John had to have his car repaired in a garage because it ______ seriously.

A．damaged                              B．was being damaged

C．had damaged                          D．had been damaged

 Can we do our work better with ______ money and ______ people?

A．lesser; few        B．less; fewer         C．little; less          D．few; less

 ----- Why do you think Liu Xiang is one of the best sportsman?

----- ______, he is the world record holder in men’s 110m hurdles, which is considered to be a big progress for Chinese athletes.

A．For the first time                        B．Believe it or not

C．To give an example                      D．To tell the truth

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the    36   and have made up their minds to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议）against heavy trucks(卡车) which run    37   through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it    38   to sleep at night, but they are    39   damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“    40   we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student，“why don’t they build a new road that goes    41   the town？Burlington isn’t much more than a    42   village．Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic．”

Harry Fields also studying    43   said they wanted to make as much    44   as possible to force the    45   to realise what everybody was having to    46  ．“Most of them don’t    47   here anyway，” he said，“they come in for meetings and that，and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音），    48   they Probably don’t    49   the noise all that much．It’s high time they realised the    50  ．”

The fourth student，Liza Vernum，said she thought the public were mostly on their side，and even if they weren’t they soon would be.

   51   asked if they were afraid that the police might come to    52   them．

“Not really，” she said，“actually we are    53   bell-ringers．I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church．There is no    54   against practising．”

I    55   the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

1.                A．college         B．village          C．town D．church

2.                                  A．now and then   B．day and night

C．up and down                      D．over and over

3.                A．terrible         B．difficult         C．uncomfortable D．unpleasant

4.                A．doing          B．raising          C．putting   D．producing

5.                A．If             B．Although        C．When    D．Unless

6.                A．to             B．through         C．over D．round

7.                A．pretty          B．quiet           C．large D．modern

8.                A．well           B．hard           C．biology   D．education

9.                A．effort          B．time           C．trouble   D．noise

10.                                A．townspeople B．other students

C．government officials                D．truck drivers

11.               A．stand          B．accept         C．know D．share

12.               A．shop           B．live            C．come     D．study

13.               A．but            B．so             C．or    D．for

14.               A．notice         B．mention        C．fear D．control

15.               A．event          B．loss            C．action D．problem

16.               A．I              B．We            C．She  D．They

17.               A．seize          B．fight           C．search    D．stop

18.               A．proper         B．experienced     C．hopeful   D．serious

19.               A．point          B．cause          C．need D．law

20.               A．left            B．found          C．reached   D．passed

My parents were in a huge argument, and I was really upset about it. I didn’t know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend’s house. Though I knew I wouldn’t tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to getting out of the house. I was in the middle of packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.

I was really disappointed because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I’d stay with him until the power was restored. He was quite happy and said, “Great opportunity(机会)”

“ What is ?” I asked.

“ To talk, you and I,” he said. “To hold a private little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we’re going to do with ourselves now that we’re in the situation we are in.”

“But we can’t do anything about it, Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same “boat” as I was.

And that’s how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting there in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life—from how fast things change, to how they sometimes don’t change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be.

Suddenly, the lights all came back on. “Well,” he said, “ I guess that means you’ll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!”

1. I wished to get out of the house because ______________

A．I was angry about my parents’ quarrel（争吵）

B．I found nobody to share my feelings with

C．I wanted to escape from the dark house

D．I planned to tell my friend about my trouble

2.Grandpa was happy to see me because _____________

A．he could discuss the problem with me

B．he had not seen me for a long time

C．he was afraid of darkness

D．he felt quite lonely

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The grandchild was eager to leave.

B．They would have more chats.

C．The lights would go out again.

D．It would no longer be dark.

If you walk slowly through downtown Helsinki(赫尔辛基）during the day, taking in the splendid 19^th century buildings, white boats and noise of passing trams（有轨电车）, you will start to understand why it is called a city of two colors: white and blue.

The sea is always present in Helsinki. When you take a walk over the great open space of the central square, you will hear seabirds screaming. When you take the tram ,suddenly and unexpectedly, you are faced with a calm, shining blue sea. You may notice that people in Helsinki do not rush about as in other cities. Instead ,they walk along the roads, politely letting other people by.

An usual way to see Helsinki for the first time is to start out by the boats. You will walk by the elderly women selling fish and vegetables in the market square and find yourself in front of a beautiful park. You may enjoy a pleasant walk in the park for a few hours and then take the tram. Trams are the perfect way to get around（四处走动）in Helsinki. Watching the old houses, parks, theatres, churches, shops, restaurants and people in the streets, you may have a slightly sad film feeling to it.

The pale summer nights are another wonder in the city. Following the waterfront（滨水区）of the city after sunset, you couldn’t help stopping and listening to the sweet silence, interrupted only by the screaming seabirds and leaving fishing boats.

However, in some way. Helsinki is also the most modern city in northern Europe. You will surely want to visit the white Glass Palace, the modern art museum, and all those extremely popular cafes and design stores.

1.Helsinki is called a city of two colors mainly because of the colors of its ____________

A．19th century buildings, boats and parks

B．19th century buildings, boats and seabirds

C．old houses, parks and trams

D．old buildings, boats and the sea

2.The best way to see most of Helsinki is to go___________

A．by boat           B．by bus            C．by tram           D．on foot

3.The 19^th century buildings, the white Glass Palace, popular cafes and design shops in Helsinki  all show that Helsinki is __________

A．both splendid and traditional              B．both quiet and noisy

C．both historical and modern                D．both old and new

4.This passage is most likely to be found in___________

A．a story-book                           B．a geography textbook

C．a research report                       D．a travel magazine

HOW TO BOOK

Booking opens for Beckett Shorts on 8 September.

BY TELEPHONE

For credit card(信用卡) bookings. Calls are answered.

BOX OFFICE

01789 295623 9am—8pm( Mon—Sat)

0541 541051 ( 24 hours, 7 days, no booking charge,<收费> )

BY FAX

For credit card bookings. Please allow at least 48 hours for reply, if required.

BOX OFFICE

01789 261974 or 01862 387765

BY POST

Please enclose（附上）a cheque or credit card details together with an SAE or add 50p to the total amount（总额）to cover postage. Please send to the Box Office, RST , Stratford—upon—Avon, CV376BB.

Booking opens for all other plays on 19 September.

IN PERSON

BOX OFFICE

RST hall, 9:30am—8pm ( Mon—Sat ) ( 6pm when theatres are closed )

OVERSEAS BOOKING

The easiest method of payment is by credit card. You can also pay by; Eurocheque (up to £500)with your card number written on the back.

PAYING FOR YOUR TICKETS CREDIT CARDS

We accept Visa, Master Card, American Express and Diners Club. Please give the card number, name and address of card holder.

CHEQUES

Cheques and postal orders should be payable to: Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

1.In which of following ways of booking does one probably have pay extra money?

A．In person.                             B．By telephone.

C．By fax.                                D．By post.

2.One has to wait for 2 days or longer for a reply if he/she pays_____________

A．in person.                             B．by telephone.

C．by fax.                                D．by post.

3.What is a useful number to call at 11 am Sunday?

A．01789 295623                         B．0541 541051

C．01789 261174                         D．01862 387665

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists（拳头）.But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!

Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why ? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals（职业）.They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks（骗局）.

There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress（床垫）. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!

But although their work depend on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing（计时）.For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion（爆炸）just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute（降落伞）failed to open, and he was killed.

In spite of（尽管）all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too!

1.Stuntmen are those who____________

A．Often dress up as actors

B．prefer to lead dangerous lives

C．often perform seemingly dangerous actions

D．often fight each other for their lives

2.Stuntmen earn their living by___________

A．playing their dirty tricks

B．selling their special skills

C．jumping out of high windows

D．jumping from fast moving trains

3.When a stuntman falls from a high building,___________

A．he needs little protection

B．he will be covered with a mattress

C．his life is endangered

D．his safety is generally all right

4.Which of the following is the main factor(因素) of a successful performance?

A．Strength          B．Exactness          C．Speed            D．Carefulness

5.What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A．Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

B．The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C．Parachutes must be of good quality.

D．The cliff is too high.

（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

根据对话内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways.      1    .Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.

You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. ____2_____. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process._____3______.

The following methods may work best for you.                                

●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.

●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.

●Write your notes in your own words.

●_____4_____.

●Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.

As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time._____5_____.

A．Use words , not complete sentences.

B．There are three practical note-taking methods.

C．You must write your notes on separate paper.

D．Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.

E. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.

F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.

G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.

连词成句（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

把下面各小题所给出的词汇组成结构正确，句意完整，通顺的句子。不得增减任何词汇。

Example: city, map, the, should, you, a, of, buy

You should buy a map of the city.

1. her house / that / she / had been destroyed / by the thunderstorm / found

2.less industry / Harbin / than / has / Hong Kong

3. old / go to school / is / the boy / enough to

4. lived / the house / is / in which / this / the inventor

5. an island / is / off the coast / Britain / of continental Europe