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Part I: Listening Comprehension (15%)

Section A Short Conversation（10%）
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken twice. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the best answer.
1. A) Use the woman’s phone. B) Get some change from Jane.
C) Go to look for a pay phone. D) Pay for the phone call.
2. A) It only rained a little bit. B) It’s raining too hard to go out.
C) The rain has just begin. D) It’s not raining as hard now.
3. A) At a chemist’s. B) On the third floor.
C) In a library. D) In a book store.
4. A) Arrange some flowers. B) Talk to a doctor.
C) Send some flowers to someone. D) Deliver a package to the hospital.

5. A) In a classroom. B) At an interview.
C) At a party. D) In a theater.
6. A) In Europe. B) Here.
C) In America. D) In Australia.
7. A) He thinks the lady is able to study.
B) He thinks the lady is unable to study.
C) He dislikes the lady. D) He dislikes studying.
8. A) Water her plants while she is free.
B) Water her plants while she is on holiday.
C) Take care of her house while she is away.
D) Buy her some plants and take care of them.
9. A) They are boring. B) They are rewarding.
C) They are time-consuming. D) They are exciting.
10. A) The boss is too strict. B) The company is poor.
C) He is poorly paid. D) He is sick.
Section B A Short Passage（2%）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear two questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken twice. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D).

Questions 11 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11 A)  It is a strange city. B)  It is a magic city.
C)  It is a quiet city. D)  It is a boring city.
12 A)  She is trying to become an actress. B)  She is trying to find a person.
C)  She is trying to study there. D)  She is trying to find a place to live in.
Section C Spot Dictation（3%）
Dictions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. Then listen to the passage again. When it is being read the second time, you should fill in the six blanks with the exact words or phrases you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

You may have heard that Americans like hot dogs and hamburgers best of all foods. Well, farmers and __13__ of public eating places might happily agree. So might the nation’s Meat Institute and the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. But people whose favorites are pizza and apple pie would give the meat-lovers a spirited argument! __14__ the favorite foods of Americans depends a lot on whom you ask. But one thing is sure. The ancestors(祖先) of most Americans came from other countries. The United States owes many favorite __15__, or the ideas for these foods, to the rest of the world. For example, that traditional American favorite, the hot dog, had its modern beginning in Germany. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council __16__ that Americans eat about seven thousand million of these sausages during a summer. Americans also eat lots of hamburgers. This ground meat comes from beef. It can be __17__ in many ways. Like hot dogs, hamburgers are a favorite __18__ food. Many public eating places in the United States say hamburgers are their most popular foods.
S13)_______ S14)______ S15)______ S16)______ S17)______ S18)______

Part II: Vocabulary and Structure (35%)
Section A (15%)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You must choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
19.By the time John gets home, his aunt _____.
A)  will have left B)  had left C)  will leave D)  is leaving
20.The reason I plan to go is ______ if I don’t.
A)  for which she will be disappointed B)  because she will be disappointed
C)  that she will be disappointed D)  because she will have a disappointment
21.______ a reply, he decided to write a letter to her again.
A)  Not receiving B)  Having not received
C)  Not having received D)  Not received
22._____, you must show your ticket to go into the cinema.
A)  No matter who are you B)  No matter whoever you are
C)  Whomever you are　　 D)  Whoever you are　
23. She is tall ____ her age.
A) in B) of C) at D) for
24.Watson couldn’t come to the party last night. _____ a pity!
A)  That B)  Which C)  What D)  It
25.The room is so dirty; it _________ have been cleaned.
A)  wouldn’t B)  mustn’t C)  can’t D)  shouldn’t
26.I haven’t read ______ of the last four chapters, so I know little about them.
A) any  B)  some C)  something D)  anything
27.If he had followed the doctor’s advice, he ____ quite all right now.
A)  would be B) would have been C)   is D)  be
28.The ______ about nuclear energy revolves around the waste problem.
A)  public’s chief concern B)  chief public concern
C)  public chief concern D)  chief concern of public’s
29.Cancer is second only ______ heart disease as a cause of death.
A)  from B)  with C)  to D)  of
30.My sister has a son and a daughter. So I have ______.
A) two grandchildren B) a boy and a girl
C) a cousin and a niece D) a nephew and a niece
31.The population of many Alaskan cities has _________doubled in the past three years.
A)  as many as B)  more than C)  as great as D)  larger than
32. ______ that the earth was the center of the universe.
A）People were once believed B） It had once believed
C） People were believing D） It was once believed
33.Peter wishes that he _____ law instead of literature when he was in college.
A)  would study B)  studied C)  had studied D)  could study
Section B (20%)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You must choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
34. I feel very helpless to see the _______ telephone bill.
A) including B) increasing C) declaring D) decreasing
35. Would you like to _______ in cash or by credit card?
A)  cost B)  use C)  pay D)  spend
36. Tom ____he would be looking out for news about me during the week.
A)  promised B)  processed C)   programmed D)  promoted
37. Do you think that stamp-collecting is an educational _____.
A)  habit B)  hobby C)  custom D)  like
38. I think the trouble in your right leg is just a _______ of old age.
A)  issue B)  request C)  matter D)  question
39. The second thing we noticed was that the park looked a lot _____ beautiful than we thought.
A)  least B)  less C)  many D)  much
40. We’re _______ cash at the moment. So we aren’t going anywhere this week.
A)  few B)  lack of C)  short of D)  sort
41. The children felt happy to ______ the museum.
A)  get B)  come C)  visit D)  look
42. Tom realized that he _____ the wrong bus.
A)  held B)  got C)  took D)  had
43. Between them serious disagreements immediately _____.
A)  raised B)  rose C)  argued D) arose 
44. He has had experience in electronics and other _____ fields.
A)  concerned B)  absolute C)  combined D)  relative
45. The captain is going to_______ his ship through the narrow passage tomorrow.
A)  sail B)  seal C)  salt D)  sell
46. A red pencil-mark on the fifth page caught his _____.
A)  look B)  eye C)  watch D)  ears
47. He is very rich, for his father passed on the family’s _____ to him.
A)  worth B)  wealth C)  poverty D)  prospect
48. Their idea was to get us to _____ the sports meet because of the rain.
A)  call back B)  call at C)  call off D)  call up
49. It is not very _____ to swim or dive in winter.
A)  pleased B)  glad C)  pleasant D)  happy
50. The president of the host nation usually _______ the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
A)  persuades B)  permits C)  performs D)  perfects
51. The _____ of oil in the place made their family rich.
A)   discovery B)  recovery C) reply  D)  display
52. Mike is always losing something. He is a ______ boy.
A)  hopeless B)  careful C)  hopeful D)  careless
53. The manager _____ the business very successfully.
A)  connects B)  conducts C)  contacts D)  contests
Part III: Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each question, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks throughout the world today. Coffee contains a kind of drug called caffeine (咖啡因). Caffeine can stimulate (刺激) the nerves of the body. Drinking coffee tends to make people a little bit more awake. One story of the discovery of the coffee plant in East Africa records this effect of caffeine. The story says that coffee was first found by a goat farmer named Kaldi about the year 850.
Kaldi was leading his animals through the mountains and the goats were stopping repeatedly to eat the plants near the path. Suddenly, some of the goats started jumping up and down in a very strange way.
Kaldi figured out that the goats were acting this way because of the plants they were eating. Kaldi himself tried eating some of the green beans that the goats had been eating. He, too, felt the same effect of the beans.
Kaldi wanted to prove what had happened, so he picked some of the beans and took them back to his home village. The green bean got the name“Kaffa”and later“coffee” because the beans were discovered in a place called Kaffa in Africa.
Then for years, people used to eat a few of the green Kaffa beans when they were in the mountains and needed extra energy. It was later found that the coffee beans could be picked and then dried until they turned brown, and then they could be stored. Then they could be used at any time.
54.What is caffeine?
A) A kind of bean. B) A kind of plant. C) A kind of coffee. D) A kind of drug.
55.What is the purpose of drinking coffee?
A) To become stranger. B) To become cleverer.
C) To become more healthy. D) To become more awake.
56.Coffee was first found by a _______.
A) goat B) chemist C) doctor D) farmer
57.How did the goats react after eating the plants?
A) They became awake. B) They wanted to eat more.
C) They started jumping up and d own. D) They could not find their way home.
58.Why did the green bean get the name“Kaffa”?
A) Because Kaldi loved his home village very much.
B) Because the beans could be picked and dried.
C) Because the beans were discovered in a place so named.
D) Because Kaldi’s goats loved the green bean very much.

Passage Two
Have you ever looked at the sky at night? If so, then you have seen those beautiful bright points that light up the sky. Many, many stars can be seen at night. Long ago, people wondered about the stars. They watched them closely each night. After a long time they began to see that the points made pictures. One of these looked like a bear. Some looked like other animals. Still others looked like people. After seeing these pictures over and over again, people gave them names. One picture that was named long ago is called the Big Dipper. It is made up of seven stars. These stars make a picture of a cup on a long stick, or handle. This cup and handle is called a dipper. A dipper is used to hold water. People can drink right from it. Or they can put the water into a glass first. It is hard to see the Big Dipper in the winter when it is low in the sky. Then tall buildings or big hills can get in the way. They can hide it. But it can be seen better in summer. Face north and look high in the sky. There it is! Look to the right of the Big Dipper. You will see a special star. This is the North Star. It always shows where north is. So people long ago used it to find their places. You too can use it to find where you want to go. 　
59.Why did people long ago call the seven stars the Big Dipper?
A)  Because people in the past gave all stars names.
B)  Because these stars form a picture of a cup with a handle.
C)  Because the Big Dipper is a good name.
D)  Because these seven stars form a cup.
60.Which of the following is NOT true about the North Star?
A)  The Big Dipper is to the left of the North Star.
B)  The North Star is one star of the Big Dipper.
C)  The North Star always shows where north is.
D)  The North Star helps people to find their places.
61.Which of the following is NOT true about the descriptions of the pictures made by the stars in the sky?
A)  Some pictures look like plants. B)  All pictures look like people.
C)  All pictures look like instruments. D)  Some pictures look like animals.
62.When can the Big Dipper be seen better?
A)  In winter. B)  In autumn. C)  In summer. D)  In spring.
63.Where is the Big Dipper in the sky?
A)  In the north. B)  In the south. C)  In the west. D)  In the east.

Passage Three
When Beethoven(贝多芬) was 28, he began to notice a strange noise in his ears. As it grew worse, he went to see doctors, and was told that he was going deaf. This was too much for any composer(作曲家) to bear. Beethoven became hopeless; he was sure that he was going to die. He went to the countryside where he wrote a long good-bye letter to his brothers, describing how sad and lonely his deafness made him. He longed to die, and said to death, “Come when you will; I shall meet you bravely.”
In fact, Beethoven did something braver than dying. He gathered his courage and went on writing music, He wrote the music for which we remember him best after he became deaf. This music was very different from any that had been composed before. Instead of the past artistic music for the rich listeners, Beethoven wrote stormy, exciting music which reminds us of his troubled and courageous life. In time he went com