:英 语
第I 卷 ( 三部分,共115分 )
第一部分:听力(共三节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。
1. When will the man be able to visit Mr. Black?
A. November 1. B.
November 2.
C.
November 3.
2. How much did a pound of
green beans cost five years ago?
A. $ 0.50. B.
$ 1.00.
C.
$ 1.50.
3. What is the woman going to do first?
A. Go to the cinema. B.
Attend a party. C.
Go to the post office.
4. Where does the woman live now?
A. In New York. B.
In Chicago. C.
In Boston.
5. What is true about Mary and Jack?
A. They spent a week having honeymoon.
B. They went on their honeymoon a week
after their wedding.
C. They thought a honeymoon of one week
was too short.
第二节 (共12小题;每小题1.5分,满分18分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题。听完后,每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6至7题。
6. What is the man most likely to be?
A. A reporter from a
newspaper press. B.
A manager of the hotel in Cyprus.
C. A tourist traveling to
a seaside town.
7. What was the woman satisfied with?
A. The room of the hotel
that they stayed in. B.
The distance between the hotel and the beach.
C. The time when she
arrived at the seaside town.
听第7段材料,回答第8至第10小题。
8. When did Dr. Richardson begin his research on the AIDS drug?
A. When he was working in a lab. B.
When he was having lessons in night school.
C. When he was working at a medical
company.
9. Why did Dr. Richardson go back to school again?
A. Because he loved school. B.
Because he loved his work.
C. Because he wanted to get a high
degree.
10. What is the woman?
A. A reporter. B.
A doctor.
C.
A patient.
听第8段材料,回答第11至第13小题。
11. What’s Tony’s telephone number?
A.
. B.
. C.
.
12. How many languages does the school offer to teach?
A.
At least three. B.
One. C.
Four.
13. Where is Tony going to learn French?
A.
In the Lake District. B.
In the branch school. C.
In the Central Park.
听第9段材料,回答第14至第15题。
14. Why does the man think it is bad to take a taxi at first?
A. Because these
suitcases are not heavy.
B. Because there’re just a few suitcases.
C. Because the
traffic is heavy now.
15. How do they probably go there at last?
A. By taxi.
B.
On foot
C.
By bus.
听第10段材料,回答第16至17题。
16. Where does the conversation most probably take
place?
A. In
the office. B.
At home. C.
In a restaurant.
17. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A.
Visit some friends.
B.
Stay at home and wait for the phone call.
C.
Go out and do what she wanted to do.
第三节 填空(共3小题;每小题1.5分,满分4.5分)
听下面一段材料,从听到的内容中获取必要的信息,将18--20小题补充完整,每空不超过3个单词,听力材料朗读两遍。你有45秒钟的答题时间。
Introduction to a New
Television Season
Channels
Programmes
Time
Linkman (主持人)
Channel Six
News report
6:00pm—7:00pm
Johnson
Channel Six
Nighttime
At 11:30 pm
Ted
Channel Eleven
The Children’s Room
At 18 pm
Unknown
Channel Three
Game shows
Unknown
Unknown
Channel Six
19
At 12:00 noon
Unknown
20
All My Tomorrow
At 2:00 pm
Unknown
第二部分: 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节:单项填空(共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. --- Of _____ two
houses we saw today, which did you prefer?
--- I think
_____ white one with _____ bigger yard is prettier.
A. the ; the ;
a B.
the ; a ; the C.
a ; the ;
a D.
a ; the; the
22. Once lost, ______ .
A. one can never get such a chance again B.
such a chance might never come again
C. to get
such a chance again will be difficult D.
it is hard to get such a chance again
23. Can you make a sentence to _____ the meaning of the phrase?
A. bring out
B.
show off C.
turn out D.
take in
24. The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was
finally _____ because of the bad weather.
A. set up B.
called off C.
broke down D.
worn out
25. The traffic accident wouldn’t have happened yesterday. But the
driver _____ really careless.
A. had been B.
is C.
were D.
was
26. The trees in that thick forest are so close together that there
is hardly any room to move _____ them.
A. in B.
among C.
between D.
across
27. The eighteen-storeyed building, when _____ , will shut out the
sun _____ up the rooms in my house.
A. completed
; lighted B.
completing ; lighting
C.
completing ; lighted D.
completed ; lighting
28. 24 hours has passed after the explosion in the mine, but rescue
efforts to recover the missing _____ carried out.
A. are
always B.
are still being C.
have already been D. will soon
be
29. Xiao’s husband gave
all of his wages to his wife, _____ some pocket money for cigarettes.
A. except for B.
rather than C.
and yet D.
but for
30. The town _____ we are
moving is the one _____ I used to live in.
A. towards which ; that B.
where ; which C.
where; where D.
at which ; where
31. It is generally
considered that football is _____ than any other match.
A. a great deal exciting B.
by far more exciting
C. a lot of more exciting D.
far more exciting
32. Because I’ve something important to do, I can’t come to see you
this evening, _____ I’d like to.
A. much as B.
much so C.
as much D.
so much
33. --- He was nearly
drowned once.
--- When was _____ ?
--- _____ was in 1998 when he was in middle school.
A. that ; It B.
this ; This C.
this ; It D.
that ; This
34. They have always been
on good _____ with their next door neighbors.
A. friendship B.
relations C.
terms
D. connection
35. --- Hi Kate! Glad you
could make it to the party.
--- _____ .
--- You were the first person I thought of.
A. Let me give
you my coat B.
It looks as if the party has already started
C. Thanks for
inviting D.
It’s always a pleasure to make a new friend
第二节:完行填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
I love
Charles Barkley like a brother but we disagree from time to time. Here’s an
example of what I 36 : I
disagree with what Charles says in his Nike commercial, the one in which he
insists, “I’m not a role model.” Charles, you can 37 being a role model, but we don’t choose
to be the role models, we are chosen. Our only 38 is whether to be a good role model or a
bad one.
I don’t think we can accept all
the glory and the money that comes with being a famous athlete and not accept
the 39 of being a role model, of knowing that
kids and even some adults are watching us and looking for us to set _40 _.
I love being a role model, and I
try to be a positive one. That doesn’t mean I always 41 . I’m not saint (圣人). I make
mistakes, and sometimes I do 42 things.
43 you don’t have to be perfect to be a good
role model, and people shouldn’t expect perfection. If I were 44 whether a basketball player was a positive
role model, I would want to know: Does he influence people’s lives in a
positive way 45 the court? How much has he given of
himself, in time or in money, to help people who 46 him? Does he display the values --- like
honesty and determination --- that are part of being a good person?
Kids have lots of other role
models --- teachers, movie stars, 47 other kids. As athletes, we can’t take
the place of parents, but we can help reinforce what they try to teach their
kids.
48 being watched by the public can be hard
to stand at times. I don’t think most people can 49 what it’s like to be watched that closely
every minute of every day.
But the good things about being a
role model outweigh the bad. It’s a great feeling to think you’re a small part
of the 50 that a kid decided to give school another
try instead of 51 or that a
kid had the 52 to walk away when someone offered him
drugs. But one thing I would encourage parents to do is to remind their kids
that no matter which athletes they look up to, there are no 53 human beings. 54 , if the kid’s heroes should make 55 , it won’t seem like the end of
the world to them.
36.
A. like B. expect C. mean D. want
37.
A. deny B. avoid C.
enjoy D. delay
38.
A. doubt B. question
C. trouble D. choice
39.
A. fact B.
responsibility C.
requirement D.
excitement
40.
A. a rule B. a goal C. an
example D. a record
41.
A. succeed B. try C. arrive D. fail
42.
A. smart B. childish
C.
meaningful D. valuable
43.
A. So B.
Therefore C. But D. Anyhow
44.
A. deciding B.
wondering C. asking D.
inquiring
45.
A. near to B. far from C. up to D. away
from
46.
A. look forward to B. look
down upon C. catch up
with D. look up
to
47.
A. also B. even C. yet D. thus
48.
A. Constantly B.
Occasionally C.
Accidentally D. Regularly
49.
A. find B. realize C. imagine D. admit
50.
A. reason B. process C.
development D.
achievement
51.
A. giving in B. knocking
off C. dropping
out D. breaking
down
52.
A. idea B.
conscience C. plan D. strength
53.
A. perfect B. powerful
C. super D.
imperfect
54.
A. However B. Moreover
C. That way
D. That is
55.
A. progress B. mistakes
C. fortunes
D.
comparison
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(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
LONDON:Barbie, that plastic icon of girlhood fantasy play, is tortured by
children, research has found.
The methods of mutilation are
varied and creative, ranging from cutting to decapitation, burning, breaking
and even microwaving, according to academics from the University of Bath. The
findings were made known as part of an in-depth look by psychologists and
management academics into the role of brands among 7 to 11-year-old schoolchildren.
The researchers had not intended
to focus on Barbie but they were taken aback by the rejection, hatred and
violence she caused when they asked the children about their feelings for the
doll.
Violence and torture against
Barbie were repeatedly reported across age, school and gender. No other toy or
brand name caused such a negative response. You might expect little girls to love
their Barbie and expect an imaginary love in return. Instead girls feel violence
and hatred towards their Barbie, Agnes Nairn, one of the researchers,
said.
One
explanation of this phenomenon is that the children are reacting to the rapid increase
of different types of the doll, which range from Fashion Barbie to Queen
Elizabeth I Barbie and even a Geisha Barbie.
The children never talked of one single, special
Barbie. The girls almost always talked about having a box full of Barbies. So
to them Barbie has come to symbolize excess, Dr Nairn said.
She added:
On a deeper level Barbie has become dead. She has lost any individual
warmth that she might have possessed if she were perceived as a singular person.
This may go some way towards explaining the violence and torture.
Previous
research from the United States into Barbie abuse suggested that prepubescent(青春期前的) girls destroyed the doll because she reminded
them of adulthood at a time when they were still clinging to their childhood,
but Dr Nairn found no evidence of this.
She also dismissed the idea that overweight little girls might be jealous
of Barbie for being the girl who had everything, including a tiny waist. It was
more likely to be a simple reaction against a toy that the children had grown
out of, she said.
She and her colleagues Christine Griffin and Patricia Gaya Wicks concluded
that while adults may find a childs delight in breaking, mutilating and
torturing their dolls to be disturbing, from the childs point of view they
were simply being imaginative in disposing of an excessive goods in the same
way as one might crush cans for recycling.
(China Daily 12/20/2005)
56. This news report
is mainly about_______.
A.
the methods of mutilation of Barbie
B.
children’s negative responses to Barbies
C. adults’
worry about violent children
D. the role
of brands among 7 to 11-year-old schoolchildren
57. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the report
about children’s feelings towards Barbie?
A. Hatred. B.
Rejection. C.
Violence. D.
Envy.
58. What does the word “mutilation” mean?
A. Damage. B.
Burn. C.
Break . D.
Torture.
59. Why do girls like to destroy Barbie
according to Dr Nairn and her colleagues?
A. Because it is
a simple reaction against a toy.
B. Because the
doll reminds them of adulthood.
C. Because they
are dealing with it in the same way they recycle cans.
D. Because
overweight little girls are jealous of Barbie for her tiny waist.
B
Prices determine how
resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and
services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system
of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all
the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad (great
number) of services, including labor, professions, transportation, and
public-utility services. The interrelationship of all these prices makes the
“system” of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to
a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more
or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a
group of randomly selected individuals to define price, many would
reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a
product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a
product or service as agreed upon in market transaction(交易). This definition is, of course,
effective as far it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any
particular transaction, much more than the money involved must be known. Both
the buyer and seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but
with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time
and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the
form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the
transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return
privilege, and other factors. In other words, both the buyer and seller should
be fully aware of all the factors that compose the total “package” being
exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may
evaluate a given price.
60. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Weaknesses for the Price System. B.
The Complexities of the Price System.
C. Transportation and the Price System. D.
Products and Services.
61. According to the
passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding
of price?
A. Instructions that come with a product. B.
The quantity of a product.
C. The quality of a product. D.
Guarantees that cover a product.
62. In the last sentence, the word “they” refers to ________.
A. return privileges B.
buyers and sellers
C. cash and credits D.
all the factors
63. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses
__________.
A. unusual ways to advertise products
B. types of payment plans for service
C. theories about how products affect
different levels of society
D. how certain elements of a price “package”
influence its market value
C
Today’s trumpet is
one of the world’s oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of
development. Although it looks nothing like its ancestors, there are many
similarities. All trumpets are hollow tubes. They are all brown. And they all
use the player’s lips to produce the basic sound.
The trumpet
developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape,
material, and method of construction. They wanted to create an instrument that
would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all
the notes of the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to
play more difficult music and in general, be easier to play well. The
remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of
the success of all those who struggled to perfect this glorious instrument.
The trumpet is
actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. There
are trumpets of several different sizes, and in several different keys. There
are cornets, bugles, flugelhorns, and a number of others that are all similar
to the trumpet in the way they are made and played.
The trumpet family
is much more than a group of related instruments that can stir one with their
sound, or narrow tubes of metal capable of producing a variety of musical
sounds. It is a link to many different periods of history and to people of many
cultures. From the use of trumpets in ancient religious ceremonies to the part
they play in modern rock bands the trumpet family of instruments has much to
tell about civilization and its development.
64. What is the best title for the passage?
A.
Science and the Trumpet. B.
Recordings of the Trumpet.
C.
The Trumpet and Its Ancestry . D.
How the Trumpet is Made.
65. It can be
inferred from the passage which of the following is needed to make the trumpet
work?
A. Air pressure.
B.
Keen eyesight.
C. Daily practice.
D.
Long fingers.
66. Which of the following can be inferred about the first trumpet
players?
A. They could not
play all the notes of the scale.
B. They were not
able to pick up the trumpet.
C. They could not play simple tunes.
D. They had
difficulty improving upon the trumpet.
67. The author believes that the trumpet is particularly important
because it ___________.
A. can be used in
rock bands B.
has historical significance
C. is a religious instrument D.
has a narrow range
D
We have emphasized so far the significance of
scarcity --- the limited means to satisfy human wants. Because of scarcity,
choices are necessary. An easy example of the problem of choice is a persons
decision about how to allocate his or her time. As the old saying goes, “There
are only 24 hours in a day.” If we take off 8 hours for a reasonable nights
sleep, this leaves 16 hours to be allocated among all other possible things ---
working at one or more jobs, watching TV, studying, playing tennis, etc. ---
one can do with the limited available waking hours. Clearly, each person must
make choices about how much of their limited available time will be spent on
each possible activity. When choices are made among alternatives such as those
just described, it becomes plain that choosing one alternative often involves
giving up another. For example, suppose you go to classes 4 hours a day and get
8 hours of sleep. You will have an additional 12 waking hours to allocate per
day. Suppose now that the only other activities you view as worth pursuing are
watching TV and studying. If you choose to watch TV for 12 hours a day, no
time will be left for studying, assuming you continue to sleep for 8 hours in
each 24-hour period and do not cut classes. If you choose each day to devote 6
hours to studying, only 6 of the 12 waking hours will be available for watching
TV. You must give up the opportunity of watching more hours of TV in the
process of choosing to study. We can therefore say that the decision to study
costs you 6 hours of TV watching. Economists use the term opportunity
cost to mean the cost of a specific choice measured in terms of the next
best alternative choice. In other words, it is what the decision maker must
forego in order to make the choice that is finally made. Thus, in our example,
the opportunity cost of studying for 6 hours was 6 hours of watching TV. We can
see many other examples of opportunity costs around us. For example,
governments are faced with limited budgets and therefore with limited resources
that can be used to provide goods and services to citizens. If a government
chooses to improve its military forces, it may well do so by allocating fewer resources
for libraries or schools. The opportunity cost of a strong defense may be a
reduction in the size of library holdings or educational
services.
68. What is most
probably the key point discussed immediately before this passage?
A. Limited time.
B.
Making choices.
C. Opportunity
cost. D.
The shortage of resources.
69. According to
the passage, choices must be made because ______.
A.
resources are abundant
B. there is too much for us to do
C. there are only 24 waking
hours in a day
D. our means
are limited, but our wants are unlimited
70. According to the
passage, economists define opportunity cost as _______.
A. an opportunity given up in
terms of cash
B. the cost of a
better choice measured in terms of
cash
C. giving up a
specific choice for the next best alternative
D. the cost of a
specific choice measured in terms of any alternative choice
71.
In the examples mentioned in the passage, the opportunity cost of studying for
4 hours per day was_____.
A.
4 hours of watching
TV B.
4 hours of classes
C. 4 hours of
sleep
D.
8 hours of sleep
E
Having crossed mountains and plains, rivers
and lakes, some of France’s greatest works of art are now on display at China’s
National Museum of Fine Arts. Fifty-one Impressionist (印象派画家的) paintings are forming part of an
exhibition in Beijing to kick off the Year of France.
The show is being held in the capital between
October 10 to November 27. Then it will move on to Shanghai and Hong Kong.
“It is such a good opportunity to see the
masters’ work up close,” said Feng Jiajia, a Senior 3 student from the High
School Affiliated to the Academy of Art and Design. Although Feng is very busy
with his studies at the moment he says he will definitely make time to see the
exhibition. “I hope it will inspire me and help me with my own work,” he said.
Worth a total of US$600 million, the
paintings are by French Impressionist masters, including Monet, Cezanne, Renior
and Degas.
As an art style, Impressionism was developed
in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Their work
was a fresh and original way of painting. It seems that the artist painted a
scene after just a quick look at it.
Often painting outside, rather than in a
studio, the artists observed nature more directly and tried to capture
individual moments in time especially the changing light of the sun. They
avoided black and earth colors and as a result their work is often very bright
and can also look like it is shimmering.
When they first appeared the artists were
criticized for not finishing their paintings and for being lazy. Critics said
the Impressionists were satisfied with just a few inexact brushstrokes instead
of completing a real painting. It was an art critic who first used the term
“Impressionist” in a review of Monet’s work “Impression, Sunrise”(1873)to
satirize (讽刺) his loose, inexact manner of painting.
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to
understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary
to love,” said Monet.
Monet is the leading figure in the creation
of Impressionism. He painted sunlit rivers and gardens with forceful
brushstrokes and bright colors, in which objects lose their shape in the light.
Monet’s painting reached its height in his later life with his paintings of
water lilies.
72. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Monet is the leading figure in the
creation of Impressionism.
B. The show of fifty-one Impressionist
paintings will move on to Shanghai and Hong Kong.
C. Impressionism was developed in France
during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
D. Fifty-one Impressionist paintings are now
on display in Beijing as a part of the Year of France.
73. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.We can see other French art works at
China’s National Museum of Fine Arts besides the Impressionists’ paintings.
B. People can buy French Impressionist
masters’ paintings at China’s National Museum of Fine Arts.
C. Beijing is the first place where the
Impressionist paintings are on display.
D. Monet’s most
expensive works are the paintings of water lilies.
74. Which of the following is likely to be an Impressionist painting?
A. Portrait of God. B.
A Girl with a vase.
C. Thunder and
lightening. D.
Beautiful lake in the sunshine.
75. What can we conclude from the passage?
A. Most of the paintings by the
Impressionists were finished in a hurry or unfinished.
B. People didn’t like the Impressionist
paintings when they came into being.
C. The Impressionists painted a scene after
just a quick look at it.
D. Impressionists finished their paintings according
to their imagination.
第 II 卷(共35分)
第四部分: 书面表达
第一节: 填空(共10小题,每小题1分,共计10分)阅读短文,根据所读内容在下表中的空格处填上适当的单词和短语, 每空不超过3个单词。
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第二节: 写作(满分25)
《21世纪中学生英语报》编辑部开展以“Parents and
Children”为题的“看图作文”征文活动,要求根据以下三幅图用英语写一篇作文, 文章内容应包括:
① 1月9日发生在李华家的事情;
② 你个人的感受。
请你写一篇向该编辑部投稿的征文。
注意:1. 词数100左右,征文题目已给出,不计入总数;
2.短文要求观点明确,结构合理,紧凑连贯。
Keys
1-5 BACAB
6-10 ABCBA 11-15 BABCA 16-17 BC
18. 3:30 / three thirty;
19. A Doctor’s Word;
20. Channel Eleven
21-25 ABABD
26-30 CDBAA 31-35 DAACC
36-40
CADBC 41-45 ABCAD 46-50
DBACA 51-55 CDACB
56- 60 BDACB 61-65 ABDCA 66-70 ABDDC 71-75
ADCDB
76. Subjects 77. arts 78.
The Guardian Weekly
79. news 80. weekly summery 81. Not mentioned
82. The Week
83. £13.75 84. London Weekly 85. London news
One possible version: (126words)
On the evening of January 9th,
Li Hua was watching TV while his mother was busy preparing dinner in the
kitchen. How attentively he was watching the TV program when the telephone
rang. It was from a friend of his mother’s, who wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
his mother. “Today is my mother’s birthday?” Li Hua was a little puzzled. “How
come that I have forgotten all about it?” Li Hua thought to himself, feeling
ashamed.
Hearing
this story, I was deeply shocked. It is not easy for our parents to bring us
up. They give us lots of love and care, while we don’t care for them enough.
Now it’s never too late to realize this and show our love and care for them.