1. —How much of his speech do you think you have understood?
—______. I wish I had worked harder.
A. Not a little B. Very few
C. Next to nothing
D. From time to time
2. Are you still here? You were here half an hour ago. Who ______ for?
A. were you waiting
B. did you wait
C. are you waiting
D. do you wait
3. How long will it be ______ she comes back from
A. that B. since
C. before D. until
4. —Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ______to go to college.
—So do I.
A. hope B. hopes
C. is hoping D. are hoping
5. —What do you think of what he did in class?
—Why he did it was______my imagination.
A. through B. below
C. beyond D. over
6. —Will you go to the party?
—Of course I will if______.
A. having invited B. invited
C. I was invited D. I will be invited
7. Machines need fuel, ______ , man needs food.
A. that is B. what's more
C. similarly D. or rather
8. You are still here listening to music, I______home.
A. think you have already gone
B. thought you had already gone
C. think you went
D. thought you have gone
9. —I have lost my new English dictionary.
—______
A. No hurry. B. That's GREat!
C. What a pity! D. Just wait.
10. He was______medical student before he turned______engineer.
A. a; an B. the; the
C. a; / D. /; an
11. The students in their class study______ but not so______.
A. hard; clever B. harder; clever
C. hard; cleverer D. harder; cleverer
12. Her illness hasn't developed to the point ______ nobody can care her.
A. that B. which
C. where D. as
13. To tell you the truth I have no idea ______ .
A. where she does come from
B. where does she come from
C. where is she from
D. where is she come from
14. —When will you write a letter to me?
—______I get to
A. At once B. Immediately
C. Right now D. Soon
15. —Didn't you watch the football match last night?
—______. But I wish I hadn't. It made me feel very bad.
A. Yes, I did B. No, I didn't
C. Yes, I didn't D. No, I did
16. Not a single student ______ in the classroom at that moment.
A. she saw B. she did see
C. did she see D. she has seen
17. —You ______ so late, you ______an hour earlier.
—Sorry, I didn't mean to be late.
A. shouldn't have come; ought to have come
B. needn't have come; should have come
C. can't have come; ought to have come
D. oughtn't to have come; must have come
18. ______is this book if it doesn't belong to you?
A. Who else B. Who's else
C. Whose else D. Whose's else
19. To our GREatest joy, he has______his long illness.
A. got through B. carried out
C. pulled through D. put through
20. His stay in
A. it B. one C. who D. what
21. —______have you lived in
—1990.
A. When B. What time
C. How long D. Since when
22. It was in the room______he had studied for three years______he found his lost pen.
A. where; that B. that; that
C. that; when D. where; when
23. ______I had at
A. What wonderful time
B. What a wonderful time
C. How wonderful time
D. How a wonderful time
24. ______ days going on, our homeland will become richer and richer, stronger and stronger.
A. As B. With C. By D. To
25. Is it the attention that he ______ to his pronunciation and intonation?
A. paid it B. paid which
C. paid that D. paid
26. To get there ahead of time, ______ very fast.
A. the car ran
B. the car was driven
C. he drove the car
D. he found the car driving
27. He returned home from the farm, ______.
A. tired and hungry B. tiring; hungry
C. tiredly; hungrily D. tiring; hunger
28. —Nothing serious, Mum?
—No. ______.
A. You should go to see the doctor now
B. You are badly ill
C. You will be OK soon
D. You are in danger
29. ______ so he couldn't enter the room at the present time.
A. Having lost his key
B. His key having been lost
C. Because he had lost his key
D. He had lost his key
30. Was the grain______to that country grown in this field?
A. shipping B. shipped
C. was shipped D. to ship
II. 完形填空(30分)
As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious on the outside, 1 on the inside I wanted people to 2 me.
Once I left home to hitchhike (搭便车) to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn't 3 , and there were many times I didn't feel safe. One situation in particular 4 me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home, I was different, not so outwardly sure of myself.
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was 5 with us, was wearing my clothes. And my 6 seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be 7 if I weren't there. I told my mom, and she explained that
8 Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could 9 me. I pointed out, “She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful
10 , but I was the only person who could fill my 11 . She made me realize that even with my 12 , —and they were many—I was a loved member of the family who couldn't be replaced.
I became a searcher, 13 who I was and what made me unique. My 14 of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to
15 in ways that I didn't like any more, and I 16 who I really was. I came to feel much more 17 that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us 18 a unique place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So 19 about being replaced. You 20 be.
1. A. and B. but C. as D. for
2. A. leave B. replace C. receive D. like
3. A. easy B. hard C. fun D. long
4. A. succeeded B. kept C. managed D. carried
5. A. playing B. eating C. staying D. running
6. A. family B. friends C. relatives D. neighbors
7. A. loved B. mentioned C. cared D. missed
8. A. before B. after C. though D. unless
9. A. scold B. compare C. replace D. match
10. A. qualities B. girls C. people D. times
11. A. character B. role C. task D. job
12. A. faults B. advantages C. manners D. pities
13. A. looking for B. looking back C. seeking out D. giving up
14. A. picture B. view C. sense D. drawing
15. A. think B. learn C. change D. act
16. A. hated B. celebrated C. wished D. expected
17. A. sure B. doubtful C. happy D. lonely
18. A. carries B. catches C. seizes D. holds
19. A. talk B. forget C. care D. argue
20. A. mustn't B. shouldn't C. can't D. needn't
III. 阅读理解(50分)
(A)
For graduate aged 21 to 30, marriage is the fourth most important goal in the next five years after a career, healthy bank balance and a house, said the survey published on Monday by the “Strait Times”.
And non-graduates put marriage fifth in their list of priorities(优先考虑的东西), adding education to the same three goals.
The Survey, which looked at the lifestyle patterns of singles and their attitudes to marriage, was conducted by the Social Department Unit(SDU) which was set up in 1984 as an official matchmaking(作媒)service to promote family life.
It surveyed 815 undergraduates and 1,000 working adults, including 204 graduates and 796 non-graduates in the island of 3 million people.
The survey found, however, that even if they did not put wedding plans at the top of their priorities, the majority of young Singaporeans would like to get married.
But more single women than men would remain single, rather than lower their expectations for a partner or rely on professional matchmakers, if they could not find their perfect match on their own, the survey found.
As SDU director Susan Chan said, some women were unwilling to meet new people, preferring to focus on their career and stay with a circle of close friends.
“If they give themselves a chance before they become too old, they will meet enough men to judge whether their expectations are just fanciful(理想化的)ideas. ” Chan told the “Strait Times”.
The SDU was formed with the concern over the birthrates going down and worries that a growing number of single graduate women were unable to find mates because Singaporean men didn't want bride(新娘)with higher educational qualifications.
1. This is a survey about most graduate women, ______.
A. who are seeking a high-quality marriage
B. who will never make plans for their marriage
C. who would rather remain single than marry
D. who don't marry until over thirty
2. Which of the statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Non-graduates put marriage behind career, bank balance and education.
B. Graduates aged 21-30 put marriage behind career, bank balance and a house.
C. Non-graduates often first consider realizing their marriage.
D. The SDU was formed with the concern over the birthrates going down.
3. What was the purpose of founding the Social Department Unit?
A. To study graduates' lifestyle patterns and attitudes to marriage.
B. To make people's family life better.
C. To do research into graduates and non-graduates' life and ideas.
D. To earn money by a matchmaking service.
4. According to the passage, many Singaporean single women would marry on condition that______.
A. their lovers could provide a comfortable house
B. their partners were doctors
C. it was by themselves that their lovers were found
D. professional matchmakers could help them
(B)
British scientists have done something that many people thought was impossible: they created the first clone of an adult mammal(哺乳动物). The clone, named Dolly, is a seven-month-old sheep, grown from a cell of an adult female sheep.
What is a clone? A clone is a copy—a genetic copy. Genes are the instructions for life. They tell a cell what to do and how to do it. Genes make each individual plant or animal different and unique. But a clone has the same genes as the original organism(生物体).
Cloning is not new. Plants have been cloned for centuries. New plants are often grown from cutting from another plant. Also, plants like pineapples, strawberries and carnations(康乃馨)are sometimes cloned. One benefit of cloning is that we can make many copies of the best and healthiest plants.
It has been much more difficult to clone animals. Frogs have been cloned, but they died as tadpoles, never living long enough to become adult frogs. Mice, sheep and cattle have been cloned from embryos(胚胎). But Dolly is the first healthy clone of an adult mammal. How did they do it?
(1) An unfertilized egg was taken from a sheep.
(2) The egg nucleus(细胞核)was removed.
(3) A cell was taken from the udder(乳房) of a pregnant(怀孕的)sheep. It was “starved”, so that it stopped growing.
(4) The two cells were combined into then implanted in a third sheep, where it GREw normally.
(5) The clone was born. It was genetically identical to the pregnant sheep in step (3).
This sounds much easier than it actually was. To end up with one clone, the scientists started with 277 udder cells. And they needed in a way to make the egg cell accept a new nucleus. They did that by starving the cell in step (3).
It may soon be possible to clone many types of animals. Will we also be able to clone human organs, or even whole human beings? We have only begun to think about the morality of cloning technology. Maybe the question to ask is not whether we can clone humans, but instead, should we clone humans?
5. Dolly is a sheep______because she is grown from a cell of an adult female sheep.
A. that has not her father
B. that has not her mother
C. that has no parents
D. that has not any tail
6. Tell which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Only plants can be cloned.
B. Only strawberries and carnations
can sometimes be cloned.
C. Animals and plants have quite a long history of cloning.
D. Genes can tell a cell what to do and how to do it during cloning.
7. From the fourth paragraph we can know that ______.
A. a tadpole is the early stage of a grown-up frog
B. a tadpole is a frog without a tail
C. a tadpole is a kind of animal
D. a tadpole is a clone of an adult mammal
8. Which is the right order in the process of the clone of Dolly?
a. Taking an unfertilized egg from an adult female sheep.
b. Removing the egg's nucleus.
c. Combining the two cells into one and then implanting it in a third sheep.
d. Taking a cell from the udder of a pregnant sheep.
A. a b c d B. c a b d
C. a b d c D. d c b a
(C)
Notice
A bike travel and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At
The second racing leg of the travel will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers, Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. At
Cost: 200 yuan.
Telephone: 4675027
9. From the notice, we can know some information about ______.
A. a wonderful race at the weekend
B. riding bikes as a training leg
C. where to buy tickets for the race
D. prices to take part in the race
10. If you take part in the race, you will ride for ______.
A. 55 kilometers B. 75 kilometers
C. 90 kilometers D. 110 kilometers
11. The underlined word “leg” in the text means______.
A. race B. walk
C. part of the training
D. part of the travel
12. The race will be on for______ .
A. one day B. two days
C. three days D. half a day
(D)
In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters who have never been present during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally(晚期地) ill patients—even when those patients are their parents. This deprives(剥夺) the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed about 500 terminally ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its likely outcome(后果).
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients' communication in order to truly understand their needs, fears, and fantasies(幻想). Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach(接近)of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior(在……之前)to death.
13. The elders of contemporary(当代的) Americans______.
A. were often absent when a family member was born or dying
B. were quite unfamiliar with birth and death
C. usually witnessed the birth or death of a family member
D. never experienced the fear of death as part of life
14. Children in
A. to learn how to face death
B. to visit dying patients
C. to attend to patients
D. to have right to enter a hospital
15. Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of______.
A. observing how they reacted to the crisis of death
B. helping them and their families overcome the fear of death
C. finding out their attitudes towards the approach of death
D. learning how to best help them and their families
16. The need of a dying patient for company shows ______.
A. his desire for communication with other people
B. his fear of approaching death
C. his pessimistic (悲观的) attitude towards his condition
D. his reluctance(不愿意) to part with his family
17. It may be concluded from the passage that ______.
A. dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death
B. most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need
C. dying patients should be truly informed of their condition
D. most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable
(E)
Besides gathering and storing information, the computer can also solve complicated problems that once took months for people to do. For example, within sixteen hours an electronic brain named CHEOPS (which stands for Chemical Engineering Optimization System) solved a difficult design problem. First, it was fed all the information necessary for designing a chemical plant. After running through 16,000 possible designs, it picked out the plan for the plant that would produce the most chemical at the lowest cost. Then it issued(展现) a printed set of exact specifications(规格). Before CHEOPS solved this problem, a team of engineers having the same information had worked for a year to produce only three designs, none of which was as efficient as the computer's.
At times computers seem almost human. They can “read” hand printed letters, play chess, compose music, write plays, and even design other computers. Is it any wonder that they are sometimes called “thinking” machines?
Not even computers can predict the future, but the benefits of computers are becoming more obvious every day.
a. Computers are being used in space travel. Rockets satellites and spaceships are guided by computers.
b. Computers are being used in aviation. They are used in the training of airline pilots. Computers also direct the flight of planes from one city to another, control their air speeds and altitudes(高度), and even land them.
c. Computers are being used in medicine. They are used in analyzing blood samples, in diagnosing(诊断)diseases, and in prescribing medication(开处方). They also have records of the tissue(组织)types of patients waiting for organ transplants(器官移植).
Even though they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our own brains, computers are not replacing us—at least not yet. Our brain has more than 10 billion cells. A computer has only a few hundred thousand parts. For some time to come, then, we can safely say that our brains are at least 10,000 times more complex than a computer. How we use them is for us, not the computer, to decide.
18. What might the writer write about before the beginning of this passage?
A. Computers can gather and store information.
B. Computers cannot solve any complicated problems.
C. Computers can be used in aviations.
D. Computers are “thinking” machines.
19. Which field is not mentioned when the author refers to the benefits of computers?
A. Medicine. B. Flight.
C. Space travel. D. Agriculture.
20. According to the writer, computers______.
A. have replaced human beings
B. are less complex than human brains
C. will surely replace human brains in the future
D. can decide how human beings should use computers
IV. 短文改错(10分)
I once worked as night guard in a factory. It was 1. ______
rather a lonely job, but I do have a big dog to look 2. ______
after me. All I had to do were to walk round the factory 3. ______
every hour, though there a clever system of clocks and 4. ______
keys which recorded each part of place I visited. Otherwise 5. ______
I read them, listened to the radio or played with the 6. ______
dog. One winter night, however, all the fire and burglar 7. ______
alarms in the place went out at once. I rushed out, but 8. ______
couldn't see nothing. The alarms were directly connected 9. ______
to the police and fire station, and within three minutes four 10. ______
fire engines and many police cars were hooting (作警笛响声)at the front gate to be let in.
V. 书面表达(30分)
假设你是李明。最近,你校正在组织全校各年级学生开展一场大讨论。讨论的主题是:学生可不可以带手机或传呼机这样的通讯工具上学。假设下表就是你们班的讨论情况,请根据下表所提供的信息给校长写封信,客观地介绍讨论的情况。
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70%的学生认为： |
30%的学生认为： |
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1.没有必要带手机或BP机上学。 |
1.学生可以带手机上学，但上课要关机。 |
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2.带手机会影响学生集中注意力学习，不小心上课开机影响极坏。 |
2.时代发展了，不能总用旧观念去约束学生。 |
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3.学生用手机会增加家长的经济负担。 |
3.学生是否带手机不应该作为衡量学生道德的标准。 |
注意:1. 信的开头已为你写好。2. 词数:100左右。
Dear principle,
I'm writing to tell you about the discussion we have had in our class about whether a mobile phone or beeper should be brought to school.
