1. servant A. undertake B. forbid
C. labour D.
permanent
2. solid A. observe B. politics
C.
patient D.
overcome
3. smooth A.
youth B.
strength C.
thunder D.
worthy
4. retire A.
affair B. caring
C. theory
D.
variety
5. concern A.
addict B. cubic C.
official D.
absorb
第二节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
6. Someone is ringing the doorbell. Go and see ____.
A. who is he B. who it
is C. who is
it D. who he is
7. His father sent him to Paris to study law, but instead Verne ____
his love for the theatre.
A. develop B. developing C. developed D. has developed
8. ____ by the magician’s tricks, they decided to
invite him to their village the ____ year.
A. Amusing; following B.
Amused; following
C. Amusing; followed
D. Amused; follow
9. ---- I didn’t know you were good
friends.
----You ____. I have known her since she moved here.
You were studying abroad then.
A. may have B. needn’t have C. couldn’t have D. must have
10. --- Can I smoke here?
--- No，at no time ____ in the library.
A. does smoking permit
B. is smoking permitted
C. smoking is permitted
D. smoking permits
11. Whatever great achievements the future may have
____ store for China, many
of them are ____ to be born in northwestern Beijing.
A. on the; certain B. on; probable C. in the; possible D. in; likely
12. The principal suggested ____ more exercise
to build up our health.
A. them to do B. they would do C. their doing D. they did
13. The nutrients in whatever falls into the ocean
will quickly become ____ other living things.
A. convenient for B. unfit for C. eaten by D. available to
14. Near Madison Avenue, many students were demonstrating
____ free higher education.
A. against B. to C. in favor
of
D. /
15. Being poor, John’s family couldn’t afford to send
him to university. How he ____ have such a chance.
A. anxious to B eager for C. itched
to D. hoped for
16. AIDS is said ____ the biggest health challenge to
both men and women in that area over the past few years.
A. that it is
B. to have been C.
that it has been
D. to be
17. _____ historic meeting between CPC General
Secretary Hu Jintao and KMT
Chairman Lian Zhan marked a
new time in relations across Taiwan
Straits.
A. The; a B. A; / C.
/; the D. The; the
18. --- English has
large vocabulary, hasn’t it?
--- Yes, _____ more words and
expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.
A. Know B.
Knowing C. To know D. Known
19. Helen always helps
her mother even though going to school ______ most of her day.
A. takes up B. makes up C. saves up D. puts up
20. I _______in London for many years，but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move
back to China.
A. lived
B. was
living
C. have
lived
D. had lived
第三节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Forgiveness
As young boys we used to run
away from school to the river and see who could catch the biggest fish. This
year had been a great year for 21
. The conditions were perfect,
and 22 was my fishing pole. I clearly remember
opening that 23 with my friend, Tom, on the morning
of my birthday. We were both so 24 . On that particular day it was 25 turn to carry it to the river. We shared
as he was still working on saving enough money to 26 one of his own just like mine, As we
headed down the embankment (河堤), he 27
and fell down with my fishing
pole in hand. We both heard it break and I saw the 28 look in his eyes when his eyes 29 mine.
Well, I said some things
that I definitely (绝对) 30 have, and I even made him leave. I clearly
remember walking home 31 that day holding the broken pieces of my
pole in each hand, feeling more 32
about what had happened to me.
As I got closer to the
house, I sensed something was 33
. When I got inside, my 34 were sitting still in a circle. “The
weather is getting 35 , son.
We only have about a week left to harvest our crops 36 the storms come.”
I was about to say something
to my father 37 I heard a knock. As I opened the door,
there stood Tom, my best friend, “I just heard about the 38 , Rick. I thought maybe you need
some help.” I was 39 . My
father smiled as he stood up and said. “Let's get started.”
Tom's forgiveness went a
long way in helping my family 40
that difficult time. Together,
as friends, we have both come a long way since then.
21. A. shopping B.
boating C.
walking D. fishing
22. A. such B.
so C.
this D.
that
23. A. present B.
door C.
window D.
truck
24. A. excited B.
worried C.
puzzled D.
frightened
25. A. my B.
her C.
his D.
our
26. A. sell B.
invent C.
repair D.
buy
27. A. stopped B.
shouted C.
jumped D. slipped
28. A. apologetic B.
pleased C.
encouraged D. satisfied
29. A. asked B.
met C.
inspired D.
knocked
30. A. wouldn't B. shouldn’t C.
hadn’t D. couldn’t
31. A. together B.
quickly C.
alone D.
happily
32. A. anxious B.
proud C.
shameful D. terrible
33. A. wrong B. reasonable C.
nice
D. simple
34. A. classmates B.
sisters C.
brothers D.
family
35. A. fine B.
bad C.
dry D.
cool
36. A. after B.
unless C.
before D. as
long as
37. A. while B.
that C.
when D.
as if
38. A. fog B.
snow C.
cloud D.
storms
39. A. angry B. unhappy C.
surprised D. stupid
40. A. for B.
through C.
against D. by
第二部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
THIS
sign was found in the front yard of a house in the US. The people living here want to
let their dog play outside and ensure it won't run into the street. So, they
hired a company to set up an "invisible fence" an electric wire
buried in the ground around the yard. The dog wears a special collar and when
it walks near to the "fence", the wire will send out a small shock.
The dog quickly learns to stay away from the edge of the yard. As it says at
the bottom of the sign, the fence will keep your dog "safe" (away
from the street) and "at home" (contained inside the yard).
The
small word "BRAND" printed in blue means that "Invisible
Fence" is registered as the company's brand name. Similarly, the
"TM" printed after "your dog safe at home" stands for
"trade mark", a slogan registered specifically to one company.
41. The
people set up an "invisible fence" _______.
A. to
let their dog play outside their house
B. to
keep their dog away from the edge of the yard
C. to
keep their dog inside their yard
D. to
warn others not to enter their house
42.
Which of the following is NOT true about the "invisible fence"?
A. The
fence does not exist at all.
B. The
"invisible Fence" is a brand name of a company.
C.
Without the special collar, the fence won't work on the dog.
D.
Science and technology play an important part in it.
43. The
purpose of the passage is to ______.
A.
introduce a new product for your dog
B.
expand your knowledge of foreign culture
C. give
a detailed explanation of the "invisible fence"
D. help
you understand the sign in the picture
44. What can you infer
from the passage?
A. Dogs have become
more and more clever.
B. Companies place
much value on trade marks nowadays.
C. The sign is
actually an advertisement of a certain company.
D. The more advanced
technology is, the less free dogs become.
B
Each Indian
tribe had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except
their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other?
They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the
other way by signals.
Sign language is a way of talking by
using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way,
they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In Indian
sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another
meant “horse”. To tell the time of the day when something happened, an Indian
pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.
Indians usually used signals when they
wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might
use a horse. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire
arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals,
an Indian rode his horse in a large circle. Sometimes the Indians gave a signal
like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.
The blanket signal was visible from far
away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to
wave the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many
different signals with his blanket.
He could also send many signals with a
mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he tried to
get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in
code. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night,
Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
An Indian also sent signals with smoke.
He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He
held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the
fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his
message in code.
Now you can see that Indians didn't need
to learn each other's languages. They could talk to one another by using
signals or sign language.
45. Which of the following is true?
A. Indians sent signals with dry wood fires at night.
B. When Indians wanted to say "sun", he pointed to the sky.
C. Indians used sign language to find
out whether a stranger was a friend or an enemy.
D. When an Indian meant there was
danger, he drew a big circle on the ground.
46. An Indian used a mirror to ____.
A. draw the attention of someone in the distance
B. send their messages in code
C. warn someone of danger
D. all of the above
47. The main idea of this passage is ____.
A. talking by such means as signals and signs
B. using signals to send messages to people far away
C. sending secret codes in the form of signs and signals
D. speaking in a certain language without having to make
C
Tragedy
at the Circus
In
yesterday’s circus show, a tiger suddenly attacked its trainer and had to be
shot dead. As the circus packed up and left, circus officials said the show
would go on, even without tigers.
However, the officials
can’t simply turn a blind eye to the ethical problems left behind. Even before
this tragedy, animal rights activists protested against keeping wild animals in
unnatural conditions and forcing them to suffer for the profit of circus
organizers.
It is now time for us to
take effective steps to make sure that circus animals are treated properly.
*******************************
Circus Safe for Animals
Our circus recently suffered
a most tragic event in its history. While we are thankful for the pity from the
public, we are also astonished by the opinion exprssed
in “Tragedy at the Circus.”
First, our performing
animals are not taken from the wild. As to the ethical problems, we always
believe humans and animals can―and should―live together nicely. To us, the
performing animals are representatives of their species, and our circus is one
of the only places left willing to support this special role of performing
animals in the existence of the species. Those who argue that circus life is
harmful to animals show little knowledge of these facts. Life in the “wild” is
unsafe, but a continuous struggle for existence. To overlook these reslities is the greatest fault against the animal kingdom.
This circus has proven that
animals are stronger and smarter than we could imagine. Within the circus is a
joyful atmosphere for both animals and humans: people are educated, and species
saved.
48. What is the main purpose of the first passage?
A. To show pity for the performing animals.
B. To express worries about animal
trainers' safety.
C. To deal with the difficult situations of
the circus.
D. To call for action to protect circus
animals.
49. What will the circus most
probably do?
A. Take no notice of the
tragedy.
B. Continue its
performances.
C. Use fewer wild animals.
D. Limit its profit.
50. What does the circus think of its performing animals?
A. They are as clever as
human beings.
B. They struggle
continuously with human beings for existence.
C. They are helpful in
saving their species.
D. They have equally natural
living conditions as wild animals.
51. What is the most probable relationship between the two passages?
A. A public request and a
newspaper report.
B. A newspaper article and a reply to it.
C. Two parts of a newspaper
article.
D. Two newspaper reports.
D
The flag, the most common symbol of a
nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear
symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark
buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.
The national flag as we know
it today is in no way a primitive artifact. It is, rather, the product of
thousands of years' development. Historians believe that it had two major
ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.
Early human beings used very
fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or
cause high waves that endangered travelers. People's food supplies were
similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they
still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared
and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one
direction and cold from another.
Using a simple piece of
cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more
dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a
fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early
human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems(图腾) before carrying them into battle. They believed that
the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and
ancestors represented by the totems themselves.
These flags developed very
slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was
unmarked: The king of China
around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This
practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but
it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across
Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of
the national flag.
52. The best title for the passage would be _____.
A. Development of the
National Flag B. Power of
the National Flag
C. Types of Flags D. Uses of
Flags
53. The underlined word "vulnerable" in Paragraph 3 means _____.
A. impossible to make sure of B. likely to be protected
C. easy to damage D. difficult to find
54. The earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because _____.
A. they could tell wind
direction
B. they could bring good
luck to fighters
C. they were handed down by
the ancestors
D. they were believed to
stand for natural forces
55. What does the author know of the first national flag?
A. He knows when it was sent
to Europe.
B. He believes it was made
in Egypt.
C. He thinks it came from China.
D. He doubts where it started.
56. What will the author most probably talk about next?
A. The role of China in the
spread of the national flag.
B. The second ancestor of
the national flag.
C. The use of modern flags
in Europe.
D. The importance of modern
flags.
E
Many people believe the glare from snow
causes snowblindness. Yet, with dark glasses or not,
they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snowblindness, when exposed to several hours of “snow
light”.
The United
States army has now determined that glare
from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a
snow-covered country. Rather, a man’s eyes frequently find nothing to focus on
in a broad space of snow-covered without-grass land. So his gaze continually
moves and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something
to look at. Finding something, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching
and the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles ache. Nature makes up for
this discomfort by producing more and more fluid which covers the eyeball. The
fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until it makes eyes difficult
to see dearly, and the result is total, even though for a short time, snowblindness.
Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this
problem. Scouts ahead of the troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen
bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape.
Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on
which they can focus too. The men following can then see something. Their
gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to
see, stop searching the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention
on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly
snowblind or lost. In this way the problem of
crossing a continuous white land is overcome.
57. To prevent snowblindness
caused by the strong light from snow, wearing glasses or not ________.
A. depends on whether the snow is white enough
B. makes no difference
C. makes much difference
D. depends on whether the snow is thick
58. When the eyes are tired, tears flow out
________.
A. to clear the vision
B. to make the eyes stop searching
C. to make the vision unclear
D. to produce more and more liquid
59. Snowblindness
can be avoided ________.
A. by moving one’s gaze back and forth
B. by walking ahead and keeping looking around
C. by making up for the discomfort of one’s eyes
D. by providing the eyes with something to focus on
60. What is the probable meaning of the underlined
part “Their gaze is arrested”（in paragraph 3 ）?
A. They get something to look at. B.
They can only look at one spot.
C. Their eyes are clear.
D. They can’t see
freely.
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两处是多余选项）
____ You’d better
take a pencil and paper to class.You need to take
notes.
_____ Why?
Everything the teacher will talk about is in the book.
_____ Yes, it’s
true. 61
____ I underline or circle the important
information in the book.
_____ I also do
that. 62 Quite often you do not completely understand what you read in in a book. His explanation must be written down.
________
Right. 63
_______ You shouldn’t try to do that.
_________ I don’t see why not?
________ 64
_______ I guess so . I’ve got paper. Can you lend me
a pencil?
_______ Sure. Another reason why you should take
notes is that you have all of the most important information together. 65
________ I will do that from now on.
A .Because most
of them aren’t important.
B .You can study
better.
C. But I can’t
take notes on all of his explanations.
D. But will you
remember everything important he says?
E. But sometimes
the teacher gives some explanations.
F. I don’t think
it’s necessary.
G. You should
pick out the main points.
第II卷（非选择题 共55分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
61. Black people were not treated equally. They
struggled for the right to work, good housing ________ (条件) and education.
62.
Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity was so advanced that very few people could understand it.
But as time went on, his theory ________ (证明) to be
correct and was accepted.
63.
Some
small creatures manage to live in deep water ________ (尽管) the high water pressure.
64.
Can
you give me a ____________ （描述） of the thief?
65.
________
(有经验的) travelers prefer to make their own
arrangements.
66.
In
a________ to traditional tourist spots, people are exploring new places of
interest closer to home.
67.
The
man was _______ ( 控告 )of stealing a computer from his unit.
68.
In
today’s world there are still many children who are unable to get an education
and live in p________.
69.
__________
(配备 ) with one hundred new computers in our
school, students can surf the internet at school.
70.
The
Paralympics is held for p________ disabled and blind athletes.
第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Martin Luther King, Jr,
won the Nobel Peace Prize in1964,
71. _______
was an important political leader in
fighting for human right in America.
72. _______
All his life, he believed that it was
right and necessary demand
73. _______
changes in society if people could not
enjoy his civil rights.
74. _______
He believed that they could achieve their
goals by peace actions,
75. _______
not by fighting and kill. It was during
the “March on WashingtonDC”
76. _______
in 1963 when he gave the speech “I have a
dream”, which inspired
77. _______
people of all races to fight against
equality. King had made many
78. _______
enemies because of his work in the black
liberation movement.
79. _______
In 1968, he had murdered. However, his struggle
had already
A recent survey in our school shows that
more and more students have become near-sighted. The survey says that 45.2
percent of senior students are near-sighted. It also says that 35% of Junior Three
students are near-sighted, but it was only 23% when they were in Junior One.
I think the main causes are as follows. First,
we have to do many lessons, especially in Junior Three and Senior Three. Second,
some of us spend too much time in front of the computer. Further more, some students
often read lying in bed or in dim light.
We
must form good reading habits, spend less time in front of the computer, and
arrange time for our lessons scientifically. In a word, we must let our eyes
have a rest during work from time to time.
The
small word "BRAND" printed in blue means that "Invisible
Fence" is registered as the company's brand name. Similarly, the
"TM" printed after "your dog safe at home" stands for
"trade mark", a slogan registered specifically to one company.