对话填空  （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

W: Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue（目录）for

quite a (76) w______. Is there anything I can do to help you?

M: Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling. There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know (77) w_____ to begin.

W: Your topic sounds pretty big. Why don’t you narrow it down to something like…uh… the history of the studios during that time?

M: You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more than 30 books came up when I (78) t_____ in “movie studios.”

W: You could cut that down even further by listing the specific (79) y_____ you want. Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”

M: “Golden Age” is a good idea. Let me type that in. Hey, look, just 6 books this time. That’s a lot better.

W: Oh… another thing you might consider. Have you tried looking for any (80) m_______ or newspaper articles?

M: No, I’ve only been (81) s________ for books.

W: Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. And we do have the Los Angeles Times available over there. You might go (82) t________ their indexes (索引) to see if there’s (83) a_______ you want.

M: Okay, I think I’ll get (84) s_______ with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.

W: If you need any (85) h_____, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.

M: Great, thanks a lot. 

. I have no idea _______ he left the party without _______ .

A. why; noticing                        B. how; being noticed

C. whether; notices                      D. that; notice

We haven’t seen each other for 20 years, but I recognized him _____ I saw him.

  Which of the following is wrong ?

  A. immediately              B. the moment                            C. as soon as             D. while

Animation(动画) means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.

Since earliest times, people have always been surprised by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector.

In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.

A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.

Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.

But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly on to an empty film and then run the film through a projector.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. People were unable to cause the movement to last or record it in the last century.

B. Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.

C. It is impossible to make cartoon characters do what they are designed to do.

D. In ancient times people were surprised by movement.

According to the passage, Felix the Cat________.

A. was created by the American cartoonist Felix

B. was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century

C. was unable to do what natural cats could not do

D. was created in the United States in the nineteenth century

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier that Pat Sullivan’s

B. only professionals can create cartoon characters

C. Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists

D. the cartoon industry started in the United States

Which of the following statements best describes the author’s attitude towards cartoon making?

A. Cartoon making is an easy job. Anyone can do it.

B. Only trained people can be employed in cartoon making industry.

C. Anyone can make cartoons under the instructions of professionals.

D. Cartoon making is no easy job. You have to spend much time drawing onto the empty film.

Ann never dreams of ______ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

A. there being a chance                  B. there to be a chance  

C. there be a chance                     D. being a chance

 The research they had been devoted to ______ to be of great value to the cancer patients.

   A. is proved    B. proves         C. has proved        D. proved

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought in and while they were   16  it, some of them told interesting stories about  17  pearls and other   18   things inside fish.

An old gentleman, who up to now had   19   quietly to their conversation, at last said,

“ I’ve heard all your stories, now I’ll tell you   20  . When I was a young man I was working in a large importing factory in New York, and   21   is usual with young persons, I fell in   22   with a pretty young girl. Very __23__ we were engaged（订婚）. About two months __24___ our marriage was to take place, I was suddenly   25  to Birmingham on a very important business. I left my sweetheart,   26   to write to her. ”

“ I had to stay in Birmingham longer than I had   27  . At last my work was done and I could leave Birmingham. But just before I  28  New York, I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond   29  , planning to give it to my sweetheart. ”

“ On my way to New York, I was__30___ the morning newspaper, which had been brought on board by the sailor. Suddenly I   31   an announcement of my sweetheart’s   32   with another. This made me so angry that I threw the ring overboard. A few days  33  , when I was eating fish, I bit(咬) on something   34  . What do you think it was ? ”

“ The diamond ring, ” cried his companions. “ No ” , said the old gentleman  35  , “ it was a fish-bone.”

16. A. eating         B. cooking           C. peeling         D. weighing

17. A. exchanging      B. tasting                  C. finding          D. searching

18. A. valuable                     B. terrible                  C. common                D. cheap

19. A. sat                     B. listened                 C. stood                      D. thought

20. A. one                        B. all                      C. some                 D. another

21. A. it                   B. which                          C. that                        D. as

22. A. trouble              B. debt                                C. quarrel                            D. love

23. A. quickly               B. fast                        C. soon                  D. lucky

24. A. when                     B. before                         C. after                  D. since

25. A. reported                    B. sent             C. caught            D. taken

26. A. promising                  B. agreeing               C. refusing                 D. wishing

27. A. regretted             B. wondered                  C. expected       D. finished

28. A. left for               B. left to                          C. returned back   D. returned from

29. A. watch                B. ring                        C. earring                            D. necklace

30. A. looking at        B. looking up                  C. looking through   D. looking for

31. A. looked               B. saw                        C. heard                     D. recognized

32. A. marriage                   B. fight                            C. talk                         D. agreement

33. A. before               B. later                           C. earlier               D. ago

34. A. hard                            B. sweet                         C. soft                         D. crisp

35. A. happily              B. loudly                     C. angrily              D. sadly 

A Day of Design

Sunday, June 17,2010

9 a. m. ~ 4 p. m.

Thomas College Student Center

Join us for a free day of fun! A Day of Design will encourage those interested in flowers and design to get in touch with their creative side and get some tips from the experts – Jeff and Scott. Pleas see the schedule below for details about this wonderful opportunity!

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Registration (登记) for the day runs from 9 a.m. in the Student Center. Later guests will take a tour of the Thomas College campus before the day’s events.

10:30 a. m. ~ 12:00 p. m.

Jeff and Scott will design more than a dozen arrangements in a variety of sizes and colors and auction (拍卖) will be held and guests will have the opportunity to bid on the flower arrangements.

12:00 p. m. ~ 1:00 p. m.

A delightful boxed lunch will be served. During the lunch hour, Jeff and Scott will create a centerpiece for the holiday table and give tips for creating a beautiful centerpiece using things found in the home.

3:00 p. m. ~ 4:00 p. m.

A fitting way to end the day – guests are invited to enjoy a wine and cheese party. Jeff and Scott will be available to answer questions or just talk about flowers!

There is no charge for this event.

REGISTER NOW!

Space is limited to 45 guests.

64．What are guests supposed to do from 9:00 a. m. to 10:30 a. m.?

       A．To design flower arrangements.    

B．To enjoy a wine and cheese party.

       C．To learn how to create a centerpiece.    

D．To take a tour of the Thomas College campus. 

65．When will an auction be held?

       A．9:00 a.m. ~ 10:30 a.m.   B．10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m.

       C．1:00 p.m. ~ 3:00 p. m.    D．3:00 p. m. ~ 4:00 p. m.

66．The underlined word “centerpiece” is probably         .

       A．a photo on the wall                        B．a picture that has been drawn

       C．a decoration for the center of a table            D．a flower that is carved out of stone

67．We can learn from the passage that A Day of Design         .

       A．lasts for eight hours                       B．is free of charge

       C．is held annually in July                     D．is aimed at fashion designers

IV. 写作（共两节，满分为40分）

第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

【写作内容】  

加拿大中学生John在互联网上登出启事(notice)想结识一位中国网友,以便学习和了解中国的语言、文化和风俗。假设你是张华，请在看到这则启事后，用英文发一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：

你是怎样得知John的愿望；你愿意成为她的网友；你打算如何帮助她学习中文；你愿意向她介绍中国的一些风俗习惯；你盼望她把她的QQ号码告诉你并且尽早互相成为好友。

【写作要求】

1. 电子邮件必须包括以上五个方面的内容，按照发邮件的格式书写，可以适当增减细节，使内容连贯，将5个句子组织成连贯的短文。

2. 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给内容。

3. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

　4. 电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出；

【评分标准】  句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear John,

                                                      Yours,

                                                      Zhang Hua

III. 阅读  (共两节，满分40分)

第一节：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 1993, New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage (=drink) containers. Within a year, consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw material for new products, but because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound end up buried in landfills(垃圾填埋场). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for second-hand plastic.

Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence post, paint brushes, etc.

As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard unti1 somebody figures out how to give it a second life — and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life va1ue.Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.

Shrinking landfill space and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and reduces the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.

1. What regulation was issued by New York State concerning beverage containers?

A. A fee should be charged on used containers for recycling.

B. Throwaways should be collected by the state for recycling.

C. Consumers had to pay for beverage containers and could get their money back on returning them.

D. Beverage companies should be responsible for collecting and reusing discarded plastic soda bottles.

2. The returned plastic bottles in New York used to        .

A. be turned into raw rnateria1s

B. be separated from other rubbish

C. have a second-life value

D. end up somewhere underground

3. The key problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers is         .

A. how to reduce their recycling costs

B. to sell them at a profitable price

C. how to turn them into useful things

D. to lower the prices for used materials

4. Recycling has become the first choice for the disposal of rubbish because         .

A. recycling causes litt1e pollution

B. other methods are more expensive

C. recycling has great appeal for the jobless

D. local governments find it easy to manage

5. It can be concluded from the passage that          .

A.    recycling is to be recommended both economically and environmentally

B. local governments in the U. S. can expect big profits from recycling

C. rubbish is a potential remedy for the shortage of raw materials

D. landfills will sti1l be widely used for waste disposal