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　　本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。第Ⅰ卷1至×页。第Ⅱ卷×页至×页。满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷（共105分）

注重事项：

　　１．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

　　２．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。

第一部分　听力（共两节，满分30分）

（内容从略）

该部分分为第一、第二两节。注重：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15.

B. ￡9.15.

C. ￡9.18.

答案是B。

第二节（共15小题；每小题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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话或独白，回答第　至第20三或四个小题。

第二部分　英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：语法和词汇（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ______ he or she wants.

A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever

答案是B。

21. ______ no use discussing it with me. You’d better consult the teacher.

A. That’s B. You’re C. It’s D. There’s

22. Set the alarm for an earlier time. _______ be late again tomorrow!

A. Not be sure to B. Don’t be sure to C. Be sure not to D. Be sure don’t

23. Now, ______ were we? Oh yes, we were talking about John.

A. how B. where C. what D. who

24. I have decided to recommend you ______ the directorship.

A. to B. for C. with D. by

25. This intelligent house is very comfortable ______.

A. living in B. to live in it C. to be lived in D. to live in

26. --- Perhaps we could invite some of our junior school friends to our party.

--- ______

A. Yes, why not? B. Sure, no problem. C. Oh, never mind. D. Well, go ahead.

27. You see, trains are faster nowadays. That’s why he ______ much earlier than I’d expected.

A. has arrived B. would arrive C. had arrived D. arrived

28. The reporters stayed in Xichang ______ the launch of Chang’e-1 was declared successful.

A. because B. until C. where D. though

29. Of all the subjects in arts he disliked English most, ______ he never learned well.

A. which B. and C. because D. so

30. I often think ______ my own business.

A. to start B. starting C. about starting D. I start

31. He had his camera ready, ______ he saw something that would make a good picture.

A. in case B. the moment C. on condition D. as if

32. --- What did you think of her oral English?

--- I was very ______.

A. impressed B. inspired C. addictive D. admirable

33. I’m after a watch as ______ gift to my daughter, ______ one looking nice but not expensive.

A. a; the B. a; 不填 C. the; the D. 不填; a

34. The driver pressed the accelerator while he ______ have applied the brake.

A. could B. would C. might D. should

35. Don’t repeat the story if their son ______ them all about it.

A. tells B. told C. has told D. will tell

第二节 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

He hated my name, Whitney. My family never knew why. He wished for my name to be Nicole, which was how it became my (36) name. He was the first man I ever trusted, (37) my father, and he still is one of the few men I trust. He loves me; after all, I am his granddaughter, (38) .

He has a disease that causes his (39) to drift. He doesn’t remember his own wife half the time; I don’t know why I (40) he will remember me when I see him. My dad and grandmother held his hands as they (41) him in to see me for the first time in four months. His bones (42) under his skin, and I could tell that his (43) no longer occupied his mouth. He didn’t look like my grandfather; his face was that of a (44) . He looked like he might have when he was in World War II, but Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆症）was his (45) now.

They sat him down. Without a glance at me, my grandfather (46) his head for at least a half hour, almost as if he were ashamed. Suddenly he (47) tracing（顺着轮廓描画）my palm, noticing every line and detail. His fingers fell through the spaces between (48) like sand. I stood up, still holding his hand, and took him for a walk to try to (49) him a bit.

When we returned, he did not want to sit. He looked at me with a grandfather’s (50) . His eyes played with mine, searching for memories we had (51) . He started to play with my hair, examining the faint color through his almost (52) eyes. I took his hand and spun myself around (53) we were dancing like we used to.

All too soon, it was time to (54) . He planted a million kisses on my cheeks as I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I was his little girl again, although he didn’t remember my (55) . That’s okay. He didn’t like it anyway.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

（A）

Culture is a huge factor in determining whether we look someone in the eye or the kisser to interpret facial expressions, according to a new study.

For instance, in Japan, people tend to look to the eyes for emotional indications, while Americans tend to look to the mouth, says researcher Masaki Yuki, a behavioral scientist at Hokkaido University in Japan. This could be because the Japanese, when in the presence of others, try to suppress（抑制）their emotions more than Americans do, he said. In any case, the eyes are more difficult to control than the mouth, he said, so they probably reveal more about a person’s emotional state even if he or she is trying to hide it.

As a child growing up in Japan, Yuki was fascinated by pictures of American celebrities.

“Their smiles looked strange to me,” Yuki told LiveScience. “They opened their mouths too widely, and raised the corners of their mouths in an exaggerated（夸张的）way.”

Japanese people tend to shy away from direct displays of emotion, and rarely smile or frown with their mouths, Yuki explained, because in Japan high value is placed on conformity（从众随俗）, humbleness and emotional suppression, qualities that are thought to promote better relationships.

So when Yuki entered graduate school and began communicating with American scholars over e-mail, he was often confused by their use of emoticons such as smiley faces :) and sad faces, or :(.

“It took some time before I finally understood that they were faces,” he wrote in an e-mail. In Japan, emoticons tend to emphasize the eyes, such as the happy face (^_^) and the sad face (;_;). “After seeing the difference between American and Japanese emoticons, it dawned on me that the faces looked exactly like typical American and Japanese smiles,” he said.

56. ______ tend to control their ______ so that they do not show their feelings.

A. Americans; eyes B. Americans; mouths

C. Japanese; eyes D. Japanese; mouths

57. The Japanese look to the eyes rather than the mouths to read faces because _____.

A. they think that a more polite way B. their mouths give little readable signs

C. the eyes are better controlled D. their mouths often give false information

58. The fact that the Japanese rarely smile or frown with their mouths results from ______.

A. the influence of American celebrities B. the Japanese physical condition

C. the Japanese political system D. the Japanese culture

59. Yuki got confused about the American emotional face symbols because they ______.

A. differ exaggeratedly in the mouths B. show no difference in the eyes

C. have no lines to suggest round faces D. are too simple to express emotions

60. The best title of the article may be ______.

A. Eyes Reveal More of Emotion than Mouths

B. Which Say More, American Mouths or Japanese Eyes?

C. Americans and Japanese Read Faces Differently

D. Is It Possible to Smile with the Eyes?

（B）

For 16-year-old Li Miaomiao, sore feet from wearing high heels for hours at a time and an achy jaw from constant smiling are worth the chance of presenting a medal to hang around an athlete's neck during the Beijing Olympics.

The willow-thin high school student is one of 34 Chinese girls “training” to be an Olympic medal presenter at the Beijing Foreign Affairs School (BFAS), one of several state-run colleges charged with producing camera-friendly girls for awards ceremonies.

When not balancing books on her head to improve posture（体态）during medal presentation rehearsal（预演）sessions, Li and her class-mates study English, receive cultural training and look at pictures of past medal presenters and their uniforms.

Most important for Li, though, is the smile.

“I practice at home, and smile to the mirror for an hour every day,” Li said, beaming radiantly in a red waistcoat and high heels on the sidelines of a class. “I want to present my smile to the world, and let them know that the Chinese smile is the warmest.”

Apart from common-sense communication tips, such as looking directly at someone while talking to them, students are also informed the perfect smile consists of “only showing the eight top teeth”.

For Li Miaomiao, the perfect smile comes naturally – after having practiced for hours in the mirror. It no doubt helped Li become one of only seven girls chosen from dozens of applicants to present medals to winning boxers at an Olympic test event.

Being 16, Li is technically ineligible to become an Olympic medal presenter, where guidelines call for 18-25 year-old university students. But she rates herself a competitor, anyway. “I'm very confident. I think I have an 80 percent chance,” she said, flashing a winning smile.

61. The first paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A. what Li is being trained for B. what health problems Li is faced with

C. what Li is qualified for D. what lifestyle Li prefers to lead

62. From the article we know that BFAS ______.

A. is likely to be a high school for girls only

B. has been founded to train Olympic medal presenters

C. trains girls in photographing skills

D. temporarily offers training to the Olympic volunteers

63. During the medal presentation rehearsals, Li and her classmates _______.

A. have books placed on their heads

B. learn English both in the oral and written form

C. study the history of the Olympics

D. try to learn from the former medal presenters

64. Li’s smile is particularly mentioned because _______.

A. her smile is different from the “perfect smile”

B. she doesn’t seem to agree with the “perfect smile” standard

C. she can present the “perfect smile” naturally after hard practice

D. her smile is up to the “perfect smile” standard by nature

65. The underlined word “ineligible” in the last paragraph possibly means ______.

A. unwilling B. unfit C. anxious D. qualified

（C）

Your name made you do it, though unconsciously, suggests new research that finds your name can negatively make you achieve less. Psychologists at Yale and the University of California, San Diego studying the unconscious influence of names say a preference for our own names and initials — the “name-letter effect” — can have some negative consequences.

Students whose names begin with C or D get lower grades than those whose names begin with A or B; major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely to strike out（因三击不中而出局）.

Assistant professors Leif Nelson of UCSD and Joseph Simmons of Yale have conducted five studies over five years using information from thousands of individuals.

“The conscious process is baseball players want to get a hit and students want to get A's,” Nelson says. “So if you get a change in performance consistent with the name-letter effect, it clearly shows there must be some unconscious desire operating in the other direction.”

The researchers' work supports a series of studies published since 2002 that have found the “name-letter effect” causes people to make life choices based on names that resemble their own. Those studies by Brett Pelham, an associate professor at SUNY University, have found that people are disproportionately（不定比例地）likely to live in states or cities resembling their names, have careers that resemble their names and even marry those whose surnames begin with the same letter as their own.

The twist, Pelham says, is that he has believed the name-letter effect would apply only to positive outcomes. Nelson and Simmons, he says, are “showing it applies more so to negative things than positive things.”

The researchers say the effect is definitely more than coincidence but is small nevertheless. “I know plenty of Chrises and Davids who have done very well in school,” Simmons says.

66. The new research is mainly about the relationship between one’s ______.

A. name and unconsciousness B. name and characteristics

C. name and success D. sports and school achievements

67. One whose name begins with C may try to ______ without knowing it.

A. get an A grade B. get a C grade

C. strike out D. overcome the name-letter effect

68. Who may serve as an example to show the “name-letter effect”?

A. Miss Smith working as a lawyer. B. Charles Brown married to Sue Rogers.

C. Mr Watt living in Washington . D. Paula Snow fond of the color white.

69. Which can be used to explain the underlined word “twist” in the last but one paragraph?

A. Difference. B. Conclusion. C. Funny side. D. Shared part.

70. The last paragraph mainly tells us that the “name-letter effect” ______.

A. isn’t believed in by many people B. doesn’t work with certain names

C. may not really exist D. is often too small to show

（D）

In today’s society, a college degree tells little about what you know in comparison to what it tells about what you can learn. For instance, the IT world is constantly changing. Anything you learn today will probably be useless in a few short years. The point is to learn to learn.

Blogging（写博客）works exactly the same way. And I believe this to be true regardless of your end goal. If you’re trying to make money, this is abundantly clear. There’s always more money to be made. If you’re teaching on a subject, you are constantly looking for new information to share. Even if you’re just sharing your words with others for pleasure, you’re continuously improving your writing and storytelling so people don’t get bored of you.

This is one of the reasons that bloggers burn out. They forget this. They think they have an unlimited amount of content just waiting to burst from their brain. They get comfortable. Then they start to run out of juice. Sure, at times it seems that some bloggers just have it. They are experts in their fields and will simply feed us with invaluable content forever. But this is not true. Pay attention. Even famous bloggers would run out of content eventually without constant learning.

The point is apparent. Don’t think you’ve succeeded. There are plateaus, but there are no peaks. What happens when someone thinks they’ve hit the peak? They quickly begin sliding down the other side. Always be learning from your experiences. See what posts work for your readers. Which get the best response? Which are completely ignored? Which bring in the most Google traffic, or get the most Absence clicks? Don’t settle or your blog will close for good eventually.

71. Judging from the article, if you have got a college degree, say, in engineering, it means ______.

A. you’re good at engineering B. you’ve finished learning engineering

C. you’ve chosen to learn engineering D. you can find work relating to engineering

72. The writer thinks Blogging works in a way that it requires the writers to ______.

A. be constant learners B. have academic degrees

C. keep on writing D. know everything before starting

73. Which is NOT a possible purpose of people’s blogging?

A. To increase their income. B. To help others to learn.

C. To entertain the readers. D. To keep private records.

74. The writer uses the word “it” in the underlined sentence “Sure, at times … have it” to refers to ______.

A. the failure in keeping on writing B. the knowledge needed for blogging forever

C. the ability of constant learning D. the comfort enjoyed from blogging

75. The questions in the last paragraph are asked to advise bloggers on how to ______.

A. learn from their experiences B. learn from others

C. update their knowledge D. reach blogging peaks

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