When David Williams left the college, he went to Australia. When he returned to England for a visit twenty years later, he decided to go back to his old college.
David was very glad when he found out that his old college teacher was still teaching there. He went to visit the old man, and after they had an interesting talk, the teacher went out to get something. While he was away, David saw an exam paper on the desk. He looked at the date on it and saw that it was given to the students a week ago. David picked the paper up and read it. When  the teacher came back, David said to him, ”Mr. Smith, I’m sure that these are right the same questions that you asked us in our exams twenty years ago! How is that possible?”
“Yes, that’s right,” agreed the teacher. “The questions are the same, but the answers have changed.”
45. David went to______  after he left the college.
A. England       B. Australia      C. another college       D. his teacher’s office
46. David felt ______ when he found out that his college teacher was still teaching there.
A. worried      B. sorry      C. surprised       D. happy
47. The students took the same exam_____.
A. twenty years ago         B. while David’s teacher was away
C. a week ago              D. while David read the paper
48 Can you guess why the teacher still used the same exam paper twenty years later? Because______.
A.times have changed, answers have changed, too  B  different students have the same answers  
C. the students like to take the same exam       D. the teacher loved his students very much

As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start,. Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1._____ out at the audience, 2._____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3._____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4._____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music 5._____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6._____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7._____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8._____ seconds before skating onto the ice was 9._____. She was feeling the movement of the 10._____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11._____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12._____.

The crowd loved it and cheered 13._____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other 14._____. It was the remark that 15._____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16._____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17._____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18._____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 19._____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20._____.

A.looked        B. watched             C. found          D. stepped

A.failing        B. looking forward       C. wanting  .      D.hoping

A.bicycled       B. driven               C. run            D. walked

A.friend         B. children              C. son            D. daughter

A.started         B. played               C. developed       D. sang

A.allow          B. set out               C. carry           D. support

A.thought        B. belief                C. success         D. design

A.following       B. last                 C. recent          D. past

A.lost            B. present              C. strong          D. gone

A.music         B. fear                 C. ice             D. audiences

A.so            B. or                   C. before          D. then

A.satisfied       B. unsatisfactory          C. finished        D. welcome

A.because       B. until                  C. before          D. as

A.skaters        B. parents                C. judges         D. parents

A.always        B. seldom                C. again          D. hardly

A players        B. audience               C. judges         D. parents

A.waited         B. looked                C. wished         D. asked

A.comfortably    B. hurriedly               C. happily        D. anxiously

A.cried out       B. let out                 C. announced      D. declared

A.England       B. Cleveland              C. Ohio           D. California

Hi, everybody! Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore!

Now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store. Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Flowers of Shanghai.

Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on.

Maybe you are Indian film fans and star-chasers. Then here is Encyclopedia(百科全书) of Indian Cinema. The book is a complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after our Hollywood.

If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British cinema. This book contains a good many nice pictures.

In our bookstore, you can also find books about Mexican, Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films.

Well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!

40. The speaker of the passage is most probably ____.

A. the author of 25 New Takes         B. a client in the cinema bookstore

C. the manager of the cinema bookstore

D. a reader of Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

41. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Indian cinema industry is second only to Hollywood.

B. The British Cinema Book includes a complete list of names of stars.

C. Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is well received in the States.

D. The French Cinema Book covers over a century’s French films.

42. The purpose of the speaker is to ____.

A. satisfy the customers’ various tastes

B. keep the authors popular with the readers

C. offer the clients chances to meet the film stars

D. turn the readers into film producers

43. The speaker of this passage most probably comes from ____.

A. England                 B. India              C. China            D. America

II 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland (since 1437) as well as one of the biggest and most important cities in the country, the seventh biggest in the United Kingdom. The ___21___ of the city is around half a million. It lies in the southeast of ___22___. As the capital city it is also the seat of the Scottish Parliament (created in 1999). It is the second most ___23___ city in the United Kingdom after London, with 13 million visitors a year.
The ___24___ of Edinburgh is 100 square miles (259 square kilometers). The historical centre of the city is divided into two main parts, the Old Town and the New Town. They are ___25___ Princes Street Gardens. Both districts were ___26___ as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Edinburgh is quite famous for its annual Edinburgh Festival held four weeks from early August.
Edinburgh has been connected with many___27___people through its whole history. Famous authors of the city ___28___Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the ___29___ of Sherlock Holmes, or nowadays J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter. As far as the __30__ is concerned, the most famous people connected with Edinburgh are Charles Darwin (the biologist), Alexander Graham Bell (the telephone pioneer), and so on.
21. A. people         B. number      C. area           D. population
22. A. England              B. Britain              C. Wales         D. Scotland
23. A. travelled    B. visited        C. seen           D. explored                                                   
24. A. land            B. amount      C. area      D. boundary                                                   
25. A. separated by B. divided into       C. divided by  D. separated into                                            
26. A. regarded     B. thought      C. listed      D. treated
27. A. great         B. historical    C. famous      D. intelligent
28. A. include      B. contain   C. have          D. are   
29. A. author         B. discoverer  C. director      D. creator
30. A. science      B. biology   C. art             D. literature

I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter(搬运工).  I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner”, I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. “ You’ll soon learn English!” he said. It seems to me that in England each man speaks a different language. The Englishman understand each other, but I don’t understand them! Do they speak English?

1. How did the writer of the passage get to London?

A. By train   B. On foot    C. By sea    D. By air

2. What country did the writer of the passage come from?

A. England  B. Ameica  C. France  D. We don’t know

3.Why couldn’t the porter understand the writer when he spoke English?

A. Because he was a foreigner.

B. Because the porter could only understand the London dialect (方言).

C. Because he spoke not British English but American English.         

D. Because he couldn’t speak idiomtic (地道的) English.

4.“In England, each man speaks a different language.” The writer thinks so because_________________.

A. some people speak English, while others don’t.

B. he does not understand native(本国的) speakers of English

C. not every Englishman speaks English

D. each Englishman can speak several foreign languages