I.语言知识及应用（共三节，满分60分）

第一节 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

1. What we should be thinking about now is how to make up for the lost time, not who is _______.

A. blaming B. blamed C. to be blamed D. to blame

2. _______ with so much trouble, we failed to complete task on time.

A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face

3. This morning, I rushed to the library, only ________ that its door was still locked.

A. to be found B. to find C. finding D. found

4. _________many times, he finally understood it.

A. Told B. Telling C. Having been told D. Having told

5. Bill suggested ________ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.

A. having held B. to hold C. holding D. hold

6. The number of air crashes that _______ in developing countries _________ increasing.

A. happens; is B. happen; is C. happens; are D. happen; are

7. Modern teaching equipment as well as tens of computers _______ to the village school last week.

A. were sent B. was sent C. has sent D. had been sent

8. There is only one of the oldest customs that ________ in this district up to now.

A. was kept B. were kept C. has been kept D. have been kept

9. Two-thirds of the coins dug up on the island ________ from the year 275AD to 221BC.

A. dates B. date C. is dated D. are dated

10. ----I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening.

----I’ll sorry, but by then my performance _______ and I _________ reporters in the meeting room.

A. will end; will meet B. will have ended; will be meeting

C. will be ended; am going to meet D. is to end; will meet

11. Your new product ________ better if it is advertised on TV.

A. sells B. sold C. will sell D. would sell

12. ---- Did you know any German before you got to Berlin?

---- Not a single word _________.

A. have I learned B. had I learned C. I’ve learned D. I had learned

13. We ________ the bridge for over two years and it will be half a year before it’s completed.

A. are building B. have built C. have been built D. have been building

14. We _______ the difficulty together, but why didn’t you tell me?

A. should face B. might face C. could have faced D. must have faced

15. I must say your food is excellent but your service really needs __________.

A. to improve B. improved C. being improved D. improving

第二节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldn’t say I didn’t like something, whatever it might be, until after I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to 16 how much of my success I owe to my 17 of those words as one of my values. My 18 job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I 19 what I want to do as a career. 20 I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took 21 that much. I couldn’t have been more 22 . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity to move up through the company into different 23 . I accepted each new opportunity with the thought, “Well, I’ll try it; if I don’t like it I can always go back to my 24 position. ” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and I’ve 25 every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I 26 a large number of different talents and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being open to trying new opportunities. I’ve also discovered that if I 27 what I’m doing and work hard at achieving my 28 . I will succeed. That’s why I’m so 29 to be a part of CareerFables. com. I think 30 has come and I am determined to make it a success.

16. A. consider B. argue C. include D. realize

17. A. suggestion B. explanation C. acceptance D. discussion

18. A. hard B. best C. extra D. first

19. A. determined B. examined C. experienced D. introduced

20. A. Actually B. Gradually C. Finally D. Usually

21. A. helped B. required C. expressed D. mattered

22. A. careful B. mistaken C. interested D. prepared

23. A. situations B. choices C. directions D. positions

24. A. easier B. newer C. earlier D. higher

25. A. permitted B. counted C. organized D. enjoyed

26. A. show B. possess C. need D. gather

27. A. think of B. give away C. believe in D. turn into

28. A. business B. goal C. fortune D. growth

29. A. excited B. curious C. surprised D. helpful

30. A. dream B. time C. power D. honor

第二节 语法填空（共10题，每小题1.5分， 满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40 的相应位置上。

If the population of the Earth keeps on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources (31)________(leave) to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we (32)_________（use）up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on the earth will make (33) ______ necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But (34)______ of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution (35)______ the problem, (36)_________, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes (37)_______ before the Earth’s resources are (38)_________(complete) exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and therefore create a new world almost as large as the Earth (39)__________. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth. (40)_________, there is only a tiny amount of water there.

II．阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；第小题2分；满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

CHICAGO ---- For working parents and heavily scheduled school kids, family mealtime is out of fashion. But supermarkets are trying to attract families back to the dinner table.

There is a cost if family members have meals apart: research shows that teenagers who don’t eat with their parents face a greater risk of drug and alcohol problems.

“The more often kids have dinner with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs,” said Joseph Califano Jr., head of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, which did the research.

Stores are familiar with the idea and will start telling shoppers about the findings and encouraging them to share meals together at home, instead of separately or at restaurants.

The food marketing Institute will give $25,000 to the center and help stores promote the center’s Family Day in September.

Many stores have grab-and-go dinners and recipe cards. Some have kiosks where people can taste a main dish, then pick out side dishes.

“Our members have worked hard to try to have easily prepared food either ready to eat or ready to take home,” said Tim Hammonds, the institute’s president and chief executive.

Los Angeles-based Contessa Premium Foods makes frozen delicious meals, which a family can heat in 10 minutes to 12 minutes. “That’s nearly as fast as a TV dinner,” said president and chief executive John Z. Blazevich, “but is healthier and makes people feel like they actually cooked.”

“The preparation is the hardest part, so we try to combine a variety of tastes and flavours from around the world and make it fast and easy,” he said.

“Eating at home helps keep meals healthy and teaches kids how to eat right. If we can get people back to having family dinners, parents back to being engaged with their kids, it will have a surprising impact,” he said.

41. The reasons why family mealtime is out of fashion are the following EXCEPT __________.

A. the parents are busy with work

B. the children have a little spare time

C. the children are not fond of family meal

D. it will take much time to cook and eat at home

42. The underlined word “cost” in paragraph 2 can be explained as ___________.

A. gains B. a sum of money C. advantage D. something you lose

43. According to the passage, stores are trying to attract families back to the dinner table by the following ways EXCEPT ________.

A. telling the parents the disadvantages of having dinner separately.

B. offering various prepared food to make family cooking fast and easy.

C. taking part in Family Day activities in September.

D. helping housewives prepare their meals at home.

44. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The efforts that are being made to get people back to having family dinners

B. The benefits of having family dinners together.

C. The changes in American family dinners.

D. A research done by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

45. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Family Mealtime is out of Fashion

B. Family Day is Promoted in September

C. Parents should Cook Meals for Kids

D. Supermarkets Urges Families to Dinner Table

B

The behaviour of a building’s users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions (排放）by 80 percent by 2050, part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016. But this report shows that sustainable building design on its own — though extremely important — is not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.

The study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency，which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.

‘Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything,’ explains Katy Janda, a UKERC senior researcher, ‘consumption patterns of building users ca