1、A. celebrated B. gifted C. memorable（ ）9. If you carry out a _ you try to find out detailed information about a lot of people or things, by asking people questions. A. search B. research C. survey（ ）10. A _ is someone who has completed a university degree, especially a first degree. A. graduate B. c
2、ontestant C. pioneer（ ）11. A _ is someone who buys goods or services, especially from a shop. A. producer B. servant C. customer（ ）12. You say _ to someone in order to tell them that you are pleased about what has happened to them. A. greetings B. good luck C. congratulations（ ）13. The _ of the meet
3、ing is to elect a new chairman. A. reason B. purpose C. result（ ）14. - What do you bring with you _ the umbrella?- A thick coat, because of the cold rainy day. A. in addition to B. beside C. except（ ）15. Your _ makes me more confident of my future and Im determined to go on with my study. A. sympath
4、y B. preference C. encouragement（ ）16. I cheated in the exam and apologized to my teacher. She forgave me and _ me _ that again. A. asked; dont do B. told; not to do C. said; not to do D. make; not do （ ）17. There is only one comic book shop in town. Its a bit far from here, about _. A. twenty minut
5、ess walk B. twenty-minutes walk C. twenty minutes walk D. twenty- minute walk（ ）18. Some young musicians are playing _ violin in _ front of the school building. Having a concert in the open air is a popular kind of performance. A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; the（ ）19. The population of China is
6、 becoming _, so a two-child policy is being carried out. However, its population is still much larger than _ in Asia. A. fewer; any country B. less; any other countryC. smaller; that of any other country D. more; that of any country（ ）20. I was sleeping at that time, so I dont know how it _. A. was
7、happened B. happens C. happened D. has happened. （ ）21. John is one of the top students who _ accepted by Stanford last year. A. was B. were C. have been D. had been（ ）22. The education of _ disabled has become _ serious and hot topic. the B. a; a C. the; a D. /; a（ ）23. The _ of our school planted
8、some _ in the school garden. A. woman teachers; apple trees B. women teachers; apple treesC. women teacher; apples tree D. women teachers; apples trees（ ）24. If you have a strong will, you can overcome all these difficulties, _ great they are. A. how B. whatever C. however D. no matter（ ）25. - You a
9、re not a new comer to this city, _ you?- _. I just moved here last week. A. are; No, Im not B. arent; Yes, Im notC. aren No, I am D. are; Yes, I am（ ）26. I make friends with some of the students in Junior Two _ I met in the English speech contest. A. whom B. which C. where D. when（ ）27. If Larry _ c
10、ome to meet me before ten oclock, I _ wait for him any more. A. doesnt B. doesn wont C. wont D. wont（ ）28. We happened _ our principal Mr. Zhang _ to us across the street. A. to see; waving B. seeing; waving C. to see; waved D. see; wave（ ）29. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?A. The thiev
11、es have told the police everything they did. B. This is all what I heard from my classmates. C. An astronomer is someone who study astronomy. D. The old man was retired and went back home in fifties. （ ）30. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. Youd better talk less and do more. B. Sam has no money
12、 with him. Neither does Sammy. C. It has been fifteen years since he moved to this city, D. Mary has arrived home for over two days. II. 完形填空（1 X 10=10%）Once an old villager was reading the Ramayana （罗摩传） while sitting in a railway station waiting for the train to come. A young man with his _31_ was
13、 standing nearby and said to the old man, You old fashioned people read only the Ramayana all the time. Do you not have any other books to read? What is so great in the Ramayana?The old man continued to read and smiled without any _32_ to the young man. Soon, the train _33_. Everyone, in a hurry, ru
14、shed in to get a seat. It turned out the old man and the young man were seated _34_ each other in the train. And the old man continued to read the Ramayana. Suddenly the young man realized that his wife was missing! He shouted anxiously, My wife! Where is she? I think she has been _35_on the platfor
15、m!The old man said to him _36_, If you had read the Ramayana, you would have never made this _37_. What? said the young man. The old man _38_, It is said in the Ramayana that when Ram Chandra, Sita and Lakshmana were standing on the _39_ of the Ganges （恒河） and the boat man came with the boat, Ram Ch
16、andra asked Sita to get in the boat _40_ and only after that did he get in the boat himself. If you had read the Ramayana, you would have known that you should take good care of your own wife and let her get onto the train first. ?（ ）31. A. family B. son C. wife D. friend（ ）32. A. key B. reply C. at
17、tention D. feelings（ ）33. A. reached B. got to C. left D. arrived（ ）34. A. near by B. opposite with C. next to D. far away from（ ）35. A. left behind B. caught up with C. forgotten D. crying out（ ）36. A. luckily B. happily C. worriedly D. calmly（ ）37. A. decision B. progress C. plan D. mistake（ ）38.
18、A. answered B. explained C. announced D. introduced（ ）39. A. middle B. bank C. coast D. land（ ）40. A. later B. first C. soon D. beforeIII. 阅读理解（1 X 20=20%）AThe boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an emergency with one of the main computers at work. He dialed the employees
19、 home phone number and was greeted with a childs whisperHello. Is your Daddy home? he asked. Yes, whispered the small voice. May I talk with him?The child whispered, No. Surprised, and waiting to talk with an adult, the: boss asked, Is your Mommy there?Yes. May I talk with her?Again the small voice
20、refused, Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, Is anybody else there? replied the child, a policeman. Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employees home, the boss asked, May I speak with the policeman?No, hes busy. Busy doing what?Talking to Daddy and M
21、ommy and the Fireman, came the answer. Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the earpiece on the phone, the boss was alarmed, What is that noise?A hello-copper. ” answered the kid. What is going on there?The child became serious, The search team just l
22、anded the hello-copper. Concerned, worried, and even more than just a little frustrated, the boss asked, What are they searching for?Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a giggle: Me. （ ）41. Why did the boss make the phone call?A. He wanted to find out why his employee was at home. B
23、. He had an emergency in the company. C. He wanted to ask his employee about a technical problem at work. D. He was angry that his employee wasnt working. （ ）42. A hello-copper refers to _. A. a hello-kitty B. a helicopter C. a search team D. noise on the phone（ ）43. The boss felt more than a little
24、 frustrated because _. A. he could not understand what was happeningB. the little boy did not let him talk to the policeC. no one could find the little boyD. he had to solve a computer problem as soon as possible（ ）44. What was the boy doing?A. He set fire to the house. B. He was playing a joke on h
25、is parents. C. He called the police. D. He wanted the helicopter to rescue his family. BTea bag drinking is a favorite way of drinking tea in western countries. Do you know how it came about?The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in s
26、ilk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose tea again. Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in hi
27、s hands, and he built a machine the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze and later paper. In to pack 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags. However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still an easy and tasty way to go. （ ）45. Who invented the tea bag?A. An English tea
