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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

1. Where did the woman go hiking last Sunday?

A. In the mountains.B. Along the river.C. On the beach.

2. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman has never gone hiking.

B. The woman enjoys hiking very much.

C. The woman wants to go hiking for a change.

Conversation 2

3. What is the purpose of the man¡¯s visit to the States?

A. To do business.B. To have a holiday.C. To go shopping.

4. What exhibition is on in the States?

A. Automobile exhibition.B. Machine exhibition.C. Computer exhibition.

Conversation 3

5. What is the man doing?

A. Being interviewed.B. Making a flash.C. Playing computer games.

6. What will happen after the conversation£¿

A. The woman will call the man.

B. The woman won¡¯t play with the man.

C. The woman won¡¯t get in touch with the man.

Conversation 4

7. What can we learn about the man?

A. He isn¡¯t a U.S. citizen.

B. He¡¯s lived in America for 5 years.

C. He thought everything in America went bad.

8. What does the woman say about living in America?

A. Young people dream of living there. B. No friends there.

C. It¡¯s hard to make money.

9. What¡¯s the man¡¯s feeling of living in America?

A. Lonely. B. Stressful. C. Happy.

Conversation 5

10. What music is Thomas listening to?

A. Hipª²hop.B. Jazz.C. Country music.

11. Why is Thomas listening to music again and again?

A. To prepare for a party.B. To disturb his mom.C. To relax himself.

12. What does Thomas¡¯ mother ask him to do?

A. Listen outside.B. Turn it down.C. Stop listening.

Conversation 6

13. What is the man looking for?

A. A bookstore. B. A pay phone. C. A shoe repair shop.

14. Where¡¯s one according to the woman?

A. On the left in the first street. B. Near the police station.

C. Three blocks on the right.

15. How does the woman seem to be?

A. In a hurry to leave. B. Curious about the man. C. Pleased to help the man.

Section B (7.5 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.

A Foreign Teacher Wanted

Reqirements

¡ùA native speaker of 16. .

¡ùWelcome the one who has 17 in teaching English as a second (foreign) language



Whom to teach

Teach Hong Kong students aged between18___.



Salary

around HK¡ç22,240 to HK¡ç43,010 19 .



Welfare

Baggage, 20 and a special allowance of HK¡ç16,859 per month are provided.





Part ¢ò Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

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

21.¡°Sarah probably sensed ____ I wasn¡¯t telling her the truth,¡± said Rebecca.

A. that B. if C. what D. when

22. When his mother came in, Andrew, a naught boy, pretended_____ with his brother in order to go out to play with his classmates.

A. quarrel B. quarrelling C. to quarrel D. to be quarrelling

23.Betty always felt that her neighbours ______ her when she watched TV in the sitting room.

A. were spying on B. are spying on C. will spy on D. had spied on

24.They couldn¡¯t help ____ when they saw my haircut.

A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh

25.The law requires that everyone ___ equally , regardless of race, sex or origin.

A. treats B. treated C. be treated D. is treated

26._____ that I scolded my best friends because of his not keeping his word.

A. So angry I was B. So angry was I C. So angry am I D. So I was angry

27.Our English teacher often tells us to be cheerful and ___ on the bright side.

A. looking B. looked C. look D. to look

28.The university ____ about 16 new boys and 20 girls in Hunan every year.

A. admits B. was admitting C. had admitted D. will admit

29.Laura felt very guilty ____ she made very cruel remarks about her English teacher.

A. because B. until C .before D. whatever

30.Most fat women _____ go on diets end up putting weight back on after a few years.

A. whom B. who C. which D. why

31.She _____ her husband for not seeing her mother before died , otherwise she would have lived with him.

A. must have forgiven B. may have forgiven C. must forgive D. may forgive

32.The widespread reluctance to help strangers ___ already ____ the focus of public debate in the last few years.

A. will, be B. was, being C. has, been D. had, been

33.This kind of trolleybuses ___ on show in Shanghai, but trolleybuses of this new kind ___ not popular with Chinese.

A. is, is B. are, are, C. are, is D. is. Are

34.¡ª____ to her at once, or you will regret all your life.

¡ª I will.

A. Apologize B. Apologized C. Apologizing D. Apologizes

35.I strongly _____ her remarking on my new dress and avoided her whenever possible.

A. dislike B. dislikes C. disliked D. to remark

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.

Little Tommy liked to play with knives.But he was told over and over again that they could 36 him. One day Tommy took one kitchen 37 out of the house. He looked around, finally deciding to cut down an apple tree. As he was cutting, the tree came to life, ¡°Ouch! Why are you cutting me? Didn¡¯t your mother teach you not to 38 knives?¡± Mr. Apple Tree asked, clearly upset.

Tommy 39 , ¡°I don¡¯t care what my mother says. I¡¯m old enough to do what I want to.¡± He 40 cutting. Mr. Apple Tree soon got 41 , picking up Tommy and carrying him into the orchard (¹ûÔ°). ¡°When you learn to behave, I¡¯ll take you back home£¬¡± Mr. Apple Tree 42 Tommy.

As the days went by, Tommy met Mrs. Peach Tree and Mrs. Pear Tree. He climbed on their limbs(Ö«), jumped off their 43 and had a really good time. Mr. Apple Tree told him never to 44 the orchard because there were bad trees in the forest not far away. But finally Tommy got bored and walked slowly into the forest.

Before he realized where he was, a huge oak tree (ÏðÊ÷) reached down to pick him up. The oak tree carried Tommy deep into the forest where all of the other bad trees kept him a prisoner. They hated the trees in the orchard. They¡¯d been trying to stop them from producing delicious fruit and now they had the 45 .

When Mr. Apple Tree found Tommy, he was told that only when he stopped producing fruit again could he save Tommy. Mr. Apple Tree 46 . He took Tommy out of the forest and 47 sent him home. Tommy never forgot Mr. Apple Tree and he never played with knives again.

36.A. love B. carry C. hurt D. tell

37.A. table B. book C.bowl D. knife

38.A. look at B.run after C, come across D. play with

39.A. answered B. did C. needed D. thought

40.A. stopped B. started C. continued D. allowed

41.A.better B. farther C. happier D.angrier

42.A. observed B. warned C. respected D. admired

43.A. goals B. ideas C. places D. branches

44.A. reach B. leave C. destroy D. disturb

45.A. step B. chance C. excuse D. effort

46.A. agreed B. refused C. tried D. decided

47.A. safely B. worriedly C. tiredly D. surprisedly

Section C

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths(Éñ»°¹ÊÊÂ). He has just bought a new house in the city, 48_____ ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners. 49._____ he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because 50._____ this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put up ¡°No Parking¡± signs outside his gate, but these have 51._____ had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of 52._____ ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him 53._____ it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners 54._____ stone. But none of 55._____ has turned to stone yet!

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

Suspended 2000 feet above the ground, a Georgia bride and groom were

literally floating on air on their big day as they married?on a hot air balloon. But it wasn't all plain sailing, as the pair had had to keep their unique choice of venue a secret until the last moment in case the flight was cancelled due to bad weather.

In the event, the only close friend to share the couple's magical moment was Leslie, a military priest?who performed the ceremony. Rather than sending their friends invitations to a wedding, the couple invited them to their house the following day to watch the?video?of the ceremony and celebrate their marriage.

Mrs. Stewart, a wedding photographer, came up with the idea after her new husband revealed he had planned to pop the question on a hot air balloon, but decided it was too expensive.

'In my line of work I had seen so many different weddings and I didn't want to copy anyone else's,' she says. 'I wanted to do something different.'

'I wanted to do something I had never seen before. Joey told me that he had thought about proposing to me on a hot air balloon, so then I came up with the idea of getting married in one. He thought it was an awesome idea.'

'We got a lot