第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案在答题卡上标号为26-35的相应位置涂黑。

A few years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, ____26____ (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got close to____27_____ (die). The situation was so severe _____28___ there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out ____29____ cause of this deadly disease. They invited all the most experienced experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions ____30____ (put forward). Some of the top experts then tested them to see ____31____ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was ___32___(serious) ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine ____33____(test) on him. To his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, telling him this exciting news. ___34____ convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease ___35___ kicked it out finally.

A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’s birthday. The price didn’t matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.

A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings made, “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, “I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl.”

The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.

Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don’t like to part with it,” she said sadly, “I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”

The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.

1. The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for ______.

A. his wife   B. his mother-in–law  C. his own mother   D. no one

2. He paid $ 5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because ______.

A. he was very rich    B. he wanted to make the jeweler believe him

C. he was anxious to get it   D. his business had been successful

3. He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ______.

A. exactly the same size as the black on

B. exactly the same quality as the black one

C. worth no more than $ 25,000

D. exactly as big and nice as the black one

4. Many people answered the advertisement because they wanted _______.

A. to see the perfect pearl

B. to buy some beautiful pearls too

C. to get in touch with the rich man

D. to sell their own pearl at a high price

5. The jeweler couldn’t find the man anywhere because ______.

A. he died suddenly.

B. He happened to be out

C. He got $ 20,000 by cheating and had run away with the money.

D. He wouldn’t show up until the jeweler called him a second time.

Most shops in Britain open at 9:00 am, and close at 5:00 or 5:30 in the evening. Small shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime. On one or two days a week—usually Thursday and/or Friday—some large food shops stay open until about 8:00 pm for late night shopping.

Many shops are closed in the afternoon on one day a week. The day is usually Wednesday or Thursday and it is a different day in different towns.

Nearly all shops are closed on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and sell sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.

Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find where to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want to buy. One problem is stamps. In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self-service. When you go into one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into this. You pay for everything just before you leave. If anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are almost certain to be caught, because most shops have detectives.

When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised at the British way of queuing (排队).

1 Most shops in Britain stay open for about ______ a day.

A. eight hours    B. five hours    C. ten hours    D. six hours

2 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Some large food shops open for about 11 hours on Thursday or Friday.

B. Many shops are closed in the afternoon once a week on Tuesday.

C. Only a few things can be bought on Sundays.

D. It is not difficult for foreign visitors to buy things in Britain.

3 You can not buy ______ in shops.

A. cigarette    B. sweets    C. stamps    D. clothes

4 Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Most shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime.

B. Many large shops are self-service.

C. Most shops have detectives.

D. People do not have to queue to be served.

5 Which of the following statements can be the best title of this passage?

A. Shops in Britain

B. How to buy things in Britain?

C. The British Way of Queuing

D. How long are the British shops?

As people slowly learn to cure diseases, control floods, prevent hunger, and stop wars, fewer people die every year. As a result, the population of the world is becoming larger. In 1925 there were about 2 billion people in the world; today there are over 6 billion.

When the number rises, extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under development, or land already farmed must be made to produce more crops. In some areas the land is so over-developed that it will be difficult to make it provide more crops. In some areas the population is so large that the land is divided into too tiny units to make improvement possible with farming methods. If a large part of this farming population went into industrial work, the land might be farmed much more productively (多产地) with modern methods.

There is now a race for science, technology, and industry to keep the output of food rising faster than the number of people to be fed. New types of crops, which will grow well in bad weather, are being developed, so there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle in Siberia and North America. Irrigation (灌溉) and dry-farming methods bring poor lands under the plough. Dams hold back the waters of great rivers, which can provide water for the fields in all seasons and provide electric power for new industries. Industrial chemistry provides fertilizer to suit different soils. Every year, some new methods are made to increase or to protect the food of the world.

1. The author says that the world population is increasing because _____.

A. there are many rich valleys and large fields

B. farmers are producing more crops than before

C. people are living longer due to better living conditions

D. new lands are being made into farmlands

2. The author says that in areas with large populations, land might be more productively farmed if _____.

A. the land was divided into smaller pieces

B. people moved into the countryside

C. industrial methods were used in farming

D. the units of land were much larger

3. We are told that there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle. This has been made possible by _____.

A. growing new types of crops

B. irrigation and dry-farming means

C. providing fertilizers 

D. destroying pests and diseases

4. Why is the land divided into tiny units in some areas?

A. There are too many people living there.

B. It saves more natural resources there. 

C. It prevents crops from serious diseases there.

D. Farmers can grow various kinds of crops there.

5. Why do some people use dams to hold back waters from great rivers?

A. To develop a new kind of dry-farming methods.       

B. To prevent crops from floods.

C. To provide water and electricity in all seasons.          

D. To water poor lands in bad weather. 

第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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，并把答案写在答题卷标号为61—65的空格中，选项中有一项为多余选项。

首先, 请阅读下列的应用文

A. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards are one of the most film honors in Asia. Founded in 1962, golden horses were initially awarded for local excellence. They’ve since been extended to professionals from the mainland and Hong Kong.

B. The establishment of the Academy (and its awards system) has had a major effect and influence upon the film industry, due to the enormous boost a nomination or award (for a film or actor) creates, by giving prestige and bottom- line profits to a studio or performer.

C. In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament in Paris. Among its four closely-written pages, less than one refers to the donation which was destined to link his name with the supreme achievements of the modern world in science and literature and the cause of peace. In the will, Nobel made his lifelong love of literature clear, as one of the prizes was to be awarded to “the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.”

D. Regarded as China’s Nobel Prize by those in the Chinese scientific circle, the Supreme State Science and Technology Award was established in 1999 to honour scientists who make remarkable contributions to the progress of science and the commercialization of technological findings. The top honour is bestowed on no more than two individuals each year and the prize is presented by the president.

E. The Mao Dun Literature Prize was created due to Mao Dun’s wish that outstanding novels should be encouraged and communist literature should be promoted. It is one of the most honorable literature awards in China.

F. The Fields Medal plays the most importance in the world of mathematics. It is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every four years at ICM. It is accompanied by strict conditions. Only those mathematicans below the age of 40 are eligible to receive it. This is because they are meant to encourage future endeavour.

请阅读以下获奖者或获奖作品的信息, 然后匹配

获奖者或获奖作品和适合他们的奖项:

On 2003 July 16, The American-Chinese Writers’ Association declared their nomination (提名) of Wang Meng, a contemporary Chinese writer and vice chairman of the China Writers’ Association, to the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm a candidate for the 2003 Prize.

“Red Poppy” has been widely acclaimed as one of the best novels written in China this century even before it won the prize. It tells about the rise and fall of a Tibetan landlord’s family, and the relationship between the Tibetan region and other parts of China.

Winning were geologist Liu Dongsheng and space and aviation scientist Wang Yongzhi. The two were rewarded for their decades of dedication to China’s development of geological and environmental science and satellite and aircraft engineering science, respectively.

Andrei Okounkov won the prize “for his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry”

Charlize Theron, born in South Africa, who gave a career-making performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, won best actress.

获奖者或获奖作品                            奖项

56. Wang Meng                     A. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards

57. Red Poppy                     B. Academy Awards

58. Liu Dongsheng & Wang Yongzhi   C. Nobel Prize in Literature nominee

59. Andrei Okounkov                D. The Supreme State Science and Technology Award

60. Charlize Theron                 E. The Mao Dun Literature Prize

F. The Fields Medal

第四部分（词汇，语法和写作）

第一节：根据所给中文意思或首字母，用Unit1-3所学单词填空，使句子意思通顺，语法正确。（10分）

61 But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people e________ to cholera.

62 In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so ________（严重的） that more than 500 people died in ten days.

63 They had been given free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pump. It seemed that the water was to b_______.

64 His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged him to punish his ideas, but Copernicus was ________ (谨慎的).

65 It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not a________ visitors.

66 For historical ________ (建筑) you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.

67 There followed St Paul’s Cathedral built after the terrible fire of London in 1666. It looked s________ when first built!

68 I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself __________ (不断地) that I am really in AD3008.

69 At first my new surroundings were difficult to _______（忍受）

70 Nothing is wasted, and everything, even plastic bags, is r_______.

第二节：根据所学课文，用合适词语填空，使句子意思通顺，语法正确。（10分）

71 I can still remember the moment ________ the space stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening.

72 A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it __________ (deliver) to her house every day.

73 So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually _________(improve) his theory until he felt it was complete.

74 The Christian Church rejected his theory, _______ (say) it was against God’s idea and people who supported it would be attacked.

75 Finally the English government tried in the early _________ (twenty) century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.

76 ______ their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (e.g., the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.

77 To her great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers _____, on special occasions, still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

78 The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we _______ (lie) relaxed and dreaming.

79 However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached ______ looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.

80 During the ________ (explain) I looked at the pair of small objects called “thoughtpads” on a table. They just looked like metal ribbons.

第二部分：语言知识及运用   第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going．It’s our responsibility to  16  the customer．   

I remember my first waiter job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon，the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP group were coming for lunch. The group were  17  VIPs in the city’s fashion industry．

After the group arrived and got  18  comfortably, drinks were ordered. Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. However, the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had never done wine service, nor had l ever served a group of twelve．

I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I set one of the glasses in front of the first customer, somehow I had  19  my grip and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and lay in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the woman and to the rest of the group． 

Quickly, the manager  20  my aid and helped in the clean-up and sent out their drinks right away. I didn’t understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman  21  informed me it was OK.

My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, learn from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can’t show your  22 or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your  23  up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”

I understood why he was truly a well-respected restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His  24  relationship with the group made the situation  25  and the group forgave me for that．

16．A. welcome         B. feed                       C. invite                    D. please

17．A. let in as             B. made up of          C. added up to              D. recognized as

18．A. introduced         B. satisfied               C. seated                      D. dressed

19．A. got                    B. caught             C. forgot                   D. lost

20．A. took over        B. came to             C. gave up                     D. rushed against

21．A. repeatedly          B. regretfully       C. impatiently            D. angrily

22．A. apology            B. excitement           C. nervousness        D. carelessness

23．A. nose               B. face                       C. head                    D. hand

24．A. new                     B. famous                 C. terrible                    D. close

25．A. calm                B. comfortable       C. special                  D. possible

第二节：语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

I have a 12-year-old son who is kind and helpful. And he is showing great interest  26  growing plants. I have been helping him plant flowers, vegetables and just plants in general since spring arrived.

When  27  (plant) a bunch of flowers one Saturday afternoon , I found that there were two flowers  28  (leave) in my son’s basket. My son decided to take them to the little house next door  29  an elderly woman lived by herself and didn’t seem to have much company. I watched him as he went up to her door, rather  30  (hesitant ) because he didn’t know her, and he quietly left the flowers  31  her doorstep so that she would get  32  the next time she went outside.

The next morning we were pleased to find that she  33  (plant) the flowers in a pot by the door. They looked really beautiful.  34  it was a small thing , it was important as my son has learnt to do good for  35 .  He said to me, “It feels really good to do things for other people.” 

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

以下是一些新闻报道的信息：

E. The new report says many areas experienced unusual weather in two thousand and two. Most of Asia, for example, was warmer than usual. India had unusually high temperatures in April and May. The extremely hot weather caused hundreds of deaths. There also were extremely dry conditions across India. Parts of Africa experienced unusual heavy rains. Yet other areas in Africa had unusual dry weather.

F. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. Hydrogen is a colorless gas. On Earth, it is present in large amounts in natural gas, coal, plants and water. By weight, hydrogen produces the highest energy levels of any known fuel. When burned in an engine, hydrogen releases no harmful pollution into the environment. When powering a fuel cell, the only waste is water. However, hydrogen is difficult to store. It also burns easily.  

请阅读以下新闻信息，然后匹配上面新闻相关的报道内容：

51. A severe ocean storm hit South Korea in August. It set a new national record for rainfall. In central Europe, more than one hundred people died in flooding caused by heavy rainfall in September. The flooding also resulted in thousands of millions of dollars in property damage. Yet large parts of North and South America had extremely dry weather.

52. One member of the Chicago Climate Exchange is American Electric Power. It's the biggest owner of electric power producers in the United States. Company officials say they hope their company's membership will demonstrate the ability of the C-C-X to grow.

53. For example, members of some groups make a kissing noise by tightening their mouths and sucking in air. Some groups use leaves to clean themselves or protect their hands from sharp objects. The scientists found that some of the animals use sticks as tools to remove insects from holes in trees. Other orangutans use leaves to crush insects or gather water.  

54. Professors Parmesan and Yohe used similar methods to examine one hundred and seventy-two kinds of wildlife. They examined the timing of events in the spring, such as the appearance of flowers and the reproduction of animals. They found that these events happened an average of two days earlier than normal every ten years.

55. They say illegal operations to remove trees are causing large areas of forest to disappear. Environmental Investigation Agency director Dave Currey says the illegal operations are completely out of control.