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第一部分 英語知識運用（共兩節）

第一節 單項填空

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

1. The pork price hit a record high in the first half of this year， making ____ the focus of public attention.

A. itB. each

C. thisD. one

2. ____ ， why don’t we meet in the hotel restaurant at nine tomorrow morning？

A. If are possibleB. If it possible

C. If possibleD. Possible

3. The building project ____ next year is， I think， not easy to complete in time.

A. carried outB. to carry out

C. to be carried outD. being carried out

4. The teacher ____ make herself paid attention to because there was too much noise outside.

A. couldn’tB. shouldn’t

C. needn’tD. wouldn’t

5. ____ to get a seat for the concert， he didn’t mind standing in a queue all night.

A. DetermineB. Determined

C. Being determinedD. To be determined

6. Everybody lent a hand， ____ the work was finished ahead of the schedule.

A. now thatB. as if

C. only ifD. so that

7. She has just heard the news from her father ____ her boyfriend will come back soon.

A. whenB. how

C. thatD. which

8. They looked at him to see how he ____ the difficulty.

A. handledB. would handle

C. has handledD. had handled

9. ____ is reported in the newspaper， 67 persons were killed in the hurricane.

A. AsB. What

C. ThatD. Which

10. — Excuse me， Dad， but I’m going to the club to meet my friends in the football team.

— OK. ____ .

A. Good luckB. Congratulations

C. With pleasureD. Have fun

第二節 完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

It was the last day of final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building， a group of college students gathered， discussing the 11 to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was 12 . This was their last exam before their graduation.

Some talked of jobs they already 13 ； others of jobs they would get. With all this knowledge of four years of 14 ， they felt ready and able to run the world.

The exam， they knew， would be 15 . The professor had said they could bring any books or 16 they wanted. But they were not allowed to talk to each other during the test.

Happily they 17 the classroom. The professor 18 the papers to them. And 19 appeared as the students found there were only five questions.

Three hours had passed 20 the professor began to 21 the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. No one spoke as the professor faced the class.

He looked at the 22 faces before him， and asked， “How many completed all five questions？”

Not a hand was raised. “How many answered four？” Still no 23 . “Three？ Two？” The students shifted restlessly in their seats. “One， then？ Certainly somebody finished one.” But the class remained 24 . The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 25 ，” he said.

“I just want to 26 on you that， even though you have completed four years of engineering， there are still many things about the 27 you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively 28 in everyday practice.” Then， smiling， he added， “You will all pass this course， but 29 —even though you are now college graduates， your education has just 30 .”

The years have obscured the name of this professor， but not the lesson he taught.

11. A. planB. problemC. examD. study

12. A. confidenceB. disappointmentC. nervousnessD. sadness

13. A. employedB. knewC. foundD. designed

14. A. experienceB. practiceC. lifeD. college

15. A. interestingB. easyC. confusingD. strange

16. A. pensB. newsC. toolsD. notes

17. A. enteredB. noticedC. observedD. passed

18. A. handed inB. showed offC. passed outD. gave up

19. A. discussionsB. answersC. problemsD. smiles

20. A. afterB. untilC. beforeD. since

21. A. markB. collectC. checkD. correct

22. A. touchedB. surprisedC. worriedD. calm

23. A. questionsB. ideasC. handsD. results

24. A. sadB. movedC. anxiousD. silent

25. A. expectedB. lovedC. solvedD. got

26. A. impressB. turnC. lookD. depend

27. A. collegeB. subjectC. testD. knowledge

28. A. hardB. popularC. similarD. common

29. A. repeatB. rememberC. understandD. realize

30. A. endedB. improvedC. increasedD. begun

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節）

第一節 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。

A

WELCOME TO YOUR FREE ISH MEMBERSHIP

Your Membership

International Students House is a unique， cultural and recreational centre providing a wide programme of events for students 310 days a year.

Located in a fashionable and safe neighbourhood， close to Regent’s Park， ISH is a central place to meet students from Britain and around the world.

ISH provides all its members with the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of sports and hobbies in a friendly and fun environment.

Many of the activities are free of charge as part of membership， while some charge a small fee.

Membership is open to all full-time students， professional trainees and student nurses.

LEARN

Lecture Series

ISH organizes a number of lively， topical lectures of politics and arts by famous speakers.

Language Classes

A variety of weekly language classes， including English， Spanish， Japanese and Italian.

ISH tries to offer as many development and educational programmes as possible for its members. Look out for additional workshops and leadership programmes. E-mail： learn@ish.org.uk.

CREATE

Sunday Cinema

Films are shown every Sunday evening at 19：30 including recent films， theme nights and classics.

Classes

Show your talents or learn from the beginning with our various classes and workshops which include Life Drawing， Photography， and Drama.

Throughout the year ISH holds numerous exhibitions， recitals （公演） and performances put on by the students. To get more information， e-mail： create@ish.org.uk.

TRAVEL

Travel Club

The Travel Club runs a comprehensive （綜合的） schedule of day and weekend trips to British and European countries. Students get the chance to explore new parts of the UK and meet people from all over the world. Sightseeing， canoeing， hiking， eating out， socializing and meeting local people are what you can expect to experience during the trips. E-mail： travel@ish.org.uk.

ACTIVE

Classes

Try out our Martial Arts and Fitness Classes every week night including Kick Boxing， Tai Chi， Kung Fu and Shaolin as well as Yoga， and Aerobics classes. All our classes are run by qualified and professional instructors.

Sports

Join in our recreational and team sports such as football， volleyball， running， table tennis， and chess.

ISH Dangerous Sports Club

We also organize such activities as go-karting， paint-balling and adventure weekends. E-mail： active@ish.org.uk.

31. What can you do if you are a member of ISH？

A. You can travel to some Asian countries.B. You can attend many interesting lectures.

C. You can meet students only from Europe.D. You can attend French classes.

32. If you want to see a painting exhibition held by ISH， ____ .

A. you can e-mail： learn@ish.org.ukB. you can get a ticket free of charge

C. you should pay a small amount of moneyD. you can get some information through an e-mail

33. If you want to learn to take photos， which of the following e-mail addresses is useful to you？

A. learn@ish.org.uk.B. travel@ish.org.uk.

C. active@ish.org.uk.D. create@ish.org.uk.

34. If you like some adventure on weekends， you’d better ____ .

A. go to Sunday CinemaB. join the Travel Club

C. take some Fitness ClassesD. join ISH Dangerous Sports Club

B

I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down， I immediately recognized that something was wrong， and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water， and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get， holding her whole body against the rushing water， and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk （象鼻） against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort， she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

Just at this moment， she fell back into the river. If she were carried down， it would be certain death. I knew， as well as she did， that there was one spot where she could get up the bank， but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.

While I was wondering what I could do next， I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could， roaring （吼叫） all the time， but to her calf it was music.

35. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw ____ .

A. the calf was about to fall into the river

B. Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

C. the calf was washed away by the rising water

D. Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

36. How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast flowing water？

A. By carrying it on her back.B. By taking it away with her.

C. By putting it on a safe spot.D. By pressing it against her body.

37. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring？

A. It was a sign of danger.B. It was a great comfort.

C. It was a musical note.D. It was a call for help.

38. Which of the following should be the best title for the text？

A. A Mother’s LoveB. A Brave Act

C. A Deadly RiverD. A Matter of Life and Death

C

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons： a combination of savings， income， scholarships， and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job， and the plan fell apart.

“I have two kids in college， and I want to say ‘come home，’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，” says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family did work out a solution： They asked and received more aid from the schools， and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan （貸款） program. They will each graduate with $20，000 of debt， but at least they will be able to finish school.

With unemployment rising， financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses. More students are applying for aid， and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

At the same time， tuition （學費） continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007， while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.

Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news， however， is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing， and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

39. Why did the plan of the Jocobs fail according to Paragraph 1？

A. Their saving ran out.B. The family fell apart.

C. The father was out of work.D. The twins wasted too much money.

40. How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem？

A. They asked their kids to come home.

B. They borrowed $20，000 from the school.

C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

D. They got help from the school and the federal government.

41. Financial aid administrators believe that ____ .

A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses

B. the government will receive more letters of complaint

C. college tuition fees will double soon

D. America’s unemployment will fall

42. According to the last paragraph， the government will ____ .

A. provide most students with scholarships

B. dismiss some financial aid administrators

C. stop the companies from making student loans

D. go on providing financial support for college students

D

Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television， nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noises without mouths， and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other’s minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle （奇跡） it is.

Obviously， the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course， some animals have powers just as amazing， Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature’s talent show， humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms， it’s an ability for communicating information to others， by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.

Not that we don’t have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions， such as anger， or joy， or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called “body language”. Bristling （直立的） fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly， the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.

Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals， including human beings， instinctively （本能地） acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct？ If so， how did human beings acquire this amazing skill？ Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function， but this doesn’t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.

43. According to the passage， the wonder we take for granted is ____ .

A. the miracle of technology B. our ability to use language

C. the amazing power of nature D. our ability to make noises with mouth

44. What feature of “body language” mentioned in the passage is common to both human and animals？

A. Lifting heads when sad. B. Keeping long faces when angry.

C. Bristling hair when ready to attack. D. Bowing heads when willing to obey.

45. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3？

A. Body language is unique to humans.

B. Animals express emotions just as humans do.

C. Humans have other powers of communication.

D. Humans are no different from animals to some degree.

46. This passage is mainly about ____ .

A. the development of body language

B. the special role humans play in nature

C. the power to convey information to others

D. the difference between humans and animals in language use

E

The hottest “green” toy in Germany isn’t made of organic or recycled materials. This one has a solar panel （太陽能電池板） and only runs if kids remember to insert bright red “energy stones” that power the space station. Germany， a pioneer in many renewable energy initiatives， is also at the forefront of creating environment-friendly toys aimed at making kids think about where energy comes from and how much of it they can use， raising awareness through play. A number of high-tech green toys are on display at this year’s Nuremberg toy fair， which runs through Sunday.

Among them， there are hydroelectric-powered （水電動力的） toy cars， and doll houses with wind turbines and rainwater catchers. The bright green “Future Planet” space station features an inner atrium （中庭） with a fan that is powered by a functioning solar cell. Its aim is to get kids to use their imagination about how energy will be created in the future.

Makers and retailers believe such toys will play an increasingly important role in their future—and that of our kids. “Energy is the question of the future and we are definitely thinking about this as we move ahead，” said Judith Schweinitz， a spokeswoman for Playmobil， maker of the solar panel-fitted space station. “It is increasingly being brought into our play concept.” Green toys which range from those made of sustainable （可持續的） materials to ones like the space station that just raise environmental awareness make up only a part of the $84 billion international toy market， but their share is growing， studies indicate. Environmental research firm Earthsense， based in Syracuse， New York， predicts that green toys will account for about $1 billion， or 5 percent， of US toy sales in the next five years. Parents are smart and they want information about what is in the product. That’s what is really driving the market.

47. What is the hottest “green” toy like in Germany？

A. It is made of rubbish.B. It is equipped with a solar panel.

C. It is driven by an advanced motor.D. It is made of organic or recycled materials.

48. The purpose of making the green toys is to ____ .

A. improve kids’ imaginationB. improve the safety of toys

C. raise kids’ environmental awarenessD. give kids’ knowledge of technology

49. According to the text， which of the following toys uses solar energy？

A. The doll.B. The toy car.

C. The doll house.D. The “Future Planet” space station.

50. We can learn from the last paragraph that the green toys ____ .

A. will sell well in the futureB. have not been produced

C. are not accepted by parentsD. can help save little energy

第二節 根據對話內容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項多余選項。

— Hello！

— Hi， Alice. This is John. 51

— Not too bad， but busy.

— Can you make time to go to a movie this afternoon？

— I wish I could， but I have a lot of homework.

— 52 You’re always studying！ You’re like a bookworm.

— Well， I do have a lot of work. Don’t you have work to do？

— I did， but I was through， so I can leave early. Listen， it’s my birthday.

— 53 Happy birthday！

— Thank you. I hope to share my happiness with you.

— 54 You’ve talked me into it.

— Great. 55

A. I didn’t know！

B. I am very lucky.

C. How are you doing？

D. Come on， take some time off.

E. That’s just what I am thinking of.

F. I am glad you have changed your mind.

G. Well， when you put it that way， how can I refuse？

51. _____ 52. _____ 53. _____ 54. _____ 55. _____