第一部分聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）（略）

第一節(jié)單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

21. —How about going surfing this Sunday？

—_______. I love sports and getting close to the sea.

A. Its up to you B. It all depend

C. Im afraid not D. I couldnt agree more

22. —How was your vacation in Qing Dao， Sue？

—Great！ Actually its years I _______ enjoyed myself so much.

A. When B. before

C. since D. that

23. They missed the beginning of the movie； they enjoyed it， _______.

A. though B. instead

C. yet D. too

24. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door， _______ “Sorry to miss you； will call later.”

A. read B. reads

C. to read D. reading

25. Thinking of the scenes _______ the people were killed by the invaders， the old man was full of anger.

A. where B. when

C. why D. which

26.—Shall I help you， sir？

—I appreciate _______ if you do me the favor to pack the luggage.

A./ B. that

C. you D. it

27. Can you _______ me a few minutes？ Im not clear about how to fill out the application form.

A. offer B. afford

C. spare D. share

28. The English play _______ my students acted at the New Years party was a great success.

A. which B. that

C. in which D. on which

29. There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars _______ road conditions need _______.

A. that； to be improved B. which； to be improved

C. where； improving D. when； being improved

30. With the help of an interpreter， the foreigner was able to get his idea _______ to the assistants in the drugstore.

A. by B. across

C. along D. against

31. _______ in the school regulations that students should not wear long hair or jewels.

A. What is required B. What requires

C. It is required D. It required

32. Generally speaking， _______ according to the directions， the drug has no side effect.

A. when taking B. when taken

C. when to take D. when to be taken

33. —Bad luck！ I _______ the sidewalk when an Audi cut in and knocked me down. —You can never be too careful！

A. crossed B. have crossed

C. was crossing D. had been crossing

34. —Come on！ Lets go to the net bar.

—So what？ _______ you ever want to do is going online？

A. Anything B. Something

C. All D. That

35. The Guinness Company hired a company to write _______ later became the Guinness Boss of Record， whose first edition came out in 1995.

A. which B. that

C. those D. what

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

Suzie goes to her art class Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do creative things all afternoon. She loves ____36____ bowls and cups out of clay. Last month she learned to put ____37____ into a hot oven， called a kiln， to make it hard and strong. After the pottery[陶器] has ____38____ down from the kiln， sometimes she ____39____ it with all different colors. Bright colors are her ____40____， although sometimes she likes to paint in “____41____ colors，” like brown and dark green. What Suzie likes best about art is the good feeling she gets ____42____ she has finished ____43____ on a piece of art. And then when she takes it home to show her parents she feels so ____44____ of what she has made.

On Wednesdays Suzie does something else that she really ____45____. On Wednesday afternoons she writes articles for the school newspaper. When she first ____46____ to her school， she wrote an article about how it feels to be a new student in a new school. Her second article in the newspaper was about a teacher at her school who had just finished writing a book. On the day the newspaper comes ____47____， the first thing Suzie does is to ____48____ where her article is in the newspaper. And at the beginning of her article， are the words： By Suzanne Jefferson.

On the way home from school yesterday， Suzie ____49____ to thinking about how ____50____ art and writing are the same. In art class she thinks of ____51____ things to make， and then spends a lot of time making it look just right. And when she writes articles for the school newspaper， she thinks of creative things to ____52____， and then spends a lot of time making it ____53____ just right. And when she has finished writing a really good sentence， she feels almost as if she has made a beautiful piece of art.

Suzie ____54____ home so she could write something short before dinner. She already had lots of ideas for next months newspaper. And she wanted to make sure that none of her creative ideas ____55____ away before she wrote them down permanently on paper.

36. A. using B. painting C. drawing D. making

37. A. bowls B. pottery C. cups D. clay

38. A. dropped B. cooled C. come D. fallen

39. A. rubs B. cleans C. brushes D. paints

40. A. bests B. friends C. favorites D. fears

41. A. bright B. earth C. black D. deep

42. A. before B. when C. that D. until

43. A. working B. painting C. putting D. taking

44. A. worried B. anxious C. happy D. proud

45. A. promises B. wants C. hates D. enjoys

46. A. got B. sent C. moved D. returned

47. A. up B. in C. out D. about

48. A. read B. search C. overlook D. check

49. A. began B. went C. got D. started

50. A. soon B. much C. long D. far

51. A. relative B. creative C. productive D. active

52. A. tell B. talk C. speak D. say

53. A. feel B. look C. sound D. appear

54. A. rushed B. walked C. got D. went

55. A. left B. forgot C. floated D. kept

第三部分閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

Washington—Almost half of todays US ceremonies are “encore weddings，” in which one or both members of the happy couple have been married before. Many other weddings unite people from different cultures with different ideas about gifts， all of which means more research for anyone who used to give pans and toaster ovens[烤箱].

“The symbolism of wedding gifts has changed，” says etiquette consultant Peggy Post. “In the past， gifts helped set up a couples home. Now its important that a wedding gift be something a couple can enjoy.”

Todays bride often is a woman in her 30s who already has a well-equipped home and kitchen. She and her groom， who already have such traditional gifts as china， crystal and silver， may prefer camping equipment. Or hope for contributions toward a giant flat-screen TV or their dream honeymoon in Venice. Their Internet registry site might suggest guests book a gondola[威尼斯游船] ride， or a dinner for two overlooking the Grand Canal.

“Often a couple will use the wedding as an opportunity to upgrade what they already have， including their reputations and their living standards， ” says Carley Roney of theknot.com Internet wedding service. “So you can give them an antique[古董的] fork， or something else extravagant[奢侈的] they really like.” And theyd always be happy to take a check.

56. Traditional wedding gifts are the following Except _________.

A. china B. toaster ovens

C. ski sticks D. frying pans

57. Todays brides and grooms often take advantage of their weddings to _________.

A. get favorite antique forks

B. raise their reputations and living standards

C. invite guests as many as possible from different cultures

D. improve their free tours abroad

58. What can we learn about weddings from the passage？

A. An encore wedding means the new couple are both remarried.

B. Almost half of todays Americans hold encore weddings.

C. Todays new couples are as rich as those in the past.

D. Modern wedding gifts might be checks.

B

If a business wants to sell its products internationally， it had better do some market research first. This is a lesson that some large American corporations have learned the hard way.

Whats in the name？

Sometimes the problem is the name. When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova into Latin America， it overlooked the fact that Nova in Spanish means “It doesnt go”. Sure enough， the Chevy Nova never went anywhere in Latin America.

Translation problems

Sometimes it is the slogan that doesnt work. No company knows this better than Pepsi-Cola， with its “Come alive with Pepsi！” campaign. The campaign was so successful in the United States， Pepsi translated its slogan literally for its international campaign. As it turned out， the translations werent quite right. Pepsi was begging Germans to “Come out of the grave” and telling the Chinese that “ Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave. ”

A pictures worth a thousand words

Other times， the problem involves packaging. A picture of a smiling baby has helped sell countless jars of Gerber baby food. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa， they used the same packaging as in the US， with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in African countries， the picture on the jar shows what the jar has in it， for many people there cant read.

Twist of fate

Even culture and religious factors and pure coincidence can be involved. Thorn McAn shoes have a Thorn McAn “signature” inside. To people in Bangladesh， which is a Muslim country， this signature looked like Arabic script for the world Allah. In that country， feet are considered unclean， and Muslims felt the company was offending Gods name by having people walk on it.

59. From the text we learn that _________.

A. Chevy Nova was brought in Latin America

B. General Motors did the best market research of all companies

C. Pepsi still sold well in China owing to the translation problems

D. the “Come alive with Pepsi” campaign worked well in the US

60. What was “Gerbers problem”？

A. A translation problem. B. Cultural factor.

C. Religious factor. D. The picture on the jar.

61. For what reason were Thorn McAn shoes turned down in Bangladesh？

A. They are not designed attractively.

B. Their advertisements are not persuasive.

C. A signature looking like the word Allah was in the shoes.

D. Problem For Thorn McAn was the companys name.

62. What does the text mainly tell us？

A. Lessons form some large corporations.

B. How to make use of advertisements.

C. The importance of market research.

D. The importance of packaging.

C

What should you think about in trying to find your career？ You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand， you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job， they may have indirect value. Knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.

Your school may have taught you skills， such as typing or technical drawing， which you can use in your work. You may be good at metal work or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills.

If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer， think what you gained from it. If nothing else， you may have learned how to get to work on time， to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop， for example. Just as important， you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.

Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs[笨拙] when you handle tools； perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record， for instance， may not be too good， yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be sorry for it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.

63. The writer thinks that _________for a student to have a part-time job is probably. A. a waste of time that could have been spent on study

B. useful for his future work

C. a good way to earn extra money

D. a good way to find out his weak points

64. According to the passage， if a students school record is not good， he _________.

A. will be a complete failure in his future work

B. may not find a suitable job

C. will regret not having worked harder at school

D. may do well in his future work

65. Which subject is supposed to have no direct value for job-hunting according to the author？

A. Mathematics. B. English.

C. Technical Drawing. D. History.

66. The whole passage is mainly on _________.

A. choosing a career according to what one is skilled in

B. acquiring knowledge by working hard at school

C. finding ones strong and weak points

D. developing ones abilities useful in school work

D

When hunger pains strike a shark， does it simply swim around aimlessly until it comes across a meal？ Scientists who have studied the diving behavior of sharks， turtles， fish， and other marine predators[食肉動(dòng)物] now suggest that these animals are a bit more strategic[策略的]. They appear to follow a special type of random motion， known as a Levy walk.

Ecologists[生態(tài)學(xué)者] have long studied how animals find food， with some exploring whether simple rules could explain their hunting behavior. In 1996， one team claimed that wandering albatrosses perform Levy walks， which are characterized by a particular distribution of movement lengths that include many short-distance jumps and rare long jumps. Others then found that many animals used this search strategy， too. But last fall， scientists—including authors of the original 1996 report—reported that the original albatross data were flawed. They also cast doubt on most claims of Levy walks by animals， condemning the small data sets analyzed and a key statistical method many groups used.

The tables have turned again， however. Behavioral ecologist David Sims and his colleagues have found evidence of Levy walks from depth-sensing recorders they had fixed to 31 large marine predators. As part of the European Census of Marine Life， they analyzed the vertical motion in more than a million dives as the animals obviously hunted for food.

Using various statistical methods， they showed that during the food-hunting， most animals examined seemed to perform vertical Levy walks， with many short dives with an occasional longer dive， some hundreds of meters deep. Sims argues that his teams vast data sets and the use of diverse statistical analyses make their study “the most believable evidence for Levy-like movement.”

The study is convincing， says ecologist Frederic Bartumeus of Princeton University. He says that hes impressed with the amount of data Simss team analyzed and predicts that the study will shift the debate from whether animals perform Levy walks to when they use this strategy and why： “Its going to make biologists less suspicious about the existence of these patterns.”

67. Which of the following animals may not be studied by the ecologists？

A. Albatrosses.

B. Turtles.

C. Whales.

D. Tigers.

68. The underlined word “flawed” probably means.

A. missed

B. faulty

C. stolen

D. proved

69. Why did some scientists cast doubt on Levy walks by animals？

A. Because the authors of the 1996 report made a serious mistake.

B. Because the data sets other scientists analyzed were not convincing.

C. Because they doubted about the statistical method other scientists used.

D. Because they didnt believe what David Sims said.

70. From the passage we can learn that.

A. David Sims is quite confident of their research result

B. David Sims and his colleagues didnt make enough research

C. Frederic Bartumeus is a member of Sims research group

D. the existence of Levy walk is still doubtful

71. The passage mainly wants to tell us that.

A. how marine animals finds their meals

B. ecologists make mistakes frequently during their research

C. Levy walk is a kind of advanced hunting method

D. we should be serious about scientific research

E

We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life， but most of us dont do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.

So， you have to give a speech—and you are terrified. You get nervous， you forget what you want to say， you stumble over words， you talk too long， and you bore your audience. Later you think， “Thank Goodness， its over. Im just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.”

Cheep up！ It doesnt have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion？ Why are you speaking？ Then， gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible， and use pictures， charts， and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Dont talk over their heads， and dont talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.