第Ⅰ卷

一、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Balzac was good at buying things at its lowest price. One day he wanted to buy a vase in a shop window that was much more expensive than he could offer. Not being able to make the shopkeeper cut down its price very much, he left without further talking. Collecting a half dozen of his friends, he explained his wish to them and they worked a plan. The first would enter the shop and make an offer, lower than the marked price. Not getting the vase at his price, he would walk out. Shortly after another would enter and ask for a price lower than the first. In this way, each of the others would offer a price lower than the one before, and the last of his friends made a great effort to attempt to get it at the lowest price. Before long Balzac himself would return, offer more than the last two or three persons made and trust to luck. The plan worked--- Balzac got the vase at his price!

B

How does a place become a World Heritage Site ( 世界遗产 ) ? It takes a lot of people to decide.

1 ) If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List, it has to ask UNESCO ( 联合国教科文组织 ) . The place must be important and special. UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987 because, it said, it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land. When a country asks, it must also make a plan for taking care of the place.

2 ) The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list. The committee meets every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.

3 ) After a new place goes on the list, UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good. If a place is in serious danger, it may be put on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special care and help to those places.

4 ) Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn’t taking good enough care of a place, the site will be taken off the list.

5. The passage implies that ________.

A. becoming a world heritage site takes hard work.

B. a place with beautiful scenery is often on the World Heritage List.

C. a place which was taken good care of is often on the World Heritage List.

D. the Great Wall become a World Heritage Site for its history.

6. If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site, the country ________.

A. can ask UNESCO for more money and help

B. should continue to take special care of it

C. won’t take trouble of caring for it

D. will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger

7. The passage mainly discusses ________.

A. how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decides a World Heritage Site

B. how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO protects a World Heritage Site

C. how the Great Wall becomes a World Heritage Site

D. how a place becomes s World Heritage Site

8. The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is ________.

A. to attract more tourists from other countries

B. to get more money and help from other countries

C. to have it taken better care of

D. to make it known to other countries

C

Classified Ads（广告）

For direct classified service, call 800-0667 10 a.m.—4 p.m., Monday---Friday.

For Rent

Best on Campus

Excellent Room for girls, begins Jan. 2, 4, or 8 months lease. Single, $ 105. $125. Double, $ 140. Call 800-1932.

Family Home, 3 bedrooms, large yard. $ 275. Call 800-4300.

For Sale

Sheepskin Coat, men’s size 42, 1year old. $ 85. After 6 p.m. call 800-5224.

Moving: Must sell. Color TV 21, $ 150; transistor radio, $ 15; recorder, $ 25. Call 800-0739.

Help Wanted

Babysitter—My home

If you could find a few hours during the day, some evenings and weekends to care for 2 school- age children, please call 800-1111.

Lost

A black bag with a pencil-box and some books left in the reading room. Will the finder please come to Class 3, Grade 1?

Found

A green jacket was left on the sports ground yesterday afternoon ( April 15th). Will the owner please ring 656-6688?

9. If you wanted to place an ad. , what number would you call?

A. 800-0739 B. 800-1932 C. 800-5224 D. 800-0667

10. “ Classified Ads” may probably mean “________”.

A. ads about everyone’s life

B. ads giving one some necessary information

C. ads divided into different groups according to a certain rules

D. ads for which you needn’t pay any money

11. If you want to find a part-time job, you will look at________.

A. For Rent B. For Sale C. Help Wanted D. Lost

D

His first fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa. Then, as the first black president he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS.

On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease. Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted (收养) by the chief of his tribe (部族) and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life. But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination ( 种族歧视). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the country’s Racial Segregation Law (种族隔离法), colored and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board. For his opposition (反对) to the system Mandela was arrested (被捕) and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and become the president of the country after the first elections were held in which everyone could vote. Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer (拳击手) and fought in the ring when he was young. “ Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat (撤退),” he wrote in his autobiography. As a skilful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS.
14. It can be inferred that Nelson Mandela _____.? ? ? ?A. continues to help the black people with the political struggle? ? ? ?B. is taking a position in a music group? ? ? ?C. is taking on the world’s greatest fight against AIDS? ? ? ?D. is preparing for the next election of president15. Which statement can best describe the life of Nelson Mandela?? ? ? ?A. Struggle is his life. ? ? ? ? B. Sports make his fame.? ? C. Fight for equal rights.? ? ? ? D. Great fighter against government.

E

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余项。

_____16____. The time and money that doctors spend on their medical education are probably one reason for this problem. A visit to a doctor’s office costs from fifteen to fifty dollars. It is impossible to pay for the medical care they need. _____17_____. Most doctors, however, disagree. They say that they were required to study medicine for a long time. Tuition（学费） for many years of medical education costs a lot of money. Doctors say that it is necessary for most medical students to borrow money from a bank to pay their tuition. _____18_____, young doctors need a lot of money for their work. _____19_____. Therefore it is possible that the high cost of medical care in American is unnecessary. Because high tuition is one cause of high costs, _____20____.

It is possible for the poor people to see the doctor in America.

Many people in the United States think that doctors are overpaid

One way to lower costs would be to have medical schools that are free or have low tuition

They are not willing to pay high tuition for the doctors

The cost of medical care in the United States is very high

Because this money must be repaid to the bank

So, they charge people high prices for medical care

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5，满分30分）

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of ___21___ must be the most ___22___ thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother ___23___ different things for my sister and brother. “But the ___24___”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.

I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she __25___ me, she showed it in action. But ___26___ a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks ___27__ mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. ___28__ she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in ___29___ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did ___30__ me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. ___31___ came. My hope turned to ___32__, then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ___33___ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could ___34___ trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the ___35___ of her desk told me, as she’d ___36___ been able to, that she was __37__ that writing was my chosen work. I ___38___ the desk carefully and found some papers ___39___---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.

“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the __40___ that speaks louder than words.

21. A. speaking B. writing C. looking D. listening

22. A. wonderful B. tiring C. funny D. productive

23. A. bought B. gave C. designed D. kep