第Ⅰ卷(四部分 共85分)
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分20分)
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10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. When will the man probably see the performance? A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.
2. How long has the girl been at her job? A. For a day. B. For almost a year. C. For four years.
3. What does the girl need? A. Some books. B. Some furniture. C. Some pens and papers. 4. Where is the man now? A. On his way home. B. In the kitchen. C. In his office.
5. What does the man have to do now? A. Complete the research. B. Finish typing up the paper. C. Put the material in order.
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,听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;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. What does Judy do? A. She sells bread. B. She teaches classes. C. She plans vacations.
7. According to Judy, why is Gary busy now? A. People have more free time. B. People have enough money now. C. People are driving long distances. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。 8. What does the man want to do? A. Attend a book signing. B. Buy a signed book. C. Copy a book.
9. What does the man say about his father? A. He is an author. B. He sells old books.
C. He likes the author of Secret. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。 10. What are the speakers mainly discussing? A. The preparations for the storm. B. The state of the garden and flowers. C. The rainfall predicted throughout the storm. 11. How does the woman sound? A. Scared.
B. Worried.
Excited.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Shop assistant and customer.
C.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Why does the man say congratulations to the woman? A. She got a good assistant.
B. Her department received a reward. C. She just finished an important project.
14. How does the man feel about being offered the job? A. Pleased.
B. Nervous.
Relieved.
15. How many hours a week will the man work at the new job? A. Ten.
B. Fifteen.
Twenty.
16. What does the man decide to do in the end? A. Find another researcher for the woman. B. Quit his job on Professor Ramos’ team. C. Reduce his hours for Professor Ramos. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. How did Jane Goodall become interested in chimpanzees? A. She studied them in college. B. She received a gift from her father. C. She raised one when she was young.
18. Why did people criticize Jane Goodall’s research? A. She named the chimpanzees. B. She numbered the chimpanzees. C. She lived with the chimpanzees.
19. What was Jane Goodall interested in after she left the jungle? A. Writing books. B. Saving the environment. C. Traveling around the world.
20. When did Jane Goodall open her institute in Hong Kong? A. In 1957.
B. In 1977.
C.
C.
C. In 2002.
第二部分 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Last summer, an unexpected storm suddenly struck the area, which caused the local residents at a loss when facing the strong winds ________ by heavy rain. A. acquired
B. accompanied
C. anchored
D. allocated
22. ________ to a task calls for perseverance and concentration, if you wish for the final success. A. Committed committed
23. The company is looking for people who can come up with ________ ideas. A. original
B. plain
C. voluntary
D. primitive
B. Committing
C. Being committed
D.
To
be
24. Young as he is, he already has four novels to his ________, whose achievement has caught the public’s attention. A. affection
B. entertainment
C. credit
D. possession
25. Mary is not willing to go abroad because she thinks if she ________ there, she wouldn’t see her parents very often. A. lives live
26. She had just finished her homework ________ here mother asked her to practice playing the piano yesterday. A. when
B. while
C. after
D. since
B. is to live
C. would live
D. were to
27. —Did you hear about the news of the painting at auction (拍卖)? —Yeah, the painting of the unknown guy should have ________ $ 10,000! A. covered
B. expanded
C. fetched
D. predicted
28. The ship was so small that the captain had to refuse to ________ more passengers for the sake of safety. A. take on
B. take up
C. take off
D. take in
29. Care of the soul is a gradual process ________ even the small details of life should be considered. A. what
B. in what
C. which
D. in which
30. With no money ________ and existing loans ________ unpaid, many a bank dosed overnight during the financial crisis. A. to lend; going going
31. The girl, at the first sight, fell ________ in love with the handsome man, determined to many him. A. blindly
B. hurriedly
C. hopelessly
D. plainly
B. lending; gone
C. to lend; gone
D.
lending;
32. Doctors never gave up the patient, and eventually ________ more hope of her recovering from the serious illness. A. held out
B. held up
C. held onto
D. held on
33. All factors into consideration, I insist that it ________ everyone’s duty to observe traffic rules to keep our society in order. A. taking; is
B. are taken; be
C. taking; be
D. taken; is
34. He is always doing whatever he wants to ___________ the possible consequences. A. in regard to
B. regardless of
C. regarding
D. as regards
35. —The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online. — _______________ ? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away. A. Who says
B. How come
C. What for
D. Why worry
第三部分 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Huge Change
One often feels alien in a new environment. Sometimes, it is necessary to change to _36_ the environment. Changes are not always easy, and as for me, it brought about a whole new individual that I had never _37_ before.
Four years ago, my family and I moved to the United States through immigration. I recall the first few months of life and the _38_ I faced: communication via the English language and the _39_. I had been _40_ British English because I had studied at an Indian school before, and the usage of certain American English puzzled me. I felt _41_ when a student came up to me and said, “What’s up?” and I had no _42_ as to how to respond. I had made some _43_ at the new school,