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一、 听力部分(略)

二、笔试部分(满分80分)

Ⅰ. 单项填空(每小题1分，满分15分)

21.—Li Ming and Wang Gang disagree with me.

—Never mind. No one can         anybody.

A. satisfy   B. cancel    C. promise   D. discuss

22. The boys tried          , but they failed. There was a fight between them.

A. to be angry  B. not to be angry  C. be angry   D. not be angry

23. We are all busy         the coming English exam.

A. to get ready  B. getting ready  C. to prepare for  D. preparing for

24. Jack has told us          .Would you like to tell us         ?

A. something interesting; anything else  B. something interesting; else anything

C. interesting something; anything else  D. interesting something; else anything

25. Get up early, ________ you’ll be late for school.

A. and   B. but    C. or    D. so

26. The park is home         many wild animals.

A. at    B. to     C. in     D. on

27. I like travelling by train,          it is not as fast as by plane.

A. until   B. unless    C. though    D. because

28. That’s an exciting story           the passage.

A. according to  B. look forward to  C. lead to    D. thanks to

29.          of the population here are workers.

A. 20 percents  B. 20 percent   C. The 20 percent  D. The 20 percents

30. A number of animals           killed and the number of them        getting  smaller and smaller.

A. has been; are  B. has been; is   C. have been; is  D. have been; are

31. What did you do            your guests?

A. welcome  B. welcoming   C. to welcome   D. welcomed

32. We advise parents____their children at home alone in order to keep them away from danger.

A. not leave        B. not to leave        C. leave               D. to leave

33. The driver offered             the three children to the train station.

A. drive   B. to drive   C. driving   D. drove

34. Try             yourself and have a good time at the party.

A. to    B. be    C. to be    D. to being

35. Tom always makes his sister            the room. But today he was made            the  room by his mother.

A. clean; clean  B. clean; to clean  C. to clean; clean  D. to clean; to clean

II.完形填空(每小题1分，满分15分)

Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a “problem child”, but a recent   36    with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems.    37  , after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became    38    more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she    39    work, and so she was often not at home.

His mother looked after him as    40    as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not    41    in studying and he often got into trouble. Luckily, his mother was very    42    and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she    43    a difficult decision: to send him to a boys’ boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.

One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to    44    with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his    45  , this phone call changed his life.“It was exactly    46    I needed,” he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was    47    me and would always take pride in everything good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that   48    my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.”

Now Martin has    49    changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change? His mother’s    50    helped him to feel good about himself.

36. A. conversation  B. report    C. survey    D. speech

37. A. So    B. But    C. Therefore   D. However

38. A. very   B. many    C. much    D. too

39. A. could   B. had to    C. should    D. would

40. A. soon   B. quickly   C. well    D. good

41. A. pleased   B. tired    C. bored    D. interested

42. A. worried   B. patient    C. careful    D. serious

43. A. made   B. took    C. got    D. thought

44. A. argue   B. say    C. discuss   D. talk

45. A. surprised  B. surprising   C. surprise   D. surprises

46. A. which   B. what    C. that    D. how

47. A. seeing   B. noticing   C. helping   D. watching

48. A. since   B. before    C. after    D. when

49. A. always   B. hardly    C. really    D. just

50. A. advice   B. love    C. idea     D. decision

Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每小题2分, 满分20分)

A

It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.