满分150分，考试用时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 does the man mean?

A. To be an engineer is his dream.

B. He will try to do what his parents wish.

C. He looks down upon being an engineer.

2. What’s the man’s impression of Sandy?

A. He is humorous.

B. He is so easy-going.

C. He is hard to communicate with.

3. What was the weather like on Mary’s holiday?

A. Cloudy.

B. Fine.

C. Rainy.

4. What will the woman do next?

A. Talk to a police officer.

B. Tell the man what happened in detail.

C. Wait for the man to call back.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Their home in the future.

B. How technology has changed their lives.

C. The making of a robot.

第二节（共15个小题；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，各个小题将给出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、7题。

6. What is the man doing?

A. Asking permission from his mother.

B. Giving his mother some suggestions.

C. Telling his mother about his school life.

7. What do we know about the man?

A. He often helps his mother in the kitchen.

B. He will not live with his parents soon.

C. He wants to take some dancing lessons.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What happened to Sandy?

A. He lost his job.

B. He didn’t get the job he wanted.

C. He missed going to the museum.

9. Why doesn’t the woman want Sandy to get the job in the larger company?

A. It is not a good job.

B. She wants to apply for the job.

C. It’s too far away.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers?

A. In China.

B. In Japan.

C. In America.

11. What do we know about the coffee shop?

A. It is American-style.

B. It is open around the clock.

C. It provides home-made bread.

12. What do we know about the woman?

A. She likes heavy food.

B. She likes Japanese food.

C. She can’t understand the menu.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What holiday in the West does the man compare the Spring Festival to?

A. Thanksgiving Day.

B. Christmas.

C. Easter.

14. On which day of the first month of the lunar calendar does the festival end officially?

A. The fifth.

B. The seventh.

C. The fifteenth.

15. Why did people use to set off firecrackers?

A. To welcome the coming of spring.

B. To create a festive atmosphere.

C. To drive away the bad spirits.

16. What are some of the customs that the man mentions?

A. People give their houses a thorough cleaning before the festival.

B. People turn on all the lights in their houses on New Year’s Eve.

C. People everywhere in China have “Jiaozi” for New Year’s dinner.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What activity will the school organize on Friday morning?

A. Visit a museum.

B. Attend a lecture.

C. See a film.

18. Why will they play games?

A. To memorize new words.

B. To get to know the others.

C. To take a break.

19. When will they go to Bath?

A. At 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

B. At 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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20. What is the arrangement on Sunday?

A. They are free to do what they want.

B. They will have lessons.

C. They will take a trip.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，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. We must admit that a growing number of people fail to get a sense of ______ at the end of the working day, though in others’ eyes they may be successful.

A. direction B. satisfaction C. congratulation D. devotion

22. Since the chairman announced the proposal without consulting with other members of the board in advance, a(n) ________ was raised at the meeting.

A. objection B. correction C. constitution D. assumption

23. As a result of economic development, recent years have _______ a steady growth in people’s income all over China.

A. witnessed B. inspired C. analyzed D. foreseen

24. Young people should constantly _______ their own state of mind so as to adapt to the circumstances in which fierce competition is going on.

A. purchase B. adjust C. achieve D. occupy

25. If you are giving a talk or presentation, pause at the end of phrases and sentences to help your audience _______ what you have said.

A. believe in B. apply for C. take in D. set aside

26. Christy was new here. She didn’t know how to ________ the job, but she was fortunate to have many helpful colleagues to turn to.

A. set down B. set up C. set back D. set about

27. Every child in China must receive 9 years of _______ education, which can greatly contribute to the literacy rate in rural areas.

A. compulsory B. professional C. moral D. legal

28. Most of the houses built on ______ ground stayed up in the terrible earthquake.

A. arbitrary B. stable C. convenient D. freezing

29. No one could imagine that the _______ well-behaved business man should be really a criminal when he was caught by the police last week.

A. conventionally B. eventually C. apparently D. controversially

30. Despite the great progress of China’s automobile industry, most Chinese car makers are years behind the western makers _______ quality, technology and service.

A. regardless of B. according to C. on behalf of D. in terms of

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A farmer once owned an old mule(骡子). One day, the mule fell into the nearby well, and it began to 31 and make loud noise. After carefully assessing the 32 , the farmer felt sympathy for the mule, but 33 that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Then he called his 34 together and told them what had happened and 35 them to help shovel(铲) some dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his 36 .

Hearing many people coming to help, the old mule got very 37 ! But as the farmer and his neighbors 38 shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought 39 him. He became fully 40 that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back he should shake it off and step up! So he did, blow after blow.

He repeated “shake it off and step up!” to 41 himself. No matter how painful the blows, or disappointing the situation seemed, the old mule just 42 on shaking it off and stepping up!

As you might have guessed, it was not long 43 the old mule finally stepped over the wall of the well, battered and tired. What seemed would otherwise 44 him, actually blessed him because of the manner in which he 45 his adversity(逆境).

That is life! 46 we face our problems and respond to them 47 , and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity, the adversities that 48 to bury us usually have the potential to 49 and bless us! Forgiveness, tolerance, hope and perseverance are 50 in shaking it off and stepping up out of the wells in which we find ours
elves.

31. A. fight B. struggle C. complain D. sink

32. A. procedure B. range C. medium D. situation

33. A. decided B. confirmed C. spotted D. located

34. A. friends B. relatives C. neighbors D. children

35. A. instructed B. requested C. approved D. condemned

36. A. contract B. tension C. property D. suffering

37. A. excited B. disappointed C. frightened D. satisfied

38. A. st
opped B. hesitated C. continued D. enjoyed

39. A. struck B. bothered C. annoyed D. impressed

40. A. awake B. aware C. afraid D. ashamed

41. A. press B. protect C. encourage D. elect

42. A. put B. held C. carried D. took

43. A. when B. before C. until D. unless

44. A. save B. injure C. help D. bury

45. A. solved B. handled C. received D. dealt

46. A. If B. Now that C. While D. In case

47. A. readily B. passively C. positively D. negatively

48. A. get along B. come true C. die away D. come along

49. A. harm B. benefit C. instruct D. conduct

50. A. cheerful B. grateful C. helpful D. meaningful

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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The Panama Canal opened almost 100 yea
rs a
go. More than one million ships have passed through waterway since 1914. It connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and reduces travel by about 13,000 kilometers and avoids the need for ships to sail around Cape Horn at the bottom of South America.

Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 ships in 2008. In total, over 815,000 ships have passed through the canal. It has been named one of the seven modern wonders of the world. More than forty ships pass through the canal each day.

Now, a major expansion project will permit more ships and bigger ships to pass through the canal. Jorge Quijano, the Panama Canal’s executive vice president of engineering, says, “the Canal is operating at its limit. The present canal has a total capacity of about 340 million tons a year that it can handle. With the expansion we expect to double that, over 600 million tons that we can handle in a year.”

Ships pass through a series of locks. These locks raise a ship to the level of Gatun Lake at the canal entrance on the Atlantic side. They lower the ship back to sea level on the Pacific side. For years, shipbuilders limited the size of many ships so that they could pass through the Panama Canal. But now many shipping companies use bigger ships to transport more goods as a way to reduce costs. Mr. Quijano says the expansion project will allow many of these larger ships to use the canal.

Workers are building the new locks alo
ngside the old ones, which will remain in use. The existing locks are 305 meters long and 55 meters wide. The new ones will be 427 meters long and 55 meters wide. They will be able to handle ships with drafts(吃水量) of more than 15 meters. At present, ships can ride only 12 meters deep in the cannel.

Engineers could not make the new locks too big. Mr. Quijano says the plans had to balance the size of the locks with