| 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.What are they mainly talking about? |
| A. Children. B. Friends. C. Independence. |
| 2.What is the man's advice? |
| A. To drill with the soldiers. B. To take some juice for the soldiers. C. To see if the soldiers are thirsty. |
| 3.where is John now? |
| A. In a hospital. B. In his office. C. On the road to work. |
| 4. What will Bob take? |
| A. The big box. B. The small box. C. The bag of candies. |
| 5. Who is in Beijing now? |
| A. Only Frank. B. Only Frank's mother. C. Frank and his mother. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-2题。 |
| 1. What is Mike doing? |
| A. Going downstairs. B. Working on a problem. C. Cooking with his mom. |
| 2. What do we know about Mike's dad? |
| A. He is good at Math. B. He is busy with his work. C. He is not at home. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Why did Alice take Paula for Juliet? |
| A. Because Juliet has put on some weight. B. Because Juliet is as tall and thin as Paula. C. Because Juliet and Paula are twin sisters. |
| 2. What does Juliet do? |
| A. She is a doctor. B. She is a nurse. C. She is a waitress. |
| 3. Where will Alice go next? |
| A. To Room 304. B. To the gate of the hospital. C. To a restaurant. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Who is teaching Frank to play the piano? |
| A. Annie. B. One of Annie's cousins. C. Bush. |
| 2. How much will Bill and his friend pay for a month if they live in two bedrooms? |
| A. 500 dollars. B. 1,000 dollars. C. 1,500 dollars. |
| 3. What will Annie do next? |
| A. Make a telephone call. B. Have a look at the bedroom. C. Move into the bedroom |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-4题。 |
| 1. Why doesn't the woman like pop music? |
| A. Because it's very noisy. B. Because she doesn't understand it. C. Because the singers behave strange. |
| 2. What does the woman's son do now? |
| A. He's a pop singer. B. He's a student. C. He's a dancer. |
| 3. What does the woman's husband like? |
| A. Pop songs and classical music. B. Folk songs and classical music. C. Pop songs and folk songs. |
| 4. With whom does the woman want to go to the concert? |
| A. Only her son. B. Only her husband. C. Her son and her husband. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. At what temperature should we start the freezing process? |
| A. Just below 0℃. B. Between -15℃ and -20℃. C. As low as possible. |
| 2. How long can most foods be stored frozen? |
| A. For up to one year. B. For half a year. C. For 24 hours. |
| 3. What shall we learn next week? |
| A. About canning food. B. About removing water. C. About how to unfreeze food. |
| As everyone knows, the South China Sea is _____ part of China, _____ important part of China, any other country outside Asia doesn't have _____ say in this issue. |
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| A. a, an, / B. /, an, a C. a, the, the D. a, an, / |
| Unfortunately, the aboriginal(土著) people tried in vain to win independence ______ the ruling tribe, and prejudice ______ them still continued. |
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| A. of, towards B. on, for C. from, against D. by, over |
| It was _____ computer games that cost the young man a lot of precious time that he ought ____ on his lessons. |
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| A. to play, to be spending B. playing, to spend C. played, to have spent D. playing, to have spent |
| I spent all the money ______ for rainy days, so I started my part-time job. But it would be some time before I was _______. |
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| A. put aside, in the black B. put away, in the red C. push aside, feeling blue D. taken away, green with envy |
| The meaning of a word can be guessed according to the context, so you will not ______ refer to a dictionary the next time _______ you come across a new word. |
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| A. really, when B. exactly, that C. likely, which D. necessarily, / |
| To our puzzlement, the written record of our conversation doesn't ______ what was actually said. |
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| A. submit to B. correspond to C. contribute to D. cater to |
| Men are more suited to occupational environments ______ require decisive action while women are better at jobs ______ a considered approach is most important. |
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A. which, that B. /, when C. which, when D. that, where |
| At the back of the old temple ______ twelve huge stone statues together with ______ pagoda. |
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| A. does stand, a 8-storeyed B. do stand, a 8- story C. stands, an 8-storey D. stand, an 8- storied |
| Several diseases are believed to ______ the lives of many children annually, malaria _______. |
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A. claim, included B. kill, to be included C. be claiming, is included D. be killing, included |
| — Who knows the meaning of the saying " Time ______ will tell." — ______ Tom knows. |
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| A. only, Alone B. alone, Only C. lonely, Merely D. alone, Alone |
| There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars _____ road conditions need _____. |
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| A. that …to be improved B. which …to be improved C. where…improving D. when…improving |
| The _____ fact is that some European countries are heavily in debt, _____China's economy is generally in good shape. |
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| A. simple, so B. bare, nevertheless C. obvious, because D. clear, despite |
| — I am really surprised that a policeman in his car _____ have hit several common pedestrians, killing one and injuring three. — Yes, If one _____ ask for trouble, what can we say? |
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| A. would, will B. must, may C. should, must D. need, dare |
| — How do you like our city? — It has changed beyond all _____ in the past 20 years, a completely new one in front of me. |
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| A. realization B. description C. expression D. recognition |
| According to the expert, most animals will stay here, but ninety percent of the cattle _____ the nearby preservation area in the coming week. |
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| A. is to go to B. is heading for C. are being imported to D. are to be transferred to |
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| Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an 1 should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, 2 , most people make several job choices during their working lives, 3 because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve 4 position. The"one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should 5 enter into a broad flexible training program that will 6 them for a field of work rather than for a single 7 . Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans 8 benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing 9 about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss 10 . Some drift from job to job. Others 11 to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted. One common mistake is choosing an occupation for 12 real or imagined prestige (声望). Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, 13 both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal 14 . The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is 15 good reason for choosing it as life's work. 16 , these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the 17 of young people should give serious 18 to these fields. Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants 19 life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take 20 for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards. | ||||
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| There is plenty for kids and teens to do in the Syracuse area during the summer, including some great educational opportunities. Here are the top four. Rosamond Gifford Zoo Camp The zoo offers separate camps for kids. The camps for kindergarteners run from 9 am to 12:30 pm, and cost $115 for zoo members and $135 for non-members. Kids entering 7th and 8th grades will have half a day from 1 pm to 4:30 pm. The cost is $149 for members and $160 for non-members. All camps feature numerous educational activities and animal encounters. The camps run from August 14 to August 19. Registration starts from July 10 for members and July 15 for non-members. Active Learning Services at Christian Brothers Academy From August 1 to August 5, Christian Brothers Academy will host Active Learning Services from USA Chess. Topics of learning will include Chess Camp (age 5-15), and Video Game Creation Program (age 8-15). Chess Camp promises improved chess skills through chess instructors utilizing demo (演示) boards and historic games. Half day sessions will cost $280 for the Computer Camps. A full day of Chess costs $400, and a half day of Chess followed by a half day of Computer Camps cost $430. Syracuse University Summer College From July 5th to August 12th, Syracuse University will host pre-college programs for high school students. The Summer College will offer a wide variety of programs including architecture, engineering and computer science, public communications, and eco-fashion. The programs are taught by the teachers of Syracuse University and include hands-on activities. The costs range from $2325 to $7642. The Sheldon Institute at SUNY Oswego The State University of New York will hold two-week educational enrichment programs for students entering grades2-4 from July 25 to August 5. Children will have a set program featuring art, science, technology, cultural appreciation and writing. Tuition for the programs is only $320 and a downloadable application is available. |
| 1. If a preschool boy and his 8th-grade brother attend the Zoo Camps, they should pay _______. |
| A. $264 B. $275 C. $295 D. It depends. |
| 2. When should a child start to attend the Zoo Camps? |
| A. On July 10 B. On July 15. C. On August 14. D. On August 19 |
| 3. What do we know about the Chess Camp from the passage? |
| A. Children can learn improved chess skills through it. B. Only children aged 8-15 can attend it. C. Whole day sessions will cost $250 for it. D. It will last for two weeks. |
| 4. Where can children attend the largest number of programs with low cost? |
| A. Christian Brothers Academy B. The Sheldon Institute C. Rosamond Gifford Zoo D. Syracuse University |
| 阅读理解。 |
| It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I'm so glad I did. On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps (脊背) in the distance. On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn't believe it-there aren't any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive. The little baby whale-actually as big as our boat-was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools (漩涡) and waves. "She's trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side," my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe-and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance. In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea. |
| 1. The author says "I'm so glad I did." (in Para. 2) because _____. |
| A. he witnessed the whole process of fishing B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea C. he experienced the rescue of the whales D. he spent the weekend with his family |
| 2. The mother whale failed to help her baby because _____. |
| A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction |
| 3. What is the theme of the story? |
| A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness. B. Fishing provides excitement for children. C. It's necessary to live in harmony with animals. D. It's vital to protect the environment. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence. |
| 1. Which of these sentences best describes the writer's point in Paragraph 1? |
| A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth. B. Intelligence is developed by the environment. C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid. D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment. |
| 2. It is suggested in this passage that ______. |
| A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence B. close relations usually have similar intelligence C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence |
| 3. Brothers and sisters are likely to ______. |
| A. have similar intelligence B. have different intelligence C. go to the same university D. go to the same factory |
| 4. The best title for this article would be ______. |
| A. On Intelligence B. What Intelligence Means C. We Are Born with Intelligence D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence |
| 阅读理解。 |
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Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are |
| 1. In the Westerners eyes, the postwar Japan was_____. |
| A. under aimless development B. a positive example C. a rival to the West D. on the decline |
| 2. According to the author, what may chiefly be responsible for the moral decline of Japanese society? |
| A. Women's participation in social activities is limited. B. More workers are dissatisfied with their jobs. C. Excessive emphasis has been placed on the basics. D. The life-style has been influenced by Western values. |
| 3. Which of the following is true according to the author? |
| A. Japanese education is praised for helping the young climb the social ladder. B. Japanese education is characterized by mechanical learning as well as creativity. C. More stress should be placed on the cultivation of creativity. D. Dropping out leads to frustration against test taking. |
| 4. The change in Japanese life-style is revealed in the fact that ______. |
| A. the young are less tolerant of discomforts B. the divorce rate in Japan exceeds that in the U.S. C. the Japanese endure more than ever before D. the Japanese appreciate their present life |
| 任务型阅读。 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意：每空限填1个单词。 | ||||||
| The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After immigrating form England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed "the Garden City", almost certainly the source of Howard's name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs. The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression (萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard's idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard's idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price. Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide rang of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city. | ||||||
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| 单词拼写。 根据所给首字母和中文提示完成各句，使句意通顺。 |
| 1. There was adequate sunshine in Xinjiang this summer, a_____ for the extremely sweet grapes in this area. 2. The government expressed their apology to the victims in the explosion on Nov.2 in Fuquan, c______ each a lot to the satisfaction of their families. 3. Doracy is coming to China, and he finds from the Internet that one pound e______ more than ten yuan now. 4. Not r_____ to his fate, the statesman struggled to win the election by increasing the employment rate. 5. She s_____ her family life to her career,for it was her ambition at college to be a world-famous CEO. 6. Too long a time of _____ (暴露)to the sun does harm to our skin. 7. Engineers are researching ways to approach sources of _____ (替代的)energy for our next generations. 8. Under no _____ (情况) should such destruction be allowed to happen to historic sites. 9. With the use of solar energy, the company is now running ______ (顺利). 10. The Greek government is working hard to create more jobs for the ______ (失业的)people. |
| 书面表达。 在最近学校组织的一次社会实践活动中，你班同学参加了关于一项青少年课余活动情况的调查， 调查结果如下。请用英语写一篇短文，简要介绍调查情况，从中概括出规律性的现象，谈谈你的 看法，并提出建议。 注意：1. 词数150个左右。 2. 文中不得提及考生所在班级和本人姓名。 |
| Recently my class took part in the social practice organized by our school, in which we conducted a survey among kids aged 5-14 about their extra-curriculum activities. _____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ |