Part I 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

What does the woman want to do?

A. Talk to the man¡¯s wife. B. Buy some biscuits.

C. Ask the man to buy some biscuits for her.

Who is the woman most probably?

A. The man¡¯s workmate. B. The man¡¯s sister. C. The man¡¯s wife¡¯s friend.

Conversation 2

What does the woman think of the man¡¯s behavior?

A. Impolite B. Annoying C. Unbelievable.

What do we know about the man?

A. He does well in maths. B. An alarm clock will ring to wake him up.

C. He is often late for class.

Conversation 3

How many people are there in Adelaide?

A. 180,000 B.1,800,000 C. 18,000,000

How long has the woman lived in Adelaide?

A. For three years. B. For four years. C. For six years

Conversation 4

How does the man go home from work?

A. By bus. B. By subway C. By taxi

When does the man usually go to bed?

A. Before nine o¡¯clock B. At ten o¡¯clock C. At midnight

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the conversation?

A. The man always watches TV till night. B. Summer is approaching.

C. The man prefers evenings.

Conversation 5

How long did the man walk in the National Park?

A. For two days. B. For three years. C. For four days.

How are the trails according to the man?

A. The trails are steep. B. All of the trails have stairs.

C. It would be very difficult for visitors to climb up the trails.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the conversation?

A. The woman likes wildlife. B. The man saw many snakes in the National Park.

C. The woman probably won¡¯t go to China.

Conversation 6

When is the woman going back to London?

A. In September. B. In August. C. In July.

Why does the woman decide to become a teacher?

A. Her mother always persuades her to be a teacher.

B. Teaching is a brilliant profession(Ö°Òµ£©.

C. She likes children very much.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the conversation?

A. There are only four weeks left for the woman going home.

B. The woman will be trained to teach children from 7 to 12.

C. The woman has to do a two years¡¯ course to qualify(È¡µÃ×ʸñ£©.

A Battle against Huge Fires.

Present situation:

?Huge fires are sweeping across the state.

?Thousands of people lost their (16)_______.

?(17)_____ square kilometers of forest has been damaged.

?There is no sign of the fires coming under control.

Causes:

? Some(18) _________ may have started the fire.

? High winds are helping the fires to (19)_________.

Measures taken:

?Firefighters use (20) ___________ to bring water from the sea.

?The police arrested 2 suspects three hours ago.



Part II Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

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

21.At first, I didn¡¯t mind ____ alone, but then I saw all of the tourists having their pictures ____ together, and I began feeling sad.

A. being, taking B. to be, taken C. To be, taking D. being, taken

22. A good student is honest and kind to others .In other words ,he never ____ his friends.

A. yells B. teases C. betrays D. blames

23. This reading passage ____ two letters ___an agony aunt of a teenage magazine.

A. is made of; writing for B. is made up of; written to

C. is consisted of; written for D. consists of; writing to

24. Yesterday, I saw him talking to another boy, Peter, and I cannot help___ if he wants Peter to be his best friend ____ me.

A¡¢wondering, instead B¡¢to wonder, instead of

C¡¢wondering, instead of D. to wonder, replacing

A boy is _____ to be cautious about sharing his feeling with his close friends.

A. possible???? ???? B. probable????????? ? C. likely???????? ???? D. maybe

26. After the big job was finished, the builder __ the number of men working for him.

A. cut off B. cut down on C. cut up D. cut in

27. ----What do you suppose made her so unhappy?

---- ___ her wallet.

lose B. Lost C. Losing D. To lose

28. ----My brother is not good at speaking English.

----I suggest ___English for two hours every day.

A. he practice speaking B. him to speak

C. he speaking D. his practicing to speak

31. There was nothing they could do___.

A. but wait¡¡¡¡¡¡B. except waitingª¥ C. only to wait¡¡ D. unless they waitedª¥

32. Don¡¯t hesitate ___me if you have any questions.

A. asking B. asks C. to ask D. asked

33 .He felt guilty about losing ,and bad about__________ football as you are.

A. being as gifted at B. being so gifted for

C. not being as gifted at D. not being so gifted for

34. ____ I like most about her is ___ care-free attitude.

A. What; her B. What; that her C .How ; for her D. How; a

35. However, I ______ that we should produce more things from materials that have been recycled, and less from raw materials, the supply of _____ is growing smaller and smaller.

A.agree, that B. did agree, which

C .do agree, them D.do agree, which

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¡£

If you have swum in the sea, you know that the water is salty. Rivers 36 salt from the land into the sea. Some parts of the sea are 37 salty than other parts. Do you know the Dead Sea in Arabia? It is very salty. Swimmers can't 38 in it. It is a 39 sea.

In most parts of the sea, there are a lot of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. 40 live deep down. No light can reach the depths of the sea, 41 it is completely dark. Strange fish live there. Some are 42 . Some have their own light. Some have great jaws. 43 their great jaws, they can swallow(ÍÌÏÂ) fish smaller than themselves.

The sea can be very 44 . Deep-sea divers know this 45 , on the top of the water may be warm. Then 46 the divers go down, the sea becomes 47 . Many scientists are now making a study of animal and plant life in the sea. They hope to find new resources(×ÊÔ´) for mankind.

36. A. carry B. bring C. lead D. send

37. A. as B. much C. very D. more

38. A. die B. sink C. drink D. swim

39. A. strange B. beautiful C. wonderful D. deep

40. A. Other B. The other C. The others D. Others

41. A. and B. but C. so D. though

42. A. alive B. blind C. common D. dead

43. A. Use B. In C. With D. Without

44. A. cool B. wide C. deep D. cold

45. A. good B. well C. quite good D. quite a few

46. A. as B. when C. since D. while

47. A. darker and darker B. warmer and warmer

C. colder and colder D. deeper and deeper

Section C (12 marks)

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

One day when having lunch in a little caf¨¦£¬ I noticed an elderly couple having lunch at a table across the room. I must have looked over at them a few times 48 my son asked me if I knew them. I replied that I didn¡¯t£¬49 they reminded me of my own grandparents.

When the waitress came over, I asked her if she knew them. She said she 50 . She said it was the elderly man¡¯s birthday today. I wanted to do something for them so I told the waitress that I wanted to pay for 51 lunch and gave her some money.

Some time 52 £¬ the elderly couple came over to thank us. They were so excited that someone had bought them lunch and wanted to meet my son and me. They said they were really cheered up by our gesture.

A

Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn¡¯t matter where you live¡ªin the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village¡ªthe chances that you will be disturbed by jet aeroplanes, transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc. are almost everywhere .We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.

Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be very frightening experience for human beings. However ,some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(¶ú¹Ä).The noise level in some disco is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.

One recent report about noise and concentration(רÐÄ) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration, what really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn¡¯t change too much (music, for example) may even help people to concentrate.

56. The best title for this passage is __________.

A. Noisy Life B. Background Noise

C. Disturbed Concentration D. Changeable Noise

57. From this passage, the pollution of noise _______________.

A. doesn¡¯t matter