第一部分：聽力部分 （15分）

第一節：

聽下面五段對話，每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。每段對話僅讀一遍。（5分）

1. Why do the two speakers want to go to a bar？

A. Because they don't want to be caught in the rain.

B. Because they want to have a drink.

C. Because they want to meet another friend.

2. How long will the man have to wait before the plane takes off at the airport？

A. 105 minutes. B. 80 minutes. C. 75 minutes.

3. What is the woman going to buy？

A. Pants suit. B. A blouse. C. A coat.

4. What can we learn from this conversation？

A. Michael is playing in the garden. B. Sally is playing in the garden.

C. Sally is not present here.

5. What kind of coffee does the man prefer？

A. White coffee without sugar. B. Coffee with sugar.

C. Coffee without milk or sugar.

第二節：

聽下面兩段對話，每段對話后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。每段對話讀兩遍。（5分）

聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

6. What are the two speakers？

A. Teachers. B. Students. C. Workers.

7. What is the woman probably going to do？

A. Buy an air conditioner. B. Rent an apartment. C. Move into another dormitory.

聽第7段材料，回答第8—10題。

8. Where does the conversation probably take place？

A. At a bus stop. B. On a street. C. In a museum.

9. How does the man get to “Palace Museum”？

A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By car.

10. Where did the man park his car just now？

A. At a bus zone. B. At police station. C. Near a museum.

第三節：

聽下面一段材料，將第11—15題的信息補充完整，每小題不多于3個單詞。本段材料讀兩遍。（5分）

第二部分：筆試部分 （135分）

I. 根據句意及所給單詞首字母提示或漢語意思寫出該單詞的正確形式。（10分）

1. The rock g________ wears away due to the action of the water.

2. He devoted himself e________ to his research work， having no time for play.

3. He may look young， but he's a________ 45.

4. The doctors are delighted to find that the patient is beginning to r________ from heart trouble.

5. The train arrived at e________ 8 o'clock， neither earlier nor later.

6. The ________ （航行） from England to India used to take six months.

7. So fluently does he speak English that he is often considered as a（n） ________ （官員）.

8. Steve gave me some useful ________ （貼士） on how to take good pictures.

9. She drew back the ________ （窗簾） at nine in the morning to let some sunlight in.

10. As she was ________ （擔憂） about son's future， the mother has been sleeping badly these months.

II. 將下列直接引語和間接引語進行相互轉換，每空詞數不限。（10分）

1. Tom asked Jack， “Why are you so excited？”→

Tom asked Jack ____________________________________.

2. “Have you seen the film？” he asked me. →

He asked me ____________________________________.

3. “Please close the window， ” he said to me. →

He ________ me ____________________________________ the window.

4. “I am a teacher， ” Jack said. →

Jack said ____________________________________.

5. He said， “Mother， the boy is very naughty. ” →

He ____________________________________ very naughty.

6. “You've already got well， haven't you？” she asked. →

She asked ____________________________________.

7. He asked， “Are you a Party member or a League member？” →

He asked me ____________________________________.

8. He asked， “How are you getting along？” →

He asked ____________________________________.

9. He asked me， “What's the matter with you？”→

He asked me ____________________________________ with me.

10. He said， “Don't do that again. ” →

He ________ me ____________________________________ that again.

III. 單項選擇。（10分）

1. Make yourself ________ home and help yourself ________ anything that you'd like to eat.

A. in； with B. at； to C. at； with D. in； to

2. Don't keep your mouth ________ if you want to improve your ________ English.

A. shutting； spoken B. shut； spokenC. shutting； speaking D. shut； speaking

3. ________ the students in our class is 45 and ________ them study hard.

A. The number of； the number of B. A number of； the number of

C. The number of； a number of D. A number of； a number of

4. How did it ________ that the car fell off the bridge into the river？

A. come out B. come about C. come across D. come up

5. ________ more and more forests destroyed， some animals are facing the danger of dying out.

A. With B. By C. As D. For

6. Tom was not happy at school. At 12， he ________ refused to go to school any more.

A. simply B. happily C. exactly D. only

7. ________ there is something else to discuss， I'll declare the meeting closed.

A. As B. While C. Since D. Unless

8. The fire started from the top floor. It didn't ________ long before the whole building was

swallowed up by the big fire.

A. take B. need C. cost D. spend

9. ________ in a heavy traffic jam is quite an unpleasant experience.

A. Caught B. Having caught C. Being caught D. To catch

10. I had not driven many miles when I was ________ by a policeman. He asked to see my license.

A. pulled up B. picked up C. brought up D. taken up

IV. 從方框中選出適當的短語填空。（5分）

base on， be well recognized as， because of， make good use of， have a good command of

1. Working as an editor， you must learn Chinese well in addition to ________ English.

2. Swan Lake is a famous ballet in four acts， ________ a German fairy tale.

3. Bats of certain species ________ being capable of transmitting rabies virus.

4. We must strengthen science and education， discover capable personnel and ________ them.

5. The open air celebration has been put off ________ the bad weather.

V. 完形填空。（20分）

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

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But __1__ a few of them are very

__2__. English is one of these. Many people use it， not only in England and the USA， but in other parts of the world. About 200，000，000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a __3__ language. Many millions are __4__ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English？ Different people may have different __5__. Have you ever __6__ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines？

“Learn English in six weeks， or give your __7__ back...”“Easy and funny...” “Our records and tapes __8__ you master your English in a month. __9__ the first day your __10__ will be excellent. Just send... ” Of course， it never __11__ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should __12__ that we all learned our own language well when we were __13__. If we could learn English in the same way， it would not seem so difficult. __14__ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language， talking in it， and __15__ in it all the time. Just imagine how much __16__ that gets！

So it is __17__ to say that learning English is easy， because a good command of English __18__ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and __19__ much time. Good teachers， records， tapes， books， and dictionaries will __20__. But they cannot do the student's work for him.

1. A. not B. quite C. only D. very

2. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy

3. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother

4. A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking

5. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers

6. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known

7. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English

8. A. make B. help C. let D. allow

9. A. From B. On C. Since D. After

10. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation

11. A. happened B. knew C. seemed D. felt

12. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think

13. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups

14. A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of

15. A. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing

16. A. time B. money C. language D. practice

17. A. hard B. easy C. funny D. silly

18. A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes

19. A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs

20. A. do B. work C. help D. master

VI. 閱讀理解。（30分）

A

In a small village， a mechanical （of machine） cat called Ruffs looked after his kind， little owner， who had fallen ill from a lack of sunlight. Ruffs felt very sad to see his owner in her sad condition. He decided right then to ask the sun to come out.

With the help of a friendly kite， Ruffs traveled the dangerous journey to the sun's home. He politely asked the sun to shine on the world. To Ruffs' disappointment， the sun told him that only with the help of the wind could the sun get rid of the dark clouds and come out.

Unfortunately， when Ruffs found the wind， he learned that only when winter left could the sun come out to brightly shine. Ruffs was so sad he could not help choking on his sobs until his tears started to fall like rain on the cold ground. Slowly but surely， his warm tears became a vast current， melting all that was frozen.

Winter was washed away and spring came to take its place. Then the sun came out， showing his smiling face and sending sunshine down on every corner of the earth.

As soon as Ruffs' little owner felt the warmth of the sunlight， she recovered immediately. She had hardly awoken when she saw her blanket was wet with tears. She realized that it was Ruffs that had saved her. she took Ruffs in her arms， holding him tightly.

To find a true friend is a difficult thing in this noisy world. The spirit of the devoted mechanical cat should stay in our hearts forever.

1. Why did Ruffs go to ask the sun to come out？

A. To be in a bad condition. B. To look for sunlight.

C. To get sunlight. D. To live a poor life.

2. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage？

A. Ruffs could not help his kind little owner to go well soon.

B. His little owner soon recovered with the help of Ruffs.

C. Ruffs tried his best to make the sun shine brightly.

D. Ruffs felt disappointed to hear what the sun told him.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. the sun can make our earth beautiful and colorful

B. a mechanical cat can help us get sunlight from the sun

C. human beings should protect our earth and environment

D. the friendship between Ruffs and his owner is valuable

4. The writer writes the story to tell us that ________.

A. a mechanical cat is a helpful animal B. a true friendship is hard to find

C. an animal can understand man D. a machine also has its feeling

B

If English means endless new words， difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation， you are wrong. Haven't you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language？

According to a new study by a British university， learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

The study also found the younger people learn a second language， the better the effect is.

A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli， from University College London， took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five， as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density（密度） in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language， the smaller the difference was.

“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language，” said the scientists.

It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales， has researched the link between bilingualism and math skills.“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible，” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading， writing， and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn， the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world，” explained the scientists.

5. The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.

A. science on learning a second language

B. man's ability of learning a second language

C. findings that language learning can help brain power

D. language learning and maths study

6. The last sentence of the second paragraph is intended to ________.

A. say language learning is also a kind of physical labor

B. prove that one needs more practice when he （she） is learning a language

C. show the importance of using it when you learn a language

D. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well

7. We may know from the scientific findings that ________.

A. the earlier you start to learn a second language， the higher the grey matter density is

B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn't know a second language

C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effects on people's brain

D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

8. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means ________.

A. researchers on language learning B. people learning foreign languages

C. people speaking two languages D. active language learners

C

My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn't forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson's dictionary， Addison's essays， and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious， even at eight o'clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own， some of them seemed dead， but the second time， after his explanation， I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions （典故） and irony （諷刺） and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teachers.

My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six-week period， to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas， short stories， reactions to what we had read， and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other's journals. Mine was passed to Joe， that class clown， who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said， “This writing isn't fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.

So what makes the difference？ Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing， or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.

9. What does the passage mainly discuss？

A. Teaching. B. Literature. C. Humor. D. Knowledge.

10. The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A. funny B. tiring C. inspiring D. brilliant

11. With his favorite English teacher， the writer found it most amazing that ________.

A. his teacher was very learned B. his teacher was very humorous

C. the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorous

D. few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and Addison

12. The English teacher the writer disliked most ________.

A. was not able to make students laugh B. hurt his student's feelings

C. didn't let his students do the grading D. had no sense of humor

D

Farah was sitting in the kitchen going over the party list with her mother. The exams were over and Farah wanted to invite her friends for a party.

“Farah， aren't you going to invite Hafsa？” her mother asked. Hafsa had been her best friend since childhood.

“Mother， you know I am now a part of Purple Girls Club and we have some rules about people we can be friends with，” Farah answered.

“Really？ And what are the rules？” her mother asked.

“Well， only very pretty girls can be part of our group. And Hafsa is so... you know... dark.”

“I cannot believe it，” her mother said angrily.

As Farah left the kitchen， her father called her from the living room.

Farah went to her father and paled when she saw the exam report in his hands. “Farah， what has happened to your grades？ You have failed in Mathematics，” her father said.

Farah had no answer. The truth was that the activities of Purple Girls Club left her with very little time for studies.

“Farah， it says that you can take part in supplementary exams （補考）. If your grades don't improve then， I'll cancel （職消） your trip to Spain.”

Farah went to her room and called Gina， the leader of Purple Girls Club. “Gina， can you help me to complete my notes before the exams？”

Gina laughed. “Exams？ Who cares about exams？”

One by one， she called her friends in the club but no one seemed to care or wanted to help.

Farah knew Hafsa would help her. Farah also knew Hafsa had been hurt by her， but Hafsa said， “If you need any help， just let me know. We can study together till your exams.”

Next Monday， as two friends entered the school together， Gina called out.

“Farah， you know our rules. You cannot be friends with those who do not belong to our club.”

“Gina， I have a new rule about friendship，” Farah replied.

13. What rule is Farah's choosing a friend？

________________________________________________

14. Why did Farah become pale？

________________________________________________

15. Which word can best describe Hafsa？

________________________________________________

VII. 七選五。（10分）

根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Different cultures

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. __1__

The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries： China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers—the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India.

__2__

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture， another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. __3__ Like the Chinese culture， the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America， their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't distinguish from the European culture a lot.

__4__ Take the language system for example. In the East， most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race difference count as well. But what's more， due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and the West， the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no-interference （干擾） from the other.

The differences are everywhere. __5__ But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle （障礙） to the civilization of human beings. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.

A. Let us work together to keep a variety of cultures.

B. One important thing is to learn about other cultures.

C. And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture.

D. At the same time， some other differences add to the cultural differences.

E. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

F. They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

G. They are obvious and affect people's ways of thinking and their views of the world.

VIII. 語篇填空。（10分）

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。

In much of Asia， especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China， Japan， Korea， __1__ Vietnam， food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are usually two long thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic， animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly nice chopsticks might __2__ （make） of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal __3__ （create） special designs.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots， __4__ （use） tree branches to remove it. Over time， __5__ the population grew， people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which __6__ （gradual） turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius， __7__ lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C.， influenced the __8__ （develop） of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and __9__ （be） too violent for use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India， for example， most people traditionally eat __10__ their hands.

IX. 短文改錯。（10分）

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處，每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：把缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

High school is a golden time in our life with great fun and fond memory. I'll never forget those days that we enjoyed ourselves in all kinds of activities. It is no doubt that we have developed abilities and harvested friendships through them. More important， I am lucky to have been met many lovely teachers. They taught me not only how to study， and also how to be a good person. It won't be long until I graduate. Therefore， as student in Senior 3， I want to express my gratitude to my teachers. It is with her help that I've grown up and been ready to catch up with the rapidly changed world.

X. 書面表達。（20分）

假定你是李華，你的朋友李明寫信告訴你他因不善于交友而苦惱。請根據以下要點提示給他回信，為他提出建議。

要點：1. 友善、樂于助人；2. 多與他人交流（communicate）；3. 多參加活動（activity）。

注意：1. 詞數100左右；開頭和結尾已為你寫好，不計入總詞數。2. 可以適當發揮，以使行文連貫。

Dear Li Ming，

I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling worried for failing to make friends. Some tips below may be helpful to you.

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Yours sincerely，__

Li Hua __