People want action on noise, a recent public meeting in Brisbane showed. Some want technical improvements such as quieter air conditioners or better sound barriers around major roads. Others want tougher laws to restrict noise from building sites or to require owners to take responsibility for barking dogs. But the highest priority (优先) was a noise complaints system that works.

Brisbane City Council receives more complaints about noise than all other problems put together. So it conducted survey and found that about half its citizens are upset by noise in one form or another—traffic, mowers, pool pumps, air conditioners or loud parties. This inspired the Council to bring together more than 100 citizens one evening to talk through solutions to the problem.

The meeting found the present noise complaints system bizarre. Depending on the problem, responsibility for noise can lie with the Council, the Environment Protection Authority, one of three government departments or even the police. So complaints often feel they are getting the run-round. When the people at the meeting were asked to vote for changes, the strongest response was for a 24-hour, noise hotline to be the first port of call for all complaints.

The meeting also favored regulatory measures, such as tougher minimum standards for noise in appliances like air conditioners. This even makes economic sense, as noise is a waste of energy—and money. Other measures the meeting supported were wider buffer zones around noisy activities and controls to keep heavy traffic away from residential areas（居民区）.

1. According to the passage, what do people want most?

A. Tougher laws.                      　B. Technical improvements.

C. An effective noise complaints system   　 D. Tougher minimum standards for noise

2. What does the underlined word bizarre in the second paragraph mean?

   A. reasonable      B. wonderful          C. strange       D. responsible

3. How many regulatory measures against noise are mentioned in the last paragraph?

   A. 3.             B. 4.                 C. 2.           D. 5.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Tougher minimum standards for noise in appliances are necessary.

B. Traffic, mowers, pool pumps, and air conditioners are all the sources of noise.

C. 90% of the residents are annoyed by noise.

D. Heavy traffic should be kept away from residential areas according to the meeting.

5. Brisbane City Council brought together citizens to talk through solutions to the noise problem mainly due to      .

A. the result of the survey carried out by itself

B. a noise complaints system that works

C. people asking for tougher laws on noise

D. requirements of an effective noise complaints system

. Unluckily I don’t have a lot of ______ memories of my childhood. There were no good friends, no amazing adventures, and no wonderful holidays.

  A. persuasive             B. ordinary                 C. fantastic                 D. honorable

 I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t ______.

   A. get along      B. get on             C. get through         D. get to

 Word came that the famous film star Chen Daoming was to _______ a new film.

A. star in              B. star                       C. be starred              D. starring in

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

     阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments. One of the most unforgettable  36  when I was teaching  37  grade 10 years ago.

In May I decided to plan something  38  for the children; a Mother’s Day tea. We had put our heads together to  39  ideas of how to  40  our mothers. We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother’s Day. I was surprised but very  41  to learn that every mother was planning to attend. I  42  invited my own mother.

Finally, the big day arrived. Each child  43  up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom.  44  it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t shown up and he was looking  45 .

I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. “Jimmy,” I said, “I have a bit of problem here and I was  46  if you could keep my mother  47  while I’m busy.”

My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy  48  my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had  49  the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep  50 .

Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment. Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy. I had the students complete an outline of the day’s  51  and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students’ booklets and checked them to see if  52  was completed. When I came  53  Jimmy’s page, he had written “Remember our Mother’s Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs. Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too.”

I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed and   54  his own thanks and walked away. Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug.

I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had  55  stopped hugging teachers years ago.

36. A. lasted                 B. happened                  C. experienced                     D. described

37. A. third                   B. first                         C. second                         D. fourth

38. A. special                B. simple                      C. difficult                   D. challenging

39. A. pay attention to   B. look forward to         C. get on with               D. come up with

40. A. love                   B. please                      C. respect                            D. admire

41. A. astonished           B. worried                    C. delighted                  D. interested

42. A. even                   B. ever                         C. still                          D. once

43. A. followed             B. held                         C. kept                         D. lined

44. A. As                      B. Although                  C. While                      D. Because

45. A. puzzled               B. curious                     C. strange                     D. upset

46. A. considering         B. wondering                C. asking                      D. doubting

47. A. connection          B. care                         C. company                  D. concern

48. A. served                B. supplied                   C. appealed                   D. applied

49. A. taught                 B. studied                     C. practiced                  D. told

50. A. mind                  B. thought                    C. agreement                D. conversation

51. A. feeling                B. behavior                   C. event                       D. action

52. A. something           B. everything                C. anything                   D. nothing

53. A. by                      B. to                                   C. across                      D. over

54. A. announced          B. delivered                  C. stated                       D. whispered

55. A. probably             B. exactly                     C. rarely                       D. eagerly

    All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy. You could turn your back for a moment in my mother’s house, leave a half-written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged,” as she explained.

    My wife, one of her first visits to my mother’s house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused, she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.

    These disappearance had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有……的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. “ Do you remember what I was doing?” was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.

Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of cleaning windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.

We have all become busy persons.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?

   A. she enjoyed removing others’ drinks.        B. She became more and more forgetful.

   C. She preferred to do everything by herself. D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.

2. My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother’s house because _______.

   A. she had already finished them                  B. my mother had taken them away

   C. she forgot where she had left them            D. someone in my family was holding them

3. The underlined part suggests that my sister ______.

   A. is happy to clean windows                       B. loves to clean used windows

   C. is fond of cleaning used windows             D. likes cleaning windows as my mother did

4. How many persons are mentioned in the passage?

    A. Six.     B. Seven.    C. Five.    D. Four.

5. This passage mainly tells us that ______.

   A. my mother often made us confused          

B. my family members had a poor memory

   C. my mother helped us to form a good habit

D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother

第二节 单词拼写  根据所给的汉语提示或单词, 补充完成下列句子，注意语法正确、语义通顺。（共10小题，满分10分）

31.Their ________ (behave) toward me shows that they don’t like me.

32.It was ________ (consider) of you not to play the piano while I was asleep.

33.The system will have to be tested before it goes into ________ (produce).

34.All ________ (fly) have been cancelled because of the heavy fog.

35.Only a small ________ (minor) of students are interested in studying abroad nowadays.

36.Xiao Li works very hard. ________ (fortune), he fell ill and missed the final exams.

37.According to official ________ (统计数据), the H1N1 virus killed over 2,000 people altogether.

38.The university attracts thousands of students of various ________ (国籍) every year.

39.He gave no ________ (解释) for what he had done that night.

40.I bought a model of the Eiffel Tower as a ________ (纪念品) of my tour to Paris.

第三节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。

Tom is a worker in my factory and he is a little bit dirty. I have been taking   21  of him for years and years, he always wears an old red hat and carries a  22  bag. He usually spends his break time and his lunchtime by walking around to   23   the unused tins around.

Once I saw him by his  24  , with a lot of rubbish bags, which were full of aluminum(铝) tins. He threw them into the back of his car and then 25 the car. Being very curious, I got into my car to   26   him. He drove 27   he reached the entrance to a wide, empty parking area, but did nothing more.

Today, I was 28 one of the broken machines during lunchtime when this“tin man”came along with his bag. As usual, he  29 the tins around the place. My 30   , who was worried about how the   31 caused by the machine would affect production, was standing there watching me.

When I finished my job, my manager asked the “tin man” about what he would  32    the tin that he had collected. I had   33   even thought about asking this kind of question,  34  I had always thought that this “tin man” would sell the   35  to the recycling place

 36  ,this “tin man” answered, “I will give them to my neighbor,  37  has epilepsy(癫痫病) and is unable to work.” I was  38  to hear this, and I asked him, “You  39 you are collecting all those tins just to help your neighbor?”

“I know it doesn’t help very much,” he said, “  40   I try my best to help him.” It was the most beautiful moment in my life and made me feel very humble(卑鄙的).

21. A. hold            B. care            C. charge             D. notice

22. A. plastic          B. rubbish          C. paper              D. metal

23. A. collect          B. find            C. hide                D. spread

24. A. house           B. store           C. machine             D. car

25. A. got out of        B. broke up        C. jumped into          D. settled down

26. A. follow          B. block           C. inspect              D. catch

27. A. since           B. until            C. when               D. after

28. A. decorating       B. performing      C. repairing             D. selecting

29. A. turned up        B. put up          C. set up               D. picked up

30. A. manager         B. workmate       C. neighbor             D. friend

31. A. power           B. delay           C. signal               D. harm

32. A. do with          B. deal with        C. go with             D. put up with

33. A. seldom          B. always          C. nearly              D. never

34. A. unless           B. because         C. though              D. if

35. A. machine         B. cars            C. tins                 D. bags

36. A. Certainly        B. Briefly          C. Surprisingly          D. Fortunately

37. A. who            B. whom           C. which               D. that

38. A. shocked         B. interested        C. satisfied             D. concerned

39. A. announce        B. mean           C. say                 D. declare

40. A. instead          B. however        C. but                 D. and

Fortunately firefighters who arrived in time have ________ the fire _________ _________ (控制住大火).

The newly published book, which refers _______ basic English grammar, is _______only for beginners.

A. as; meant         B. for; intended           C. to; planned               D. to; intended