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.

Conversation 1

Where is Peter going?

To Canada B. To the US C. To Britain

Why is Peter leaving?

To visit his parents. B. To attend college. C. To have a holiday

Conversation 2

What is TRUE about the middle-aged man?

He had red hair.

He was wearing a black sweater.

He had two bags in his hands.

What does the woman think of being asked by the man?

Frightened B. Glad C. Confused

Conversation 3

What is Lisa actually doing when her dad notices her?

Looking for the dog. B. Looking for food for the dog. C. Looking for food for herself.

What will the speakers do next?

Give the dog to others. B. Find the dog’s owner. C. Make the dog take health checks.

Conversation 4

How much did the woman pay last month when she took the flight?

$52 B. $42 C. $10

When will the plane leave tomorrow?

At 5:00 B. At 5:15 C. At 4:45

What do we learn from the conversation?

The man doesn’t like the woman. B. The woman is quite poor.

C. The woman often takes flights.

Conversation 5

How do the speakers get to the place?

By car B. By bus C. By bike

What is the season now?

Autumn B. Spring C. Summer

What does the man think of the woman?

Silly B. Careful C. Short-tempered

Conversation 6

When will the woman get to Cambridge?

At 6:15pm B. At 3:45pm C. At 5:15pm

Why won’t the woman take Train No.978?

It is slow. B. It is late. C. There are no tickets.

Where does the talk take place?

At an airport. B. At a meeting hall. C. At a railway station.

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 the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

Dr Seuss

Ⅰ. His birthday

16. ______, 1904

Ⅱ. His early job

He worked for a(n) 17.______, writing ads.

Ⅲ. About his pen name

Seuss was his 18. ______.

Ⅳ. His works

◆In 1937, he wrote his first book To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.

◆In 1954, he wrote The Cat in the Hat for beginner readers.

◆In 1960, he wrote Green Eggs and Ham using only 19._____ words.

◆In total, Dr Seuss wrote 20. _____ children’s books.

Ⅴ. His awards

He won a Pulitzer Prize and three Academy Awards.

Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge (45 marks)

SECTION A

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.

21. This talk show is not recorded; It’s______.

A. lively B. live C. alive D. living

22. If ______, send brief letters to the person, since he is difficult to get on with.

A. to be required B. requiring C. being required D. required

23. At a rough estimate, Nigeria is ___ Great Britain.

A. three times the size as B. the size three times of

C. three times as the size of D. three times the size of

24. In many people’s opinion, that company, though relatively small, is easy______.

A. to deal with B. dealing with C. to be dealt with D. dealt with

25. ____from view day by day, the singer is turning to his memories for comfort.

A. Having been disappeared B. Being disappeared

C. Disappeared D. Disappearing

26. A powerful earthquake struck Haiti’s capital, ____ tens of thousands homeless and buried in ruins.

A. left B. to leave C. being left D. leaving

27. China is known _____ greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past few years.

A. to changing B. having changed

C. changing D. to have changed

28. I can’t stand______ with Jane in the same office. She doesn’t want ______ while she works.

A. working; talking B. to work; talking

C. working; to talk D. to work; to talk

29. With his money ________, he couldn’t go home.

A. leaving B. missed C. running out D. use up

30. Madame Michel found herself in an position, and therefore she felt rather .

A. embarrassing; embarrassed B. embarrassed; embarrassed

C. embarrassing; embarrassing D. embarrassed; embarrassing

31. Can you move the desk a little further, for it most of the office？

A. takes up B. takes off C. takes in D. take on

32. The school should ________ immediately to the students’ request that the living conditions should be improved.

A．answer B．obey C．follow D．respond

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.

There are many kinds of friends. Some are always with you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 36 friends leave footprints.

I shall always recall (回忆）the autumn and the girl with the 37 . I know she will always be my best friend.

It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 38 on the cool wind. In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, 39 to the sound of them.

Autumn is a 40 season and life is uninteresting. The free days always make me sad. But one day, the sound of a violin 41 into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 42 in playing her violin.

I had never seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been 43 there for so long but my existence did not seem to disturb her.

Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building when I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 44 . Though we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believed she also loved me.

Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly 45 . To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.

"You must like violin." she said.

"Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.

Suddenly, a 46 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.

"I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 47 me." she said.

"In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn," I answered. "Let's be friends." The girl smiled, and so did I.

36. A. young B. true C. new D. old

37. A. sound B. song C. play D. violin

38. A. shaking B. hanging C. falling D. floating

39. A. watching B. listening C. seeing D. hearing

40. A. lively B. lovely C. harvest D. lonely

41. A. flowed B. grew C. entered D. ran

42. A. lost B. active C. busy D. interested

43. A. waiting B. stopping C. standing D. hearing

44. A. interesting B. moving C. encouraging D. exciting

45. A. changed B. began C. gone D. stopped

46. A. happy B. sad C. strange , D. surprised

47. A. surprised B. excited C. encouraged D. interested

SECTION C

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

A friend is someone who’d like to share your sadness as well as your happiness. Everyone wants to have a friend who is reliable and helpful. I have such a good friend, ____48___ name is Zhong Chen. We have been friends ____49___ the first day when we came to this school. I still remember meeting him on the day two years ago. On that day, I got ____50___ the bus and carried heavy luggage. When I was tired, I stopped to look back and forth, hoping to find a taxi, ____51___ there wasn’t. Just at that moment, a boy riding a bike stopped beside ____52__, and he offered to give me a lift. On the way to school, we talked a lot as if we were old friends. Believe it or not, we became classmates later ____53___ we spent most of our time together.

We both feel happy to have the other as ____54 __ friend. We are always ready to help each other. May the friendship____55___ us last for ever!

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

Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.　　The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth —so I decided that my approach must be wrong.　　I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said.