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第Ⅰ卷(总分115分)

第一部分：听力测试(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：(共5小题;每题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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A shirt.       B. A button.   C. A hole.

2. How does the man probably go shopping?

A. On foot.       B. By car.      C. By bike.

3. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Workmates.    B. Brother and sister.      C. Husband and wife.

4. What are the speakers going to do today?

A. Go to a clothes show.     B. Go to a book fair.    C. Stay at home.

5. What does the woman think of the advertisements on TV?

A. They are disturbing.     B. They are good for eyes.  C. They are a waste of time.

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至7题。

6. What does the man think makes a good teacher?

A. Experience.          B. Patience.              C. New ideas.

7. What do we know about the man when he was in high school?

A. He made progress in maths.

B. His teacher gave him up at last.

C. He didn’t study hard.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where does the man want to go?

A. To a bank.           B. To a shoe shop.         C. To the woman’s house.

9. Why can’t the man find the way?

A. He gets lost on his way.

B. He forgot to bring the map.

C. He hasn’t been told the way.

10. What does the man have to do now?

A. Wait where he is.

B. Go back to the street corner.

C. Cross the street and walk ahead.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does the man do on the Internet?

A. He watches movies.    B. He finds information.   C. He chats with his friends.

12. What does the woman say about easily getting access to information?

A. People will live a fast life.

B. People will not read newspapers.

C. Personal data is being exposed to the public.

13. What odes the woman think is the disadvantage of the Internet?

A. Improper information exists.

B. People are addicted to online games.

C. People spend much time chatting online.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Where does the man work?

A. In a hotel.            B. In a church.          C. Ina film company.

15. How did the man help the famous film star?

A. He woke him up.

B. He lent him his pants.

C. He took him back to his room.

16. What does the man’s wife think of him?

A. He is a great help at home.

B. He is no help with the house work.

C. He is busy with his work all the time.

17. Why is the man called Harry the Helper?

A. He is the assistant to the manager.

B. He is a great help to the company.

C. He has helped lots of people in trouble.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How many people were missing in the sea accident?

A. 8.                   B.  16.              C.  24.

19. When did the robbers break into the bank?

A. In the morning.         B. In the late afternoon.  C. In the midnight.

20. What can we learn from the news?

A. The robbers are still at large.

B. The two robbers are both tall.

C. No one reported the robbery.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共85分)

第一节：单项选择(共15小题，每题1分，共15分)

21. The survey shows that if people cannot afford ____ house, they will feel less content about ___life.

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

22.  —You aren't angry at his disgraceful joke?

—No, _____ it.I've never laughed so much in my life.

A.More than      B.Far from      C.Instead of       D.Apart from

23. -- Ready to quit guessing, Sandy?

-- No, no, I hold on! I think I  ______   to the answer.

A. come         B. have come      C. am coming      D. came

24. _____ the telephone number several times, but he couldn't learn it by heart.

A.Having told                     B.Having been told

C.Although he had been told         D.He had been told

25.—You all like your English teacher?

—Yeah, she devotes herself____ to teaching and it earns her a good reputation.

A. originally     B. extremely      C. obviously      D. entirely

26. It is said that many kids are worried about the year 2012, ____they think the earth will be destroyed by disasters.

A. when          B. where         C. as           D. which

27. --- Why was our foreign expert unhappy yesterday?

--- News about the earthquake in Japan _______ a feeling of homesickness.

A. set up  B. set out  C. set about  D. set off

28.  ---Would you like to play bridge with us?

---Sorry.___________.

A. With pleasure  B. No problem   C. It isn't my cup of tea   D. It is a piece of cake

29. Who is it up ____ decide whether to go or not?

A. to to     B. to          C. for to        D. to for

30. ---How could I thank you enough?

--- Don't mention it. Any other man ____ that.

A. must do        B. would have done     C. should have done       D. could do

31. They are good friends.  ____ is no wonder that they know each other so well.

A. It        B. That          C. There         D. This

32. At the end of the year everyone should think what has been ____ and what is left undone.

A.  abandoned  B.  accumulated      C. accomplished      D.  acknowledged

33. Not until they left school ____how much their teachers loved them and helped them.

A. that they realized             B. had they realized

C. when they would realize       D. did they realize

34. ---What did he want to know, Jack?

--- _______ I could finish writing the report.

A. When was it that  B. It was when that  C. It was when   D. When it was that

35. --- ________ I remind you of is to return the book to our English teacher.

---I will give it to him _________  I see him.

A. That; immediately  B. What; the moment  C. What; while D. Whether; once

第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分)

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would __36__ what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought __37__ was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy."  She said, "No. Many people are __38__. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

Several years passed __39__ she asked me again. Since making my first __40__, I had often thought of the correct answer. So this time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes." She looked at me and told me, "You are __41__ fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."

__42__ the years, Mother asked me a couple more __43__ and always her answer was, "No, but you are getting __44__ every year, my child." Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was heart broken. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our __45__ to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"

I was __46__ when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a __47__ between her and me. She saw the __48__ on my face and told me, "This question is very important. It shows that you have really __49__ your life." I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your __50__."  I asked, "Is it because it holds up your head?" She replied, "No, it is __51__ on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough __52__ and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry __53__ when you need it." Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a __54__ one. It is sympathetic to the pain of __55__.

36.  A. notice B. search C. doubt D. guess at

37.  A. love B. health C. sound D. sight

38.  A. blind B. deaf C. invisible D. thoughtful

39.  A. while B. once C. after D. before

40.  A. discovery B. decision C. attempt D. suggestion

41.  A. learning B. thinking C. growing D. changing

42.  A. Before B. Till C. Beyond D. Over

43.  A. ways B. things C. questions D. times

44.  A. stronger B. taller C. smarter D. nicer

45.  A. duty B. turn C. pity D. chance

46.  A. shocked B. satisfied C. interested D. excited

47.  A. game B. test C. match D. secret

48.  A. worry B. puzzlement C. regret D. pain

49.  A. enjoyed B. found C. disliked D. lived

50.  A. shoulders B. feet C. hands D. hair

51.  A. how B. because C. why D. whether

52.  A. respect B. favor C. love D. fun

53.  A. by B. on C. above D. for

54.  A. valuable B. useful C. selfish D. precious

55.  A. others B. the deaf C. Grandpa D. the blind

第三节：阅读理解(共20小题，共40分)

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Obama still smokes in secret

US President Barack Obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette smokers, but he still smokes every now and then in secret.

Obama, who has publicly struggled to quit smoking, said he still hasn’t completely kicked the habit even after signing a law this week that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry.

“As a former smoker I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes?  Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No,” Obama said at a news conference.

“I don’t do it in front of my kids, I don’t do it in front of my family. I would say that I am 95 percent cured, but there are times where I mess up,” he said.

The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.

At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said he was among the nearly 90 percent of smokers who took up the habit before their 18th birthday.

“Once you go down this path it’s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law we signed is so important because what we don’t want is kids going down that path in the first place,” he said at the news conference.

Nearly 20 percent of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.

56. According to the passage, Obama _________.

A. has no plan to give up smoking   B. still smokes as usual

C. no longer smokes               D. hasn’t completely given up smoking