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第I卷 (共85分)

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How soon will the man meet his wife?

A. In about 10 minutes.    B. In about 15 minutes.          C. In about 50 minutes.

2. What does the man suggest they do?

A. Come back for a later show.    B. Wait in a queue.       C. Come back in 5 minutes..

3. What is the woman?

A. A volunteer.                B. An earthquake expert.      C. A soldier.

4. What are the speakers are talking about?

A. A rainbow.                 B. Office work.           C. Colors.

5. What does the man think of those students?

A. He feels sorry for them.     B. He thinks it’s right to punish them.

C. He thinks those students should serve others.

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。每段对话后或独白后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Dinner.               B. TV programs.              C. Weather.

7. What will they do?

A. Watch a baseball game.     B. Have dinner outside.      C. Skate on a lake.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. When will the man attend the performance?

A. On Sunday evening.        B. On Friday evening.       C. On Thursday evening.

9. How Much does the man pay for the tickets?

A. $10.                    B. $20 .              C. $30.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers?

A. In Japan.               B. In Italy.            C. In France.

11. How do most visitors feel when looking at the tower?

A. They want to climb it to be a hero.               B. They are shocked by its height.

C. They are afraid that it might fall at any time.

12. What are the engineers’ plans to save the tower?

A. They want to make it straight.     B. They want to stop it from leaning any further.

C. They want to make a solid(坚固的) base for it.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who suggested the man rent(租用) a car?

A. His friend.                   B. His colleague.         C. His relative.

14. Why does the man want to rent a car?

A. To go to see his friends.         B. To visit the city.       C. To go shopping.

15. What is the rental fee(租赁费用) for a Santana?

A. 400 Yuan a day.              B. 300 Yuan a day.        C. 200 Yuan a day.

16. Which car does the man decide to rent?

A. A Xiali.                    B. A Jetta.               C. A Santana.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. In which country can you make a noise while drinking?

A. Mexico .                  B. Japan.                 C. Britain.

18. In which country should guests keep their hands on the table throughout a meal?

A. Britain.                   B. Mexico.               C. Arab countries.

19. What is considered rude in Arab countries according to the talk?

A. Eating with your left hand.     B. Lifting the bowl to your mouth.   C. Talking while having meals.

20. What advice does the speaker give?

A. Do as you do at home.     B. Read some books.    C. Follow the example of the people there.

第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

21.When the spaceship traveled above,________ new-looking earth appeared before us, _______ earth that we had never seen before.

A. a; the      B. the; an     C. /; the       D. a; an

22. Michael hasn't found a job yet since his graduation from college, because he has no_____ to whoever can give him a hand.

A. approval       B. access            C. approach          D. application

23. It was at the crossroads ________ I met one of my classmates _______ I had not seen for ages.

A. where, that    B. where, which   C. that, that   D. that, which

24. ——Linda hasn’t shown up yet?

——It’s strange. She ___________.

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

25. I don’t think your lecture _______ the audience, for they appeared quite puzzled.

A. got across to   B. got around to    C. got away from   D. got along with

26. All those _____ about the poor children should be _____.

A. concerned; thanked                B. are concerned; thanked

C. who are concerned; thanked for      D. are concerned; thanked for

27. Across the Yangtze River________ more than one bridge, the Nanjing Changjiang Bridge being the first one.

A. lay       B. lie        C. lies      D. laid

28. . __________ the man’s rude behavior cost him his job, he was still in high spirits.

A. As     B. Despite    C. Because    D. While

29. Pointing to the house on _______ roof grew lots of bush, the old man told me that was_________ I would stay.

A. its; what     B. whose; where      C. whose; what      D. its; where

30. We finally managed to make the customers ______ of the quality of the car.

A. to convince      B. convincing       C. convince       D. convinced

31. The car ran down the hill, and the driver____, according to the newspaper, to have been killed.

A. said          B. was saying         C. was said     D. had been said

32. When returning from work, ________.

A. John found a letter in the mailbox        B. a letter was found in the mailbox

C. a letter was lying in the mailbox         D. the mailbox had a letter in it

33. We should not sacrifice (牺牲) environmental protection to _________ economic growth.

A. concentrate     B. promote      C. purchase      D. contribute

34. Being a good listener is a kind of quality and that’s ________ it takes to keep friendship.

A. how       B. what      C. which      D. where

35. —— We have so much work to do.  ________ he doesn’t come?

——Don’t worry. With Mrs. Green to help us, we can do without him.

A. How about   B. Why not    C. What if    D. As if

第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

There was a very special teacher who made a big difference in my life.

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”, I asked a senior, “is Mrs. McNamara, my assigned 10th grade English teacher?” He just __36__ and mumbled (咕哝)something about my being in  __37__. Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern(方式) of __38__ that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading assignment for __39__. The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard __40__ to the homework reading. We were __41__ to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would __42__ the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called __43_ to stand in front of the class and to __44_ his/her essay. The class was expected to criticize (评论) that essay, __45_ the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.

The first time that I __46__ her read-write-criticize method, I had not bothered(费心) to do the homework and had __47__ something without knowing what it meant. Imagine the extreme __48__ I suffered, standing before my classmates, making a __49__ of myself. No one laughed at me; no one would be __50__ enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from __51__ and along with it came a strong __52__ not to let it happen again.

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in folders(文件夹); it was easy to see the __53__ in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner change that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara __54__ me to do was to see myself as others see me. Having done that, I could improve me. And I__55__ . Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.

36. A. nodded        B. laughed       C. apologized       D. shouted

37. A. trouble        B. sorrow        C. danger          D. anger

38. A. idea          B. feelings        C. activity         D. thought

39. A. review        B. performance    C. practice         D. homework

40. A. added         B. related        C. contributed       D. compared

41. A. expected       B. persuaded     C. allowed          D. advised

42. A. collect        B. return        C. send             D. receive

43. A. on purpose     B. at first       C. by chance         D. in turn

44. A. talk through    B. hand over     C. read out          D. show off

45. A. so            B. and          C. but              D. or

46. A. tried          B. adopted       C. examined        D. experienced

47. A. written        B. attempted     C. said             D. drawn

48. A. excitement     B. pleasure      C. delight           D. embarrassment

49. A. joke          B. fool          C. trick            D. contribution

50. A. brave         B. careless       C. proud           D. selfish

51. A. above         B. within        C. behind          D. below

52. A. significance    B. power        C. determination     D. sense

53. A. improvements  B. pains         C. difficulties        D. advantages

54. A. trusted        B. invited        C. forced           D. permitted

55. A. did           B. could         C. had             D. would