第一部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空(共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)

1. As his new company grows, his biggest 　　　　will be finding the right people for key roles.

　　 A. challenge　　 　　　 B. support　　 C. anxiety　　　 　　　 D. presentation

第二节 书面表达 (满分25分)

假如你是Peter，你的表弟Tony迁入他爸爸工作的城市里上学，上周他给你写信诉说他没有朋友的烦恼，请你根据以下要点给他回信，提出一些交友建议。

要点：

1. 在居住区玩耍时主动与同龄人交流，结交新朋友；

2. 跟随家长到公共场所、课外或周末参加各种活动、郊游等；

3. 保持良好心态。

注意：

1. 词数120左右；　

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

E

Are African wild dogs really dogs? What’s the difference between African wild dogs and the dogs we know as pets? For one thing, African wild dogs, which live in Africa, only have four toes, while domestic (驯养的) dogs and wolves have five. But you won’t want to count for yourself, because they are truly wild animals.

“Wild dogs are not somebody’s domestic dogs that ran away and didn’t come back, although some people used to think that,” explains Dr. McNutt, who studies these animals at Wild Dog Research Camp in the African country of Botswana. “They are actually Africa’s wolves, and just like wolves, they do not make good pets. They need to be out in the wild doing what they are supposed to do — find the food they need to survive and feed their babies.” In fact, they travel so far that researchers have to use radio collars (颈圈) to keep track of them. The collars send out radio signals that tell people where the dogs are. No two wild dogs have the same pattern of coats, so it is easy to tell them apart.

African wild dogs are smart and sociable, like pet dogs. Adult dogs, male and female, are willing to take good care of young ones.

Millions of domestic dogs live on the planet, but there are probably fewer than 6,000 African wild dogs left. Humans hunt them, and farmers who don’t want them to go after cows and sheep poison them. Humans are also destroying the wild, natural habitat (栖息地) they need to survive in. Fortunately, today more farmers are finding other ways to protect their cows and sheep from African wild dogs instead of killing the animals.

51. Which of the following can explain why African wild dogs are different from domestic dogs?

　　 A. African dogs can live longer than domestic dogs.

　　 B. African dogs have fewer toes than domestic dogs.

　　 C. African dogs are much bigger in size than domestic dogs.

　　 D. African dogs are much more dangerous than domestic dogs.

52. In Dr. McNutt’s view, African wild dogs 　　.

　　 A. are a kind of wolves　

　 B. can be trained as pet dogs

　　 C. actually are missing domestic dogs

　　 D. generally are not used to living in groups

53. What’s the researchers’ purpose of using radio collars?

　　 A. To know where African wild dogs go.　　 　

　　 B. To play games with African wild dogs.

　　 C. To tell African wild dogs apart from other dogs.

　　 D. To prevent African wild dogs from traveling too far.

54. What suggestion does the author give in the last paragraph?

　　 A. Farmers should use domestic dogs to fight against wild dogs.

　　 B. African wild dogs should be protected instead of being killed.

　　 C. Farmers should take responsibility for feeding African wild dogs.

　　 D. African wild dogs should be used to protect farmers’ cows and sheep.

55. Which of the following can be used as the title of the passage?

　　 A. How to keep wild dogs　　　　　　　 B. How to train domestic dogs

　　 C. An introduction to African wild dogs

　　 D. Differences between domestic dogs and wild dogs

D

We now only sleep for six hours and 41 minutes each night and half of us have no chance of a weekend lie-in, a new study shows. And it seems even during the week, we are struggling to get enough shut-eye.

It is said that two-thirds of us are sleeping for only six hours and 27 minutes every night, one hour and 33 minutes shorter than the normal daily amount (总额) of sleep — eight hours. More than 27 percent are getting less sleep than they did a year ago. Instead of a weekend lie-in, most people will choose 11 minutes of extra snooze button (睡眠键) time, which could be bad for health. 68 percent now use their mobile phone to wake them up every morning. Four out of ten adults say they set their wake-up call earlier than needed, then hit the snooze button on their mobile phones twice for an 11 minutes’ rest, in order to make their bodies feel like they have had more sleep.

Professor Stevie Williams said, “Setting your alarm clock much earlier and continually pressing the snooze button actually makes you feel even weaker after a night’s sleep. Napping in this way can make you miss out on the important REM sleep, which happens just before you wake up. And it is necessary for you to use the weekend to catch up on the sleep debt during the week.”

A third of adults are kept awake at night because of money worries, a quarter can’t fall asleep due to family problems, and just under one-fifth worry about work stresses. Being short of sleep is extremely harmful to a person’s heath and well-being. But we have to stop treating sleep as a luxury (奢侈品), and realize that it is necessary to get eight hours of sleep every night.

47. What can we know about REM sleep?

　　 A. We should avoid it before we wake up each day.

　　 B. It happens before we wake up and is good for our health.

　　 C. It’s useless to enjoy this stage of sleep before we wake up.

　　 D. It can do harm to our health as it makes us wake up earlier.

48. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the last paragraph?

　　 A. To show what keeps us awake.

　　 B. To tell us why we need to treat sleep seriously.

　　 C. To give us some tips on how to get a sound sleep.

　　 D. To offer some evidence that sleep is a kind of luxury.

49. The author writes the passage in order to tell us that we should 　　.

　　 A. avoid working late into the night

　　 B. get enough sleep and know its importance

　　 C. try to keep a balance between family and work

　　 D. replace the unhealthy lifestyle with a healthy one

50. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

　　 A. What an eight-hour sleep means　

　　 B. Why people need to sleep every day

　　 C. How to get a sound sleep　　　　

　　 D. Enough sleep is very important

C

Each year the Pritzker Architecture Prize (普立兹克建筑奖) goes to a star designer with a long list of attractive buildings around the world. This year’s winner is a little different.

Shigeru Ban has designed museums, homes and concert halls. But Ban is best known for a more simple kind of work: the temporary (暂时的) buildings for people who became homeless after disasters.

Ban may be the only designer in the world who makes buildings out of paper — cardboard paper tubes (管). Ban actually tested the strength of cardboard tubes, and said he was surprised by what he had discovered. He has used them to build temporary buildings in Japan, Haiti, China and elsewhere.

　“After a disaster, the building material is going to be more expensive,” Ban explains. “But the paper tube is actually not a building material. It is cheap and plentiful. We can get the material easily anywhere. And unlike costs for traditional building materials, the price of paper tubes doesn’t jump after an earthquake or flood. The tubes are also lightweight, so you don’t need heavy machines to work with them.”

Ban started using cardboard paper tubes in the 1980s. At that time he had just graduated from the architecture school, and he was looking for a cheap substitute for wood. So he started reusing the paper cardboard tubes that were left over from rolls of paper in his office.

Ban was born in Tokyo and studied architecture in the U.S. before moving back to Japan to start his practice. Some of Ban’s temporary buildings have become permanent (永久的), like the paper church he built after the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan.

43. The author uses the first paragraph to 　　.

　　 A. raise an argument　　　　 　　　　　 B. give an introduction

　　 C. give an example　　　　　　　 D. offer a description

44. What is special about Shigeru Ban?

　　 A. He failed to get this year’s architecture prize.

　　 B. He graduated from the best architecture school in the U.S.

　　 C. He is good at building houses for homeless people.

　　 D. He builds special houses for special groups of people.

45. Why did Shigeru Ban choose cardboard paper tubes?

　　 A. Because they are cheap and easy to take away.

　　 B. Because they are strong and last for a long time.

　　 C. Because they are plentiful and look very beautiful.

　　 D. Because they are common and hard to break.

46. What does the underlined word “substitute” probably refer to?

　　 A. A new way of building houses by using wood.

　　 B. A new method of producing cardboard paper tubes.

　　 C. A new kind of building material to take the place of wood.

　　 D. A new machine to produce a new kind of building material.

B

The New York Vegas Hotel has some of the most beautiful and luxurious (豪华的) rooms. Here are four kinds of them.

Park Avenue

This kind of room has about 350 square feet of space. It comes with either a king-size or queen-size bed. The room has the following: a 40-inch television and a good bathroom. The Park Avenue room costs about $65 to $85 per night during weekdays and has a weekend rate of $100 to $110 per night.

Marquis

This Marquis room is up-grade. It provides guests with 700 square feet of space. This up-grade room has a good bathroom, two separate dining areas, and Internet access. There is also a small refrigerator in the room. Guests can stay in this kind of room for about $125 per night.

Players　

The Players room comes with two queen-size beds. This room is almost 800 square feet and has a sitting area. The Player room has the following: two 40-inch televisions, a good bathroom, dining and entertainment areas and Internet access. One can stay in the Players room for $155 per night.

Penthouses

This kind of room has about 1,100 square feet of space with a DVD and CD player, coffee pots, and a separate master bedroom. Penthouses rooms have more up-grade amenities (设施). Guests can stay in this room comfortably for $415 per night, and it has a different price in the busy season.

Las Vegas travelers have their choice of one of these hotel rooms. It doesn’t matter which room one chooses because all of them are wonderful!

39. The price of some rooms of the New York Vegas Hotel 　　.

　　 A. is a bit higher during weekdays　 　　　

　　 B. depends on what time of year it is

　　 C. keeps the same all the year round　　　

　　 D. changes almost every day

40. What will you choose if you want to surf the Internet and also save some money?

　　 A. Park Avenue.　　　 B. Marquis. 　　　 C. Players.　　　 D. Penthouses.　　

41. What can we learn from the passage?

　　 A. There are two beds in a Players room.

　　 B. The queen once stayed in a Park Avenue room.

　　 C. There is a small refrigerator in every room.

　　 D. The New York Vegas Hotel provides guests with free meals.

42. The writer writes the passage mainly to 　　.　

　　 A. introduce the New York Vegas Hotel

　　 B. raise funds for the New York Vegas Hotel

　　 C. make some rooms of the New York Vegas Hotel known to readers

　　 D. introduce the luxurious amenities of the New York Vegas Hotel

第二节 完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5 分, 满分30分)

An unemployed (失业的) graduate found he had left only $10. He decided to use it to buy food. And he was too 　16　 　to go begging. He was 　17　 　as he could find no job, and nobody was ready to 　18　 　him.

He 　19　 　food and as he sat down to eat in front of a shop, an old man and two little children came along and asked him to help them with 　20　 . They said they had not eaten for almost a week. He looked at them. They were so 　21　 　that he could see their bones coming out. He gave them the food. The old man and the children 　22　 　him and gave him a very old coin. The young graduate said to them, “You need 　23　 　more than I do.”

With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under the bridge to 　24　 　and wait for death. 　25　 　he was about to sleep, he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He picked it up, and 　26　 　he saw an advertisement. It said the people who had old coins would come to a certain 　27　 .

He 　28　 　to go there with the old coin. The worker shouted excitedly and 　29　 　the young graduate a photograph. This same old coin was worth 3 million dollars. The young graduate was 　30　 . He took the old coin and went out to 　31　 　the old man and the little children. By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had gone. He asked the owner of the 　32　 　if he knew them. The owner said, “No, but they left a 　33　 　for you.” He quickly 　34　 　it thinking it would lead him to find them.

This is what the note said, “You 　35　 　us all you have and we thanked you with the coin,” signed God the Father.

16. A. young　　　　　 B. proud　　　　　　 C. active　　　　　　　 D. tired

17. A. bored　　　　　　 B. nervous　　　　 C. upset　　　　　　　 D. calm

18. A. help　　　　　　　 B. meet　　　　　　 C. accept　　　　　　　 D. understand

19. A. discovered　　 B. washed　　　　　 C. cooked　　　　　　 D. bought

20. A. food　　　　　　 B. water　　　　　　 C. job　　　　　　　　　 D. medicine

21. A. old　　　　　　　 B. thin　　　　　　　 C. small　　　　　　　 D. quiet

22. A. loved　　　　　　 B. refused　　　　　 C. thanked　　　　　　 D. encouraged

23. A. bread　　　　　　 B. money　　　　　 C. house　　　　　　　 D. chance

24. A. rest　　　　　　　 B. play　　　　　　　 C. practice　　　　　　 D. escape

25. A. When　　　　　 B. If　　　　　　　　　 C. Unless　　　　　　 D. Once

26. A. calmly　　　　　 B. simply　　　　　 C. clearly　　　　　　 D. suddenly

27. A. bridge　　　　　 B. store　　　　　　 C. place　　　　　　　 D. school

28. A. happened　　　 B. agreed　　　　　 C. decided　　　　　　 D. requested

29. A. made　　　　　　 B. ordered　　　　 C. chose　　　　　　　 D. showed

30. A. relaxed　　　　 B. excited　　　　　 C. careless　　　　　　 D. angry

31. A. look up　　　　 B. look for　　　　 C. look at　　　　　　 D. look after

32. A. office　　　　　 B. picture　　　　　 C. shop　　　　　　　　 D. apartment

33. A. note　　　　　　　 B. book　　　　　　 C. newspaper　　　　 D. advertisement

34. A. wrote　　　　　　 B. forgot　　　　　 C. dropped　　　　　 D. opened

35. A. sold　　　　　　　 B. packed　　　　　 C. promised　　　　　 D. gave

15. The meeting has just been over. 　　　the new chairman of the Students’ Union?

　 　 A. Do you suppose who is　　　　 　 B. Who do you suppose is

　 　 C. Who is do you suppose　　　　　 D. Do you suppose is who