注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液；不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4．作答选做题时，请先用2B铅笔填涂选做题的题号对应的信息点，再作答；漏涂、错涂、多涂的，答案无效。

5．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁；考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

Ⅰ Listening (consisting of two parts, 15 points)

Section One Listening comprehension (10 points )

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听下面一段对话，回答第1-2两个小题。

1. How much is the rent of the flat?

A. 35 pounds a week.

B. 65 pounds a week.

C. 75 pounds a week.

2. What is good about the flat?

A. It has a large sitting room.

B. I t has a big kitchen.

C. It has good furniture.

听下面一段对话，回答第3-5三个小题。

3. What does the man worry about?

? A. His study.?? B. His friends.??? C. His car.

4. When does the man drive to work?

? A. At 8:00 a.m.? B. At 1:30 p.m.? C. At 7:00 p.m.

5. What is the man talking about?

? A. His hobbies.? B. His social life.? C. His part-time job.

Section Two Blank-filling （5 points）

听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为6～10的空格中。听录音前，你将有15秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

Visit to Montfort School

History of the school

Since (6)________



At 9:00 am

Headmaster’s welcome speech in the (7)________



At 9:30

Guide tour of the (8)________ in the classrooms on the 2nd floor.



At 10:20 am

Guide tour of (9)________



At (10)________ am

Guide tour of practical areas: our technical workshops, music, and other areas



At 12:00

Lunch



Ⅱ Using language (consisting of two parts, 45 points)

Section One Cloze (30 points)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It happened when I was seven years old. I jumped into the water and I moved my arms and legs like what I had 11 the other children do. I tried to get back above water, but I failed. I just 12 deeper and deeper. As I looked up, all that I could see were dozens of 13 kicking and blue water.

Water went through my nose and mouth; my ears were flooded. I 14 for deer life. I was only 7 years old, but I knew this would be the 15 of my short life. I started thinking of my mom, sister, grandma and friends. I would 16 see any of them again. Then I started blaming myself for following the other 17 of my age into the pool, knowing I had never swum in my life.

Then someone took hold of me, lifting me up to the top. She had 18 me in the deep water and came to my rescue. She 19 my life.

Nobody had explained to me there was a shallow 3-foot-deep pool and also a very 20 one. And having never been to a huge public swimming pool like this, I had no idea how it worked. All that I saw were kids 21 and everybody moving freely, so I went along.

Indeed, it’s a(n) 22 moment in my life, but it taught me a few things. Till this day, I ask a lot of questions especially when I’m 23 to something. I’ve learned never to “jump” into situations without being 24 , whether it’s on the keyboard or in the boardroom, all the same. In anything I do, I look for the right instruction and 25 from experienced people before doing it.

A. smelled B. watched C. made D. let

A. sank B. breathed C. jumped D. swam

A. arms B. hands C. heads D. legs

A. worked B. settled C. struggled D. quarreled

A. end B. increase C. turn D. wonder

A. always B. seldom C. never D. regularly

A. adults B. parents C. teachers D. kids

A. noticed B. pushed C. taught D. changed

A. created B. saved C. replaced D. improved

A. large B. high C. clean D. deep

A. having fun B. playing a trick C. making a difference D. making a face

A. hopeful B. frightening C. exciting D. satisfying

A. kind B. open C. familiar D. new

A. surprised B. impressed C. prepared D. interested

A. advice B. research C. result D. progress

Section Two Grammar and vocabulary (15 points)

根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词的适当形式填空，并将答案填入答题卡的相应位置。

26. Cleaning women in big cities usually get _______ (pay) by the hour.

27. The students _________ (forbid) to do anything unrelated to study when they’re having classes.

28. With so much trouble __________ (face), we failed to complete the task on time.

29. I’m sorry to be ___________ from you on that matter. (differ)

30. Because of the low-fat diet, she is _________ (slim) and healthier than before..

31. Children should be taught to fight __________ unreasonable injustice.

32. The use of microblog makes ________ possible for people to share information in time.

33. They were curious about __________ they saw in the museum.

34. The ________ (major) of people seem to prefer watching TV to listening to the radio.

35. We tried to bring her back to life, _________ it was in vain.

36. Whoever breaks the school rules will surely receive__________. (punish)

37. ______ makes her different is that she treats people with kindness and consideration.

38. Have you ever considered ______ (settle) in other country?

39. After taking _____ second look, she found that the dress was worn-out.

40. She has two brothers, one of _____ went to Sichuan as a volunteer to help those who suffered in the earthquake.

Ⅲ Reading (50 points)

Section One Reading Comprehension ( 40 points )

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

A

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot (行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench（扳手）and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

His hands and arms cut and bruised, Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

41. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

42. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A. The hammer. B. The coin.

C. The screw. D. The horn.

43. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.

D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.

44. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _______.

A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end

B. At last the wrench went broken

C. The lock came open after all his efforts

D. The chance was lost at the last minute

45. It may be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. the ditch was along a quiet country road

B. the accident happened on a clear warm day

C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

B

Do you ever wonder why the English have one word for some animals and a different one for their meat? Why do they use pig and pork, cow and beef, and sheep and mutton? To find out, we have to go back to 1066, when the Norman French invaded England and put a French king on the English throne(王位), which not only changed the government but also changed the language. French became the language of the upper classes of society. And it remained that way for 300 years. Only these high society people could afford to eat meat. As a result, French words like porc(pork) and beouf(beef) came into the English language. However, poor English farmers raised the animals. So the English language retained the words pig and cow from the Native Anglo-Saxon.

The Norman French added about 10,000 French words to the English language. Seventy-five percent of them are still in use today.

In French grammar, nouns have either a male or female gender(性别), so adjectives(形容词) take different forms for each. English has only one adjective that does this, and it came from French. The word “blond” describes someone with light-colored hair. “Blond” is used for men, and “blonde” describes women. And they are also nouns.

Some French words that entered the English language have taken on completely different meanings. The French phrase “a la mode” means “in style”. In English, the phrase means “with the ice cream”. Someone must