第一節 單項填空
從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
1. - Hello! This is Mr Willis in Flat 2.
- _______.
- I’m wondering. When are you going to fix my sink, please?
A. Yes? What can I do for you? B. Well, Mr Willis, I’m very busy right now.
C. I promise I’ll fix your sink this Sunday. D. Hello! Nice to hear from you.
2. However in _______ recent years, _______ Niagara Falls have come to be appreciated more for their beauty as _______ wonder of nature.
A. the; x; a B. the; x; the C. x; the ; x D. x; the; a
3. China achieved a marvelous _______ at the 15th Asian Games, _______ first in the gold medal count with 165 gold medals.
A. breakthrough; ranking B. progress; ranked
C. goal; has ranked D. improvement; to rank
4. - I saw no more than one motor car in that shop. Will you go and buy _______?
- No, I’d rather find _______ in other shops.
A. one; one B. it; one C. one; it D. it; it
5. His idea of having weekly family meals together, which seemed quite difficult at first, has _______ many good changes in their lives.
A. resulted from B. brought about C. took place D. got through
6. ______ is known to us all is that the old scientist, for ______ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties.
A. As; whom B. Which; whose C. What; whom D. It; whose
7. Since he got injured in the left eye in the car accident, his eyesight has _______ rapidly.
A. failed B. fallen C. lost D. missed
8. - What do you think of the movie William directed last month?
- I don’t like the story in it very much, but I think _______ the music.
A. masses of B. lots of C. plenty of D. well of
9. This is not a cheap way to get more water; _______, it is not a little expensive.
A. worse still B. on the contrary C. in short D. in addition
10. - The research on rescuing as many coal miners as possible is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?
- _______ my colleague have a try?
A. Shall B. Must C. Will D. Should
11. - The education system rather than the teachers _______ to answer for the overburden on the Middle school students.
- I agree. I hope the reform being carried out in our country at present will bring about the _______ results.
A. are; desired B. are; desiring C. is; desired D. is; desiring
12. It is in that poor village, _______ Mary lived and worked 15 years ago, _______ she will build her first school, which inspires everyone to help her.
A. where; when B. that; that C. that; when D. where; that
13. I feel sure that _______ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.
A. on account of B. in spite of C. in terms of D. by means of
14. - We didn't find Smith attending the lecture.
- No one _______ him about _______ a lecture the following day.
A. told; there had been B. had told; there to be
C. told; there was D. had told; there being
15. -I didn’t invite him to the party but he came anyway and got completely drunk.
-_______ he hadn’t come! The party could have been a success.
A. How come B. If only C. What if D. Only if
第二節: 完形填空
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
It was five days before Christmas. Holiday music was played over the sound system and my coworkers 16 discussed their plans. “Doing anything special?” they asked me. I 17
my head and said, “No”.
I was 3,000 miles from my family in Hawaii, trying to 18 my lifelong dream of becoming a nurse. I attended classes all day, then went straight to my full time 19 job at night. My weekly plan left me extremely tired and homesick.
I had always looked forward to the holidays. But this December, I felt 20 to go on. In my 21 I told God that I could go home to see my mum, dad and brothers. I could survive the next two years until I graduated. But how? Rent, textbooks and other expenses left me with no 22 cash. Money to go home? I 23 had money to eat.
“I’m on my 24 . Cover for me, will you?” asked Maribelle, another waitress, as she 25 me on her way to the employee’s room. “ 26 , there’s this guy at Table Five,” she said. “He’s been sitting there for more than an hour, not making any 27 but not ordering anything either.” She paused. “It’s like he’s… 28 somebody.”
I looked in the corner. 29 enough, there was a slim, pleasant-looking man 30 in a worn shirt and a black baseball cap, just sitting alone. I bent over, trying to 31 a smile. “I’m sorry,” I said. “Please let me know if you want anything.”
I was about to turn back away 32 the man spoke. He had a soft, low voice, but somehow I could hear it clear and plain in the 33 restaurant.
“I’d like an order of chips,” he said, “and a glass of water.”
My heart 34 . Chips were the cheapest thing on the menu, which meant I wouldn’t get much of a tip. But maybe this guy was broke, and I sure knew 35 that felt. So I tried my best to make him feel OK.
16. A. hurriedly B. anxiously C. excitedly D. comfortably
17. A. lowered B. raised C. extended D. shook
18. A. devote B. realize C. organize D. handle
19. A. waitress B. waiter C. assistant D. maid
20. A. unwilling B. unable C. impossible D. unbelievable
21. A. announcements B. declarations C. beliefs D. prayers
22. A. other B. rest C. enough D. extra
23. A. barely B. obviously C. nearly D. unexpectedly
24. A. way B. duty C. break D. service
25. A. found B. expected C. passed D. seized
26. A. By the way B. In fact C. In other words D. Once in a while
27. A. preparation B. sense C. difference D. trouble
28. A. calling on B. waiting for C. waiting on D. running after
29. A. Strange B. Lucky C. Funny D. Sure
30. A. dressed B. worn C. pulled D. put
31. A. appear B. force C. remain D. occur
32. A. before B. when C. since D. while
33. A. first-class B. splendid C. noisy D. expensive
34. A. sank B. beat C. broke D. lost
35. A. who B. how C. what D. whether
第三部分: 閱讀理解
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項( A、B、C、和D)中，選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
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When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.
Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society.” She wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drag addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.
36. In which order did the following things happen to Liz?
a. Her mother died of AIDS. b. She worked at a petrol station.
c. She gained entry to Harvard University.
d. The movie about her life was put on.
e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.
A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, b, c, e, d C. e, d, b, a, c D. b, e, a, d, c
37. The main idea of the passage is
A. how Liz managed to enter Harvard University
B. what a hard time Liz had in her childhood
C. why Liz loved her parents so much
D. how Liz struggled to change her life
38. What actually made her go towards her goal?
A. Envy and encouragement. B. Willpower and determination.
C. Decision and understanding. D. Love and respect for her parents.
39. When she wrote "What drove me to live on...I had only experienced a small part of the society", she meant that
A. she had little experience of social life
B. she could hardly understand the society
C. she would do something for her own life
D. she needed to travel more around the world
B
American travelers plan to take 10 million more trips this summer than last, despite increases in hotel rates, airfare, car-rental costs and gasoline prices. Thanks to high consumer confidence, people will travel more often, stay longer and spend more money on their vacations this year.
“It’s going to be a record travel season,” says Jason Ader, a senior analyst with investment bank Bear, Stearn&Co. “The economy’s strong. Consumers feel good. The stock market’s up. And the prices we’re seeing are as high as they’ve been since we’ve been keeping records, and that’s since the fifties.”
In all, American vacationers will take more than 270 million trips this summer-4 percent more than this year, according to the travel association. The top 10 destinations are Florida, California, Hawaii, Colorado, New York, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Washington state and Washington.
During such trips, a family of four will spend $213 a day for meals and lodging-an increase of $3 from last year, according to a forecast released by the Travel Industry Association of America. In some cases, price increases are expected to double the inflation rate, which was 2.1 percent in March. The average daily price tag on a hotel room will increase 3.9 percent to $78.67, according to a report by Price Waterhouse Coopers and Bear, Stearns.
Traveling by car this summer is expected to cost about $10.66 per 100 miles, which covers gas, tires and maintenance, according to the American Automobile Association. The recent increase in gasoline prices should make long road trips more expensive. Nevertheless, car-rental companies are expecting more leisure rentals this summer compared with last and are pushing prices up accordingly.
Thickets on the major North American airlines will continue to increase, with prices jumping 10 percent by year’s end, according to the Price Waterhouse Coopers report. But the higher prices are not turning vacationers away from air travel. “Given the strong economy, and if all other factors are constant, travelers will most likely take to the domestic skies in record numbers despite higher costs to the wallet,” says Dexter Wood, a Price Waterhouse Coopers consultant.
40. One of the reasons Americans are more likely to travel this year is that __________.
A. airlines tickets are less expensive B. more and more Americans have cars
C. the stock market is up D. travel agents are offering special deals
41. Car-rental companies expect more rentals this summer, despite __________.
A. the poor economy B. increased air travel
C. increased ownership of private cars D. higher gasoline prices
42. The phrase “higher costs to the wallet” (Para. 6) most probably means __________.
A. increased prices B. more expensive wallets
C. higher taxes D. higher levels of anxiety
43. The author’s purpose in writing this text is __________.
A. to investigate why people choose to travel
B. to celebrate the grand American tradition of travel
C. to encourage more Americans to travel
D. to describe the travel market in the United States
C
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44. The text is most likely to be found in .
A. a scientific research report B. a travel magazine
C. a weekly newspaper D. a geography textbook
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47. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A. The five fund managers with different approaches to investment can cooperate with each other perfectly.
B. Marks & Spencer Financial Services reassure the investors that their interests will be well looked after.
C. Clay Finlay can identify international market opportunities and especially select companies with strong growth chances.
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D
This extract from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes place early in the story. Huck has run away from his father, who treats him badly and he has just found the runaway slave Jim hiding on an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. The two decide to build a raft and sail down the river together.
The river went on rising and rising for ten or twelve days, till at last it was over the banks. The water was three or four feet deep on the island in the low places. In the daytime we paddled all over the island in the canoe because it was very cool and shady in the deep woods even if the sun was blazing outside.
One night we caught a little section of a raft. It was 12 feet wide and about 15 or 16 feet long and the top stood above water 6 or 7 inches, a solid level floor. We could see logs go by in the daylight, sometimes, but we let them go. We didn’t show ourselves in the daylight.
Another night, when we were up at the head of the island, just before daylight, a wooden house came floating down, on the west side, tilting（傾斜） over considerably. We paddled out and got aboard- climbed in at an upstairs window. But it was too dark to see yet, so we made the canoe fast and sat in her to wait for daylight.
When we could finally see into the house, we saw that there was something lying on the floor in the far corner that looked like a man. So Jim said, “Hello, you!”
But it didn’t move. So I shouted again, and then Jim said, “It’s a dead man. Yes, indeed. He’s been shot in the back. I reckon he’s been dead two or three days. Come in, Huck, but don’t look at his face. It’s ghastly.”
There were two old dirty dresses hanging against the wall and some men’s clothes too. We put the lot into the canoe. It might come in useful. There was a boy’s old straw hat on the floor. I took that too. There was an old chest and an old trunk with the hinges broken. They were open but there was nothing left in them. The way things were scattered about, we reckoned the people left in a hurry and couldn’t carry off most of their stuff.
When we were ready to leave, we were a quarter of a mile below the island and it was nearly daylight. I made Jim lie down in the canoe and cover himself up because if he sat up, people could tell he was a slave a good way off.
After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess how he came to be killed but Jim didn’t want to. He said it would bring bad luck so I didn’t say any more. But I couldn’t stop thinking about it and wishing I knew who had shot the man and what they had done it for.
48. Huck and Jim paddled their canoe across the island because ________.
A. the river had risen B. the water was deep
C. they had found a canoe D. they were looking for a cool shady place
49. They only left the shelter of the island ________.
A. at night B. during the daylight
C. after they found the dead man in the wooden house
D. when they saw something interesting floating down the river
50. When they reached the wooden house, ________.
A. it floated smoothly B. the door of the house had been broken
C. they climbed in through the window D. they had to paddle fast to keep up with it
51. They thought that the owners of the house had left a lot of things behind because________.
A. they didn’t need everything
B. the hinges of the trunk were broken
C. those things were thought to be of little use
D. they had been forced to leave the house very quickly
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A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web called a “bog”. The word “blog” is a short way of saying web log, or personal Web site. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.
There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information and ideas to many people who read them. They contain links to other Web sites. And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others.
A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 Web logs. It says that blogs are most popular with teenager girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.
However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.
At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service, weblogs.com. He says the site became too costly to continue. He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it.
One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket. It involves much useful information for readers. Rebecca Blood created the Web site in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That article led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. It has been translated into four languages so far.
Ms Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month. She writes about anything and everything-politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts.
52. The passage is written mainly to ______.
A. tell readers about blogs B. tell readers how to write blogs
C. introduce a way of reading on blogs
D. introduce an Internet computer Web site called “blog”
53. From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything EXCEPT ______.
A. different ideas B. medical advice C. advertisements D. account codes
54. According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Politicians don’t use blogs at all.
B. A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs.
C. Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls.
D. Dave Winer closed his “weblogs.com” because of money shortage.
55. The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that ______.
A. it was created by a woman
B. it is about the history of books
C. it provides plenty of useful information and advice
D. it has editions in at least four different languages
寫作
第一節：對話填空(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)
Mike: Excuse me, Mrs. Green. Can you (56) s_______ me a few minutes?
Mrs. Green: Sure. (57) W_______ seems to be the problem?
Mike: I can (58) h_______ fix my attention these days.
Mrs. Green: Why? You are always a top student in your class.
Mike: I don’t know how to put it to you. You know, I’m under a kind of pressure.
Mrs. Green: Pressure? Are you afraid that you won’t be (59) a_______ into a famous university?
Mike: Not that, but a secret in my heart. I overlooked the Maths exam and got the (60) l_______ mark in the class a week ago. I’m afraid that others will laugh at me because I once sounded a bit proud in (61)p . Now all my mind is occupied with exams and scores these days. And I often have terrible dreams.
Mrs. Green: Just forget it and try to relax (62) y_______.
Mike: You mean I need some relaxation?
Mrs. Green: Yes, but more than that. A normal mind is also very important. Don’t care too much about the result.
Mike: But don’t you always tell us that all is well that (63) e_______ well?
Mrs. Green: Well, anyhow, you should try to keep the (64) b_______ of study and rest. And don’t be too (65) s_______ with yourself. You’ve already tried your best.
Mike: Thank you, Mrs. Green. I feel much better now. （76)
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書面表達
《中學生英文報》“幫您解憂”欄目編輯收到來自中學生李華的一封信。請先讀這封信，然后以編輯的身份給他回信。
Dear editor,
I live in a wealthy family of three but I don’t feel very happy because I am forbidden from doing what I want to, such as surfing the Internet, buying my favourites, or playing with my friends and so on. They just ask me to study all day. I feel my parents are too hard on me. I think I have no freedom and I always feel quite upset. What shall I do? I’ll greatly appreciate it if you could give me some advice.
Li Hua
回信應寫明以下幾點：
1、 敘述你以前的類似經歷。
2、 建議他/她：1）多與父母交流 2）多理解父母 3)……
注意：1、不得抄寫原信。2、首尾句已給，不計入詞數。3、字數：120左右
Dear Li Hua,
I can understand how you feel. When I was young,
I hope my advice is helpful to you.
Editor
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Dear Li Hua,
I can understand how you feel. When I was young, I was given little freedom like you. After I communicate with my parents several times, they came to understand me. So first talk to your parents to let them know you are wise enough to manage your own business well.
It is well-known that all parents in the world love their children though sometimes they are a bit strict and serious. You’d better put your yourself in their position. If you can spend your time and money in a proper way and deal with your own business well, I’m sure they will trust you and you will enjoy more freedom.
In addition, I want to say most of your parents’ requirements are reasonable and your own studies should be put first.
I hope my advice is helpful to you.
Editor