第一节

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1 0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．What are the man and the woman talking about?

   A．Buildings.           B．University.          C．New laboratories.

2．What do you know about the man's son?

   A．The son is not doing well.                               

   B．The son is as smart as his father.

   C．The son is very poor.

3．What does the man mean?

   A．It's too far away to walk to.                        

   B．It's within walking distance.

   C．It's not far, but too far to walk to.

4．Where does this conversation most probably take place?

   A．At home．            B．At a restaurant．    C．At a party.

5．How did the man move the desk?

   A．He moved the desk alone.                                 

   B．He had some classmates move the desk.

   C．His classmates helped him.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒种；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．Whose mother was ill?

   A．Jeff’s.             B．Jack’s.             C．Richard’s.

7．With whom did the man go traveling?

   A．Maria.               B．His dog.             C．Jeff and Richard.

8．What kind of food will the man and the woman eat?

   A．American food．      B．Indian food．        C．Chinese food.

9．Where is the restaurant?

   A．On Queen Street．    B．On Main Street．     C．On Rain Street.

10．How does the woman know that the Easten Palace is a good Chinese restaurant?

   A．She has been there several times.                

   B．She has tried it once.

   C．She has been told about it.

11．What time will they most likely meet?

A．7：05 pm．          B．7：1 5 pm．          C．6:50pm

听第8段材料，回答第l 2至l 4题。

12．Where does this conversation take place?

A．At a restaurant.    B．In a hospital.        C．In the Once.

13．When does the woman get a pain in her stomach?

   A．About an hour after she has eaten.               

   B．About an hour before she has eaten.

   C．As soon as she begins to eat.

14．What can you conclude about the woman’s husband from this conversation?

   A．He eats very quickly.                                        

   B．He doesn’t eat as quickly as his wife.

   C．He sometimes eats more slowly than his wife.

听第9段材料，回答第1 5、1 6题。

15．What do we learn about Dave?

   A．He enjoyed the movie and the company.

   B．He enjoyed the movie but not the company.

   C．He didn’t enjoy the movie or the company.

16．Why did Dave say his roommate was a real fool?

   A．His roommate thought the Titanic was a Japanese boat during World War II.

   B．His roommate believed that the Japanese sank a boat called the Titanic.

   C．His roommate said that the Japanese won the war using a boat called the Titanic.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What did the 19th century scientists think?

   A．Different part of the brain functions differently.

   B．It is not easy to say exactly what every part of the brain does.

   C．The way the brain works is not as simple as people may think.

18．How many chemical changes take place in the brain?

   A．10，000 every second.                                    

   B．6，000，000 every minute.

   C．100，000 every hour.

19．How can the brain keep its power?

   A．To increase the amount of research done on the brain.

   B．To say exactly what each part of the brain does.

   C．To give the brain plenty of exercise.

20．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A．We can remember everything that happens to us.

   B．The power of one’s brain gets weaker as one grows older.

    C．We should use our brain less so that it can work better.

阅读下面短文，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。

One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.  36  the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I  37  the bird before I saw it.

“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.

“It’s coming from the  38  .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little  39  .”

I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s  40   I saw the sparrow. It was flying  41  just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly  42  to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but  43  and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head 44  the ceiling.

I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the  45  open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet  46   it could get outside, but that only seemed to  47  it more.

“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita  48  .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”

We went back into the house, where we  49  to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was  50  and our uninvited guest was gone.

I’ve  51  that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were  52  to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the  53  that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make  54  without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much  55  .

36.A. Still              B. Somehow          C. Instead              D. Perhaps

【答案】B

【解析】不知怎么的，这只小鸟飞进了我们开着的车库。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未见其鸟，先闻其鸣”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根据36题所在的句子可知， 小鸟进入了garage,所以声音应该从garage传来。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子认为是期中一个孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引导表语从句。“就在那时我看到了那只麻雀。”

41.A. quickly         B. anxiously           C. cautiously          D. slowly

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦虑的。因为被困，所以很焦虑。

42. A. deciding       B. hesitating           C. trying                D. choosing

【答案】C

【解析】try to get out努力要出去。

43. A. up               B. backward          C. forward            D. down

【答案】D

【解析】但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。

44. A. against         B. off                    C. along                D. into

【答案】A

【解析】bump its little head against the ceiling 小脑袋撞击天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】门和天花板之间的空间很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引导目的状语从句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是这样似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 吓唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建议的用语。 所以选择A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth继续干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以没有声音了，很安静

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．担心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文题到“鸟和人没有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。

52. A. forced         B. determined         C. born                 D. urged

【答案】C

【解析】be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我们认为我们天生就是往上飞的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我们甚至没有考虑这种可能性，如果我们飞的低一些，好事也可能会发生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得进步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻烦。

How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.

There are now more than a thousand genetic（基因的）tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年痴呆症）.

“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.

“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”“That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”

Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was“no significant difference”between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.

71.The first paragraph is meant to__________.

A. ask some questions                        B. introduce the topic

C. satisfy readers’ curiosity                 D. describe an academic fact

【答案】B

【解析】通过两个问题引出话题。

72.Which of the following is true of James Watson？

A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

B. He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

【答案】D

【解析】根据第二段Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’。“James Watson要求如果他的基因表明他有很高的老年痴呆症的可能不要告诉他。”

73.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

A. advisable not to let him know          B. impossible to hide his disease

C. better to inform him immediately      D. necessary to remove his anxiety

【答案】A

【解析】根据这两个自然段可知，如果你提前被告知你将来可能患某种可怕的疾病会mess you up。

74.The underlined part“freak out”in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

A. break down                     B. drop out            C. leave off            D. turn away

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文But的转折，以及no significant difference可知，freak out的意思是A（精神垮掉）。

75.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

A. prefer to hear good news         B. tend to find out the truth

C. can accept some bad news              D. have the right to be informed

【答案】C

【解析】根据第五段内容 In fact, most people think they can handle it可知答案选C.

第二节完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
About 70 scientists worked on a very busy project. They were really 36.______ because of the pressure of work and the demands of their 37.______. However, everyone liked him and did not 38.______ quitting their job.
One day, one scientist came to him and said, “Sir, I have promised my 39.______ that I will take them to an exhibition, 40.______ I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm.”
His boss said, “You’re 41.______ to leave the office early today.”
The scientist started working. He 42.______ his work after having lunch. 43.______, he had such a heavy work load that he looked at his 44.______ only when he felt he was about to 45.______ the work. The time was 8:30 pm. 46.______, he remembered the promise he had 47.______. He hurriedly left the office, feeling 48.______ to have disappointed the ones he loved so much. He got home, but only his wife was in.
“Where are they?” he asked.
His wife 49.______, “You don’t know? Your boss came here at 5:15 pm and took them to the exhibition.”
What had really happened was like this. The boss noticed him working 50.______ at 5:00 pm. He thought to himself, “This person will not 51.______ the work. But if he has promised his children, they should enjoy the 52.______ to the exhibition.” So he offered to take them to the exhibition.
The boss does not have to do it 53.______, but once it is done, loyalty（忠诚）is established. That is why all those scientists continued to work 54.______ him even though the work was too 55.______.
36.   A. afraid B. angry  C. tired   D. bored
37.   A. boss    B. partner       C. teacher       D. company
38.   A. keep on      B. set off C. make up     D. think of    
39.   A. students     B. friends       C. children     D. parents
40. A. as       B. so       C. but     D. if
41.   A. meant B. refused       C. allowed      D. fired
42.   A. continued   B. finished      C. checked      D. reduced
43. A. So far B. As a result  C. As usual     D. For example
44.   A. timetable    B. watch  C. tools   D. papers
45.   A. design B. report C. hate    D. complete
46.   A. Suddenly   B. Strangely   C. Unexpectedly     D. Unfortunately
47.   A. done   B. set      C. made  D. had
48.   A. painful       B. shy     C. excited       D. sorry
49.   A. begged       B. replied       C. whispered   D. shouted
50.   A. carelessly   B. skillfully    C. unhappily   D. seriously
51.   A. value  B. leave   C. choose       D. like
52.   A. promise     B. way    C. visit    D. interest
53.   A. every time  B. on purpose C. at once       D. in turn
54.   A. on      B. at       C. under  D. in
55.   A. dangerous  B. boring C. worthless    D. much

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。                         

For thousands of years, people have seen things they didn’t understand in the sky. The United States Air Force first used the words “Unidentified Flying Object” to describe them. Today everyone uses the term UFO. When people see a UFO, it is usually no more than a weather balloon or an airplane. But the Center for UFO Studies goes on to receive hundreds of reports each year.

In 1947 a businessman and pilot, Kenneth Arnold, was flying near Mount Rainier, Washington when he saw nine shiny, round objects flying through the air. He told a newspaper reporter they looked like “pie plates skipping over water.” The reporter used the words “flying saucer（碟子）” in his story and today that is the popular name for UFOs.

The Center for UFO Studies lists three kinds of contacts with flying saucers. “Encounters（遭遇）of the first kind” are reports of unknown objects or lights in the sky. People have “Encounters of the second kind” when a UFO leaves burn marks or other signs on the ground. People report “Close encounters of the third kind” when they see aliens in or near a UFO.

56. Who used the term UFO first?

A. The United States Air force.        B. The Center for UFO Studies.

C. Kenneth Arnold.                   D. A report.

57. The Center for UFO Studies _____.

A. usually sees no more than a weather balloon or an airplane every year

B. is a branch of the United States Air Force

C. receive hundreds of reports every year

D. used “pie plates skipping over water” to describe the UFO seen by the people first

58. Why did the newspaper reporter use the words “flying saucer” to describe the UFO that Kenneth Arnold said he saw?

A. Because the UFO that Kenneth Arnold saw was flat.

B. Because Kenneth Arnold told the newspaper that what he had seen in the sky was round.

C. Because Kenneth Arnold described what he has seen looked like a plate flying in the sky.

D. Because what Kenneth Arnold saw was pie plates flying in the air.