第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is Joe like in the speakers’ eyes?

A. He is a bad cook.

B. He is not easy-going.

C. He loves holding parties.



2. Where is the woman?

A. At the office.

B. At the airport.

C. At home.



3. What does the man mean?

A. The woman has got a lot of shoes.

B. He will buy the woman a pair of shoes.

C. The woman’s shoes match her new dress well.



4. How does the man usually go to work?

A. On foot.

B. By bus.

C. By car.



5.What can we infer from the conversation?

A. The man agrees that the workload is heavy.

B. The man won't be able to go to the lab today.

C. The woman has fewer classes.



第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. How much should the change be?

A. $4.5.

B. $5.5.

C. $6.5.



7. What is the woman's attitude?

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What did the woman’s grandfather do last winter?

A. He stayed in the hospital.

B. He went on a cycling holiday.

C. He attended a skiing contest.



9. What does the woman plan to do for her grandfather?

A. Have a big party for his 80th birthday.

B. Buy a gift for him unexpectedly.

C. Take him to France to enjoy life.



听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Fellow workers.

B. Sister and brother.

C. Schoolmates.



11. What happened to Sam?

A. He was caught cheating in his math exam.

B. He didn’t pass his math exam.

C. He gave up his math exam.



12. What is Sam going to do this afternoon?

A. Complain to the woman.

B. Have another exam.

C. See the principal.



听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why did the woman reserve the Sky Palace for the man?

A. It offers good service.

B. Barcelona Hotel has been fully booked.

C. It is near the company he'll visit.



14. What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Fetch the tickets today.

B. Get the hotel’s phone number.

C. Drive him to the travel agency.



15. What is the man’s final destination?

A. Brussels.

B. London.

C. Barcelona.



16. Who will meet the man at the airport?

A. His wife.

B. His customer.

C. His secretary.



听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What requirement need the photos meet?

A. They must be in colour.

B. They must be taken on holiday.

C. They must be about family life.



18. What is the first prize?

A. A two-week holiday.

B. A 500-pound camera.

C. Two plane tickets to Jamaica.



19. When will the result of the competition come out?

A. On August 15th.

B. On August 31st.

C. On September 15th.



20. What does the speaker remind the competitors to do?

A. Write their information on the back of the photos.

B. Take part in next week's sports competition.

C. Get their photos back after the competition.





第二部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15个小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

24. _______ in the film, she totally ignored what was happening around her.

A. Absorbing

B. To absorb

C. Absorbed

D. Having absorbed



25. Please remain _______, everyone; the winner of the competition will be announced soon.

A. seating

B. to be seated

C. to seat

D. seated



26. With the _______ leaves _______ in the earth every year, the soil becomes richer and richer.

A. falling; burying

B. fallen; buried

C. fallen; burying

D. falling; buried



27. It was requested at the meeting that the reporter _______ to blame for the false report.

A. referring to

B. referring to is

C. referred to be

D. referred to being



28. It’s natural for one to feel _______ if he is unwilling to show friendliness to other people.

A. left out

B. broken out

C. kept out

D. let out



29. Eleven people got killed in a bus stop accident in Hebei Province. Every _______ ambulance was rushed to the scene of the accident.

A. enjoyable

B. affordable

C. available

D. suitable



30. A good story does not necessarily have to have a happy ending, but the reader must not be left _______.

A. unsatisfied

B. unsatisfying



C. being unsatisfied

D. to be unsatisfied



31. Mrs. Brown was much disappointed to see the washing machine she had had _______ went wrong again.

A. to repair

B. it repaired

C. repaired

D. to be repaired



32. Mary was very patient with her pupils. And it is _______ of her that she never complained.

A. special

B. characteristic

C. enthusiastic

D. positive



33. More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities _______ space.

A. for lack of

B. for fear of

C. in search of

D. in charge of



34. When _______ help, one often says “Thank you” or “It’s very kind of you”.

A. to offer

B. offered

C. offering

D. to be offered



35. — Excuse me. Could you tell me how I can get to the subway?

— _______. Please can you say it again?

A. By no means

B. To tell the truth



C. Wait a moment for me

D. I’m afraid I can’t follow you





第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Western World has always been divided into two types of people — the cool and the uncool. It is a _36_ that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are _37_ with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to _38_ their styles. They can do their homework but they don’t _39_ a big effort. That would not be cool. The uncool kids are in the _40_ of the playground. They are very bright, but they don’t have great _41_ skills and they are _42_ at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus (微积分) in their heads, they are reading comic books and watching shows _43_ The X-Files. They are _44 as the geeks (怪人). Here are the geeks. The geeks are taking over. Make friends with them now _45_ they will put virus in your computer and _46_ your math homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but _47_ their personal goals — getting good degrees.

The most important _48_ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geeks heroes like Bill Gates _49_ others to follow their example. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a _50_ of their own to work and play in, making them a global force. _51_, the effect of the geeks _52_ popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be _53_. Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than _54_ you look like.

But there are also _55_. Geeks are often bullied (欺侮) or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss. Perhaps it is time for punishment.

36.

A. class

B. part

C. division

D. clarification



37.

A. pleasant

B. particular

C. crazy

D. popular



38.

A. take

B. copy

C. act

D. advance



39.

A. make

B. support

C. have

D. suffer



40.

A. team

B. corner

C. group

D. center



41.

A. operating

B. speaking

C. social

D. experimental



42.

A. hopeless

B. active

C. expert

D. sharp



43.

A. for

B. like

C. such

D. as



44.

A. admired

B. thought

C. known

D. treated



45.

A. and

B. so

C. that

D. or



46.

A. contribute

B. devote

C. bring

D. link



47.

A. accomplish

B. accept

C. allow

D. admire



48.

A. improvement

B. progress

C. discovery

D. industry



49.

A. demand

B. promise

C. inspire

D. discourage



50.

A. room

B. world

C. chance

D. case



51.

A. Somehow

B. However

C. Though

D. Besides



52.

A. in

B. for

C. of

D. on



53.

A. uncool

B. unpopular

C. attractive

D. handsome



54.

A. that

B. how much

C. what

D. how



55.

A. risks

B. questions

C. shortcomings

D. chances





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

A

I was stopped at a red light only a mile or so from my goal of my brother’s house. I was planning to drive down to North Carolina to be with my father who was badly ill.

As I waited at the stop light experiencing this forced slow down, I noticed Sharper's Florist over to the left. It was the same place where I had experienced many things --- floods of memories went through my mind as the light seemed a blessing. I noticed the wine store straight ahead where my father and I had been many times before, picking out the beer of the week. We both liked German beer.

The light finally turned green and I made a left turn and drove through the poor section of our hometown.?I remembered how each Thanksgiving my family would be together. I also remembered how my father would take sometime out of each Thanksgiving to make sure there was no one hungry in the neighborhoods surrounding where we lived. I can remember as a young boy going with him to deliver some food. I was scared. I had never been into this part of town deeply before.

My father seemed calm by this and went about his business. The people we went to seemed to know him and gratefully accepted what he came to offer. My father seemed able to give away the food in a way that honored the people he was giving it to. This was not an?arrogant?act. He would stop at each place and talk a little.? My father wanted to be sure that everyone had food. If there were people he found who didn't have food, he would take the time to go back and get more. That’s the kind of man he was.

56. After the father became ill, he _______.

A. lived in North Carolina

C. stayed at the author’s brother’s house

B. came to help the poor in his hometown

D. gave away food to the poor in the neighborhood



57. The author was afraid of giving away food to the poor when he was young because _______.

A. he was not familiar with the surroundings?????????????

B. he had never met so many poor people before

C. his father did not stay with him then??????????????

D. his father didn't take good care of him

58. The underlined word “arrogant” in the last paragraph?means“_______”.

A. having an effect?????????????????????

B. feeling or showing love

C. full of meaning????????? ?????????????

D. behaving in a proud and impolite manner



59. What kind of personality can we say about the father according to the text? _______.

A. Cautious

B. Active

C. Generous

D. Severe





B

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