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本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力，语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

PartⅠ Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

Section A (22.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Example:

When will the magazine probably arrive?

A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.

The answer is B.

Conversation 1

1. What does the woman think of her job？

A. Boring B. Enjoyable C. Difficult

2. Where is Tom working now?

A. At a gym B. In a computer company C. In the man’s company

Conversation 2

3. What is the man doing?

A. Giving advice to his mother.

B. Asking permission from his mother.

C. Telling his mother about his school life.

4. What do we know about the man?

A. He often helps his mother in the kitchen.

B. He wants to take some dancing lessons.

C. He will not live with his parents soon.

Conversation 3

5. What happened to Sandy?

A. He was fired. B. He failed to get a job. C. He got lost in the museum.

6. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman is quite selfish.

B. The man is disappointed with Sandy.

C. Sandy has applied for a job in Los Angeles.

Conversation 4

7. What's the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife B. Brother and sister C. Colleagues

8. What is the woman complaining about?

A. She is getting fatter.

B. The man is not generous enough.

C. She doesn’t like the food in restaurants.

9. What does the man mean?

A. He would rather eat at home.

B. He would rather eat out.

C. He will save money.

Conversation 5

10. Where are the two speakers?

A. In France B. In Japan C. In China

11. What does the woman think of the food in the restaurant?

A. Oily B. Cheap C. Delicious

12. What do we know about the restaurant?

A. It is open at 6:00 am.

B. It is American-style.

C. It provides an English menu.

Conversation 6

13. Why does the woman come to school early?

A. To discuss some problems with the man about the test.

B. To arrange the classroom for the test.

C. To review for the test.

14. How does the man feel about the test?

A. Nervous B. Calm C. Excited

15. What do we know about the man?

A. He will help the woman.

B. He is not good at studying.

C. He always comes to the school early.

Section B (7.5 marks)

Directions: in this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE TNA THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

Satellites



What a satellite is

It is an object placed into orbit by humans.



How long a satellite usually works

16. _________ years





The usage of satellites

Providing people with many TV programs

Connecting international 17. __________

Gathering 18. __________ by taking photographs of the earth.

Connecting 19.__________to the Internet

Helping airplane pilots find their 20. ________





Part II Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

Example:

The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ______the desert.

A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover

The answer is A.

21. Happiness and success often come to those ________ are good at recognizing their own strengths.

A. whom B. who C. what D. which

22. Andrew apologized to his best friend because he ________ some cruel remarks to her after the playing

A. has made B. makes C. had made D. will make

23. I am confident that ________we are all willing to work together, we can overcome the world challenges and keep the earth clean and healthy.

A. if B. unless C. though D. until

24. I _______ all the cooking for my family, but recently I’ve been too busy to do it.

A. will do B. had done C. am doing D. do

25. Large numbers of harmful chemicals produced from the factory flow into the rivers, _______ the river and sea life.

A. killed B. killing C. to kill D. having killed

26. Teen Talk is a telephone service for teenagers, where practical advice ________ on how to overcome their problems.

A. has offered B. has been offered C. will offer D. will be offered

27. I first met Monica on the school badminton team and soon a great friendship _________.

A. has developed B. had developed C. will develop D. developed

28. Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ______close you may be to success.

A. how B. that C. which D. where

29. When it comes to factories, people will think of clouds of dirty smoke or pipes ________chemical waste into the rivers.

A. to pour B. pouring C. poured D. pour

30. The number of the cars on the roads _______over the past few years.

A. doubles B. double C. has doubled D. have doubled

31. What we need are better laws________ the environment and still allow our country to grow.

A. preserving B. preserved C. to preserve D. preserve

32. The lady ________ have done something wrong, because she is looking guilty.

A. would B. should C. can D. must

33. When the teacher wanted to check his homework, Tom pretended ________it at home.

A. to leave B. to have left C. leaving D. having left

34. Before you quit your job, how your family would feel about your decision.

A. consider B. considering C. to consider D. considered

35. It is not how much we do but how much love we put in the doing ______benefits our work most.

A. who B. which C. that D. what

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

On Sunday I had my own Father's Day celebration. Suddenly I 36 about my dad a lot. My dad is absolutely the 37 man in the world. He would never refuse to help anyone in trouble.

Every Thursday night, my dad would 38 Shreveport, LA to a church there. I always drove the car for him. Although this happened many times, I recall one incident on one of those trips to Shreveport. That time on the way, my dad saw a hitchhiker. He asked me to pull the car over and offer him a 39 . Dad asked him his name and address, told him ours, and talked to him about all sorts of things. At first the hitchhiker was hesitant, but he changed his 40 as he could tell we were really listening to him. I did know that it was quite cold outside and the hitchhiker was very happy to be able to get a lift in our warm car. We 41 another forty-five minutes and learned that the hitchhiker was facing many difficulties in life. Dad told him to keep his head up and said that 42 would become better for him soon. He reached into his pocket and 43 the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill, leaving only a ten-dollar bill for himself. The hitchhiker then became very 44 .

36.

A. learnt

B. talked

C. thought

D. worried



37.

A. kindest

B. cleverest

C. funniest

D. bravest



38.

A. drive to

B. head for

C. come from

D. stay in



39.

A. dinner

B. sign

C. ride

D. chance



40.

A. attitude

B. trip

C. route

D. plan



41.

A. walked

B. escaped

C. drove

D. flew



42.

A. habits

B. choices

C. ideas

D. things



43.

A. returned

B. handed

C. paid

D. charged



44

A. sad

B. angry

C. nervous

D. grateful



45.

A. look at

B. laugh at

C. listen to

D. pick up



46.

A. happiness

B. success

C. laughter

D. love



47.

A. destroy

B. change

C. risk

D. share



Section C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. 48._______ three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of?humor, and the awareness of being unclear.

Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even 49._______things do not go as one wants them to. A person with a sense of humor is 50._______ likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reactions than 51._______ humorless person. “The awareness of being unclear” is a more difficult concept 52._______patience. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, 53.________ do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know 54._______ some system or organization works, or they can't be sure 55.________ different people's roles in what is going on.

Part III Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

Once upon a time two brothers, who lived on adjoining（毗邻的）farms, fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a conflict. Then the long collaborati