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第I卷(选择题，共100分)

一、听力测试 (本题有2节，共20分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where's Mr. Green's room?

A. The next door.       B. Two doors away.      C. On the next floor.

2. When does the conversation take place?

A. At 4:30             B. At 5:00             C. At 5:30

3. Where does the man think they stopped?

A. At Lake City         B. At Centervill        C. At the center of the city.

4. What will the weather be like this afternoon?

A. Sunny.              B. Rainy.             C. Windy.

5. What is the woman going to do this Saturday evening?

A. Go to London.        B. Attend a friend's party.  C. Hold a party

第二节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. When did the woman's factory start to be in this business?

A. In 1928.             B. In 1982.              C. In 1988.

7. What will the woman give the man?

A. Her new designs.

B. Some technical materials.

C. Something about the factory's products.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. When will the English Evening begin?

A. At 17:30 on Friday.    B. At 18:30 on Friday.    C. At 19:30 on Friday.

9. Where will the English Evening be held?

A. In the department hall.  B. In the dining hall.    C. In the library.

10. Who will attend the party?

A. Some students in the department.

B. Some teachers in the department.

C. All the students of the department.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11. What does the man like to see?

A. A Western film.        B. A horror film.        C. A comedy.

12. Why can't the man go to see the film tonight?

A. He will go to night school.

B. He will go to Wushu classes.

C. He doesn't want to see the film.

13. When will the speakers go to the cinema probably?

A. In a day.            B. In two days.         C. In three days.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14. Why does the woman refuse the man's invitation?

A. Her waist hurts.       B. She has a legache.     C. She has a stomachache.

15. How did the man know his friend Joe?

A. They are classmates.   B. They are teammates.   C. They are neighbors.

16. What's the woman's hobby?

A. Collecting stamps.     B. Playing basketball.     C. Dancing.

17. What does the man do in his spare time?

A. Reading and dancing.

B. Listening to the music and dancing.

C. Reading and listening to the music.

听下面一段对话，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. What do we know about most pop groups?

A. They disappear during the night.

B. They lead an interesting life.

C. They fail to reach the top.

19. Why is the manager of the groups well paid?

A. He is important to them.

B. He designs images for them.

C. He carries instruments for them.

20. How do pop groups spend much of the money they earn?

A. Buying the things they need.

B. Traveling over the world.

C. Entertainment.

二、单项选择(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

21. Have you heard ________ news? The price of _______ petrol is going up again!

A. the; the     B. 不填; the       C. the; 不填       D. 不填; 不填

22. Young men should learn to behave _______, especially on formal occasions.

A. aggressively   B. desperately   C. automatically    D. appropriately

23. Barack Obama has taken personal blame _______ the security failures which led ______ the

attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.

A. of ; to    B. for; to    C. on; on    D.  in; on

24. Every evening after dinner, if not ____ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog.

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

25. Some experts demanded strongly that school children ________ enough time for sleep.

A. give        B. should give     C. would be given    D. be given

26. I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise I ______you waiting for such a long time.

A. had not kept    B. will not keep     C. would not have kept     D. have not kept

27. The man became ________ playing online games and as a result, he lost his job.

A. accustomed to     B. addicted to    C. used to     D. adapted to

28. In Britain today women ______ 44% of the workforce and nearly half the mothers with children are

in paid work.

A. build up      B. give up     C. make up      D. stay up

29. This is a novel, but _________, it can be looked _________ a biography.

A. in other words, for           B. on the other hand, as

C. for one thing, of             D. as a matter of fact, on

30. Employees who have worked here for many years will be given ______ over new comers.

A. prejudice   B. preference    C. promise     D. performance

31. The special kind of dog can run surprisingly quickly _______ its awkward and lazy pace.

A. in search of   B. in case of    C. in spite of    D. in need of

32. It's no use _______ it without your parents' permission.

A. do    B. doing   C.  to do   D. did

33. Though many of the heavy smokers have realized the serious effect that smoking has ______

their health, they continue to smoke instead of ______.

A. for; giving it up     B. on; leaving    C. to; abandoning       D. on; quitting

34. At last they climbed up the mountain, on the top of which _____ an old temple.

A. is lying     B. lying    C. does lie      D. lies

35. ---How did you like Nick's performance last night?

--- To be honest, his singing didn't _________ me much.

A. appeal to    B. belong to   C. refer to   D.  occur to

36. The observer's statement about the accident was very _____, we know everything about it now.

A. specific    B. especial    C. particular      D. special

37. I dislike _______ when I am left alone to start a conversation with a stranger.

A.  that       B.  this      C.  it      D.  one