第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man usually have for breakfast?

A. Fried cakes. B. Fried rice-noodles. C. Noodles.

2. What will the woman do first?

A. Withdraw some money. B. See the dentist. C. Go to the history class.

3. What is the time by Sandra’s watch?

A. 2:55. B. 3:00. C. 3:05.

4. What does the woman mean?

A. Filling out the forms is no easy thing to do.

B. She forgot to fill out the forms.

C. She’ll remind the man about the forms

5. What is the conversation mainly about?

A. Differences between meat and fruit.

B. Different ideas about meat and vegetables.

C. Different kinds of meat.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What are the speakers talking about?

A. School reunions. B. Birthday parties. C. Their old friends.

7. Why did the woman recommend the Omni Hotel?

A. She likes the party rooms there. B. Her brother is a staff member there.

C. The price is quite reasonable.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What do we know about the accident the woman experienced?

A. Her jeep went off the road. B. It was raining that night.

C. She forgot to wear her seat belt.

9. What caused the man’s brother’s death? A. Speeding. B. Drunk driving. C. Not wearing the seat belt.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who are the speakers?

A. New college students. B. Students who are going to graduate. C. Athletes.

11. How do they feel about their future?

A. Hopeful. B. Doubtful. C. Puzzled.

12. What are they going to do next?

A. Listen to the president’s speech.

B. Receive gifts from their parents.

C. Go to the stage.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What’s the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Fan and singer. C. Reporter and interviewee.

14. How many languages does the woman use when she works?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

15. What subject did the woman like in school?

A. English. B. Physics. C. Biology.

16. What’s the woman’s advice to those who dream of being singers?

A. Just do it if you have this dream.

B. Give it up for it’s full of risk.

C. Think twice before deciding.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How did the speaker get to Main Street?

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

18. What did the speaker do that afternoon?

A. He went shopping. B. He went to a cinema. C. He went to the bank.

19. What was the thief doing when he was arrested?

A. Buying something. B. Drinking in a bar. C. Running down the stairs.

20. How much was the reward that the speaker received?

A. $ 100. B. $ 200. C. $ 1000.

第二部分：单项选择（满分15分）

21. Everything comes with _____ price; there is no such _____ thing as a free lunch in the world.

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

22. — Adam is our best friend. He ________ us.

— What a pity! He didn't get our invitation.

A. need have joined B. could have joined C. must have joined D. can have joined

23. Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional _______.

A. consequence B. independence C. competence D. intelligence

24. It is vital that every piece of equipment ________ before the experiment.

A. is checked B. will be checked C. be checked D. must be checked

25. ________， the majority of the students have no trouble understanding it.

A. As complex the sentence is B. Complex as the sentence is

C. As the sentence is complex D. Complex as is the sentence

26. Seeing the road ________ with snow and cyclists falling down here and there, we decided to walk to our office.

A. to block B. blocking C. blocked D. to be blocked

27. We have made good preparations for Sarah's birthday, but if she ________ late to the party, it would ruin the surprise for her.

A. comes B. would come C. had come D. were to come

28. To prevent Internet crimes, it is important to make new laws similar to ________ concerning international airspace.

A. that B. those C. one D. what

29. ——The research on the new bird flu virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?——____ my students have a try? A. Shall B. Must C. Will D. May

30. — Hello, Tom. This is Mary speaking.

— What a coincidence! I ________ about you.

A. was just thinking B. just thought C. have just thought D. would just think

31. Was it ________ the international conference that made the city the focus of this area?

A. to hold B. hold C. held D. holding

32. Mo Yan's success in getting the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature is the kind of life story ________ a fantastic novel might be written.

A. in which B. by whom C. about which D. of whom

33. A survey shows that the organization hasn't broken rules, but ________ responsibly.

A. it has neither acted B. so has it acted

C. neither has it acted D. it has so acted

34. Happy birthday, Alice! So you have _____ twenty-one already.

A. become B. turned C. grown D. passed

35. _____ of their bad habits, the boys switched from being dependent on their parents to _____ for others.

A. Having rid; sacrificing B. To rid; sacrifice C. Rid; sacrificing D. Having been rid; sacrifice

第三部分：完形填空( 满分20分)

The words mother and Mothers' Day are simple, yet powerful little words that mothers hear all the time especially so around the time of Mothers' Day when everyone seems to be __36__ ideas to say “thank you”， and mothers are surely loved and are __37__ all over again.

In fact, with that __38__ day being only a few weeks away, some of your thoughts at this time can __39__ anywhere from what are you going to do for your mother, spouse(配偶) or other __40__ ones to should it be a product gift or something more personal. If it is the __41__ route, how can it be made more personalized? If it is the gift of time, how can it be made more personal?

Mothers' Day for some will be welcomed with feelings of __42__ while for others it may be a day of mixed feelings especially so __43__ the mother you will honor has lost a child to tragedy. So that is __44__ whenever you wish to honor someone in your own little way, you should __45__ where that person may be in their life and then the event. Many people say that it's the thought that __46__ and yes， that's a very good point.

To give you some __47__， consider a single mother who's been __48__ to raise her children and doing it all __49__ in every sense of the word，what would make her __50__ on Mothers' Day? What about a seventy－two year old mother who has __51__ her children but suddenly __52__ the new responsibilities of raising her grand children, what would she possibly want or __53__？

Sure a bunch of __54__ or some other last minute gift would be nice and probably get you off the hook, __55__ what would that mother really want to do for that special day?

(　　)36. A. searching for B. coming across　C. waiting for　D. looking into

(　　)37. A. ignored B. appreciated C. forgiven D. inspired

(　　)38. A. occasional B. common C. special D. lucky

(　　)39. A. range B. contain C. include D. symbolize

(　　)40. A. needed B. lost C. loved D. linked

(　　)41. A. product B. packet C. money D. souvenir

(　　)42. A. tragedy B. excitement C. envy D. disappointment

(　　)43. A. as B. if C. though D. since

(　　)44. A. how B. where C. whether D. why

(　　)45. A. compare B. contribute C. consider D. conclude

(　　)46. A. counts B. fails C. happens D. appears

(　　)47. A. points B. examples C. decisions D. results

(　　)48. A. challenging B. satisfying C. struggling D. arguing

(　　)49. A. together B. above C. alone D. over

(　　)50. A. day B. time C. moment D. period

(　　)51. A. left B. spoiled C. raised D. adopted

(　　)52. A. on B. in C. away D. up

(　　)53. A. refuse B. reject C. deserve D. commit

(　　)54. A. sweets B. flowers C. cards D. dinner

(　　)55. A. thus B. so C. or D. but

第四部分：阅读理解（满分30）

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A pill costing little more than ￡1 a day could save the lives of thousands suffering from a common heart disease. British doctors have decided to use the drug, ivabradine, to treat patients with heart failure straight away, even though it has not yet been licensed for the disease in the UK.

More than 700，000 people live with heart failure, which occurs when the organ becomes too weak to pump blood efficiently round the body. This can lead to fatigue, breathlessness, increased heart rate and other serious complications. Around 100，000 people a year are thought to die from heart failure and many patients are repeatedly admitted to hospital because of their symptoms.

The dramatic results from the trial of 6，500 patients—the biggest of its kind—found a 26 per cent cut in heart failure deaths, suggesting the lives of around 10，000 British patients could be saved each year. The research also found ivabradine will help reduce the number of hospital admissions by 26 per cent, which would cut costs.

The trial, carried out in 37 countries including the UK, showed particular benefits for patients who cannot take beta blockers(β阻滞药). Beta blockers reduce the heart rate, giving it more time to fill with blood before the next beat. But in as many as 50 per cent of patients beta blockers do not work or have unpleasant side effects.

All the patients in the trial had high heart rates of around 77 beats per minute on average. Ivabradine lowers the number of beats to around 60 per minute without reducing blood pressure, which means the damaged heart is pumping more efficiently at a slower rate.

Professor Cowie, consultant cardiologist(心脏病学家) at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, said, “This_is_a_very_clean_way_of_dropping_the_heart_rate. Patients on beta blockers complain of tiredness and many stop taking i