阅读下列材料, 从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和 F)中, 选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

 The people below are all looking for someplace to enjoy some kind of activity in Beijing. After the description of these people, there is information about places A—F. Decide which place would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 1---5 and then mark the correct letter (A---F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one place which you  needn’t use.

_____ 1．Stephen studies art in Beijing University. He shows great interest in paintings and he is especially interested in those oil paintings that reflect the variety of life.

______2．Mark has just come to China and he is very interested in Chinese culture. He has been waiting for a long time to have a chance to see a wonderful Chinese acrobatic performance in China.

______3．Oscar is a student from Yangzhou University, visiting his friends who share the same interest in music. They are planning to find someplace to enjoy rock and roll and pop songs.

______4．Charles works in Philips Company, Shanghai Branch. He is going to Beijing on business in middle September. He will be free in the evening, so he wants to go to someplace to enjoy some music performed by foreign bands.

______5．Carol studies Chinese in Beijing. She is free recently during the day time, so she would like to find someplace where she can attend some kind of activity so that she can learn some details about Chinese modern literature.

A．Capital Theatre: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe will present "The Soul of China", where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills (寒战) will run down your spine (脊柱) as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and the bodies to the edge. Time: 7:30 p.m., September 13-19.

B．Huangshicheng Gallery: A group ink painting exhibition is running. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display. Time: 9 a.m.—5p.m. until September 10.

C．The Wangfung Art Gallery: A joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists will be hosted by the gallery. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wondrous variety of life in unique styles.

D．Anyuan Museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers a thorough study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949．Time: 9a.m.---4p.m., daily.

E．The Olympic Center: "The Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock" is set to bring back fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm. Time: September 16.

F．Grand Theater of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities: La Petite Band, the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium, will perform as part of activities across the world to commemorate (纪念) the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. Time: 70:30p.m. September1 1-14

根据下列句子所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限写一词）

1．In the o__________ of many people, the film is well worth seeing.

2．The life boat was sent out to r__________ the sailors from the sinking ship.

3．C __________ should complain if they are not satisfied with the products they buy or the service they receive.

4．Nowadays more and more Chinese students choose to further their study a__________.

5．It’s hard to get all the villages together, because they live s__________.

6．It’s bad m__________ to break in when others are talking.

7．More natural resources should be developed to meet the i__________ need of energy.

8．The shy girl won the speech contest. It was really a c__________ surprise to me.

9．He has d___________ all his life to helping the poor in Africa.

10．You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had b__________ up her children.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个钩（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉， 在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），在该行右边横线上写出该词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下面划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

原行没有错的不要改。

A person’s age no longer tells you something about                   1．________

his social position, marriage or healthy. There’s no longer,                2．________

a particular year which one goes to school or goes to                       3．________

work or gets married or start a family. The social clock                    4．________

that keeps us on time and tells us when go to school, get                  5．________

a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it was used to be.               6．________

It doesn’t surprise us to hear a 28-year-old university                      7．________

president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or 70-year-old                    8．________

man who has become a father for the first time. What we                9．________

all know, public’s ideas are changing nowadays.                             10．________

随着科技的发展，智能型机器人因其功能完善，价格不贵等优势，越来越受到人们的青睐，在人们生活中起了很大作用，比如：可以代替人们从事一些危险工作，帮助人们做家务，甚至照看病人和小孩等，请你就未来机器人是否会完全代替人类表达自己的观点。

要求：1．文章开头已给出，不记入总词数，词数：120左右。

2．为使行文连贯，可适当增加细节。

3．参考词汇：智能型机器人 intelligent robots

    With the development of science and technology, more and more intelligent robots are being used  in……                                                                  

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假设你是张伟，你收到你的美国笔友Mike的一封E-mail（见表一），请根据邮件内容和你获得的广告（见表二）所提供的信息，给Mike回一封电子邮件。

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注意：

1．词数100左右。开头语已为你写好。

2．内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯。

Dear Mike,

I’m so glad to learn that…                                                         

Zhang Wei

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误, 在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误）, 则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉, 在该行右边横线上写出该词, 并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）, 在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线, 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

You should brush your teeth at least twice daily. From time          1．       

to time you should use clothes brush to give your coats or suits           2．       

a good brush. Brush off any dirt as soon as you see them.                   3．       

But don’t brush off other people suggestions. There may be                4．       

something good in them.

In everyday life sometime you may have a brush with others.       5．       

That is not at all surprised. However, you must not have any               6．       

brush with the law, even though it may be serious.                             7．       

Before an exam you will naturally spend time brush up                 8．       

your lessons. If that you are going to study in America or England       9．       

you have better find time to brush up your English.                             10．       

A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Paul？”he asked.

Paul nodded , “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you anything？Boy, I wish…” He hesitated．

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”

Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then without thinking he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house？”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are？” the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

The Christmas Eve. Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said: “It is more blessed to give…”

1．What does the sentence underlined in paragraph 3 mean?

      A．What the boy said made Paul excited.

       B．The words that the boy said made Paul very content.

       C．What the boy said made Paul feel shocked.

       D．The words that the boy said made Paul happy.

2．How many times was Paul wrong?

       A．Once.                                                 B．Twice.               

       C．Three times.                                        D．The passage doesn’t mention it.

3．Why did the boy ask Paul to drive the car in front of his house?

       A．Because he wanted to show off in front of his neighbours.

       B．Because he wanted to show his brother the car.

       C．Because he wanted to give his younger brother a hope.

       D．Because he wanted to excite his brother.

4．What kind of person is the boy?

      A．Open-minded.      B．Lind-hearted.       C．Surprising.          D．Thoughtful.

5．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

       A．A Brother Like That                            

       B．An Automobile Cost Nothing

       C．A Christmas Present Given to a Brother 

       D．More Blessed to Give

When caught in pouring rain without an umbrella, most people pick up their pace. But an old tale says that a person who runs in the rain gets wetter than one who walks. It sounds reasonable that when someone runs up and down, the body is exposed to more drops of water.

But several studies have put this saying to the test and found it not to be true. One such test was carried out in 1987 and was published in European Journal of Physics magazine. The Italian physicist who did the experiment said that if the distance is short enough, running gets a person less wet than walking. But running only keeps you about 10 per cent drier. That is to say, running isn't worth the effort.

Another study, published in 1995 by a British researcher, found that it made no difference whether a person walked or ran.

Perhaps the final word came from two American scientists at the National Climatic Data Centre in North Carolina recently. They thought that earlier studies overestimated the average walking pace. So, they did a much more careful experiment than any of the previous ones.

They noticed that the direction of the wind really matters to the results of the experiment. They also found that runners like to lean forward, hiding the front of their bodies from rain, but exposing the back.

The researchers used themselves as guinea pigs（豚鼠） in the test. Over a distance of 100 metres, they found that running in heavy rain kept them drier by as much as 40 per cent.

The bottom line is running in the rain probably keeps you drier than walking. But do remember to take an umbrella with you! For long distances, without an umbrella, the results are the same, no matter you run or walk.

1．Which of the following statements in TURE according to the passage?

       A．All the studies show that running can’t help to keep you drier in the rain.

       B．It is the old tale that sounds believable.

       C．People should walk rather than run in the rain by the traditional standard.

       D．Running in the rain is not worth the effort.

2．The author may consider the research or advice by        more reasonable.

       A．the Americans                                     B．the British researcher

       C．the Italian physicist                              D．the old tale

3．It is          that plays an important role in deciding how much you will get wet.

      A．the walking pace                                  B．the wind             

       C．the distance                                         D．the way you lean

4．Which of the following do you think is the best title?

       A．Be Prepared for a Storm                       B．Walk Faster in the Rain to Get Dry

       C．The Importance of an Umbrella             D．Running or Walking

New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 

Price: ￡28.00

Publication Date: 30/11/2007

Publisher’s description

Collects Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth and early twentieth century book editions, in a set complemented（补充）by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.

Price: ￡16.00

Publication Date: 11/10/2007

Brief introduction

This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This memoir (自传) of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.

In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

Price. ￡16.00

Publication Date: 02/09/2007

Brief introduction

On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe in her school at the foot of the burning towers, he returned home working on a comic strip (连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking” on 9.11 and the following hijacking” of those events.

Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

Price: ￡14.00

Publication Date: 07/10/2007

Publisher's description

This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.

1．Who is the writer of the book latest published among the four books?

A．Arthur Conan Doyle.                           B．Daniel Libeskind.

C．Art Spiegelman.                                  D．Anita Shreve.

2．If one would like to know something about cultural details about Victorian society, he or she may read __________.

A．Light on Snow                                    B．In the Shadow of No Towers

C．Breaking Ground                                 D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

3．Of the four books listed above, there are two referring to tragedies. They are _________.

A．Light on Snow & Breaking Ground

B．In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground

C．Light on Snow & In the Shadow of No Towers

D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes & In the Shadow of No Towers

Wang Leehom’s last two albums, Shangri-La and Heroes of Earth, brought about more than a little serious argument among Chinese Americans who were made angry by Wang’s use of the term “chinked-out”（多元化的华人嘻哈曲风）to describe his unique music style of Chinese and hip-hop musical elements. Regardless of whether his use of the racial slur（诽谤）(The term “chinked-out” is originally used in the US to refer to the Chinese in a disrespectful way. )was right or not, what’s unfortunate is that most criticisms more focused on “chinked-out”, rather than the reason why Wang decided to use it—and more importantly, what Wang was trying to achieve musically.

Wang Leehom may have been born in the United States, but his career is mainly across the Pacific. “Chinked-out” may cause anxiety in the States, but for border-crossing Chinese around the world, it might have other, more liberating, meanings.

Wang’s latest album, the softer, gentler Change Me, is less insistent（坚决的）about presenting “chinked-out” label. This may seem a change from the unpleasant attitude he took on the past two albums, but it makes him more skillfully explore his place as an American-born Chinese(ABC) in a global world.

The album may be called Change Me, which is in terms of the title of its leadoff single（首播主打）, the pop ballad “Falling Leaf Returns to Roots”(“Luo Ye Gui Gen”). The title referring to the path of weary home-seekers, became interesting to his fans while they were watching the video and began to wonder what exactly are the “roots”. According to the lyrics（歌词） “home” is wherever the heart is. But music videos are much more difficult to make geographically-neutral. Moreover, the video repeatedly indicates that this “home” is a multi-cultural city inhabited by Chinese and non-Chinese people. Wang’s fans all know that he’s an American. So are we to take it that “roots” is the United States? The lyrics and the music on the rest of the album convince listeners that the answer is not so clear.

1．Why did Wang’s albums cause a serious debate among Chinese Americans?

       A．Wang took part in a band which opposed Chinese Americans.

       B．Wang used the term “chinked-out” to offend Chinese Americans.

       C．Wang’s use of the term “chinked-out” made Chinese Americans angry.

       D．Wang’s album was not well received among the Chinese Americans because they didn’t like him.

2．What can we learn from Wang’s use of the term “chinked-out”?

       A．Many people criticized the reason why Wang decided to use it.

       B．Most of the criticisms centered on Wang’s music style which was like American country music.

       C．Wang’s use of the term was intended to achieve his unique music style.

       D．Most of the critics didn’t like the music because it was a racial slur.

3．What is the difference between the new album Change Me and Wang’s former albums?

       A．Wang’s Change Me has less insistence on the “chinked-out” character.

       B．Wang’s Change Me is more attractive than his former albums.

       C．Wang’s Change Me is as changeable as his former albums Shangri-La and Heroes of Earth.

       D．Wang’s Change Me is more insistent than his former albums.

4．What is inferred about the word “roots” according to the passage?

       A．The title Falling Leaf Returns to Roots became interesting to his fans and they began to wonder what exactly are the “roots”.

       B．The word “roots” refers to a multi-cultural city inhabited by Chinese and non-Chinese people.

       C．The word “roots” refers to Wang’s birth place, the US.

       D．What the word “roots” refers to is not clear in this article.