33．— Is it all right if I come at about 8.30 ?

— No, I  ________  the football match then.

A. watch         B.will be watching      C. are watching  D. Watched

Section B

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrases that best fits the context.

I have been told in China, having a pet, particularly a dog, is often considered to be a status symbol because it shows the family can   36   to have an animal. It is different here.

     In Canada it is   37   for people to have pets. Many people have dogs. Many others have cats and there are people who keep fish, birds or rabbits. Some keep what we call exotic pets. These might be ferrets, snakes or almost any other animal you can think of, although keeping   38   pets is often difficult and because it can also be hard on the animal. The keeping of some exotic animals is not allowed by law.

     Now, my wife and I live in a small town. We no longer have a   39   --- we live in an apartment. We have a cat named Callie and she never goes out   40   onto the balcony so cars are no longer an issue. She’s about sixteen years old and will probably live to be twenty or more. The   41   will come when she dies and we no longer have a pet. We have had a pet for so long it seems like a natural part of our lives and without a cat around the house it will seem somehow   42  . On the other hand, we are getting older and given that a cat can live about twenty years we wonder if we will ever have another after Callie goes. Cats are cutest, of course, when they are small kittens but a kitten is   43   for a longer time than we may have left.

   I think having a pet is very good for a number of reasons. It helps to teach children how to look after a   44   creature, makes them realize that animals have feelings just like we do and that, in many ways, we depend on each other. For older people like me an animal is a   45   and a comfort to have around, a pet, properly treated, returns the favor by   46   unconditional love. Wouldn’t this world be a great place if people could learn how to do that.

36. A. buy                        B. afford             C. supply             D. provide

37. A. common                 B. unusual             C. particular           D. public    

38. A. aboard                  B. domestic            C. excited                D. exotic

39. A. dormitory             B. home                      C. family               D. house    

40. A. except                   B. besides             C. except for           D. beside

41. A. demand                         B. dilemma             C. decision             D. matter

42. A. puzzled                B. confused               C. empty             D. alone

43. A. commitment            B. committee           C. friend                D. follower

44. A. lively                     B. alive             C. live                 D. living

45. A. company                 B. competitor           C. companion             D. co-worker

46. A. giving out              B. giving in           C. giving back         D. giving off  

47. A. bad                          B. great               C. messy              D. poor   

C

Information has always been at the center of human communication. You may ask why. Well, communication between people contains giving and receiving information. The way we give and receive information today has experienced a revolution in the development of the mass media in the 20th century.

The first truly mass communication medium was the newspaper. For the first time in history, people could read about events in their country and from around the world every day. However, there were two problems with newspapers of that time. Firstly, newspapers were available only in large cities, for getting newspapers to the countryside was a difficult and time-consuming（耗时的） task. Secondly, newspapers weren’t always reliable, as there was a limited range of opinions.

Nowadays, we can choose from a wide variety of sources to get information. Television and the Internet have given us the chance to be informed about everything the minute it happens. Large numbers of radio and TV stations, satellite channels and millions of websites help people keep up with the latest news. People live in history and are part of it.

The media have come a long way in the last century and there is no doubt that we now live in the information age.  Whatever type of media we choose, it all comes down to the need for information. This will always be a basic need as long as communication is part of human nature.

64. Information is considered the center of human communication because ________.

A. human communication means information exchange

    B. human communication involves people’s participation

    C. information is now experiencing a revolution

    D. information helps people gather together

65. What was the historical contribution of the newspaper as a source of information?

    A. It made the mass communication truly develop.

    B. It helped the mass communication develop in cities.

    C. It kept people timely informed about home and world events.

    D. It kept reliable information available in big cities.

66. The third paragraph mainly tells us that technology helps ________.

    A. information easily available           B. people be part of history

    C. inform everything timely             D. produce the latest news

67. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that a basic need today is ________.

    A. communication                     B. information

    C. high technology                    D. media types

第Ⅱ卷

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）

    此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√），如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

    此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。   

    此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词：在错的词下面划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

    My hometown used to being a beautiful place. Thick trees         76. ________

and grasses could be seen everywhere. To build house                77. ________

and grow many crops, people cut down more and more trees.           78. ________

As time go on, the whole forest was almost destroyed.                79. ________

Now, the green hills have changed into wasteland.                    80. ________

Sandstorms strike us now and then and we suffer from a lot.            81. ________

I do hope all the people should realize terrible result of                82. ________

not care about the environment. Besides, we should take               83. ________

goodcare of the forest but plant more trees instead of cutting            84. ________

it down in order to improve our living conditions.                    85. ________

22．Madam，could you be kind enough to show me__________book which contains _________ ABC of computer，please?

A．the；不填     B．the；a          C．不填；不填      D．a；the

16．—Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam. Congratulations!

 —Thanks. But I never thought the result came out so fast. The papers _____ when I left the teacher’s office just now.

       A．had been marked            B．were still being marked

       C．are still marking          D．had been marking

.After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to        

  his health.

  A. take up            B. carry up           C. pick up        D. make up

34. We are living in an age ____________ we treasure very much, because it sees man’s rapid development.

 A. which              B. when               C. where          D. What

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

       You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:

   “I can't believe it--a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”

   They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

   Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.

   Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation----consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads.

   So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive(骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.”

   However, one might ask what exactly is “real” about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

56. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could ________.

A. get the sweater at a lower price    B. be heard by people around

C. be admired by other shoppers    D. decide on buying the sweater

57. Lorenzo Bertolla is __________.

A. a very popular male singer         B. an advertising agency

C. a clothing company in Rome      D. the brand name of a sweater

58. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? 

A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.

B. The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.

C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct.

D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.

59. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

 A. Two Attractive Shoppers            B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters

 C. Ways of Advertising                   D. Undercover Marketing

69. The main purpose of writing this text is ____________.

A. to describe the transport condition in Manchester

B. to explain the development of public transportation in Manchester

C. to introduce a museum in Manchester   

D. to persuade people to visit Manchester

70. Which of the following is NOT true about the museum?

A. Buses of all times are on show in the museum.

B. Visitors can learn about the history of transport

C. Model buses can be bought as gifts in the museum

D. The museum is usually open three days a week.

71.If your 70-year-old grandfather plans to visit the museum regularly the whole year, he probably has to pay ___________.

A.￡16                   B.￡18                   C.￡12                            D.￡40