第一节  听力理解(5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

    每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据    各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答第1—3题。

1.What does the girl want her father to buy7

   A. A ruler.   B. High-tech things.   C. Pencils and erasers.

2.Which of the following does the father consider buying for his daughter?

   A. A calculator.    B. A computer.    C. An MP3.

3.Which of the following could be a reason for her father to buy what she wants7

    A. She volunteers to use some of her own money.

    B. She asks her father to buy a cheap one online.

C. She tells her father she is the best in school.

听第二段对话，回答第4—6题。

4.What do the speakers think of San Francisco?

   A. It is a big city.   B. They both love the city.   C. It isn't so expensive to live there.

5.What does the woman think of cell phone interruption?

   A. She likes it.   B. She doesn't mind it.   C. She considers it rude.

6.What reason does the man give to answer his cell phone?

    A. He feels like answering.

    B. He wants to know who's calling.

    C. He thinks that it could be something important.

听第三段对话，回答第7—9题。

7.What is the man complaining about?

   A. Not accepting any gift from his friend.

   B. Not receiving any answer from his friend.

   C. Not hearing any good news from his friend.

8.According to the woman, when should you write a thank-you card?

   A. You receive a gift from your friend.

   B. You are invited to a birthday party.

   C. You spend a holiday with your friend.

9.What's the speakers' attitude towards writing thank-you cards?

   A. They think it out-dated. B. They think it inconvenient.

   C. They think it good to keep the custom.

听第四段独白，回答第10—12题。

10.What does the speaker imply about traffic in big cities?

   A. Buses are slow, but comfortable.

   B. Parking in the rush hour is very difficult.

   C. All the people use private transport instead of public transport.

11.What does the speaker recommend to do to improve the situation?

   A. To enlarge city centers.

   B. To move to the areas outside the city.

   C. To make good use of existing space.

12.How many aspects of our lives does the speaker mention as affected by overcrowding?

    A. Two.  B. Three. C. Four.

听第五段对话，回答第13—15题。

13.Why does the man like The Times?

     A. It has 20 pages every day.

     B. It carries a lot of sports news.

     C. It doesn't devote 5 pages every day to baseball results.

14.In what way is the jobs section on The Times useful to the local people?

     A. It carries job ads from the local businesses.

     B. It is the place where local businesses hire people.

     C. It provides much information about local economy.

15.What does the woman think will happen to job ads if The Times closes down?

     A. The other two newspapers will open a local jobs newspaper.

     B. The local economy will be much affected but not destroyed.

     C. The job ads will be carried in either of the other two newspapers.

第二节  听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡  标号为16.—20.的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有80秒钟的作答时间。

将答案写在答题卷上，写在本试卷上无效。

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
The water we drink and use was running short. We all have to learn what to stop wasting water. One of the step that we should take is to find ways of reusing it. Today in the most large cities, fresh water is used only once and then it runs in waste system. But that is possible to pipe the used water to a purifying factory, there the used water can be treated with chemical materials by the workers so that it can reused. But even if every large city purified and reused it’s water, we still would have enough water.     

第二卷（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改仅限一词。     

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A millionaire invited all the bachelors in the city his home, and took them to a big pool that lived some crocodiles．“I want to find out a brave heart．Who dares to jump into this pool and swim to the other side will get all my fortune and my beautiful daughter．” All the bachelors looked at each others, with a pale and red face．None dared．All of sudden, a bachelor jumped into the water．He swam towards the other side with amazing speed, touched the side, and climbing on without even waking the crocodiles! The millionaire went up and held his hand: “Congratulation! What a brave heart! I suppose you want my daughter so much!” “Not much at all!” the guy cried, “I just want to know who pushes me into the pool just now!”

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I’ve always loved pigeons （鸽子）. Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and started __36___ them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoiled our ____37___a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I ___38___ carried on. I learned so much about them that I could ___39____ a good racer anywhere and I bought beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of ___40_____.

You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are ___41____ big prizes.

My wife had been changing her ___42____ to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite ___43____ of all prizes we’d won. Then there was a lot of travelling, which she liked. You see, someone has to take the pigeons a __44____ way off and release(释放) them. Some of the ___45___ were really nice. I never travelled. I used to like to wait at home and see them come in. They got the wonderful sense of __46____, which could bring them back home so quickly. They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes ___47___ storms or against strong winds. And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the great ___48____. Then I’d watch them __49___ round and come down onto the landing shelf, I’d look at my watch and think, “ My goodness, that’s a good ____50__ .” And I’d take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to ___51___ what time he’d arrive. Then my wife would ___52___up and say, “Has he arrived yet?” Then we would work out if we’d win___53___.

However, last year we had a ___54____! One of them got some sort of flu and died; then they all ___55____. It was terrible; I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.

 36.  A. racing      B. understanding     C. selling       D. flying

 37.  A. dream      B. work            C. life          D. hobby

 38.  A. just        B. even            C. almost        D. hardly

 39.  A. notice      B. learn            C. imagine      D. recognize

 40.  A. living       B. fun             C. money       D. change

 41.  A. losing       B. winning         C. giving       D. making

 42.  A. subject      B. decision         C. relation      D. attitude

 43.  A. proud       B. fond             C. careful      D. sure

 44.  A. different     B. long            C. short         D. far

 45.  A. distances    B. activities         C. trips         D. movements

 46.  A. direction     B. sight            C. hearing       D. touch

 47.  A. over        B. across            C. with         D. through

 48.  A. heaven      B. mountains        C. cloud         D. sky

 49.  A. turn         B. dance           C. circle         D. whistle

 50.  A. beginning    B. time             C. day          D. look

 51.  A. write        B. record           C. count         D. memory

 52.  A. come        B. show            C. phone        D. cheer

 53.  A. again        B. finally           C. only          D. accidentally

 54.  A. disadvantage  B. chance           C. problem       D. disaster

 55.  A. flew down    B. came down        C. let out        D. gave out