II. 语言知识及应用(共两节,满分35分)

第一节完形填空(共10小题,每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

At the beginning of a new year, I always ask my Chinese friends what their expectations are. I am  21 to realize that, they all dream of owning a car. Most of them  22   that sooner or later every Chinese family can acquire a car.

I don’t by any means contest the  23  of  Chinese people to enjoy the same housing conditions, household appliances and other goods that are available in developed countries. But it seems obvious that many of them have related to the mass ownership of  24   autos.

I know that it’s not   25   to sacrifice our personal comfort and open our minds to consider what is good for an entire  26    , rather than just for ourselves. But I would not   27   to the further pollution of Beijing by owning a car. And if I were to return to Montreal, I would not buy a car there either.

In today’s China owning a car is seen as a symbol of  28    and success. I wish Chinese people would acquire the maturity to reject that idea, and make their  29  towards developing a good public transportation system. The country needs more trains, more buses and more subways. That is the only way to get out of the traffic  30 .

21. A. delighted            B. surprised         C. satisfied                    D. frightened

22. A. hope                B. suggest              C. require                     D. encourage

23. A. trends               B. hobbies          C. rights                D. duties

24. A. modern              B. fashionable          C. public               D. private

25. A. difficult             B. easy                   C. convenient            D. suitable

26. A. organization          B. family              C. society               D. country

27. A. belong              B. contribute           C. stick                 D. devote

28. A. wealth               B. glory               C. treasure              D. achievement

29. A. ways                B. decisions            C. turns                 D. efforts

30. A. accident             B. jam              C. way                 D. system

 

III. 阅读理解(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)

阅读下列短文,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。

It’s hard to believe that before 1985, people in Britain didn’t use mobile phones. That was the year when the first mobile phone company began operation in the UK, although in other parts of Europe mobiles had been used for several years.

Early mobiles were much larger than they are today. Some of them weighed about 5 kg and the owners had to pay several thousand pounds for them. By the beginning of the 1990s, companies in the UK had updated their mobile phones so they were more like the mobiles used all over Europe. Those phones weighed about 500g, and the batteries lasted longer,whereas before they had lasted for only one hour’s talk-time.

Nowadays, some of our mobiles weigh as little as 50g and have a talk-time of up to five hours and a battery life of up to 10 days. About 80% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, and there are now almost 50 million mobile phone users in the UK.

Nobody had ever expected mobile phones to become so popular. One huge surprise was the increase in the use of text messages. Twenty years ago, people didn’t hear of “texting”. Now, over one billion text messages are sent every month in the UK. People are also using their mobile phones as music centers, as personal organizers and to surf the Internet.

Mobile phones are developing all the time and people are predicting that soon nobody will want to leave his house without one in his pocket. Mobile phones will no longer be just useful, but necessary for people in the UK.

41. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Mobile phones in the UK are getting smaller and lighter.

B. Mobile phones in the UK have more functions now.

C. Mobile phones in the UK are developing very slowly.

D. The history development of mobile phones in the UK.

42. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Mobile phones in the UK appeared earlier than in other parts of Europe.

B. In the UK some early mobile phones were about 100 times as heavy as those today.

C. In the UK more than twelve billion text messages are sent every year.

D. The British use mobiles to enjoy music, organize personal lives and surf the Internet.

43. When was the first mobile phone company started in the UK?

A. In 1985.            B. Before 1985.            C. In 1990.            D. In 1970.

44. Which word can replace the underlined “whereas” in the second paragraph?

A. when                B. while                       C. just                   D. till

45. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Mobile phones will be predicting daily life in the UK.

B. Mobile phones will be more popular in the UK.

C. Mobile phones will be necessary for people in the UK.

D. Mobile phones will develop quickly.

 

Fireworks explosions killed many people and injured hundreds more in China as the 2006 traditional Lunar New Year celebrations led to much disorder as well as joy across the nation.

At a temple fair in Henan, 36 people were killed on New Year's Day when a nearby storeroom full of fireworks exploded. The accident, caused by 3 children who threw burning fireworks into the storeroom, injured up to 48 people.

In the capital, Beijing, where a 12-year ban on Lunar New Year fireworks had just been lifted, the government reported 112 people were treated at hospital emergency rooms over the weekend for fireworks-related injuries.

"On New Year's Eve alone, we had more than 40 injuries and among them there were around a dozen people with serious injuries," hospital assistant director,Tian Jian said. In China's south-western city, Chongqing, where the fireworks ban was also lifted after 12 years, firefighters rushed to put out nearly 200 fires caused by fireworks on New Year's Eve.

A ban on fireworks, which are traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits and ghosts trying to enter New Year, was put in place across 200 cities in China due to safety and environmental pollution concerns. The ban was lifted in Beijing and many other cities in 2006.

However, despite the fireworks disorder, China's 1.3 billion people were largely enjoying the festival, with celebrations to continue throughout all of this week-long public holiday.

46. In which year were fireworks forbidden in Beijing and Chongqing?

A. In 1990                     B. In 1992                    C. In 1994                    D. In 1995

47. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The origin of fireworks during the Spring Festival

B. The cause of lifting the ban on fireworks.

C. The direct cause of the fireworks explosion in Henan.

D. The number of injuries caused by fireworks in Chongqing.

48. The underlined phrase" ward off" in the fifth paragraph means ________.

A. prevent              B. set off                     C. allow                D. burn down

49. Which of the following is the very reason why fireworks were banned in China?

A. Noise pollution                                       B. Waste of money       

C. Air pollution                                                 D. Possible injury and death

50. The purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

A. warn people of the great danger of fireworks

B. report the number of fireworks deaths and injuries during the festival

C. report that fireworks cause more fires and injuries than deaths

D. Advise people to keep away from fireworks

 

第二节读写任务(共1小题,满分25分)

阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Every activity of our lives is communication of a sort, but it is through speech that man asserts his distinctness from other forms of life. He alone, of all animals, has the gift of verbal communication and it is through the quality of his speech that he best expresses his own individuality , his essence. When he is unable to say clearly what he means, through either nervousness, timidity, or foggy thought-processes, his personality is blocked off, dimmed out, and misunderstood.

Business, social, and personal satisfaction depend heavily upon a person’s ability to communicate clearly to his fellow men what he is, what he desires, and what he believes in. And now, as never before , in an atmosphere of international tensions, fears, and insecurities, we need the channels of communication between peoples kept open. It is my hope that The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking will be helpful in all these ways, both to those who wish simply to function with greater ease and self-confidence in practical pursuits, and to those who wish to express themselves more completely as individuals seeking a deeper personal fulfillment.

--- Dorothy Carnegie,Introduction to The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking

【写作内容】

1.用大约30个词概括原文内容。

2.然后用大约120个词表达自己对“沟通”的看法,内容包括:

(1)人们之间沟通的重要性

(2)用自己或他人的事例说明缺乏沟通可能造成误解甚至损失。

【写作要求】

1.作文中可使用自己亲身经历或虚构的故事支持你的观点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,

但不得直接引用原文中的句子;

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。

 

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