第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题、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。每段对话仅读一遍。）

1．What does the woman mean?

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A．It is the wrong kind of machine.

B．He should try again.

C．He has to use the right coins.

2．How many guest. will there be if everybody comes to dinner?

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A．Seventeen guests.

B．Many more people.

C．Eighteen guests.

3．What did the woman do just before she bought dinner?

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A．Exercised.

B．Showered.

C．Went to class.

4．What do you know about the refrigerator from the dialogue?

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A．It is probably bigger.

B．It saves electricity.

C．It fits there properly.

5．What kind of decision was it?

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A．Wrong.

B．Difficult to understand.

C．Close.

第二节（共15小题。听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。）

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6．What was the man doing when he broke his leg?

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A．Playing with socks.

B．Playing football.

C．Playing hockey.

7．How did the woman break her arm when she was eight years old?

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A．Jumping off a tall tree.

B．Falling off a tree.

C．Cutting off a tree.

8．When did the man break his two ribs?

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A．In a traffic accident around ten years ago.

B．In a car accident less than ten years ago.

C．In a car accident over ten years ago.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．How does the woman like the trip by air?

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A．It makes her nervous.

B．It makes her relaxed.

C．It makes her sick.

10．What kind of trip does the woman prefer?

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A．By land.

B．By air.

C．By water.

11．How many times has the woman been on ships along the River Thames?

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A．Only once.

B．Hundreds of times.

C．Once per day.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12．What are they talking about?

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A．The man's trip to Beijing.

B．The lady's trip to Beijing.

C．The lady's physics class.

13．What did the lady see in Beijing?

A．The Summer Palace.

B．The Beijing Library.

C．The Great Wall.

14．What advice did the lady give the man?

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A．Visit Beijing in Spring or Fall.

B．Visit Beijing when it is hot.

C．Visit the Great Wall.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15．How many nieces and nephews does the man have got?

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A．Only one nephew.

B．Three nieces and two nephews.

C．Four nieces and six nephews.

16．How many children does the man's brother have got?

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A．Five.

B．One.

C．Ten.

17．How many brothers and sisters does the woman have got?

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A．Six brothers and three sisters.

B．Five brothers and four sisters.

C．Six brothers and four sisters.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．When do Hong Kong people like traveling to Japan?

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A．At Christmas.

B．During the Spring Festival.

C．During the New Year holidays.

19．What makes the travel easier?

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A．Many Chinese words are used by the Japanese.

B．Japanese is easy to understand.

C．Chinese is widely used in Japan.

20．Why is traveling to Japan popular?

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A．Japanese food is healthy.

B．There are a long large number of scenic and historic sports.

C．The trips are fairly cheap and the places of interest are near each other.

The movie he saw last night ___ him of his school days in Japan 20 years ago.

　 A. remembered　 B. reminded　 　　　 C. remained 　　　　 D. told

Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and       language barriers instead.

         High-tech Company NEC has       a device that it says will      users to communicate with people of different      .

         Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses      without the lenses(镜片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would      a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the      retina（视网膜）. The text, provided      through voice recognition and      programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” (字幕)during a conversation between two people      the glasses.

         “You can keep the      flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition      the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks     with secret information,” says Omino,       that there would be no need for translators.

         Each user’s      words would be      by microphone, translated, and be instantly      for conversation partners in      visual texts and as audio delivered through headphones.

         Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is      onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.

         The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year,       at the beginning without the translation mode.

1.A. cut off                         B. cut up                          C. cut in                                  D. cut down

2.A. come across           B. come up with          C. come through                 D. come down

3.A. allow               B. promise                    C. force                                 D. leave

4.A. backgrounds                B. cultures                            C. languages                         D. customs

5.A. so                                   B. or                             C. but                                    D. while

6.A. admit                   B. adopt                           C. agree                                 D. adapt

7.A. designer’s           B. translator’s                      C. producer’s                       D. user’s  

8.A. instantly              B. strangely                          C. suddenly                          D. slowly

9.A. admission            B. translation                       C. preparation                     D. permission

10.A. bearing                       B. carrying                            C. wearing             D. taking

11.A. discussion                  B. argument                         C. conversation                   D. translation

12.A. where                         B. which                                C. why                                   D. how

13.A. connected                 B. satisfied                            C. joined                               D. covered

14.A. stating                   B. noticing                    C. realizing                           D. criticizing

15.A. spoken                  B. imagined                           C. written                             D. expected

16.A. made up           B. picked up                         C. turned up                        D. brought up

17.A. agreeable                  B. acceptable                       C. believable                        D. available

18.A. either                         B. neither                             C. none                                 D. both

19.A. placed                        B. got                                     C. passed                         D. knocked

20.A. therefore                   B. although                           C. however                     D. While

完形填空 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳选项。（每小题2分，共30分）
Computers have done us a lot since they turned up. In the future they will play a more important part in many __16__, such as education, transport, personal lives, scientific research and so on. Nowadays computers are being used in ___17__ and industry and can help the farmers to __18__ the conditions of the plants.
More and more computers will come into our daily life with the __19__ of science and technology. If you want to change money or pay your electricity bills, you won’t have to go to the __20__. A computer and a telephone will help you. It can also help you to do the housework and it can even __21___ human voices and carry out the instructions. It is __22__ that the majority of the labor force will work at home. People will be able to use the videophone for conferences. This can help us to save a lot of energy and ___23__. It is said that trains in Japan will have no __24___, because they’ll be well __25___ by computers, which can also tell the best ___26__ between trains.
Computers programs for __27__ whole texts are already well developed. You can ___28__ the name of a certain subject and a __29__ list of book titles will __30__ on your screen. You may choose whichever you want.

After years of hearing drivers complain about scratches on their cars, Japan's Nissan Motor Company has officially announced the next big thing---a paint that not only resists scratches and scrapes, but actually repairs itself within a few days.

The new material, developed by Nippon Paint Company, contains an elastic rubbery-like resin(弹性树脂) that is able to heal minor marks caused by car wash equipment, parking lot encounters, road debris (石头碎片) or even on-purpose destruction. The automaker admits its results vary depending on the temperature and the depth of the damage, but adds this is the only paint like it in the world, and tests prove it works. Minor scratches, the most common type, are said to slowly fade over about a week. And once they're gone, there is no trace that they were ever there. The special paint is said to last for at least three years after it is first applied, but there is no word yet on whether more can be added after that period.

Nissan claims car washes are the worst offenders for this type of damage, accounting for at least 80 percent of all incidents. But the complete auto-healing won't come without scratching your wallet. The vehicle maker notes the special paint adds about $ 100 U.S. to the price of a car. It plans to use its new chemical mixture only on its X - Trail SUVs in Japan for now, as it looks for a more widespread presentation. And while plans to offer the feature overseas haven't been made yet, if it's a hit there, you can be almost sure market forces will drive it to these shores, as well.

1.From the article, we can find that_______.

2.The paint used on cars can______.

3.What can be inferred from the article?