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Ⅰ.听力(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. Where are the two speakers?

A. At home.           B. In the kitchen.              C. In the restaurant.

2. What is the woman probably going to do?

A. Go to the beach with the man.         B. Study with the man.

C. Study at the beach.

3. What time did the match start?

A. 5:45.           B. 6:15.             C. 4:45.

4. Why was the man going to be late?

A. He’s not feeling well.     B. His car broke down.     C. He couldn’t find the place.

5. What is the man doing?

A. Drawing a map.        B. Writing an address.       C. Giving directions.

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。听每段对话或独白前，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，回答第6至第8题。

6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Friends.          B. Brother and sister.        C. Mother and son.

7. What time did the boy get up this morning?

A. At 7:00.          B. At 8:45.          C. At 9:00.

8. What did the boy do from 1:00 to 3:00?

A. He studied for his exams.    B. He played baseball.    C. He played basketball.

听第7段材料，回答第9至第11题。

9. What size jacket does the woman want to buy?

A. Size 8.              B. Size 10.             C. Size 6.

10. What color of the jacket does the woman want to buy?

A. Red.               B. Yellow.            C. Pink.

11. What does the woman think of the price?

A. Expensive.          B. Reasonable.           C. Cheap.

听第8段材料，回答第12至第14题。

12. What happened to the man?

A. He lost his car keys.          B. He locked his car in his garage.

C. He locked his keys in his car.

13. Where is the man going?

A. To the cinema.         B. To the post office.          C. To the airport.

14. How did the woman help him?

A. She lent him her car.              B. She drove him home for spare keys.

C. She drove him to the airport.

听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。

15. What is Mary going to do?

A. Help her father at the store.       B. Go with Peter.

C. Visit John’s parents.

16. What is Peter going to do?

A. Stay in the city.        B. Visit his parents.         C. Go camping.

17. What time of the year is it?

A. Spring.               B. Summer.               C. Autumn.

听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。

18. How many films are shown at Cinerama this week?

A. One.                 B. Two.                  C. Three.

19. What day has the most show times for Good bye My Love?

A. Saturday             B. Sunday.                C. Friday.

20. What is the ticket price for children?

A. $ 2.00.               B. $ 2.5.                  C. $ 5.00.

Ⅱ.单项填空(15分)

21. It was _______ was advertised on TV that made many customers buy the computer which was not so perfect as the ad said.

A. that        B. which          C. what          D. it

22. The President said to the public, “________ hoped that people in the area will recover from the terrible earth quake soon.”

A. This is            B. There is         C. That is          D. It is

23. His words puzzled me so much that I had a hard time trying to ____ what he really meant.

A. make out         B. make of          C. make up          D. make for

24. She is the only one of those women archaeologists who ________ chosen to go to Loulan.

A. has           B. has been          C. have been        D. had been

25. The boy asked his parents to buy him a pair of binoculars __________ which to watch football games.

A. in           B. through          C. from          D. on

26. The manager and his assistants discussed the plan that they would like to see __________ the next year.

A. carry out        B. carry on           C. carried out        D. carried off

27. The little girl _______ reading her favourite book alone under the tree, while the rest _________ talking excitedly about their trip.

A. was, was         B. was, were        C. were, was        D. were, were

28. The global warming is going to be a big problem and many people are wondering ________ we can do with it.

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

29. ---Are all the titles of the articles _______ in the contents?

---Yes, ________ this one.

A. listed, including          B. listed, included

C. listing, including         D. listing, included

30. I made a suggestion to the headmaster _________ one of the young teachers _______ to Australia for further education.

A. that, is sent       B. which, sent        C. that, be sent        D. what, will go

31. ______ we’ll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather.

A. Whether         B. If           C. Where         D. That

32. The refugees(难民) ran in all directions to avoid _______.

A. getting bombing          B. getting bombed

C. to be bombing            D. to be bombed

33. Too much drinking and smoking ________ his early death. Which of the following keys is wrong?

A. resulted in        B. led to         C. contributed to         D. brought with

34. It was only when I reread his poems recently _______ I began to appreciate their beauty.

A. until           B. when          C. that          D. after

35. Anyone in the company should be aware ______ his duty and try his best to make contributions.

A. about            B. of             C. with        D. for

Ⅲ.完形填空(20分)

Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is  36  .

What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano in the world which was  37  from its eruption right up  38  the present day. On February 20th, 1943, a peasant and his wife set  39  to work in their own fields in the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were  40  to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noise  41  in the earth and a small hole  42  in their fields. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were  43  high in the air. The peasants ran from the fields and turned to watch. They saw the  44  of a volcano.

Large quantities of stones and lava  45  out and a little hill began to  46 . By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot  47  were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava  48  up the countryside. The trees near the village were  49  and the villagers had to leave their houses.  50  the village was destroyed, its  51  was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City,  52  to the east. Many people came to watch the  53 . The volcano grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of  54  were destroyed. The Paracutin had gone to sleep  55 .

36.A. asleep        B. active    C. silent    D. terrible

37.A. changed    B. raised    C. seen     D. grown

38.A. on     B. to     C. from     D. by

39.A. about     B. on      C. up     D. out

40.A. frightened    B. surprised    C. worried    D. disappointed

41.A. deep     B. nearby   C. outside    D. from far

42.A. erupted    B. appeared    C. remained    D. rose

43.A. thrown    B. drawn    C. pushed    D. flown

44.A. access    B. shape    C. birth    D. crash

45.A. wiped     B. broke    C. made     D. stood

46.A. rise     B. fall     C. form    D. spread

47.A. mud     B. ashes    C. virus    D. powders

48.A. called     B. added    C. filled    D. lit

49.A. cut     B. killed    C. lacked    D. buried

50.A. Before    B. Since    C. When    D. If

51.A. name     B. place    C. address    D. spot

52.A. away     B. far     C. off     D. back

53.A. nature     B. wonder    C. scene    D. sign

54.A. forest     B. houses    C. land     D. villages

55.A. from now on   B. by now    C. just now    D. until now