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1、4.parrot A.hospital B.comfort C.fond D.introduce 5.tutor A.production B.junior C.sugar D.stupid第二节 情景对话（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分）根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。Tom : Hi, Cathy. _6_ Cathy: I have to finish my project on the history of the Internet. What about you? 7 If its fine,

2、well go camping. Would you like to join us? Id like to, but the deadline for my project is next Monday. What a pity! 8 Yes, please. Can you suggest any good reference books? You may want to read Origins of the Internet and The Digital Future. Im reading the two books. 9 Go to the Science Museum webs

3、ite, and youll find lots of up-to-date information. Cathy: Good idea. Thanks for your help. 10 A. Never mind. B. Dont mention it.C. Any other suggestions? D. Will you come next time?E.it depends on the weather F.Anything I can do for you G.What are you up to this weekeed?第三节单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）11

4、 As we all know, _ disabled have to work very hard to live _ ordinary life as we do. A. the; the B. the; an C. a; D. a; a 12.They desired that they _ the right to attend the meeting.A. had B. have C. are D. were13.Many software companies have _ popular programs to the new operating system. A. matche

5、d B. adjusted C. adapted D. fitted14.I dont think highly of this kind of flower _, I dont care for it.A. in other words B. all in all C. after all D. in the meanwhile15.Coming into the room, I found them_ at the table, _ chess.A. seated; playing B. sitting; playC. sat; D.seated; played16.The moment

6、the 28th Olympic Games _ open, the whole world cheered. A. declared B. have been declared C. have declared D. were declared17. I am going to the post office. Do you have any letter _?A. to be sent B. to send C. sending D. sent18 .It was in the hall_ we usually have dinner_ we had a dancing partylast

7、 night.A. where; thatB. that; where C. where; which D. which; where19.To improve your reading ability, you should _ half an hour every day for learning new vocabulary. A. set out B. set down C. set aside D. set off20. I dont suppose the police know who did it. Well, surprisingly they do. A man has b

8、een arrested and _ _ now. A. had been que stioned B. is being questioned C. is questioning D. had questioned21.The boy wanted to play games at home but his mother told him _ . A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. dont do22 .The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, _ the qualit

9、y of life is probably one of the highest.A. since B. when C. as D. while23.She was so sad because she failed in the math test. Lets _ her _.A. leave behind B. leave aloneC. leave aside D. leave out 24.- Would you like to go camping with me when the summer holiday comes ?- I really dislike camping, b

10、ut I will _ you if you insist.A. company B. companion C. accompany D. compare25.- - Hello, Jane. I come to say goodbye to you. Ill start a new job in another company.- _ .A. Oh, no problem B. Oh, enjoy yourselfC. Oh, all the best D. Oh, have a happy day第四节. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Yesterday evening

11、 I was watching the evening news on TV. The news was about a prize for scientific discoveries. The 26 said something that caught my27 . “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of 25 and 30.” Being a little over 30 myself, I wanted to 28 with him. Nobody wants to think

12、that he has passed the age of making any 29 . The next day I went to the public library, spending several hours, and 30 to find the ages of famous people and their discoveries. The announcer was right! First, I looked at some of the 31 discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous one that32 that bod

13、ies of different weights 33 at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he 34 his world-changing Theory of Relativity. Well,35 of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other3

14、6 . Then how about this in37 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of38 to make a good leader. Perhaps it does, but look when these people 39 their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln40 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government

15、 at what age? Twenty-six!But why dont best years come after 30? After 30, I41 , most people dont want to take risks or try ne w ways. Then I thought of people 42 Shakespeare and Picasso. The43 was writing wonderful44 at the late age of 50,45 the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he w

16、as 90!Perhaps there is still hope for me.26. A. announcer B. conductor C. speaker D. hostess27. A. mind B. care C. attention D. surprise28. A. disagree B. talk C. meet D. advise29. A. chance B. discovery C. research D. fortune30. A. happened B. wanted C. succeeded D. managed31. A. last B. scientific

17、 C. oldest D. modern32. A. found B. proved C. doubted D. showed33. A. disappear B. move C. drop D. fall34. A. invented B. improved C. published D. made35. A. plenty B. enough C. much D. all36. A. fields B. science C. courses D. ages37. A. election B. p oliti cs C. leaders D. society38. A. age B. bra

18、in C. living D. leadership39. A. finished B. won C. started D. defeated 40. A. led B. devoted C. began D. gave up41. A. guess B. know C. believe D. agree42 A. as B. to be C. like D. about43 A. first B. writer C. poet D. former44 A. painting B. idioms C. fiction D. works45. A. when B. while C. who D.

19、 after第二部分： 阅读理解 （ 共15 小题，每小题 2 分， 满分30分 ）第一节 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出最佳选项。（共10小题 ，每小题2分，共20分）A Have you ever heard of blogs （博客）? If you havent, you should have. Its here, its growing and its having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and youll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened

20、 from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio fil es, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having

21、to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Int

22、ernet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.Now, somewher

23、e around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because its great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. Hes trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.46. A blog is .A. a comment B. an Internet journal C. a design D. a lin

24、k47. A person can do the following things in a blog EXCEPT _. A. talk to others B. give comments C. read articles D. enjoy photos48. Who is a blogger?A. A person who posts letters.B. A person who writes articles.C. A person who posts text or photos in a blog.D. A person who is an online publisher.49

25、. According to the passage, the reason why blogs are so popular is that they _.A. give everyone the chance to be an online writerB. can be created by people without much knowledge of computer technologyC. enable a blogger to place news, personal thoughts, text and photos and give commentsD. all of t

26、he aboveBDear editor,You can find language pollution whenever you open a newspaper or turn on your TV set, listen to a popular song at various advertisements. Language pollution exists almost everywhere and can be seen in the following places:1. Chinese characters are written in the complex （复杂的 ） f

27、orm. Although simplified Chinese characters w ere accepted for use many years ago, it seems that more and more people like Chinese characters written in the complex form.2. Many goods are produced in China but carry foreign names, which sound strange and have no meaning at all.3. Words and expressions being used have a bad meaning. Ba（霸）, which means bully in Chinese, is one example. Now there are a lot of goods, restaurants, even factories or firms, with in their names.4. There are too many incorrect grammatical expressions. Some films have strange names and incorrect grammatical struc