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1、第I卷（共80分）一、听力 测 试（共20小题;每小题1分，计20分）第一部分：听对话回答问题（共10小题;每小题1分，计10分）本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目，听完后，你还有5秒钟的答题时间。l.What place of interest does he want to visit?2.Which organization does Jack s sister work for?A.3.Where are the two speakers talking now?4.Which sign do they talk a
2、bout in the conversation?5.When will the plane take off?A.7:15.B.7:00.C.7:30.6.What can we learn about this young man?A.He hasn,t got married.B.He is very shy.C.He has a sense ofhomour.7.Why is the boy still in the library?A.Because the book is interesting.B.Because he forgets the time.C.Because the
3、 bad weather prevents him from leaving.8.Which of the following is helpful to live a green life in Daniel sopinion?A.To drive to school.B.To ride a bicycle to school.C.To take theunderground to school.9.What does the woman want her son to do?A.Save energy.B.Save water.C.Reduce airpollution.10.What c
4、an we learn from the man s words?A.David lost his racket.B.David should pick up his things.C.David may be somewhere nearby.第二部分：听对话和短文答题 供10小题；每小题1分，计10分）你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒 钟，听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的答题时间。听一段对话，回答第11-12小题11.How many times has the boy read the novel?A.Never.B.Twice.C
5、.Three times.12.What will the girl probably do?A.Shez II borrow the novel.B.Shez II go to buy the novel.C.She IIwork in the bookshop.听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信Life in the past and nowWhat the speaker s father did withHe listened tothe old radio13.What the speaker*s grandpa1 s new It s 14.r
6、adio looks likeWhat the speaker has nowA 15.13.A.the news B.football matches C.English14.A.modernB.bigC.small15.A.radioB.computerC.television听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。16.What does the organization encourage?A.The understanding between children and adultsB.The understanding between people with and without in
7、tellectualdisabilitiesC.The understanding between the deaf and the blind17.When was the organization set up?A.In 1898.B.In 1968.C.In 1986.18.How many athletes take part in the activities now?A.A few hundred.B.107.C.Over 4 million.19.Besides athletic competition and other programs,what else does theo
8、rganization provide?A.medical treatment B.sports training C.food and drinks20.Whose lives are changed by the organization?A.People with poor children in poor areas.B.People with intellectual disabilities in 170 countries.C.People with intellectual disabilities in all countries around theworld.二、单项选择
9、（共15小 题；每小题1分，计15分）在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的答案。21.As we all know,playing chess is usually one-to-one game.A./;anB./;a C.the;anD.the;a22.You two live in the same community now.Itz s too hard you toavoid her.A.of;meeting B.for;to meet C.for;meeting D.of;tomeet.23.My uncle will c ome next month an
10、d he will stay here forA.sometime;some time B.sometime;sometimeC.sometimes;some time D.some time;some times24.It s careless Jim his homework to school.A.for;to bring B.for;not to bring C.of;to bring D.of;not to bring25.Without enough trees,soil won t be k e p t.And then sandstormsmay happen.A.in the
11、 place B.on place C.in place D.onthe place26.The young ma n leave his office around eight o clock lastnight.A.saw to B.is seen to C.was seen D.was seen to27.of the people in the North live on wheat.They live onwheat.A.Mostly;most B.Most;mostly C.Mostly;almost D.Most;almost28.These kinds of CD-ROMsin
12、 that shop over there.They well.A.are sold;are sold B.are sold;sellC.sell;sell D.sell;aresold29.-Have you read the _ of the country you are going to?-Yes.Now I know it s famous for natural beauty.A.instructionB.introductionC.interviewD.conclusion30.Try to guess its meaning when you meet a new word.D
13、on,t justyour dictionary all the time.A.look on B.take on C.keep on D.depend on31.-Sally,I went to the concert last night.How big YangzhouMusic Hallis!-So it is.It is to hold more than one thousand people.A.big enough B.enough big C.too big D.big too32.-You ha ven1 t been to Hong Kong Disneyland,hav
14、e you?-.But this summer I plan to go to Shanghai Disneyland with myparents.A.Yes,I did B.No,I didn,t C.Yes,I have D.No,Ihaven,t33.-Did the doctors save the man?-Yes.He on the morning of March 5th and now he is out ofdanger.A.was operated B.operated C.operated on D.was operated on34.Bill,can I get yo
15、u anything to drink?.A.You are welcome B.No problemC.It doesn,t matter D.I wouldn t mind a cup ofcoffee35.-You shouldn,t stay up late tonight.-Thanks,I will go to bedearlier.A.No pain,no gain B.I believe practice makes perfectC.Many hands make light work D.I won t burn the candle at bothsides三、完型填空（
16、共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）阅读下列短文，从文后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。I was walking down the road one day when my phone rang.36 voiceon the other end spoke to me,“Dad,please come back soon.I miss youso much!”I thought that it was a wrong number.A short while later,thecall came once again,so I 37 impolitely,You ve calle
17、d the wrongnumber!and then hung up.During the 38 days,I often got the 39 call.But I didn1 t care muchabout it.Then one day she kept calling me,40 I didn,t answer.FinallyI answered the phone and heard a weak voice,Dad,please come back.I miss you so much!Dad,Y m i n so much 41!Mom said you were toobus
18、y to take care of me.But,dad,please 42 me again,OK?”It was43 to refuse the innocent（天真的）ask.I made a 44 kiss on the phoneand heard the weak voice say,“Thank you.Dad,I am so.happy,so.happy.”Shortly after this,I became curious about 45 it was on the otherend of my phone.So I called back,and a woman an
19、swered,“Sorry,sir.Iam really sorry to 46 you.My daughter has had bone cancer sinceshe was born.And her father.died in a car 47 two weeks ago.Ididn t want to tell her the news.Poor baby.When she couldn1 t 48the painful chemotherapy（化疗），she would cry for her dad because herdad 49 encouraged her.I real
20、ly don t know what to do,so I gaveher a random（随意的）phone number./“How is your daughter now?”.1 couldn,t wait to ask.“She has died.You must have 50 her on the phone,because shedied with a smile,tightly holding the cell phone.”Tears full of myeyes.36.A.A boyz sB.A child sC.My daughterz s D.My sonz s37
21、.A.spokeB.toldC.returnedD.answered38.A.otherB.frontC.followingD.coming39.A.differentB.sameC.wrongD.funny40.A.thoughB.andC.as ifD.so that41.A.dangerousB.troublesC.painD.different42.A.look afterB.kissC.helpD.support43.A.easyB.sadC.difficultD.happy44.A.softlyB.sweetC.lowerD.wisely45.A.thatB.whatC.whoD.
22、how46.A.troubleB.askC.stopD.reach47.A.experiment B.eventC.accidentD.activity48.A.receiveB.standC.fightingD.faced49.A.seldomB.sometimesC.neverD.always50.A.kissedB.taughtC.shoutedD.told四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。ACanada 4:00 a.m.to 8:30 a.m.Canada is a big country with six
23、 timezones（时区）.In the west,it is four a.m.,andeveryone is asleep,but in the east it is halfpast eight and people are awake.It is a coldFriday morning in November._ _）Scotland 12:00 noonScotland is part of the UK.The capital ofScotland is Edinburgh.It is twelve noon,ormidday,in Edinburgh.Children are
24、 havinglessons,but they are looking forward to theweekend because there is no school onSaturday and Sunday._ 7Egypt 2:00 pm.Friday is already the weekend in Egypt.Ifs a special day for Muslims,so schools,offices and shops are closed in all Arabcountries.So now,at two p.m.,mostpeople there are having
25、 lunch with theirfamilies._7Japan 9:00 p.m.Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt,so itis already Friday evening there.Theweekend is beginning.Most people areout with friends or watching television orplaying computer games._J51.If it is 12:30 p.m.in eastern Canada,the time is in westernCanada.A.8:00a.m
26、 B.10:00a.m.C.1:30 p.m.D.4:30p.m.52.The people inneedn,t go to work on Fridays.A.Canada B.Scotland C.Japan D.Egypt53.While Canadian children are waking up,children in Scotland areA.sleeping B.having lessons C.watching TV D.playinggamesBI was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortois
27、e.At theend I said,“Son,remember:Be slow and steady（镇定的）,and that willwin the race.Don t you think there7 s something to learn from thetortoise?Sonny opened his eyes wide,“Do you mean next time when I mentering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy,Tony and Sandywould all fall asleep halfwa
28、y?I was shocked,But the tortoise didn t wish that the hare would fallasleep!（,He must have wished that,/Sonny said,Otherwise how could he beso foolish as to race with the hare?He knew very well the hare ran ahundred times faster than he himself did.”“He didn t have such a wish,“I insisted.He won the
29、 race byperseverance（坚忍不拔），by pushing on steadily.z/Sonny thought a while.That s a lie/z he said.nHe won it because hewas lucky.If the hare hadnz t happened to fall asleep,the tortoise wouldnever have won the race.He could be as steady as you like,or a hundredtimes steadier;but he d never have won t
30、he race.That s for sure.”I gave up.Todayz s children are not like what we used to be.Theyz re justhopeless.54.The writer wanted his son.A.to learn from the tortoise B.to open his eyes wideC.to enter for the 60-meter race D.to have a big wish55.According to Sonny,it was the tortoise s wish t hat.A.th
31、e hare would be as steady as he wasB.he could run faster than the hareC.the hare would fall asleep during the raceD.he would have a sleep during the race56.Sonny believed that the tortoise won the raceA.by pushing on steadily B.by luckC.by taking a risk D.by telling a lie57.It is clear that the writ
32、er in the end.A.learned a lesson B.won the argumentC.became impatient D.was satisfiedCI hid the long black bag in the garagetwo days ago.Tonight,in the dark,I would finally take it away.If everything went OK,it would be done bymorning.But I had to be sure no one,not even my wife,saw me.It was more d
33、ifficult to get away from the party than I expected.I saidthat the children were tired and needed to get to bed.It was partly true.But the main reason for leaving was that I wanted to complete my plan.First I had to get the kids to sleep.That was never easy at any time andtonight it was even more di
34、fficult.The eldest one wanted to know whywe left the party early.I told him 10:30 pm was not early.As usual,I readthem a bed time story,but I had to stop myself reading too quickly orthey would learn my secret.Silence finally came,and feeling like a thiefin the night,I went out of thehouse and into
35、the garage.Taking one end,I pulled the bag out from itshiding place and took it into the garden.I was worried that myneighbours might see me and call the police.It was already eleven o clock.By the light of the moon I started working,trying to make as little noise as possible.And that was not easy w
36、ith asaw（锯子）and a hammer 作垂子）.After much hard work,I finally completed my work.I looked down at mywatch.It was exactly 4:00 am.Then I went inside to have a shower andget a few hours of sleep.It wouldn/t be long now before the kids wouldrush into my room and wake me up to tell me about the new tree-h
37、ouseFather Christmas brought them this year.58.Why did the man feel nervous?A.He left the party too late.B.He was afraid of the darkness.C.He didnz t know where the black bag was.D.He worried that others would know his secret.59.The underlined word they in Paragraph 3 refers to.A.thievesB.parentsC.c
38、hildrenD.neighbours60.In what order did the man do the following?a.Read the kids a story,b.Had a shower,c.Worked in themoonlight.d.Pulled the bag from the garage,e.Went to a party.A.e-d-a-b-c B.e-a-d-c-b C.a-b-e-d-c D.a-e-d-c-b61.How would the children feel when they saw the manz s work?A.Interested
39、.B.Excited.C.Tired.D.Angry.DMost people around the world are right-handed.This also seems to betrue in history.In 1799,scientists studied works of art made at differenttimes from 1,500 B.C.to the 1950s.Most of the people shown in theseworks are right-handed,so the scientists guessed that right-hande
40、dnesshas always been common through history.Today,only about 10%to15%of the world s population is left-handed.Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones?Scientists now know that a person,s two hands each have their own jobs.For most people,the hand is used to find things or hold th
41、ings.The righthand is used to work with things.This is because of the different work ofthe two sides of the brain.The right side of the brain,which makes aperson7 s hands and eyes work together;controls the left hand.Theleft-side of the brain,which controls the right hand,is the centre forthinking a
42、nd doing problems.These findings show that more artistsshould be left-handed,and studies have found that left-handedness istwice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handedinstead of left-handed.Scientists have found that almost 4
43、0%of thepeople become left-handed because their main brain is damaged whenthey are born.However,this doesnz t happen to everyone,so scientistsguess there must be another reason why people become left-handed.One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents.If aperson does not recei
44、ve the gene（基因）for right-handedness,he/shemay become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chanceand the people they work or live with.Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness,people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual.Along time ago,left-handed
45、 children were made to use their right handslike other children,but today they don t have to.62.How many people in the world are left-handed now?A.Less than one sixth.B.More than a half.C.About 40%D.Thepassage doesn t tell us.63.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlinedword da
46、maged in this passage?A.knocked B.changed C.broke D.harmed64.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?A.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.B.Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.C.Today children are not made to use their right hands only.D.Sci
47、entists think there must be some reason why people becomeleft-handed.65.The best title for this passage is.A.Scientists,New Inventions B.Left-handed PeopleC.Which Hand D.Different Brains,DifferentHands第n卷 供60分）五、词汇应用（共10小 题;每小题1分，计10分）根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）66.Another three holes will b
48、e（dig）before they have lunch.67.Human rights groups have been（close）watching the case.68.With the money,we have（success）sent many children toschool.69.In fact,the teacher is pleased with his.（explain）70.With the development o f technology,more and moreillnesses will be cured,（medicine）71.Are you get
49、ting used to（分开）rubbish into differentgroups in your daily life?72.The shoes he bought yesterday is（相似的）to mine.73.UNICEF helps build a better world for everyone,（特另！J）children around the world.74.Jimmy felt（自豪）than anyone else because he wasrecommended as the Most Helpful Student in our school.75.S
50、he does like to have the last word in any.（讨论）六、任务型阅读（共10小题;每小题1分，计10分）（每空一词）You have studied hard in class,done all of your homework,and youthink you have understood the material,but then the day of the testcomes.Suddenly,you feel so nervous that you can t answer thequestions.If this sounds like yo