Part ¢ñ Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

Section A (7.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you¡¯ll hear 5 conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are one questions and each questions 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 ONCE.

1. How much will the woman lend the man?

A.¡ê7. B.¡ê9. C.¡ê5.

2. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Foreign languages. B.A novel.C. A film.

3. What will they do tonight?

A. Play music. B. Dance. C. Hear music.

4. What can you learn from the dialogue?

A. Jim is Frank's brother.

B. Jim is Frank's teacher.

C. Jim is Frank's friend.

5. What is wanted in the ad?

A. Waiter. B.Waitress. C.Cook.

Section B(16.5 marks)

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 6

6. What did the woman advise the man to do at first?

A. To wait some time.

B. To have the mobile phone repaired.

C. To buy a new one.

7. What's wrong with the man's mobile phone?

A. It cannot be repaired.

B. It powers off by itself.

C. It's too old.

Conversation 7

8. Why does the woman invite the man to dinner?

A. It is her birthday.

B. She has passed her driving test.

C. It's the man' s birthday.

9. Why does the woman want to go to the Friendship Hotel?

A. She likes the food and service there.

B. The food and service there is the best in the city.

C. The prices are reasonable there.

10. How will the two speakers go to the Friendship Hotel?

A. By Car. B.By taxi. C.By bike.

Conversation 8

11. Where does the woman work ?

A. In Italy. B.In Japan.C. In America.

12. When does the woman read newspapers?

A. At night. B.During the day.C. In the shoppingª²time.

13. What's the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Teacher and student.

B. Journalist and passer by.

C. Editor and newspaper seller.

Conversation 9

14. What does the man want to do ?

A. To find a house with lower rent.

B. To share a room with his close friend.

C. To rent some place quiet enough to study.

15. Does the woman get familiar with the city ?

A. Maybe, as she has a little information to offer the man.

B. Sure, as she knows where to find what the man needs.

C. Yes, as she is in charge of the affairs.

16. What does the man probably do ?

A. A money cashier working in a supermarket.

B. A manager arranging part time jobs.

C. A student studying in a college.

Section C (6 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.

Tomorrow¡¯s game

The interviewee

 Carlos Rovel, the Springfield17._______



About the team

 His team was in18.________________



About the cup

 They could 19._____________but still win a cup



About the players

 That was 20.__________





Part ¢ò Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

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

21.----Go for a picnic this weekend, OK?

---- ______. I love getting close to nature.

A. I couldn¡¯t agree more B.I afraid not.

C. I believe not D. I don¡¯t think so.

22.Your door needs ___________ . Would you like me to do it for you?

A. to paint B. painting C. paint D. painted

23.Lily¡¯s mobile phone was left in a taxi accidentally, never ______ again.

A. to find B. to be found C. finding D. being found

24. _______ is no doubt that the Rockets will defeat the Washington Wizards in the next game.

A. It B. As C. That D. There

26.._____ in the queue for an hour,Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.

A. To wait B. Have waited C. Having waited D. To have waited

27.¡ªIs Bob still performing?

¡ªI¡¯m afraid not. He is said_________ the stage already as he has become an official.

A. to have been left B. to leave C. to have left D. to be left

28.. My friend Martine was very sick with a strange fever; ______, he could neither eat nor sleep.

A. with the result that B. after all C. in turn D. as a result

29.A murderer has escaped from prison, so a nationwide search for him is ________.

A. under way B. in a way C. on the way D. in the way

30. -It seems that you like Daniel _________.

-Yes. Tough he¡¯s lost both his parents.

A. in general B. in common C. in particular D. in conclusion

Everything was perfect for the picnic ______ the weather.

A. in place of B. except for C. as well as D. in case of

32.. Her parents insisted that she ________ a clever student and ________ a better education.

A. was; receive B. should be; received

C. be; should receive D. is; should receive

33. The local government supplied the poor children _______free text-books and some companies supplied food __________ them.

A. to with; B. for; to C. with; towards D. with; to

34. The novel is said _____ into many languages.

A. being translated B. having been translated

C. to translate D. to have been translated

35..All the people ____the meeting were very important.

A. attending B. present C. attended D. Presented

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 the blanks with the word and phrases that best fits the context.

Once,?a?king?showed?two?men?a?large?basket?in?the?garden.?He?told?them?to?_36_?it?with? water?from?a?well.?After?they?__37__?their?work,?he?left?them,?saying,?¨DWhen?the?sun?is? down,?I?will?come?and?see?your?work.

At?last?one?of?them?said,?¨DWhat¡¯s?the?use?of?doing?this?foolish?work??We?can?__38__?fill? the?basket.?__39_?man?answered,?¨DThat?is?none?of?your?business.The?first?man?said.?¨D You?may?do?as?you?like,?but?I?am?not?going?to?work?at?__40__?so?foolish.?He?__41__?his? bucket?and?went?away.?The?other?man?said?no?word,?and?kept?on?carrying__42_.?At?last?the?well?was?almost?__43__.?

As?he?poured?the?last?_44_of?water?into?the?basket,?he?saw?a?bright?thing?in?it.?He?picked?it?up.?It?was?a?beautiful?gold?ring.?Just?then?the?king?came.?__45__?he?saw?the?ring,?he?knew? that?he?had?found?the?kind?of?man?he?wanted.?He?told?him?to?keep?the?ring?for?himself.?¨D You?__46__?so?well?in?this?little?thing,he?said,?¨D?__47_now?I?know?I?can?believe?you?with?many?things.

Section C (12 marks)

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

To discover ___48__ bees can see colors, the following experiment is set up. A table is put in a garden, __49___on the table is a piece of blue cardboard ___50__ a drop of syrup (Ìǽ¬) on it. __51___a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place __52___ they have discovered. After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. __53___ this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Thus, the blue card is on the left, the red card on the right, and there is nothing where the first blue feeding-card used to be. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight ___54__ the blue card. ___55__ go to the red card.

Part ¢ó Reading comprehension (50 marks)

Section A (32 marks)

Directions: Read the following 4 passages. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best fits according to the information given in the passage.

A

Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.??? You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.??? Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls around.??? Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape the earth¡¯s gravity and carry you into space.56 In this passage, the word ¡°gravity¡± means.?? A. the pull of everything.?? B. the force of attraction among objects.?? C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth?? D. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.57. When you slip you always fall to the ground because?? A. the earth always turns round.?????????????????? B. the earth has gravity?? C. the earth¡¯s gravity is greater than your weight.???? D. you are careless.58. Because of gravity,?? A. water flows everything.??????????? B. we can go everywhere by ship.?? C. water always flows downwards.???? D. fish can live in water.59. We can get away from the earth by spaceship because??A. the spaceship goes very fast.?????? B. the earth can¡¯t pull the spaceship.??C. the spaceship has a strong force.??? D. the spaceship can jump higher than other things.

B???

Of all the fish we catch in the world, we eat only three quarters of it. The rest goes to glue , soap, margarine, pet food and fertilizer.??? Fishermen usually freeze fish they catch at sea. Back in port, they defrost the fish, make the fish have no bones in it and sell it as fresh fish.??? Over ninety-five percent of fish caught is in the northern hemisphere. Thus, only about five percent of all fish caught is from south of the equator.??? The Japanese are the world champion fish eaters. They eat twice as much fish as the Scandinavians, and five times as much fish as the Americans.??? The