you be afraid? Do you fear those foreigners with whom you are speakin