第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分55分）

第一节：语音知识：找出与所给单词划线部分发音相同的选项（每小题1分，满分5分）

1. react A. campaign B. career C. circulate D. moustache

2. chemical A. charming B. childhood C. Christmas D.chew

3. question A. generation B.obervation C. explanation D. suggestion

4. summary A. confuse B. industrial C.amuse D.support

5. leather A. instead B. great C. reason D. idea

第二节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

6. As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ____ failure, so their marriage ended in _____ failure.

A. /; / B. /; a C. a; a D. a; /

7. ____ her hair getting gray, she decided to have it dyed.

A．With??????? B．As??????? C．For?????????? D．Because of???

8. Do you know the boy _______? under the big tree?

???? ?A. lay? B. lain?? C. laying? D. lying

9.I among the crowd an old friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen for ten years.

A.came out ????? ?B. turned out???? C. picked out ????? D. carried out

10. I failed in the final examination last term and only then the importance of studies.

A.I realized ??????B. did I realize???? C. had I realized ????? D. I had realized

11. How can you keep the machine _______when you are away?

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

12. ——?Shall we go for a picnic this weekend?

??????——? .

A. I’ll do so ??????B. It’s beautiful???? C. That’s a good idea ????? D. Don’t go

13. Some parts in South China hace experienced this year as they did last year.

A.?rain twice as much??? ???B.?twice as much rain

C.twice rain as much???? ?D.twice as rain much

14. Don’t spoil the child. Can’t you make your little son himelf?

A. behave ??????B. believe ???? C. perform??? D. conduct

15. It is the ability to do the job matters, not where you come from or what you are.

A.it ????? ?B. what ??? C. how ????? D. that

16. E-mail,?as?well?as?telephones,??________?an?important?part?in?daily?communication.?

????A.?is?playing???????????????B.?have?played? ?? ??C.?are?playing???????????????????D.?play?

17. Pracising Chinese kung fu can not only one’s stength, but also develop one’s character.

A. pull up?????? B. build up ???? C. take up ????? D. bring up

18. _____ the big snake, the little girl stood under the tree _____ to death.

A. Seeing; frightened ????? B. Seeing; frightening 　

C. Seen; frighten?? ???? D. To see; frightening

19. You will be successful in the job interview you have confidence in yourself.

A.unless ?? ???B. though 　C. once?? ? ???D. so that

20. ——?I’m going to see Victim’s mother.?

??????——?I’d rather you . She’d rather you.?

????????A.?didn’t; not see?????????B.?not to; not to see???????????C.?don’t’ not see????D.?not’ not to see

第三节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Buying the Tickets with the saved Money

Mr Brown lives in Sydney . His house is about five kilometers 21 his office and the bus can 22 him there . He likes football very much and wants to 23 the football matches . His wife likes to buy nice clothes and 24 her husband give all his wages ( 工资 ) to her and he has to do 25 she says . Then she always 26 some fares ( 车费 ) back to him . Of course Mr Brown doesn't have any money to buy the 27 .

One evening he went to watch a football match . He bought a ticket 28 all his money and he 29 to go home 30 foot . When he 31 home , he was tired , but felt 32 . Since then he began to go to work on foot . But he is 33 to tell his wife about it .

This morning when he was having breakfast , he 34 a piece of news over the radio：the bus fares were going to 35 in price . He hurried to turn it 36 . but it was too 37 . His wife asked , “What did the radio say ? ”

He had to 38 her all he heard . Then he became sad and said , “What a pity ! ”

“You must be happy , I think , ”said his wife . “You will save some 39 . ”

“Sorry . I can't 40 with you , ”said Mr. Brown . I'll watch two matches within a month！ ”

21 . A . far B . away C . from D . far away

22 . A . send B . put C . take D . bring

23 . A . see B . look C . look at D . watch

24 . A . asks B . let C . makes D . wants

25 . A . what B . that C . which D . like

26 . A . puts B . gives C . gets D . carries

27 . A . tickets B . buses C . football D . clothes

28 . A . to B . for C . with D . by

29 . A . had B . wanted C . liked D . enjoyed

30 . A . by B . on C . with D . for

31 . A . arrived at B . got to C . reached to D . got

32 . A . worried B . sad C . happy D . interesting

33 . A . sorry B . afraid C . ready D . pleased

34 . A . heard B . listened C . saw D . wrote

35 . A . rise B . raise C . drop D . low

36 . A . over B . on C . off D . up

37 . A . hard B . heavy C . far D . late

38 . A . say B . talk C . speak D . tell

39 . A . money B . work C . idea D . time

40 . A . go B . agree C . talk D . come

第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题，第一节每小题2分,满分40分）

A

It's eight o'clock and the time for Morning New Highlights(最精彩部分).

One person was killed and two were injured in a car accident just thirty minutes ago. Cause of the accident is not yet found out.

A great fire swept through a storehouse next to the Fulton River early this morning, causing about $3,000,000 in damage. The fire which broke out at about 2:30 was finally put out at 5: 30.

New York, September 15. During a heavy rainfall last night a bus carrying 42 passengers slipped off the road on Highway 28, killing 33 of the passengers and the driver. A spokesman for the Highway Patrol(巡逻队) who arrived at the scene shortly after 10:30 p.m. estimated(估计) that the accident had happened about half an hour before. The injured and the dead were sent to the nearest town of Valley View. At the point where the accident happened the road has a three-lane(三条行车线) highway with many curves(弯道). Cause of the accident has not been fully found out.

That was the Morning News Highlights, Dan Verne reporting.

41. The above passage may probably appear _______.

A. in a picture B. on the radio

C. in a magazine D. on the telephone

42. It was very likely that the second accident happened _______.

A. after 10: 30 p.m. B. in the city of New York

C. at or about 10: 00 p.m. D. in the town of Valley View

43. How many people died in the second accident?

A. 34 B. 33 C. 28 D. 42

44. In consideration of what caused the second accident, one should pay attention to ____.

A. the careless driver B. the nearest town of Valley View

C. the road with many curves D. Highway 28

B

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

A man’s mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

45. We usually begin to learn our own language by ________ it.

A. teaching B. speaking C. saying D. hearing

46. If you have a good ________ , you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.

A. teacher B. camera C. memory D. family

47. The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily, because ______.

A. they are very clever B. they have more chances to use these languages

C. they have good teachers D. they have a better life

48. According to the text, the author probably thinks .

A. we should keep a diary B. we should buy a camera

C. we should remember what we hear as much as possible D.a beautiful picture

C

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

49. Australia is _______.

A. the largest island in the north of the earth B. as large as Shanghai

C. not as large as China D. the largest country in the world

50. The government had made _______.

A. too enough law