| 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. What time is it? |
| A. 8. B. 9. C. 10. |
| 2. What is Peter going to do this afternnon? |
| A. Play basketball. B. Ride a bicycle. C. Go swimming. |
| 3. How much is the man going to pay? |
| A. 20 pence. B. 25 pence. C. 30 pence. |
| 4. How will the woman travel to New York? |
| A. By car. B. By train. C. By plane. |
| 5. What is the woman doing? |
| A. Making a suggestion. B. Asking for help. C. Offering advice. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Where is the new sports center? |
| A. On Hill Road. B. On Mill Street. C. On Station Road. |
| 2. What sport did the man do last week? |
| A. swimming. B. Baskeball. C. Table-tennis. |
| 3. When will they go to the sports center? |
| A. On Friday. B. On Thursday. C. On Wednesday. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Where can you hear the talk by the American writer? |
| A. At the bookshop. B. In the library. C. In Allen Hall. |
| 2. What is the talk about? |
| A. The writer's latest novel. B. The writer's success story. C. The writer's recent journey. |
| 3. Who is the man speaking to? |
| A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Club members. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Where does the woman do most of her work? |
| A. In planes. B. In the office. C. At the airport. |
| 2. What does the woman do at the beginning of each workday? |
| A. Talk to air-hostesses. B. Check the computers. C. Get flight information. |
| 3. What does the woman want to do? |
| A. Stop traveling. B. Earn more money. C. Stay in the same job. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Who is going to visit the place? |
| A. Customers. B. Reporters. C. Tourists. |
| 2. Where will the woman meet the visitors? |
| A. At the office. B. At the factory. C. At a restaurant. |
| 3. What is the relationship between the man and the woman? |
| A. Teacher and student. B. Boss and assistant. C. Visitor and host. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Why is the man angry with the woman? |
| A. She hasn't kept a place for him. B. She hasn't got any idea who he is. C. She hasn't given him a phone call. |
| 2. How is the problem solved? |
| A. The woman helps the man find another room. B. The man calls to tell his friends not to come. C. The woman manages to get the man a table. |
| 3. What does the man do? |
| A. He's a businessman. B. He's the head waiter. C. He's a policeman. |
| The teacher asked us _____ so much noise. |
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A. don't make B. not make C. not making D. not to make |
| At this time tomorrow _____ over the Atlantic. |
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| A. we're going to fly B. we'll be flying C. we'll fly D. we're to fly |
| Don't mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending. |
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| A. give away B. give out C. give up D. give off |
| York, _____ last year, is a nice old city. |
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| A. that I visited B. which I visited C. where I visited D. in which I visited |
| — _____ David and Vicky _____ married? — For about three years. |
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| A. How long were… being B. How long have…got C. How long have… been D. How long did…get |
| The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down. |
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| A. had known B. knew C. have known D. know |
| — I hear they aren't pleased with the house you've chosen for them. — Well, _____ could they live in such comfort? |
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| A. where else B. what else C. how D. why |
| _____ time, he'll make a first-class tennis player. |
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| A. Having given B. To give C. Giving D. Given |
| — I'm sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired. — There is no _____ for this while you are on duty. |
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| A. reason B. excuse C. cause D. explanation |
| He made a mistake, but then he corrected the situation _____ it got worse. |
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| A. until B. when C. before D. as |
| _____ I know the money is safe, I shall not worry about it. |
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| A. Even though B. Unless C. As long as D. While |
| Our neighbor has _____ours. |
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| A. as a big house as B. as big a house as C. the same big house as D. a house the same big as |
| They had a pleasant chat _____ a cup of coffee. |
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| A. for B. with C. during D. over |
| He did it _____ it took me. |
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A. one-third a time B. one-third time C. the one-third time D. one-third the time |
| Come and see me whenever _____. |
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| A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient C. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you |
| 完形填空。 | ||||
| My First Job furniture I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla. 1 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I 2 out of old boards. I got my first 3 job, at JM's Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibility. (职责) were 4 tables and washing dishes, 5 sometimes I helped cook. Every day after school I would 6 to JM's and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I 7 from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and 8 my friends run off to swim or play. I didn't necessarily like work, but I loved what working 9 me to have. Because of my 10 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me 11 . Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working 12 around town. A local clothing store offered me credilt (赊帐) 13 I was only in seventh grade. I immediately 14 a ＄68 sports coat and a ＄22 pair of shoes. I was 15 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper ＄90! So I learned 16 the danger of easy credit. I paid it 17 as soon as I could. My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a 18 of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced. As my father, 19 worked three jobs, once told me, "If you 20 sacrifice (奉献) and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can't have." How right he was. | ||||
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| 阅读理解。 |
| A newspaper in Helsinki, Finland, recently published a cartoon of a baby with a mobile phone, telling his parents that his diaper (尿布) needed changing. But it's hardly a joke. Helsinki is home to Nokia, the mobile-phone maker. It's one of the most "mobile" cities in the world: About 92 percent of its households have at least one mobile phone. And the kids start young. "A relatively normal age to get a mobile phone is now 7," says Jan Virkki, marketing manager for a mobile-phone company. Among the second graders at the Kulosaari Elementary School, the most popular object of desire this year is not a Barbie or a Gameboy. It is a Nokia mobile phone with a picture of their own choice on the screen. "One of the first things we discuss when school starts is the rules for mobile phones," says Tiia Korppi, a teacher. Among the rules: You have to put it away out of sight. You cannot turn it on. You cannot send text messages to your friends, or play amusing tunes (令人发笑的曲调) in class, or call your parents or call for a pizza during history.  |
| 1. The author uses the newspaper cartoon to show that _____. |
| A. he is good at telling jokes B. he cares much for children C. mobile phones are toys for new-born babies D. mobile phones are widely used in Finland |
| 2. The passage is mainly about _____. |
| A. different uses of mobile phones B. a successful mobile-phone maker C. effects of mobile phones on children D. school rules for the use of mobile phones |
| 阅读理解。 |
| If you dream of going someplace warm to escape the cold winter weather, a trip to a recently discovered planet would certainly warm you right up, The planet, named OCLE-TR-56b, has temperatures of more than 3,000 °F. "This is the hottest planet we know about," says Dr. Dimitar Sasselov, a scientist who led the discovery team, "It is hot enough to have an iron fog and to rain hot iron droplets (细沫)" The new planet is 30 times farther away than any planet discovered by scientists before. It is in the Milky Way (银河) but it is not in our solar (太阳的) system The new planet moves around a star much like our sun, however. Seientists discovered the planet by using a new planet-searching method, called "transit technique" They were able to catch sight of the planet when it moved in front of its star, causing the star's light to dim (变暗). Scientists compare the method to discovering the shadow of a bee flying in front of a searchlight 200 miles away. "We believe the door has heen opened wide to go and discover planets like Earth," says Sasedlov. |
| 1. We can infer from the passage that _____. |
| A. there is iron on the new planet B. we could go to the new planet in winter C. the star could block our view of the new planet D. scientists are studying the weather on the new planet |
| 2. The "transit technique" can _____. |
| A. help dim the light of a star. B. help scientists with a searchlight C. help discover a bee on a planet D. help find a planet moving before its star |
| 3. Which is the best title for the passage? |
| A. New Planet-searching Technique B. New Distant Discovery C. Space Searching D. Dream Planet |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Elephants don't forget-at least, female (雌性的) elephants don't. Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to a family group's survival (生存), according to a study published in April by Karen McComb, a biologist at Sussex University in England. Elephants announce their presence by making a deep, long sound, a practice referred to as contact calling (联络呼叫). An unfamiliar call may mean that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby. A stranger can cause trouble. Interrupting feeding or disturbing the young. So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her; then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller. False alarms can disturb the group and take time and energy away from feeding, so survival may depend in part on getting it right. Working with Cynthia Moss, who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago, McComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 years old. She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls. In fact, a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call than when hearing a familiar call. However, families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call. And they gathered together a lot. Moreover, the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated into favourable results: Families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female-reproductive year. This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families. As elephants age, they continue to grow larger,as do their much wanted tusks (象牙). So the older-and wiser-a matriarch is, the greater the chance she will be killed. About 800,000 elephants have been killed by people in the past 20 years.  |
| 1. What does the underlined word "matriarch" mean? |
| A. An old member of an elephant family. B. A female head of an elephant family C. A wise elephant. D. A large elephant. |
| 2. When do elephants form into a group? |
| A. When they are feeding the young. B. When they see a familiar elephant. C. When they are giving birth to baby elephants. D. When the leading elephant gives out a warning. |
| 3. The research with recordings of contact calls shows _____. |
| A. how fast elephants form into groups B. how important the age of a leading elephant is C. how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange call D. how frequently old elephants call other members of the family |
| 4. The older a female elephant is, _____. |
| A. the stronger she will be B. the poorer memory she will have C. the more useless her tusks will be D. the more likely she will be killed |
| 5. We can infer from the passage that elephants may _____. |
| A. run into other elephant families B. give wrong warnings to their mothers C. run away open hearing a strange sound D. produce more babies by gathering together often |
| 阅读理解。 |
| If there is no difference in general intelligence (智力) between boys and girls, what can explain girls' poor performance in science and mathematics? It seems to be that their treatment at school is a direct cause. Mathematics and science are seen as subjects mainly for boys, and therefore, as girls become teenagers, they are less likely to take them. Interestingly, both boys and girls often regard the subjects for boys as more difficult. Yet it has been suggested that girls do not take mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons. Girls do not want to be in open competition with boys because they are afraid to appear less feminine (女性的) and attractive. However, if we examine the performance of boys and girls who have taken mathematics courses, there are still more high-achieving boys than there are girls. This difference appears to be world-wide. Biological explanations have been offered for this, but there are other explanations too. Perhaps the difference which comes out during the teenage years has its roots in much earlier experiences. From their first days in kindergarten, boys are enoouraged to work on their own and to complete tasks. Facts show that outstanding (杰出的) mathematicians and scientists have not had teachers who supplied answers. Besides, there can be little doubt that teachers of mathematics and science expect their boy students to do better at these subjects than their girl students. They even appear to encourage the difference between boys and girls. They spend more time with the boy students, giving them more time to answer questions and working harder to get correct answers from them. They are more likely to call on boys for answers and to allow them to take the lead in classroom discussion. They also praise boys more frequently. All of this seems to encourage boys to work harder in science and mathematics and to give them confidence (信心) that they are able to succeed. Such a way of teaching is not likely to encourage girls to take many mathematics and science courses, nor is it likely to support girls who do. When it comes to these subjects it seems certain that school widens the difference between boys and girls. |
| 1. Girls are likely to think that _____. |
| A. science courses are for both boys and girls B. science courses make them more popular C. science courses make them successful D. science courses are difficult for them |
| 2. The text mainly discusses _____ reasons for the difference between boys and girls in scientific achievements. |
| A. biological B. historical C. social D. personal |
| 3. What are boys usually encouraged to do at school? |
| A. To get help with their homework. B. To play the leading role in class. C. To work with girl students in class. D. To learn to take care of others . |
| 4. What does the passage say about great mathematicians? |
| A. Their teachers did not supply answers to them. B. They started learning mathematics at an earlier age. C. They showed mathematical abilities in their teenage years. D. Their success resulted from their strong interest in mathematics. |
| 5. The author would probably agree that _____. |
| A. boys and girls learn in the same way B. boys and girls are equal in general intelligence C. girls are more confident in themselves than before D. girls should take fewer science courses than boys |
| 阅读理解。 |
| At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying. "Why did they do this?" Kate wondered aloud." I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher." Nadia's voice was a whisper. "I understand English. I will learn." Nadia's English was perfect. Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moring to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn-all at the same time. "There're a lot of new things to learn, huh?" said Kate. Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied. "Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example. yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me." "Don't worry." said Kate. "You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer." Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate's surprise. Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard. Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands. Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. "Some things," she said in a normal voice, "are the same all over the world." |
| 1. At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school, she was _____. |
| A. disappointed B. helpful C. lively D. shy |
| 2. The underlined word "perplexed" probably means _____. |
| A. puzzled B. angry C. shocked D. serious |
| 3. We can infer from the passage that _____. |
| A. Nadia did not like Kate B. Nadia had lived by the sea before C. Nadia had never seen a computer before D. Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness |
| 4. Which of the following statements is true? |
| A. Nadia was better at maths than other students. B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult. C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class. D. Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers. |
| 5. What is the message of the story? |
| A. Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication. B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates. C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures. D. Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures. |
| 情景作文。 北京市将举办主题为“Protecting Mother Earth” 的中学生英语作文竞赛，你准备根据下列四幅图画写一篇“Story of a Tree” 的英语小故事参赛。 注意： 1.词数100左右。 2.开头已为你写好。  |
| Story of a Tree Once there was a family living in a cabin (小木屋) under a huge tree.___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 开放作文。 根据下面提供的情景，写一段接续文字。词数不少于30。 |
| You are talking with one of your close friends about your plans for the summer vacation. You say to him, "I'm going to enjoy myself in the vacation." He asks, "What exactly are you going to do to have fun?" You tell him what you want to do to make you vacation great fun. Be sure to use one or more examples to show what you mean. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ |