| 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. When will the speakers meet? |
| A. At 8 o'clock. B. At 7 o'clock. C. At 7:30. |
| 2. Where is the man going to plant the tree? |
| A. By the front door. B. At the back of the garage. C. At the other end of the garden. |
| 3. What do we learn about the woman? |
| A. She has to attend a meeting. B. She is going to see a doctor. C. She does not like sports. |
| 4. What are they going to buy? |
| A. Bread. B. Cheese . C. Eggs. |
| 5. To Whom is the woman speaking? |
| A. Her boss. B. Her husband. C. A policeman. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. What is the relationship between the speakers? |
| A. Boss and secretary. B. Husband and wife. C. Father and daughter. |
| 2. Whom does the man have to see at 10 a.m.? |
| A. Mr. Smith. B. Mr. Potter. C. Mrs. Thompson. |
| 3. Why doesn't the man want to see Mrs. Thompson? |
| A. He thinks she is unimportant. B. He is tired of meeting people. C. He thinks she is boring. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. What is the speaker going to do next weekend? |
| A. To call her old friends. B. To see her boyfriend. C. To hold a party. |
| 2. In which country does the speaker's father live? |
| A. America. B. Britain. C. Canada. |
| 3. What is the speaker doing? |
| A. Making an invitation. B. Giving advice. C. Asking for help |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. How long will it take them to get to Oldfield by car? |
| A. About a day. B. About an hour. C. About two and a half hours. |
| 2. Why do they choose to take a picnic? |
| A. Because there are no restaurants in the park. B. Because the restaurants there are expensive. C. Because they prefer their own food and drinks. |
| 3. Where have they finally decided to go? |
| A. Oldfield Adventure Park. B. Newport Water world. C. A small zoo. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. How often do people in the Historical Society meet? |
| A. Every week. B. Every two weeks. C. Every three weeks. |
| 2. What is the main purpose of the Historical Society? |
| A. To find out what they can learn from history. B. To study the people who lived there before. C. To learn about what happened in the past. |
| 3. What do they plan to do this year? |
| A. To study the history of the town. B. To visit historical houses in the college. C. To visit more places of historical interest. |
| 听下面一段材料，回答第1-3题。 |
| 1. What do we know about No.6 Station Road? |
| A. It has the man's lucky number. B. It has got four bedrooms. C. It has a garage. |
| 2. What is good about No.4 Candy Street? |
| A. It is in a quieter place. B. Is has bigger rooms. C. It is closer to shops. |
| 3. Which one have they decided on? |
| A. The one with a big garden. B. The one next to the station. C. The one closer to town. |
| I love ____ history because it gives me ____ knowledge of past events. |
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| Clouds are gathering. I think we'd better head for the school ________ it starts to rain. |
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| A. so that B. in order C. in case of D. in case |
| The first edition was published in1955 and _____ a best-seller ever since. |
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| A. had been B. will be C. would be D. has been |
| Faced with a bill for ＄10,000, _____. |
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| A. John has taken an extra job B. the boss has given john an extra job C. an extra job has been taken D. an extra job has been given to John |
| In area it is approximately the same size as the USA (without Alaska),____, however, has____. |
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| A. which, more than fourteen times as many people B. which, fourteen times more than many people C. what, as fourteen times as many people D. where, more than fourteen times as many people |
| _______the safety of gas, the government has checked the city's gas supply system thoroughly. |
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| A. To ensure B. Ensuring C. Having ensured. D. To have ensured |
| It's easy to do the repair. ____ you need is a hammer and some nails. |
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| A. Something B. All C. Both D. Everything |
| I set off at five for the station. It was too early ____ anyone in the street. |
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| A. for there to be B. for there wasn't C. to be D. having |
| We used to work in the same office and we _____ have coffee together after work. |
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| A. would B. should C. could D. might |
| For holidays, many people visit the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast of Australia, _____ has more than 600 islands. |
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| A. where B. that C. which D there |
| _____, I think, and the problems could be settled. |
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| A. If you double your efforts B. So long as you keep up your spirits C. Making greater efforts D. A bit more efforts. |
| Blackmail is something that should never be _________, but it's easier said than done. |
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| A. given out B. given away C. given up D. given in to |
| — Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest bank is, please? — ______ Oh yes! It's past the office, next to a big market. |
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| A. Mm, let me think. B. Oh, I beg your pardon? C. You're welcome. D. What do you mean? |
| Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, _______ a record US$57.65 a barrel on April 4. |
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| A. reaching B. reached C. to reach D. reaches |
| A man may usually be known by the books he reads ____ by the friends he keeps. |
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| A. rather than B. as well as C. in place of D. as many as |
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| Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always 1 such people, but I also explain that there's a big 2 between "being a writer" and"writing". In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, 3 the long hours spent alone 4 . "You've got to want to write," I say to them,"not want to be a writer." The 5 is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by 6 there are thousands more whose longing is 7 rewarded. When I 8 a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freehand writer, I had no prospects (前景) at all. What I 9 was a friend who found me a room in a New York apartment building. It didn't 10 matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a (an) 11 manual typewriter and 12 a genuine writer. After a year or so, 13 , I still hadn't gotten a break and began to 14 myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I 15 made enough to eat. But I knew I 16 write. I had dreamed about it 17 . I wasn't going to be one of those people who die 18 "What if?" I would keep putting my dream to the 19 even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadow Land of 20 , and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. | ||||
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| Critics say Microsoft Windows 95 must be able to do what the company has said or sales will fall sharply. This could mean the public would reject future Microsoft products. The public would lose trust in the company. Some people say this will not happen. They say Microsoft sent out several thousand copies of their new product to computer experts to test several months before it was released. Problems that these testers found were immediately corrected. Microsoft representatives are working to solve all the other problems buyers find when they try the new system. Computer industry experts say that if there are no major problems Microsoft can expect to earn about 7 thousand million dollars from Windows 95 in the first two years. The experts say this could be just a beginning for Microsoft and the whole computer industry. The experts say Windows 95 can help the user do many different and difficult tasks. They say this means the sale of more powerful computers and other computer products will increase as people learn about the new Microsoft product. Other companies say Windows 95 is not a big improvement. The Apple Computer Company says its Mackintosh Operating System has been able to do many of the same things since 1989. For example, it has been able to let users work two different programs at the same time. The Amega Computer also has offered this for almost ten years. And IBM says the operating system it developed about 7 years ago is very similar. |
| 1. In the passage the writer _____. |
| A. thinks Windows 95 will be a success B. is doubtful about what Microsoft Company has promised C. shows no opinion of his own D. is advertising Windows 95 for Microsoft Company |
| 2. Some believe that Windows 95 will not only bring in a lot of money but also _____. |
| A. replace the older products B. threat (威胁) other computer companies C. help sell other products produced by Microsoft Company D. bring about changes in other fields |
| 3. All the following show Windows 95 is important to Microsoft Company except _____. |
| A. Windows 95 will build up people's faith (信心) in the country's future products B. Windows 95 will bring about a great change in the whole computer industry C. other companies don't think highly of Windows 95 D. Windows 95 will help sell more powerful computers |
| 阅读理解。 |
| "A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right," says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie's opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing."If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed," she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer."I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language," she says. "This love goes back to early childhood. I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said 'Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you'll be a writer.'So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer." This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition (理想) and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地) brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields-sadly now covered with modern houses."I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back," she said."Never.""When I set one of my books in Scotland," she said,"I can recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us." |
| 1. What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book? |
| A. It should not aim at a narrow audience. B. It should be attractive to young readers. C. It should be based on original ideas. D. It should not include too much conversation. |
| 2. In Mollie Hunter's opinion, which of the following is one sign of a poor writer? |
| A. Being poor in life experience. B. Being short of writing skills. C. The weakness of description. D. The absence of a story. |
| 3. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child? |
| A. She didn't expect to become a writer. B. She didn't enjoy writing stories. C. She didn't have any particular ambitions. D. She didn't respect her teacher's views. |
| 4. In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that modern children are _____. |
| A. more intelligent B. better informed C. less eager to learn D. less interested in reality |
| 5. What's the writer's purpose in this text? |
| A. To describe Mollie Hunter's most successful books. B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter's books. C. To introduce Mollie Hunter's work to a wider audience. D. To provide information for Mollie Hunter's existing readers. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings. FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don'[t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings. Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works. A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer. Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum. |
| 1. The main purpose of this text is to give information about _____. |
| A. museums throughout the world B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A. C. art exhibitions in Florida International University D. latest development of computer art |
| 2. To see the art in FIU museum, you need _____. |
| A. floppy discs B. a computer and a printer C. pictures and drawings on paper D. a computer connected to the museum by telephone line |
| 3. The museum was started when _____. |
| A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists B. Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists C. art students needed a place to show their works D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art |
| 4. The words "an audience"in the last paragraph refer to _____. |
| A. art students B. computer owners C. exhibits in the museum D. those who will enjoy art |
| 阅读理解。 |
| One would have to be a fool to overlook the importance of using positive thinking for you rather than allowing negative thinking to work against you. In recent years, research in psychopharmacology (精神药 理学) has proved what many people have known over the centuries: a positive attitude is good for you, good for your health, good for your wealth, good for everything. Researchers found that a positive attitude produces a specific chemical reaction which makes people feel better, while negative thinking results in a decline of hormone (荷尔蒙) and shuts down the immune (免疫的) system. This leads to illness and depression. Positive thoughts will make you feel better. Even if you must begin by literally forcing yourself to be positive (faking it, so to speak), it will become contagious (会传播的) and the positive thoughts will generate nice little chemicals and good feelings which will reinforce the positive thoughts. For example, if you force yourself to smile or laugh, even when you don't feel like smiling or laughing, if you keep at it for a few minutes, you will soon feel like it. Feelings can generate thoughts, but thoughts can also generate feelings. Control your thoughts and you can control your feelings. Positive thinking is important in all aspects of our lives. There is probably no single factor more important in determining your success in achieving your career objectives than your own attitude. It's often been said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And in the office of militant (好 战) negativism, the positive workers shine like gold. You cannot control external events, but you can learn to control your reaction to those events and thereby have a positive attitude and be happy. This vital key to success is totally within your control. Use it. |
| 1. We can infer from the passage that _____. |
| A. positive thinking can cure you of your diseases B. positive thinking can easily be generated by anyone C. a decline of hormone may cause you to be depressed D. a specific chemical reaction is the cause of negative thinking |
| 2. According to the passage, which of the following is true? |
| A. Feeling and thoughts can generate each other. B. It's easier to control thoughts than to control feelings. C. Your success depends wholly on your attitude. D. Keeping smiling will surely make you successful. |
| 3. Just like a one-eyed man in the land of the blind, you should _____. |
| A. take positive attitude in the office of militant negativism B. be king in your office C. pay no attention to what is going on around you D. control your feeling to what is happening to you |
| 4. The best title to the passage is _____. |
| A. Thinking Benefits People B. Why Should People Think C. Positive Thinking and Negative Thinking D. Thinking: The Vital Way |
| 阅读理解。 |
| SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND-A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported proposal to employ dogs as classroom assistants. At the annual conference of the Professional Association of teachers in Southport, northwest of England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate"accidents". Wendy Dyble, a Sheetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not "barking mad". They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions. He said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order."A big dog would also be helpful for breaking up fights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls," Dyble said at the conference."The dog will also be useful in sniffing out smells that children do not own up to," she added. "It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the culprit." The idea was greeted by the Dog Defense League but less so by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honour for occasional strange ideas. Earlier this week, its annual conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination and manual skill in the use of hand. |
| 1. According to the writer's opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants _____. |
| A. is a wonderful idea B. can improve the relation between children and animals C. is beyond ordinary people's minds D. can make some teachers lose jobs |
| 2. What Dyble said at the conference _____. |
| A. gained some support from the members B. frightened everyone at the conference C. interested everyone at the conference D. caused some trouble to trained dogs |
| 3. A spokesman for Education Secretary _____. |
| A. once used a dog as classroom assistant B. sang high praise for Dyble's idea C. would employ dogs as teachers D. benefited from dogs more than others |
| 4. The last paragraph of this passage _____. |
| A. has nothing to do with the topic of this passage B. shows there are too many exams in British school C. provides further facts about the teaching union D. shows the writer's anger to the union |
| 对话填空。 阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出 一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。 |
| W: Good morning, sir. Can I help you? M: I wonder if you could give me some i 1 about active holidays. W: Active holidays, sir? Can you tell me e 2 what you mean, please? M: Well, you see, when I go on holidays, I like to get plenty of e 3 . I don' t like sitting around and doing nothing. What I mean is that I'm the sort of man who enjoy swimming, water skiing, those s 4 of things. W: Yes, sir, very interesting. Um... active holidays, let me see. Oh. yes. what about diving, sir? We can o 5 you two weeks off the coast of Cornwall: one week diving and one week fishing with the local f 6 . It' s a very good bargain. M: Fishing? Is there any c 7 of getting in a bit of sailing? W: I'm sorry we don't do many sailing holidays, sir. They're mostly o 8 by the sailing school. But rowing, yes. Are you i 9 in rowing, sir? M: Well, I did a lot of rowing when I was at university. W: Why don't you look t 10 these brochures(小册子), sir, and see if there's anything that interests you? M: OK. Thanks. |
| 书面表达。 假设你是李华，你的美国朋友John热心公益活动想了解九江志愿者活动情况。请根据下 表提供的信息给他回信。
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| Dear John, I'm very glad to receive your letter and knowing that you are very much interested in what volunteers do in Jiujiang, As a member of the Jiujiang Volunteers Association, I can tell you a lot. _____________________________________________________________________________________ |