命题人：周玉艳 肖文芳 审题人：王萍萍

考生注意：本试卷分为四个部分，满分100分。时量120分钟。请将答案写在答题卷上

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension(20 marks)

Section A (15 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

1.What’s the weather like now?

A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Rainy.

2. What will the man do tonight?

A. Go to the gym. B. Play basketball outside. C. Play cards with his friends.

Conversation 2

3. What problem are the speakers talking about?

A. There is not enough food.

B. The air conditioner is broken.

C. The door of the refrigerator won’t shut.

4. How long has the woman had the problem?

A. About three months. B. About three weeks. C. Just one day.

Conversation 3

5. Who is playing this weekend?

A. Some professional football teams.

B. Some college football teams.

C. Some high school football teams.

6. What will the woman probably do?

A. Go out with her girlfriends.

B. Watch the game with the man.

C. Cook dinner for the man and his friends.

Conversation 4

7. When does the woman usually meet with students?

A. Mondays in the afternoon.

B. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

C. Wednesdays and Thursdays.

8. Where did the man already try to get help?

A. From another professor. B. From his friends. C. From the student help room.

9. How long does the woman have to help the man?

A. Half an hour. B. One hour. C. Two hours.

Conversation 5

10. Why is the man worried?

A. The woman’s cat might get sick.

B. The woman’s cat might get hair on the bed.

C. The woman’s cat doesn’t like him.

11. Which color is Gracie?

A. Black. B. White. C. Brown.

12. Why doesn’t Gracie have fleas, according to the woman?

A. She never goes outdoors.

B. She is bathed every day.

C. She is given medicine to take.

Conversation 6

13. What are the speakers planning to do?

A. Go on a camping trip.

B. Do some work in their garage.

C. Pretend they’re camping in their yard.

14. What would the girl like for breakfast?

A. Yogurt and milk. B. Chocolate chip pancakes. C. Apples and bananas with honey.

15. How does the girl feel about the man’s idea?

A. She thinks it’s boring.

B. She is looking forward to it.

C. She thinks it’s impossible.

Section B (5 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.

Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge(30 marks)

Section A (10 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. Andrew was shocked _____ a piece of paper on his desk _____, ‘Stupid Andrew got a D!’

A. finding; says B. to find; to say C. to find; saying D. finding; saying

22. Hannah begged Annie not to tell anyone else, and she said she ____ her secret.

A. had kept B. would keep C. kept D. keep

23. When _____ what is most important in life, some choose money, ____ others choose friendship.

A. to decide; and B. to decide; because C. deciding; / D. deciding; while

24. Asia and Europe, _____ two different continents, _____ together by mountains and rivers, and belong to the same geographic plate.

A. being; are linked B. to be; are linking C. are; are linked D.are; linked

25. A woman ____ her dog and puppy, when her puppy ___ .

A. walking; ran off B. was walking; ran off

C. walked; ran off D. to walk; ran off

26. Staff(全体工作人员) were out with the council’s new ￡18,000 mowers last week, ____ grass in Brodfield, Bewbush and Gossops Green.

A. cutting B. cut C. to cut D. having cut

27. Man _____ as penguin has received more votes than Liberal Democrates.

A. dressing B. to be dressed C. dressed D. having dressed

28. Growing around the lake ____ wild flowers of different colors.

A. is B. are C. was D. have been

29. Living in the country has its advantages, ____ freedom from pollution is the best.

A. which B. whose C.from which D. of which

30. I have the information ____.

A. of what he’ll come soon B. of that he’ll come soon

C. that he’ll come soon D. his coming soon

Section B (12 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.

Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his 31 one night when I was ready to quit(退出) a political movement I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary. www..com

Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I 32 up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of; Andrea Guomo, Italian American—fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he 33 with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my idea, but one scene came sharply into view.

We had just moved to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even 34 . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce(云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.

Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible 35 . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce 36 almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our heart 37 . But not Dad’s.

The rain was 38 . Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground !” “Shut up; we’re going to push him up; he’s going to 39 .” We couldn’t say no to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope around the top of the tree that lay on the street and he stood up by the house, with me 40 on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to 41 up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad 42 stakes(木桩) in the ground, tied rope from the trunk to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again...”

I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the movement.

31

A. talks

B. lessons

C. lectures

D. classes



32

A. came

B. took

C. picked

D. turned



33

A. dealt

B. kept

C. helped

D. worked



34

A. field

B. yard

C. trees

D.flowers



35

A. rain

B. snow

C. weather

D. storm



36

A. pulled

B. put

C. stuck

D.pushed



37

A.rose

B. sank

C. fell

D. dropped



38

A.going

B. coming

C.falling

D.stopping



39

A.plant

B.grow

C.die

D.stay



40

A.fixing

B.holding

C.pushing

D.pulling



41

A.push

B.take

C.pull

D.put



42

A.shook

B.cut

C.drove

D.made



Section C (8 marks)

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

Joe Schmidt, 43 very wealthy, was a tightwad(吝啬鬼).

44 day he and his wife wanted to take a spin(兜一圈) in an airplane over the city 45 New York.

The pilot said it would be 10 dollars a piece for a thirty-minute flight. “How about 10 dollars for both of 46 ?” the stingy(吝啬鬼) millionaire asked, “No way!” replied the pilot firmly. Schmidt pleaded(恳请) earnestly with the pilot for quite a while. Since it was a slow day and there were not many customers, the pilot finally agreed. “Ok, I will take you and your wife for ten dollars on one condition: while in the air, you cannot make any noise. 47 I hear a peep(动静) out of you, that will cost you 20 dollars,” Schmidt agreed reluctantly(不情愿地,勉强地).

The plane took 48 without a hitch. Purposely, the pilot made somersaults(筋斗) and all kinds of tricks, just to scare the guy, 49 the plane finally landed, the pilot asked credulously(轻信地): “I have got to hand it to you. I didn’t know how you managed to be so quiet.” “It wasn’t easy,” confessed(坦白,供认) 50 tightwad. “I almost hollered(叫喊,抱怨) when my wife fell out.”

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension(30 marks)

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

A

Sports

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.

Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Both of them are just about a hundred years old. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

51. From the passage we know that ______.

A. people began to play sports about one hundred years ago

B. about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played

C. basketball has a longer history tha