二、完形填空(10分)

Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks,   1   give your money back? Of course, it   2   happens quite like that. The only language   3   to learn is the mother language. And think   4   practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language  5  the literature(文学) of the country. Now most people want to   6   a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning it.

How do they do it? Some people try at home with books and tapes; others go to evening classes or watch TV programs.   7   they use the language only two or three times a week, learning it will  8  a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It’s much easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken. But most people are   9    to do this, and many people don’t have to do so. Machines and good books will be very   10  , but they cannot do the students’ work. Whether the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.

1. A. so    B. or    C. and

2. A. can’t    B. impossible  C. never

3. A. easily    B. difficult   C. easy

4. A. how much  B. how long  C. how many

5. A. studied   B. to study   C. studying

6. A. talk    B. tell    C. speak

7. A. If     B. When   C. Since

8. A. spend   B. use    C. take

9. A. able    B. unable   C. not possible

10. A. careful   B. forgetful  C. helpful

三、口语交际(10分)

情景七选五。请阅读下面对话, 根据其情景, 从方框内七个选项中选出能填入对话的五个选项。

A. That’s a good idea.

B. How do you study English?

C. You can even study in the bus on the way to school.

D. I’m having trouble in learning English.

E. Well, listening to the pop music is the best way.

F. Well, listening can help.

G. What’s the problem?

A: You looked worried, Peter.

B: I am, Mr Woods.   1

A: You said you learned English.   2

B: I can’t get the pronunciation right.

A:  3   Why don’t you borrow the teacher’s tapes? You can listen to them at home and repeat the sentences that are difficult for you.

B:   4   But what about all the new words? I forget a lot of new words.

A: You can write the new words in your notebook and study them at home.   5

B: That might really help! Thanks.

1.      2.      3.     4.      5.

四、阅读理解(10分)

Steve Paul Jobs(史蒂夫·保罗·乔布斯) was born in San Francisco in 1955. He spent his school life in California. After high school graduation in 1972, Jobs entered Reed College and only half a school year he left school to work. It was very hard to leave school and work at such a young age. In 1976 Jobs set up a company and sold Apple Ⅰ computers with his friends.

In the late 1970s, Jobs and his friends designed, developed, and sold Apple Ⅱ computers. These computers were one of the first personal computers for business use and they were soon very popular around the world. In 1985, Jobs left Apple and set up NeXT. He started to invent and develop computers for higher-education and business. He then returned to Apple and worked as CEO till 2006.

On October 5, 2011, Jobs died in California at the age of 56. He had suffered from(患) cancer for seven years. People around the world felt sad and they considered his death to be a loss to the world.

U. S. President Obama called Jobs a great leader and one of the greatest U. S. innovators(创新者). “He is brave enough to think differently. He believed he could change the world and he was talented enough to do it, ” said Obama.

1. Jobs was       years old when he set up the computer company.

A. 16     B. 21    C. 30

2. Why did people around the world like Apple Ⅱ computers?

A. Because they were very useful for education.

B. Because they were easy to use.

C. Because they were made for business use.

3. Why did people around the world feel sad about Jobs’ death?

A. Because he had done a lot for the world.

B. Because they would no longer have Apple computers.

C. Because he had suffered too much from his illness.

4. Obama called Jobs a great innovator because       .

A. he was talented

B. he was brave

C. he thought differently

5. What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A. Steve Jobs’ education.   B. Steve Jobs’ company.

C. Steve Jobs’ life.

五、任务型阅读(10分)

American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must select their courses and teachers first. While in China students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers.

Selecting is very important for your grades in America. So at the first term, don’t select too many courses, (1)or you’ll feel very nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.

There is another thing after you select the course and the teacher. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each copy is about $30~$50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. You must get enough ready before class. In class, discussing is very important. (2)老师鼓励你提出问题或展示你自己的观点。They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like. They don’t give you much homework to do. You can learn some knowledge and do exercises by yourself. So in American schools, you must do almost all things yourself.

1. In America, at the beginning of the term, what must students select?

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2. Why will many students give up choosing the teacher called “killer” by the last grade?

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3. How much is each copied textbook?

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