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第一部分：听力理解(满分30分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第1段材料，回答第1-3题。

1 How much will the man give the woman?

A $15  B $5  C $10

2 How will the man get the money?

A Go to the bank to get some money.

B Borrow some money from others.

C Take out his money from his money jar.

3 What will the woman do with some of the money?

A  Do some shopping.  B Help her classmates.  C Buy some books.

听第2段材料, 回答第4-6题。

4 When will the man go shopping?

A This weekend.  B In three days.  C This afternoon.

5 What are the two speakers talking about?

A  Buying things.  B Cooking meals.  C Prepare for an emergency.

6 What’s the man’s suggestion on a shelter?

A  A nice hotel.  B A sleeping bag.  C A big house.

听第3段材料, 回答第7-9题。

7 What is the speaker talking about?

A English study on the Internet.

B Studying abroad in America.

C Ways to pass tests.

8 How many cities are mentioned in the monologue?

A Two.  B Three.  C Five.

9 What can we learn from the monologue?

A Business English classes are available only in large cities.

B One can take English courses in London.

C Business students can pass Practice Test easily.

听第4段材料，回答第10—12题。

10 Why does the man call?

A To find a job.  B To do a project.  C To interview the woman.

11 What day will the man visit the company?

A On Tuesday.  B On Wednesday.  C On Thursday.

12 Where is the woman’s office?

A Room 723 on the 7th floor.  B Room 732 on the 7th floor.

C Room 1723 on the 17th floor.

听第5段材料.回答第13—15题。

13 What does the man think of the kitchen?

A Very big.  B Too small.  C Very nice.

14 What can we learn from the conversation?

A The man thinks the apartment is quite cheap.

B The woman provides a cooker, a fridge and beds.

C The bedroom’s ceiling needs repairing.

15 How many bedrooms are there in this apartment?

A One.  B Two.  C Three.

第二部分：语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16--25各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡相应的16--25上将该项涂黑。

In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet (小鹦鹉)on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 16_____ the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my 17______, Perky flew off. The enormous(巨大的), blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue  treasure and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to forgive me. With fake optimism(乐观), she even tried to reassure (安慰)me that Perky would find a new  18 ______. But I was far too clever to 19______ that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own 20_______ growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the parents of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed(宣称) to 21______ the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and 22 ________ that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing 23______ Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the way we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just floated down and landed on my finger."

When I was finally able to 24_______ , we examined the amazing evidence(证据). The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all matched up. It seems our two families had been connected long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 25_______! Perky lived!"

16. A. what B. how C. which D. where

17. A. joy  B. horror C. disappointment D. satisfaction

18. A. parent B. home C. master  D. life

19. A. imagine B. suppose C. doubt D. believe

20. A. birds B. happiness C. worries D. children

21. A. catch B. find C. buy D. have

22. A. announced  B. said C. told D. hoped

23. A. in  B. about C. of D. on

24. A. think B. speak C. interrupt D. explain

25. A. right B. wrong C. silly D. mad

第二节：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案在答题卡上标号为26-35的相应位置涂黑。

A few years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, ____26____ (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got close to____27_____ (die). The situation was so severe _____28___ there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out ____29____ cause of this deadly disease. They invited all the most experienced experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions ____30____ (put forward). Some of the top experts then tested them to see ____31____ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was ___32___(serious) ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine ____33____(test) on him. To his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, telling him this exciting news. ___34____ convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease ___35___ kicked it out finally.

第三部分：阅读(共两节，每小题2分，满分50分)

第一节：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳答案，并将答案在答题卡上标号为46--65的相应位置涂黑。

A

The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever. He sent camera team out one evening to film the sunset for him.

The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”

“No, Sir,” the men answered.

The director was angry.  “Why not?”  he asked.

“Well,” one of the men answered, “we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”

“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”

But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don’t you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards, Then it’ll look like a sunset.” “That’s a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera team and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”

The camera team went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, Sir,” they said, and give it to him. He was very pleased.

They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them.”

The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera team to stop.

The birds in the film were flying backwards away from the beach.

36. One evening, the director sent his camera team out ______.

A. to watch a beautiful sunset

B. to find an actor and an actress

C. to film a scene on the sea

D. to meet the audience

37. Why did the director want to send his team to the west coast?

A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset

B. Because he was angry about his team

C. Because it was his secretary’s suggestion

D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset

38. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The team followed the secretary’s advice.

B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is a place to go to.

C. The camera team wasn’t able to film the scene the first day.

D. The director ordered his team to stop filming the “sunset”

39. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _____.

A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine

B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

C. it was more moving than a sunrise

D. the ocean looked more than a sunrise

40. After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands _____.

A. because he was moved to tears

B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards

C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and the heroine

B

A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’s birthday. The price didn’t matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.

A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings made, “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, “I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl.”

The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.

Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don’t like to part with it,” she said sadly, “I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”

The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.

41. The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for ______.

A. his wife   B. his mother-in–law  C. his own mother   D. no one

42. He paid $ 5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because ______.

A. he was very rich    B. he wanted to make the jeweler believe him

C. he was anxious to get it   D. his business had been successful

43. He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ______.

A. exactly the same size as the black on

B. exactly the same quality as the black one

C. worth no more than $ 25,000

D. exactly as big and nice as the black one