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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. B. In February. C. In January.
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.
Conversation 5
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 t
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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 B. Will you see
C. Do 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 B. was asleep
C. got asleep D. went to sleep
23. Longjing tea, Jasmine tea and Wuyi tea are all famous, but which do you think________?
A. tastes best B. smells better
C. sounds best D. drinks better
24. The vegetables didn’t taste good. They ________ too long.
1234567891011下一页A. had been cooked B. were cooked
C. had cooked D. cooked
25. —— I’m sorry, but I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.
—— You ________ your temper but it doesn’t matter.
A. have lost B. had lost
C. did lose D. was losing
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 D. are building
28. When they heard the good news, they all looked ________ at the teacher and felt very________.
A. happy; happy B. happily; happily
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.
A. has; was B. has; were C. have; was D. have; were
33. When asked why she studied journalism, Sang Lan said she did so ______ for a host of a 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 C. when D. that
35. There is a new problem with the
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A. that; to be improved B. which; to be improved
C. where; improving D. when; 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. 36 , the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. So the bank had 37 _ the 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 38 . Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the big moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had turned up, some from far away.
As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt. She held her 39 tightly and listened. The first bid was $50. She was shocked. It was so high. Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding 40 $85. Sally cried out “$100!”. For a moment there was silence.
Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$125!” She had lost her 41 . She couldn’t help wondering why so many people were interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt, which was sold for $500 to a complete 42 .
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 the quilt. Clearly, it was 46 to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a simila
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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 B. stops C. happens D. comes
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 48 making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, 49 others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to 50 owners.
I 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 51 price was reasonable. My youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt 52 they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are extremely valuable. Nothing makes him happier 53 to find a new matchbox for his collection.
That’s 54 a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure 55 it gives us is.
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by
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A woman was walking her dog along a beach in New Zealand in late June when she saw something that looked like a white ball in the sand. It turned out to be a young Emperor penguin that was lost. At his age, he should have been close to Antarctica, swimming for fish and playing on the ice floes(浮冰). But this penguin started swimming north and just kept going.
The penguin attracted a lot of attention in New Zealand. It has been 40 years since an Emperor penguin was last seen there. Researchers at the Department of Conservation were called in. They decided to watch the penguin closely, but not to disturb him in any way. Many New Zealanders came to Peka Peka Beach to look at the elegant penguin. They were careful to keep their dogs away from him so he wouldn’t be frightened.
The public nicknamed the animal Happy Feet. Researchers started to notice that Happy Feet didn’t seem well. It turned out that he had been eating the sand from the beach, likely thinking it was snow.
The public raised more than 11,000 pounds for an operation to get the sand out of his stomach. The operation was a success, and Happy Feet was taken to a zoo in Wellington, NZ. A group of experts met to decide how to help Happy Feet return to the wild.
Last Sunday, they put him on a boat called Tangaroa, in a specially built ice-filled box and took him into the ocean which is his natural habitat. He took one last look at his human helpers and then dived into the ocean.
56. Where was the young penguin supposed to be?
A. On the sunny beach. B. Near Antarctica.
C. Inside the hole in the ice. D. At the bottom of the ocean.
57. Why did many New Zealanders keep their dogs away from the penguin?
A. In order not to frighten him. B. In order not
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C. In order to watch him at a distance D. In order to learn about the animal.
58. What was the problem with Happy Feet?
A. He felt extremely lonely. B. He had trouble walking on the sand.
C. He had some sand in his stomach. D. He had no food to eat all the way.
59. The public collected some money to ________.
A. build a home for the penguin B. pay for an operation on the penguin C. do research on the penguin D. return the penguin to its natural habitat
60. Where can we most probably read this passage?
A. In a research paper. B. In a student’s book.
C. In a travel magazine. D. In a newspaper report.
B
If a child has a learning problem before he leaves the Second or Third Grade, it’s difficult for him to study well. ADHD(注意力缺乏多动症)is one of the most common learning disabilities. Even with parents and doctors working together without schools’ help, it is very hard to get rid of the disability. Sadly, even today, there are many schools that don’t know how to deal with the children with these disabilities.
Fairfield Primary School is a good place for children that have been diagnosed with ADHD. The teachers really care about all of their students and they are willing to work with parents and doctors in order to help these children. When they see the child want to act up(捣蛋) in class, they usually give the child something physical to do in order to get rid of the excess(过多的) energy. They never punish the child for something that is beyond the child’s control.
Overall, Fairfield Primary School has all of things that a child with ADHD needs. They provide interesting class games for the child’s excess energy. They also provide the school rules the child needs. They give the child a caring environment where they are not kept apart because they are different. This is a very good school for a child who is suffering from one or more of these
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We believe your child with ADHD can learn, change and succeed if they come to study in Fairfield Primary School.
61. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. a child B. a school C. a teacher D. a disease
62. Which of the following is necessary to help children with ADHD according to the passage?
A. Taking them to see doctors more often.
B. Parents’ spending more time caring for them.
C. Parents, doctors and schools’ working together.
D. Choosing the best primary school for them.
63. The teachers in Fairfield Primary School ________.
A. don’t like children with excess energy
B. are good at dealing with many diseases
C. create a good environment for parents
D. care about all the children with ADHD
64. How do the teachers deal with students with excess energy?
A. By punishing and criticizing them. B. By asking them to play games.
C. By forcing them to listen to them. D. By giving them a strict environment.
65. Who is the passage written for?
A. Teachers. B. Children. C. Doctors. D. Parents.
C
Most of us believe that emotions come from what happens outside of ourselves. In fact, it’s not the outside events but what we do with those outside events in our mind that causes us to be happy or unhappy.
Obviously, if it was only the event that was creating our emotions, we all would have the same reaction to any event or circumstance. Actually, it’s the way we understand it, or more correctly put the way we judge the event that matters. When we judge an event as positive to us, we have a positive emotion. If we judge the event to be something negative, the emotion we generate is negative.
Our ability to judge how events will eventually work out has been proven scientifically to be at best 60% correct and in most cases less than 30%. That means we have only a 30 to 40 percent chance of being right in how we judge s
1234567891011下一页omething. The truth is that we are very poorly equipped to judge the consequences of events accurately.
Every day some people tell us that unfortunate events, disease or a lot of negative experiences were the best things that could have happened to them. Now of course some of you may say these people were optimistic and just retell the event to find a good way of looking at it. This way of looking at it is missing the point.
If judging things is what causes us to label them positive or negative and this in turn makes us happy or unhappy, then refusing to judge things as bad benefits us a lot.
Peace of mind and happiness can be achieved by simply accepting something that is totally true. We can’t judge if something is going to be good or bad for us in the future. If we are to be happy most of the time, we need to stop judging events moment to moment.
66. What does the text mainly talk about?
A. What creates our emotions. B. How to judge outside events.
C. What makes us feel unhappy. D. How to achieve peace of mind.
67. What makes us unhappy according to the text?
A. Terrible circumstances. B. Daily life and experiences.
C. That we judge events as negative. D. That the event goes badly.
68. Which of the following is TRUE of people’s judgments?
A. They make people happy. B. Most of them are not accurate.
C. They are negative in most cases. D. Usually over 40% of them are right.
69. What does “the point” refer to in the fifth paragraph?
A. Negative experiences always turn out to be positive finally.
B. We should keep optimistic when something bad happens.
C. Refusing to judge things as bad makes a great deal of sense.
D. The consequences of events have little to do with our judgments.
70. If we want to keep happy, we should ________.
A. not do anything to affect events
B. accept different judgments from others
C. stop judg
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D. not judge events when they are going smoothly
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PART FOUR WRTING
SECTION A
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the notes by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer. (10 points)
Happiness is an emotion which is characterized by a feeling of absolute satisfaction. It is the feeling of being where you should be, getting what you want and needing little else.
It is easy to confuse happiness with pleasure. But the two aren’t one. Pleasure is intense and continues for a short time. Happiness lasts longer. Pleasure can result from any number of happy experiences. For example you get pleasure from eating your favorite chocolate or reading a fantastic book. Take away the experience and pleasure ends. On the other hand, happiness is the aggregate of a number of experiences.
What makes a person happy? Different people get happiness in different ways. For some, it comes from having a good job or a satisfying relationship. For others, it could be the ability to deal with life’s challenges with calmness. Whatever the source is, one thing is certain: happiness is an attitude. It is the way of thinking that enables you to interpret things in a positive way. It is that particular feeling that puts a smile on your face, for no apparent reason.
Happiness affects every aspect of a person’s life. Happier people are generally more successful, more productive and more balanced. They are healthier and stronger physically as well as emotionally. A happier person has a longer life, collects more friends and has greater chances of developing successful relationships with those around him.
Happiness is the net result of many factors, of which 40% is within your control. Your thoughts, actions and goals, for example, are your own. You can choose to interpret an experience as enrichment, if you wish to do so. This, in turn, increases you
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Title: Happiness
I. 71. ________
a feeling of absolute satisfaction of being where you should be, getting what you want and needing little else
II. Differences
◆ Pleasure
● be 72. ________
● result from happy experiences
◆ 73. ________
● be more lasting
● be the aggregate of a number of experiences
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