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第一卷  （ 三部分， 共115分 ）

第一部分  听力（共三节，满分30分）

做题时，将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂或转填到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

请听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。

1. When will Susan come？

   A. At 4:30                      B. At 4:45              C. At 5:20

2. Why can’t the woman go to the film today?

   A. She has another plan.           B. She doesn’t like the film.

   C. She is not feeling well.

3. How much is the jacket?

   A. 600 US dollars.                B. 100 Hong Kong dollars

   C. 600 Hong Kong dollars.

4. What does the man have for this meal?

   A. Soup, noodles and iced coffee.    B. Sandwich, noodles and hot coffee.

   C. Soup, noodles and hot coffee.

5. Who is Mr. Smith?

   A. The girl’s father.               B. A friend of the girl’s father’s

   C. The girl’s brother.

第二节（共12小题，每小题1.5分，满分18分）

请听下面4段对话,每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话仅读两遍。

    请听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. When will the plane take off?

   A. At 7:55.                 B. At 8:10.                 C. At 8:45.

7. How will they go to the airport?

   A. By bus.                 B. By taxi.                  C. By bike.

    请听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. What are the two speakers talking about?

   A. The photographs.         B. The plays.               C. The films.

9. What does the man find difficult for him to follow?

   A. The story.               B. The language.            C. The plot.

10. What made the man amused?

   A. The dialogue of the local picture.

   B. The unique story of the foreign picture.

   C. The ending and the plot of the local picture.

请听下面一段对话，回答11至第14个小题。

11. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

   A. They are good friends.  

   B. They meet for the first time.

   C. They work in the same department.

12. How long has the man worked in the St Jude’s Training College?

   A. More than one year.         B. Less than one year.

   C. Over two years.

13. What achievements has the woman made?

   A. She won a cup in the national tennis competition.

   B. She covered the national event successfully.

   C. She took good pictures for the newspapers.

14. Why does the man plan to join a club?

   A. To meet new friends.        B. To improve his skills.

   C. To catch up with the woman.

    请听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15. How many rooms does the Hotel Placid have?

   A. 8.                    B. 35.                   C. 20.

16. Which hotel is the cheapest?

   A. The Elm.              B. The Hotel Placid.        C. The Singing Fiddle.

17. What is the Elm’s telephone number?

   A. 60744.                B. 81660.                C. 25397.

第三节（共3小题，每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）

    请听下面一段材料，将第18至第20三个小题的信息补充完整。每小题不超过三个单词。听材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出15秒钟的作答时间，本段材料读两遍。

Hot dog information

Materials

A hot dog is usually made from pork or it is made from beef. A vegetarian version of a hot god has 18.        at all.

Shape

The hot dog is shaped like a tube. Many people say it looks like a Dachshund dog.

American’s favourite

Americans not only enjoy the meat in hot dogs, but also the colorful and 19.           .

Birthplace

Some say the city of Frankfurt am Main is the birthplace. Some say a 20.           from a German city made it.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21．After        silence of several minutes, he came towards her and said, “I have struggled with my feelings, but without        success.”

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

22. ---What do you think of the furniture on exhibition?

   ---Well, great！But I don't think much of _______ you bought.

A. the one                    B. it                   C. that                  D. which

23. ---Do you know my friend Harry?

   ---You mean the guy who _____ in America for four years.

   --- Yes, and later he went to Australia.

A. has lived           B. lives         C. had lived       D. lived

24. A beam of light will not bend round the corners unless __­___ to do so with the help of a reflecting device.
A. being done         B. to be made           C. made        D. having made

25．I’ll never forget such an attractive city        I spent many happy hours there with my classmates last summer holidays.

       A．that        B．where         C．in which        D. because

26. _______ to a university in the UK, international students must display a strong ability in spoken and written English.

A. Having been admitted                            B. To be admitted

C. Being admitted                                     D. Admitted

27. What impresses me most is ______ he appears in front of others, he wears a sincere and charming smile.

A. which            B. that           C. where          D. that whenever

28. Tell me, Mr. Mentakis, was Mrs. Smith one of your_______ customers?

A. regular                 B. common             C. average             D. usual

29. I guarantee you _______be rewarded for any useful clues to the missing

document(文件) of the local Health Department.                  

A. shall                B. may          C. have to                   D. would

30. There are many valuable services which the public are willing to pay for, but   which _____ a return in money to the community.

A. doesn’t bring         B. haven’t brought  

C. don’t bring           D. hasn’t brought

31. The secret of success is to be ________ existence, to be always calm, and to

let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

A. in hope of    B. in harmony with    C. in need of   D. in honour of

32. Years of efforts______ when they saw the pictures of the moon sent back to the earth by Chang’e-1.

       A. showed off        B. took off       C. paid off       D. went off

33. At that moment I heard a noise to my side and turned my head. ______ a giant black wolf.

A. There stands   B. There stood   C. Here stands    D. Here stood

34. ----____ was it____ they discovered the entrance to the cave of the ancient paintings?

   ----It’s by accident.

A. How; that        B. What; when     C. When; what    D. Where; that

35. Although she believed that she had a good chance of recovering, the doctors said that few, __________ , could come back to normal after getting this disease.

A. if any         B. if so          C. if not        D. if ever

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文 ，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus._36_, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.

This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. Their clothes were not_37_, but they were clean. The children were _38_, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, _39 _hands. They were excitedly jabbering(喋喋不休地说) about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night.

One could _40_they had never been to the circus before. It _41_to be a highlight of their young lives.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He _42_responded, "Please let me buy _43_children's tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus." The ticket lady _44_the price. The mother’s head_45_, and her lip began to quiver. The father leaned a little _46_and asked, "How much did you say?"

The ticket lady again quoted the price. The man didn't have enough money.

Seeing what  47  , my dad put his hand in his pocket, _48  a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the word!) Then reached down, _49_the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, this fell _50_your pocket."

The man knew what was going on. He wasn't begging for a handout _51_certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking, embarrassing_52_. He looked straight _53_my dad's eyes, took my dad's hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with a tear running down his_54_, he replied, "Thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family."

My father and I went back to our car and_ 55_home. We didn't go to the circus that night, but we didn't go without.

36

A. Immediately

B. Finally

C. Hopefully

D. Suddenly

37

A. expensive

B. cheap

C. plain

D. bad

38

A. badly-behaved

B. polite

C. well-behaved

D. lovely

39

A. holding

B. shaking

C. putting

D. waving

40

A. know

B. understand

C. judge

D. sense

41

A. advised

B.recommended

C. promised

D. allowed

42

A. happily

B. honestly

C. bravely

D. proudly

43

A. six

B. eight

C. ten

D. two

44

A. answered

B. quoted

C. spoke

D. said

45

A. dropped

B. bent

C. shook

D. nodded

46

A. nearer

B. harder

C. tighter

D. closer

47

A. up to

B. going on

C. happened

D. the matter

48

A. turned out

B. handed out

C. pulled out

D. put out

49

A. picked up

B. took up

C. sent up

D. made up

50

A. off

B. from

C. down

D. out of

51

A. and

B. but

C. or

D. so

52

A. situation

B. condition

C. surrounding

D. position

53

A. into

B. onto

C. at

D. in

54

A. head

B. mouth

C. cheek

D. nose

55

A. went

B. got

C. drove

D. walked

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：阅读短文，选择答案。 （共17小题；每小题2分，满分34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。

A

       LONDON(Reuters)―Achieving three A grades at A-level will no longer be enough to ensure a place at a top university, academics warned on Wednesday.

       From September sixth-formers will begin studying A-level exams which will include a higher grade of A for those getting marks of 90 percent or above in their papers.

       Those applying for Oxford or Cambridge will need new top grades to win a place, the 1994 Group of 19 leading universities said in a report.

       It said it expected the two elite universities to take a large majority of those awarded three or two A grades.

       Outside Oxbridge, students will need at least two A grades and one standard A grade to be confident of getting a place at their chosen university.

       The extra grade is being added to meet complaints from universities that too many pupils gain maximum grades in A-levels, making it hard to select the most able.

       But the 1994 Group, which does not include Oxford or Cambridge, said there were concerns among its members that pupils from fee-paying independent schools would dominate the A grades.

       It said this could set back efforts by its member universities, who include Durham, St. Andrews and Warwick, to widen the social range of their intake.

       The report estimated that just 3,500 out of 660,000 students would be awarded three A*s when they take the first exams in the new A-level courses in 2010.

       That compares with the 26,200 students who gained three A grades in A-levels in 2006.

       The government said there was no evidence to show that state school pupils would be disadvantaged by the introduction of the new grade.

       “It is up to institutions to decide how they balance their assessments of applications with their desire to be fair and to offer places to applicants with the greatest potential, regardless of background,” said a spokesman for the Department for Children, Schools & Families.

56. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Independent schools dominate the A* grades

B. Straight A’s no longer enough for top universities

C. Pick up applicants with the greatest potential

D. Top universities need top students

57. The underlined word “elite” in Paragraph 4 means “________”.

   A. best                    B. expensive               C. worst                       D. cheapest

58. We can infer from the passage that__________.

A. only students with at least 3 A* can be admitted to Oxbridge

B. fee-paying independent schools provide a better education than state schools

C. the new assessment system of A* will be carried out in 2010

D. students’ involvement in social activities is a must to be admitted to the 1994 Group

59. Why does the new assessment system have to be invented?

A. Few students have gained three A grades in A-level exams.

B. Oxbridge want to distinguish themselves from other universities.

C. Top universities are pushing for the reform of the assessment.

D. The present A-level exams fail to pick out the most talented students.

B

LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday that boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games is not the right path to take.

"We are ever excited about prospects for the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing," Miliband said in an interview with Chinese reporters in London before his visit to China.

"Everything we have seen and read suggests that preparations are proceeding in an excellent way. We very much look forward to a very successful Olympics, successful for China and successful for the world. We certainly believe that boycotts are not a right way." he said.

"China has big responsibilities around the world. We are looking forward to working with the Chinese government to ensure the values of stability, security and social justice. And only today I spoke with (Chinese Foreign Minister) Yang about our joint work that could help the situation in Darfur. And the Chinese envoy(特使) to Darfur is in London today, that sort of engagement is the right way to go and boycotts are not the right way," Miliband said.

"The prime minister (Gordon Brown) is determined to represent the whole of the country with his attendance to the Games," he added.

Miliband expressed his high regard to the bilateral双边的） relations between Britain and China. "I can't think about a time that our relations are stronger, that is symbolized by the visit of the prime minister to China last month but also by cultural events like China now going on in Britain."

British people are fascinated by the changes and improvements going on in China, and are trying to build bridges between the two nations, the foreign secretary said.

"Both our countries are challenged by the facts of globalization. Economic and social changes are producing challenges for both the societies, challenges about security and stability, challenges about justice, challenges about environment, and the theme of my visit is how our two countries can work together and learn from each other in adapting to these challenges," the secretary told Chinese reporters.

60. According to the British Foreign Secretary, the right way to deal with China is ____

A. to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games

B. to support the Beijing Olympic Games

C. to send the Prime Minister to attend the Beijing Olympic Games

D. to work together with China

61. We can learn from the passage that _______

A.^. the British Foreign Secretary thinks highly of the bilateral relations

B. British people are not interested in China     

C. British people are against boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games

D. the British Foreign Secretary is now paying a visit to China

62. In the last paragraph, the foreign secretary wants to tell us that _______

A. Globalization is a challenge

B. Both countries face many different challenges

C. Britain wants to work together with China to face challenges

D. Britain wants to learn from China to face challenges

63. The best title of this passage is ______

A. China and Britain enjoy a good relationship

B. Boycotts of Olympics are not the right path

C. Beijing Olympic Games will be successful

D. Foreign Secretary speaks highly of China

C

Stratford ?on-Avon, as we all know , has only one industry―William Shakespeare―but there are two clearly separate and different branches . There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents excellent productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon . And there are townsfolk who largely live on the tourists who come , not to see the play , but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage , Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights .

The townsfolk of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their income . They frankly dislike the RSC actors , those who walk with long hair and beard and great noise .

The tourist stream are not entirely separate . The sightseers , who come by bus and often take in Warwick on the side , don’t usually see the plays . And some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford . However , the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their play-going . It is the playgoers , the RSC declares , who bring in much of the town’s income because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights ) pouring money into hotels and restaurants . The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall .

The townsfolk don’t see it this way and local government does not put away some money for the RSC. Stratford cries poor traditionally . Nevertheless, every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or a cocktail room . Hilton is building its own hotel there , which you will be sure will be decorated with Hamburger bars , dinner rooms and so forth , and will be very expensive .

Anyway ,the townsfolk can’t understand why the RSC needs help from the government . The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row . Last year , its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they will do better . The reason , of course , is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed the same . It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive customers . They come entirely for the plays , not the sights . They all seem to look alike , though they come from all over .

64．From the first two paragraphs , we learn that         .

       A．the townsfolk think little of the RSC’s contribution to the town’s income

       B．the actors of RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage

       C．the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms

       D．the townsfolk earn little from tourism

65．It can be inferred from the third paragraph that         .

       A．the sightseers cannot visit the castle and the palace separately

       B．the playgoers seem to spend more money than the sightseers

       C．the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theatre

       D．the sightseers do no other things than shopping in town

66．By saying “Stratford cries poor traditionally”, the author means that _________.

       A．Stratford has long been in financial difficulties

       B．Stratford cannot afford the new projects

       C．the town is not really short of money

       D．the townsfolk used to be poorly paid

67．According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no help from the government because _____.

A．the theatre attendance is on the rise

       B．the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable

       C．ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending

       D．the company is financially ill-managed

D

More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purposes can get big reward. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment.
  It’s easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers.
  Of course, we have no statistics on crimes that go undetected. But it’s disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck.
   Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met.
  Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result in if the public found out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled (诈骗) the most confidential （保密）records right under the noses of the company’s executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations he needs to continue his crimes elsewhere.
68. It can be concluded from the passage that _______________.
A. it is still impossible to detect computer crimes today
B. people commit computer crimes at the request of their company
C. computer criminals escape punishment because they can’t be detected
D. computer crimes are the most serious problem in the operation of financial institutions
69. It is implied in the third paragraph that _________________.
A. most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luck
B. the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problem
C. most computer criminals are smart enough to cover up their crimes
D. many more computer crimes go undetected that are discovered
70. Which of the following statements is mentioned in the passage?
A. A strict law against computer crimes must be enforced
B. Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes to protect their reputation
C. Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputation
D. Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information
71. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught?
A. With a bad reputation they can hardly find another job.
B. They may walk away and easily find another job.
C. They will be denied access to confidential records
D. They must leave the country to go to jail.
72. The passage is mainly about _________________.
A. why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment
B. why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspections
C. how computer criminals mange to get good recommendations from their former employers
D. why computer crimes can’t be eliminated(消除)      

第二节（共3小题，每小题2分，满分6分）

    阅读下面短文，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上

Everyone wants something in life, love, money, success…Yet too many people fail to achieve their goals, and nearly all of them are for the same reason.

It’s true that terrible things do happen to people during their lives, though no fault of their own, which may make them feel upset. Generally speaking, however, getting what you really want out of life is just a matter of the following three simple steps.

Firstly, you have to decide what it is you want the most. But do not make a list of wishes; try to focus on one thing at a time. If you’re not sure about where you want to go, you’d better think it over first and not hurry to perform.

Secondly, create an action plan. This will be your map for getting from “where you are now” to “where you want to go”. You know what you want, and what steps you are going to take to get it. For example, if you want a better job, start with a skills assessment (评估) and maybe some extra training. Then you’ll need to sell yourself and your skills either to your present employer or to a new employer.

Other goals will require a bit more thought. Some will really get you lost without a clue of how to get there. Not to worry, though, books, biographies and such, can be of great help.

The third and final step is to execute. Do what you planned. Take the steps you outlined on your road map and keep going on all the time. If you run into some people who are against you, simply ignore them.

Never give up the goal. Keep pushing. Whatever you do, do not lose heart until you have what you desire in your hands. Never think that you can’t turn your dream into a reality.

73. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “execute”.

74. What’s the most important thing when deciding what to do? (回答词数不超过8个)

75. What does the author want to tell readers in this article?(回答词数不超过10个)

第Ⅱ卷（一部分，共35分）

第四部分： 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读短文，根据所读内容在表中的空格处填上适当的单词或短语，每空不超过3个单词。

Watch out! QRIQ, Sony’s robot, is a few steps ahead of you. It can dance and kick a football, and it is the world’s first “running” robot.

Until now robots could not run because they needed one foot on the floor at all times to remain stable. That all changed when Sony’s technology allowed QRIO to run.

QRIO might be the world’s first running robot, but it won’t win in a race. The robot’s run is more like a jog. At 23 inches tall and weighing 15 pounds, QRIO can travel 46 feet per minute, which is about 0.5 mph. If QRIO were an average human size, it would run a mile in 40 minutes. (Many humans can run a mile in about 10 minutes.)

And if QRIO falls, it will get right back up. QRIO is programmed to check its position after a fall. It then turns itself face up and stands up again.

QRIO can recognize people’s faces and voices. It has a special built-in camera that takes a picture when meeting people. It examines the pictures and remembers people.

QRIO even expresses feelings through movements, conversation, and the use of its lights. QRIO is a quite friendly robot. If you meet the robot, it will ask you what kinds of things you like and don’t like. QRIO remembers all of the facts, so it can have more conversations with you. The robot already knows tens of thousands of words, but can always learn more.

Don’t get too excited. This high-tech robot won’t be racing to your house any time soon. Sony says it has no immediate plans to sell QRIO.

Title: 76.___________

Size

77._____________

Weight

23 inches

15 pounds

78.______________

Running

Other functions

Types

83.______________

●Getting right back up after

 79.____________

●Checking its position

●Turning itself face up

●Standing up again

●80.____________

●84.____________ pictures

●Remembering people

●81.______________

●Movements

●Conversations

●85.________________

●Dancing

(No description)

●Kicking a football

●82.______________

第二节：书面表达:( 25分)

假设你是李华，是长沙某中学的高三学生。你的英国网友Jim发来电子邮件，告诉你他将于今年暑假来中国旅游，并决定来长沙和你呆一周。但他有些情况不清楚。请你给他回一封电子邮件。

注意：1．词数：100左右；

      2．文中应包括方框内所有的提示内容，可以适当发挥。