2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

(四川卷)英 语

   本试卷分第一I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。第1卷1至13页，第Ⅱ卷14至

17页。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第 I 卷

   注意事项：

   1．答第1卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

   2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。

第一部分听力(共两节。满分30分)

   做题时，先将答集标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

   听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A．￡19．15．     B．￡9．15．      C．￡9．18．答案是B。  

1．Who is coming for tea?

  A．John．      B．Mark．       C．Tracy．

2．What will the man do next?  

  A．Leave fight away．    B．Stay for dinner．     C．Catch a train.

3．What does the mall come for?

A．A lecture．      B．A meeting．      C．A party．

4．、What size does the man want?

A．9．       B．35．        C．39．

5．What are the speakers talking about?

A．Life in Southeast Asia．B．Weather conditions．   C．A holiday tour．

第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

   听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5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6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What is the man doing?

A．Giving a speech．   B．Chairing a meeting．   C．Introducing a person．

7．Why does the woman sing so well?

A．She has a great teacher．  B．She teaches singing．  C．She is young．

   听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What is the second gift for Jimmy?

  A．A car.       B．A watch．       C．A computer．

9．Why does Jimmy feel happy?

  A．He lives with his parents．  B．He’s got what he dreamt of．  C．He’s received lots of presents．

   听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What is the relationship between the speakers?

  A．They are friends．   B．They are strangers to each other．   C．They are husband and wife．

11．Why does the woman come to talk with the man?

  A．To get a job．    B．To take a test．    C．To see the secretary．

12．What does the man mean by saying sorry?

  A．He can’t hear the woman clearly． B．He doesn't need a designer． C．He can’t help the woman．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．What do we know about the woman?

  A．She lives close to the office．   B．She is new to the company．   C．She likes the big kitchen．

14．How does the man go to work?

  A．On foot．    B．By bus．    C．By car．

15．Why was Susan late for work?

  A．She missed the bus．    B．Her train was late．    C．Her car broke down．

16．What will the man do the next day?

  A．Go to work by train．    B．Visit Lily in her flat．    C．Leave home earlier.

   听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Where can you most probably hear this talk?

  A．In a class of the English language．

  B．In a class of the Greek language．

  C．In a class of the French language．    

18．How long does the class last?

  A．11 weeks．    B．13 weeks．    C．15 weeks．

19．What is“the short-cut”to learning words according to the speaker?

  A．Taking more courses．   B．Reading basic words aloud．C．Learning how words are formed．

20．Why is the class popular?

 A．It is not offered each term．

 B．It’s taught by Professor Morris．

 C．It helps to master some useful rules．

第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节  单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

   从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants.

 A．however     B．whatever      C．whichever   D．whenever

答案是B。

21．—Thank you for joining in our conversation tonight．

— _______ .

   A．It’s my duty    B. It’s all right      C．It’s my pleasure  D．It’s nice to say so

22．How about taking ______ short break? I want to make _______ call．

   A．．the；a     B．a；the      C．the；the    D．a；a

23．When you get the paper back, pay special attention to what ________ .

   A．have marked    B. have been marked   C．had marked    D．had been marked

24．一What does the sign over there read?

一“No person ________ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette，cigar or pipe in this area．”

A．will      B．may       C．shall       D. must

25．Some students often listen to music ________ classes to refresh themselves．

   A．between     B．among      C．over      D．during

26．Peter received a letter just now ________ his grandma would come to see him soon.

   A．said      B．says       C．saying    D．to say

27．It is reported that two schools，________ are being built in my hometown，will open next year.

   A．they both     B．which both    C．both of them    D．both of which

28．Mum ________  to us，“Be quiet! Your little sister’s sleeping．”

   A．whispered     B．shouted     C．explained   D．replied

29. I'd like to study law at university ________ my cousin prefers geography.

   A. though          B.  as   C. while          D.  for

30. —Did you see a man in black pass by just now?

   —No, sir. I ________ a newspaper.

    A. read        B. was reading     C. would read       D.  am reading

31. Of the two coats, I'd choose the ________ one to spare some money for a book.

    A. cheapest          B. cheaper     C. more expensive     D. most expensive

32. Little joy can equal ________ of a surprising ending when you read stories.

    A. that        B. those     C. any       D.  some

33. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly            my friend.

    A. turn out       B.  bring out     C. call out      D. pick out

34. —Dad! Tom's broken a glass!

   — ________. Accidents will happen.

    A. No way     B.  Doesn't matter  C. No trouble at all     D. Don't mention it

35. The flowers his friend gave him will die unless ________ every day.

    A.  watered       B.  watering   B. water      D.  to water

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5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。

It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before    36   Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes. " Not   41   it, I replied, "Grandmaaaa, that's just an old wives' tale!"  

Well, less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   44   , but they all proved useless.

Late one   45   in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the   46   of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I   47   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   48    she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. "  With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)   49   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   50   on her face.  However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others'   51   , only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to   53   my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives' tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

36. A. leaving        B. passing         C. visiting             D. finding

37. A. persuaded    B. reminded          C.  warned             D.  informed

38. A. students       B. foreigners         C. passengers         D. visitors

39. A. earlier      B. longer             C. sooner              D. later

40. A. grows        B. goes              C. flows               D. remains

41. A. expecting   B. understanding       C. recognizing          D. believing

42. A. after          B. before            C. when               D. as

43. A. shade       B. pile               C. cloud               D. blanket

44. A. touched        B. bitten           C. defeated            D. discovered

45. A. morning       B. afternoon         C. evening             D. night

46. A. noise         B. hit               C. pain                D. effect

47. A. woke up       B. shouted at          C. looked for           D. dropped on

48. A. blamed        B. interrupted         C. moved             D. frightened

49. A. having       B. watching          C. making             D. helping

50. A. land        B. fly               C. fall                 D. wait

51. A. houses         B. flats             C. rooms               D. homes

52. A. joyfully        B. anxiously         C. soundlessly          D. worriedly

53. A. tell            B. know            C. remember          D. accept

54. A. open          B. active           C. clear               D. honest

55. A. and           B. so                C. because             D. until

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents—to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It's not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch (起点), some customs have been kept--that's why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away—even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore!

Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It's widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding (值得) ! You can share other members' troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful (感激) for such a time!

In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about.

You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What's more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am.

56. When the writer was a child, he / she ________.

    A. found people were crazy about bread     B. began to realize the importance of food

C. thought that cutting bread was amazing     D. learned people hardly baked their own bread

57. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because

    A. he/she makes food from scratch        B. his/her parents would blame him/her

    C. some customs still have effect on him/her    D. many people are still working hard as farmers

58. From the text, we can learn that, in Poland, ________.

   A. most meals can be interesting topics for a long time

   B. the whole family often have meals together nowadays

   C. it's common for women to get together to cook for a few days

   D. family members can know more. about each other by having meals together

B

Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.

When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.

Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist (心理学家), had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the stranger he realized Jim's case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim's father was 48.

"I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father," Dr. Smoller says. "He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial (判决) he had expected for forty years. " Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.

    Jim's case shows the powerful role that attitude (态度) plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim's, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.

59. Jim was sent back to operation because ________.

A. his heart didn't work well     B. he expected a full recovery

   C. his life was drawing to a close     D. the first one wasn't well performed

60. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim's case?

A. Jim died at a young age.    

B. Jim died on the operating table.

C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.    

D. Jim's death is closely connected with his father's.

61. From Smoller's words, we can infer that ________.

   A. Jim's father cared little about his study

   B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father

   C. Jim thought he would be punished some day

   D. Smoller believed Jim wouldn't live to the age of 48

62. Which of the following could have strong effect on one's physical health according to the text.?

A. a, b, d B. a, b, e  C. a, c, e  D. b, c, d

C

It's great fun to explore (探索) new places—it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.

● Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you' re traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you'll have to move to the back seat.

● Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass (指南针), a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies (应急现金). Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.

● See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, it's not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.

63. Sitting beside the driver, you should ________.

A. direct the driver when necessary

   B. look ahead to see where there's a turn

   C. move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable

   D. keep looking at the map to find a place to go to

64. Why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out?

   A. To get information when in danger.

   B. To be saved in case of an accident.

   C. To share the fun with him/her in exploration.

   D. To tell him/her what's going on with the group members.

65. Orienteering activities can ________.

    A. make people work fast    B. help people stay healthy

    C. help people organize other activities    D. make people get prepared for sports

D

Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the Cruelty young age of 30. It used to be thought that this couldn't be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster. "Your brain is a learning machine," says University of California scientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger. All that's required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.

Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process(过程)                         in which the brain deals with information (positscience.com). Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy (准确性).

Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to distinguish (辨别) sounds (between "dog" and "bog", for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It's a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich, hitting balls at you ~faster and faster to keep you challenged(受到挑战). You may start out slow, but before long you're pretty quick.

The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process.

To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you: playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... "When it comes to preventing ageing, you really do 'use it or lose it' ," says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.

67. Dr. Merzenich’s training method mainly depends on ________.

A. speech training       B. computer languages

   C. the activities one joins in      D. the information being dealt with

68. By saying "the brain at any age is highly plastic ", the writer probably means the brain can be______.

   A. used      B. mastered     C. developed       D. researched

69. What can we learn from the text?

   A. Practice makes a quick mind.

   B. Brain research started ten yeas ago.

   C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer,

   D. People believed nothing could stop the brain slowing down.

70. Which of the following agrees with the writer's idea?

   A. The training methods work better for the old.

   B. People should use the brain to stop it from ageing.

   C. The training of the brain should start at an early age.

   D.  It's necessary to take part in as many activities as possible.

E

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated (复杂的) idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. ( How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. ( Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization. " "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality , " these books have made me all that I am . " That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore (忽视). I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by me time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

71. On heating the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought________.

A. one must read as many books as possible

  B. a student should not have a complicated idea

  C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

  D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

72. While at high school, the writer________.

  A. had plans for reading       B. learned to educate himself

  C. only read books over 100 pages     D. read only one book several times

73. The underlined phrase "with finality" probably means

  A. firmly     B. clearly   C. proudly      D. pleasantly

74. The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to________.

  A. explain why it was included in the list

  B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

  C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

  D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

75. The writer provides two book lists to ________.

  A. show how he developed his point of view

  B. tell his reading experience at high school

C. introduce the two persons' reading methods

  D. explain that he read many books at high school

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

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‎参考答案

选择题

1B   2A   3B   4C   5C   6C    7A   8C   9B   10B

11A  12C  13A  14B  15B  16C   17A  18B  19C  20C

21C  22D  23B  24C  25A  26C  27D  28A  29C  30B

31B  32A  33B  34D  35A  36A  37C  38B  39D  40A

41D  42A  43D  44B  45A  46C  47A  48B  49B  50A

51C  52C  53D  54A  55C  56B  57C  58D  59A  60D

61C  62B  63A  64B  65B  66D  67A  68C  69D  70B

71A  72A  73A  74C  75B

短文改错

An Aurstralain farmer found the kangaroo caught          76.   a

in the fence around his farms .He thought the poor             77.  farm

animal was injured ,but the kind farmer took  of his           78.  So

jacket and put ^on the animal. Then  he stated trying          79.  it

to cut the fence to free the animal.  But as soon as            80.  ˇ

the kankaroo were free, it jumped up and ran away            81.  was

with the jacket. The farmer was worried because o/f his        82.  o/f

wallet was in the pocket. But to my surprise, when            83.  his

he gets home, he saw the animal waiting at the door,           84.  got

still weare his jacket with the wallet in the pocket.             85.  wearing

2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（四川卷，延考区）英 语

第一部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child _________ he or she wants.

A. however  B. whatever   C. whichever  D. whenever

答案是B。

1. — Could you help me write the report?

— —. I haven’t got time at the moment.

A. No problem B. No, sorry C. Yes, please  D. All right

2. I cannot tell whether the book is worth reading. ________ I haven’t read it myself.

A. but  B. so  C. or   D. for

3. That’s all I have to say. Is there anything you’d like to            , Terry?

A. talk  B. require  C. add   D. deliver

4. I’ve heard a whisper ________ David and Heather are heading for marriage.

A. what  B. which  C. who   D. that

5. I got to the office early that day, ________ the 7:30 train from Paddington.

A. having caught  B. caught  C. to catch   D. catch

6. 1 admired the painting, and Ed said he would like me to have ________ as a gift from him.

A. one  B. it   C. this  D. some

7. Have a good look round the room to make sure you          everything.

A. had packed B. pack  C. have packed  D. are packing

8. 1 tried phoning Maggie’s office in the morning, but I couldn’t _______

A. go over  B. get through  C. put up   D. join up

9. Tom knew he would certainly get — if he was late home.

A. shout at B. to shout at  C. shouted at  D. to be shouted at

10. 1 hope you’ve got your own car,           if you haven’t we may have to hire one.

A. because B. so that   C. ever since  D. when

11. It was difficult to get a word in. Everyone          so excitedly about the play.

A. would talk  B. was talking  C. talked   D. had talked

12. We had to make the corrections by hand as the computer           do them for us.

A. mightn’t  B. needn’t  C. shouldn’t   D. wouldn’t

13. It’s often difficult to find to express what you want to say.

A. exactly the right word  B. the word right exactly

C. the right exactly word  D. exactly right the word

14. Jane is back in May, by ________  the new house should be finished.

A. which B. that  C. whom  D. when

15. — I think Tracy needs to find herself a new job.

— ________. This is what we’ve been talking about.

A. Exactly  B. Cheer up   C. Please do  D. Really

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English. 16 _, she would mind the children and I 7_ anything she was asked.

One of her tasks was to keep track of  18  Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly 19 . What could she buy for her _20   with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily? 21 ,even without any of the 22 _, her employer seems to have everything.

Ursula _23 long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a 24_. She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers, _25 things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called 26. “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?” “A poor family?” said the 27_ driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man of what she was trying to do. He  28  in silence, and then said, “I know a family who 29  just about everything.”

When they reached a 30 the driver said, “They live on the third floor.” Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it’s from someone ... someone who has everything.”

Early the next day, Ursula 31 everyone for the presents she received. Then, she began to 32 . why there seemed to be none 33 her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished, there was a long 34 . “You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your  35   .And this is my Christmas present to you.”

16. A. In return  B. As a result   C. By the way  D. In a sense

17. A. try    B. learn     C. teach    D. do

18. A. delivering   B. mailing    C. arriving   D. sending

19. A. excited   B. worried    C. tired    D. interested

20. A. American family  B. own family   C. friends   D. classmates

21. A. Otherwise   B. Therefore    C. Besides   D. However

22. A. goods    B. kindness    C. gifts    D. help

23. A. talked    B. worked    C. waited   D. thought

24. A. store    B. neighborhood   C. street    D. church

25. A. selecting   B. matching    C. remembering  D. organizing

26. A. a shop    B. a taxi     C. her employer  D. her parents

27. A. delighted   B. anxious   C. surprised   D. respectful

28. A. noticed   B. listened    C. got out   D. carried on

29. A. buys    B. has     C. uses    D. needs

30. A. garage    B. building    C. station   D. yard

31. A. thanked   B. encouraged   C. praised   D. admired

32. A. settle    B. repeat    C. argue    D. explain

33. A. to     B. for     C. from    D. by

34. A. delay    B. silence    C. time    D. break

35. A. case    B. opinion    C. memory   D. name

第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2 .5分，满分50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

Monarch Butterflies

One of the last West Coast homes of the Monarch butterfly, a type of insect（昆虫） may soon disappear. Strangely, it is in a town that calls itself Butterfly U.S.A., Pacific Grove, California.

The town of Pacific Grove loves the butterflies. Every year they have a parade (游行) and hundreds of children dress up as butterflies. Monarch butterflies are the town mascot. Tourism is very important, and many people come to see the butterflies. The butterflies are good for the development of the town.

In 1981 there were so many butterflies it looked like it was raining butterflies. Tens of thousands of Monarchs stayed on tree branches near Pacific Grove. Now there are not so many. The building goes on a little bit at a time, and you don’t notice it day by day. Over time, you can see that there has been a lot of development. As new buildings go up, many trees are cut down.

This reduces the natural homes for the butterflies.

Monarchs travel hundreds of miles each year, returning to the same woods, often to the same trees. The female Monarchs need milkweed to lay their eggs; the males will follow the females.

Millions of Monarchs have traveled regularly along the same path for thousands of years. They start their trip in the mountains of Mexico and travel to the middle part of America. If the woods where the butterflies live are destroyed, the whole species (物种) could be lost. There have been Monarch butterflies along the coast of California for as long as man can remember, but no one is sure how much longer they will last.

36. Why are Monarch butterflies important to Pacific Grove?

A. They may disappear.

B. They come to stay every year.

C. They help develop the town’s tourism.

D. They give a name to Pacific Grove.

37. The underlined word “mascot” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ________

A. a new type of butterfly

B. an insect believed to bring good luck

C. a parade organized by Pacific Grove

D. a special dress for children in Pacific Grove

38. What problem do Monarch butterflies face now?

A. New buildings take up their living space.

B. There has been too much rain in recent years.

C. Their natural homes are destroyed by tourism.

D. They have to travel a long distance to get home.

39. Where do Monarch butterflies start their trip to Pacific Grove?

A. From Central America.

B. From the West Coast.

C. From California.

D. From Mexico.

B

New Zealand

40. Which of the following is a fact about New Zealand?

A. 20% of the population being Maoris.

B. Four million white people.

C. About 1600 km south of the Equator.

D. Nearly 1/3 of the country being plains.

41. The country’s population is mainly made up of         .

A. the white people and the Polynesians

B. the white people and the “pakeha”

C. the Maoris and the white people

D. the Maoris and the Polynesians

42. When did the white people begin to live in New Zealand?

A. 1000 years ago.

B. 200 years ago.

C. 85 years ago.

D. 50 years ago.

43. What do the Maoris value most in life?

A. Living in small villages.

B. Developing farming skills.

C. Keeping their own culture.

D. Taking up government jobs.

C

My bookshelves are full of dust — and with good reason. When it comes to cleaning that part of my home, I suffer from the most serious case of avoidance (回避反应症).

The thing is this: when I do set out to clean and re-organize my books, which seldom happens, I place myself into a really bad situation. No sooner do I take a title from the shelf, blow off the dust, and wipe down the cover than I find myself sitting on the floor with legs crossed and my back against the wall. Pretty soon books get piled up on my legs as I am reunited with old friends.

It is as if these books have voices, and each wants to say its piece. “Remember me? I was given to you when you went into the Navy, so that you would never lack for companionship,” one whispers. Another says, “I was your first book of poems, given to you before you learned to love poetry.” And a third, “I was the book that made history so attractive to you.”

Perhaps the greatest pleasure of re-organizing my books are the surprises — or better said, reunions — that occur. During my latest book-cleaning adventure, I found one that had fallen behind the shelf: “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.” Not an unusual title, but the words written on the first page made it very special: “With Love from Mom and Dad, Christmas 1965.” What’s this? A book on the physics of lasers（激光）. It is filled with mathematical statements, and I had bought it at a library sale when I was 12, not long after the laser had been invented. I couldn’t understand a bit of it, but I did learn what “laser” meant.

What I end up with when I empty my bookshelves is a cross-section (横剖面) of my personal history. It’s like a road cut where one sees all the layers of rock going back through time to the beginning of the simplest life forms. The books I’ve read — and kept — are not just old friends. They are my résumé.

44. What could be said about the author?

A. He is too busy to tidy up his bookshelves.

B. He considers his books treasured possessions.

C. He has made a lot of notes in his books.

D. He is a lover of science books.

45. By saying that his books have voices, the author means            .

A. they bring back happy memories

B. they are recorded in human voice

C. they say a lot about human history

D. they offer good topics for discussion

46. What does the author enjoy most from re-organizing his books?

A. Finding some missing books.

B. Putting books in good order.

C. Learning something new from the books.

D. Rediscovering interesting stories behind some books.

47. The underlined word “résumé” in the last paragraph probably means

A. personal history

B. precious notes

C. good companion

D. simple life forms

D

Spending beyond one’s means is becoming a national problem for Americans. Borrowing has become so easy that it takes great willpower for people to refuse it. “I received a number of gold MasterCard and gold Visa card offers in the mail during the past two months,” said one computer engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Chicago. “I got three of them in one day last week.”

Lenders are providing easy credit (信贷) for borrowers. Many banks now offer every borrower a great variety of credit, a service once offered almost only to big companies. Norwest Bank Minneapolis offers lending programs for cars and boats that can cut monthly payments nearly in half. Carmakers, too, are lengthening easier terms. Ford Motor Credit states that 45% of its recent lending has been for sixty months, rather than the thirty-six-month period that was usual before.

The total consumer debt (债务  in the United States rose 173 percent between 1974 and 1984, as the debt for each man, woman, and child increased from $10,264 to $26,566. Huge debt now is present in our economy (经济) at all levels. As a nation, we are more than $7 trillion in debt, and the total keeps increasing astonishingly.

As we have overborrowed, so have we overspent. In late 1986, the share of after-tax income that Americans saved sank below 2 percent for a short time, less than half the figure at which we saved only 10 years ago. Americans now are buying from foreigners between about $50 and $100 billion more Mercedes and Toyotas, Paris fashions, and tours to Europe than the Boeing 747s, agriculture machinery, or Kansas wheat that the foreigners bought from America The country could not produce and pay for all the things it wanted.

To make a long story short, we Americans have serious problems in keeping down spending and keeping up personal savings It is high time for us American people to learn the basics of long-term money management.

48. According to the author, what is a main reason for Americans to overspend?

A. Americans buy a lot of foreign products.

B. It is easy for Americans to manage their debts.

C. Borrowing money has become a simple matter.

D. Americans have more extra money than before.

49. Ford Motor Credit lengthens 45% of its lending to 60 months in order to ________

A. help more Americans to settle their debts

B. encourage people to buy foreign cars

C. make better use of its money

D. attract more customers

50. What does the author suggest as a way to deal with overborrowing?

A. Teaching people how to manage money.

B. Advising people on what to buy.

C. Limiting the use of credit cards.

D. Reducing average incomes.

51. Which of the following points does the author wish to make?

A. America should sell more of its products abroad.

B. A healthy society has to learn to live within its means.

C. People’s income determines their money management.

D. Government should prevent people from overborrowing.

E

Every person leaves a footprint. That’s what I learnt when I started to work as a private investigator 10 years ago. People pay restaurant bills with their bank card, check into hotels or travel around. In every case, they leave a trace. And because of this, I’m able to track them down even when they don’t want to be found.

The first thing I do when I want to find out where someone is staying is to go to the neighbourhood where he used to live. It’s human nature to tell stories — which is why neighbours will tell me all they know when I ring at their houses. Sometimes, someone even talks about his friend’s dishonesty. Then I produce a pattern of my subject’s life: if he likes to have a holiday in Spain or in Italy, if he prefers two- or three-star hotels and where he might hide his assets(资产) When I’ve got this life pattern, I start my research.

Nine times out of 10, I find the people I’m looking for. I once investigated a lorry supplier who owed £500,000 to a subcontractor(分包商) The subcontractor wanted to find out if it was

worth bringing charges against the supplier. I found out the supplier had moved assets to his son, who founded a new company offering the same product. It was all done within the law. There was no money to be got from that operation.

However, I asked the son if I could speak to his father and he told me that his parent was On a long holiday in Spain and wouldn’t be back for a while. It didn’t take me long to find out that the father wasn’t in Spain.

I went back to the son and this time he told me that his father might in Bulgaria, and I found him doing winter sports in a beautiful mountain area. He was living in a big house on a large piece of land he had bought for €400,000. This was exactly the kind of asset my customer was looking for.

52. We learn from the text that a private investigator is one who         .

A. follows people and reports on what they do

B. helps people start businesses

C. gives advice to people about the law

D. settles arguments between companies

53. Why does the author visit the place where his subject used to stay?

A. To find out his hidden assets.

B. To gather information about him.

C. To discover why he is dishonest.

D. To find out where he spends his holiday.

54. The lorry supplier moved his assets to his son in order to ________

A. pass on his debt to his son

B. double the business of his company

C. let his son take over his lorry business

D. prevent paying back the money he owed

55. We may infer from the text that the subcontractor might _________

A. bring charges against the lorry supplier’s son

B. give up hope of settling the debt

C. sell the big house in Bulgaria

D. get his money back

第二卷（共 35 分）

第三部分  写作 （共两节．满分45分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉．在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Casey,

You asked in your last letter about my spare

time activities. Well, I like much more than one,     56. _____________

such as painting and model making, so my favorite    57 ____________

is dancing. I started when I was eight year old,     58. ____________

and it’s great fun! Dancing was not difficult. If     59 ____________

you want to do it good, you need to find a good     60. ____________

dancing teacher and taking lessons regularly.     61. ____________

That’s I did and I also had to take exams every     62. ____________

six months. Now, I’ve stopped go to lessons.     63.            

I sometimes take part in performances at our     64.            

school, that I really enjoy very much.       65.            

Regards,

Minmin

书面表达（满分30分）

假定你是李华，将去英国某学校短期学习，被安排住在Smith先生家。请你写封短信与其取得联系并询问以下情况：

1．住宿条件；

2．膳食安排；

3．交通情况。

注意： 1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头语已为你写好。

Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m Li Hua from China, writing to ask about my stay with your family.                

Yours,

Li Hua

‎英语参考答案

第一、二部分：

1.B  2.D  3.C  4.D  5.A  6.B  7.C  8.B  9.C

10. A 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. D 18. C

19. B 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. C

28. B 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. C

37. B 38. A 39. D 40. D 41. C 42. B 43. C 44. B 45. A

46. D 47. A 48. C 49. D 50. A 51. B 52. A 53. B 54. D

55. D

第三部分：

第一节：

Dear Casey,

You asked in your last letter about my spare

time activities. Well, I like much more than one,       56. much.

such as painting and model making, so my favorite      57. but/and

is dancing. I started when I was eight year old,       58. years

and it’s great fun! Dancing was not difficult. If       59  is

you want to do it good, you need to find a good       60. well

dancing teacher and taking lessons regularly.       61. take

That’s ∧ I did and I also had to take exams every      62. what

six months. Now, I’ve stopped go to lessons.       63. going

I sometimes take part in performances at our       64. √

school, that I really enjoy very much.         65. which

Regards,

Minmin

五. One Possible Version:

Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m Li Hua from China. writing to ask about my stay with your family.

First, I’d like to express my thanks for your kindness of having me. To better prepare for my life in Britain, I’d like to know if I’ll have a room for myself and if there is a computer I can use. I plan to have lunch at school, and it would be great if I could join you for breakfast and supper. Finally, could you tell me how far your place is from the school? Is it within walking distance or do I need to take a bus?

I’m so excited about my visit to the UK. I look forward to seeing you soon.

                                              Yours,

                                          LiHua