第一部分:单项选择(共30分)
1. Nelson Mandela fought for black people and was in ____ prison for almost thirty years.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
2. – Do you know Neil Armstrong?
-- Yes. He was the first man ___ on the moon in July 1969.
A. to land
B. landing
C. landed
D. lands
3. The time _____ I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
A. where
B. which
C. that
D. when
4. We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon, ______ our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join us.
A. where
B. which
C. that
D. when
5. Only then ________ to answer violence with violence.
A. we decided
B. did we decide
C. decided we
D. had we decided
6. Your speech was heard by a group of five judges, _____ agreed that it was the best one this year.
A. all of them
B. some of them
C. all of whom
D. some of which
7. _____ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake on July 28, 1976.
A. Two-third
B. Two-thirds
C. Second-three
D. Second-threes
8. ___ you know, this is the day ___ the quake happened thirty-five years ago.
A. As; when
B. Which; when
C. As; which
D. Which; that
9. Everybody got ____ when they heard the _____ story.
A. shocked; shocked
B. shocking; shocking
C. shocked; shocking
D. shocking; shocked
10. TThe earthquake was so terrible that in only fifteen seconds a large city ___ in ruins.
A. lay
B. lain
C. laid
D. lied
11. It was my sister ____ first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. x
12. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she _____ the trip properly.
A. organized
B. organize
C. organizing
D. to organize
13. _____ she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.
A. Though
B. Since
C. Unless
D. Once
14. When I told her that the air would be hard ______ and it would be very cold, she said that it would be an interesting experience.
A. to breathe
B. to be breathed
C. breathing
D. being breathed
16. Native English speakers can understand each other _____ they don’t speak the same kind of English.
A. even if
B. as if
C. so long as
D. now that
17. In the early days of radio those who reported the news ______ to speak excellent English.
A. expected
B. were expected
C. expecting
D. were expecting
18. Believe it or not, there is _____ as standard English in the world.
A. no such thing
B. no a thing
C. not such thing
D. no such a thing
19. The USA is a large country ____ many different dialects are spoken.
A. in which
B. which
C. that
D. when
20. Your friend, ______ doesn’t work hard, asks you to help him/her cheat in the exam by looking at your paper.
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. he
21. Do you want a friend _____ you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts?
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. which
22. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane ______.
A. takes off
B. is taking off C. has taken off
D. took off
23. – Would you like some more noodles?
-- _____. I’ve had enough.
A. No, thanks B. Yes, please.
C. Good idea
D. No problem.
24. In the dark street there wasn't a single person ______ she could turn for help.
A. that
B. who C. to whom
D. from whom
25. Our English teacher requested that the homework _______ the next morning.
A. would be handed in
B. be handed in
C. must be handed in
D. hand in
26. Her operation was successful, but it took her a long time to _____ from her illness.
A. recover
B. suffer
C. come
D. learn
27. We were put into a position________ we had either to accept we were less important, or fight against the government.
A. when
B. where
C. which
D. that
28. We went to see our teacher_______ husband lost his life in the earthquake.
A. whose
B. whom
C. who
D. which
29. --- Mum, I’m going to take part in the Mid-term examination tomorrow morning.
-- _______, dear.
A. Congratulations
B. Good luck
C. Have fun
D. Have a good trip
30. A good learner is also a person who ______ notes when listening to a speech.
A. sets down
B. sets up
C. sets off
D. sets out
第二部分:完形填空(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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a cold winter's afternoon, Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any ___31___ on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost directly below, ___32___ was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was ___33___ wearing many clothes, Robert ___34___. He shivered(打了个寒颤) and walked on.
Just then he heard a cry. "Help! Help!" The cry ___35___ from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was ___36___ the water and his canoe was floating away, "Help! Help!" he called again.
Robert was a good ___37___. Taking off his clothes, he ___38___ into the river. The ___39___ water made him tremble (颤抖) all over, ___40___ in a few seconds he reached the ___41___. "Don't be afraid," he said and started to swim towards the river bank, ___42___ the boy with him. But at that ___43___ he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all___44___in his direction. Robert ___45___ to swim towards the boat.
"Give me a hand," he shouted ___46___ he got near the boat. He looked up into a row of faces. "It's funny," he thought. "They look so ___47___." Silently they helped the boy into the boat and ___48___ him in a blanket(毛毯). But they did not move to ___49___ Robert.
"Aren't you going to pull me out too?" Robert asked.
"You!" said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large ___50___. "You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破坏) a whole afternoon's work! You can stay in the water."
31. A. fish
B. boats
C. waves
D. sounds
32. A. there
B. it
C. where
D. that
33. A. then
B. also
C. only
D. not
34. A. noticed
B. saw
C. guessed
D. said
35. A. happened
B. went
C. arrived
D. came
36. A. on
B. within
C. in
D. under
37. A. swimmer
B. guard
C. soldier
D. sportsman
38. A. threw
B. looked
C. dived
D. turned
39. A. deep
B. cool
C. dirty
D. cold
40. A. but
B. so
C. and
D. or
41. A. canoe
B. bank
C. boy
D. bridge
42. A. pushing
B. dragging
C. holding
D. catching
43. A. place
B. period
C. second
D. moment
44. A. seeing
B. smiling
C. looking
D. shouting
45. A. decided
B. went
C. agreed
D. promised
46. A. while
B. till
C. for
D. as
47. A. nervous
B. afraid
C. excited
D. angry
48. A. wrapped
B. left
C. placed
D. threw
49. A. save
B. thank
C. help
D. wrap
50. A. boat
B. blanket
C. camera
D. screen
第三部分: 阅读理解 (共20小题;每小题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。
51. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York
b. Worked in a bank
c. Travelled to Texas
d. Was put in prison
e. Had a newspaper job
f. Learned to write stories
A. e, c, f, b, d, a
B. c, b, e, d, a, f
C. e, b, d, c, a, f
D. c, e, b, d, f, a
52. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because
A. they had surprise endings.
B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor.
D. they were about New York City.
53. O. Henry went to prison because
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B. people thought he had taken money that was not his.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. he broke the law by not using his own name.
54. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was very good at learning.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was not serious about his work.
55.Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.
B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York.
D. His exciting early life as a boy.
B
One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton(人体骨架) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
56. Who wrote the story?
A. Rupert's teacher. B. The neighbour's teacher.
C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher's neighbour.
57. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
58. What happened at the airport?
A. The skeleton went missing.
B. The skeleton was stolen.
C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.
59. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?
A. He is very angry.
B. He thinks it rather funny.
C. He feels good without Rupert.
D. He feels helpless without Rupert.
60. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.
C
On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles”.
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India. When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.
Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
61. The best headline (标题) for his newspaper article would be.
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles
B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an
C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road
D. An American Achieving His Aims
62. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because.
A. he asked to see the manager
B. he entered the hall with a bike
C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
63. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order:.
A. China, India, and Pakistan
B. India, China, and Pakistan
C. Pakistan, China, and India
D. China, Pakistan, and India
64. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A. The stories about Marco Polo.
B. The famous sights in Xi’an.
C. His interest in Chinese silk.
D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.
65. Friedlander can be said to be _____.
A. clever
B. friendly
C. hardworking
D. strong-minded
D
The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker(面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul's.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
66.The fire began in _________.
A. a hotel B. the palace
C. Pudding Lane D. Thames Street
67. The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means _________.
A. home
B. children
C. wife and husband
D. wife and children
68. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that _________.
A. some people lost their lives
B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
C. many famous buildings were destroyed
D. the King's bakery was burned down
69. Why did the writer cite(引用) Samuel Pepys?
A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C. To show that poor people suffered most.
D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
70. How was the fire put out according to the text?
A. The king and his soldiers came to help.
B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C. People managed to get enough water from the river.
D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.