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PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION 30 marks)

SECTION A (22.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE

Example:

When will the magazine probably arrive?

A. Wednesday.??????????? B. Thursday.????????????? C. Friday. The answer is B.

Conversation 1

1. What is the possible relationship between the man and the woman?

A. Doctor and nurse. B. Waiter and customer. C. Host and cleaner.

2. How often is the woman coming?

A. Every Friday. B. Every Saturday. C. Every three hours.

Conversation 2

3. What are they talking about?

A. An Internet program B. A TV program. C. A radio program.

4. How does the woman find the program?

A. She doesn’t care about it. B. She shows great interest in it. C. She feels it’s just so-so.

Conversation 3

5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. At home.

6. What will the man do?

A. Make a call to Room Service. B. Go to a restaurant. C. Go out and buy something to eat.

Conversation 4

7. What is the man doing now?

A. Renting a flat. B. Holding a party. C. Changing furniture.

8. What does the man do?

A. A manager B. A writer C. A student

9. What will the man most probably do after the conversation?

A. Help the woman to move house.

B. Go back to call his schoolmates in.

C. Sign an agreement with the woman.

Conversation 5

10. What is the woman planning to do?

A. Move to a warmer area. B. Study at another school. C. Start a new programme at State College.

11. How long has the woman been studying at State College?

A. Since the mid-spring. B. Since the summer. C. For a year and a half.

12. What is West University famous for?

A. Professors. B. Commercial art. C. students’ good grades.

Conversation 6

13. Who worked at the boys’ camp last summer?

A. Steve. B. Steve’s sister. C. Wendy.

14. Why does the woman want to get a job at the hotel?

A. One of her friends worked there la st summer.

B. She can make good money there.

C. She likes making beds and cleaning bathrooms.

15. What kind of jobs is the man interested in now?

A. A job connected with his studies. B. Working indoors. C. Cutting grass.

SECTION B (7.5marks)

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 TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

SECTION A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21._______, you should keep positive and be optimistic.

A. No matter you have what difficulty B. No matter what difficulty you have

C.Whatever you have difficulty D. Whichever difficulty you have

22. All these years, he _________ on his novel which will be published next year.

???? A. focused B. had been focusing C. has been focusing D. was focusing

23. —Have you heard about the new school?

—No, when and where to build the new one

A. is not decided B. aren’t decided

C. has not decided D. haven’t been decided

24. Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to _______ a good researcher.

A. make B. turn C. get D. grow

25. I just wonder __________ that makes him so excited.

A. why it does B. what he does C. how it is D. what it is

26 —Is the manager available tomorrow afternoon?

—No, he is busy. Otherwise he ________ the meeting.

A. had attended B. would have attended C. would attend D. could have attended

27.We _____ three figures moving in the distance..

A. gave out B. let out C. put out D. made out

28. He spent at least as much time reading as you______ online yesterday.

A. had to chat B. do chatting C. had chatted D. did chatting

29.________ for the bus for thirty minutes, he lost his patience and felt very anxious.

A. Having waited B. Having been waited C. Waited D. To wait

30. In class, fewer of the students who are not _________ their studies sometimes _________ the

dying robots, not listening attentively.

A. accustomed to; functions as B. addicted to; function as

C. skeptical about; are functioned as D. accurate in; function

31. _________ good, the fried chicken was soon sold out.

A. Tasted B. Being tasted C. Tasting D. Having tasted

32. No sooner _________ asleep than she heard a knock at the door.

A. she had fallen B. she fall C. had she fallen D. did she fall

33. _________ made all of them much disappointed.

A. Not her being back B. Her not coming back

C. Her not to come back D. Not her returning.

34 The way ______ he used in dealing with the problem can be advocated among students.

. A. in which B. which C. in that D. in what

35. The birds that will spend the whole winter here have been digging holes in the snow _______ from the cold weather.

A. to shelter B. sheltered C. having sheltered D. sheltering

SECTION B

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. (18 marks)

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years. I couldn't believe the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn't even seem like the 36? person.

When I first knew Bill, back in ?37 , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had ever met. He was always ready to have a party. He thought 38 of going went out for beer at three o'clock in the morning or drove 50 miles to see an old ?39 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and life was never dull when he was ?40? . With him there was one wild .adventure after another. Sometimes I wonder how we managed to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. ? 41? , I wasn't even ? 42? it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn't really sure until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He talked?most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the ? 43 thing Bill cared about was possessions(财产). Now they seemed to be his main ? 44? . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never imagine Bill changing so much. My image of him ? 45? the one I had formed at the time when we were college students together.????

I suppose it's foolish to expect people to remain the same, especially ? 46 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than

the new Bill. Maybe he ? 47 the same way about me.

36. A. proper?? ?? ?? B. same??? ? ? C. usual?? ???? ?? D. right

37. A. childhood?? ??B. the army?? ?? ??C. his thirties? ?????????? D. college

38. A. nothing?? ?? B. most? ?????? ? ?C. much????? ???????????????? D. none

39. A. man????? ?? B. hospital??????? ?C. movie?? ???????????????? D. country

40. A .in??? ????? B. out?? ??????????? C. away?????? ?? ?????D. around

41. A. First of all????? B. At first?????? C. Now and then? ????????D. All the time

42. A. glad??? ?????? B. excited??? ??? ??C. surprised?? ???????????? D. sure

43. A .first??? ??? B. last?? ??????????? C. next?????? ???????????????? ?D. only

44. A. interest?? ??? B. event?? ???? ????C. subject????? ????? ???? ?D. problem

45. A. remained?? ?????B. reminded? ? ??C. suggested????????? D. became

46. A. because?? B .that?? ??????????C. when????? ?????????????? ?D. how

47. A. felt??????? ?? B. acted ???????? ???C. looked? ???????????? ????? D. discoveredSection C (12 points)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context.

The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film. It’s 48 warm and wonderful movie that has “timeless” effect. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, the film is 49 a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent(女修道院) to become a teacher to the seven children of a captain. Maria is a sweet young woman 50 love of freedom makes 51 obvious to her superiors(上司) that she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be the teacher to Captain Georg Von Trapp’ s seven troublesome children. 52 she arrives at his home, Maria discovers that Captain Georg Von Trapp keeps it in strict shipshape order, uses a whistle to arrange his children, issues orders, and dresses his children in sailor-suit uniforms. 53 at first the seven children are not friendly to her, Maria becomes friends with the children due to their love of music. She teaches 54 how to sing and allows them to play.

Soon, even the strict Captain begins to admire Maria. At last, the Captain and Maria fall in love 55 get married. Unfortunately, when the Nazis(纳粹) invade their homeland, Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the Alps(阿尔卑斯) to escape.

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION （30 marks）

Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements .For each of them there are four choices marked A, B,C, an