满分（120）一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1. —So you missed Mr. Brown’s lecture.—_____. I got there six minutes before it was over.A. Not at allB. Not exactlyC. Not especiallyD. Not really2. Nobody will _____ you if they see you will do no good to them.A. vote againstB. vote onC. vote withD. vote for3. The son was put in _____ prison. His old father goes to _____ prison to see him twice a year.A. 不填；theB. the; theC. 不填；不填D. the; 不填4. They demanded the persons who had sold the state secrets _______ at once.A. should arrestB. would arrestC. be arrestedD. to be arrested5. Zhang Yimou will _______ Steven Spielberg in designing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Olympic Games.A. benefit fromB. catch up withC. join hands withD. break away from6. If you choose to consume alcohol in any form, you _______ in most parts of the world.A. forbid drivingB. forbid to driveC. are forbidden drivingD. are forbidden to drive7. Allowing workers to dress _______ they please is increasing steadily.A. asB. ifC. likeD. what8. The sudden heavy snow _______ too many flowers in the garden.A. woundedB. shotC. killedD. murdered9. Today CCTV offers a great _______ of programs to meet the different needs and tastes.A. speciesB. varietyC. amountD. deal10. We must make sure that all citizens enjoy an equal right to education, _____ sex.A. instead ofB. no matterC. rather thanD. regardless of11. In front of the church was a tall tree, its top _______ the other trees.A. much tall thanB. was much taller thanC. well above those ofD. was well above those of12. The music _______ more beautiful when it was played on the piano by the musician himself.A. soundsB. soundedC. was soundedD. is sounded13. Because I had a computer of my own, I _______ anything I wanted on it.A. was free to doB. was freely doingC. could free doD. was free of doing14. Can you _______ another person in the back seat?A. fitB. fit inC. fit in withD. fit into15. The Chinese have been independently developing rockets for more than 30 years, _______they have experienced many successes and failures.A. during that timeB. in whose timeC. in this timeD. during which time二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Once upon a time, there was an island on which lived Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the rest of it, including Love. One day word 16 that the island would sink, so 17 constructed boats and left, except for Love.Love was the only one who stayed. Love 18 to hold out until the last possible moment. When the island had almost 19 , Love decided to ask for 20 . Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you 21 me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is 22 place here for you.”Love 23 to ask Vanity(虚荣) who was 24 passing by in a beautiful ship. “Vanity, please help me!”“I can’t help you. Love. You are all wet and might 25 my boat.” Vanity answered.Sadness was close by so Love 26 , “Sadness, let me go with you.”“Oh, Love, I’m so 27 that I need to be by myself.”Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she didn’t28 hear when Love called her.29 , there was a voice. “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was a(n)30 . Love even forgot to ask him 31 they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way.Realizing how much was 32 to the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”“It was 33 .” Knowledge answered.“Time?” asked Love, “ 34 why did Time help me?”Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how 35 Love is.”16. A. got around B. cut in C. broke away D. went away17. A. some B. all C. nobody D. both18. A. regretted B. agreed C. wanted D. preferred19. A. disappeared B. ruined C. flooded D. sunk20. A. information B. fortune C. help D. advice21. A. take B. mix C. supply D. share22. A. much B. no C. some D. little23. A. promised B. managed C. stopped D. decided24. A. also B. yet C. ever D. either25. A. use B. damage C. fix D. honor26. A. responded B. invited C. asked D. shouted27. A. lovely B. lucky C. happy D. sad28. A. hardly B. even C. rather D. simply29. A. Suddenly B. Unluckily C. Especially D. Accidentally30. A. police B. elder C. woman D. youngster31. A. where B. why C. how D. when32. A. fastened B. puzzled C. owed D. paid33. A. Richness B. Knowledge C. Time D. Love34. A. Though B. So C. But D. And35. A. cheap B. worth C. costless D. valuable三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AThe holidays are coming! And we all know what that means...it’s that time of year when malls, stores, restaurants, streets, and freeways are busier and crazier than ever. This holiday season, while you’re out shopping and running around, why not go out of your way to say hello to the hotel cleaning person, the flight attendant, the restaurant busperson, the hotel clerk, the garbage collector, the gardener...?A wonderful storyteller by the name of C. W. Metcalf told of a man in the airport who was verbally abusing（辱骂）an airline ticketing agent. Thetraveler had missed his flight due to mechanical difficulties and was being loud, aggressive, and just plain mean to the poor ticketing agent, who obviously had no control over the plane’s condition. Metcalf went up to the abusive man and asked, “Can I have your autograph?” When the man, puzzled, asked, “Why do you want my autograph?” Metcalf responded, “Because I’ve never met the center of the universe before!”I once had one of those awful flying experiences where flight after flight was delayed. What should have been a three-hour flight turned into a fifteen-hour, multiple-city, exhausting nightmare, causing me to miss meetings in my intended city. At 3 A.M., by the time I was finally within thirty minutes of landing at my destination airport, I suddenly smelled something wonderful: the flight attendants were baking chocolate chip cookies! That sweet, comforting aroma filled the airline cabin, and our small group of 20 passengers waited with anticipation as the flight attendants made their way down the aisle, handing each of us a warm cookie. I instantly abandoned my plans for an enraged（愤怒的）letter-writing campaign against the airline and was effortlessly relieved of all my anger and exhaustion-all by one soft, freshly baked cookie.36. The purpose of the writer is to tell us to _____.A. bring the spirit of humanity into the holiday seasonB. pay respect to those who provide service for usC. keep calm to fully enjoy our holiday seasonD. prepare for whatever difficulites we meet in the holiday season37. Why did Metcalf ask for the traveller’s auto-graph?A. To teach the traveller a good lesson.B. To give the traveller some comfort.C. To make the traveller realize that he was too self-centered.D. To make peace between the traveller and the airline ticketing agent.38. Before the writer was given the warm cookie, he ____.A. was quite hungryB. was very angryC. was terrified from his nightmareD. was eager to go home39. The last paragraph implies that _____.A. understanding is the key to solving conflictsB. there could be nothing better in serving the customersC. forgiveness works better than complaintsD. good service and consideration can help solve the problems40. The writer of the passage would probably agree that _____.A. it’s quite natural for one to get angry in a busy holiday seasonB. it’s necessary to show our appreciatio n of the service we receiveC. those in service should put the interest of the customers above anything elseD. we shouldn’t make a complaint unless we have enough evidenceBIn 1985, a geography researcher called Atsumu Ohmura at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology got the shock of his life. As part of his studies into climate and atmospheric radiation, Ohmura was checking levels of sunlight recorded around Europe when he made an astonishing discovery. Compared to similar measurements recorded by his predecessors（前辈）in the 1960s, Ohmura’s results suggested that levels of solar radiation striking the Earth’s surface had declined by more than 10% in three decades. Sunshine, it seemed, was on the way out.The finding went against all scientific thinking. When Ohmura eventually published his discovery in 1989 the science world was distinctly unimpressed（未被打动的）. “It was ignored,” he says.It turns out that Ohmura was the first to document a dramatic effect that scientists are now calling “global dimming”. Records show that over the past 50 years the average amount of sunlight reaching the ground has gone down by almost 3% a decade. It’s too small an effect to see with the naked eye, but it has implications for everything from climate change to solar power and even the future sustainability of plant photosynthesis(光合作用).Although Ohmura was the first to report global dimming, he wasn’t alone. In fact, the scientific record now shows several other research papers published during the 1990s on the subject, all finding that light levels were falling significantly. Among them they reported that sunshine inIreland was on the wane（日益衰落）, that both the Arctic and the Antarctic were getting darker and that light in Japan, the supposed land of the rising sun, was actually falling.But what causes global dimming? The few experts who have studied the effect believe it’s down to air pollution. Tiny particles of soot(煤烟) or chemical compounds like sulphates reflect sunlight and they also promote the formation of bigger, longer lasting clouds.“The cloudy times are getting darker,” says Cohen, at the V olcani Centre. “If it’s cloudy then it’s darker, but when it’s sunny things haven’t changed much.”41. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Goodbye, sunshine!B. The shock of lifeC. An ignored questionD. Atsumu Ohmura and his discovery42. When Atsumu Ohmura made the discovery known, the other scientists _____.A. were greatly shockedB. accepted it in timeC. didn’t take it seriouslyD. were encouraged to do more research on it43. The fourth paragraph mainly intends to _____.A. analyse（分析）which part of the world is most affected by globaldimmingB. provide further evidence for Ohmura’s dis-coveryC. report the continuous effect of global dimmingD. show the support given by other scientists to Ohmura44. According to the passage, since 1985, the average amount of sunlight reaching theground has gone down by about _____.A. 3%B. 7%C. 15%D. 20%45. Scientists believe that global dimming is due to _____.A. climate changeB. solar activityC. formation of cloudsD. human activityCGirls like writing and reading; boys like math and science. At least that’s the old idea many people have. But a new survey shows that girls in elementary school actually like math and science better than language arts.Researchers at the University of Miami in Ohio surveyed nearly 2,000 girls in grades 4 through 8 at twenty schools and had them rate their enjoyment of four subjects: science, math, language arts and social studies, on a scale（等级）of 1 (strongly dislike) to 5 (really like). Fourth-grade girls clearly liked science the best; their average enjoyment levels were:● 4.11 for science● 3.85 for math● 3.5 for language arts● 3.49 for socia l studiesAs girls get older though, they seem to like science and math less, with science’s average likeability score falling to 3.29 for girls in 8th grade. But these subjects aren’t alone, as girls seemed to lose a little interest in every subject. Like ability for social studies fell to 2.91 for 8th graders. “It doesn’t seem like girls are losing interest in science and mathematics any more than they lose interest in other subjects,” said study team member Jennifer Blue, a physics professor at Miami.Just why girls lose interest in all these subjects is something researchers haven’t worked out. But the good news, they say, is that girls regain some of their interest in science in college—Miami, for example, has more female botany, microbiology（微生物学）and zoology majors than male majors.46. It’s commonly believed that ______.A. boys are more intelligent than girlsB. boys are more interested in math and science than girlsC. boys and girls like math and scienceD. boys and girls like math and science better than language arts47. The survey was carried out among ______.A. primary school girl studentsB. high school girl studentsC. five gradesD. twenty colleges48. According to the survey result, which subject are fourth-grade girls least interested in?A. Science.B. Math.C. Language arts.D. Social studies.49. Researchers at the University of Miami found in their survey that girls seem to ______.A. be less interested in their studies as they get olderB. regain some of their interest in science as they get olderC. like science better than social studies as they get olderD. like writing and reading better than boys as they get older50. It can be inferred that the researchers at the University of Miami are trying to find out ______.A. the ways to help girls regain their interest in scienceB. the causes why girls lose interest in almost every subjectC. why more female college students are interested in scienceD. why young girls like science better than language artsDMary Schaefer has always been interested in how the human element plays out in what, and how, things get done in the workplace. Mary’s belief is that organizations are composed of unique human beings requiring individual attention in order to make the most of what they cancontribute to an organization, and at the same time meet their own specific needs for meaningful work. She formed her company, Artemis Path, to help managers and employees see how they can get more from themselves and each other by working with what makes us human beings—an unexpected resourcefulness and energy that can only come from a respectful and co-operative work environment.Having started as a computer systems analyst, over time she noticed that she was more interested in how people reacted to changing job expectations and a changing work environment, how people reacted to learning new skills, and how to overcome the obstacles to that.As she started pursuing a career in Human Resources and a Master’s in HR, Mary was chosen for several work assignments that allowed her to try out her vision for how people can be more positively engaged in the workplace. She took an active role in leading hundreds of survivors of corporate downsizing to see how they could make positive choices moving forward, rather than be overwhelmed by constant job insecurity. While leading a manufacturing project team made up of several shop-floor employees, Mary worked with every person on her team on their skill-development needs. In just a few years, several were promoted and were able to significantly expand their career possibilities. Mary was recognized for this and more with an award for being a “champion of human potential”.51. Mary Schaefer formed her company Artemis Path to ______.A. help managers employ workersB. develop human resourcesC. solve the problems in the workplaceD. meet people’s needs for meaningful work52. Speaking of work efficiency, Mary Schaefer thinks highly of ______.A. natural environmentB. managers’ role in the teamC. spirit of respect and cooperationD. individual attention53. The underlined word “overwhelm” in Para. 3 is the nearest in meaning to _____.A. defeatB. frightenC. satisfyD. ruin54. In her work, Mary tried to work out the following EXCEPT ______.A. how people reacted to changing job expectationsB. how people reacted to a changing work environmentC. how people get individual attentionD. how people can be more positively engaged in the workplace55. Why did Mary get the title of “champion of human potential”?A. Because she paid attention to the workers’ needs.B. Because she was very successful as a businesswoman.C. Because she treated her employees kindly.D. Because she developed the employees’ potential greatly.四、书面表达（共两节，满分45分）第一节阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)Japanese officials are struggling to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. Japan’s first case of mad cow was reported in September. The Agriculture Ministry confirmed last month that second cow was infected. Japan is the only country in Asia where mad cow disease is known to have spread. The disease is officially known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis,or BSE.It causes holes in the brains. Cows act strangely before they die. So it is called mad cow disease.Scientists believe cows get the disease by eatine food made form infected animals. Since September, Janpan has banned imports and use of feed made form animal remains. Recently, the Agriculture Ministry announced plans to destroy abort five thousand cows that may have been given the feed.Sales of Japanese beef products have dropped sharply in the past three months. Since Octoter, Japanese officials have tested all cows that are killed for their meat. Some scientists question the testing. They say the disease often cannot be identified in young animals.Scientists say it’s horrible to eat infected meat that may cause a similar brain disease in humans. It cannot be cured.Questions:56. What is mad cow disease officially called?57. How many cases of mad cow disease were reported in Japanaccording to the report?58. How do cows get the disease?59. Name just one of the measures that have been taken by Japan to prevent the spread of mad cow disease.60. Why do some scientists doubt the testing done by Japanese officials on the been products?第二节书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华，你家最近乔迁新居，所以想写信将新居的情况告诉你的美国笔友Peter，并请他下次来中国时住你家。
