第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

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. How did the woman get to school today?

A. By bus. B. By car. C. By bike.

2. What do we know about the man?

A. He arrived before 3:00p.m.

B. He didn’t make a reservation.

C. His reservation was cancelled.

3. Where are the speakers probably?

A. At a zoo. B. On a farm. C. In the mountains.

4. What does the man suggest the woman do on Mother’s Day?

A. Eat out with her children. B. Go to the movies. C. Stay home.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The weather. B. Their friend. C. A gift.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Why is the man writing a letter?

A. To help a friend.

B. To apply for a job.

C. To contact Ben.

7. What does the man say about Ben?

A. He goes out every night.

B. He never does a day’s work.

C. He gets on well with children.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man think of the man’s paper?

A. It’s interesting. B. It’s easy to finish. C. It’s hard to understand.

9. Why doesn’t the man want to write about clocks or umbrellas?

A. He knows little about them.

B. He is not interested in them.

C. He doesn’t want to do research on them.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How long are most shops open in New York?

A. 9 hours. B. 10 hours. C. 12 hours.

11. Where are the speakers?

A. In Paris. B. In London. C. In New York.

12. What does the woman think of Americans?

A. Rude. B. Frank. C. Hospitable.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When does the conversation take place?

A. In the late morning. B. At noon. C. In the early afternoon.

14. What is the weather probably like?

A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.

15. What does the woman say about the new job?

A. The salary is not high.

B. The working time is satisfying.

C. The working conditions are wonderful.

16. What is the woman most likely to do in five years’ time?

A. Move family.

B. Travel to Australia.

C. Go to another country.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When did Bill Wales enter university?

A. At the age of 18. B. At the age of 20. C. At the age of 23.

18. How does Bill Wales pay his tuition?

A. By asking his parents for money.

B. By working in his spare time.

C. By applying for scholarships.

19. What did Bill Wales do after his second year at university?

A. He moved to another place.

B. He left London and found a job.

C. He left school and worked for a year.

20. Why did Bill Wales decide to move the second time?

A. He couldn’t afford his rent.

B. He couldn’t stand his roommates.

C. He didn’t get along well with his landlord.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

23. ----- I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didn’t you drive him there?

----- I ______. But my car ______.

A. would; was fixed B. would have; was fixed

C. would have; was being fixed D. did; was being fixed

24. It’s not only how much we eat but also how we prepare them decides the vitamins entering our body.

A. which B. who C. what D. that

25. While our city tries impatiently to change its appearance by tearing down old buildings, more and more citizens are suggesting ways to _______ the historically important architecture.

A. decorate B. develop C. preserve D. reserve

26. As is known to all, Yang Liwei has become a space hero is we have expected．

A. that; which B. what; that C. what; which D. that; what

27. The newly married couple decided to give up their honeymoon trip _______ a sound economic base.

A. for fear of B. for lack of C. in favor of D. in place of

28. ______, the players began the game.

A. Having taken our seats B. Taking our seats

C. Being taken the seats D. After we had taken our seats

29. Based on the agreement, all payments _____ be made by the end of the month.

A. shall B. may C. can D. will

30. ----Why are so many northern Chinese visiting Southeast Asia countries recently?

----They are trying to get a ________ shelter from the cold weather in winter.

A. magic B. reliable C. permanent D. temporary

31. News from South Africa, _______ African country, dominates _______ screen these days because of the death of Nelson Mandela.

A. an; a B. an; the C. 不填; the D. the; a

32. ______ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about.

A. To look B. Looking C. Having looked D. Look

33. Do you have such an annoying colleague who plays the PC music _______ he were the only one working in the office?

A. even if B. as if C. only if D. now that

34. Now that the banks are back on their feet, we expect extraordinary _________ from them to help rebuild the economy.

A. commitment B. appointment C. instrument D. requirement

35. How long do you think ______ the computer company brings out a new product?

A. it will be before B. will it be until

C. will it be when D. it will be that

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36～55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you 36 it because you thought that it was just a little thought? Have you ever 37 what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts (直觉) 38 if you had paid more attention to it?

Imagine a 39 , where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light is 40 on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought 41 your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to 42 it, but wait a minute! That thought could be the potential beginning of the 43 you have so mush wished for.

As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a solution, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has 44 escaped you. It is almost as if a wise man has 45 the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality, thereby bringing light to your life. It is like finding the 46 piece of jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏). This becomes an amazing moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that 47 but powerful thought.

Your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become 48 of the great possibilities that can 49 if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to put 50 any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review. 51 meaningless little thought or ideas when acted 52 have a potential to explode into great projects. Many successful projects have been 53 from the little positive thoughts that were carefully protected and recognized as bricks to great things.

Don't waste a(n) 54 to act on a potentially brilliant idea. You don't have to wait for a major idea, or approval from your peers in order for you to act on that little thought.

That little thought or idea is the 55 of great things if you decide to follow it through.

36. A. hate B. like C. ignore D. value

37. A. considered B. remembered C. complained D. discovered

38. A. but B. or C. and D. nor

39. A. condition B. sight C. scene D. view

40. A. turned B. worked C. taken D. moved

41. A. puts B. catches C. causes D. pulls

42. A. adore B. abandon C. account D. adopt

43. A. wealth B. success C. dream D. reality

44. A. highly B. fast C. hardly D. long

45. A. whispered B. shouted C. talked D. laughed

46. A. best B. first C. last D. exact

47. A. little B. good C. strong D. weak

48. A. capable B. conscious C. proud D. typical

49. A. arise B. cause C. attain D. prove

50. A. off B. out C. up D. down

51. A. Fortunately B. Seemingly C. Obviously D. Deliberately

52. A. by B. in C. upon D. to

53. A. grown B. done C. born D. torn

54. A. opportunity B. possibility C. minute D. moment

55. A. center B. beginning C. result D. sign

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

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As shocking as the idea of baby birds growing up in a cigarette-filled home sounds, a new study suggests that some birds may benefit from putting the stuff from cigarette butts (烟蒂) into their nests. The nicotine remaining in smoked filters (滤嘴) may serve as a natural insecticide (杀虫剂), driving harmful insects away from the nests and the baby birds living within. Tobacco plants produce nicotine because it defends against insects that would otherwise eat the plants.

The butts are undoubtedly smelly. But birds are actually quite fond of smelly chemicals, such as those found in aromatic (芳香的) plants. Some nest-building species regularly fill their nests with fresh aromatics, possibly because the chemicals are good for the immune system or the development of the chicks. Alternatively, the plant chemicals might act as insecticides.

In the study, researchers at the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala in Mexico set up heat traps, which attract harmful insects, in 55 nests around Mexico City. Some traps were lined with the stuff in smoked cigarette filters. The others were lined with the stuff from unsmoked cigarette filters, which did not contain nicotine and other smoking by-products. Whether the nest held eggs, chicks or nothing, the unsmoked cigarette traps collected more harmful insects, suggesting that it is the chemicals that drove harmful insects away.

In a second experiment, the researchers collected 28 house sparrow nests and 29 house finch (朱雀) nests from Mexico Ci