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I. 听力（共两节20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
第一节 听下面5段对话，每段对话仅读1遍。
1. What is the man’s opinion about her research paper?
A. There are no mistakes in her research paper.
B. Her research paper needs to be revised.
C. He is angry about the woman’s job.
2. If everyone comes, how many will be present at the party?
A. 20 B. 18 C. 16
3. How much will it cost the man to rent an unfurnished apartment, including the breakfast?
A. $ 370. B. $ 420. C. $ 450.
4. What does the woman mean?
A. She is inviting her friend to dinner.
B. She wants to try on something.
C. She is not good at cooking.
5. When will Mr Brown return?
A. On Friday night. B. On Monday morning. C. On Tuesday night.
第二节 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What can we know about Bob?
A. He is a warm-hearted person.
B. He is a wise guy.
C. He has a vacation.
7. What on earth happened that day?
A. Bob gave up his two-day vacation to help the man.
B. We don’t know.
C. Bob was willing to go to extra mile.
8. When will the woman intend to phone Bob?
A. Two days later. B. Probably any time. C. Today.
听第7段材料，回答9至11题。
9. When did the conversation happen?
A. In the morning. B. In the late afternoon. C. At noon.
10. Why doesn’t the woman drive to the bank by herself?
A. Her car is broken. B. Someone borrowed her car. C. Her car has no gasoline.
11. What does the woman really want to do in the bank today?
A. Cash a check. B. Find her checkbook. C. Buy some traveller’s checks.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What the matter with the woman?
A. She doesn’t feel very well.
B. She has a dull mood these days.
C. She is very tired with wandering.
13. What does the word “workaholic” mean?
A. A person who is busy with work and has no rest.
B. A person who is very lazy.
C. A person who has nothing to do everyday.
14. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. To relax herself.
B. To go to work at once.
C. To wander around everywhere.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What can we know from the conversation?
A. There is something wrong with the meal in the new restaurant.
B. The man was sick because of the flu.
C. The man was sick because of sleeplessness.
16. Where is the new restaurant?
A. On the fourth street. B. On the fifth street. C. On the sixth street.
17. What was the matter with John?
A. He was also sick the other day because of eating in the restaurant.
B. He ate in a new restaurant last weekend.
C. He was very well.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What does the first boy want to do?
A. He wants to fly like a bird.
B. He wants to walk and run like other boys and girls.
C. He wants to play with another boy in the garden.
19. What can we learn from the story?
A. The little orphan boy only like to play.
B. The little orphan boy only like to run fast.
C. The little orphan boy is full of love in his heart.
20. Who is flying at last?
A. The boy who wants to fly.
B. The boy who wants to walk and run.
C. Nobody.
II. 单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
21. We’d better ___ a careful plan for our experiment.
A. make out B. work out C. take out D. turn out
22. I tried to persuade her, but ___.
A. in advance B. in vain C. at random D. at all costs
23. ___ I don’t quite understand is ___ you are so quick to do your homework.
A. That, that B. What, that C. What, why D. That, how
24. At nine o’clock tomorrow morning, I ___ in the front row and listening to Mr Willard’s lecture.
A. will sit B. sit C. will be sitting D. am sitting
25. He is said ____ the film last week.
A. to see B. to have seen C. that he saw D. to be seeing
26. After he gave a report about the school, Mr. White____ the visitors around it.
A. went on to show B. went on showing
C. went on with showing D. kept on showing
27. We have done things we ought not to have done and_____ undone things we ought to have done.
A. left B. leave C. will leave D. leaving
28. --- Did you go swimming last Sunday?
---No, we would have gone ____ nicer.
A. if the weather was B. would the weather have been
C. had the weather been D. should the weather be
29. I’d like to arrive 20 minutes earlier ____ I can have time for a cup of tea.
A. as soon as B. as a result C. in case D. so that
30. I’ve been told that the medical team, ____ five doctors and ten nurses, ___ sent to the flood-stricken area.
A. making up of, are to be B. is made up of, will be
C. made up of, is to be D. makes up of, will be
III. 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer 31 of Harvard’s president. But they were 32 by his secretary and kept waiting for hours. The secretary took no notice of them, 33 that the couple would finally become 34 and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 35 .
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 36 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 37 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 38 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 39 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus. ”
The president wasn’t 40 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 41 would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady 42 quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 43 to Harvard. ” The president rolled his eyes and 44 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any 45 how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard. ” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 46 , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 47 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 48 their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 49 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 50 about.
31. A. lab B. library C. hall D. office
32. A. watched B. stopped C. followed D. interviewed
33. A. hoping B. finding C. realizing D. imagining
34. A. surprised B. disappointed C. worried D. troubled
35. A. hopelessly B. carefully C. unexpectedly D. unwillingly
36. A. pleasant B. funny C. cold D. sad
37. A. attended B. visited C. studied D. served
38. A. clever B. brave C. proud D. happy
39. A. set about B. set up C. take down D. take over
40. A. satisfied B. excited C. moved D. ashamed
41. A. house B. part C. garden D. place
42. A. explained B. expressed C. refused D. admitted
43. A. building B. yard C. playground D. square
44. A. laughed B. shouted C. glanced D. called
45. A. suggestion B. idea C. thought D. opinion
46. A. bored B. astonished C. interested D. pleased
47. A. department B. university C. business D. club
48. A. Once B. While C. Since D. Though
IV. 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
A
LOS ANGELES--- Two lost hikers who survived three nights in mountains thanks to supplies at a campsite of another hiker who disappeared last year described their suffering, saying they had “the real special thank” for the man who is probably dead.
The couple, Allen, 24, and Brandon Day, 28, were in Southern California for an important conference. They got lost on Saturday west of Palm Springs after wandering off a trail during what was supposed to be a day hike.
Prepared only for a brief hike, they wore light jackets and tennis shoes and had no food, spare clothing or cell phone. With night closing in, they took shelter in a small cave and spent the night sleepless, freezing and hungry.
On Monday, they discovered a campsite in a deadend valley. There was a sleeping mat a backpack, a disposable razor(一次性剃刀), a spoon and tennis shoes. Day and Allen were delighted, thinking someone there could help them find the way out. But later they realized the place was deserted.
They found identification showing the camper was Donovan, 60, a retired social worker from Virginia. They learned later in his journey that he was an experienced hiker and he disappeared on May 2, 2005, in icy weather.
They hound articles in his backpack: a warm sweater for Allen, dry socks for Day and matches. They lit a small signal fire to attract a helicopter crew in the distance, but the crew did not see them.
On Tuesday morning, Day created “ a really big smoke signal” that finally attracted a helicopter crew. They were examined at a hospital and had only bruises.
“We feel great. We’re thankful. We feel like we’ve been given a second chance,” said Day, who expressed that they didn’t give up hiking even after this experience.
51. The passage most probably appears in ________.
A. an advertisement B. a newspaper
C. a travel guidebook D. a travel journal
52. Which of the articles the couple found helped them the most?
A. Tennis shoes B. A sleeping mat C. a warm sweater D. Matches
53. Which of the following statements is TURE?
A. The couple realized the campsite was deserted the moment they found it.
B. The couple at first thought the person in the camp could help them out.
C. It was the icy weather that led to Donovan’s disappearance and death.
D. This experience would prevent the couple hiking again in future.
B
A lot of people are familiar with the story of Brave Gelert, a dog that faithfully defended the prince’s son, but which was then killed while it was fast asleep through a terrible misunderstanding. However, only a few people know that the story is really a pack of lies. Let me explain.
About a hundred or so years ago there was a hotel owner in Wales who was fed up with business being so bad. His hotel was stuck in the middle of nowhere and hardly anyone came to stay. Then, one day, he had an idea. A famous prince called Llewellyn had lived in the area during the Middle Ages and had been keen on dogs. This is hardly surprising as hunting was extremely popular at that time. So what he did was to make up the story of the brave and faithful Gelert and how he had been killed by his ungrateful master.
Of course, people would be far more likely to believe the story if there was something they could see. So one day, the hotel keeper went to the top of a high hill and built a sort of monument from the stones he found lying around. A friend of his, who was an accountant, helped him to construct it . The “tale” soon caught on and developed a life of its own. Afterwards, people came from far and wide to see the spot where the dog was buried. Needless to say, business became very good for the hotel owner.
54. According to the tale, the dog was killed by ___.
A. a hotel owner B. a famous accountant
C. its master D. the prince’s son
55. The owner of the hotel successfully improved his business by ___.
A. making up a story B. constructing a hotel on the hill
C. showing people around his hotel D. inviting a friend to help him
56. The hotel owner built the stone monument in order to__________.
A. make more money B. remember the loyal dog
C. show off D. honor the prince
57. What could be the best title for this passage?
A. A Prince and His Dog B. A Profit - Making Lie
C. A Magnificent Hotel D. A Faithful but Unlucky Dog
C
People often talk as if shyness is a disease or mental condition that can be cured. I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability. It’s something we are born with and something we carry with us in our entire lives. There are too many people, however, who seem to be determined to find some way of doing away with their shyness. In my opinion, it’s a waste of time. I don’t mean that we should do nothing about it; quite the contrary, I think we need to separate the basic fact of our shyness from our ability to take part in a social environment.
Look at one of the most famous shy people of them all, Johnny Carson. This man is painfully shy, yet for decades he made a living talking and associating(交往) with different people every night, in front of a national audience. Carson has never done away with his shyness, but he has successfully found a way to deal with it to the extent that he could be, not just a talk show host, but a legend (传奇) among talk show hosts. Look also at Sally Fields, who has recently admitted her problem with shyness. This is a woman who has appeared in many films, TV shows and interviews, yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her.
I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity(不安全感)and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality do. As we grow up and become adults, we allow our social skills to grow and develop. But we are still stuck in kindergarten or elementary school or wherever it was when our shyness took root in our soul.
58. In the author’s view, shyness can be explained as ________.
A. a disease that can be easily cured B. a not very normal mental condition
C. an emotional disability D. something we pick up after birth
59. Which of the following is TRUE of Johnny Carson?
A. He has dealt with shyness very successfully.
B. He has done away with his shyness carefully.
C. He is described as a hero in some legend books.
D. He failed to become a good talk show host.
60. The passage tells us that Sally Fields was ________.
A. proud all the time B. impolite when young
C. shy in her early years D. close to Jane Fonda
61. The author thinks that our shyness is there because ________.
A. we are not open enough.
B. we don’t feel secure at heart.
C. we try to reach out to others all the time
D. we lack certain social skills.
D
Language as a System of Symbols
Of all systems of symbols (符号), language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual (相互的)dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language.
There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.
However obvious these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature: foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said: “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals,” they feel that the symbol is inherently (内在地) connected in some way with the things symbolized.
62. Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings _________.
A. have made use of language for centuries
B. use our nervous systems to support language
C. have made various noises stand for any events
D. can make anything stand for anything by agreement
63. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?
A. Different noises may mean different things.
B. Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.
C. The language we use symbolizes our social positions.
D. Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.
64. In Paragraph 3, “take special pains” probably means “_________”.
A. try very hard B. take our time
C. are very unhappy D. feel especially painful
65. The example of the little boy is used to show that _________.
A. adults often learn from their young
B. “pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty
C. words are not connected with the things they stand for
D. people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works
V. 单词填写（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）
66. Some respected theories believe that to attain a high level of fluency and accuracy in a foreign language, you need to be ____（围绕，环绕）by it.
67. You should go there yourself and the beauty of that place is ____（超出……之外；无法）my description.
68. An “OK” sign, in Germany, can cause ____（冒犯，得罪）.
69. We started flying around the world and ____（同时），scientists figured out how to split the atom.
70. Some officials were accused of _______（滥用）their power.
71. I’m usually very ____（守时的）but the other day I got lost and ended up arriving too late.
72. He has his own study ____（量度为 ，尺寸为）5m by 7m.
73. In the next few years, computers will become much ____（方便使用的）than today.
74. Being able to speak more than one language, English ____（包括），is how you stand out and get ahead.
75. There will no longer be any conflict and people will be able to live together in peace and ____（平等）.
VI. 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Dear friends,
It is real a good chance to have met all of you here. 76. ____________
We have spent several precious weekend in learning in the 77. ____________
English Club. Although we have been members for a short 78. ____________
period of time, we have made a great progress. That is 79. ____________
because we are all very much active and the activities are not 80. ____________
only enjoyable and also helpful. Besides, the foreign teachers 81. ____________
here work hard and try his best to make the activities 82. ____________
lively and interested. I am very pleased to say that all of 83. ____________
us greatly improved our spoken English so far. I am 84. ____________
looking forward to see all of you again in the near future! 85. ____________
Thank you.
【试题答案】
I. 1-20 ABABA ABCBC CCAAA AAACC
II. 21-25 BBCCB 26-30 AACDC
III. 31-35 DBABD 36-40 CADBC 41-45 DAACB 46-50 DBCAD
IV. 51-55 BDBCA 56-60 ABCAC 61-65 BDBAD
V.
66 surrounded 67 beyond 68 offence / offense
69 meanwhile / meantime 70 abusing 71 punctual
72 measuring 73 handier 74 included 75 equality
VI.
76 real--really 77 weekend--weekends 78 √ 79 去掉a
80 去掉much 81 and--but 82 his?their
83 interested?interesting 84 greatly前加have 85 see--seeing