4.?What has made working at home possible?

A. Personal computers.?? B. Communication industry.???????? C. Living far from companies.

5.?Where is the woman?

A. In a soap factory.?????????? B. In her house.????? C. At an information desk.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5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，每小题将给出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至7题。

6. Where, does the conversation most probably take place?

A. At home.?????? B. On a bus.??? C. In the bank.

7. Why do the two speakers want to buy a car?

A. They have a lot of money.??

B.?The man lives too far away from his office.

C. The woman's office is too far away from her home.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why won't Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?

A. He can't spare the time.? B. The clinic will be closed. C. Dr.!?Milton?won't come to work.

9. When is the clinic open in a week?

A. From Monday to Friday.???B. On weekdays except Thursday. C. During the whole week.

10. What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?

A.?5:30?p. m., Wednesday.???B.?6:15?p. m., Wednesday.??? C. 6:15 p. m., Thursday.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

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

A. Neighbors.?????????? B. Doctor and patient.??????????????? C. Friends.

12. When did the woman cough most seriously?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon.???????????????????? C. At?night.

13. What did the man do for the woman?

A. He examined the woman carefully.

B. He gave her some medicine and some advice as well.

C. He just told her not to worry too much.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What's the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife.???????? B. Friends.???????????? C. Strangers.

15. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a restaurant.??????????????? B. At the woman s home.? C. At the man's home.

16. What does the woman ask the man to do?

A. Have some soup.????????????? B. Have more rice.???? C.?Bring his wife next time.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did Nicholas do at eighteen months？

A. He began to learn French.?? B. He read the newspaper.?? C. He took telephone messages.

18. Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools?

A. He had too much homework.???

B.?He almost couldn't learn anything special.

C. His teachers often corrected his spelling.

19. Who offered to help Nicholas finally?

A. His classmates.????????? B. His parents.???? C.?A college.

20. What is Nicholas' life like now?

A. Busy without any social life.?? B. Full but boring.?? C. Busy at college and free at home.

第二部分：单项填空 （每小题1分，共20分）

21.When he comes back three and a half hours later, they’re still sitting on the sofa, __________ the same conversation on the same topic.

A. to continue B. continuing C. having continued D. are continuing

22. It has been reported that the Galileo Space Project is a satellite positioning and navigation system _______ for civilian use.

A. intended B. intending C. to intend D. to be intended

23. _______ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

A. Having suffered B. Suffering C. To suffer D. Suffered

24. I’ve worked with children before, so I know what ______ in my new job.

A. expected B. to expect C. to be expecting D. expects

25. —What terrible weather!

—Yes. It’s been raining for two weeks, completely your holiday.

A. ruined B. to ruin C. ruining D. to have ruined

26. —Who is the man talking to the headmaster?

—A professor ______ a visit our school.

A. paying B. is paying C. paid D. pays

27. Nearly every great building in Beijing was built _______ south.

A. to face B. facing C. to have faced D. being facing

28. Some of the suspects(嫌疑犯)_______ refused to answer and kept their mouth shut.

A. questioning B. being questioned C. questioned D. to be questioned

29. _____ the meeting room, the head teacher found only a few parents _____ there, completely _____

his mood of making a good speech.

A. To enter; sitting; which ruined B. Stepping into; sitting; to ruin

C. Entered; seating; ruined D. Entering; seated; ruining

30. On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ______ I noticed a young man holding up

a sign _____ “Boston”.

A. where, reading B. when, reading C. where, to read D. when, to read

31. Paris has failed to ________ positively to China’s sincerity and efforts, thus damaging the atmosphere for the summit(峰会).

A. apologize B. respond C. blame D. forgive

32. My pocket money ________, I plan to go to my parents to borrow some of next month’s before I have none in hand.

A. is running out B. is being run out C. has been run out D. has run out

33. With all my attention ________ on this exam, I did a good job.

A. had focused B. focused C. focusing D. to focus

34. I’m calling about the apartment you ________ the other day. Could you tell me more about it?

A. are advertising B. advertise C. had advertised D. advertised

35. I am always delighted when I receive an email from you. _______ the party on July 1st, I shall be pleased to attend.

A. on account of B. In response to C. With regard to D. Regardless of

36. Our government ________ a new policy to stop pollution despite a lot of difficulties.

A. is putting up with B. is cutting back on

C. is catching up with D. is pushing ahead with

37. Americans eat _______ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice B. as twice as many

C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many

38. ________ we move the picture over there? Do you think it will look better?

A. If only B. What if C. So what D. How come

39. Her newspaper account of what happened ______ with his. I have no idea who I should believe.

A. agrees B. debates C. conflicts D. argues

40. Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and ________ as a manager.

A. ended up B. dropped out C. came back D. started off

第三部分：完形填空 （每小题1分，共20分）

My daughter is a single parent. She works hard to (41)____ for herself and her three young sons. She budgets carefully and (42)____ to plan for the little luxuries and treats that others take for granted. When her eldest son, David, wanted a (43)____ so that he could do an after-school newspaper delivery job, she (44)____ and soon, he was the proud (45)____of a good second-hand bike.

One afternoon, my daughter asked David to go to a local shop. He rode his bicycle, (46)____ foolishly left it outside the shop without (47)____ it up. When David came out of the shop, it was (48)___. He walked home in (49)___ and then, together with his frustrated mother, went to the local police station to report the (50)____.

Imagine their (51)____ when they arrived at the station: a car parked out front had David’s bike wedged (挤进) in its boot (汽车后部的行李箱). The (52)___ told them how he’d seen a group of kids (53)___ the bike once my grandson had gone inside the shop.

The driver – in his late teens himself – had called out to them to “leave that bike (54)___!” Despite this, one member of the group (55)___ on the bicycle and rode it away while the others followed. Not to be (56)___, the teen got in his car, drove after them and (57)___ that they give the stolen bike back.

He was happy to be able to (58)___ it to my grandson together with a lecture (echoed by the policeman and his mother) about the silliness of (59)____to use the bike lock. (60)___, in all the excitement, he slipped away, without even giving them his name or telephone number.

41. A. stand B. change C. provide D. watch

42. A. permits B. refuses C. decides D. manages

43. A. watch B. bicycle C. phone D. backpack

44. A. gave out B. set aside C. saved up D. worked up

45. A. owner B. worker C. seller D. driver

46. A. and B. so C. but D. when

47. A. hiding B. picking C. covering D. locking

48. A. gone B. missed C. broken D. left

49. A. surprise B. tears C. trouble D. peace

50. A. danger B. accident C. theft D. fight

51. A. disappointment B. regret C. anger D. joy

52. A. driver B. manager C. teacher D. policeman

53. A. ride B. steal C. fix D. knock

54. A. alone B. off C. away D. out

55. A. moved B. touched C. walked D. jumped

56. A. discouraged B. angry C. confused D. annoyed

57. A. advised B. forced C. demanded D. promised

58. A. donate B. return C. explain D. pass

59. A. Failing B. teaching C. reminding D. learning

60. A. Besides B. Finally C. Then D. Therefore

第四部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

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AIDS’ Threat to Asia Grows

　　NEW DELHI-Just a few years ago. Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children.

　　Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ‘She is my son’s widow. She has AIDS,’” said Mala. AIDS is now described as “explosive“ around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in South Africa, where the world’s biggest and Africa’s first AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards(病房) were occupied by AIDS patients.

　　South Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV infections, with 1,700 people infected daily, adding to the 4.3 million, or 10 percent of its population, living with HIV. Until now, Asia has been more successful in holding the AIDS virus than Africa, where the disease has killed about 12 million people .

　　AIDS is now threatening to surround many of Asia’s poverty-stricken countries. Countries in Asia, such as Cambodia, and Thailand, have HIV infection speeds over 1 percent