’ t have failed
30. _____in a science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $ 21, 000.
A. To be judged the best B. Judged the best
C. Having judged the best D. Judging the best
31.—Do you still remember when we went to Nanjing?
---I can’t remember now but _____ sometime last summer?
A. might it be B. could it be
C. could it have been D. should it have been
32.---Have you been to the Great Wall?
--Perhaps not in my memory. ____, it might have been during my early childhood.
A. If any B. If ever C.If once D. If not
33. Our teacher asks us to clean the floor in the morning as our daily _____.
A. virtue B. regulation C. routine D. fortune
34.---You may find the key to the maths problem on page 107 .
---Ah, it’s so simple . I wonder why I of that .
A. hadn’t thought B. haven’t thought
C. didn’t think D. wasn’t thinking
35.—Excuse me, is the shop open around the clock?
--- _________. Only from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
A. I’m afraid not B.I’m not sure
C. Well, it depends D. That’s right
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55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。
“Papaderos, what is the meaning of ___36___?” I asked the aging German professor of Greek culture and history. The usual laughter ___37__, and people stirred（搅动）to go.
Papaderos __38__ his hand, stilled the room, and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was __39__ and seeing from my eyes that I was.
“I will answer your question.” Taking his ___40___ out of his hip pocket, he dished into a leather billfold（钱包） and brought out a very small __41__ mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this:” When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the __42__ piece of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked（破坏） in that place.
“I tried to find all the pieces and __43__ them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece.This one. And by __44__ it on a stone I made it round. And I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact __45__ I could reflect light into dark places where the sin would __46__ shine --- in deep holes and crevices and dark clothes. It became a game for me to get light into the most __47__ places I could find.
I kept the little mirror, and as I went about my grew up, I __48__ take it out in idle moments and continue the __49__ of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not __50__ a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I __51__ understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light-truth, understanding, knowledge --- is there, and it will only __52__in many dark places if I reflect it.
“I am a fragment(碎片) of a mirror whose design and shape I do not know. __53__, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world --- into the black places in the __54__ of men--- and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I AM __55__. This is the meaning of my life.
36.A. mirror B. life C. light D. study
37.A. followed B. continued C. appeared D. occurred
38.A. rose up B. made up C. showed up D. held up
39.A. funny B. ridiculous C. serious D. embarrassed
40.A. wallet B. money C. paper D. toy
41.A. sharp B. round C. expensive D. bright
42. A. crashed B. dotted C. separated D. broken
43. A. get B. put C. mix D. collect
44. A. cutting B. hitting C. scratching D. knowing
45. A. that B. what C. which D. whether
46. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never
47. A. remote B. inaccessible C. secret D. adventure
48. A. would B. could C. should D. might
49. A. knowledge B. competition C. strengths D. challenge
50. A. nearly B. hardly C. just D. only
51. A. went to B. came to C. referred to D. directed to
52. A. shine B. light C. appear D. exist
53. A. But B. Nevertheless C. Furthermore D. consequently
54. A. hearts B. eyes C. senses D. thoughts
55. A. for B. in C. through D. about
第三部分：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.
After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, Earthquake had good news to report: The damage and death toll could have been much worse.
More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims.
Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred a 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s high ways. In addition, changes made to the construction codes Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city’s buildings and highways, making them more resistance to quakes.
Despite the good mews, civil engineers aren’t resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.
In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake’s vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.
The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.
56. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that _____.
A. new computers had been installed in the buildings.
B. it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highways.
C. large numbers of Los Angles residents had gone for a holiday.
D. improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways.
57. The smart buildings discussed in the passage _____.
A. would cause serious financial problems
B. would be worthwhile though costly.
C. would increase the complexity of architectural design.
D. can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes.
58. It can inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on _____.
A. the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction.
B. the development of flexible building materials
C. the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations.
D. early forecasts of earthquakes.
59. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to _____.
A. compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U.S.
B. encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers.
C. outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials.
D. report new developments in constructing quake-resistant buildings.
B
A few days ago I asked my son’s governess (女家庭教师) Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia,” I said, “Let’s settle our accounts, I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agree on thirty dollars a month …”
“Forty.”
“No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so …”
“Two months and five days.”
“Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays … you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks And three holidays …” Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but not a word.
“Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch, Twelve and seven-nineteen. Take nineteen off … that leaves. Hmm … forty one dollars. Correct?”
Julia’s left eye reddened with tears. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but still not a word.
“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but forget it. Then, due to your neglect, Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also duo to your carelessness, the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”
“You didn’t.” sobbed Julia.
“But I made a note of it.”
“Well … if you say so.”
“Take twenty seven from forty one --- that leaves fourteen.”
Her eyes were filled with tears. Poor girl!
“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”
“Really” You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three form fourteen --- leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is!”
I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.
“Merci (法语：谢谢) ，”she whispered.
I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this ‘merci’?” I asked.
“For the money.”
“But you know I’ve cheated you --- robbed you! I have actually stolen from you! Why this ‘merci’?”
“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”
“They didn’t give you anything” No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you … I am going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope … Is it really possible to be so spineless (懦弱)？Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws --- to be such a fool?”
Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression, “It is possible.”
I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little “merci” several times and went out. I looked after her and thought, “How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”
60. While talking to Julia, the writer expected her _____.
A. to make a protest B. to show gratitude
C. to be obedient D. to give an explanation
61. What kind of person was Julia according to the passage?
A. She became angry in face of injustice
B. She was always reedy to accept injustice.
C. She was too shy to express her anger.
D. She was reluctant to express herself.
62. At the end of the story, the writer said, “ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!” to show ____.
A. his understanding of Julia’s anxiety
B. his worry about Julia’s future
C. his concern on the living condition of working-class people
D. his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited
63. From the text, we can see the writer is ____.
A. aggressive B. cruel C. kind D. strict
C
Google Works Miracles
Google (www.google.com) is a daily miracle to millions of people, If the Internet had only this very fast search engine, it would have justified its existence many times over. It is the most popular search engine on the wed with a 54 percent market share, ahead of Yahoo! You type almost anything, however unclear, into the space provided and in a second it had come up with hundreds of references. It knowledge is power, then Google commands the gateway.
Yahoo! Becomes giant
Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) was the first wonder of the wed, and in many respects, it still is. It started in January 1994 when two California graduate students, Jerry Yang and David filo, started compiling a detabase of links, mainly for their personal use. But well before the end of the year, it had become recognizable as Yahoo we know today. In the past seven years, Yahoo had grown rapidly, partly through a long string of buys. Yahoo now offers almost everything you could want: emails, instant messages, chats, clubs, photo albums, and a lot more.
EBay Enables Everyone to Buy and Sell
eBay (www.ebay.com), which deals with online trading and shopping services worldwide. It has, for instance, opened up a global marketplace in which people from Beijing, San Francisco, or Moscow can bid against each other for products put up for sale by someone in London. The company’s online service permits sellers to list items that is available online seven days a week.
Amazon Makes Buying a New Experience
Amazon (www.amazon.com) started out as online bookstore, constantly putting up new book titles it offered for sale. In the late 1990s, Amazon and more than four million titles after adding CDs, videos, DVDs and games. It continued to add new lines of business including toys, computer software, electronics. Like MP3 players, power toll, home improvement products and online sales, For regular users, Amazon has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying.
64. What is Google used mainly for?
A. Commanding the gateway B. Searching for information
C. Storing reference books D. Providing extra space
65.What goods did Amazon sell when it started its business?
A. Videos and games B. Different books
C. Power tools D. MP3 players
66.Which of the following i8s true?
A. Buying and selling can only be done through Amazon.
B. If you feed in something unclear, Google will refuse to do the searching
C. Yahoo owns more market shares than any other companies on the web.
D. eBay company’s online service is always there for its users.
D
People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a stronger effect on their health.
From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are regular. Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them.
The research team interviewed a national sample of 1, 031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health. People without a high school diploma reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent of the time.
“Less advantaged people are less healthy on a daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health.” leading researcher Dr. Joseph Grzywacz of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement. “The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors (紧张刺激物), and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more damaging for the less advantaged. ”
“If something happens every day, maybe it’s not seen as a stressor.” Grzywacz says. “Maybe it is just life.”
67.Stress level is closely related to .
A. family size B. social position C. body weight D. work experience
68.Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?
A. People without any education. B. People without high school degrees.
C. People with high school degrees. D. People with college degrees.
69.The less advantaged people are, the greater .
A. the effect of stress on their health is B. the effect of education on their health is
C. the level of their education is D. the degree of their health concern is
70.Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because .
A. they don’t want to tell truth B. they don’t want to face the truth
C. stress is too common a factor in their life D. heir stress is much greater
第二节：书面表达 (满分25分)
春节期间，我国南方多个地区遭受几十年来罕见的雪灾。它给人们的生产和生活带来了极大的影响——房屋倒塌，断水断电，食品供应紧张……。面对灾害，举国上下齐心协力抗击雪灾，展示了强大的中国精神。请结合下图用英语为China Daily写一篇简短的报道。
注意: 1：报道要包含雪灾的危害和抗灾情况，并适当谈谈自己的感受；
2：字数150左右。报道的标题、开头已为你写好,不计入总词数；
Disaster Occurred, Help Came
During the Spring Festival, many areas across southern China saw a snow disaster never seen in more than 50 years. The snowstorm _________________________________________
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_书面表达: (参考范文) Disaster Occurred, Help came
During the Spring Festival, many areas across southern China saw a snow disaster never seen in more than 50 years. The snowstorm caused great damage to houses and power lines. Millions of people suffered from the shortage of water, vegetables and power supply. Roads were blocked. Flights were cancelled and trains were delayed, leaving tens of thousands of passengers unable to go back home.
Facing the disaster, the government took all kinds of urgent measures to ensure everything returned to normal as soon as possible. Soldiers cleared snow and ice on the road and rescued the people trapped in the snowstorm. Repairmen worked around the clock to ensure water and power supply, for which some even lost their lives. Large quantities of aid relief, including the money donated by ordinary people across the whole country, were rushed to the disaster areas. Thanks to the joint efforts, people in the disaster areas were able to recover to normal.
Looking back upon the experience, I feel that united, we’re strong. The efforts of the Chinese government and the Chinese people in face of hardships will be always appreciated. （164 words）
