一、单项选择（15分）

1. It is believed that if a book is _________ , it will surely _________ the readers.

A. interested; interest B. interesting; be interested

C. interested; be interesting D. interesting; interest

2. ---- Do you mind my taking this seat?

----- _________.

A. No, of course not. B. Yes sit down please

C. Yes, take it please. D. No, you can’t take it

3. They made an important decision ______ the end of the meeting.

A. in B. by C. on D. at

4. ------ Would you like some coffee?

------ Yes, but only __________.

A. little B. very little C. a little D. little bit

5. Pieces of bamboo or wood _______ into books.

A. used to be formed B. used to form

C. were used to forming D. used to be forming

6. ________ the first day of the school, she met her new teacher ______ the first time.

A. For; for B. On; on C. On; for D. For; on

7. Bob used to __________ a difficult person to get along with. But _________ he has got used to __________ with others in a friendly way.

A. be … recent … working B. be … recently … working

C. being … now … work D. being… recent … working

8.The most interesting thing ____________ we should pay attention to is the first thing ___________ I have said.

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

9 . She spends the whole evening talking about the things and persons none of us has ever heard of.

A. which B. who C. whom D. that

10. How much time do you often spend ___________ English every day?

A. practising speaking B. to practise speaking

C. practising to speak D. on practising to speak

11.His parents wouldn’t let him marry anyone ________ family was poor.

A. of whom B. whom C. of whose D. whose

12.Our country ____________ great changes in the last 30 years.

A. has experienced B .experienced

C. experimented D. has experimented

13. What other subject do you want to choose _______ English?

A. except B. beside

C. besides D. except for

14. Your car needs _________.

A. to oil B. be oiled C. oiling D. to oiled

15. He regretted __________ in the exam because he was punished.

A . to cheat B. cheating

C. cheated D. being cheated

二、完形填空（20分）

阅读文章，了解其大意，然后选择正确选项填空。

The Japanese pay much attention to the luck of telephone number. The bathhouses, for example, (16) _____ to use 4626, because when read in Japanese, it has the (17) _____ pronunciation as “Have a good bath.” (18) _____ the clothes shops and the butcher’s like 1429 better than (19) _____ number because this number can either be read as “good dress” (20) _____ “good meat.” (21) _____ these numbers are (22) _____ with something (23) _____, people can remember them very (24) _____. So they have (25) _____ advertisements for the shops. On the other hand, there are also telephone numbers which are (26) _____ as forbidden by the Japanese people. 1564, for example, has the sound of “kill people” (27) _____ the number 4219 has (28) _____ of “people die”. At present there are about forty-four million (29) _____ in Japan. Yet it is almost (30) _____ for everyone to get (31) _____ telephone number. So these (32) _____ have become commodities(商品) and can be (33) ____ as goods. The (34) _____ can reach as (35) _____ as 222 thousands Japanese yen(日元).

16. A. like B. come C. have D. ought

17. A. English B. a strange C. different D. same

18. A. For B. Neither C. Either D. Both

19. A. any B. some C. other D. any other

20. A. but B. or C. as D. and

21. A. Since B. Although C. Even D. When

22. A. joined B. connected C. fixed D. mixed

23. A. to do B. useful C. nice D. important

24. A. hard B. slowly C. smoothly D. easily

25. A. become B. been C. turned D. made

26. A. sounded B. regarded C. pronounced D. appeared

27. A. but B. because C. as D. while

28. A. sound B. meaning C. that D. this

29. A. shops B. Japanese C. telephones D. numbers

30. A. possible B. impossible C. easy D. necessary

31. A. interesting B. nice C. lucky D. suitable

32. A. telephones B. advertisements C. shops D. numbers

33. A. used B. made C. sold D. stored

34. A. shop B. number C. telephone D. price

35. A. valuable B. expensive C. high D. large

三、阅读理解（30分）

A

Since her husband died, Mrs. Jackson has lived alone in their big old suburban(郊区的) house, The house was bought by her husband almost fifty years ago.

For the sake of safety (为安全起见), her son has tried hard to ask her to sell the house and buy a new and small one in the town , But Mrs. Jackson doesn’t like the idea. She says that she has to look after her husband’s old house. But recently she often hears stories about unknown people stealing things around here.

That was a cold day before Christmas Eve. Around four o’clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Jackson was enjoying the Christmas music when someone knocked at the door. She heard the sound but didn’t move. Another knock. Who could it be? Mrs. Jackson was a bit afraid. She decided not to answer the door but keep waiting.

One minute another minute and yet another minute. Nothing happened and no more knocks , She walked quietly to the door, and listened. She heard nothing but the wind outside. She slowly unfastened the door and peeped (窥视) through the crack（小缝）. She then gave a surprised cry and threw the door wide open! At the door she saw a tall, beautiful Christmas tree! In the tree stood a Christmas card with these words:

Merry Christmas!

Your new neighbor

36. The house bought by Mr. Jackson is __________.

A. in the town B. small but new

C. outside the town D. fifty years old

37. Mrs. Jackson doesn’t want to sell the house because __________.

A. it is almost fifty years old B. it is big and old

C. she likes to live alone in it D. her husband left it to her

38. Why didn’t she move when she heard the knock at the door? Because __________.

A. she was enjoying the Christmas music

B. she thought it might be an unknown person

C. it was not her son

D. she hadn’t decided to answer the door

39. She slowly unfastened the door because __________.

A. she was too frightened to open the door

B. she wanted to peed through the crack

C. she was afraid of the cold wind

D. there was something wrong with the door

40. When she found it was a Christmas tree, she __________.

A. cried in surprise and pushed the door wide open

B. was very surprised to cry

C. threw the door away

D. went out to stand in the tree

B

One of the most popular American singers of the twentieth century was Elvis Presley. He made the rock & roll music popular all over the world. He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960 s.

Elvis Presley was born in a poor family in 1935. His parents were simple country people who often took him to church, where he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.

When he was young, Elvis moved from Toledo to Memphis in Tennessee, where he attended high school. But he was not a good student. His only real interest was singing. He began to sing in the style(风格) that is called “country and western”.

In 1955 he recorded some songs for his mother’s birthday. The people at the recording studio liked his singing and his music. It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sing in the American South. It was called “blues”.

Shortly after that, Elvis met Tom Parker, who became his manager and arranged (安排) concerts for him across the United States and new recordings as well. Soon Elvis became famous around the country. Later Elvis went to Hollywood and began to appear in films such as Love Me Tender and King Creole.

But Elvis found it difficult to live with success. Like many other famous people, He began to take drugs and his health started to suffer. When he died at an early age of 42 in 1977,his many millions of fans were shocked. “The King Is Dead!” the newspaper said. But today his memory and his music live on and will always be remembered as the King of Rock & roll.

41. From the passage, we can see________________.

A. the church songs didn’t help Elvis develop his own style

B. Elvis forgot his church music at a later age

C. Elvis didn’t get any help from his parents

D. the church songs helped Elvis’ development in his singing

42. Who was Tom Parker?

A. A manager of a bank B. A famous singer

C. Elvis’ manager D. Elvis’ best friend since childhood

43. What caused Elvis’ death?

A. His singing too much B. His taking the drugs

C. His parent’s death D. Tom Parker’s help

44. What was Elvis’ music style like most?

A. Only country and western

B. Only country and blues

C. Both western and church music

D. Not only country and western but also a bit “blues”

45. Which is the right order of Elvis’ life?

a. Elvis learned to sing at church

b. Elvis gave concerts all across America

c. Elvis recorded some songs for his mother’s birthday

d. Tom Parker became his manager

e. Elvis went to high school in Memphis

f. Elvis was born in Toledo

A. f; a; e; c; d; b B. f; a; c; e; d; b

C. f; e; a; d; b; c D. f; e; a; c; d; b

C

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines, others were walking about. There was a group of school-girls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.

He walked into the station café. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror on the wall. Just then, John, one of