| Directions: In this part, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. | |||
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| Questions 1 and2 are based on the following conversation. |
| 1. A. He was driving beyond the speed limit. B. He was going 25 in a school zone. C. He went through a red light. D. He was driving his father's car. 2. A. He was worried about his driving record. B. He couldn't pay for the speeding ticket. C. He had too many speeding ticets already. D. His father would be angry with him. |
| Questions 1 and 2 are based on the following conversation. |
| 1. A. To urge John to talk more with his father. B. To help John forget his trouble. C. To help John get rid of his loneliness. D. To share her feelings with John. 2. A. Parents nowadays are too busy. B. The generation gap always exists. C. Family problems are hard to solve. D. Communication is necessary at home. |
| Questions 1 through 3 are based on the following passage. |
| 1. A. Last night. B. At the age of 20. C. At the age of 9. D. A couple of weeks ago. 2. A. Because she liked it at their age. B. Because it was a story about animals. C. Because it was a fun story. D. Because it was a Disney film. 3. A. Romeo and Juliet. B. A love story between two dogs. C. Different lives of two dogs. D. Children and dogs. |
| Questions 1 through 3 are based on the following news. |
| 1. A. The students planted trees. B. The students helped the litter control. C. The students had little control over the event. D. The Forest Park was green and clean. 2. A. Schools have access to the World Wide Web. B. Students' paintings are on show. C. The minister visited the painting exhibition. D. The government reached a decision last month. 3. A. Low pay. B. Long work hours. C. Little respect. D. Fear of losing jobs. |
| One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain _____ good knowledge of basic word formation. |
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| A. / B. the C. a D. one |
| Luckily, the bullet narrowly missed the captain _______ an inch. |
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| A. by B. at C. to D. from |
| He will have learned English for eight years by the time he ______ from the university next year. |
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| A. will graduate B. will have graduated C. graduates D. is to graduate |
| I feel it is your husband who ______ for the spoiled child. |
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| A. is to blame B. is going to blame C. is to be blamed D. should blame |
| In order to gain a bigger share in the international market, many state-run companies are striving ______ their products more competitive. |
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| A. to make B. making C. to have made D. having made |
| As far as I am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, ______. |
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| A. the more for life are you equipped B. the more equipped for life you are C. the more life you are equipped for D. you are equipped the more for life |
| It has been announced that candidates _______ remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected. |
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| A. can B. will C. may D. shall |
| Mrs. Black doesn't believe her son is able to design a digital camera, ______? |
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| A. is he B. isn't he C. doesn't she D. does she |
| — Will you go skiing with me this winter vacation? — It ______. |
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| A. all depend B. all depends C. is all depended D. is all depending |
| Quite a few people used to believe that disaster ______ if a mirror was broken. |
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| A. was sure of striking B. was sure of having struck C. was sure to be struck D. was sure to strike |
| Alec asked the policeman ______ he worked to contact him whenever there was an accident. |
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A. with him B. who C. with whom D. whom |
| — You forgot your purse when you went out. — Good heavens, _______. |
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| A. so did I B. so I did C. I did so D. I so did |
| Though ______ money, his parents managed to send him to university. |
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| A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked in |
| Don't use words, expressions, or phrases ______ only to people with specific knowledge. |
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| A. being known B. having been known C. to be known D. known |
| There's a feeling in me _____ we'll never know what a UFO is-not ever. |
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| A. that B. which C. of which D. what |
| He was about to tell me the secret _____ someone patted him on the shoulder. |
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| A. as B. until C. while D. when |
| It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _____ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown. |
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| A. wouldn't have fallen B. had not fallen C. should fall D. were to fall |
| ____ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one's skin. |
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| A. Exposed B. Having exposed C. Being Exposed D. After being exposed |
| ______ be sent to work there? |
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| A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should |
| Perseverance is a kind of quality-and that's ______ it takes to do anything well. |
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| A. what B. that C. which D. why |
| Sugar is not an important element in bread, but flour is _______. |
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| A. unique B. essential C. natural D. adequate |
| Mary finally _____ Bruce as her life-long companion. |
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A. received B. accepted C. made D. honoured |
| The secret of his success is that he does everything _______. |
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| A. efficiently B. curiously C. anxiously D. sufficiently |
| Go and join the party. _____ it to me to do the washing-up. |
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| A. Get B. Remain C. Leave D. Send |
| To regain their ______ after an exhausting game, the players lay in the grass. |
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| A. force B. energy C. power D. health |
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According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessarily _____ and effect. |
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| A. reason B. impact C. fact D. cause |
| Every new ______ has the possibility of making or losing money. |
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| A. event B. venture C. adventure D. expectation |
| Whatever rank you may be in, it would be wrong to ______ to law into your own hands. |
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| A. bring B. hold C. take D. seize |
| The shopkeeper gave us ______ weight: we got 9 kilos instead of 10 kilos. |
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| A. scarce B. short C. light D. slight |
| Can you make a sentence to ______ the meaning of the phrase? |
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| A. show off B. turn out C. bring out D. take in |
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| Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn't have done or something you didn't do which you should have? At one time or another we probably all have. There's no 1 in getting depressed about it now-it's no 2 crying over spilt (溢出的) milk. However, there may be some gain in thinking about exactly what happened and why 3 we might be able to draw some conclusions for the future. One thing we all do now and again is to lose our 4 with a friend or close relative. The odd thing is that we more often display great 5 towards someone we are fond of than towards 6 . The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to 7 a bit of steam in a safe environment, while the consequences (结果) of 8 a stranger could be far more serious. Being honest is usually thought of as a virtue (美德) and undoubtedly this is the 9 . On the other hand, we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone, telling them exactly what we feel, and then have found ourselves filled with feelings of 10 . Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut? | ||||
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| Several factors make a good newspaper story. First-obviously-it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 1 . They usually respond to it in one of three ways. By providing 2 detail, comment or background information. By finding a new 3 on the day's major stories. By printing completely different stories which TV doesn't broadcast. What else? Well-it also has to be 4 . People do not to read about ordianry, everyday life. Because of this, many stories 5 some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be 6 news." Plane lands safely-no-one hurt" doesn't sell newspapers."Plane 7 -200 feared dead!" does. Next, there's human interest. People are interested in other- 8 -particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, 9 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers. Finally, for many editors, 10 is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That's why the stories in Tokyo's newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires. | ||||
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| The wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographer and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time. Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio station's competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a peculiar"experiment" organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector (测谎仪) test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer (占星家) who declared that they were suited. The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaine's mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordell's parents are reported to be less than delighted. Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one person put it, "We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love." The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a year's free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last? |
| 1. How did the couple's react to the wedding? |
| A. The bride's mother shared their joy. B. The bride's father felt uncomfortable about the wedding. C. The bridegroom's parents were quite delighted. D. The bridegroom's parents were not that joyful. |
| 2. Some experts believe that ______. |
| A. marriage without the couple's meeting each other first ends up in divorce B. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage C. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems D. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple |
| 3. One of the prizes for the couple is ______. |
| A. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like B. to use an apartment free for some time C. to have a wedding dress free D. to own an American sports car |
| 4. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? |
| A. Two Strangers and a Wedding B. A Wedding Based on Love C. A Short-Lived Marriage D. A Well-Matched Coe upl |
| 阅读理解。 |
| In July 1994 Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, was struck by 21 pieces of a comet (彗星). When the fragment (碎片)landed in the southern part of the giant planet, the explosions were watched by scientists here on earth. But what if our own planet was hit by a comet? The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our plant, but two fragments will probably hit the southern part of the Earth. The news has caused panic. On 17 July, a fragment four kilometers wide enters the Earth's atmosphere with a huge explosion. About half of the fragment is destroyed. But the major part survives and hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and an enormous wave is created and spreads. The wall of water rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned. The wave moves into the Indian Ocean and heads towards Asia. Millions of people are already dead in the southern part of the Earth, but the north won't escape for long. Tons of broken pieces are thrown into the atmosphere by the explosions. As the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later civilization has collapsed. No more than 10 million people have survived. Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs (恐龙) were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a space fragment. The dinosaurs couldn't survive in the cold climate that followed and they became extinct. Will we meet the same end? |
| 1. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the author's description of the disaster in 2094? |
| A. The whole world becomes extremely cold. B. All the coastal cities in African are destroyed. C. The whole mankind becomes extinct. D. The visit of the comet results in wars. |
| 2. Why does the author mention dinosaurs at the end of the passage? |
| A. Because they could only live in the warm climate. B. Because they once dominated the Earth. C. Because their extinction indicates future disasters. D. Because dinosaurs and humans never live in the same age. |
| 3. In writing the passage, the author intends to _______. |
| A. give an accurate description of the possible disaster in the future B. prove that humans will sooner or later be destroyed C. tell the historical development of the Earth D. warn of a possible disaster in the future |
| 4. It can be concluded that the passage is most probably part of a(n) ______. |
| A. horror story B. news report C. research paper D. article of popular science |
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| Passport Control If you are arriving at London Heathrow Airport and are not transferring (转换) another flight outside Britain or Northern Ireland, you must pass through Passport Control and Customs (海关) immediately after leaving your plane. If you are not British or a citizen of the European Community, you must fill out a special form before your passport is examined. This form is called a landing card and should be given to you during the flight to London. After landing, follow the ARRIVALS signs. Make sure you are in the right channel when you reach Passport Control. There is one channel for holders of European Community passports, and a second channel marked "Other Passports". Baggage Reclaim (行李领取) Area After passing through Passport Control, follow the signs to the Baggage Reclaim Area. If you have luggage which was carried in the aircraft along with other cargo, it will be delivered to you in the Baggage Reclaim Area. Look for the sign with your flight number. If you have only hand luggage, go directly through the Baggage Reclaim Area to Customs. Customs All passengers must pass through Customs after Passport Control. There is a choice of two channels, Green and Red. If you have nothing to declare, go through the Green Channel. If you are not sure about your Duty Free allowances (免税额), or if you have something to declare, go through the Red Channel. Information about Duty Free allowances can be found on special notice-boards in the Baggage Reclaim Area. You should study this information carefully whether you are going through the Red Channel or not. Please note that if you go through the Green Channel, you may be stopped and asked to open you luggage for inspection.    |
| 1. When a Chinese traveler is arriving at Heathrow Airport for a trip in London, he must ______. |
| A. fill out a landing card first B. pass through Customs before Passport Control C. walk through the Red Channel D. immediately reclaim his baggage after landing |
| 2. Those who are not sure about their Duty Free allowances _______. |
| A. can check the information in the Baggage Reclaim Area B. need to go through the Green Channel C. will be asked to open the luggage for inspection D. can do as those who have nothing to declare |
| 3. Which of the following travelers DO NOT have to go through Passport Control and Customs? |
| A. People traveling straight to London. B. Holders of European Community passports. C. Passengers transferring to a city in Ireland. D. Passengers only with some hand luggage. |
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| Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyse their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups. One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear-rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear."the explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer," explains the professor. "People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman's custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear-rings. But somehow the action got reversed (颠倒) in the programme." About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these "programme assembly failures." Twenty per cent of all errors were "test failures"-primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on --- much to his surprise. A woman victim reported:" I got into the bath with my socks on." The commonest problem was information " storage failures". People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it. The research so far suggests that while the "central processor" of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practised routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be "captured" by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors. |
| 1. The purpose of Professor Reason's research is ______. |
| A. to show the difference between men and women in their reasoning B. to classify and explain some errors in human actions C. to find the causes which lead to computer failures D. to compare computer functions with brain workings |
| 2. Which of the following might be grouped under" programme assembly failures"? |
| A. A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy. B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock. C. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking. D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks. |
| 3. The word verifying in paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______. |
| A. improving B. changing C. checking D. stopping |
| 4. According to the passage, the information "storage failures" refer to _______. |
| A. the destruction of information collecting system B. the elimination of one's total memory C. the temporary loss of part of one's memory D. the separation of one's action from consciousness |
| Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. |
| 1. 当时，那位出租车司机别无选择，只能求助于游客。（choice） ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. 我没有想到汤姆会被选为学生会主席。（occur） _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. 如果方便的话，请帮我从邮局取回包裹。（convenient） _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. 应该鼓励学生将课堂上所学的知识运用到实践中去。（apply） _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. 如果队员之间不加强配合，我校篮球队就不可能在决赛中战胜对手。（unless） ________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Guided Writing Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words based on the picture and the instructions given below. 简要描述图片内容，结合生活实际，就图片的主题谈谈自己的感想。  |
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