Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

Section A (22.5 marks)

Directions : In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1.Where is the woman standing that the man talked of?

A. In a street. B. On a roof C. In a tree.

2.What does the woman probably do?

A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A policewoman.

Conversation 2

3.Why does the woman think that she won’t get much money?

A. She doesn’t think she did well in the exam.

B. She has few relatives.

C. Her relatives are poor.

4.What’s the women’s favorite subject?

A. Math B. English C. Chemistry

Conversation 3

5.Where does the man come from?

A. Hunan. B. Guangdong. C. Guangxi.

6. How does the woman know about the man’s town?

A. She has been there. B. She was told about it.

C. She read a passage about it.

Conversation 4

7.What price range is the man interested in?

A. Between $140-$150 a month.

B. Between $400-$450 a month.

C. Between $400-$550 a month.

8.What would the man like to have in the department?

A. An air conditioner. B. A swimming pool. C. A dishwasher.

9.What does the man need to do now?

A. Sign a lease（租约）. B. Pay a deposit（保证金）. C. Go to look at the department.

Conversation 5

10. How many times has the woman been sailing before?

A. Never. B. Once. C. twice

11. How will the woman pay for her trip?

A. By checkbook（支票）. B. In cash. C. By credit card（信用卡）.

12. What can we know from the conversation?

A. The man is planning a trip for the woman.

B. The woman is going to climbing mountains.

C. The woman will go on a holiday this summer.

Conversation 6

13. What did the woman do last night?

A. She saw a film. B. She went to see Mary. C. She went shopping.

14. What is Mary going to do next week?

A. Go abroad. B. Begin to work. C. Open a jewelry shop.

15. What will the speakers do tonight?

A. Attend a party. B. Go to a concert. C. See a film.

Section B (7.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

Malls in America

The 16 why people like malls

safe, free parking, fine weather and 17

rest areas.



The 18 indoor mall in America

Built in 19 in Edina, Minnesota.



Activities to do

Do some shopping, eat food from all over the world, see movies, get their daily

exercise, meet 20 , see a doctor or dentist, and even attend church.



Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

21. She would lend me the money if I promised to ________ within a month.

A. bring it back B. pay for it

C. pay it back D. pay it out

22. The next morning he woke up to find himself _________ with a coat.

A. to be covered B. covered C. was covered D. covering

23.Studies show that people are more _____ to suffer from back problems if they

always sit before computer screens for long hours.

A. likely B. possible C. probable D. sure

24.— Mike, what did our monitor say just now?

—Every student as well as teachers who are to visit the museum _____ asked to be

at the school gate before 6:30 in the morning.

A. am B. are C. were D. is

25. I earn 50 dollars a week, _______ she earns 80 dollars.

A. as B. when C. while D. since

26. It is obvious to the students ______ they should get well prepared for their future.

A. as B. which C. whether D. that

27. The Group of Eight (G8)________the eight richest countries in the world.

A. is consisted of B. is made up C. consists of D. made up of

28. After the earthquake, we can see the ________of the village.

A. remain B. ruins C. damage D. destroy

29. The river is said __________ in a fire during the past 10 years.

A. to have polluted B. it has been polluted

C. to pollute D. to have been polluted

30. ----Where can I stay at noon, Sir?

----It depends. You can stay ____in the classroom __in the dormitory.

A. neither; nor B. neither; or C. either; nor D. either; or

31. --- Why do you walk so strangely?

--- This is ______ I fell over myself accidently yesterday and my left leg got hurt.

A. why B. because C. want D. where

32.He will _______ his uncle’s business when he is mature(成熟的) enough to deal

with the public relations.

A. hand over B. take over C. think over D. go over

33. Don’t leave the water ______ while you brush your teeth.

A. run B. running C. being run D. to run

34. Does ___ matter if he can’t finish the job on time??

A. this B. that C. he D. it

35. The monitor suggested that we ______ for a picnic.

A. went B. must go C. could go D. go

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really ___36___by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she __37__me lying in my bed with a swollen leg, unable to move. She took me to ___38__ by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so___39__ that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my __40___continued helping me though I told her I could do things on my own.

So many blessing I had never expected came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up from anywhere they saw me. Many people __41__ the door for me. Such things were small but __42___ for a person on walking sticks.

___43___for people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people laugh. I made many jokes about my two sticks and the bad fall. And I tried not to __44__ a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to other students who were injured. I took time to __45__ with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone.

I soon realized that pain can be__46__ by mental strength. I could see that although I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes ____47____ situation can be good. There are choices to discover great kindness in the world.

36. A. touched B. saved C. cured D. supported

37. A. heard B. left C. found D. viewed

38. A. hotel B. hospital C. playground D .library

39. A. patient B. angry C. kind D. brave

40. A. driver B. doctor C. family D. roommate

41. A. cleaned B. moved C. opened D. decorated

42. A. hard B .impossible C. different D. useless

43. A. In turn B. In reply C. In return D. In addition

44. A. complain B. advise C. miss D. enjoy

45. A. study B. discuss C. practise D. chat

46. A. reduced B. gained C. caused D. limited

47. A. busy B. unpleasant C. puzzled D. tiring

Section C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling each blank with one word that best fits the context.

One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mouse, 48 she ran 49 of the house, got into a bus and went to the shop. There she bought a mousetrap（捕鼠器）. The shopkeeper said to her, “Put some cheese in it 50 you will soon catch that mouse.”

The lady went home 51 her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in 52 . She did not want to go back to the shop, 53 it was very late. She cut a picture of some cheese out of 54 magazine and put that in the trap.

Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! 55 the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning, she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese!

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

In western countries, especially in America, some social customs have lasted still today. For example, ladies first, that is to say, women in those countries are respected(尊重) in many ways.

In the U.S. and Europe, you will see men usually open doors for women and women generally walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant unless the man have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or to give other services. On the street, men almost walk or across the street on the side of the ladies which is closer to traffic, but if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them.

( ) 56. In this passage， “customs” especially refers to _______.

A. what a group of people usually do

B. what people in western countries do

C. what people in eastern countries do

D. what people in united states do

( ) 57. When you introduce a group of people in English, you will probably begin

with _____.

A. Men and women B. Women and men

C. Gentlemen and ladies D. Ladies and gentlemen

( ) 58. In which country people may think it strange that men should open doors for

women?

A. England B. It