| 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. In a shop. B. In a hospital. C. At home. |
| 2. Why does the man refuse the woman? |
| A. Because he doesn't have a car. B. Because he'll be using his car. C. Because the woman can't drive well. |
| 3. Where is the man's bike now? |
| A. Under the stairs. B. At the gate. C. In the garden. |
| 4. What does the woman mean? |
| A. They don't have to go to the concert. B. They'll have to rent a car as early as possible. C. The subway is fine with her. |
| 5. How does the man prefer to go to work? |
| A. By train. B. By car. C. By bus. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1至3题。 |
| 1. What is the woman thinking about? |
| A. Getting more money. B. Doing better in her job. C. Changing her job. |
| 2. How does the woman like her present job? |
| A. It is difficult. B. It is interesting. C. It is highly-paid. |
| 3. When does the woman have to decide? |
| A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. The day after tomorrow. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1至3题。 |
| 1. Why is the man going to the States? |
| A. To visit places of interest. B. To visit his friends. C. To attend a conference. |
| 2. How long will the conference last? |
| A. One month. B. A fortnight. C. Two days. |
| 3. What is the man? |
| A. A scientist. B. A writer. C. A traveller. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1至3题。 |
| 1. When does the conversation probably take place? |
| A. In the evening. B. At night. C. In the morning. |
| 2. What does Bill like to drink? |
| A. White coffee and orange juice. B. Black coffee and orange juice. C. Black coffee with orange juice. |
| 3. What can Bill help the woman to do? |
| A. Take some bread out. B. Cook the eggs. C. Make the coffee. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1至3题。 |
| 1. What did George's sister do yesterday? |
| A. She looked after her baby. B. She stayed at home all day. C. She did some shopping. |
| 2. What did the woman want to invite George to do yesterday? |
| A. To a concert with her. B. To go on a holiday with her. C. To have dinner at her house. |
| 3. Where did George see Mary? |
| A. At the office. B. At the concert. C. In his sister's home. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1至3题。 |
| 1. Who gave the news on the hour? |
| A. The Mayor. B. Ed Wilson. C. Jan Singer. |
| 2. What do you know from the news in Miami? |
| A. A peaceful way will soon be found. B. The teachers' strike will last long. C. Students haven't been to school for two weeks. |
| 3. What does the news about health tell you? |
| A. No one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day. B. The more coffee men drink, the more chance they'll get to have heart disease. C. Women's heart disease has something to do with their drinking coffee. |
| I like to live in a room _____ window faces to the south. |
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A. which B. whose C. that D. where |
| — Can we meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon? — That doesn't suit me. I'm afraid I _____. |
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| A. will be working B. will work C. am going to work D. am about to work |
| We have no idea at all ______ the economic crisis will end. |
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| A. when B. that when C. what D. that |
| — Is there any flight to New York? — I think there ______ be, for it is snowing so heavily. |
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| A. shouldn't B. mustn't C. can't D. needn't |
| The student who was caught ______ in the exam has been removed from school. |
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| A. cheat B. cheated C. cheating D. to cheat |
| They got married 30 years ago and never ______ in the past years. |
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A. they didn't quarrel B. they have quarreled C. did they quarrel D. have they quarreled |
| How can you expect him to make any progress _____ you never give him a chance to have a try? |
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A. when B. unless C. even though D. until |
| It is suggested that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made. |
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| A. is not started B. won't be started C. isn't to be started D. not be started |
| — Let's make it next Monday or Tuesday if it's convenient for you. — _____ day is OK. I'm free all the time. |
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| A. Some B. Both C. Either D. Neither |
| They are shocked to find that in this town the traffic rules are not strictly _____. |
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| A. noticed B. recommended C. observed D. concerned |
| I tried to telephone you, but I couldn't _____. |
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| A. look through B. go through C. see through D. get through |
| ______ have the radio repaired, he'd like to buy a new one. |
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| A. More than B. Rather than C. Instead of D. Other than |
| August 8, 2008 is a special day, _____, I believe, that will be remembered by all the Chinese forever. |
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| A. when B. which C. one D. the one |
| If you keep working like this, you health will ______ under the pressure of work. |
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| A. break up B. break down C. break in D. break out |
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— I have some good news for you. You've been accepted as a member of our club. — ______ That's great! |
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A. Good idea! B. Pardon? C. Congratulations! D. Have I? |
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| Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming. Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would 1 him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it 2 . But Henry proved a 3 . He hated farm work and did everything he could to 4 it. It was not that he was lazy. 5 from it! Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools, 6 he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks, 7 upset him. Henry was excited by the development in technology that could 8 farmers like his father from wasteful and 9 labor. But these developments, in Henry's boyhood, had touched farming 10 at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done. So Henry 11 his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became 12 in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom. In 1876, Henry suffered a serious 13 . His mother died in childbirth. 14 was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he 15 to get away as soon as he could. Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit. 16 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry's fascination. Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen. A chance meeting with an old co-worker 7 a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company. When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life. Henry learned 18 a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested. 19 the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years 20 they succeeded in building a working car. Henry called it "Quadricycle." (四轮驱动脚踏车) | ||||
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| 阅读理解。 |
| You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation: "I can't believe it-a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome." They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes. Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it. Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation-consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads. So advertising agencies hire young actors to "perform" in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive (骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. "Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing." However, one might ask what exactly is "real" about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance. |
| 1. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could _____. |
| A. get the sweater at a lower price B. be heard by people around C. be admired by other shoppers D. decide on buying the sweater |
| 2. Lorenzo Bertolla is _____. |
| A. a very popular male singer B. an advertising agency C. a clothing company in Rome D. the brand name of a sweater |
| 3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? |
| A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company. B. The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads. C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct. D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government. |
| 4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? |
| A. Two Attractive Shoppers B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters C. Ways of Advertising D. Undercover Marketing |
| 阅读理解。 |
| "I sat-in at a restaurant for six months, and when they finally agreed to serve me, they didn't have what I wanted"-so went a famous line. In reality, the sit-in movement was not a joke. It began in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 4:30 P. M., on the afternoon of February 1, 1960. On that day, Ezell Blair Jr., Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, and Franklin McClain entered an F. W. Woolworth store. They sat down at a segregated (隔离的) lunch counter, ordered coffee, and then refused to leave when told, "We don't serve Negroes." The four young men had expected not to be served. What no one had expected, however, was that they would sit there and politely, but firmly, refuse to leave. This was 1960, and throughout the South black people were not allowed to sit at the same lunch counters with whites, swim at the same beaches, use the same water fountains, or worship at the same churches. Segregation was the law, and it meant separation of the races in every way. The next day, the four returned to Woolworth's-this time accompanied by sixteen other students. Again they sat at the lunch counter and requested service. Again they were refused. And again, they declined to leave. On Wednesday, February 3, seventy students filled the Woolworth's store. This time, the group included white students as well as black. Many brought school books and studied while they waited. By this time, their protest had become known nationwide as a "sit-in". On Thursday, there was trouble. An angry group of white teenagers began shoving (推搡) and cursing them but were quickly removed by the police. By February 10, the sit-in movement had spread to five other states. By September 1961, more than 70,000 people, both black and white, had participated in sit-ins at segregated restaurants and lunch counters, kneel-ins at segregated churches, read-ins at segregated libraries, and swim-ins at segregated pools and beaches. Over 3,600 people had been arrested, and more than 100 students had been driven away. But they were getting results. On June 10, 1964, the U. S Senate passed a major civil rights bill outlawing (宣布为非法) racial discrimination in all public places. President Lyndon Johnson signed it on July 2, and it became law. But the highest credit still goes to the four brave students from North Carolina who first sat-in and waited it out. |
| 1. In this passage, "sit-in" refers to _____. |
| A. an activity where people sit together and drink coffee freely B. a bill which outlaws racial discrimination in all public places C. a form in which people peacefully sit and decline to leave D. a polite behavior that everyone enjoys |
| 2. Which statement can be concluded from the fifth paragraph in the passage? |
| A. The sit-in movement was not successful. B. The sit-in movement had a positive result. C. Only black people participated in sit-ins. D. A lot of protesters were arrested, with some students driven away from school. |
| 3. What was the purpose of the civil rights bill passed in 1964? |
| A. The highest credit went to the four brave students. B. It declared that segregation was a law. C. The students were allowed to participate in sit-ins. D. It made racial segregation against the law in all public places. |
| 4. What is the passage mainly about? |
| A. Segregation was the law in the South. B. The first sit-in was in 1960. C. The sit-ins helped to end segregation. D. The civil rights bill was passed in 1964 by the U. S. Senate. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Sometimes we cry because we are sad and sometimes because we are extremely happy. An irritant (刺激 物),such as onion (洋葱) smell or grains of sand in the eye,can also make cry. In this case tears perform an obvious role in getting rid of substances that might harm the surface of the eye. Dr. William Frey of the Dry Eye and Tear Research Center at St. Paul in Minnesota,USA,believes that tears from emotional causes may perform a similar role. He thinks that crying could get rid of emotional stress by washing away a chemical in the blood caused by strong emotions. To prove his theory, he hopes first to identify this chemical and then see if it is found in tears of sadness or happiness. So far, Dr. Frey has failed to find out the difference between emotional tears and tears caused by an irritant in the eye. This may be because these substances themselves cause a degree of stress and emotion. What he has identified in all tears is a variety of biochemicals (生化物) which are one of the causes of stress. A more detailed study may help us understand why sufferers from stress-related disorders cry less often than healthy people. Dr. Frey is also very interested to see if there are any physiological (生理学的) explanations for why women, in general, cry five times more often than men,on average. |
| 1. The main purpose of Dr. Frey's study of tears is to _____. |
| A. show that there are two types of tears,caused by irritants and by emotions B. find out the cause of stress-related problems and emotional disorders C. explain why women cry more often than men D. prove that tears can remove a chemical in the blood caused by strong emotions |
| 2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? |
| A. Tears fail to help get rid of emotional stress. B. Irritants in the eye result in tears without causing stress and emotion. C. Healthy people cry more often than those with stress-related problems. D. The biochemical identified by Dr. Frey has nothing to do with stress. |
| 3. We can learn from the passage that _____. |
| A. crying does us more harm than good B. inner feelings don't affect our bodies C. sorrow may cause some chemicals in our blood D. emotional tears are different from tears caused by irritants in the eye |
| 4. Dr. Frey believes that tears from emotional causes may play a role in getting rid of _____. |
| A. emotional stress by washing away a chemical in the blood B. onion smell or grains of sand C. sufferings from irritants D. substances that might not harm the surface of the eye |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Editors/Designers Wanted China Daily, a national English newspaper, is looking for English-language senior editors/ designers. Senior Business Editor You must: assist the Business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them; be an excellent team person who can come up with ideas and think creatively, be able to rewrite totally if needed and advise junior workers; be working or have worked in a leading position and understand what leadership means; have had at least five years' business editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Business Copy-editor You must: work on shifts (轮班) in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; edit or rewrite copy and give brief headlines and captions (说明文字); have had at least two years' editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Copy-editor You must: be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing brief headlines and captions; be able to work on shifts for different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; have two years of editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Senior Graphic Designer You must: have excellent skills in information graphics; be good with illustrations (插图) and freehand drawings; be experienced in newspaper or magazine designs; have a good sense of typography (排版); have good news judgment. Once hired, you will be offered a competitive salary package, free housing with furniture paid for, 90 percent medical reimbursement (补偿), seven days of paid leave, 11 public holidays and a return ticket to your native land. |
| 1. If you are employed by the China Daily newspaper group, you can _____. |
| A. have eleven days of paid leave B. enjoy free medical service in China C. stay in any hotel without paying for it D. get a return ticket to your home country |
| 2. To be a _____ you have to have at least five years' editing experience. |
| A. Business Copy-editor B. Senior business Editor C. Copy-editor D. Senior Graphic Designer |
| 3. To be familiar with industry software is required in _____ of the jobs provided. |
| A. one B. two C. three D. four |
| 4. According to the advertisement, _____ is a must for all the four jobs. |
| A. a good knowledge of English B. two years' editing experience C. a good sense of typography D. working on shifts |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think. A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee (黑猩猩). In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn't see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words. In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before. The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination (排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive. Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种) known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months. It's hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return! |
| 1. From paragraph 2 we know that _____. |
| A. animals are as clever as human beings B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees C. chimpanzees have good word-learning skills D. dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children |
| 2. Both experiments show that _____. |
| A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right B. Rico can recognize different things including toys C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics D. Rico won't forget the names of objects once recognizing them |
| 3. Which of the following statements is true? |
| A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie's mental abilities. B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training. C. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects. D. Rico is born to understand its owner's commands. |
| 4. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph? |
| A. To train your dog. B. To talk to your dog. C. To be friendly to your dog. D. To be careful with your dog. |
| 短文改错。 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行做出判断： 如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正： 该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，也用斜线划掉； 该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词； 该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 | ||
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| 假设你是新华中学的学生李明，班里从外地转来一名同学张华，他一时无法融入新的班集体， 感到很苦恼 请根据下列要点给他写一封信： 1. 帮他分析原因 2. 给他提出建议 (至少两条) 3. 陈述你帮助他的具体打算 注意： 1. 词数：100左右； 2. 信的开头和结尾已给出； Dear Zhang Hua, ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Ming |