考试时间：2013年12月19日

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。

Where are they talking?

A. At a meeting. B. On the phone. C. In the street.

2. Whose car was stolen?

A. Karen’s. B. The man’s. C. The woman’s.

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

A. Go to dinner. B. Visit her sister. C. Go to the airport.

4. Why was the woman late?

A. She was ill. B. She had a traffic accident. C. The traffic was too heavy.

5. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Friends.

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、7小题。

6. What happens to the woman?

A. She wants to break up with Jane.

B. She doesn’t like Jane’s gifts.

C. She doesn’t believe Jane’s words.

7. What is the reason for the woman’s problem?

A. Jane has a different custom from hers.

B. Jane doesn’t attend her birthday party.

C. Jane doesn’t value their friendship.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9小题。

8. Who is new in the neighborhood?

A. Joseph. B. The Williams. C. Jill Chen.

9. How many people are there in Mr. Williams’ family?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the woman only have a few minutes to have a talk?

A. Because she will have a class.

B. Because she will attend a meeting.

C. Because she will have a test.

11. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Learning how to draw.

B. Attending the drawing course.

C. Taking an exam.

12. Why does the man come to see the woman?

A. To give his drawings to the woman.

B. To ask for the woman’s permission to attend the course.

C. To ask how to prepare for the exam.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who is the woman?

A. A reporter. B. A book seller. C. A police woman.

14. Who is the main character of the man’s latest book?

A. A spy. B. A murderer. C. A policeman.

15. What does the man usually base his characters on?

A. People in real life. B. People in Florida. C. People in fictions.

16. What kind of stories is the man writing now?

A. Murder. B. Detective. C. Humorous.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where was Charles K. Kaoborn?

A. Shanghai. B. Hong Kong. C. New York.

18. How many scientists got the 2009 Noble Prize in Physics together?

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

19. What can be learned from the voice?

A. Kao’s work makes the Internet information transmit faster around the world.

B. Kao is still working in the Chinese University of Hong Kong now.

C. Willard Boyle and George Smith are both scientists.

20. How do the Chinese people feel at the news that Kao got the Noble Prize.

A. interested. B. surprised. C. happy.

第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项选择题（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）

21. Nowadays many Chinese hesitate to help a fallen elderly person, for not all such kindnesses are received with___________.

A. persuasion B. consideration C. appreciation D. invitation

22.The rotting bodies of nearly 6,000 pigs were found in a river that provides 22 percent of Shanghai's tap water, causing ___________ at home and abroad.

A. hurry B. panic C. embarrassed D. angry

24. Today getting a degree doesn’t ___________ a good job while experience plays an important role.

A. ask B. offer C. guarantee D. sure

25. Don’t waste your ___________ time chatting online all day long. It’s high time that you got down to business.

A. miserable B. constant C. temporary D. precious

26. The Hunan TV station is very popular with many people in China, as it deals with _______ subjects such as music, entertainment and fashion.

A. precise???????????????????????B. diverse???????????????????? C. casual??????? ????? ??? D. regular

27. --- Do you youngsters like the South Korean pop song “Gangnam Style ” and the singer’s amusing horse-riding dance?

--- Oh, ___________.??We frequently copy him.

A.?absolutely ? B.?deliberately C.?sincerely D.?slightly

28. ---What a mess! What are you dong?

---I’m ___________ the drawer looking for the sweater.

A. going through B. glancing through C. breaking through D. getting through

29. After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama ordered his members to _________ solutions to gun violence.

A. put up with?? ???????? B. come up with??? ???? C. keep up with?? ????????????? D. catch up with

30. Singles Day, Nov.11, now becomes a great occasion when Chinese customers do online shopping. It’s reported that the sales of Tmall.com alone amounts to 10 billion yuan ________.

A. above all B. all in all C. after all D. in all

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。

A flock of wild ducks were flying in formation, heading south for the winter. They formed a beautiful V in the sky, and were admired by everyone who saw them from below.

One day, Wally, one of the wild ducks in the formation, spotted something on the ground. It was a barnyard(粮仓旁的院子) with a flock of _ 31 ducks who lived on the farm. They were waddling (摇摆地走) around on the ground, quacking merrily and eating _ 32 that was thrown on the ground for them every day. Wally liked what he saw. "It sure would be nice to have some of that corn," he thought to himself. "And all this flying is very tiring. I'd like to just __33 around for a while."

So after thinking it over a while, Wally left the formation of wild ducks, made a sharp __34 , and _ 35 for the barnyard. He landed _ 36 the tame (驯养的) ducks, and began to waddle around and quack _ 37 . He also started eating corn. The formation of wild ducks continued their journey South, but Wally didn't care. "I'll __38 them when they come back North in a few months," he said to himself.

Several months went by and __39 enough, Wally looked up and spotted the flock of wild ducks in formation, heading north. They looked beautiful up there. And Wally was tired of the _40 . It was muddy and _ 41 he waddled, there was nothing but duck too. "It's time to leave." said Wally.

So Wally _ 42 his wings furiously and tried to get airborne. But he had gained some _ 43_ from all his corn-eating, and he hadn't exercised his wings much either. He finally _ 44 the ground, but he was flying too _ 45 and slammed into the side of the barn. He fell to the ground with a thud (砰然声) and said to himself, "Oh, well, I'll just wait until they fly __46 in a few months. Then I'll rejoin them and become a wild duck again."

When the flock flew overhead once more, Wally again tried to _ 47 himself out of the barnyard. But he simply didn't have the strength. Every winter and every spring, he saw his wild duck friends flying overhead, and they would _ 48 to him. But his attempts to leave were all __49

Eventually Wally no longer paid any attention to the wild ducks flying overhead. He hardly even noticed them. He had _ 50 , become a barnyard duck.

31. A. beautiful B. ugly C. tame D. wild

32. A. food B. corn C. grain D. vegetable

33. A. rest B. fly C. walk D. waddle

34. A. turn B. land C. dive D. circle

35. A. headed B. looked C. left D. hurried

36. A. between B. behind C. among D. within

37. A. loudly B. merrily C. sadly D. eagerly

38. A. rejoin B. recognize C. leave D. see

39. A. strange B. sure C. lucky D. natural

40. A. corn B. barnyard C. waddling D. quacking

41. A. every day B. everywhere C. every time D. nowhere

42. A. removed B. spread C. flapped D. opened

43. A. strength B. skills C. weight D. friends

44. A. got to B. got off C. got up D. got back

45. A. slowly B. fast C. low D. high

46. A. back B. south C. north D. overhead

47. A. lift B. fly C. struggle D. rise

48. A. call out B. come back C. come over D. call back

49. A. in return B. in need C. in vain D. in place

50. A. after all B. above all C. therefore D. however

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。

A

Poor weather. Technical difficulties. These are some of the typical causes of cancelled trains and planes. But sometimes, the excuse can be a lot more trivial.

Just recently, passengers waiting for a train to Peterborough heard the following announcement, “For reasons beyond our control, we regret to inform passengers that the 13:46 Train to Peterborough has been cancelled. The next train will be arriving on Platform in approximately 36 minutes.”

Oh, well, another delayed train, thought most passengers. But a couple of them decided to enquire further. Incredibly, they were informed that the real reason for the non-arrival of the train was that the driver refused to do his job because his seat was wet.

“A wet seat? That’s got to be a joke,” said one passenger angrily. “I wouldn’t normally complain if the train is just a bit delayed, but this was unbelievable,” he added. “What really made me angry is that this driver refused to get in the train,” said another passenger. “He probably went off for a cup of tea after that!” she added.

A spokesperson for the rail company apologized for the incident, but said the driver couldn’t