本试卷共四部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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 are they talking about?

A. Driving in England. B. How to drive a car.

C. The right to drive a car in England.

2．What does the woman mean?

A. Mary can’t remember the concert. B. Mary thinks well of the concert.

C. She hasn’t got a chance to talk to Mary.

3．Does Jane know Arvid Brown?

A. She doesn’t know him. B. She knows something about him.

C. She knows him very well.

4．What can we learn from the conversation?

A. They are neighbours. B. They are classmates.

C. They are not from the same country.

5．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a clothing store. B. At the woman’s home.

C. In the sitting room.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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，每小题将给出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至7题。

6．How many people went to the Summer Palace?

A. 2. B. 5. C. 10.

7．Where will the man go next week?

A. The West Lake. B. The History Museum. C. The Western Hills.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．Where are they having the conversation?

A. At the gas station. B. At the police station. C. At the railway station.

9．What can we learn about the woman?

A. She’d just had an accident because of a cat on the road.

B. She had just had an accident because there was little oil left.

C. She’d just bought a new car but she hit a tree.

10．What can we learn about the woman’s husband?

A. He will take the woman to hospital. B. He needs a car very much.

C. He is a slow driver.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11．How well does the man know about clothes?

A. He knows a little about clothes. B. He knows a lot about clothes.

C. He knows nothing about clothes.

12．When is the dialogue likely (可能的) to happen?

A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In winter.

13．What can be inferred (推断) from the dialogue?

A. The woman will wear a hat with a blue dress.

B. The man likes to wear a great coat.

C. The man is a little angry with his wife.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14．Why can’t the woman go to the party?

A. Because she has to go to her job. B. Because she has just got a new job.

C. Because she will go to the man’s company.

15．How many new workers does the father’s company need?

A. Only 15. B. 15 or more. C. Only 20.

16．How long will the new workers work?

A. About one month. B. About two months. C. About three months.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Where did the little boy spend his holiday?

A. In a town. B. On a farm. C. At John’s home.

18．For what did the little boy get up early the first morning?

A. To watch the farmer milk the cows. B. To take good care of a lamb (羔羊).

C. To collect the chicken eggs.

19．What did the little boy learn there?

A. Feeding a lamb, chickens and collecting eggs.

B. Feeding pigs, chickens and collecting eggs.

C. Feeding cows, lambs and chickens.

20．Who made the little boy more unhappy when he said goodbye to them?

A. All the animals. B. His lamb. C. The farmer.

第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21．She is such a woman who is always __________ fault with the way others do things.

A. putting B. finding C. spreading D. adding

22．Social __________ are greatly different from country to country. Remember “When in Rome,

do as the Romans do.”

A. manners B. habits C. practices D. customs

23．The __________ to the house caused by the storm took a couple of days to repair.

A. ruin B. destruction C. damage D. harm

24．The finals will __________ in Paris next week. Do you know how many teams will be __________?

A. take place; joining it B. play; taking part in

C. hold; taking part in D. happen; taking part

25．News reports say peace talks between the two countries have __________ with no agreement reached.

A. broken down B. broken out C. broken in D. broken up

26．Tom has always thought of himself as a good cook and never fails to __________ everyone of it.

A. remember B. introduce C. remind D. interrupt

27．Letterboxes are much more __________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.

A. common B. normal C. ordinary D. usual

28．Many animals and plants, which couldn’t __________ the sudden change of the climate, died

out. Dinosaurs are one such example.

A. add to B. turn to C. adapt to D. lead to

29．In the botanical garden we can find a(n) __________ of plants that range from tall trees to small flowers.

A. species B. group C. amount D. variety

30．The following day she didn’t go to the club. __________, she walked her dog in a park nearby.

A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Besides

第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题, 根据括号内的汉语提示, 用句末括号里的英语单词完成句子。

31．Knowing table manners will help you ____________________________ (给别人一个好印象) if you go to a formal Western dinner party. (impression)

32．It was difficult to save the palaces and buildings ______________________________ (而不破坏它们原来的美). (without, destroy)

33．In Sydney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals, ______________________________ (列所有参赛国的第三). (rank, compete)

34．As we all know, __________________________________________________ (奥运会每四年举办一次). (hold)

35．According to Wang Mei, her cellphone helps her ____________________________________ (想做什么就做什么). (whatever)

36．Having a cellphone also helps us feel safer, since we can call for help ____________________ (如果发生紧急情况). (case)

37．Steve Jones is an environmental expert who tries to __________________________________ (保护动植物免遭濒危). (keep, endanger)

38．___________________________________ (对我来说没有什么区别) which side wins or loses.

39．The blues comes from African songs ______________________________ (人们过去常常唱的) when they worked and during festivals. (used)

40．The house where Elvis Presley once lived _________________________________________ (已被变成了一座博物馆) and is visited by thousands of people every year. (turn)

第三节： 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Washoe is a young chimpanzee (黑猩猩). She is no 41 chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research 42 her. They want to see how civilized (驯化) she can 43 . Already she does many things a human being can do.

　　For example, she has been learning how to exchange 44 with people. The scientists are teaching her 45 language. When she wants to be picked 46 , Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs (擦) her teeth with her finger 47 she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.

Washoe has also been 48 to think out and find answers to problems. Once she was put in a 49 with food hanging from the ceiling (天花板). It was too high to 50 . After she considered the 51 , she got a tall box to stand 52 . The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a 53 pole (杆子). Then she climbed onto the 54 , grasped the pole, and 55 down the food with the pole.

Washoe 56 like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully-furnished (家具齐全的) house. After a hard 57 in the laboratory, she goes home. 58 she plays with her toys. She

59 enjoys watching television before going to bed.

　　Scientists hope to 60 more about people by studying our closest relative (亲属) — chimpanzee.

41．A．foolish B．ordinary C．special D．simple

42．A．for B．by C．to D．on

43．A．experience B．change C．develop D．become

44．A．actions B．views C．messages D．feelings

45．A．sign B．human C．spoken D．foreign

46．A．out B．at C．on D．up

47．A．when B．until C．since D．while

48．A．raised B．trained C．ordered D．led

49．A．cave B．zoo C．room D．museum

50．A．pull B．see C．eat D．reach

51．A．problem B．position C．food D．ceiling

52．A．by B．on C．up D．with

53．A．straight B．strong C．long D．big

54．A．wall B．box C．ceiling D．pole

55．A．knocked B．picked C．took D．shook

56．A．lives B．acts C．thinks D．plays

57．A．task B．lesson C．day D．time

58．A．Here B．There C．So D．Then

59．A．quite B．already C．even D．still

60．A．watch B．pick C．gain D．learn

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all.?Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist (存在). That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin.?Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

???? One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball (化装舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand (壮丽的) entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll.?Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

???? On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was greatly surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time!

61．The text is mainly about __________.

A. a strange man

B. an unusual party

C. how roller skating began

D. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century

62．People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he __________.

A. was full of imagination B. was a gifted (有才华的) musician

C. invented the roller skates D. often gave others surprises

63．Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to ___