If you have been joining in chat room conversations, or trading email with web pals （网友） , you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English.

And you’ve got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF （= sense of humor failure） to describe Internet newcomers who don’t understand you.

Across the globe, every night teenagers and their elders are “talking online”, many of them all talking at the same time.

It’s fast: try talking to six people at once．It’s brief: three or four words per exchange．It takes wit, concentration, and quick fingers.

And it requires tremendous linguistic economy （语言省略）．There’s neither time nor space for explanations．Why consume precious key-strokes （键盘敲击） telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB（ = be right back） will do?

Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI （= pardon me for jumping in）.

Interested in whom you are talking to? Type A/S/L, the nearly universal request to know your pal’s age, sex and location．You may get 15/M/NY as a response from your pal.

If something makes you laugh, say you are OTF （= on the floor）, or LOL （= laughing out loud）, or combing the two into ROTFL （ = rolling on the floor laughing） .

And when it is time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG （= got to go） or TTYL （=talk to you later）.

People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can．Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing emotion, as it takes, more time to hold down the “shift” key and capitals．Punctuation （标点） is going, too．

Many people talk on the Internet ______.

       A．by sending short emails                     

       B．by using a particular short form of English

       C．by using peculiar English words and expression   

       D．in a funny way

In order to talk to several people at the same time on the Internet ______.

       A．you have to speak fast and fluently

       B．you should speak with wit and humor

       C．you have to express your ideas in a brief way

       D．one should pay much attention to the accuracy of words

If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it means______.

       A．the person on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fine

       B．you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New York

       C．you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York

       D．the person who you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New York girl

To save time on the Internet, __________.

       A．some people leave their letters in the dustbin  

       B．some people never use “shift” in their writing

       C．many people leave the capital and punctuation 

       D．people seldom use capital letters or punctuation

PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE。

Conversation 1

1. What does the woman do in the group?

A. Play the violin.                       B. Play the piano.                        C. Sing for the group.

2. How often will the group meet?

A. Once a week.                          B. Twice a week.                         C. Every other week.

Conversation 2

3. Where does the man want to live?

A. In a big city.                            B. In the country.                 C. In the mountain.

4. Why couldn’t the woman sleep well at night?

A. She was not used to the silence.

B. She was too tired to go to sleep.

C. She was afraid of the noise made by the birds.

Conversation 3

5. How much money was there in the purse?

A. About $ 15.                                B. About $50.                       C. About $ 55.

6. Where did the woman most probably leave her purse?

A. In the street.                            B. In the coffee shop.               C. In the shoe department.

Conversation 4

7. Who worked at the boys’ camp last summer?

A. Steve.                                    B. Steve’s sister.                          C. Wendy.

8. Why does the woman want to get a job at the hotel?

A. A friend of hers worked there last summer.

B. She likes making bed and cleaning bathrooms.

C. She can make good money.

9. What kind of job is the man probably not interested in now?

A. Cutting grass.                         B. Working in the open air.          C. A job connected with his learning.

Conversation 5

10. What does the man want to find out?

A. The cost of taking a taxi.         B. How to get to a hotel.                  C. The nearest bus stop.

11. How many possibilities does the woman suggest?

A. 2.                                  B. 3.                                  C. 4.

12. Which of the following is true about the man's final decision?

A. Checking the schedule.            B. Taking a taxi.                         C. Waiting for another bus.

 

Conversation 6

13. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. On a plane.              B. On a train.                                C. In a restaurant.

14. Why is the man worried?

A. This is his first time abroad.

B. He cannot arrive on time.

C. He has never seen his grandson.

15. When did the man first see Europe?

A. Recently.                    B. After his wife’s death.                     C. During the Second World War.

SECTION B

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.

You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE.

Topic: 16._________ in the post office

 

Time	At two o’clock 17.
Victim	The main post office
Robbers’ appearance	With a gun, handkerchiefs 18. _____________
The inspector’s action	* ordered others to be in the street outside * ordered some of his men to wear ordinary clothes * 19. ____________
20. ____________	The three men were caught in the act.

The green turtle is listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Under the U．S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, the green turtle was listed as threatened except for the breeding populations in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico, where it is listed as endangered.

Green turtles continue to be caught for money by humans, and the destruction and loss of nesting and foraging(觅食)sites is a serious problem. Humans have already caused the decrease of large green turtle populations, including those that once nested in Bermuda and Cayman Islands. The situation of green turtle populations is difficult to determine because of our lack of knowledge about their life cycles. The number of nests in Florida appears to be increasing, but we don't know whether this is due to an increase in the number of nests or because we have started to monitor(监控)nesting beaches more closely.

The green turtle is the largest hard­shelled sea turtle. Adults of this species commonly reach 100 cm in length and 150 kg in mass. The average size of a female nesting in Florida is 101.5 cm straight in length, with an average body mass of 136 kg.

Growth rates of green turtles have not been measured under natural conditions. Green turtles grow slowly.

In the southern Bahamas, green turtles grow from 30 to 75 cm in 17 years, and according to Bjorndal and Bolten, growth rates decrease with increasing length. Growth rates measured in green turtles from Florida and Puerto Rico fall within the range of growth rates measured in the southern Bahamas. Based on growth rate studies of wild green turtles, the researchers Balazs, Frazer and Ehrhart estimate the age of sexual maturity(成熟)can range anywhere from 20 to 50 years.

1.The main idea of the passage is to tell us________.

A．something about an endangered animal

B．how green turtles got extinct

C．how heavy a green turtle is

D．how long a green turtle can live

2.Which of the following is NOT a reason why green turtles are endangered?

A．Humans catch them to get profit.

B．They lose their nests.

C．They have fewer places to find food.

D．People like to keep them as pets.

3.According to the passage, the green turtle________.

A．can reach 100 cm in length in 17 years

B．lives in the sea and grows very slowly

C．lives only in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico

D．can grow from 30 to 75 cm in 17 years in southern Florida

4.Why is it hard for us to know the number of green turtles?

A．Because it is difficult for us to be close to them.

B．Because we have limited knowledge about them.

C．Because we haven't measured their growth rates.

D．Because they grow too slowly.

 

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was watching a TV series one night when I took in one scene. A young man was seeking his community votes, and people   36   wanted to know why they should give him their   37  . He took them to his house and on every   38   in his house was the word “Faith” pasted. People raised lots of   39   to find out why the word was pasted on his mirrors. He said, “My dad often   40   me to believe that as long as you have   41  , you should have faith. Every time you look into the mirror, you’re looking at yourself and see ‘Faith’.”

The   42   I learned from this is simple—faith is a living thing and in the same way we’re all   43   given 24 hours a day and we’re all given the same measure of faith. Faith keeps us going when things get   44  ! Why is some people’s faith stronger than that of others? Exercise! If we choose to exercise our faith, it will   45  ; but if we choose not to, it remains weak. Some people might   46   that they don’t have faith, but we all practice faith every day even if we don’t   47   it as a faith. Daily   48  , such as studying, investing or reaching for a dream, take faith.

Faith   49   hearing and doing. I made a decision yesterday—to   50   reading the newspapers full of too much sad and   51   news. Why? Because I   52   there was a drop of my mental state after reading the newspapers.

Faith, when it’s put to   53  , becomes a beautiful thing. It lifts your mental state to a higher place that   54   you to raise yourself up and declare, “Yes, I can.” So make the decision today to strengthen your faith by   55   it.

1.A.bravely           B.briefly       C.    mostly           D.       finally

2.A.support          B.instruction C.    pity       D.       information

3.A.wall            B.mirror             C.     picture          D.       book

4.A.voices             B.questions C.    rules              D.       standards

5.A.teaches          B.permits     C.    forces           D.       promises

6.A.friendship  B.breath       C.     wealth           D.       success

7.A.lesson             B.view      C.     choice           D.       example

8.A.extremely   B.freely      C.     equally          D.       frequently

9.A.strange     B.different      C.    funny            D.       tough

10.A.stay      B.return     C.    slow     D.       grow

11.A.argue            B.realize     C.    understand       D.      predict

12.A.agree            B.appreciate C. admire      D. acknowledge

13.A.services    B.steps           C.     tasks     D.       experiments

14.A.dreams of B.comes from C.        feels like   D.      keeps on

15.A.consider   B.delay           C.     stop      D.       risk

16.A.various          B.genuine  C.    latest             D.       negative

17.A.heard            B.noticed   C.    declared   D.      explained

18.A.check            B.list       C.     work              D.       sleep

19.A.warns            B.causes     C.    orders           D.       forbids

20.A.exercising          B.forming C.    obtaining  D.      thinking

 

When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.

One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.

Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.

Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”

“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”

1. A. always    B. seldom       C. forever       D. sometimes

2. A. meet with      B. deal with    C. see      D. judge

3. A. about     B. from   C. in       D. of

4. A. was breaking  B. was ordering      C. was moving       D. was dusting

5. A. would go       B. might beat  C. dared to fight     D. had to go

6. A. slightly   B. not at all    C. heavily       D. much more

7. A. the biggest     B. the youngest      C. the bravest  D. the experienced

8. A. In fact    B. But     C. So      D. And

9. A. Instead   B. Therefore   C. Although    D. Then

10. A. good-looking      B. weakest-looking C. ugly-looking      D. strongest-looking

11. A. seize     B. kill     C. get rid of    D. catch up with

12. A. will go B. had come   C. would start off      D. happened to be

13. A. Yet       B. But     C. So      D. Then

14. A. don’t    B. couldn’t     C. can’t   D. do

15. A. looks strong B. is drunk     C. seems rude D. is dangerous

16. A. all B. very    C. too     D. quite

17. A. how     B. what   C. why    D. that

18. A. up B. at       C. before D. towards

19. A. not smaller than   B. as big as    C. as small as         D. much smaller than