ing closer and closer.
A．relationB．theC．linkD．touch
24．“Pay me the money for my work, I’ll beat you flat,” he shouted angrily to the boss.
A．andB．butC．orD．or rather
25．―I’ve got to go now.
―Must you? I you could stay for dinner with us.
A．thinkB．thoughtC．have thoughtD．am thinking
26．The boy you referred is far ahead everyone else in the class.
A．except forB．except whenC．except thanD．besides
27．The boy you referred is far ahead everyone else in the class.
A．to; toB．at; fromC．at; withD．to; of
28．His income is it was five years ago.
A．double thatB．double whatC．double thanD．double
29．But for your help, I being punished by my mother.
A．wouldn’t escapeB．couldn’t escape
C．didn’t escapeD．wouldn’t have escape
30．―I’d like to book a room for tonight.
―Sorry, sir, but we don’t have any rooms at the moment.
A．availableB．usableC．suitableD．comfortable
31． you don’t like him is none of my business.
A．WhatB．WhoC．ThatD．If
32．Please tell me the way you thought of the garden.
A．taking care ofB．to take care ofC．looking afterD．how to look after
33． many times, he finally understood it.
A．ToldB．TellingC．Having toldD．Having been told
34．Only after in the interview the importance of English.
A．he had failed/ he realizedB．had failed/ did he realize
C．he had failed / did he realizeD．had he failed / he realized
35．―Do you like your present job?
― Actually I am considering looking for a new one.
A．Not exactly.B．How come?C．Not really.D．What if?
II、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后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。
My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree 36 some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they 37 Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football 38 scoring goals. It seems funny that we are 39 or about which we are unfamiliar or about which we are uncertain, but we all, my friends 40 I, consider this one of life’s 41 .
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn't amount to craziness 42 nonsense. As an old saying 43 .“Don't judge a book by its cover.” We should not judge 44 from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that 45 one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say 46 about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, 47 into deep thought, we can find that the things that 48 us to be happy or sad 49 a clear meaning. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with superficial things,
50 we will find that we have not really gained anything 51 our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll not know the facts we ought to know unless we 52 that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a sign of great 53 . If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it 54 us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have 55 .
36．A．to B．onC．inD．at
37．A．learn fromB．hear aboutC．get fromD．know about
38．A．rather thanB．except forC．more thanD．besides
39．A．unknownB．unhappyC．unfamiliarD．unlucky
40．A．notB．as well asC．rather thanD．but
41．A．pleasuresB．hopesC．sorrowsD．regreets
42．A．butB．andC．orD．or else
43．A．speaksB．goesC．talksD．tells
44．A．somethingB．nothingC．everythingD．anything
45．A．makeB．causeC．buildD．create
46．A．moreB．muchC．lessD．worse
47．A．buryingB．fallingC．losingD．absorbing
48．A．moveB．takeC．haveD．force
49．A．lackB．haveC．includeD．cover
50．A．in factB．indeedC．in a whileD．sooner or later
51．A．soB．even thoughC．becauseD．although
52．A．realizeB．refuseC．searchD．supply
53．A．joyB．progressC．effortD．work
54．A．caresB．painsC．affectsD．minds
55．A．comeB．feltC．hadD．become
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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
The most frightening words in the English language are. “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business.. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said,” I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket .Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”
I looked down the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the blank screen. Then I asked her,” What do all you people do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly or not.”
“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.
“I have no idea .Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes , sometimes for two hours. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer , and since it’s down, it won’t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup computer ,I said, “ Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying aren’t they?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen.” Only ‘IT’ knows . ’IT’ can’t tell me.”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines .The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down Some people went, some people started to cry and still others kicked(踢) their luggage.
56．The best title for the passage is ______.
A．When the Computer is Down B．The Most Frightening Thing
C．The Computer of the Airport D．Asking the Computer
57．What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?
A．She could sell tickets B．She could write out ticket.
C．She could answer the passengers’ questionsD． She could do nothing.
58．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The author couldn’t leave for Washington because of the weather.
B．All the passengers in the airport were down.
C．The passengers could get on the plane even when the computer was down.
D．The girl knew nothing about the flight without the computer.
59．The underlined word “backup” means .
A．备用B．援助C．阻塞D．志愿者
B
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60．Who will be most interested in the passage
A．Someone who works in the office.B．Someone whose friend will have a birthday
C．Someone who serves the patientsD．Someone who drives to his office
61．If you want to send you mother a special gift, which of the following is most suitable?
A．Personalized Bouquet coffee Mug
B．8 oz. Leather Flask
C．Personalized Esquire Swiss Anny Knife
D．Personalized Round Clock Key Chain
62．If you want a gift which is packed free of charge, is most suitable.
A．Personalized Bouquet coffee Mug
B．8 oz. Leather Flask
C．Personalized Esquire Swiss Anny Knife
D．Personalized Round Clock Key Chain
63．If you want to have a personalized item with more characters, you should choose .
A．Personalized Bouquet coffee Mug
B．8 oz. Leather Flask
C．Personalized Esquire Swiss Anny Knife
D．Personalized Round Clock Key Chain
C
In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement day. Students plan homecoming day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The member of school clubs build booths(棚) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football games. When the games is half over ,the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the games, Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
64．The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is ___.
A．Homecoming B．the football game
C．graduation D．winning the game
65．When do students begin to arrange everything for Homecoming?
A．The day before Homecoming.B．Many weeks before the day.
C．When the guests arrive.D．In the days before Homecoming.
66．Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming?
A．To see old friends B．To call on teachers they games.
C．To watch the football games D．To go home to see their family.
67．Who can probably become Homecoming Queen or King?
A．The student who is liked most by the others.
B．The guest who is most popular with the students.
C．The student who is most liked by the guests.
D．The player who plays best in the football games.
D
Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions to the text and gets answers. In the light of these he puts further questions, and so on.
For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become aware of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between our expectations and meaning of the text. When successful matching is being experienced, our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.
Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the pages; others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension which is written in the text. The latter represents higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for the advanced readers.
There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that has nothing to do with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process” conversation as opposed to “content” conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies we employ in reading. If we are advanced reader our ability to hold a content conversation with text is usually well developed but not so our ability to hold a process conversation. It is precisely this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level.
68．As a kind of conversation between the reader and the text becomes conscious only when _____ .
A．the reader has trouble understanding what the author says
B．the reader’s expectations agree with what is said in the text
C．the reader asks questions and gets answers
D．the reader understands a text very well
69．At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to _______ .
A．read a text slowly B．read without thinking hard
C．interpreting a text in their own way D．concentrate on the meaning of words only
70．According to the writer, is of great importance to readers.
A．halance of lower and higher levels of comprehension
B．the reader’s expectation or the meaning of a text
C．conscious or uncorscious level of comprehension
D．translating criticizing or analyzing a text
71．If we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level, we should ______ .
A．pay more attention to the content of a texts
B．make our reading process more conscious
C．learn to use different ways in reading different texts
D．take a critical attitude towards the writer’s ideals
E
There’s three hour-or-so slice of late afternoon that puzzles parents: the hours after school lets out and before the family gathers for dinner. What are kids supposed to do during this time, anyway?
As a society, we don’t seem to know. It’s not like the hours from 8 to 3, when the drill is known to all. Parents go to work, kids go to school. It’s not like the hours after 6 when a son of consensus（一致）reigns again. Parents ancbor the home and the kids do whatever the parents want them to do.
School ends at around 3. Work finished at around 5, and it can take parents up to an hour or more to get home. Love it or hate it, that’s they way it is. We have a gap between the lives of kids and parents, and there is no good way to connet them. It is as if the gap were some unexpected problem, and each family is responsible for finding its own solution, much the same as when someone gets sick.
The term “key kids” come from the image of young children carrying house keys around their needs or in their pockets. When school ends, they make their way home along and walk into an empty house. What they do after that is between them and the cat. The Christian Science Monitor says that crime peaks during the after-school hours. Also, according to a report from the National Safe Kids Campign, 4.5 million children are injured in their homes every year. Most of them are kids who are unsupervised after school.
Personally, I don’t need numbers . When I picture a child between the ages of 6 and 12 coming home alone, my mind instanily fills with terrible thoughts. This can’t be any parent’s preferred choice. There must be a better solution.
72．What is the writer’s main purpose for writing this article?
A．To criticize parents who don’t take care of their children.
B．To criticize schools for not taking care of kids.
C．To draw parents’ attention to the after-school problem.
D．To offer advice on how to solve the after-school problem.
73．What does the underlined word “unsupervised” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A．No one believes them.B．No one is charging them.
C．No one is expecting them.D．No one is watching them.
74．What will “key kids” usually do after they go home?
A．They will do everything their parents want then to do.
B．They may play with their pets alone at home.
C．They will stay at home with their parents.
D．They will do homework on their own.
75．What are most parents doing from around 5 to 6 in the afternoon?
A．Hurrying home.B．Busy with their work.
C．With their children.D．Preqaring supper.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
IV．任务型读写。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格内的空白处填入恰当的单词，每个空格只填一个单词。
“BANG! BANG” Setting off firecrackers（爆竹）, which has been the most typical custom on the They light the fuse(导火线) nervously, run away in a hurry, cover their ears with their hands and watch the colorful display with a big smile on their faces. Faced with the beautiful scene, they feel they are the happiest ones in the world as if they had never had a more exciting experience.
While setting off firecrackers can bring kids so much fun, these firecrackers can also be dangerous. Therefore, many Chinese big cities including Beijing began to ban them in the 1980s. Such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities because the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room.
This year good news came for teens in Beij ing. The ban on firecrackers was cancelled on September 9, 2008. It will add much fun to the coming Spring Festival in tile capital. Hearing the news, many kids were wild with joy.
According to Chinese custom, lighting firecrackers is a must during the Spring Fesrival. People believe the sound of the firecrackers drives away demons(恶魔) and bad luck for the coming year. Their beautiful colours and sound also bring much excitement during this most important traditional Chinese festival.
Since the ban, people complained that the Spring Festival was too quiet and not traditional enough. Children lost the fun and grown-ups lost their childhood memories. Some even worried that if the ban continued, the next generation would only know the custom of lighting firecrackers through books. This would be a great loss for tradition.
Everybody knows that we can’t give up eating for the slight risk of choking(噎). So in recent years, many cities have resumed the old custom at the request of local residents. This year Beijing kids will also be able to join in.
However, every year there are kids injured by setting off fireworks in a dangerous way. So while enjoying yourself, please bear safety in mind.
Don’t light fireworks among crowds, inside a bottle or with a part of your body right over it.
No matter how much fun firecrackers are, the most important thing is to keep away from danger. We wish every kid an exciting and safe Spring Festival!
Firecrackers back in Beijing on the Spring Festival
76． for setting off firecrackersIt is the most typical custom of the Chinese.
The sound of the firecrackers is 77． to drive away demons and bad luck.
Their beautiful colours and sound also make people78． .
Fun for kidsFeeling nervous and running away 79． when lighting the fuse
Covering the ears with hands and 80． the colourful display joyfully
81． on the banIt is very dangerous for people and their properties.
Its noise and smoke cause heavy 82．
Complaints about the banMuch fun for kids will be 83．
It’s difficult for grown-ups to remember their childhoods.
Return of firecrackers☆The government 84． the ban on Septmnber 9, 2008.
☆If taking proper 85． measures, Beijing kids will enjoy an exciting Spring Festival this year.
V．书面表达（满分25分）
假如你叫王伟，今年即将上大学。在下一个英文网络论坛上，你看到一位名叫Love-mother的同学发帖（post）。说儿子大学入学要军训，但她担心孩子宿舍太热，希望能安装空调，还担心食堂的饭菜质量差，希望学校能科学合理地搭配营养，请你用英语发表一下你的看法。
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2．词数100―120。
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