第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

As China’s women’s gymnastics team enjoyed the glory of winning the country’s first team Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，the young gymnasts took the opportunity to remind the world that they are old enough to compete．

Weeks before the Beijing Games, some international media raised questions about the ages of some of the members of China’s gymnastics team, particularly He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan. They said the girls might be younger than 16, the minimum age for the Olympics. But the Chinese Gymnastics Association quickly provided copies of the gymnasts’ ID cards and passports, proving they are indeed old enough to compete.

In the final, He Kexin gave a clean performance on her favorite uneven bars（高低杠）, earning the second highest score after falling from the bars during qualification. “Although I fell down in the qualification, I became more confident today to make up for my mistake and I finally made it.”She said. It was a great moment for head coach Lu Shanzhen. “Our team made history today and proved to the world that we are the best.” the coach said, “The gold medal is not only for the gymnastics team，but also for the whole Chinese delegation at the Beijing Games.”

The coach owed the team’s success to a series of reforms. The Chinese team used to train a 1ot, but competed less, which led to poor results in international competitions. To improve their ability to compete and to strengthen their psychological power, the Chinese team sent more team members to compete abroad, so they could bring a competitive spirit back to the team. All six gymnasts in the Olympic team final were selected from fierce competition, and they proved themselves today.

1. Before the Beijing Games started，some international media doubted whether ________.

A. Chinese women gymnasts could win the team gold medal

B. He Kexin would fall from the bars during qualification

C. Chinese women gymnasts could make history at the Beijing Games

D. some Chinese women gymnasts were old enough for the Games

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The international media’s doubts proved to be true.

B. He Kexin’s fall in the qualification had no bad effect on her performance in the final competition.

C. Chinese women gymnasts’ success at the Beijing Games proved that the reforms did work.

D. Each team is made up of 6 members to compete for the team gold medal in women gymnastics.

3. In the opinion of Lu Shanzhen, the key to achieving success for athletes is to________.

A. practice harder than ever                    B. experience more competitions abroad

C. have strong psychological power                    D. have a competitive spirit

4. The main purpose of the text is to________.

A. tell a story     B. provide evidence           C. give a report            D. compare opinions 

Companies can increase the money with which they run their business in a number of ways. One way is borrowing money, and another way is buying things with the agreement that payment would be made later. There are also other processes for providing money for use by a company. Two of these processes are described here.

One process the company may use is to issue bonds(债券). Bonds are a special kind of promissory note. They are issued in different values, in the forms of money used in different countries, such as the pound in England or the euro in Europe. These bonds can easily be sold again to other people or to other companies. The company that issues the bonds promises to pay a particular amount of money as interest regularly for a certain period of time. This continues until when the company has to pay back the principal(本金) of the bond. Payments of principal and interest must be made on time whether the company has been earning money or not. If these payments are not made on time, it means that the company has not done what it agreed to do and can be sued(控告，起诉).

Another process companies may use is to issue other forms of promissory notes called stocks(股票). Bonds and stocks are opposite methods of providing money for a company. The people who buy stocks provide money that is earned and take part in deciding how the company will conduct its business. They must also take part in the losses. The people who own stocks receive dividends only after the company has paid all of its debts to the people who own bonds. On the other hand, the persons who own bonds have no right, according to the law, to help decide how the company will handle its business, unless it is bankrupt or in danger of becoming so.

1. Which of the following statement is not the way for companies to increase their capital?

A. Borrowing money.                                   B. Buying materials without paying.

C. Issuing bonds                                       D. Issuing stocks

2 As to bonds, we know from the passage that ________.

A. they are cheques like bank notes                   

B. the company only pays back the principal

C. they are issued in the forms of money   

D. if a company is bankrupt, it needn’t pay back the interest

3. According to this passage, who have the legal control over the decisions of the business?

A. Stockholders                                          B. Bondholders     

C. The government                                       D. The workers in the company

4. It can be inferred from this passage that ________.

A. to issue bonds is a better way than to issue stocks

B. stockholders can sue the company when it is bankrupt

C. bondholders have the same rights as stockholders

D. investing in stocks has more risk than in bonds   

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1. The above page can most probably be read ________.

A. on the Boston College website             B. in the Boston College newspaper

C. on BC Eagle One Card                   D. at Student Services

2. The information above is particularly useful for those ________.

A. who want to apply for Boston College      

B. who want to know about Boston College

C. who’ve been admitted to Boston College    

D. who’ve decided to pay a visit to Boston College

3. If you want to study for your master’s degree with funding, you will have to ________.

A. return your Acknowledgment Form by May 31, 2008

B. send back your Acknowledgment Form by April 25, 2008

C. email your Acknowledgment Form to Admissions Office by May 31, 2008

D. return your Acknowledgment Form to Student Services by April 25, 2008

4. If you want to decide what courses for the school year you’d better ________.

A. call up the Office of Student Services            B. get in touch with the Admissions Office

C. read your acceptance letter                         D. visit Student Services’ website    

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词：（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

On the one hand, the robots sent to the planets have not yet found

any ______(迹象) of life on Mars, but they have found evidence                           76. __________

that water ______ freely over the planet’s surface millions of years                77. __________

ago. ______ addition, water in the form of ice exists below some                   78. __________

p      of the Martian surface today.                                                           79. __________

On the other hand, d       life on Mars would change the                       80. __________

present view of the Universe and also give a big push toward man’s.

work there. But a group of experts o      by President Barack Obama          81. __________

told him last October that US ______(太空) policy should now focus             82. __________

on sending human beings to Mars instead of ______(又一，再一) moon         83. __________

landing. Michael Griffin, a former head of NASA, believes ______                84. __________

a human trip to Mars could be p       by 2037.                                                 85. __________

一、Translate the following into English.

1. (某人)冒充……

2. 结识，与……相见

3. 惊愕地

4. 一般来说

5. 就……来说，从……角度

6. 带……进来

7. 几天前

8. 带走，取走

9. 需要

10. 逐渐模糊

11. 给某人派任务

12. 避雨

13. 一把，一大捧

14. 透露身份，显露（本来面目）

15. 伪装, 乔装

二、Complete each sentence according to the Chinese given.

1. Eliza is a poor flower girl who has _________ (雄心勃勃) to improve herself

2. It is raining heavily and Eliza is ____________ the storm (躲雨).

3. The man makes notes , ___________ (一边观察) people’s use of language and reaction

4. Excuse me , ____________________? (你有零钱吗？)

5. Who’s hurting you, you silly girl. __________________________? (你把我看成什么人啦？)

6. _____________________(一个便装警察) came into the supermarket and caught the thief stealing some goods.

7. You come from the west end of London, born in Lisson Grove __________ (如果我没有搞错的话).

8. Eliza______________________________(谋生)by selling flowers.

9. Professor Higgins believed that one”s speech could show one”s social status. “People _____________________(透露自己的身世)every time they open their mouths”

10. “Her terrible English will___________ (使她注定为市井小民）to the end of her life,” said Professor Higgins.

11. The waiter _______________________to the beggar(用打发人走的口吻说) and demanded he leave the restaurant at once.

12. Once educated to speak properly, the girl could ____________ (冒充成女公爵) at an ambassador”s garden party.

13. We are only___________________(点头之交).In fact I don’t even know his full name

14. _______________(走着瞧).I am determined to become a great success.

15.The little boy picked up___________ (一把沙子)and began to build a cstle

三. Choose an appropriate word or phrase in its correct form to complete each sentence.

A、old ; elder; elderly

1. She is an _________ friend of ours.

2. I was much happier in my ________ job.

3. Mary often quarrels with her  _________ sister.

4. He is very active for an ____________man.

5. I feel pretty _________ when I see how the younger generation behaves.

B、some day; one day; the other day

6. I promise I will come back and marry you___________________.

7. _______________I  will get my revenge(愤怒).

8. I remember seeing him somewhere____________.

9 .__________I just feel like quitting my job. But I need the money so I can’t.

A、in disguise; in return; in the flesh; in time; in common; in amazement

10. What can e do ______________for your kindness?

11. I don’t think they’ve got much____________ with their neighbours.

12. He often went out ___________ to avoid the ever-present journalists.

13. They were shaking their heads____________.

14. It was a pleasure to finally meet him____________.

15. I want to be home ________for tea.

四. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets

1. Asking me ___________ (compare) Shakespeare and Darwin makes no sense; it’s like___________  (compare) apples and oranges. They are totally different.

2. The disc, digitally _________ (record) in a studio,  sounded fantastic at the party that night.

3. Sarah, hurry up . I’m afraid you won’t have time to get _______ (change) before the party.

4. It shames me to say it ,but I told a lie when __________ (question) at the meeting by my boss.

5. ________________ (separate) from other continents for millions of years , Australia has many plants and animals not found in any other country in the world.

6. ______(lose) in the mountains for a week , the two students were finally saved by the local police.

7. _______________(cause) a lot of damage to this area, the storm finally moved out to sea.

8. ______ (put) into use in April2000,the hotline was meant for residents reporting water and heating supply breakdowns.

9. All the things ___________ (consider), his proposal is of greater value than yours.

10. He had his leg _________ (break) in the match yesterday.

五. Choose the best answer

I was__________ about it. I thought you were  responsible and that’s why I scolded you. Please forgive me.

The September 11 attack has been _____ by the entire international community.