本试卷共四道大题，共67小题，试卷满分为150分。

考试时间为120分钟

听力（共两节，满分32.5分）

第一节 听独白或对话（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话。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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题15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。

听第一段材料，回答第1至3题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

1．What did the man want?

    A．Tyres.               B．Tapes.               C．Ties.

2．Who was the woman?

    A．The man’s friend.   B．A shop assistant.    C．A customer.

3．Where is the product made?

    A．In Switzerland.      B．In France.           C．In England.

听第二段材料，回答第4至6题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

4．When does the man call?

    A．In the morning.      B．At lunch time.       C．In the afternoon.

5．Who is the man speaking to?

    A．A doctor.            B．A hotel manager.     C．A medical receptionist.

6．What’s one of the main symptoms?

    A．Something is stuck in his ear.              

    B．His ears are ringing.

    C．He’s in considerable pain.

听第三段材料，回答第7至9题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

7．What can the woman be?

    A．She is a waitress at a hotel.

    B．She’s the secretary of Mr. Black.

    C．She’s the assistant of Professor Green.

8．How could the man get in touch with Mr. Green?

    A．Find the Blackwood Hotel.

    B．Dial 304.

    C．Dial 64 to find the telephone number of the hotel.

9．Why did the man ask the woman to change the dollar?

    A．To pay for the information.

    B．To make a phone call.

    C．To get there by bus.

听第四段材料，回答第10至12题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

10．Where did the man work before?

    A．In the shopping department.

    B．In the shipping department.

    C．In a bank.

11．How did the man find the work and the people there?

    A．The work was tiring and the people weren’t friendly.

    B．The work was tiring but the people were polite.

    C．The work was interesting but the people were impolite.

12．What did the woman wish?

    A．She wished that the man would get on well with his work.

    B．She wished that the man’s idea would come true.

    C．She wished that the man would become friendly.

听第五段材料，回答第13至15题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

13．What is the purpose of this letter?

    A．To send his congratulations on Fred’s marriage.

    B．To borrow money from Fred in order to get married.

    C．To introduce his future wife to Fred.

14．Why is the writer of this letter unmarried yet?

    A．Because he hasn’t saved enough money.

    B．Because he is still not the manager of the food company.

    C．Because Mary doesn’t want to get married so early.

15．What can we learn about Mary Smith?

    A．She was the writer’s classmate at college.

    B．She studied in the same college with Fred and the writer.

第二节：听取信息：（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

下面你将听到一段录音，请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息，答案必须写在答题卷上题号为16—20的空格中。听完录音后你有90秒的答题时间，录音读两遍。（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

Who or What

What to do or What to be

Where or When or How

The woman

came to see Bob

while he was   16

17

was held

in Africa

Both his legs

18

by another motorcle

Bob

had stayed in a hospital there

19

Bob

has to   20

for another two weeks or so

第一节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you walk through the streets of any big city at six or seven in the morning, the chances are that you will see women hurrying along, pushing prams(婴儿推车). You may see more than one woman   21  on the same door and, as it opens, quickly kiss the child,   22  a package of nappies and hurry off down the street to clock on the early shift in an office, leaving their children to a child—minder—a woman who may be doing the job legally or illegally, well or   23  . Brain Jackson, director of the Child—minding Researching Unit, and his colleagues have done a great deal of work in finding out   24  it means for a child to spend the first years of life in the care of a child—minder.

  25  law, anyone who looks after a child for more than two hours a day and   26  paid must be registered(登记).   27  the punishment is a 50 pounds fine. Local authorities are responsible for the   28  and supervision(监管)of minders. The regulations   29  adequate provision(保障)for fire, safety and health. Very few minders can   30  these. Yet, not many districts give financial assistance. “This means,” Brain Jackson says, “that   31  you have one registered minder tested and proved by the local authorities, you can be sure that you will get a dozen unregistered, illegal minders   32  .”

The researchers found themselves   33  into the role of private investigators when they conduct their   34  . Getting up early to do a “Dawn Watch” following mothers through cold, dark streets and nothing where they  left their   35  ,Jackson says, was a long, slow process.

21．A．knock          B．stop          C．stick           D．stay

22．A．hand out       B．hand in     C．hand down     D．hand over

23．A．badly          B．good          C．better          D．worse

24．A．which          B．what          C．how             D．that

25．A．For            B．Through       C．By              D．With

26．A．gets           B．has           C．takes        D．receives

27．A．Therefore      B．However       C．Otherwise    D．Moreover

28．A．registration   B．education     C．supply       D．payment

29．A．require        B．demand        C．insist       D．acquire

30．A．pay            B．offer         C．afford          D．do

31．A．although       B．when          C．because         D．until

32．A．at work        B．in public     C．in vain    D．at present

33．A．run            B．looked        C．forced       D．dropped

34．A．experiment     B．survey        C．view         D．project

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为36—45的相应位置。

The number of children taking French and German has dropped dramatically in UK. But does it really   36  ? Children educated in this country grow up with   37  important global advantage: they speak English. English is the most spoken language in the world. It is not the most spoken as a first language,   38  if you include people who speak English as a   39  language, it leaves Mandarin Chinese for dust. This is   40  (fortune). It also carries side—benefit that English speakers traveling the world   41  always find work teaching their native tongue as long as they have a decent level. But language learning is   42  than being able to order coffee when you are on holiday, or find work on your travels.   43  both a student and teacher of foreign languages, I have found that the experience of learning another tongue greatly   44  (deep) your understanding of your own language. It forces you to think analytically: a skill which all students need to work on, no matter   45  subject they are studying.

Ⅲ．阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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

Last year my husband developed a terrible disease. Dale became fearful of going anywhere alone or of being alone as some of his seizures(发作) were quite severe, even putting him in the hospital on three separate occasions.

We decided that a trained medical service dog would greatly help Dale. It would be a companion for Dale, and the dog would be trained to stay with him. If he had a seizure, with a service dog beside a downed person, others could see and will be more likely to help.

A local person sold us a black Labrador puppy at a reduced price. Nevaeh was eight weeks old when we got her. At that point, we turned to the local papers for help. We hoped that getting Dale’s story out would help raise funds to pay for the puppy’s training. Dale has been on disability, and his need to have someone with him at all times means I can not work either. We don’t have a lot of money left over at the end of the month.

Fundraising started off with the help of family donations, but we had a long way to go. Then one day there was a knock at the door. I went to answer it;  a stranger stood there holding the newspaper article about Dale in her hand. She introduced herself as June and told me that her daughter’s dog had warned her to a cancer she never knew she had, probably saving her life. Now, she felt obliged to help our dog because a dog had helped her. She shocked us when she gave us $100! We never expected such caring and kindness from a complete stranger.

Dale had been feeling the world didn’t care, but this help renewed his faith. The next thing that happened was that Dale emailed local vets, asking for care for our puppy. We received a response from Dr. Noonan, who has since provided Nevaeh’s care for free. The staff and the vet are the most loving, caring people we have met. They even helped us find a local trainer who cut the training costs by more than half. If it weren’t for such amazing people, Dale probably would have become a total recluse, feeling he could never go anywhere alone.

46．Why did the couple think a medical service dog would be of great help?

    A．It could accompany Dale, and when a seizure came, it could attract people to help.

    B．It could accompany Dale, and in a seizure, it could save Dale.

    C．People are more likely to save a person if he is a dog lover.

    D．Dale would not be so lonely, and would get well again soon.

47．What made Dale gain confidence again?

    A．Getting a service dog.          

    B．A lady offered an amount of money to him.

    C．The vets offered to help.

    D．His being able to go anywhere.

48．Why did the couple think the staff and the vet are the most loving, caring people they have met?

    A．They provided the puppy’s care for free

    B．They trained the puppy for the couple.

    C．They provided the puppy’s care for free and cut the training cost by half.

    D．They not only provided the puppy’s care for free but also found a trainer with less than half the cost.

49．What does the underlined sentence “She felt obliged to help…”mean?

    A．She felt it a duty to help.      B．She felt she was forced to help.

    C．She felt willing to help.        D．She felt grateful to help.

50．What is the purpose of writing this passage?

    A．To show how important a good service dog is .

    B．To show a united family is important.

    C．To show thanks to those kind people.

B

Friday’s opening ceremony is expected to be followed by 35,000 spectators inside Stadio Olympic stadium and approximately 2 billion television viewers worldwide. International Olympic Committee(IOC) president Jacques Rogge is confident that the transportation problems are just last-minute glitches in the race for the first winter Olympics in Italy since Cortina Dampezzo in 1956. While Turin itself and the surrounding mountain venues are ready for the action which gets underway for real on Saturday, the day after the opening ceremony, the biggest problem remains traffic headaches.

Getting the Italian drivers to respect the lanes reserved for Olympic vehicles is proving a problem as the 2,000 bus drivers have been drafted in from all around Italy and are also unfamiliar with the local roads.

“Like with all games;the final stretch is always the most difficult one,” said Rogge. “Here and there, a couple of issues need to be solved. But there are still a few days until the opening ceremony. I’m very confident these will be very good games. What is important is that the fundamentals are very good. There is no structural (基础设施) issue. There is nothing that cannot be solved in a matter of days. I’m confident everything will be done by the opening ceremony.”

The problem over doping controls has been resolved with Rogge signing the agreement reached with the Italian government which allows controls to be carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agen (WADA). Any athletes who are proved to have used dopes will receive severe punishment and may receive a life ban from taking part in Olympic Games.

51．What does Jacques Rogge think is the biggest problem facing the coming Olympics?

52．What is the problem with the drivers?

    A．They don’t obey traffic rules.

    B．They are not familiar with the traffic rules.

    C．They are mostly from other places in Italy, and are not familiar with the roads.

    D．They are working part time.

53．What is the best title for this passage?

    A．The Opening Ceremony.       B．Transportation Problem.

54．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．At the opening ceremony, 35,000 people will get into the Stadio Olimpico stadium.

    B．After the opening ceremony, the biggest problem is traffic troubles.

    C．There remain some problems to settle before the games open.

    D．The coming Olympics is the first to be held since 1956 Cortina Dampezzo.

55．What does Rogge mean with “the final stretch is always the most difficult one ”?

    A．The last problem is the most difficult one.

    B．The final games are the most difficult.

    C．The problems for the final games are the most difficult.

    D．When it comes to the final stage, the problems will be the most difficult.

C

“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire Troll announced.

Tremor Troll looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.

“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.

Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”

“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on , “Troubled Troll doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”

“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”

“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.

“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.

“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”

56．Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

57．Trogmire and Troubled don’t believe in Santa because ________.

58．Troubled’s parents never ________.

    A．bought him anything              B．loved him very much

    C．cared about how he behaved       D．told him about the message from Santa

59．Tromire and Santa probably have different ideas about what’s ________.

    A．humourous           B．the proper way to do things

    C．easy to do          D．the proper way to address an e-mail

60．Trogmire’s last comment could be an example of the saying _______.

    A．Easy come, easy go               B．Misery loves company

    C．Beauty is only skin deep  D．One good turn deserves another