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1、EnglishBBPart I Listening Comprehension (20%)Section A (10%)Directions: Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices1). A. He created art that is ignored by people. B. He does not have

2、money and fame. C. He is not satisfied with his work as an artist. p3 D. He has not achieved everything he ever wanted.2). A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Mother and son. D. Employer and employee. P33). A. Their society. B. Their family. P19 C. Their uncle. D. Their tree.4). A. Bei

3、ng insignificant. B. Being like other people. P19 C. Forgetting other people. D. Running certain risks.5). A. The man gets welfare money for having children. B. The man has children that cost a lot of money. C. The woman doesnt receive welfare money. D. The woman doesnt have any children. P356). A.

4、Be confident that things will get better. P35 B. Talk about her feelings about death and suicide. C. Get a divorce and then be positive. D. Learn from the trouble of other people.7). A. The effect of the Internet. P51 B. Remote cities of Asia. C. Changes to the world. D. Travel plans to Asia.8). A.

5、His bad luck. B. The phone company. C. The credit bureau. D. Faulty computer records. P519). A. Freedom. P67 B. Simple life. C. More time. D. Quiet life.10). A. The man punched his roommate in the face. B. The man needs to lower his costs. C. The man has a roommate who hassles him. D. The man really

6、 does not want a roommate. P67Section B (5%)Directions: Now you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices11). A. Oscar Wildes fame. P4 B. 19th century writers. C. Gays in England. D. Oscar Wildes literature wo

7、rks.12). A. Being talked about is the worst thing. B. Having no one speak about you is the worst thing. C. Talking about others is the worst thing. D. There is one thing worse than not talking.13). A. Teacher and student. B. Police officer and citizen. C. Mother and son. D. Father and daughter.14).

8、A. Because he was in jail. B. Because he was gay. C. Because he was well-known. D. Because he was a writer.15). A. The English threw all gays in prison. B. Fame is both positive and negative. C. Oscar Wilde paid more attention to his actions. D. Oscar Wilde watched reporters carefully.Section C (5%)

9、Directions: Now you will hear a passage followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices16). A. College life. P69 B. Rooming houses. C. Negatives to living alone. D. Dormitories.17). A. To save money. B. No choice. C. More positives. D. Lonelines

10、s.18). A. Rooming houses. B. Big room with several beds. C. Scholarship hall. D. Fraternity and sorority.19). A. Hostels. B. Army residence buildings. C. Scholarship hall. D. Military jails.20). A. Soldiers get less privacy typically. B. Most storage is available in or near the bed. C. Dorms are per

11、sonal spaces. D. A dormitory is usually called a “dorm”.Part II. Vocabulary and Structure. (15%)Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then write down the corresponding letter one the Answer Sheet.21) If a _ were to

12、 reach the gas it would go off at once. A. spot B. spillC. spark 火花 D. spray22) For many young people, the late 1960s was a period of _ against the moral values that had been the pride of the past generations. A. revolt 反抗 B. rebelC.chaos D. challenge23) I promised to_ the others at 5 a.m.A. rouse 醒

13、来 B. stimulateC. motivate D. prompt24) You are legally _ take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased.A. entitled to B. involved inC. associated with D. assigned to25) The citizens in the neighborhood all_ for the local governments decision to close the small paint factory. A. claimed B.

14、crackedC. clapped 鼓掌 D. crashed26) A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease _A. for long B. before longC. ever since D. for good27) Somewhat to my _, the police will soon eliminate her from their inquiries.A. entertainment B. judgmentC. relief 安慰 D. relaxation28) Environmental protection is _

15、 national and local economic development. A. related to B. involved inC. included in D. subjected to29) Most flowers will not _ without sunshine.A. cultivate B. boomC. sustain D. thrive30) If the rain doesnt stop, people will be _ serious flooding. A. facing with B. faced withC. subjecting with D. s

16、ubjected with31) It is frightening for a youngster to feel that he is in charge of himself; its like being in a car without _.A. brakes B. controlsC. gears D. signals32) Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the _ materials, as well as by the cost of production. A. primitive B. roughC. origina

17、l D. raw33) The editor _the manuscript to half of its original length.A. condensed B. condemnedC. concealed D. concentrated34) He is _for the love from his friends. A. crucial B. terminalC. intensive D. desperate35) They have all _ significant amounts of time and energy in this project. A. invested

18、B. involvedC. invented D. integrated36) He has put his car entirely at our _ for the holiday.A. usage B. applicationC. disposition D. disposal37) The Olympic Games began with a _ of all the competing nations.A. exhibition B. displayC. parade D. show38) Communication is the process of _ a message fro

19、m a source to an audience via a channel.A. transmitting B. submittingC. transforming D. switching39) The child finished the dessert and then _ the plate. A. scratch B. clickedC. licked D. scraped40) There is a strong possibility that the fire was started on _.A. choice B. purpose C. intention D. des

20、ign41) This film is about a young man of_ origin, who wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a rich banker. A. humble B. harsh C. wicked D. wrecked42) He will first give you a summary of the situation and then discuss it at_. A. detail B. extentC. degree D. length43) Nothing seems to be sure for c

21、ertain about the prediction of earthquakes _.A. for a long time B. for the first timeC. for the time being D. from time to time44) It seems that James has a talent for acting because he can _his teachers speech perfectly.A. intimate B. investigateC. internalize D. imitate45) She racked her brains, s

22、taring unseeingly into the glowing fire and trying to _a solution for the problem.A. hit at B. hit off C. hit upon D. hit up46）The boss always encourages his employees to go all out for a _business.A. preliminary B. prosperousC. primitive D. punctual47) House purchase is the biggest decision that mo

23、st people make and the easiest one to _ for various reasons.A. postpone B. conductC. replace D. last48) She made a _of $200 to the Childrens Hospital.A. publication B. donationC. acquisition D. quotation49) How do you _your long absence from classes without asking for leave?A. account for B. count o

24、nC. account of D. count for50) The old woman almost _ to death in the thick fumes. A. blocked B. provoked C. choked D. strokedPart III Reading Comprehension. (30%)Section A (10%)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Dont use any of th

25、e word more that once. 读写P88Mr. Li runs a small trade company in Sichuan Province. He used to be worried about the sales of his goods, but now he simply logs on to the Internet and_51_L_the information about his company to almost anywhere. He now has so many resources at his _52_N_than before. He ha

26、s even started to_D53_in foreign countries and make money almost anywhere. The_54_E_revolution has certainly changed the way we look at the world. And, most importantly, it allows people to get equal_H_55_to the information. People in less developed areas of the world are taking_I_56_of the benefits

27、 as well. One person says, I used to have a small farm, but now I am doing international business. This is just one of the many benefits of the information _57_F_.There are, however, some_O_58_challenges we will have to face. For example, there is a great deal of concern over_T59_in the Information

28、Age. Mr. Li _B60_this point. Hopefully, we can solve this problem in the near future.Word bankA. attends B. highlightsC. .buy D. .investE. telecommunications F. superhighwayG. assess H. accessI. advantage J. privacyK. transformation L. transmitsM. charge N. disposalO. potentialSection B (20%)Directi

29、ons: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and write down the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet.Passage One综合p33 Filmmaking a

30、t the beginning of the twentieth century was in its infancy. The techniques at that time could only show people and objects as they were, with an occasional photographic trick. So to imagine people gathering together in a theater to see a movie that was entirely silent is a bit incredulous to us now. But that was the reality of the early twentieth century.Films with sound did not appear until 1928. After all, radio had just made its commercial debut on Novevber2, 1920. The pre