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一、1. – Nice weather, isn't it?2. – I wonder if Tim could control the situation.3. – Why are you so late?4. – Excuse me, I didn't mean to bother you.5. – Have you got a table for four, Waiter?6. – Excuse me, how far is the airport from here?7. – Ed said that his boy fell off a tree.8. – Excuse me. Is this table taken?9. – I'm sorry. Bob's not in his office.10. – May I know your address?二、1. In the fifties last century many, new cities __________ in the desert.2. You _______ to lock the door at night.C. mustD. shall 正确答案：C 满分：1 得分：13. When we were having a meeting, the director ______ the bad news by telephone.A. was tellingB. was toldC. could tellD. would tell正确答案：C 满分：1 得分：14. Last month, he paid a visit to the village _____ he had once worked for five years.A. whereB. whichC. thatD. in that正确答案：B 满分：1 得分：15. The refrigerator is _____; we must buy some food.A. bareB. blankC. hollowD. empty正确答案：E 满分：1 得分：16. Dr. Hoffman proposed that we _____ the meeting until next week.A. put offB. to put offC. putting offD. need put off正确答案：B 满分：1 得分：17. The sun heats the earth, ____ is very important to living things.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. where正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：18. When was the building _________ ?A. completeB. completingC. completedD. completes正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：19. Ann is studying ______ at university.A. politicB. politicsC. politicianD. political正确答案：C 满分：1 得分：110. I broke my leg when I ______________ skiing in America.A. - (不填)B. isC. wasD. has been正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：111. ________________ every day for 20 minutes.A. ExerciseB. To exerciseC. Should exerciseD. Exercising正确答案：B 满分：1 得分：012. She comes from _______ People's Republic of China.A. oneB. aC. - (不填)D. the正确答案：E 满分：1 得分：113. He is very keen ______ football.A. atB. inC. onD. to正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：114. – We want to sit at the table near the window.– I'm sorry, but ______ already.A. it tookB. it takesC. it is being takenD. it has been taken正确答案：E 满分：1 得分：015. Somebody asked her, ___________?A. did heB. didn't theyC. didn't he三、1. Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there 1 no plants.1).2).C. foodD. fruits 正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：13).A. ThereforeB. OrC. ButD. Though正确答案：B 满分：1 得分：14).A. hundredsB. tonsC. rootsD. types正确答案：E 满分：1 得分：15).A. thousandB. mainC. usefulD. nice正确答案：C 满分：1 得分：16).A. bornB. protectedC. coveredD. hidden正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：07).A. fewB. bigC. noD. small正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：18).A. withoutB. withC. growingD. instead of正确答案：B 满分：1 得分：19).A. hangB. growC. fallD. float正确答案：E 满分：1 得分：010).A. floatB. lieC. fallD. move正确答案：D 满分：1 得分：1四、Reading Comprehension （共 4 道试题，共 40 分。

）1. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My motherdidn't use to workduring the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued.On the day of the World Cup football final in London in 1966, we were very excited because Englandwere playing West Germany in the final. When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the postoffice straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell us why. At 2 o'clock my mother wentback to work as usual, while the rest of the family were watching the football on TV at home. Although shewasn't watching the match, she was listening to it on the radio.England won 4:2 and so my brothers and I ran to the post office. As we burst in, my mother was standingbehind the counter. She was waiting to sell us a very special limited edition with ENGLAND WINNERSon each stamp. We were over the moon.We still have it today, and perhaps it is worth a lot of money.1). This passage mainly tells us __________.A. the author and her brother used to like stamps very muchB. the author had a very kind motherC. the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stampsD. their mother used to support them by working in the post office正确答案：D 满分：2 得分：02). According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________.A. during the weekB. on SaturdaysC. on SundaysD. for six days正确答案：C 满分：2 得分：23). Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won,<br/><br/>but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that?A. She wanted to give them a surprise.B. She doubted if she would get the stamps.C. She forgot to do that.D. She thought it unnecessary to tell them the reason.正确答案：B 满分：2 得分：24). What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean?A. We jumped high.B. We were extremely happy about it.C. We watched the moon for a long time.D. We couldn't sleep the whole night.正确答案：C 满分：2 得分：25). What is the best title for this passage?A. My ChildhoodB. My MotherC. A Precious StampD. A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps正确答案：E 满分：2 得分：02. MAPPING THE FUTUREAt Beijing's new Urban Planning Exhibition Centre a computerised city planning map is creating greatinterest.Visitors are crowding around it to locate their neighbourhoods and to learn about the changes that areoccurring. Why? Because during the last decade the government and the local authority have beenpushing forward urban development at great speed. Old and ugly factories, even whole areas arebeing demolished to make way for new skyscrapers, blocks of flats and shopping malls.Urban planning officials say, "We are trying to be more open, we want to get more feedback from thepublic. This computerised map is real progress." In fact, the Centre is the first of itskind in the city.Residents are sharing with the government the vision of making a new city.The main attraction is a large-scale model of the city – about half the size of a tennis court - visitorscan even see the traffic lights and the bridges in the city.A guide, who comes from the Beijing suburbs, points out Beijing's landmarks to the visitors,for example,the Forbidden City and the 2008 Olympic Games complex. People can study the new underground extension and see where the new underground stations are.Visitors come to the Centre for a variety of reasons. One man, in his 70s, is planning to spend fivemonths in Canada with his daughter later in the year – he wants to know if his flat will still be therewhen he gets back.Good news! He discovers that his area is designated a 'conservation area'. The beautiful old statues,fountains and pavement cafés in his area will stay.They are even making this attractive part of the city into a pedestrianised area – no more traffic!However, not everyone is pleased with the new centre.One young couple, from the city's emerging professional middle classes, are trying to choose the bestplace to buy a flat. They feel that the Centre still does not give enough information for them to makea good investment decision.1). Which of the following best describes the writer's main point in the first paragraph?A. Beijing's planning map interests people a lot because of the changes being made in thecity.B. A computerized city planning map is shown in Beijing's new Urban Planning ExhibitionCentre.C. Visitors are curious about the computerized city planning map.D. During the past ten years, great changes have taken place in Beijing.正确答案：B 满分：2 得分：02). According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned about the types of<br/><br/>building that are planned?A. SkyscrapersB. Blocks of flatsC. Shopping mallsD. Factories正确答案：E 满分：2 得分：23). Which of the following best states the main idea of the third paragraph?A. The large-scale model of the city is about half the size of a tennis court.B. The main attraction is a big model and people can see how they will be affected.C. Beijing's landmarks are the Forbidden City and the 2008 Olympic Games Complex.D. More underground stations will be built.正确答案：C 满分：2 得分：24). Which of the following illustrates the main idea of the fourth paragraph?A. The old man in his 70s is happy to know his flat will not be demolished.B. Visitors who come to the centre for a variety of reasons are all happy.C. The young couple feels dissatisfied with the Centre.D. Some people feel happy and others don't feel happy because they don't get enoughinformation.正确答案：E 满分：2 得分：05). Based on your understanding of each paragraph, what is the passage primarily concerned with?A. The computerized planning map is arousing great interest among the visitors.B. Officials are being more open and residents are giving feedback.C. The newly-planned city map reveals the rapid changes in Beijing.D. Visitors come to the centre for various reasons.正确答案：D 满分：2 得分：03. We are all in a rush. We are hurrying here and there. The pressure of time characterizeslife today.People like living at a breakneck speed. Fast-food restaurants, one minute bedtime stories, microwaveovens, quick freezers, instant noodles(面条), automatic dial buttons on the telephone, the remote controlof a television, e-mails, the Internet, all these have caused a speed-up in the pace of people's life. Thesedays it is possible to drive, eat, listen to the radio, watch a TV show or talk on the phone all at once, if youdare. Not long ago, for most people, listening to the radio was a single-task activity. Now it is rare for aperson to listen to the radio and do nothing else. Even television has lost its command of our attention.In so many houses the TV just stays on, like a noisy light, while the life of the busyfamily passes backand forth in front of it.In the technology-driven Western world, the increasing wealth and the increasing education bring asense of tension about time. People believe that they have little time. They wish they had 48 hours aday. American culture views time as a thing to be kept and saved. Timesaving is a subject often talkedabout and discussed. Books with such titles as Streamlining Your Life; Take Your Time; More Hoursin My Day are always best sellers. People have talked and wanted many ways to “save time”. But whatdoes this concept mean? Does timesaving mean getting more done? If so, does talking on a mobilephone at the beach save time or waste it? If you can choose between a 30 minute train ride, duringwhich you can read and a 20 minute drive, during which you cannot read, does this drive save tenminutes? Does it make sense to say driving saves ten minutes from your travel budget while removingten minutes from your reading budget?These questions have no answer. They depend on a concept that is ill formed: the very idea oftimesaving. Some of us say we want to save time when really we just want to do more and faster. Itmight be simplest to recognize that there is time and we make choices about how to spend it, how tospare it, how to use it and how to fill it.Time is not a thing we have lost. It is not a thing we ever had. It is what we live in. 1). According to the passage, what characterizes life today is that we ____________.A. are all in a rushB. live at a breakneck speedC. save a lot of timeD. feel time is pressing正确答案：E 满分：2 得分：02). In the sentence, "These days it is possible to drive, eat, listen to the radio, watch a TVshow or <br/><br/>talk on the phone all at once…" the phrase "all at once" means all ____________.A. immediatelyB. at the same timeC. quicklyD. instantly正确答案：C 满分：2 得分：03). The author believes that the increasing wealth and the increasing education bring a senseof <br/><br/>tension ____________.A. about timeB. among peopleC. with more things to doD. both A and B正确答案：B 满分：2 得分：04). The author ____________the American idea that time is a thing that can be kept and saved.A. believes inB. does not believeC. is doubtful aboutD. is certain about正确答案：D 满分：2 得分：25). The best title for this passage is ____________.A. Can We Save Time?B. What Is Time?C. The Idea of TimesavingD. The Importance of Timesaving正确答案：B 满分：2 得分：24. In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a “weight problem.” Tomany people,the cause is clear: we eat too much. But scientific experiments do little to support this idea. Goingback to the America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. Inthose days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn't watchtelevision.Several modern studies, besides, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on average thanthinner people. In fact, some research work, such as the 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers,reports that fat people eat less than thinner people on average. Studies show that thin people aremore active than fat people. A study by the research group at Standford University School of Medicinefound the following fact: the more the man ran, the greater body fat he lost. The more he ran, the greaterwas his need for food. Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of bodyfat.1). What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have?A. They are too thin.B. They work too hard.C. They are too fat.D. They lose too much body fat.正确答案：D 满分：2 得分：22). Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans,3). Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the "weight4). Compared with the grown-up Americans today, The Americans of 1910 ____________.5). What have some modern medical and scientific researchers reported to us?五、1. 童年的梦想2. 目前的情况3. 对未来的希望。