英 语 试 题

时间：120分钟 满分：150分 （听力部分不计入总分）

第一卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，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秒钟的时间往返答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．How is Simon and Lily going on?

A．Very well B．Not very well C．We are not sure

2．What does the man imply?

A．He thinks it’s not easy to find a piano teacher for two-year-old Tracy.

B．He thinks it’s a good idea to find a piano teacher for Tracy.

C． He thinks Tracy is too young to learn piano at the age of two.

3．How much is the yellow cap?

A．$15. B．$14. C．$24.

4．What time will Cathy go to the party?

A．Before the party B．Around six thirty C．After seven

5．What will the two speakers do after supper?

A．Go for a walk B．Stay at home C．Watch TV

第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，每小题将给出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—8题。

6．Why does the woman telephone the man?

A．She doesn’t remember the phone number of his friend.

B．She has lost the phone number of his friend.

C．She wants to tell his friend’s telephone number.

7．What’s the telephone number of his friend?

A．5732-1688 B．5372-1868 C．5732-1868

8．How many people can you infer will have a drink?

A．One B．Two C．Three

听第7段材料，回答第9—11题。

9．How many James Bond are there altogether according to the dialogue?

A．5 B．6 C．7

10．What does the woman think of the James Bond movies?

A．She thinks they are more science fiction than spy thriller.

B．She likes them very much.

C．She shows little interest in the movies.

11．What does “007” stand for?

A．James Bond’s code number.

B．James Bond’s coat number.

C．James Bond’s room number.

听第8段材料，回答第12—14题。

12．In the man’s opinion, which of the following isn’t the best teachers’ quality?

A．Having a deep knowledge of their subjects.

B．Devoting themselves completely to their jobs.

C．Having a sense of responsibility.

13．What does the woman’s reply mean at last?

A．She agrees with him completely.

B．She agrees with him partially.

C．She disagrees with him.

14．According to the man, what does his history teacher lack during the class?

A．Responsibility B．Confidence C．Humor

听第9段材料，回答第15—17题。

15．What happened to Tracy and where did it happen?

A．She was hit by a taxi at the side of the road.

B．She was almost hit by a taxi on her way to school.

C．She was hit by a taxi and was taken to school on a zebra.

16．Who’s the man?

A．Tracy’s classmate B．Tracy’s boyfriend C．A stranger

17．What will Tracy do after the conversation?

A．She will report it to the police.

B．She will take away the driver’s license.

C．She will be more careful next time.

听第10段材料，回答第18—20题。

18．Why Jack missed the wonderful movie?

A．Because he had to study for an exam.

B．Because he thought the movie was not worthy to be watched.

C．Because the whole story wasn’t beautiful at all.

19．What’s the reason for his crop being ruined?

A．There is no rain.

B．There was lots of water brought by the storm.

C．The dust storm ruined his crop.

20．What’s Ed’s idea about the film?

A．It was full of pictures, post card shots.

B．The grassland where they filmed the whole story was beautiful.

C．As a whole, the movie is worthy seeing.

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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

21．—I’ve studied growing plants as one of my interest. Could I make some suggestions?

— .

A．You’ll make it B．Go right ahead

C．Take it easy D．Take your time

22．—What do you think of his work?

—It’s all praise.

A．within B．over C．beyond D．across

23．At dawn, word came that the river water had risen to height of the main road beside it.

A．the; a B．a; the C．the; the D．不填; a

24．Beth her coat with red buttons on it at the Lost and Found.

A．proved B．claimed C．identified D．sorted

25．I’d rather the two countries an end to the war. Then their people could live in peace.

A．didn’t put B．have put C．put D．should put

26．Mr. Morse, who graduated from a famous medical university, spent years his skills as a doctor.

A．adapting B．acquiring C．occupying D．concentrating

27．The book didn’t children probably because it employed too many scientific terms.

A．apply to B．appeal to C．intend to D．attach to

28．When into consideration, his problems seemed nothing if compared to hers.

A．taken B．took C．taking D．to take

29．—That’s a lovely dress. You look good in it.

—Really? Thank you. My aunt gave it to me for my birthday, but I don’t the color.

A．go in for B．care for C．care about D．concern about

30．One of the consequences of our planet’s being warming up is a(n) in the number of natural disasters.

A．result B．account C．reason D．increase

31．I must be getting fat—I can do my trousers up.

A．fairly B．nearly C．seldom D．hardly

32．Look at the map of the world. Please put a mark you’ve even been.

A．at the place B．where C．the place where D．at which

33．Alice’s father had her because he couldn’t take care of her himself.

A．adopt B．be adopted C．adopted D．adopting

34．Out rushed an old man, son admitted to the hospital suffering from burns.

A．his B．whose C．of whom D．that

35．The students busily in the classroom when Miss Brown came in to get the book she .

A．had written; left B．were writing; has left

C．had written; had left D．were writing; had left

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，把握其大意，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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

“You must give something back to your community,” my mother told me summers ago. Since she was 36 me to do something. I figured that I might as well enjoy it and so I decided to 37 swim lessons . I love the 38 and I thought I could 39 that love with others by helping little kids learn to swim.

As an assistant to an instructor I started off . When I got in the water, I 40 a boy of about eight sitting on the edge of the poo1 looking 41 . That was how I got to know Jack.

While 42 to get Jack in , I was told that he had a(n) 43 that caused him to be afraid of many things, 44 the water. He was so scared that when he first got in , he held me very tightly. I had thought this would be a long and 45 two weeks with Jack, 46 after a while he became more comfortable 47 me and began to love the water. His parents watched him with the biggest 48 . They never thought their son would be able to 49 .

I felt like such a hero for making the 50 so happy. By the end of the two weeks, I had a special tie with Jack, and I'll never forget him and the difference I made to his 51 .Although teaching him to swim may sound like no big deal, it 52 huge.

On the last day of the lessons, Jack's mother told me 53 he always talked about me at home, and was so 54 to come to this lesson every day. These are the 55 things which make my community worth all the time. That's what I've given over the past few summers.

36．A．persuading B．forcing C．allowing D．begging

37．A．take B．give C．quit D．learn

38．A．kids B．response C．advice D．water

39．A．share B．sell C．attach D．exchange

40．A．blamed B．watched C．noticed D．observed

41．A．annoyed B．terrified C．surprised D．satisfied

42．A．trying B．agreeing C．carrying D．pretending

43．A．ability B．habit C．interest D．illness

44．A．merely B．especially C．finally D．naturally

45．A．puzzling B．frightening C．disappointing D．charming

46．A．but B．so C．or D．and

47．A．without B．around C．above D．behind

48．A．smiles B．patience C．worry D．cries

49．A．give in B．turn up C．set out D．make it

50．A．boy B．friends C．parents D．family

51．A．holiday B．life C．study D．health

52．A．stayed B．seemed C．remained D．felt

53．A．how B．where C．when D．why

54．A．worried B．nervous C．excited D．curious

55．A．necessary B．little C．important D．unusual

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题3分，满分60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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon.

I tried as hard as I could to remain calm, but my heart was racing. I stared down at my sweat-covered, shaking hands.

I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, “Good job!” even if I messed up the entire piece.

What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes?

As it turned out, I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight (聚光灯) was waiting for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat.

Slowly I walked to the mud-brown piano in the center of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played. I swallowed the golf-ball-sized lump (隆起部分) in my throat and sat down. Slowly, I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory (象牙色的) keys.

As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more unsure of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my years of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece so many times that I could play it backwards if requested.

Although at one point I accidentally played two keys instead of the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically (自动地).

My eyes burned holes into (were fixed on) the pages in front of me.

There was no way that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this to myself, I leaned forward and focused carefully on the music.

When I came to the end of the page, a warning went off inside my head: DON’T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!

Needless to say, I obeyed myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my “page-turning” feat (技艺), I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake.

After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head. I had finished. I had mastered the impossible.

56．The author was nervous before the performance because _______.

A．her mother and father weren’t present

B．the strong spotlight was shining onto the stage

C．she hadn’t mastered the entire piece

D．she had never performed in public before

57．The underlined phrase “mess up” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A．put into disorder B．forget about

C．stop halfway D．do well in

58．The author _________.

A．didn’t make any mistake in the performance

B．felt better at the beginning of the performance

C．paid all attention to nothing but her performance

D．lost her concentration sometimes during the performance

59．What did the author feel about her performance?

A．She thought it was comfortable and successful.

B．She thought it was very difficult but successful.

C．She thought she had never made a mistake during the performance.

D．She thought she played through the piece carefully but light-heartedly.

B

Treat with Respect

The speed with which Man is changing the face of Earth has outstripped（超过）all the mighty processes of nature put together. In his haste to supply himself with increasing quantities of Earth’s treasures, he risks destroying one he greatly needs, his natural surroundings. Some countries set aside unspoiled areas of natural beauty. Canada has the largest system of national parks in the world, covering about 13 million hectares, preserving the different landscapes and the plant and animal life.

Other countries are restoring areas which have been reduced to waste land by mining. At Broken Hill in Australia drifting sand from rock crushing turned the area into a desert swept by sand storms. This is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees. In Great Britain quarries and gravel pits(深坑) are being filled in or made into lakes, industrial wasteland is being turned into playing fields and waste tips into sloping green hills.

However Man tries to look after Earth, the fact is that he is using up at a great rate resources, especially fuel resources, which have taken millions of years to accumulate and which he cannot renew. Yet every day the Earth receives a huge supply of energy from the Sun. Man has made several experiments in using solar energy to heat furnaces(熔炉), cookers, and water-distillers. In space technology, e.g. on satellites, solar cells convert(使转变) sunlight into electricity. Houses and offices have been designed which are centrally heated by water or air heated by the sunlight. When Man can trap and store this energy, so that he can use it exactly as he needs it, he will have not only an endless supply, but a clean and safe one.

60．The main idea of the second paragraph is ________.

A．Many areas throughout the world have been transformed into wasteland by mining.

B．Australia and Great Britain are the only two countries that are changing the face of the Earth.

C．Some countries are taking effective measures to make use of the wasteland and to beautify the Earth.

D． Developing countries should learn from developed countries to look after our natural surroundings.

61．According to this selected passage, which energy is considered to be endless, clean and safe?

A．Energy from lake waters.

B．Energy from fuel resources which have taken millions of years to accumulate.

C．Energy from forests.

D．Energy from the Sun.

62．Which country has the largest scale of nature protection according to this passage?

A．Great Britain B．Australia C．the U.S.A． D．Canada

63．Which of the following statements do you think is true after reading the passage?

A．Man is destroying the natural surroundings on purpose because the surroundings cannot make them satisfied to get enough treasures.

B．All the wasteland throughout the world is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees.

C．Where there is a desert, there can be sand storms.

D．Energy from waters, forests, fuel resources and the sun takes millions of years to accumulate.

C

How Much to Tip

You’re out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.

Tipping, psychologists (心理学家) have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors（因素） from the waiter’s choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the bill’s total. Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.

“Studies before have shown that mimicry (模拟) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimics them.”

So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, “Coming up!” Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home. The results were clear — it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.

Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cab drivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers’ bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau (达到稳定水平) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.

“That’s also a point of tipping,” Green says. “You have to give a little extra to the cab driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren’t there, you’d never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there.”

64．How many factors affecting the customers’ tipping are mentioned in the passage?

A．2. B．1. C．3. D．4.

65．These studies show that _________.

A．tipping can be affected by physical reactions to many different waiter’s factors

B．people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics them

C．the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as the other group

D．mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad

67．We know from the passage that the writer seems to __________.

A．oppose Mr Green’s idea about tipping

B．think part of Mr Green’s explanation is reasonable

C．give his generous tip to waiters very often

D．support the opinions of Mr Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping

D

The reading skills of young male students may improve more when boys are tutored(辅导) by women, a Canadian study shows, contradicting some school policies to hire male teachers to improve boys’ literacy.（读写能力）

Herb Katz, an education professor at the University of Alberta, took 175 boys in the third and fourth grades, identified as struggling readers, and paired them with a research assistant who worked on their reading skills for 30 minutes a week over 10 weeks.

On average, the boys paired with female tutors felt better about their reading skills after the 10 weeks than those who were guided by a male research assistant, the study found.

Katz said the study, published in the US journal Sex Roles, may cause educational policy-makers in countries such as Australia and Britain to rethink policies that call for more male teachers to be hired to provide role models for boys whose reading skills fall behind their peers (同龄人). “It tells us that the way governments respond with policy is perhaps a little too quick and a little too simple,” Katz said.

Boys and girls enter kindergarten with similar reading skills, Katz said, but by the end of the third grade, boys have lower reading scores than girls. The reasons behind that difference are not entirely clear. “I don’t know that reading skills fade so much as teachers may not recognize what boys are doing,” he said. “We don’t really know a lot about boys, even in those early years.”

The boys involved in the study attended 12 schools in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Most were from downtown neighborhoods. About a third were native Canadians and 55 percent came from ethnic minority groups.

68．What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To encourage boys to do more reading.

B．To persuade schools to hire female teachers.

C．To describe good ways to develop reading skills.

D．It provides some information about a study of reading skills.

69．The underlined word “contradicting” in the first paragraph means ______.

A．finding out B．going against C．standing by D．bringing about

70．We know from the passage that .

A．women must be better at teaching than men

B．girls do more reading than boys

C．male teachers are preferred to help reading-troubled boys in Australia

D．governments will change their policy on hiring teachers.

71．According to the last paragraph but one, we know .

A．girls born good at reading but boys are not

B．the cause of boys’ low reading scores remains unknown

C．teachers cannot make out what boys do

D． Katz knows boys better than their teachers

E

Subject

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Table Manners and Hygiene-East vs. West

Mr. Wang

2008.3-15

6:30 PM

I started thinking about this issue at my brother-in law’s 60th birthday party last Saturday. Before we ate the main meal we sat around a table that was loaded with large bowls of snack items, chocolate-covered peanuts, munchies（小吃）, cherries, and a few other things. The eater had to reach into the bowl and grab（抓）a handful of snacks and then convey them to the mouth with the other hand. A lot of people were strangers to me and I observed a cat being carried around, a dog being petted, and a number of noses being rubbed, between eating handfuls of snacks. Ughh!

I started thinking about Chinese table manners. My wife and I will share things from the same plate or cup but we always put serving spoons out with the dishes on the table. Often we don’t use them though. In my family we use our personal chopsticks to take food from the serving dishes. But we are careful and only touch food we will eat ourselves.

Miss

Brown

2008-3-15

7:50 PM

I hate that too. It’s not like it happens everywhere you know. At least in the ‘Netherlands you’re not supposed to touch other people’s food. And if you touch something, you have to eat it.

Basically a Dutch setup: 3 pans/bowls, 1 with meat, 1 with rice or potatoes and 1 with vegetables. Every pan/ bowl has its own “opscheplepel”(big spoon) and you’re not allowed to touch it with your mouth/ hands/ whatever. Only put the food on your own plate. Everyone has their own plate with their own set of spoon/ knife/fork.

Mrs. Black

2008-3-15

8:30 PM

In an English restaurant everything you eat comes ready allocated（分配）onto your plate. Usually you do not need to transfer things onto your plate, for the kitchen did that already. In the flu and cold season even touching a spoon handle or chopstick that others have used to transfer food will dirty your fingers with these viruses, so English restaurant style is the most hygienic(unless the waitress had flu, but then the manager will not allow a waiter or waitress with a raging cold to serve.)

Ms.

Butterfly

2008-3-15

9:30 PM

If the communal（共用的）bowls contain foods you help yourself to by picking them up with a pair of chopsticks that no one uses for the purpose of eating, then communal bowls are not bad. Use communal chopsticks to transfer food from the communal bowl into your own bowl, and voila….

Sometimes people will use their own chopsticks to help themselves to items from communal bowls, thus transferring bacteria from their own body to the communal vessels. This can be seen in lots of hole-pin-the-wall restaurants. I personally favor silverware over chopsticks but that has nothing to do with hygiene（卫生保健）.One drawback of the use of chopsticks is: an inordinate（过多）amount of timber（木材）is misused in making disposable chopsticks. But I don’t like Mc-Donald’s dining style where you must pick up your French fries with your fingers! Nothing can be more elegant（高雅）and hygienic than using knives, spoons and forks properly.