第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

1. We can never expect bluer sky unless we create less polluted world.

A. the; a B. a; the C. a; a D. the; the

2.The girl ran all the way to the classroom, arriving there quite out of .

A. mind B. reach C. sight D. breath

3．The president of the company will at the end of the year.

Nobody knows who will take the place of him.

A. reserve B. resign C. remove D. return

4．Disabled visitors are welcome; there is good wheelchair to most facilities.

A. access B. arrival C. entry D. exit

5. —What do you think of the novel, Tom?

—Oh, wonderful. It’s worth a second time.

A. being read B.to be read C. reading D. to read

6. Will you attend the opening ceremony of the sports meeting at the end of the month?

A. takes place B. will take place C. taking place D. to take place

7. —Do you need any help, Lucy?

—Yes, the job is I could do myself.

A. less than B. more than C. no more than D. not more than

8.Would you please keep silent? The weather report and I want to listen. A. is being broadcast B. has been broadcast

C. had been broadcast D. is broadcast

9.As is known, we Chinese people are to win the battle

against the present severe drought under the leadership of the Party.

A. willing B. alert C. allergic D. bound

10.All the leaders were leave the hall when the explosion happened.

A. sure to B. able to C. about to D. likely to

11. It was several minutes before I was of what happened.

A. tired B. accused C. aware D. ashamed

12. —I’m going for a holiday tomorrow.

— .

A. All the best B. Never mind C. That’s all right D. The same to you

13．At the end of the news report, the reporter expressed her desire that

Xinhua dictionaries contributed to the children in poor areas of Guangxi Province.

A. will be B. must be C. have been D. should be

14. —Tom, what’s wrong with you? You look so sad.

— , and mind your own business.

A. Leave me alone B. Leave me over

C. Leave me out D. Leave me off

15.On the CCTV Spring Festival Gala (春晚), there are always some new singers who become famous for their excellent works.

A. one B. every C. each D. annual

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

At the age of forty-five，my usually well-ordered life became full of changes. After twenty-two years of working in a __16__，a plan to use less staff __17__ the unemployment of over one hundred people，I being one of them.

My once secure future became __18__.However，I was not a single parent，__19__ the family did not depend only on my income(收入).My motto（格言）has always been “Change is good；change is progress”，but when it __20__ my livelihood（生计），I had to change it to “__21__ change and make full use of it.” From the beginning，I __22__ to look on this matter not as _23__ luck，but as a welcome opportunity.I refused to become sorry；__24__，I actively planned to do something new and different.

Having a positive attitude made all the __25__ in the way I pursued (追求)the future.First,I decided to __26__ to college and graduate many years later than I should have.Doing this at my age took more than a little __27__.Not being a graduate had __28__ held me back in my career in the bank，but now it was a personal goal I longed to __29__.With a lot of determination，I went to evening classes and became an adult __30__.In the class，I became more and more confident.During this time，I __31__ that no matter what life throws in our way，personal growth never stops.

The second thing I did to improve my inner-self was to reevaluate(重新评估)my __32__ life.It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events.But now，my heart and life are completely around people I _33__.

The loss of my job led to some __34__ changes in my life.Revisiting the past made __35__ for the future.I realize that I have accepted the change and am making the most of it.

16．A.factory

B．company

C．bank

D．school



17．A.set aside

B．took off

C．made up

D．contributed to



18．A.clear

B．bright

C．boring

D．uncertain



19．A.so

B．or

C．if

D．but



20．A.destroyed

B．improved

C．affected

D．offered



21．A.Make

B．Accept

C．Bring

D．Collect



22．A.chose

B．considered

C．happened

D．pretended



23．A.special

B．rare

C．bad

D．good



24．A. instead

B．besides

C．anyway

D．however



25．A.difference

B．decision

C．effort

D．use



26．A.attend

B．turn

C．return

D．admit



27．A.time

B．risk

C．chance

D．courage



28．A.sometimes

B．ever

C．always

D．never



29．A.find

B．achieve

C．arrive

D．discover



30．A.student

B．teacher

C．manager

D．monitor



31．A.hoped

B．realized

C．believed

D．suggested



32．A.new

B．daily

C．future

D．past



33．A.care for

B．join in

C．stand for

D．look at



34．A.normal

B．positive

C．confident

D．unsure



35．A.change B．progress C．room D．promise



　第三节：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

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.

The total amount of packaging（包装）increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.

Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.

But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate(联系) packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.

There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.

36. According to the text, recycling ______.

A. helps control the greenhouse effect B. means burning packaging for energy

C. is the solution to gas shortage D. leads to a waste of land

37. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.

B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.

C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.

D. Other products are better packaged than food.

38. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?

A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes.

C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed.

39. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.

A. the tendency of cutting household waste

B. the increase of packaging recycling

C. the rapid growth of super markets

D. the fact of packaging overuse

40.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult. B. Needless material is mostly recycled.

C. People like collecting recyclable waste. D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.

B

In today's world, we rely on computers as never before. They are used for everything from ordering a pizza to running hospitals and military defense systems. Banking and credit card information is stored and accessed by computers. So what happens when a computer gets infected with a virus（病毒）? One effect is that people's access to their e-mail accounts is cut off. A more serious possible consequence(结果) is that billions of dollars could be lost.

A virus is a computer program that copies itself onto other programs and infects them. Similar to an easily spread disease, a computer virus goes from computer to computer, either adding to or changing the tasks a program is designed to do.

The first computer viruses were created in the mid '80s and had varying effects. Some caused files to be deleted(删除), or made the letters on the screen appear to fall off. Others displayed a specific message once the computer was turned on.

Viruses today are much more widespread and dangerous than ever before. Perhaps the most damaging to date has been the "I Love You" virus. "I Love You" appeared in May 2000 and has possibly been the most destructive virus in terms of monetary loss.

The virus is released (释放) when an attachment (附件) to a fake (假的) e-mail message is opened. By changing the names of files on computers, "I Love You" makes them difficult to access（使用）. It also searches for important personal information, including passwords, which it sends to a web site for others to see.

It is estimated (估计) that more than 45 million people in 20 countries have had their computers infected by the "I Love You" virus. Some say the cost of repair and lost business has been more than US$10 billion.

If you own a computer, it is important to keep it in good health by installing an anti-vir