. Tom said he had been working for three hours, ________, evidently, was untrue.

A. he                    B. this                      C. which                 D. it

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process．The instructor asked us to list __36__ in our past that we felt __37__ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud．

         This seemed like a very __38__ process, but there' s always some _39__soul in the crowd who will volunteer．The instructor then __40__ that we find ways to __41__ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings．I was seriously wondering how this could ever __42__ my communication．

         Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my __43__, I remembered an incident from high school．1 grew up in a small town．There was a Sheriff __44__ of us kids liked．One night, my two buddies and 1 decided to play a __45__ on him．

         After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s．o．b．（畜生）．The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __46__．Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office．My friends told the truth but I lied．No one __47__ found out．"

         Nearly 20 years later．Sheriff Brown's name __48__ on my list．I didn't even know if he was still    49__．Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed．I tried his number．After a few __50__, 1 heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff BroW?" Paused．"Yes．" "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．"

         "And I want you to know that I did it? "Paused．"I knew it!" he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a __51__ discussion．His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you __52__ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it __53__ all these years．I want to thank you for calling me for your sake．"

         Jimmy inspired me to __54__ all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It's never too late to __55   the past wrongdoings．

36．A．something           B．anything           C．somebody       D．anybody

37．A．ashamed             B．afraid                C．sure           D．proud

38．A．private               B．secret               C．interesting     D．funny

39．A．foolish                B．polite                 C．simple          D．brave

40．A．expected             B．suggested            C．ordered      D．demanded

41．A．connect with          B．depend on             C．apologize to      D．get along with

42．A．improve               B．continue               C．realize         D．keep

43．A．notes               B．list                  C．plan           D．stories

44．A．any                  B．most                  C．none          D．all

45．A．part                 B．game                 C．trick            D．record

46．A．view                 B．sign                 C．attention       D．remark

47．A．also                 B．even                 C．still           D．ever

48．A．appears'                   B．considers                   C．presents       D．remembers

49．A．angry                 B．happy                 C．doubtful        D．alive

50．A．words                B．rings                 C．repeats      D．calls

51．A．cold                 B．plain                 C．nervous        D．lively

52．A．in case              B．so long as             C．unless          D．because

53．A．around               B．out                  C．on            D．away

54．A．build up               B．make up              C．clear up        D．give up

55．A．regret               B．forgive                C．right              D．punish

第三部分  阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was at university, I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time drinking in the Students' Union than working in the library.

        Once, at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question, we had to write "True" or "False". While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching television. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan.

        "It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I'll take a coin into the examination room. I haven't studied a chemistry book for months, so I'll just toss the coin. That way, I'm sure I'll get half the questions right."

        The next day Fred came cheerfully into the examination room. He sat tossing a coin for half an hour as he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.

        The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor .

        "Oh, good," he said. "Have you got the result of the test? What mark did I get?"

        The professor looked at him and smiled.

        "Ah, it's you, Baines. Just a minute."

        Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.

        "I'm terribly sorry, Baines," he said, "you failed."

1. Fred Baines _______.

A. spent quite some time working in the Students' Union

B. worked hard at his lessons but he failed again and again

C. often failed his tests

D. wouldn't work hard so long as he could pass a test

2 Fred looked perfectly calm before the chemistry test because _______.

        A. he was already well prepared for it

        B. he didn't think the test was so important for him

        C. someone had promised to help him out

        D. he believed he had found out a way to pass the test without any difficulty

3. The professor told Baines the result of the test by tossing a coin because _______.

        A. he hadn't marked all the papers yet

B. he couldn't remember the mark Baines got

        C. he wouldn't hurt Baines' feeling by telling him the truth

        D. he wanted to teach Baines a lesson

     The Fourth "21th Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.

     Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.

     Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking  Association  ( CUESA).

     Co-sponsors (联办单位): English Speaking Union (ESU), Lotus Software (China) Co. LtD.,Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press.

     Date: March 26 ( Friday), 2011

     Place: Hilton Shanghai.

     Competition Format (形式): Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges.

     Prepared speech period: six minutes.

     Q & A period: three minutes.

     Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony (和谐）in a new age + your personal opinion. (Topics for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition).

     Prizes: Besides books and certificates (证书), the top two winners will be offered scholarships to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 2011. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

1. The main purpose of this passage is ________________________ .

A. to invite you to take part in the competition

B. to tell you some information of the competition

       C. to help to improve your spoken English

    D. to show you how to win the competition

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?

A. Where and when it will take place.                       B. Its program. 

C. What each winner will be offered.                          D. The number of its competitors.

3. Suppose you get the sixth place, you'll________________________ .

    A. travel to London for free.             B. become a one-year member of IATEFL

    C. get some money, some books and a certificate   D. get a chance to study in Singapore

4. An "off-hand speech" is________________________ .

A. a speech not longer than three minutes                B. a speech with a piece of paper in hand

C. a speech without preparation                                   D. a speech which is well prepared

   A pair of twin-brother ligers, a rare lion-tiger hybrid(杂种), have become superstars in China's southernmost island province of Hainan after becoming the first ligers in the country to reach their first birthday.

     Tens of thousands of tourists visited the liger brothers at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park during the week-long May Day holiday that ended on Sunday, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare animals. At least 10,000 people signed a red banner when the park celebrated the liger's birthday on May 2. People expressed the hope that the twins would be strong and healthy, the Hainan Daily reports. Zookeepers even made the twins a special birthday cake out of beef and eggs.

    The ligers, born on May 2, 2005 , are named 'Ping Ping' and 'An An', which together translate as 'safe and sound'. Their mother Huan Huan is a six-year-old tigress and their father is a four-year – old lion named Xiao Erhei.  The couple first gave birth to a liger in June 2004 but the cub (幼兽)  died of respiratory(呼吸的）failure 72 hours later.

    The pregnancy (怀孕) rate for lion-tiger couples is only between one and two percent and the cubs normally have a short life expectancy due to the differences in their chromosomes(染色体). Zoologists say only six to eight ligers are living in the world. China's first tiger-lion hybrid cub was born at Hongshan Zoo in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, in 2002. But it died a week later.

    Ping Ping and An An have broken the survival record set by a liger who lived for 113 days at Hongshan Zoo.

1. Why can Ping Ping and An An become superstars?

       A. Because they are the most beautiful ligers.

    B. Because they are the cleverest ligers.

    C. Because they are the most attractive ligers.

    D. Because they are the first ligers to live for a year.

2. Why can't ligers live long ?

    A. Because their chromosomes are different.

    B. Because they are too small when they are born.

    C. Because their parents don't live long.

    D. Because they are short of food.

3. How many ligers did the passage mention?

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

4. What is the best title of this passage?

    A. China's longest living twin ligers celebrate their lst birthday

    B. Why can't ligers in the world live long

    C. How to raise ligers safely

    D. The story behind the ligers

Second Life is a 3D, online world in which computer users can create a new self and live a different life. Second Life is one of the most popular new online games. 

But unlike other games, Second Life is not about winning or losing. Second Life is technically a computer game. But people involved in it do not consider it a game because the players create everything. Second Life is more for socializing and creating communities.

Users of Second Life are called residents. To take part, they must create an avatar, or an electronic image of themselves. Some avatars look like humans, while others look like animals or imaginary creatures. 

Inside the Second Life world, residents live in different versions of themselves. They build homes, run businesses, buy and sell things, work, play, and attend school. They even have relationships and get married.

Second Life was created in 2003 by Linden Lab in San Francisco, California.  Linden Lab controls the Website where the ever-changing world is being created. There are now about one million people around the world who are active in Second Life. The number has grown quickly since the beginning of the year when there were about one hundred thousand users.

The average age of people involved with Second Life is about thirty. However, Linden Lab recently created Teen Second Life for younger users. Second Life has its own economy and its own money, called Linden dollars.

Millions of dollars are made and spent each month in Second Life. Users can enter Second Life for free. But they must pay for a membership if they want to own land or buy and sell goods and services.  

Recently, several major companies have become involved with Second Life. They wanted to be part of the growing business world that exists within the made-up reality.

1. What’s special about the game “Second Life”?

A. It’s a game about losing and winning.

B. It creates everything in life.        

C. It benefits one’s abilities to socialize and create.

D. It is simply a popular game to kill time.

2. What does the underlined word “avatar” mean?

A. An instrument someone uses.             B. A picture someone takes.

C. An imaginary identity of someone.    D. A weapon used in Second Life.

3. Which is NOT true about the game “Second Life”?

A. A resident in Second Life lives a life somewhat like that of real life.

B. The number of users of Second Life is about ten times as large as that of 2003.

C. You can’t enter Second Life until you pay for the entrance fee.

D. To own possessions, a resident has to pay to be a member of Second Life.

4. Why do some big companies want to join in Second Life?

A. They want to experience life in the made-up reality.

B. They want to promote their products more widely.

C. The want to be a member of Second Life.

D. They want to build agencies in Second Life.

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，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。

Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒).   71  Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.

Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money.   72    Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.

  73    But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.

“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”

  74    They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires.   75   It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.

A. This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.

B. The one who owns most money in the end is the winner.

C. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.”

D. It is not true that British people are born jealous of others` success.

E. Some were given a little, others a great deal.

F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.

G.. Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem.

第II卷 （非选择题，共35分）

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I often quarrel about my mother over if I can watch TV after school. She holds view that senior three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons. It seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I’ll unable to control myself and forget all about my study. She also thinks it is bad for my eye. But I really can’t accept her ideas. In my opinion, watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day’s hard work. Besides, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and at abroad. Therefore, we shouldn’t be forbidden to watch TV.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

   下面的柱状图（bar chart）显示了不同年龄段孩子与父母谈心的情况。

Time spent in talking with parents

根据上图信息，请以“Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents”为题，用英语写一篇100~120个词的短文。要求如下：

1. 简要描述图中信息；

2. 说明原因（如忙于学习或工作、缺少共同话题……）；

3. 谈谈你的看法。

         注意：文章的标题和开头已给出（不计词数）。

Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents

         As is shown in the bar chart, __________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Christmas is _____ special holiday when ____ whole family are supposed to get together.

   A. the; the                  B. a; a                         C. the ;a                     D. a; the