本卷满分150分 答题时间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。

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，各小题将给出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8题。

6. What is the relationship between the two speakers ?

A. Husband and wife. B. Boss and secretary. C. Friends.

7. What is the woman going to do ?

A. Attend classes. B. Go shopping. C. Have lunch.

8. How long does the woman stay at the college every day ?

A. 9 hours. B. 7 hours. C. 5 hours.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What will the woman do on the weekend ?

A. Attend a party. B. Take a holiday. C. Go on a business trip.

10. When does the woman plan to arrive ?

A. Late Friday. B. Mid Saturday. C. Early Saturday.

11. Why will the woman take a sweater or a light coat ?

A. Because it can be windy at night.

B. Because it can be rainy at night.

C. Because it can be cold at night.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. How are the speakers talking to each other ?

A. By e-mail. B. Face to face. C. Over the phone.

13. What is the woman going to do this evening ?

A. Help her sister with her French.

B. Meet her friend at the railway station.

C. Go to an exhibition with her parents.

14. When will the speakers probably go to see a film together ?

A. In the evening. B. At the weekend. C. Next week.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where did the man leave his coat ?

A. On a train. B. On a bus. C. In a car.

16. What color is the man’s coat ?

A. Grey. B. Black. C. White.

17. Where does the conversation take place ?

A. In a hotel. B. At a Lost & Found. C. In a shop.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How did Europeans know the exact time in the late 1700s ?

A. By looking at clocks at home.

B. By looking at clocks in factories.

C. By looking at clocks in public places.

19. What happened as a result of the industrial development ?

A. The quality of watches was improved.

B. More types of watches were available.

C. Many more watches were produced.

20. What is this lecture mainly about ?

A. The development of watches and clocks.

B. The functions of watches and clocks.

C. The importance of watches and clocks.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共二节，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. He created a lot of vivid characters in his best-selling novels, thus winning the ______ of book-lovers all over the world.

A. affection B. sympathy C. bonus D. dignity

22. At last, I should thank Mr. White for the _______ of speaking here and for ensuring me such an attentive audience.

A. prejudice B. privilege C. ambition D. favor

23. Lack food supplies and wanted by the police, the terrorists made a ______ attempt to hijack(劫持) a plane to Iran.

A. brave B. fresh C. harmful D. desperate

24. Lawrence’s novel was rejected at first, but it later came to be ______ as a work of genius.

A. acknowledged B. permitted C. adapted D. congratulated

25. The old man asked the children to _____ to each other near the campfire so that he could start telling his story at once.

A. take up B. stay up C. close up D. turn up

26. To solve the problem, we would appreciate it if you could give us an ______ explanation and compensate (补偿) us.

A. abundant B. adequate C. approximate D. awesome

27. The?Chinese government has made great efforts to?______?the?gap?between the rich and the poor, but has not achieved obvious results.

A. abolish B. conduct C. drag D. narrow

28. Maurice did not want to ______, buy a house and get married before he met Laura.

A. settle in B. settle down C. settle on D. settle for

29. The Foundation trilogy was one of his most famous works, which was ______ based on the fall of the Roman Empire.

A. vividly B. sharply C. loosely D. awfully

30. Somehow this seems to me to be _______. How could a team that had fought for Canada before suddenly become citizens of the USA?

A. out of question B. out of place C. out of shape D. out of control

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

This past April while visiting my parents on the farm I’d grown up on, I wandered outside to drink in the feel of “home”. The lilacs(丁香花) were open! I pulled some to my face, as I had done every springtime throughout my childhood.

“It’s 31 ! The lilacs are open! ” I 32 announced it to my father when I returned to the house.

“It isn’t spring until winter is gone,” he 33 . “We’ll get a bit of 34 weather.” But I 35 to let the optimism that the lilacs had brought to me 36 . Immediately, I thought of the 37 my mother had sent me just that past week — one that had 38 this trip home. My mother knew that I was feeling 39 . On the cover of the card was a photo of a single flower coming out from a rock. Inside were the words “In the midst of winter, I 40 spring.”

The card reminded me of the 41 of a Sunday afternoon when I was twelve.

“It’s pouring with rain!” Dad once said.

“Everything smells so 42 after a rain!” Mom responded.

“But I’d wanted to get the yard cleaned up today,” he replied, obviously 43 .

“We 44 the rain,” she said. “Now everything will be greener.”

“But it will rain for the entire day, ” Dad 45 .

“Then we should go to the 46 this afternoon,” Mom smiled.

“It is so 47 ,” he replied.

“That’s why we should go to the matinee (下午场), ” she said. “Three of the kids can 48 free, and it’s only half-price for the rest of us.”

I love my mother’s sense of 49 .

That morning, the 50 of the lilacs brought my mother’s words back to life. Then I didn’t look at losing my job as a bad thing any more. I was determined to make a new start.

44. A. hate B. see C. need D. value

45. A. laughed B. nodded C. complained D. shouted

46. A. cinema B. farm C. supermarket D. garden

47. A. boring B. expensive C. funny D. crazy

48. A. dress up B. run away C. work out D. get in

49. A. achievement B. fairness C. humor D. optimism

50. A. sight B. color C. shape D. mystery

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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

When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was far more heartbreaking than I'd expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed endless. I was lonely. I hated the silence of the apartment.

But one evening the silence was broken: I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep.

The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner who'd moved out. So the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms. It was clear from that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere. I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father’s best father.

From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home, I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him.

It's now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.

51. When the author first saw the cat, she _______.

A. didn’t know what to do B. was very happy

C. was angry with his crying D. felt sympathy for him

52. The underlined sentence in Para.3 implies that the author _______.

A. loved to stay alone in the house

B. needed something to fill the empty house

C. was too busy and tired to keep a cat

D. needed something to take care of to kill time

53. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. Willis was named after the author’s father

B. time passed quickly after the author adopted Willis

C. the author and Willis were both homeless

D. Willis missed his previous owner

54. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A little cat B. How to take care of animals

C. A painful experience D. What I got from a little cat

B

Children are missing an important part of their education because parents cannot afford their after-school activities. Half of parents in Wales are saying “no” to after-school activities because they cannot afford them according to a poll for Save the Children.

The government said providing free or subsidized(补助的)leisure activities for children from poorer background is essential to reducing child poverty in the UK. Of those who pay for activities, Save the Children said almost half of parents had to pay more than ￡10 per child per week. Many parents were paying more than $20 per week, the survey found.

“What happens after the school gates close at 3:30 pm is just as momentous as what goes on in the school day,” said Sally Copley at Save the Children. “Children who do after-school activities have more confidence, see the world in different ways and have a stronger sense of identity. All this finally translates into doing better in exams and getting a better career.”

Half of parents in Wales of 4-to-18-year-olds said their child did some form of sporting activity, the most popular after-school activity. Other popular choices included drama/dance (26%), Brownies/Scouts(童子军)(18%) and music lessons(13%). Almost a third of parents said act