We        a basketball match at five tomorrow afternoon.

    A. will have watched                B. watch

    C. can watch                        D. will be watching

--How long        at this job?

    --Since 1990.

    A. were you employed                B. have you been employed

    C. had you been employed            D. will you be employed

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    It is difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometime oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)  36  bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will  37  you up in the morning! Here is how it  38  .

    The bed  39  an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays  40  music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet  41  , “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, a second recording  42  . The sound recording can be loud music or  43  sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss  44  , “Wake up immediately,  45  you’ll be late!”

    If you don’t get up  46  the second recording, you  47  be sorry! A mechanical “foot” is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few  48  minutes. What! You’re  49  in bed! Slowly the  50  of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.  51  , the bed is vertical (垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and  52  .

    Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to  53  a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees—“All-Honda Idea Contest”. The employees think of new  54  . If their ideas win, the employees win  55  . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.

36. A. expensive      B. special        C. valuable       D. comfortable

37. A. get            B. catch          C. make           D. let

38. A. works          B. runs           C. happens        D. moves

39. A. is separated from                B. is made up of

    C. is connected to                  D. is made into

40. A. loud           B. classical      C. pop            D. soft

41. A. sound          B. voice          C. noise          D. way

42. A. sends          B. turns          C. plays          D. appears

43. A. pleasant       B. interesting    C. unpleasant     D. funny

44. A. shouts         B. calls          C. whispers       D. persuades

45. A. and            B. but            C. so             D. or

46. A. before         B. until          C. since          D. after

47. A. can            B. will           C. may            D. would

48. A. other          B. another        C. more           D. one

49. A. still          B. yet            C. already        D. even

50. A. end            B. middle         C. body           D. top

51. A. However        B. Finally        C. Therefore      D. Otherwise

52. A. angry          B. work           C. happy          D. awake

53. A. achieve        B. win            C. gain           D. defeat

54. A. ideas          B. thoughts       C. facts          D. ways

55. A. praises        B. contests       C. prizes         D. medals

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

                                       A

    The desire to make exploration is born with man. Wherever his imagination goes, man also has a strong wish to go. A large part of human history is connected with the exploration of the world in which we live. Again and angina people have set out with surprising courage and patience to look into unknown regions and lands to see what had not yet been seen, to make known the unknown. With kites, balloons and aircraft they left the ground to pass through the lower atmosphere. Now the outer space receives their attention.

    Why should man take the trouble of conquering space? It is hard to list the specific practical benefits that will result in. But one knows, form past experience in other areas, that man will surely see and discover new thing s in space that will increase or scientific knowledge, and this new knowledge will find its way into valuable practical uses. What we learn about man himself, from his experience in space, and from the effects of space and the space flight environment on him, will be extremely valuable. The new techniques developed to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep man alive in space, will certainly find practical uses in everyday life in some way. The areas that will benefit are manifold. They include communication, generation of power, transportation and travel, food production, materials, fuels and many others. But to say definitely just what the practical results will be is almost impossible.

56. The main idea of the first paragraph is that        .

    A. man desire to explore what is unknown

    B. man often goes wherever his dreams to go

    C. man is no longer interested in the study of the land and sea now

    D. man’s history is his exploration of the world

57. The underlined word “manifold” in the second paragraph probably means        .

    A. vast           B. various        C. valuable       D. practical

58. The author seems to be in favor of        .

    A. doubting the necessity of the space exploration

    B. the exploration of space

    C. exploring more in space than in sea

    D. his experience in space

59. The underlined phrase “practical results” refers to the results        .

    A. that are obtained from experience

    B. that can be learned as knowledge

    C. that can be made use of

    D. helping us make further exploration

                              B

    Because he wrote his name so that it could be read easily, John Hancock has a place in the dictionary.

    John Hancock was a wealthy man who helped the patriots in the American Revolution. He was president of the Continental Congress. He was also governor of Massachusetts and one of the first men of sign the Declaration of Independence. Yet he is remembered best for his large signature.

    The story is told that when Hancock sat down to sign the Declaration of Independence, he said that he would write his signature large enough for John Bull to read without his glasses. Hancock’s signature on the Declaration is four the three-quarter inches long—an inch longer than his usual signature.

    Today John Hancock can be used to mean any person’s signature.

60. The passage is mainly about        .

    A. the American Revolution          B. John Hancock’s handwriting

    C. how an American expression began

    D. signing the Declaration of Independence

61. Hancock is remembered best because he        .

    A. was governor of Massachusetts

    B. helped the patriots in the Revolution

    C. signed his name in large letters

    D. was president of the Continental Congress

62. John Bull is        .

    A. another name for Uncle Sam       B. England’s Uncle Sam

    C. a name that stands for England   D. both B and C

63. According to the dictionary, a John Hancock is a        .

    A. governor                         B. man who sign petitions

    C. strong patriot                   D. person’s signature

                                  C

    The world’s first plastic magnet (磁性) to work at room temperature has passed the elementary test of magnetism. Its creators at the University of Durham in the UK have used it to pick iron filings (铁屑) from a laboratory bench.

    In 2001, chemists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln claimed to have created the world’s first plastic magnet, but it only worked below 10 Kelvin (开氏温度). Other researchers have made plastic magnets, but generally they only function at extremely low temperatures, or their magnetism at room temperature is too weak to be business use.

    So the Durham team can claim to have made the first plastic magnet that could be used in everyday products. One of the most likely applications is in the magnetic coating of computer hard discs, which could lead to a new generation of high-capacity discs.

    Jerry Torrance, a material scientist who is an adviser to some of the world’s largest electronics and engineering companies, including IBM, describes the work as “a great scientific breakthrough”. However, he says that practical applications are probably still a long way off.

    At first the new polymer (聚合物) showed little sign of magnetism, and after three months the researchers had reached the point where they felt that trying to induce (诱发) magnetism in this polymer was a waste of time. “Just as we were about to give up and try a different way, we decided to check the samples for a last time,” says Sean Giblin.

    It was a fortunate decision, because over the months the original polymer had developed magnetic characteristics. Further groups of polymer proved its magnetism and ruled out the possibility that the magnetism had been caused by pollution. In addition, X-ray diffraction data (衍射数据) showed an increase in the straight line of the polymer chains over three months, which probably accounts for the increase in magnetism.

    Although the polymer’s magnetism is weak compared with metal magnets, the researchers are confident that they can improve it. And in addition to computer hard discs, the team thinks that plastic magnets could have important medical applications because organic magnetic materials are less likely to be rejected by the body.

64. The plastic magnets made by the chemists from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other researchers couldn’t be used in everyday products because        .

    A. they didn’t pass the elementary test of magnetism

    B. they couldn’t pick up iron filings from a laboratory bench

    C. they wouldn’t work at room temperature

    D. they could only be used at high temperature

65. The increase in magnetism over the months is probably caused by        .

    A. checking the samples             B. a wise decision

    C. pollution

    D. the increase in the straight line of the polymer chains

66. The plastic magnets could be used        .

    A. to compare with the metal magnets

    B. to coat computer hard discs

    C. to produce medicine

    D. to lower the temperature

67. What would be the best title for the passage?

    A. The Birth of Practical Plastic Magnet

    B. The World’s First Plastic Magnet

    C. A Fortunate Decision

    D. The Applications of Plastic Magnets

                                 D

    Here are a few tips we’ve put together to help you learn English well.

    Speak, speak, speak!

    Practise speaking as often as you can—even speaking to yourself is good practice. Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with the master version, see how you can do better and have another try. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.

    Why not learn with someone else?

    It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working. Agree times to meet and set goals for the week, and test each other regularly.

    Don’t get stuck by a word you don’t know

    Practise improvising (即兴的) ways of getting your meaning across while speaking spontaneously (本能), even if you don’t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. A basic example is the use of tenses. If you don’t know the past tense but want to talk about yesterday, use the verb in the present tense and use the word for “yesterday”. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.

    Language learning is also about intuition (直觉)

    Guesswork is important in learning a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren’t expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time. Learn to make maximum use of all the clues you can pick up. For example, what do the speakers sound like? Happy? Angry? Calm? Etc.

    Build up your vocabulary

    A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take a maximum of six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later. Much of the vocabulary in the course is presented by topic.

    And above all, have fun!

68. Why should one have himself recorded when practicing speaking?

    A. To encourage others to start.

    B. To record his own progress.

    C. To improve his speaking.

    D. To compare himself with others.

69. Which of the following is the most important in learning English?

    A. Speaking.      B. Pleasure.      C. Intuition.     D. Vocabulary.

70. It is important in Tip 3 that        is helpful when you are learning English.

    A. body language  B. a good memory  C. a good friend  D. a proper dictionary

71. Which of the following seems NOT to be true in learning a language?

    A. Practice makes perfect.          B. A good beginning is half done.

    C. Rome is not built in a day.      D. Don’t run before you can walk.

                                   E

    Some people have it easy. When their kids ask them what they do at work, they can give a simple, direct answer: “I put out fires” or “I teach primary school”. As a theoretical physicist, I never had this luck. Society has come to expect many things from the physicists. It used to be that we only had to discover the basic laws of the world and supply the techniques that would power the next Silicon Valley. With these expectations we were fairly comfortable: they are the sorts of things we think we know how to do. What makes us uncomfortable and what makes it hard for us to tell our kids what we’re up to is that in this century we have become, though unwillingly, gurus on questions such as “What is the nature of Reality?”

    We now deal with a whole new class of problems. We ask how the world began and what the nature of matter is. The answers we are coming up with are just not easy to comprehend for the average person.

    So, when physicists get out of their cars in the morning, have a cup of coffee and sit down in front of their computers, they leave a familiar world and enter a place where things act in strange ways that are impossible for ordinary people to understand.

72. According to the passage, in a way physicists are        .

    A. honest         B. comfortable    C. strange        D. unlucky

73. By what the writer says about physicists, we know that physicists        .

    A. don’t like their careers

    B. live in two different worlds

    C. are coming up with new answers to old questions

    D. don’t have to tell people what they are doing

74. From the passage we can conclude that theoretical physicists        .

    A. contributed to the new industry in Silicon Valley

    B. only have to answer the basic questions about the world

    C. have disappointed the expectations of many people

    D. have found it hard to make themselves popular

75. What’s the main idea of the passage?

    A. Society seems to know a bit about physicists’ work.

    B. Most people are expecting to know what physicists are doing.

    C. Physicists are doing more and more difficult jobs.

    D. It’s impossible for average people to know physicists’ work.

 第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

A: Have you ever read some reports about UFOs?

B: Of course. I have a firm b      76       in UFOs. I’m    76.              

   always interested in the stories and aliens.

A: What are they like?

B: According to some w      77       , it is colorless       77.              

   and moves at an a      78       speed with little noise.  78.              

   Aliens are said to be white-skinned, strange-looking

   visitors from o     79        space.                      79.              

A: I don’t quite agree with you d     80        to space    80.              

   exploration, most important planets have been examined,

   p     81        have been taken and samples have          81.              

   collected there, but no e     82        of life has       82.              

   been discovered.

B: So you mean UFOs don’t e     83        ? There are no    83.              

   aliens? How would you explain some people’s sudden

   d      84       ? Many people have reported seeing        84.              

   aliens.

A: It’s hard to say. We will still continue with

   scientific r     85        .                              85.              

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）