| 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 books now? |
| A. In the man's office. B. In the man's home. C. In the woman's home. |
| 2. How will they go to the cinema? |
| A. By bus. B. In John's car or on foot. C. They haven't decided yet. |
| 3. What will the man do now? |
| A. Buy his mum a handbag. B. Buy his mum a coat. C. Give Mary a call. |
| 4. Who will call the children to come? |
| A. Frank. B. Joan. C. Mike. |
| 5. How will the girl go to school? |
| A. In her father's car. B. On her father's bike. C. In her mother's car. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答1-2题。 |
| 1. Who should have a good rest? |
| A. Mary. B. Mom and Ben. C. Mary's dad. |
| 2. Who will stay at home in the following several days? |
| A. Dad. B. Mom. C. Ben. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. Why does the bus driver refuse to leave? |
| A. Because the bus driver is ill. B. Because there is something wrong with the bus. C. Because it is raining heavily. |
| 2. What will Mr. White do with some other people? |
| A. Have a meeting. B. Print the working plan. C. Drive and pick up Miss Brown. |
| 3. Who will open the door of the meeting room? |
| A. Miss Black. B. Mike. C. Mr. White |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. What will the man NOT do in London? |
| A. Write advertising words. B. Design pictures. C. Open his own business. |
| 2. How much at the most can the man get a month in London? |
| A. 3,000 dollars. B. 3,500 dollars. C. 5,000 dollars. |
| 3. What's the reason why the man decided to work in London? |
| A. His son can learn art. B. He can earn much more. C. His wife won't have to work. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-4题。 |
| 1. How long will Mr. Brown have worked in total in the company by the time he retires? |
| A. Thirty-eight years. B. Thirty-nine years. C. Forty years. |
| 2. What will Mr. Brown do right after retirement? |
| A. Find anther job. B. Go around the country. C. Build a house in his hometown. |
| 3. Why won't Mr. Brown live with his daughter? |
| A. Because their house is not large enough. B. Because he likes his hometown better. C. Because he wants to live near his friends. |
| 4. Where will Mr. Brown live when he's too old? |
| A. In his own house. B. In his daughter's house. C. In a nursing home. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. What's the highest tax rate in America? |
| A. 35 percent. B. 37 percent. C. 40 percent. |
| 2. When does the United States government begin to tax working people? |
| A. In the 1790s. B. In the late 1800s. C. In 2003. |
| 3. What do tax preparers do for people in America? |
| A. Explain tax laws to them. B. Pay tax for them. C. Calculate the tax they should pay. |
| As soon as _____ concert film "This Is It" was released on October 28th, it became _____ great success in all big cinemas across the planet. |
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| I like _____ in the autumn when the weather is clear and bright. |
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| There is no reason they should limit how much vitamin you take, ______ they can limit how much water you drink. |
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| A. much more than B. any more than C. no less than D. no more than |
| To play better, all the players have to know their _______ and weaknesses. |
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| All the students are excited about the good news that next Sunday we will go camping. But when and where to camp _________ yet. |
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| A. are not discussed B. haven't been discussed C. is not being discussed D. hasn't been discussed |
| Unfortunately, the computer system ______ suddenly while they were searching for some information on the Internet. |
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| A. broke up B. broke down C. broke away D. broke out |
| The volunteers soon reached _____ was once an old hall, _____ the workers now use as a work shop. |
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| _____ every member has arrived, let's get down to _____ the plan for the next five years. |
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| A. Now that; work out B. Because; work out C. Since; working out D. For; working out |
| — How long have you been here? — Only about five minutes. Henry and Simon _____ here with me. |
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| A. have walked B. had walked C. walked D. were walking |
| The teacher asked such a difficult question _____ no one in the class could answer. |
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| A. that B. what C. which D. as |
| Was it in the park _____ he often did morning exercises _____ he met his beloved wife? |
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| A. that; that B. where; where C. where; that D. that; where |
| — Why didn't you buy the dictionary? — I _____, but my mother _____ allow me. She told me she had already bought one for me. |
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| A. would; didn't B. would have; didn't C. had had; wouldn't D. had bought; hadn't |
| Though _____ focus from work to family, the 34-year-old actress refuses to be a full-time housewife. |
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| A. having shifted B. to have shifted C. shifted D. being shifted |
| Happy birthday, Alice! So you have _____ twenty-one already! |
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| A. become B. turned C. grown D. passed |
| — Would you mind if I opened the window now? — ______. It's OK with me. |
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| A. I wouldn't mind B. With pleasure C. By all means D. You are welcome |
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What are the basic elements (要素) of good manners? Certainly a strong sense of justice is one; courtesy | ||||
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| 阅读理解。 |
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Students and professionals can all benefit from reading scholarly research. While many works may be of |
| 1. What do we know from the passage? |
| A. All the best research is published in professional journals. B. Fewer and fewer journals will be put out online in the future. C. Reading professional journals is quite helpful for students. D. A small number of the online sources can be attained for free. |
| 2. The underlined word "prestigious" is the closest in meaning to ______. |
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A. complicated |
| 3. According to the passage, it's free of charge for us to download ______. |
| A. the entire article of the PNAS in full B. the entire journal Nature C. one article of the journal Science D. "open access " PNAS articles |
| 4. This passage mainly tells us _______. |
| A. how to publish professional papers B. about a few academic magazines in the world C. about free access to some of the online sources D. which journal is most famous in the world |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Many people turn to the web for health advice. Women use the Internet to look for health information for themselves and their family significantly more than men, research has found. The study, by independent research company Datamonitor, says that for this reason health sites should make greater efforts to appeal to women by covering their health concerns. The researchers, who quizzed 4,531 adults across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US, found that websites have become just as important as some off-line sources of health information. Fifty-seven percent of those who looked for health information in the past 12 months consulted Internet sources. Report author Yvonne MacPherson said,"A distinct advantage of the Internet as a source of health information is that information is easily accessible and can be read in private and at the leisure of the Internet user." "Good health sites are not meant to replace interaction with a physician. Rather, they help patients prepare for appointments and take more responsibility for their health." He added. Currently, 32-34% of adults aged 18 to 54 used the Internet to search for health information. This number decreases to 27% in the 55 to 64 age group, and further to 14% in the 65 and over age group. Young Internet users often conduct online health research on behalf of older family members who do not use the Internet. However, Datamonitor says that the audience for health information online will grow naturally as the population ages, and more and more people grow up with the net. It recommends that website operators focus their efforts on building a good long-term relationship with their existing consumers, rather than on attempting to attract non-Internet users. |
| 1. What is the main subject discussed in the passage? |
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A. The popularity of health websites. |
| 2. According to Yvonne MacPherson, health information online could be described as ______. |
| A. acceptable B. convenient C. accurate D. abundant |
| 3. Which of the following is NOT true? |
| A. Health websites should pay more attention to women's health concerns. B. A good health site should be able to replace interaction with a doctor. C. The old tend to make less use of the Internet for health information. D. The young may be the potential audience of health information online. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| In Kenya, educational and career opportunities are almost non-existent for people born with physical challenges. They face many forms of discrimination-including beliefs that their condition was caused by a curse. But one father whose son Brain was born deaf, mute and blind aims to change all that. Joseph Shiroko started a school four years ago that teaches students who can not hear, speak and who have very low or no vision a wide range of skills to support themselves. The baby clothes the students knit (编织) are well known in the local community. And the school has developed a reputation for its dried smoked meat products. Brain Resource Center, a boarding school, teaches deaf and blind young Kenyans from across the country a variety of skills they can use to earn a living. "We have a number of philosophies that inform what we are doing: accepting these people; loving them; giving them opportunities." said founder Joseph Shiroko. Teachers, most of whom are graduates from the school or are themselves physically challenged, work with students. Mary Kerubo, 22, has a passion for knitting sweaters, which she plans to continue in her village. "I feel comfortable here because Sween - my teacher understands me," said Kerubo. "Even if I do not see well, she always repeats her lessons again and again so that I may understand how to make sweaters. I know I will make it." Kerubo's teacher, Sween Lyaka, was among the first graduates of Brain Resource Center four years ago. She says her students have a lot of unrecognized potential. Sween says in the future, she plans to purchase four sewing machines that she will use to teach students and produce and sell sweaters in her home village. The center also works with students' families to set up projects that will continue after the students graduate. Founder Joseph Shiroko's son, Brain, was the inspiration behind Brain Resource Center. The senior Shiroko says he began the school initially as a project to teach Brain bakery skills. The family later expanded Brain's training and brought in other young people with similar physical conditions. |
| 1. What's the function of the first paragraph? |
| A. Attract the reader's attention. B. Lead us to the topic. C. Tell us important news. D. Warn us of a serious problem. |
| 2. The founder Joseph Shiroko treats children with physical problems except ____. |
| A. loving them B. accepting them C. ignoring them D. giving them opportunities |
| 3. According to the passage, we know ____. |
| A. the teachers in Brian Resource Center are healthy and normal B. the teachers merely help students who can't hear or speak in Resource centre C. Kerubo was among the first graduates of Brian Resource Centre D. Joseph's son gave Joseph the inspiration to found Brian Resource Centre |
| 4. What's the main idea of the passage? |
| A. There are non-existent opportunities for the disabled in Kenya. B. Joseph Shiroko started a new school four years ago. C. Brian Resource Centre teaches the disabled skills to support themselves. D. The baby clothes the disabled students knit are well-known in Kenya. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| At first sight, you would think the collection of hundreds of colored shards (碎片) could be a work of abstract art. But the objects are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle that lost its battle with plastic pollution. Environmentalists examined the stomach of the turtle found off the coast of Argentina. What they found is the symptom of the increasing threat to sea turtles from a human addiction to plastic. Sea turtles often mistake plastic items for jellyfish or other food. Ingesting (摄取) ocean pollution can cause a digestive blockage and internal cuts. The result can be dangerous, followed by death. Humans produce 260 million tons of plastic a year. When those products are pulled into the sea's currents, the plastics are just broken into smaller pieces which are consumed by marine life at the bottom of the food chain. An examination of a green turtle found off Florida discovered that, over the course of a month, the animal's faeces (粪便) had contained 74 foreign objects, including "four types of balloons, different types of hard plastic, a piece of carpet-like material and two 2-4 mm tar balls." "The oceans have become on giant refuse bin for all manner of plastics. All sea turtle species may be seriously harmed," according to the biologists Colette Wabnitz, from the University of British Columbia."The symptom of this growing crisis can be seen inside and on sea turtles as well as their oceanic and terrestrial habitats. It is urgently necessary to directly confront the source of plastic pollution, redesign packaging and rethink the very idea of 'throwaway culture'." Almost all marine species, from plankton to whales, have ingested plastic. But, even in small quantities, plastic can kill sea turtles, the biologists said. Fifty out of 92 turtles found dead, stranded on the shorelines of Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil, had ingested a"considerable amount of man-made debris". |
| 1. What's the passage mainly about? |
| A. How to prevent the sea turtle from plastic. B. Why plastic is dangerous to the sea turtle. C. Sea turtles suffering from plastic pollution. D. Protecting the sea turtle from being polluted. |
| 2. The author mentions the "throwaway culture" probably in a(n) ______ tone. |
| A. praising B. positive C. comedic D. ironic |
| 3. The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means _____. |
| A. a kind of food B. a kind of fish C. pieces of rubbish D. pieces of cloth |
| 4. The paragraph following the last one will probably talk about ______. |
| A. the way the biologists examined the sea turtle B. some tips on how to make sea turtles avoid plastic C. how to prevent plastic pollution D. the reason why we should protect the sea turtle |
| 阅读理解。 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 |
| We can read of things that happened 5.000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. 1 The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas- 2 These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists(人类学家) wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. 3 But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. 4 Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. 5 Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace. |
| A. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. B. descriptions of what important events happened in ancient times. C. But there are some parts of the world where even now people can't write. D. legends handed down from one generation of story-tellers to another. E. So scientists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first "modern men" came from. F. But there is some doubt who began to write. G. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago. |
| 短文改错。 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 |
| In recent years many flowers shops have been appeared in our small town. It is common for people to buy flowers when they go to a gathering, visiting a sick friend, or attend a wedding or birthday party. I still remember clear one day last year when Tom, a disabled student, presented some flowers to his mother to express his gratitude for her. He owing his entire life to his mother's kind and care. With her he would not have had the confidence or the courage to fight his disability. As a result the great effort he has made, he was finally admitted to a key university. ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 书面表达。 某中学生英语报社正开展一场题为“Is Failure a Bad Thing?”的讨论。 请你依据下面表格所提 供的要点写一篇短文，向该报社投稿。  注意：1. 词数100左右，开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数； 2. 短文必须包含表格的全部内容。要求观点明确，结构合理，节奏连贯。 |
| Is Failure a Bad Thing? Although failure happens to everyone, attitudes towards failure are various. Some people …… _______________________________________________________________________________________ |