一 单项选择：

1、The Indian Ocean tsunami at the end of 2004 is believed _____ more than 160,000 people and made millions homeless, ______ it perhaps the most destroying tsunami in history.

A. to kill ; making    B. to have killed ; making  C. having killed ; to make  D. killing ; made

2、Eating too much fat can ______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure .

   A. stick to                   B. attend to                

C. contribute to              D. devote to

3、“Neal, listen ,” she said , looking straight at him . “ I ask you not to get _______ in this kind of matter . It’s none of your business.”

   A. caught                B. involved                

C. attached               D. connected

4、The quality of the food is ________ health for people.

   A. a matter of              B. the matter of            

C. no matter that           D. for the matter

5、­­—?­­­­­­­ My uncle advised I ________ abroad .           

—? I would rather you ________ at home .

   A. go ; stay                B. went ; stayed            

 C. go ; stayed              D. went ; stay

6、­________ you find either his add ress or his telephone number , you can’t get in touch with him.

   A. Although                B. Even though            

C. Unless                  D. If

7、Mr Jones holds strong views against video games and ____ the closing of all recreation facilities for such games.

   A. assists                   B. acknowledges           

C. advocates               D. admits

8、Li Yuchun’s career began to __________ after she won the Super Girls’ match .

   A. speed up                 B. fly away                

C. give away               D. take off

9、There is _______ whether we will be able to get enough raw materials .

   A. not to know              B. to have done             

C. not knowing             D. no knowing

10、“ It’s not only you but also Sherry who ____ .” the headmaster said to Tom after he knew what had happened. 

   A. are to be blamed          B. is to be blamed           

C. is to blame              D. are to blame

11、---- Do you need any help, Lucy ?        ----- Yes. The job is _______ I could do myself .

   A. less than                 B. more than              

C. no more than            D. not more than

12、People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this ___creates further problems .

   A. in short                  B. in case                 

C. in doubt                D. in turn

13、_______ , his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting .

   A. Strange as might it sound                B. As it might sound strange

   C. As strange it might should                D. Strange as it might sound2

14、Between the two generations , it is often not their age, ________ their education that causes misunderstanding.

   A. like                      B. as                   

 C. or                       D. but

15、It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _______ in love , at the age of seven , with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown.

   A. wouldn’t have fallen             B. had not fallen          

C. should fall                     D. were to fall

二 完型填空：

    Travelers to new cities are often told to start their trip with a bus tour．It is said that they can then get a full view of the places that _____(16) them．Nonsense! What you see from the ___ (17) of a moving bus is _____(18) and completely removed from the real sights，sounds，and_____(19) outside．Be adventurous! The best ______(20) to experience any place is on foot and with absolutely no travel plan．______(2l) go wherever your feet and your Interests______(22) you．You finally will get to the _____(23) sites as you are on the bus tour—the museums, the monuments，the city hall—but you will have seen much more．You will have______(24)the present life of the city．

   “But what if I get lost?”people might ask．No one ever gets ______(25) lost in a major city．

    At first, you can find your way back to a(n) ______(26) location．If it _____(27) you to“lost”，just find a taxi and go back to where you started．However， ______( 28) things can happen if you get lost．You can _____(29)  at a sidewalk cafe to sit and relax．You can ask the local people at the next table about the directions．And _____(30) they don’t speak your language．your trip becomes more memorable because of the _____(31)．Here are a few more

ways to get the most out of your travel．

    Know before you go．______(32) a few hours before your trip learning about the history and culture of your destination．This will help you understand what you’re seeing．

    Move around like a local．Use the subways and buses of the city you’re _______(33)．You’11 not only save money，but you’ll also learn how people really live．

    Check the bulletin boards(布告牌)．Sometimes you can find advertisements for free concert，and _____(34) fun activ ities on bulletin boards around universit ies．

    So next time you see a poster advertising an introductory  ______(35) tour，save your money．Instead，wander on your own．I promise you a time you’ll remember with great pleasure．

1 6．A．remembered    B．disappointed  C．interested  D．reminded

17．A．inside         B．front       C．back       D．center

18．A．invisible      B．untrue    C．unreal     D．uncommon

19．A．views      B．cities       C．beauties     D．smells

20．A．suggestion   B．way      C．thought    D．tip

21．A．Simply     B．Particularly   C．Generally    D．Especially

22．A．1ead   B．move    C．tell    D．help

23．A．diff erent  B．mistaken   C. correct     D．same

24．A．1eft   B．felt     C．1ived    D．1ost

25．A．terribly   B．possibly   C．hopelessly    D．finally

26．A．unknown   B．well—known     C．strange     D．beautiful

27．A．frightens    B. supposes  C．delights    D．surprises

28．A．worst     B．hardest    C．nicest     D．happiest

29．A．reach   B．get    C．arrive    D．stop

30．A．in case    B．as a result     C．in fact    D．even if

3 1．A．experience   B．conversation    C．talk    D．coffee

32．A．Take    B．Spend   C．Pay    D．Use

33．A．seeing   B．visiting   C．going   D．walking

34．A．the other B．another   C．others   D．other

35．A．plane   B．car   C．bus   D．train

三 阅读理解：

A

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time tel ling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.

Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in fro nt of the television, everybody talks and plays games.

36. The couple have not got a television, because _______.

 A. they are not rich enough

B. they are strange people

 C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

 D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

37. Both of them are interested in___________.

A. learning languages                                 B. traveling 

C. staying home alone                         D. watching people play games

38. At night when there is no electricity, the couple___________.

A. have to stare at the walls                 B. can do nothing but sit in silence

C. will have many visitors                   D. have to go out for candles

39. The best title for this passage is _____.

A. What is the function of television?     B. Candle! But No Electricity!

C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.    D. We Go Without Televisions!

                                   B

My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the other day and I washed a lot of things.

Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband’s socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in, I greeted them and told them what we were going to do that day.

When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar.

They laughed and laughed. The laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be in and see all this. I asked the c lass to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who were in the next room came in to see what all the laughter was about. Wh en he came in, he started laughing, too!

“Good heaven,” I said. “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?”

“Oh, God,” said the teacher. “You have a brown sock stuck to the back of your skirt!”

So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock. “Oh, well,” I said to the class,“ Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity（静电学）.”

40. What was the writer?

 A. A washer.     B. A student.     C. A teacher     D. A headmaster

41. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?

 A. The class roared with anger.

B. The class began to laugh loudly.

C. Another teacher came in.

D. There was a loud noise outside the room

42. Why couldn’t she find one of her husband’s socks?

A. Because some students had hidden it.

B. Because her husband had taken it away

C. Because she had left it in the classroom 

D. Because she never expected that it would stick to her skirt

43. What did the writer do when she got to know why her students laughed?

 A. She did nothing but laugh.

B. She got angry with the clas s.

 C. She did nothing

D. She explained the matter in a clever way

C

Harriet Tubman lived a life filled with adventure. Tubman worked with the Under-ground Railroad. She helped many slaves reach freedom in the North. She was a scout（童子军）in the Civil War. She also worked as a nurse during the war.21

Life in the Old South was very hard for slaves. Most slaves lived in small houses. They had 1arge families, and even the children had to work in the fields. Most slaves dreamed of getting to the North. They wanted to be free.21

One day Harriet saw a slave trying to run away. Then she saw the keeper running after him with a whip（鞭子）. Harriet stood in the keeper’s way. The keeper took a weight and threw it at the slave. He hit Harriet above her eyes. It almost killed her. The scar（伤疤）on Harriet’s head was an emblem of her will to fight for what she believed in.

The Fugitive（逃亡）Slave Law made Harriet’s job harder. The law said that slaves could be caught even in the North. Harriet began leading slaves all the way into Canada. There they’re safe. The law couldn’t hurt them there.

When Harriet came for her mother and father, they were very old. Harriet was afraid they might not be able to make the trip. She got a horse. She and a friend made a wagon. She helped her mother and father ride to freedom.

44. The passage mainly tells us about ________.

A. Harriet Tubman’s fight for the freedom of the slaves

B.1ife of the slaves in the old South2

C. life of Harriet Tubman

D. the Civil War

45. According to the passage, which of the following statements is Not True?

A. The Fugitive Slave Law protected running slaves in the North.

B. Harriet T ubman used to work as a nurse during the Civil War.

C. Harriet led slaves to Canada where the law couldn’t hurt them.

D. The weight hit Harriet in the head and left a scar on her head.

46. Slaves in the south wanted to run away to the North for ________.

A. making more money                            B. getting a better job

C. freedom                                D. bigger houses

47. The Fugitive Slave Law ________.

A. protected running slaves

B. offered good jobs for slaves

C. set slaves free

D. made Harriet’s job more difficult

D

No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end. All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it.

I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there isn’t time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love p oetry. Poetry is “ a criticism of life”, and “ a heightening（提升）of life”. It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can save your life”.

I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don’t like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.

48. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should_________.

A. discuss it with others

B. analyze it by oneself

C. copy it down in a notebook

D. practise reading it aloud

49. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry? ____________2

A. Extending your life.                           B. Saving your life21

C. Criticizing life                             D. Heightening life

50. According to the writer, one of the p urposes of teaching English is to get students          .

A. to understand life                            B. to enjoy poetry

C. to become teachers                      D. to become poets

51. What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply? _________

A. More stress was laid on the und erstanding of poetry in the past.

B. Poetry is more important than any other subject.

C. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry.

D. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.

 

 

 

四 书面表达：

第一节：阅读表达

    阅读下面短文，然后用英语简洁回答文后所给的五个问题，每题答案不超过10个单词。

  Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain．They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University．Although they were friends，each thought oneself to be the better painter．

    One day，Kerry promised marriage to Alice．Surprised and pleased by the offer，the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a p ainter．After a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture．If yours is superior to mine．you can make me your wife．If not，please drop the question．”Then it was decided to give it the following day．

    The next mor ning，Alice hung her picture on the gate．It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(赞扬)from everyone who passed by．In fact，a crowd colle cted in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it．

    Several hours passed．Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand．When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist

blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(犹豫)．Why?

Answer the questions：

52．What are Kerry and Alice?

__________________________________________.

53．What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?

____________________________________________________

54．Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?

_______________________________ ______________________

55．Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?

____________________________________________________

56．What do you think the“leather suitcase’’ really was?

____________________________________________________

 

第二节 写作：

以吸烟有害健康为题写一篇短文，字数120左右，内容要求包括：

1．现状：中国吸烟者约占将近一半，吸烟者越来越年轻，甚至有少数中学生也在抽烟。

2．原因：有的认为是时髦（a kind of fashion）、有的认为是乐趣、有的认为可以提神（refresh oneself）。

3．害处：吸烟有害健康，可导致多种疾病，是一种金钱的浪费，甚至会引起火灾。

4．劝告不要吸烟。