（满分100分，考试形式为闭卷，考试时间120分钟） 得分：________

单项填空（每小题1分，共15分）

1. The houses won’t certainly sell well _____ the fact that they ‘re overpriced.

A. instead of B. because of C. out of D. because

2. --- Have you _____ him to give up the job?

---No, I haven’t. He doesn’t listen to me.

A. persuaded B. advised C. agreed D. suggested

3. Try to_____ the children down. They are too excited.

A. put B. calm C. pull D. push

4. He has some trouble _____ his classmates but he has no trouble _____ doing his lessons.

A. with; with B. with; in C. in; in D. in ; with

5. It was in the garden of the old house _____ he bought last year _____ he dug up a pot of gold.

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

6. The geography teacher told the pupils that light _____ faster than sound.

A. traveled B. is traveling

C. travels C. has traveled

7. Cindy shut the door heavily and burst into tears. No one in the office knew _____she was so angry.

A. where B. whether C. that D. why

8. Visitors _____ not to touch the exhibits.

A. will request B. request C. are requesting D. are requested

9. He is so busy .He cannot afford enough time with his son____ he wants to.

A. even if B. as if C. because D. before

10. This is the first time that we_____ a film in the newly-built cinema together.

A. see B. had seen C. saw D. have seen

11. Father won’t agree to fly to Paris for the holiday—it is_____ expensive.

A. much too B. too much C. very much D. too far

12. As time was short, Mr. Li _____ Wang Ling _____ a taxi to the airport.

A. asked; take B. asked; taking C. told; take D. told; to take

13. He commanded that the students_____ the classroom before he returned.

A. didn’t leave B. wouldn’t leave

C．not leave D. couldn’t leave

14. _____ he has made a decision, it is not easy for you to make him change his mind.

A. Though B. Unless C. Once D. Until

15. It was not until I came here_____ I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather.

A. who B. that C. where D. before

完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）

By the time that a student reaches his senior year in high school, he is likely to believe that he is an expert in reading. No matter how ___16__ he is, he can still improve. How do you read an article in a textbook? Do you have a certain way of doing it or do you just __17___ at the beginning and keep reading until you come to the ends?

___18_ students say that they use the“slow and sure ”method. By this they mean they read every sentence slowly and carefully. Every time they come to an _19__ word they stop ___20_ what it means and, if necessary, looking it up in the dictionary. In this method a person probably has no time left for reviewing what he has read, for he has used all his _21 ___ in trying to get the meaning of each word to be sure that he ___22__ everything.

Other students use what has been called the review method. Here a person tries to arrange his time __23___ he can read his lesson at least twice. This type of reading is __24___ than the “slow and sure” method, for the lesson must be read rapidly or there will not be ___25__ time left a second reading. Which method do you think better?

( ) 16. A. high B. weak C. good D. well

( ) 17. A. stop B. read C. do D. start

( ) 18. A. Few B. Some C. No D. All

( ) 19. A. useful B. important C. unknown D. old

( ) 20. A. thinking B. to think C. to understand D. to know

( ) 21. A. time B. energy C. mind D. money

( ) 22. A. wants B. remembers C. forgets D. understands

( ) 23. A. because B. but C. as D. so that

( ) 24. A. shorter B. faster C. nicer D. more important

( ) 25. A. some B. no C. little D. enough

阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

A

(A)Hello, It’s a pleasure to meet you all. I am Sally Wang from Taipei, Taiwan. This is my third trip to the United States, and I really enjoy it. I am working for a trading company as an assistant manager in the marketing section. Thank you.

(B)I’m Philip Liu. I am a system engineer for IBM. My job is to develop new computer software, and I enjoy the job very much, because software development is very creative and imaginative work. So if anyone here is interested in computer software, we can spend hours talking about computers.

(C)Hello, everybody. I am George Lin from Macao. I am working for an electric company. It has been about five months since I came to the United States, and I miss my family very much. It’ll be several months before they come to join me, and I hope to continue to have an enjoyable single life till then. Thanks.

(D)Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak about myself on this special occasion. I am Dave Lee, manager of the sales department. In the three years since I have taken charge of the department, the sales of our products have grown greatly and I am really proud of my department and staff. I hope this gathering will help keep our harmony (和谐) till the and. Thank you

根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正（T）误（F）。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

( ) 26.Sally Wang says that it is her third visit to the United States.

( ) 27.Philip Liu’s job has much to do with sales of products.

( ) 28.George Lin will live with his family in a few months.

( ) 29.Dave Lee is working as a sales manger.

( ) 30.Dave Lee’s speech is the most informal.

B

It was 3:30 in the morning and 8-year-old Walt Disney was doing what he did at that time every morning – rolling hundreds of newspapers he would soon deliver in his neighborhood.

It was hard work for a little kid who had to go to school, then deliver another round in the evening. But delivering papers beat picking apples for a living. That’s what he’d been doing before, on his family’s failing farms in Missouri.

Walt Disney, born in December, 1901, never had time for a childhood. As a result, he spent all of his adult life attempting to invent one for himself. In the process -- almost by accident – he created wonderful childhood memories for generation after generation of children worldwide.

When the Disneys moved to Chicago, Walt signed up for cartooning classes, working three part-time jobs to pay for them. At 24, he created a cartoon character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was a great success. He then shifted his attention to mice, or one particular mouse called Mickey. And Mickey Mouse became an overnight success.

Success followed success, but Walt Disney pushed himself even harder. He produced Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, for which he won a special Oscar. After the Second World War, Walt came up with the idea of Disneyland. Everyone said it was too costly a dream, but he wouldn’t listen. His great world of fantasy opened on July 17, 1955. In the next seven weeks, more than one million people walked into Disneyland. The man who had spent a painful childhood now watched other people enjoy the perfect childhood world that he had created.

根据短文内容，从A.B.C.D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

( ) 31. What can be said about Disney’s childhood?

A. Hard but enjoyable. B. Boring and unhappy.

C. Tiring but joyful. D. Good and unforgettable.

( ) 32.Which was Disney’s first successful cartoon character?

A. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. B. Mickey Mouse.

C. Snow White. D. Donald Duck.

( ) 33.According to the passage, Disney _____. .

A. was given two Oscars for his cartoons

B. was successful but not happy

C. stopped making cartoons after World War II

D. created Disneyland, a perfect childhood world

C

Greenland is the largest island in the world, measuring 2,670 km from north to south, but with a population of only about 56,000, one-quarter of which lives in the capital, Nuuk. It lies just south of the Arctic Circle, so its summer temperatures are from just 0℃to 15℃. Despite its name, Greenland is anything but green. Eighty-five percent of its area is covered with a huge ice cap, which holds 9% of the world’s fresh water . If all this ice were to melt, the world’s oceans would rise by six to seven meters.

The Inuit people (previously known as Eskimos) were the first people of this land. Then around 980 AD, Eric the Red, a Norwegian (挪威人)，came to the island and founded a colony. He named the island “Greenland”, so as to attract settlers. In 1721, the Danish (丹麦人)established a settlement there, and ruled for over 200 years, until 1979 ,when Greenland was declared an autonomous nation within the kingdom of Denmark. Nowadays Greenlandic, or East Inuit language, has become the first language, and Danish the second. And here are more lnuit signs than Danish ones. However, most of the money is provided by Denmark and everything in the supermarket is Danish.

In Greenland, it is likely to see polar bears. These dangerous, man-eating creatures are feared but also loved as the symbol of the human spirit in a desert land.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

( ) 34. who were the first settlers of Greenland?

A. The lnuit. B. The Norwegians.

C. The Danish D. The Greenlandic.

( ) 35. Why was Greenland so named?

A. To show its characteristics. B. To attract settlers.

C. To encourage tourism D. To make a joke

( ) 36. Which of the following is TRUE about Greenland?

A. Greenland is warm in summer.

B. Greenland has a small population.

C. Most of Greenland is covered by forests.

D. Danish is the first language used in Greenland.

D

You have probably been told by your high school instructor that writing is an important and practical skill. However, you may not be convinced that the ability to write will be important in your