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PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A （22.5 marks）Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers.For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followedby 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questionsby marking the corresponding letters (A,B or C) on the question booklet.You will hear each conversation TWICE.Conversation 11. Which of the following is TRUE about Mike?A. He likes eating potatoes.B. He likes watching TVC. He is a bitlight.2. What does the man advise the woman do?A. Take her son to the club.B. Take her son to a doctor.C. Let herson just enjoy his vacation.Conversation 23. What’s wrong with the woman’s computer?A. It can ‘t be turned on .B. It was attacked by hackers.C .Its screen was broken.4. How does the man ask the woman to contact him?A. By e-mail.B. By phone.C. By short messages.Conversation 35. Where did the woman go?A. To her father’s house.B. To her office.C. To the beach.6. What does the woman advise doing this weekend?A. Having a get-together.B. Doing some kinds of drinksC. Cookinga meal in the open air.Conversation 47. What did the woman do today?A. She stayed at home .B. She tried contacting the man.C. She prepared for a big meal.8. What does the woman think causes the bad connection?A. The man’s receiver.B. Her receiver.C. Thephone line.9. Why does the woman refuse the man’s invitation?A. She has a bad cold .B. She has to look after her brother.C. She willteach her brother to cook.Conversation 510. What does the woman think is a personal question?A. Her full name.B. Her husband’s earnings.C. Her family expenses.11. How much does the woman spend on housing?A. About ￡200 a month .B. About ￡480 a monthC. About ￡600 a month.12. Why is the woman’s family much less well off?A. she stopped working after having a baby .B. Her husband now earns less than before. C. The living cost has been increasing rapidly.SECTION B （7.5 marks）Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.You will hear the short passage TWICE.“Child to child” groupPlace In 16__History The group has spent 17 years promoting the idea of “children helping other children to learn about good health”.Activities children can do at home ●children can improve their family’s healthsimply by ensuring that the younger children are kept__18__.●They also learn how to deal with accidents,such as treating 19Measures The group has sent out thousands of sets of their20 worldwide and is building up a resourcecenter.PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGESECTION A （15 marks）Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B ,C and D. Choosethe one answer that best completes the sentence.21．It is _____ he often fails in exams____ makes his parents worried about him. A．because；that B．that；that C．不填；that D．what；that22. Mr White _______his racing bicycle by himself yesterday, but I’m not sure whether it is readyA. repairedB. had repairedC. was repairingD. would repair23.Our English teacher , having explained to us how to design a project, allowedus a whole week’s preparation and then ______the class.A. to dismissB. dismissedC. dismissingD. having dismissed24.It was reported that an agreement ____ between the two companies and that theywould carry out a project together.A. reachedB. had been reachedC. was reachedD. has been reached25. You can get the best result ______you carry out the experiment under the desired conditions.A. what ifB. even ifC. only ifD. as if26. The subway was crowded with passengers going home from market, most of________carrying heavy bags and baskets full of fruits and vegetables they had bought there.A. whomB. themC. whoD. which27.If you want to live a happy life, you’d better learn to accept life _____it is..A. asB. thatC. whichD. where28. Science is more than a collection of unrelated facts; to be meaningful andvaluable,________ must be arranged to show generalized character.A. which B .those C. it D. they29. “___________,”the soldiers screamed loudly, who held a gun in his hands, “orI will shoot again.”A. Stopped thereB. Stopping thereC. To stop thereD. Stop there30.Though ____a difficult and even dangerous place , Vietnam is now a friendlydestination that welcomes visitors from all over the world _______.A. considered; visitingB. considered; to visitC. considering ; visitingD. considering; to visit31. ---Our company will organize a trip to Hongkong next month. I ______my mother there.---I’ rather you ________. After all she has just recovered from her illness and she still feels weak..A. will take ; won’tB. am taking; don’tC. will take; didn’tD. am taking; didn’t32. I was admitted into a famous university. My success______ me pleased with myselfbut I didn’t .A. might have madeB. might makeC. should have madeD. should make33. On the top of the hill_____ the old man once lived.A. a temple stands there in whichB. stands a temple whereC. a temple standing on whichD. does a temple stand where34. I told you the other day that Tom had agreed with your idea, ____________?A. hadn’t heB. didn’t heC. did ID. didn’t I35. ______ all the seats full, he had no choice but to stand up.A. ForB. AsC. ThoughD. WithSECTION B （18 marks）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C. and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.I pulled into the driveway of my Mum’s house and saw my two-year-old daughter’s smiling face staring out the window at me. Vanessa had stayed with her grandma for a week, while her mommy, Georgia ,was in hospital 36 complications(并发症) in her second pregnancy. Vanessa, who missed her room and toys, 37 awaited the arrival of daddy to pick her up and take her to see her mother. After the visit we’d go home where I had a surprise for her.Vanessa and I spent an hour with Georgia and then 38 home.I got Vanessa out of her snowsuit, 39 on the sofa and sat beside her. “Vanessa, you know you’re going to have a new brother or sister soon.”“I know, Daddy. Mommy’s bringing it home with her.”“That’s right .”I smiled. “well, the baby is going to need a 40 to sleep in. I hope you don’t mind, but I put your cradle in the new baby’s room.”“Where will I sleep, Daddy?”“ Follow me.” I led her down the hall to her room. “I have a 41 for you.”When Vanessa turned the corner and screamed with pleasure. “It’s a bed ,Daddy! My very own bed!”She 42 up and down on the mattress with 43 happiness on her face.“ I guess this means I’m growing up,” said Vanessa.First beds are first milestones. For the first time we are free to get out of bed without 44 someone lift us from our cradles. We are trusted to handle the freedom with respect and are expected to 45 new rules. First days of school, first loves, firsts jobs，first homes or apartments, first child；they’re all 46 in life. Each comes with 47 and responsibilities and it all starts with the first bed..36. A. instead of B. as to C. due to D. regardless of37. A. anxiously B. surprisingly C. purposely D. especially38. A. stayed B. headed C. missed D. left39. A. bent B. lay C. settled D. sighed40. A. camp B. basket C. house D. cradle41. A. prize B. surprise C. word D. promise42. A. bounced B. turned C. climbed D. laughed43. A. pure B. little C. exact D. sudden44. A. joining in B. giving in C. sending for D. waiting for45. A. build B. ignore C. follow D. break46. A. obstacles B. memories C. scenes D. milestones47. A. sorrow B. joys C. interest D. pride SECTION C （12 marks）Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.Grace, like many renters, is tired of renting. 48 . reason is that her annual rent keeps going up. Every year her landlord raises the rent by five percent. Another reason is her neighbors. She finds it hard to get 49 well with them. “ New neighbours always seem to care less about other people’s feelings than the ones 50 moved out,”she said, “My first neighbour liked closing his door loudly; I always knew when he came home or left home. _51 he moved out, a saxophonist moved in. He practiced two hours every day. On Saturday his friends 52 come over and I’d get to listen to a whole band. I once called the police, 53 they said saxophone playing was permitted in apartments for up to four hours 54 day, they told me I was lucky that the guy was 55 playing two hours!”PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION （30 marks）Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.ALike any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's tummy.The pregnancy progresses normally for Karen. But complications arise during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital.The little girl gets worse. The doctor tells the parents, "There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst." Karen and her husband have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby — now they plan a funeral.Michael, keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he says. But kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. However, Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. “If he doesn't see his sister now, he may never see her alive.” She dresses him in an oversized scrub suit and marches him into ICU. The head nurse recognizes him as a child and bellows, "Get that kid out of here now! " The mother, the usuallymild-mannered lady glares steel-eyed into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen tows Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing."You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray”Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate becomes calm and steady."You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away "The ragged, strained breathing becomes as smooth as a kitten's purr.Keep on singing, Michael. Tears conquer the face of the bossy head nurse as well as Karen.Funeral plans are scrapped. The next, day — the very next day — the little girl is well enough to go home!NEVER GIVE UP THE ONE WE LOVE!56. How did Michal’s feel when he knew that he was going to have a sister?A. indifferent.B. worried.C. expectant.D. disappointed.57. The doctor recommended the family ___________.A. get ready for the worst result.B. wait for the hope in the near future.C. prepare much more money for the infant.D. prepare for another chance in other hospitals.58. Which word can best replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4?A. pointed.B. yelled.C. whispered.D. ignored.59. What happened when Michael sang to his little sister?A. The little baby responded to his song and woke up immediately.B. The baby heard the song and burst into tears.C. The baby’s physical signs disappeared eventually.D. The baby recovered from the dangerous state of coma gradually.60. What could be the best title of the article?A. An unexpected gift.B. A miracle of love.C. A iron-mother.D. A medical success.BWhile you may be doing everything right, ignoring just one or two steps in the process may keep you from getting a job, especially in this fierce market. Here is a checklist that covers some of the major links in the job-search chain.THE RESUME --- Make sure it is up-to-date and tailored to the types of jobs you are seeking for. Have someone else look at your resume. If you cannot afford a careercoach, give your resume to friends or family members to scrutinize. Have copies of your resume printed so that you are ready to hand them out at interviews.COVERING LETTERS --- Maybe you’ve set up a few basic styles in advance, but that’s not enough. Each covering letter should be designed to suit the job for which you are applying.THE WARDROBE(衣橱) --- Check your wardrobe to ensure that you have the appropriate professional dress, including shoes, ready for interview.NETWORKING --- Don’t isolate yourself from others for days. Network through e-mail messages, phone calls, appointments and meetings keep you in touch with the outside world and prevent you from becoming depressed.APPLICATION --- A glance at huge online job sites isn’t usually the best way to find a job. You are more likely to succeed through the people you know via networking.THE FOLLOW—UP --- It is quite common to apply for job and never hear back from the company. Take measures, such as following up with a phone call a week or so after you apply. If you know someone at the company, check whether that person will put in a good word for you.INTERVIEWS --- If you’ve got plenty of interviews but no return calls or job offers, take a look at your interviewing skills. This is one area where investing in a career coach may pay off. But if you can’t afford one, try to find a job group or service that conducts free mock(模拟) interviews.SUPPORT SYSTEMS --- Finally, recognize that looking for job is rather difficult. Even at the best of times, a job hunt is often about rejection, and that can be hard to endure. Staying in touch with family, friends, professional networks and fellow job seekers can help you to maintain a positive attitude and a sense of perspective.61. The author’s purpose of writing this text is to _________.A. suggest graduates should find suitable jobsB. tell people how to improve their interview skillsC. teach people how to get ready for an interviewD. give people some tips on searching for jobs62. The underlined word “scrutinize”in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________.A. checkB. useC. rewriteD. criticize63. Which of the following methods is wrong according to the text?A. You should have your resume read by your friends after finishing it.B. You should create different covering letters for the different jobs you apply for.C. Searching online is the most effective way to look for a job.D. You should wear professional clothes and shoes for the interview.64. What should you do if you don’t receive any calls after lots of interviews?A. Ask a fellow job seeker to help you.B. Carefully review your interviewing skills.C. Rewrite your resume as soon as possible.D. Go to the managers’ offices to find out why.65. It is implied in the text that__________.A. people often pay no attention to writing their resumeB. the interview is the most difficult step for intervieweesC. your social network may help you a lot in your job huntD. a career coach often offers free mock interviews to intervieweesCIn a recent study, researchers have estimated the energy required to produce bottled water, including the energy required to manufacture plastic, make the plastic into bottles, process the water, fill and seal the bottles, transport the bottles, and chill the bottles for use. Combining all the energy input totals for treatment and distribution, researchers found that producing bottled water requires between 5.6 and 10.2 million joules(焦耳) of energy per liter, depending on transportation factors. That's up to 2, 000 times the energy required to produce tap water.To break down the energy requirements, researchers found that producing the plastic bottles and transporting the bottles greatly dominated(控制) the energy input. Although some companies are experimenting with producing lightweight bottles or using recycled materials, the researchers calculated that the manufacturing cost is about 4 million joules of energy per plastic bottle weighing 38 grams, and the cap weighing 2 grams.“Our previous work had suggested that bottled water production was an energy intensive process, but we were surprised to see the results, ” the researchers said.Transportation costs vary depending on the distance and mode of transport, and both factors depend on the type of bottled water. There are two main kinds of bottled water in th e US: “ spring water”， which comes from an underground spring; and “purified water”， which is city tap water that has received further treatment. For purified water distributed locally by truck within Los Angeles, the total transportation energy is about 1.4 million joules per liter. In the second situation, spring water shipped from Fiji (such as Fiji Spring Water) across the Pacific to Los Angeles, and then delivered locally by truck, requires about 4 million joules per liter for transportation. For the spring water, the transportation energy equaled (in the case of Fiji) the energy required to produce the bottle.With this data, the researchers hope that future studies will have the ability to make specific estimates for different situations, and possibly find ways to cut energy costs.66. From the first Paragraph we can know that the energy required to ______.A. produce bottled water includes the energy required to drink itB. distribute bottled water includes the energy for producing the bottlesC. distribute bottled water is much smaller than the energy for treating itD. produce bottled water is much smaller than the energy for producing tap water67. To reduce the energy required to produce bottled water, some companies are trying ______.A. to fill tap water into the plastic bottles directlyB. to replace the plastic bottles with metal containersC. to produce lightweight bottles with recycled materialsD. to use bicycles to transport and deliver bottled water locally68. What's Paragraph 4 mainly talking about?A. Treatment of bottled water needs no energy input at all.B. Bottled water production is an energy intensive process.C. Transportation of bottled water takes up the most energy input.D. Production of the plastic bottles greatly dominated the energy input.69. We can infer from the passage that ______.A. there are two main kinds of bottled water in the USB. world consumption of bottled water has been increasingC. transportation costs have something to do with the mode of transportD. bottled water produced in Spring is more expensive than purified water70. What's the main purpose of the passage?A. To help consumers themselves make more environmentally sustainable choices.B. To advise the government to take severe measures to stop producing bottled water.C. To urge the consumers to drink tap water instead of bottled water for the sake of the earth.D. To try the best to find ways to produce bottled water cheaply and quickly forthe companies.PART FOUR WRITING (45 marks)SECTION A (10 marks)Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Many of us suffer needlessly when it comes to our well-being or physical health. In most cases this can be attributed to a lack of knowledge about our lifestyle to include our eating habits along with physical activity. If we learn how to keep healthy, our lives would be so much more enjoyable.With so many places to find a fast meal, it is hard to maintain control of your eating habits when coupled with a fast pace lifestyle. We do need food to provide the energy our bodies need, but it is our choices that ultimately help or harm us. From increasingly large burgers to fried chicken, we are attacked with endless quick meals. However, we must give our body what it needs to get healthy and not what our taste buds want.The other key component to keeping healthy is regular exercise. You don’t have to be a gym rat or anything of that nature, but you must develop some type of workout. It can be something as little as walking. Exercising just 30 minutes of your day is all you really need if you want to stay healthy. You can do as little as 3 to 4 days a week or make it a daily routine.Our bodies are not equipped to deal with stress on a routine basis. Constant stress can lead to a rise in blood pressure which increases your chance for a stroke or a heart attack. It also affects the blood cells that aid in fighting infections. These weaken cells leave you helpless against common colds, other illnesses, and medical conditions. Therefore, you should learn to relax yourself by spending sometime every day chatting with your family, playing with your friends or just watching a film or listening to some soft music.There is no big secret on how to keep healthy. If you take care of your body, it will do the same for you in return. It is best that you take every measure possible to lead a healthy lifestyle. Keep healthy by treating your body right.Title: On 71. _________Section B (10 marks )Directions : Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.How we look and how we appear to others probably worry us more when we arc in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life．Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion．Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner．If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment．Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress．A barber today does not cut a boy's hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did．The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we arc constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we arc odd or dull.What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion．Take hats for example- In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside．In recent times, President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example．There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion．In the 1920s in Europe and America,short skirts became fashionable．After World War Ⅱ, they dropped to ankle length．Then they got shorter and shorter and the miniskirt was in fashion．After a few more years, skirts became longer again．Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be．It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else．Within reason, you can dress as you tike or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion．The popularity of jeans and the "untidy" look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses．81．What do the fashion magazines or TV advertisements claim to bring us? （No more than 2 words）_______________________________________________________________________________ ______82．Why does the writer take President Kennedy as an example? （No more than 14 words）_______________________________________________________________________________ ______83．What does the writer try to explain by talking about short skirts? （No more than 8 words）_______________________________________________________________________________ _______84．Why are jeans so popular according to the writer? （No more than 10 words）_______________________________________________________________________________ _______Section C(25 marks)Direction: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.最近，“光盘行动”在社会上引起很大反响。
