命题：魏道琼 黄玮珊 郑琳

第一部分 听力（满分20分）

第一节 听力理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）。

Section A: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

Conversation 1

Why can’t the woman lend her car to the man?

A. She’ll use it. B. It has broken down. C. She has lent it to Mary

2. How will the man go to the East Wind Street?

A. By car. B. By taxi. C. On foot.

Conversation 2

3. What does the man love?

A. Painting. B. Singing. C. Playing the piano.

4. Who is playing the piano now?

A. The man. B. The man’s brother. C. The man’s mother.

Conversation 3

5. Why does the woman call?

A. To ask for room service. B. To ask for help. C. To complain

6. What will the man do next?

A. Call the service center. B. Have the elevator fixed C. Go to the elevator.

Conversation 4

7. What color is the tie that the man buys for his father?

A. Red. B. Blue. C. White.

8. What does the woman buy for her father?

A. A pink shirt. B. A white shirt. C. A light blue shirt.

9. How will the two speakers pay?

A. By credit card. B. By cash. C. By check.

Conversation 5

10. What does we know about he woman?

A. She is a native American. B. She is a Chinese in America.

C. She likes Thanksgiving Day very much.

11. How will the woman celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

A. Alone. B. With the family. C. With the man’s family.

12. Whom will the man eat with tonight?

A. The woman. B. Miranda. C. His parents.

Conversation 6

13. What will the woman do this weekend?

A. Go to the cinema. B. Take a trip to China.

C. Go to the movie club at school.

14. What will the man’s mother do this weekend?

A. Take a business trip. B. Visit her parents. C. Watch a movie

15. What’s the weather probably like now?

A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.

第二节 听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

Section B: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

16 for winter vacation



Jim

Travelling around Beijing and trying to 17 his Chinese.



Susan

Having a holiday 18 with her grandparents and some old friends.



Henry

Enjoying a holiday in 19 .



Sara

Staying at home and watching some movies



Tina

Working 20 to prepare for a trip to Paris.



第二部分 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no 21 to ask the reason for it. Yet no one really 22 why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as 23 as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant(持续的) 24 . We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they 25 do. As a matter of fact, they 26 to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious way of knowing the 27 . Their sense of time does not depend on 28 from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.

This 29 may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also 30 , including man, have this “inner clock” which controls the working of their 31 and influences their activities. Men, then are also 32 by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our 33 as our need for sleep, our need for food.

In ordinary life, there are a lot of people who have to 34 at night. It would be very 35 , then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.

21. A. time B. possibility C. way D. need

22. A. understands B. asks C. wonders D. discovers

23. A. complicated B. long C. simple D. short

24. A. quietness B. darkness C. loneliness D. sadness

25. A. finally B. normally C. completely D. hardly

26. A. continued B. refused C. decided D. failed

27. A. sun B. place C. moon D. time

28. A. technology B. information C. help D. introduction

29. A. discovery B. activity C. invention D. method

30. A. beasts B. animals C. strangers D. humans

31. A. ideas B. blood C. bodies D. brain

32. A. attracted B. infected C. confused D. influenced

33. A. job B. study C. life D. rest

34. A. work B. sleep C. lie D. bathe

35. A. hard B. expensive C. convenient D. important

第三部分 语法填空（共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为26—35的相应位置。

Long ago the Emperor decided to hold a swimming race between 13 different animals. The order in which they finished would decide the order of their 36 (appear) in the Chinese calendar. All the animals lined up on the river bank and 37 (give) the task of getting to the opposite shore. The cat wondered how he would get across 38 he was afraid of water. The ox worried how he would cross 39 his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat 40 (jump) onto the ox’s back and guide him across. The ox, steady and hard-working, did not notice the two animals on his back. In the meanwhile, th rat ran behind the unsuspecting cat and pushed 41 into the water. As the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first. 42 the rat got the first year 43 (name) after him and the ox got the second year. When the lazy pig reached the finish line in the 12th place the race was over and he was awarded 44 final place on the calendar. From that day 45 , the cat, who never finished and lost his place on the calendar, became the enemy of the rat.

第四部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共40分）

（A）

I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can afford it, they can certainly send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they can't. If the children really want to go, they'll find a way. There are plenty of loans (货款)and scholarships for the bright and eager ones who can't afford to pay.　　When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the duty to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a favor not an obligation.　　Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.　　One of their obligations is to give their children a personal worth. A child，who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly compared with brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become?so unsure, so afraid of failing that he (or she) won't try at all. Of course they should be properly?corrected when they do wrong, but it's often better to let children learn their mistake by themselves in?time. All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate(宽容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand failure. When criticisms(批评) are really needed, they should be balanced with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.　　Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to respect the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to?the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.　　No child asks to be born, If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.46. According to the author, ________.

A. parents must support their children even after they married as a duty.　　B. if they don't afford, parents should take loans to send their children to go to college.　　C. parents needn't feel guilty if they are unable to send them to university.　　D. parents should give their children a down payment on a house.47. The parents should do the following for their children EXCEPT ________.

A. criticize their children when they do wrong but with a smile and kiss

B. teach their children to respect others

C. fill their home with laugh and love

D. babysit their grandchildren as a must

48. The author mainly talks about in this massage________.　 A. the duties of the parents

B. the best way to teach their children.　 C. the reason why children feel stupid and unworthy.　 D. why parents owe their children something.49. What does the underlined word “obligation” mean in the second paragraph?　　A. Duty????????????????? B. Debt????????????????? C. Right????????????????? D. Blame50. According to the author what should parents do when children make mistakes?　 A. Criticize and correct them immediately.

B. Let children learn their mistake by themselves in time.

C. Tolerate them and tell them not to do that again.

D. Compare them with brighter brothers, sisters.

（B）

In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy. From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others often; we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them. Last month, when I was driving home on a