PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A
Directions: In this section you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each
conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.
You will hear each conversation TWICE. (22.5 points) Conversation 1
1. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Lovers. B. Strangers. C. Friends. 2. What are they doing now?
A. Listening to pop music. B. Going to a ball. C. Dancing. Conversation 2
3. Which season is it now?
A. Autumn. B. Summer. C. Spring. 4. What can we learn from the Chinese saying? A. People should wear warm clothes in spring. B. People should wear warm clothes in autumn. C. People should wear less clothing in spring. Conversation 3
5. Why was Jack at the restaurant with his family? A. For his grandpa’s birthday.
B. For his parents’ wedding anniversary. C. For his grandma’s birthday. 6. When is the woman’s birthday? A. Tomorrow. Conversation 4
7. Why did the woman call the man?
A. To ask for directions. B. To inform him where she is. C. To say sorry. 8. What time is it now?
A. Around 7:30. B. Around 8:00. C. Around 8:30. 9. Where did the woman leave from? A. Her house. B. The hotel. C. Her office.
B. In February.
C. In January.
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10. What kind of person is Rosie?
A. She’s talkative. B. She’s a real complainer(抱怨者). C. She’s easygoing 11. What day is today?
A. Friday. B. Thursday. C. Wednesday. 12. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Talk with Rosie directly.
B. Not go to eat out with Rosie again. C. Let some other people talk to Rosie. Conversation 6
13. What’s the relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Guide and traveler. 14. What do we know about the woman? A. She visited many interesting places in Nanjing. B. She loves traveling.
C. She enjoyed everything in Nanjing. 15. What will they do next?
A. Enjoy the fresh air. B. Take some pictures. C. Look at some photos. SECTION B (7.5 marks)
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE. The Solway Fitness Club
Business hours From 6:30 a. m. to 16. ______ p. m., seven days a week. Facilities ●There is a large gym with all the 17. ______. ●Pools: a ten-meter pool for diving and 25-meter pool for 18. ______
●A steam room for relaxation
To become a member Call us and ask to 19. ______ to Mrs. Colville Club tours Guided tours are offered at 2:15 every 20. ______. PART TWO KNOWLEDGE USE SECTION A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. （15 points） 21. —— ________ David this morning?
—— Not yet, but he is sure to be here before noon. A. Have you seen C. Do you see
B. Will you see D. Did you see
22. When they came in, Mr. Harris ________ like a baby. Nobody would like to wake him up because he needed rest. A. fell asleep C. got asleep A. tastes best C. sounds best
B. was asleep D. went to sleep B. smells better D. drinks better
23. Longjing tea, Jasmine tea and Wuyi tea are all famous, but which do you think________?
24. The vegetables didn’t taste good. They ________ too long.
A. had been cooked B. were cooked C. had cooked D. cooked
—— You ________ your temper but it doesn’t matter. A. have lost B. had lost C. did lose D. was losing
25. —— I’m sorry, but I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.
26. —— Why? Tom, your shirt is so dirty!
—— Mum, I ________ my room upstairs all the morning. A. cleaned B. have cleaned
C. was cleaning D. have been cleaning
27. Some buildings in the past have been pulled down and new ones ________ there. A. are built B. have built C. are being built very________. A. happy； happy
B. happily； happily
D. are building
28. When they heard the good news, they all looked ________ at the teacher and felt
C. happy； happily D. happily； happy
29. I want to buy that kind of pen because I ________ the pen ________ well. A. have told； writes B. have been told； writes C. was told； wrote D. have been told； is written
30. The milk tea, ________, is popular with the teenagers. A. tasted well
B. tasted good C. tasting good
D. tasting well
31. The suggestion put forward by him at the conference ________. A. proved practical B. was proved to be practical C. was proved valuable
D. proved to be value
32. David as well as the other three students who ________ won in this writing
competition________ praised by our class teacher.
B. has; were C. have; was
D. have; were
A. has; was sports program.
A. training B. being trained C. to have trained D. to be trained 34. ----What do you think of white-water rafting?
----It is an enjoyable sport, ________ young people find great excitement. A. where B. which A. that; to be improved C. where; improving SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.（18 points） With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍卖). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two. family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.
Over the last several weeks, Sally had managed to save 100 dollars in order to bid（出价）for the away.
As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt. She held her
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tightly and listened. The first bid was $50. She was shocked. It was so high.
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$85. Sally cried out “$100!”. For a
Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding moment there was silence.
38 . Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the big moment had arrived.
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C. when
D. that
35. There is a new problem with the popularity of private cars_____ road condition need_____.
B. which; to be improved D. when; improving
33. When asked why she studied journalism, Sang Lan said she did so ______ for a host of a
the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. So the bank had 37 _ the
Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had turned up, some from far
Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$125!” She had lost her was sold for $500 to a complete 42 .
41 . She
couldn’t help wondering why so many people were interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt, which After the sale, she went to the counter to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some 43 . Someone else got it,” she said. Then she found a hand-written 44 was pinned to the quilt, which read: Dear Madam, I noticed you 45 47
the quilt. Clearly, it was
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to you. Please accept this quilt as
my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who
to cross your path.
36. A. Naturally B. Unfortunately C. Luckily D. Strangely 37. A. forbidden B. waited C. forced D. expected 38. A. house B. pillow C. furniture D. quilt 39. A. purse B. picture C. book D. house 40. A. rose B. climbed C. reached D. won 41. A. thought B. chance C. method D. fortune 42. A. relative B. customer C. friend D. stranger 43. A. reason B. secret C. mistake D. fun 44. A. note B. wallet C. address D. check 45. A. admiring B. touching C. watching D. holding 46. A. wonderful B. various C. pretty D. precious 47. A. uses Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE word that best fits the context.(12 points)
Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps
making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, 50
owners.
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B. stops C. happens D. comes
cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only toI know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece worth $250！He was very happy about his purchase (buying) and thought
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price was reasonable. My youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has
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they are worth any money. However, to my brother
almost 600 of them but I doubt