Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _36_forget the significance （意义） of the day.

   In March 1980. I was   37   at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had   38   to go to another university after graduation and had   39          application (申请)  forms to several  40  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 41   came.

On April 1st, as I was eating my   42  , Huang came in , with a toothbrush  43  in his hand. 44   fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the  45 . “Morning  , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it  46  possible.” I jumped with   47 .

   I  even didn’t   48  my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s  office but  he wasn’t   49   .  I then went to the secretary’s room and    50    everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  51 or simply left it to me.”

Greatly  52  , I walked out of the room and   53  the  secretary lock it. 54    the secretary’s eyes   55  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”

1.A sometimes         B. never                   C. always            D. seldom

2.A. staying             B. working               C. visiting           D. studying

3.A. continued         B. planned               C. managed         D. remembered

4.A. returned           B. taken                   C. handed            D. sent

5.A. people             B. colleges                C. cities               D. offices

6.A. application      B. report                   C. reply               D. chance

7.A. dinner               B. lunch                  C. supper             D. breakfast

8.A. still                   B. even                   C. yet                   D. already

9.A. Because of       B .As if                   C. After                D. While

10.A. message           B. sign                     C. letter                D. notice

11.A. if                      B. as soon as           C. when                D. as fast as

12.A. the news          B. the letter             C. joy                   D. luck

13.A. take                  B. finish                  C. complete         D. have

14.A. anywhere         B. in                        C. at                     D. away

15.A. asked               B. told                     C. explained         D. answered

16.A. the office        B. his desk            C. the room      D. an obvious（明显的） place

17.A. disappoint       B. disappointed        C. disappointing  D. disappointment

18.A. watched          B. made                    C. saw                  D. let

19.A. Quickly           B. Strangely              C. Finally            D. Suddenly

20.A. closed             B. opened                  C. brightly           D. darkened

 

一Mr Huang, National Day is coming…

一 _________ ? Just occupy yourself in your study．

A．So what

B．What if

C．How come

D．What for

 

 

第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

    阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

以下是几位男性朋友征婚的有关信息：

A:  Zheng Ming, 30 years old, comes from Hunan Province and would like to find a girlfriend who is about 20---28 years old, unmarried, with a degree of secondary school. He is 170 centimeters tall and works as an IT technician in Shenzhen.

B:  Li Zhaoxin, 33 years old, comes from Guangzhou. He is a civil servant, divorced, with a bachelor’s degree. He owns a house in the downtown. He is looking for a companion who is also living in Guangzhou, 23---33 years old, unmarried, with a degree of secondary school. The girl should be at least 156 centimeters tall.

C:  Thomas Lee, comes from Sydney, Australia. He is 48 years old, 168 centimeters tall, unmarried. He owns a Doctor’s degree and is now working as an architect in Shenzhen, a house assigned by the company. He hopes to find companion who is about 28---38 years old, without any ill habits. It doesn’t matter if she was divorced.

D:  Wang Zhi, 27 years old, comes from Chongqing, Sichuan Province. He is a doctor with a Master’s degree, who is now working in Shenzhen People’s Hospital. He is 175 centimeters tall and looking for a girlfriend between 21---26 years old, unmarried. She should be at least 160 centimeters tall, a music lover and has a college degree, who is supposed to be working in Shenzhen, too.

E:  Chen Sheng, who is now 66 years old, retired, has a house of his own in Shenzhen. He lost his wife three years ago, who was killed in a car accident. He would like to find a companion who is about 50---60 years old, spouse (配偶) lost, and is supposed to be considerate.

F:  Huang Zhong, 24 years old, is serving in the army in Guangxi Province. He is 171 centimeters tall, unmarried, with a bachelor’s degree. He likes playing basketball and football in his spare time. He is hoping to find a girlfriend working in Guangdong Province, 155---170 centimeters tall, unmarried, and with a degree of high school.

    以下是几位女性朋友的寻偶要求，请为每个女性匹配一位合适的伴侣：

56. Sun Mei, 23, is a clerk in a bank, who is an amateur in table tennis. She would like a male friend who is a soldier and not shorter than 170 centimeters. It will be appropriate if he is a sports fan just as she is.

57. Tang Xiaoli, 29, 160 centimeters tall, unmarried, has just come to Guangdong Province and took up a job as an accountant (会计). After graduating from high school, she decided to continue learning for a higher degree while working. She hopes to find a companion who has a house of his own and at least got a bachelor’s degree.

58. Liu Fenghua, 56, a retired teacher from high school. She devoted all herself to teaching while she was at school and earned a high respect from the students that she had taught before. She is now helping taking care of her grandson, whose parents want her to find a spouse after their father’s death of a heart attack 4 years ago.

59. Xie Qun, 24, works as a secretary in a lawyer’s office in Shenzhen. She is 161 centimeters tall and just graduated from college a year ago. She loves listening to all kinds of music, especially classical music.

60. Zhang Ying, 35 years old, married once, is a kindergarten teacher. She is very caring and loves children very much. Besides, she enjoys learning languages in her free time, such as English and French. After divorce, she is willing to find a companion who has no housing problems and devoted to family.

 

 

—Have you got used to the Chinese food, Huang Yan?

   —Yes, but I hate ________ when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don’t like.

  A. this            B. that              C. those            D. it

 

 

The people below are all looking for something interesting to relax themselves. After the description of these people, there is information about six amusements A-F. Decide which amusement would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 61-65 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one amusement which you don't need to use.

______ 1. Wang Lin is a university student who studies music. He hopes to get some practical experience of foreign music from western band.

______ 2. Simon is interested in Chinese literature, so he came to China with his parents. during his stay in Beijing. He wants to know more about Chinese contemporary Literature.

______ 3. Li Hua is a eighteen-year-old boy. He is studying in a high school. After many month's study, he is tired of his lessons. He would like to experience something adventurous(冒险的).

______ 4. Alice is an American girl who studies Art in Beijing University. She has no classes on September 14. She hopes she can enjoy some wonderful oil paintings.

______ 5. Victoria is fond of Chinese music. She hopes to listen to various songs performed by different bands. She doesn't care much about what kinds of songs they are.

 

A. An acrobatic (杂技) soul: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe will present "The Soul of China", where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills will run down you spine as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge.

Time: 7:30p.m, September 13-19

Place: capital Theatre, 22 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District 

B. Exhibitions Joint Show: A group ink painting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display.

Time: 9a.m-5p.m. until September 10

Place: Huang Shicheng Gallery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng District.

C. Oil paintings: The Wanfung Art Galley will host a joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture（捕捉） the wonderous variety of life in unique（独特的） styles.

Time: 9a.m-4pm until September 15

Place: 136 Nanchizi Street, Dong Cheng District

D. Literature Museum: The Nation Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an indepth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature form 1919 to 1949.

Time: 9a.m-4p.m, daily

Place: 45 Anyuan Donglu, Chaoyang District (Shaoyaoju area).

E. Concerts

Beijing rocks: "The Fashion Night of Chinese Rock" is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm.

Time: September 16

Place: The Olympic Center

F. Belgium Orchestra (管弦乐队): La Petite Band, the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium will perform in Beijing at he Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities as part of activities across the world to commemorate（纪念）the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.

Time: 7:30p.m. September 11-14

Place: Grand theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities.