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一、听力(10分，每小题0.5分)

第一节(共5小题)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man dislike?

A. Apples.                  B. Pears.            C. Watermelons.

2. How much will the girl need for a year in college?

A. About $3,000.           B. About $6,000.      C. About $12,000.

3. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife.      B. Boss and secretary.    C. Customer and waiter.

4. What will the couple do this weekend?

A. Visit the Greens.        B. Have dinner with the Greens.

C. Have a picnic with the Greens.

5. Why does the woman look slim?

A. She is on a diet.        B. She takes weight-loss pills.

C. She always goes to the gym.

第二节 (共15小题)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. When will the earliest train leave tomorrow?

A. At 7 a.m.              B. At 10 a.m.             C. At 7 p.m.

7. Why does the man buy tickets of the non-smoking section?

A. They are cheaper.

B. Tickets in the smoking section are sold out.

C. His wife dislikes cigarettes.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What colors does the man choose?

A. Blue and black.       B. Red and yellow.         C. Blue and red.

9. What has the man bought for his wife?

A. Cards.               B. Chocolate.             C. Flowers.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What season is it?

A. Spring.              B. Summer.            C. Winter.

11. What are the speakers going to do this afternoon?

A. Stay in the sun.       B. Go to the hospital.      C. Stay indoors.

12. What is Tiger in the conversation?

A. Soda water.           B. Beer.                 C. Ice cream.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man doing?

A. Reading an advertisement.

B. Making an advertisement.

C. Looking at a house in the city.

14. What does the man’s mother dislike about the city?

A. The dirty roads.        B. The fast pace.        C. The unfriendly people.

15. What do we know about the man’s father?

A. He likes the city.

B. He will move to the country.

C. He will get a job in another city.

16. What is the man?

A. A businessman.           B. A student.             C. A farmer.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How tall is the robot?

A. 120 cm.                 B. 140 cm.          C. 160cm.

18. Who does the robot help?

A. Sick shoppers.           B. Disabled shoppers.     C. Elderly shoppers.

19. What can the robot do for the shoppers?

A. Hold their clothes.        B. Make suggestions.    C. Buy goods.

20. What did Hasegawa think of shopping with a robot?

A. Easy.                   B. Strange.              C. Pleasant.

二、单项选择：(20分, 每小题1分)

21. What ________ pity that you couldn’t be there to receive __________ prize!

A. a; a   B. the; a    C. a; the    D. the; the

22. Thank you for ____________ my mistakes.

A. carrying out  B. taking out   C. pointing out  D. figuring out

23. The lack of rain could ___________ disasters for farmers.

A. spell   B. result in   C. lead to    D. both A,B and C

24. It was a difficult time, but eventually things ____________ fine.

A. turned up  B. turned off   C. turned to    D. turned out

25. The human race is ____________ Earth’s resources.

A. running out  B. using up   C. giving out   D. using up of

26. The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only _________________ , but students became more interested in the lessons as well.

A. saved was teachers’ energy    B. was teachers’ energy saved

C. teachers’ energy was saved     D. was saved teachers’ energy

27. Everybody was touched ______________ words after they heard her moving story.

A. beyond   B. without   C. of     D. in

28. Is it in the factory ______ you visited last week _______ this kind of car is made?

A. that; that  B. which; where  C. where; which  D. which; which

29. He is ________, ___________, ___________ and _________. ____________, he is a nice guy.

A. outgoing, hard-working, intelligent, friendly, In a word

B. outgoing, academic, warm-hearted, moody, In a word

C. easy-going, talkative, stubborn, reliable, In other word

D. quiet, generous, cheerful, mean, In other words

30. Not being a narrow-minded person, she always _______ somebody for his mistake rather than ________ him for that.

A. forgives; blame      B. points out; correct

C. helps; harm       D. blames; forgive

31. I am getting tired of your beating around the bush. Let’s ____________ business straight away. In other words, what are you trying to ____________ to me?

A. get back; get through     B. get over; get away

C. get off; get through     D. get down to; get across

32. He admitted ____________ his best friend, Jack , __________ to make up for that.

A. betraying, determining     B. betraying, determined

C. to betray, determining     D. to betray, determined

33. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A. I was so upset that I felt like crying.

B. I can’t stand seeing our team lose. Football is very important to me, but so our friendship is.

C. I cannot help wondering if he wants Peter to be his best friend instead of me.

D. Cheating such an old man was a mean thing to do.

34. We still have ______________ to become a country __________ modern technical equipment and computers ____________ environmental research.

A. a long way to go; stocked with; concerning  B. a long way to go; stocking with; concerned

C. a long way to go; stocked with; concerned  D. a long road to go; stocked with; concerning

35. To his ___________, the journalist raised some ___________ questions about his private affairs; as a result, he was too ____________ to answer them.

A. embarrassment; embarrassed; embarrassed

B. embarrassing; embarrassed; embarrassing

C. embarrassment; embarrassing; embarrassing

D. embarrassment; embarrassing; embarrassed

36. __________ the number of cigarettes you smoke every day will be _________ to your health.

A. Cut back on; benefit     B. Cutting back on; beneficial

C. To cut back on; benefit     D. Cut back on; of benefit

37. --- I hate cities. The roads are dirty and they are always crowded.

---Do you know the world’s population has grown to __________________?

A. more than six times what it was in 1800

B. six times more as what it was in 1800

C. more than six times large as it was in 1800

D. more than six times as large as in 1800

38. Which of the following sentences doesn’t share the similar meaning to the rest?

A. He is desperate for a holiday to have a rest.

B. He can’t wait for a holiday to have a rest.

C. He is eager for a holiday to have a rest.

D. He is waiting for a holiday to have a rest.

39. ---It is hard to ________________ such an unpopular policy.

---I can’t agree more. Not many people will be _____________ it.

A. put up with; support     B. push ahead with; in favor of

C. end up with; in favor of    D. come up with; support

40. ---How do you find the new book by JK Rowling?

---_____________. I guess she is out of her talent.

A. With the help of my mother    B. By accident

C. Very boring       D. In the library