My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.

Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded(心不在焉). This was his story.

One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”

He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”

In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.

As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”

The husband loves shopping because _______

A. he has much money                              B. he likes the shops

C. he likes to compare the prices between the same items   D. he has nothing to do but shopping

The wife doesn’t like shopping because ______

A. she has no money                 B. she has no time

C. she doesn’t love her husband        D. she feels it boring to go shopping

They never go shopping together because _______

A. their ways of shopping are quite different      B. they hate each other

C. they needn’t buy anything for the family      D. they don’t have time for it

Jimmy cannot do the shopping well because ______

A. he is young                     B. he is absent-minded

C. he often loses his money          D. he doesn’t like shopping

According to the passage, how many eggs did Jimmy take home at last?

A. six          B. three           C. two           D. one

--- Do you want _____ tea or _____ coffee?

---  ______, please.

A. /; /; Two teas   B. a ; a; Two teas  C. /; /; Two tea    D. a; a; Two tea

The main issue at the APEC meeting was a climate – change plan      by Australia’s Howard and backed by Bush.

       A．put out     B．put off      C．put away   D．put forward

Her life from the age of six to fourteen was hard. It was _____ time ___ many things happened to her.

A. a, which          B. /, in which        C. a, when         D. /, when

In the dark forest _______, some large enough to hold several English towns.

  A. stand many lakes               B. lie many lakes

  C. many lakes lie                 D. many lakes lies

Lincoln College of English _______. 

A. is at the centre of London            

B. accepts students only at the beginning of the year

C. takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced                   

D. lies far away from London

While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.

A. the school where you study                    B. the family you have chosen

C. your classmates                          D. your own parents

If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.

A.￡1, 380             B. over ￡1, 380        C. much less than ￡1, 380   D. nothing

According to the introduction above, which is NOT mentioned(提到)?

  A. Course fees        B. Accommodation      C. The size of class      D. Teachers’ work

基础写作(满分15分)

你校学生进行了一场有关高考英语听力测试的讨论。讨论的主题是：高考英语测试听力部分该不该取消？你的观点是:应该取消。请根据下列提示写出你的观点。词数60字左右。

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American pilot Frank Webb first flew a glider at the age of 14, made his first flight alone on his 16th birthday and got his commercial pilot’s license(执照)on his 18th birthday.

After serving in the US Navy for 20 years, being a Boeing flight instructor, and working with Alaska Airlines for more than three years, Webb signed a contract with Shenzhen Airlines last May to captain domestic routes in China. As an experienced pilot, he still feels the same nervousness as he felt on his first fight.

Captain Webb said that the “Sept. 11” incident did not have a direct influence on his decision to move to China to work. “Safety is in fact tighter in the United States and I am not worried about a terrorist attack,” he said. “The main reason I came to China was that my children will have a chance to see the world and experience international living.”

　　Webb has not experienced any in-flight emergencies(紧急情况) during his term in China although he said the weather here was generally more changeable than in the United States. “The weather changes tend to be great from north to south. We may be flying in a snow storm in Harbin, and then later that same day we may be flying through a tropical rain shower approaching Shenzhen,” Webb said.

While Webb had more flexibility(灵活性) to deal with the weather in the United States, he said air traffic control in China was more strict and allowed fewer deviations(偏离).

Speaking of planes often being late in China, Webb said that in America, being late was one of the few things that would get him in trouble. “In China, on the other hand, it seems there are many things that can get you in trouble with the boss, but being late is not one of them.” Webb does everything in his power to keep his flights on schedule.

“They provide really excellent service during flights. Western flight attendants just serve passengers. But the Chinese attendants will also check on the crew（机组人员）to see if we need anything,” Webb said.

Webb signed a contract with Shenzhen Airlines because _____.

A．he was afraid of the influence of  “Sept. 11”

B．he got a better pay there than in the US

C．he thought more for his children

D．he hoped to see the beautiful sights in China

The underlined word “glider” (in Paragraph 1) refers to “___    __”.

A．a type of plane      B．a type of car

C．a type of bike         D．a type of motor

The changeable weather in the flight Webb met in China _____.

A．made him excited   B．caused him frightened

C．affected his health   D．increased his difficulty

Webb is a pilot who _____.

A．has been tired of planes’ being late

B．has never had the experience of planes’ being late

C．is trying his best to keep his flights on time

D．finds it hard to understand China’s air traffic control

Webb’s words in the last paragraph show that he _____.

A．is not satisfied with Western flight attendants

B．thinks highly of the flight attendants in China

C．encourages Chinese flight attendants to improve services

D．admires the services of Western flight attendants

根据所给汉语提示，完成下列句子。

82．多亏了袁博士的研究，联合国在消除世界饥饿的战役中又多了些方法。

                       ,the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.

83．在感到沮丧的时候，卓别林可以使他们开怀大笑，于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。

       Charlie Chaplin made people laugh at a time when they feel depressed, so they could

                                         .

84．但总的来说，在当今文化交融的世界，学习不同国家的习俗肯定能帮助我们避免交往中的困难。

       In general, though, ___________________ can certainly help avoid difficulties in today's world of cultural crossroads!

85．这些让人惊讶的最新的消息加上大量动手实中学习的机会，让世界以一种全新的方式展现在游人面前。

       The amazing, up-to-date information together with many opportunities for hands-on learning        ___________________ in a completely new way for visitors．

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Hi, Fred．Where have you been?

M: I’ve been to the l____76____ and borrowed some English books．    76．        

What’s wrong?

W: I t___77 ___ you’d been to the post office．                       77．        

       Did you notice the money I left on the desk?

M: Yes, $10 altogether．But I didn’t know what it was f___78____．      78．        

W: Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?

M: Note? What note? I didn’t see any note．

W: R___79___? That’s very strange．I left the money with a note  79．        

       saying I wanted you to go to the post office and get some

       e___80___ and stamps for me．I also put the ink bottle on           80．        

       them in case they might not draw your a___81____．         81．        

M: I see now．Why can’t you go and get them y__82___?        82．        

       The post office is only about 30 minutes’ walk from here．

       We often walk there after supper．

W: Of course I know how far it is from school．I can’t go there myself because

       I’m very busy doing some chemistry e___83___ in the lab．        83．        

       And what’s more, I have to p___84___ for my English exam．      84．        

       You know I f__85__ the last one．If I can’t pass this time,         85．        

       a hard time will be waiting for me．