第一部分： 单项选择（共10小题；每小题1.5分；满分15分）

1. Our English teacher _____ our buying a good English-Chinese dictionary.

A. asked B. ordered C. suggested D. Required

2. While _____ through the park, we saw a fine flower show.

A walked B walking C walks D being walking

3. Tom kept quiet about the accident ____ lose his job.

A in not order to B in order not to C in order to not D not in order to

4. Do you know our town at all?

No, this is the first time that I ____here.

A was B have been C came D am coming

5. The heavy rain _____ our difficulty in looking for the missing child.

A added to B added up to C added up D was added

6. Everybody can see that she did it _____.

A to purpose B on purpose C in purpose D by purpose

7. It is imagination ____ makes the world colorful.

A where B what C that D when

8. My son’s bike is broken .I will take it to the town to get it ____.

A repairing B repaired C to repaired D. repair

9. Dr.Smith was always ____ the poor and the sick , often providing them with free medical care.

A. tended by B absorbed in C reminded of D concerned about

10. Mrs. Noland, who was born in a poor family, _____ a lot suffering when he was still a child.

A went after B went over C went through D went into

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

A

Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions.

Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth monsters here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They have thin black strings on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters have a hole in their face. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water into the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to pace in tin boxes.

At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it.

11. Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very ________.

A. strange??? B. nice C. different? D. beautiful

12. Shlander thinks man on the earth is ________.

A. a monkey B. a earth monster C. a tin box D. a strange world

13. The earth monster doesn’t have ________.

A. heads, arms and legs B. brown or yellow strings on its head

C. a hole on its face D. a swing on its body

B

Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.

When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding(婚礼) and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address (地址) Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman —Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmas,” I thought, but J still wrote to her.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”

Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

14. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _______.

A. at the age of 13 B. before she got married

C. after they moved to new homes D. before the writer’s family moved away

15. They didn’t often write to each other because they _______.

A. got married B. had little time to do so

C. didn’t like writing letters D. could see each other on special time

16. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she _______.

A. was in trouble

B. didn’t know Linda’s address

C. received the card that she sent

D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness

17. The writer was happy when she _______.

A. read the newspaper

B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman

18. They haven’t kept in touch _______.

A. for about 40 years B. for about 27 years

C. since they got married D. since the writer’s family moved away

C

Many students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions.

The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?”

This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or ving their English. There are three basic questions.song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself!

The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, “Our school has a foreign teacher. But I’m shy and can’t speak to her. What should I do?”

When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps.

The third question is about vocabulary. Olive, from Anhui wrote, “I want to remember all the new words. I wrote them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?”

Try to remember eight or nine words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you’re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?

19. How many basic questions do the students often ask?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

20. What should you do if you are shy to speak English?

A. Watch English films B. Write down the words first.

C. Listen to real English songs. D. Take a deep breath and smile before you begin?

21. What is Oliver’s problem?

A. He’s too shy to talk with others. B. He’s not able to count English words.

C. He can’t remember new words. D. He doesn’t know what real English is.

22. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. How to learn English B. Talking about English films

C. Advice about English writing D. The way of beginning an English conversation

D

Billy’s favorite color is orange. But he can’t see what orange looks like. Billy is blind.

A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s.”Billy would never be able to see.” the doctor told his mother. After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.

Billy does not only depend on his mother’s descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his ears and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls, he can tell the numbers they dial(拨).

Billy loves computer science. He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades in his classes, making that a real possibility.

“You can’t let excuses get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that you can’t move forward and reach your goals, “said Billy.

23. From the passage, we know that_____________. A. Billy can’t hear. B. Billy can’t see. A. Billy can’t walk. D. Billy can’t talk.

24. How did Billy’s mother help him? A. By teaching him how to draw. B. By asking teacher for advice. C. By describing everything to him. D. By sending him to his dream school.

25. When did Billy begin teaching himself computer programming? A. When he was 7 years old. B. When he was in Grade 5. C. When he was high school. D. When he was at university.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

Tips for cooking on a Tight Schedule

From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time, ____26__Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:

Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think about of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?____27____

Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? ___28___ it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.

 ____29____ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

Hopefully that gives you a good start. ____30___ and don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A. Try new thing