1、笔试部分(共七大题,计 120 分) I选择填空(Multiple-choice test)(共 20 小题,计 20 分) A)从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1The three brothers _ at looking after their sick mother Atook turns Bcleared up C cared for Dcame off 2Those black clouds are a sure _ of rain Abite Bchance Cview D sign 3Let me help you carry the big p
2、arcel No,I can manage,but _ Anot at all Bthe same to you Cit doesnt matter Dthank you just the same 4_ of the composition _ corrected ATwo third; has been BTwo thirds;has been CTwo thirds;have been DTwo third;have been 5Can I smoke? _ all these offices are non-smoking ones AI wonder B I suggest CI h
3、ope DIm afraid 6Mr Coxs daughter said _ eraser I had bought was _ help to her Athe;Ban;a Cthe; a Dthe;the 7Being a baby,_ Aand he had to support his family Bhis mind works fast Ches better taken care of Dso he is easy to hide 8The _ look on her face suggested that she _ that Asurprising;hadnt expect
4、ed Bsurprised;hadnt expected Csurprising;would expect Dsurprised;shouldnt expect 9I really dont know _ that I had my money stolen Awhere it was Bwhere was Cit was where Dwas it where 10The scientist came to the conclusion _ the heavy objects always fell faster than the light ones Awhich Band Cwhile
5、Dthat 11Bob came _ Adrunk home last night Bhome drunk last night Clast night home drunk Dhome last night drunk 12The boy student is _ cleverer than anyone else in the class Amuch Bquite Ca lot of Dvery much 13My friend ,Tom,told me a story which _ sound very moving Acould Bwould Cdid D had 14My boss
6、 complained about the mistakes his employees made,but I knocked him off his perch yesterday by showing him one of his own The underlined phrase means“_ ” Aasked him to walk out of his office Bmade him realize he was not as clever as he thought he was Cknocked him down in return Dtaught the employees
7、 a lesson for the boss 15Although the Turners put up quite a front,they really are not very well-off The underlined phrase means“_ ” Amade an impressive appearance Bbought a big house Cwere in good health Dran a huge market B)下列 5 题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文,请从所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 16Centuries ago,people didnt
8、 have much free time ,_ everybody was working too hard Alike Bbecause Cso Dtherefore 17In Britain in the nineteenth century,people had more spare time ,but because the Victorians hated relaxing and _ nothing,they invented football,rugby and cricket Adoing Bdid CDeven 18People took up more gentle _ t
9、oo,like gardening and bird-watching,and it was even possible simply to watch a sport and give the impression that you were actually doing something Ahabits Blikings C activities Dmoments 19_ ,leisure activities have become less and less demanding ,and most people have a variety of more or less energ
10、etic interests and hobbies AStrictly BComparatively CGenerally DGradually 20But now there is a new type of person who thinks that lying on the sofa watching television on Sunday afternoon or reading the newspaper _ cover to cover is the most exciting activity they can manageThis is the twentieth cen
11、tury couch potatoFor them,every activity is too much trouble,and laziness is an art form!So how do you spend your free time? Ainto B for Cfrom Dbetween II阅读理解( Reading comprehension) (共 30 小题,计 30 分) (A) Sandeep Mukerji was on his first visit to Thailand but would leave the“Land of Smiles”with a fro
12、wn(皱眉头)and an empty pocket A stones throw from the Grand Palace in Bangkok(曼谷),the 26-year-old Canadian ran into a monk in a robe(穿长袍的和尚) The monk told him that the attraction he was hoping to visit had been closed The monk then introduced Mukerji to a jewellery store insteadOn the way there, three
13、different people told him that it was the last day of a once-a-year,tax-free jewellery promotion to encourage tourism They said that tourists could make a lot ofmoney by buying gems(宝石)in Thailand and selling them once at home Two hours later,Mukerji had spent US1,250 on a set of almost worthless je
14、wellery “The whole process took me by surpriseThey take advantage of your greed(贪心),”he said In fact,Mukerji is just one of a huge number of tourists who are cheated by the promise of making a fortuneThe scam(诡计) brings Thailand more than US10 million each year Although tourist police stations have
15、displayed posters(海报)to warn of the scam,many fresh-faced tourists stillfallprey to the trick The police say they receive 5 to 10 complaints a dayMany more may notrealize they have been cheated until they go back home Thai authorities say that the jewellery scam is harmful to Thailands image(形象), bu
16、t getting rid of the cheats is hard Sanit Miphan,head of the police,said the scam has been running for about 15 years but not one jewellery shop owner has been arrested(逮捕) The shops usually open for two weeks and then closeThey reopen and register(注册)under a new nameWhats more,overcharging itself i
17、s not breaking the law Yet,to keep its tourism business alive,the police said they would take action against any shop receiving more than 10 complaints 阅读短文,判断下面所给的句子是否正确,正确的写 T,错误的写 F。 21The three people whom Mukerji met on the way to the jewellery shop were also cheated by the scam( ) 22One reason
18、 why the scam has worked for about 15 years is that no one tells new tourists about it( ) 23Shops selling the fake(假的) jewellery in Thailand usually open for just two or three weeks and then close for good( ) 24The phrase“a stones throw from”means“near”( ) 25The phrase“take advantage of”means“make u
19、se of” ( ) (B) The Romans built great aqueducts to carry fresh water from the mountains to the citiesMany of these aqueducts are still standing todayThe Romans also built great pipes under the ground to carry away the sewage(污水)In Rome,one of these sewage pipes is still used today;it is 2,000 years
20、oldThe Roman Emperors even set up a government health serviceThey builtthe firstgreatpublichospitals in Europe,and they paid doctors to look after poor people Then the Roman Empire fell to pieces,these civilized methods of treatment disappeared from most of Europe,for more than a thousand yearsPeopl
21、e went back to the old waysThey lived in dirty conditions which helped to cause diseases,and they asked God to cure the diseasesThey shut up mentally sick people in prisonsOr they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have magic powers But the works of the Greek and Roman doctors was not lo
22、stOver a thousand years ago,the Arabs moved into many ofthe Mediterranean(地中海)countries They took big parts of the old Roman landsThey translated the Greek and Roman medical books into ArabicArab doctors themselves made many new discoveries When civilization at last came back to Europe,men once agai
23、n translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into LatinSlowlyvery slowlyEuropean doctors discovered again the things that the Greeks and Romans had known so long agoSlowly, they began to make new discoveriesThey found out more about the way the body worksthe way these muscles move our bodies 阅
24、读短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。 26The underlined word“aqueducts”in the first paragraph probably means_ Asomething built to carry away the sewage Bsomething invented by a Roman Emperor Cbig pipes under the ground Dsomething built to carry fresh water to the cities 27In this article ,“civilized met
25、hods of treatment”refers to _ Aadvanced forms of health care Bthe way they burnt the bodies of the dead Cthe way they shut up mentally sick people in prisons Dwhat were called magic powers 28Which of the following is NOT what the writer means by saying“People went back to the old ways”? APeople live
26、d in dirty conditions again BPeople asked God for help when they were ill CPeople did not treat mentally sick people properly DPeople built hospitals for themselves 29From this passage weve learned that the Arabs _ Amade more discoveries than the Romans Btranslated the Roman medical works into Arabi
27、c Cdiscovered more about the way the human body works Dtook up big parts of the old Roman lands 2,000 years ago 30A suitable title for this passage could be _ AThe devotion made by the Romans and Arabs to the development of public health BHow the Arabs seized the Roman Empire by force CThe rise and
28、fall of the Roman Empire DHow Arabian doctors helped to translate the medical books (C) 阅读上面表格,然后回答下列问题。 31How many days will Gaston be gone on business? 32How will he get to the Sutter Hotel from the airport in Chicago? 33What does Gaston need that is missing from this itinerary?(D) Beginning Sunda
29、y,movies produced in China are reviewed by university students at the 9th Festival of Beijing College Students(FBCS) In just over a month,30 films, the cream of last years domestic productions,are screened for students from more than 20 universities in Beijing,including Beijing Normal University,Tsi
30、nghua University and Beijing Film Academy As an auxiliary to the Beijing Festival, the movies also will be shown at Xiamen University in Fujian Province This is the first time festival activities have been held outside the capital The film festival was initiated(开始) by the art department of Beijing
31、Normal University and has been held annually since 1993Its aim is to vitalize(激发) and promote the domestic movie industry and to cultivate a young student audience “With their passion and artistic appreciation,college students are an important audienceTheir evaluation is important to the development
32、 of homegrown movies,”said a member of the organizing committee Twenty-two domestic films will compete for awards as Best Picture,Best Actor,Best Actress, Best Visual Effects,Best Artistic Innovator and Best Child Actor Actress The appraisal (评价)committee consists of college teachers and students as
33、 well as young movie critics,film directors and expertsThis years votes can be cast through the Internet at sinacom The first works by new directors are highlighted this year “I think its a welcome change and hopefully it will bring some fresh ideas to film-making and diversify our screen,”said a st
34、udent from Beijing Normal University Among the 11films by new directors are last years box-office(售票处)successes such as My Brother and Sister,featuring Rockn Roll singer Cui Jian and Hong Kong actress Gigi Leung,directed by Yu Zhong The film tells aheart-wrenching story of four orphaned children fro
35、m a Northeast China familyIt shows the cozy(密切的) relationship between the brothers and sisters during two decades Other movies up for awards include Big Shots Funeral,Purple Sun and Mother Judge New works will make their debuton the screen during the festival,which lasts until May 24Girl,Dont Cry is
36、 the first attempt in directing for Li Chunbo,a well-known singer“Im happy to have my work in the film festival,since Itruststudentsgood taste and justice,”said Li A student delegate from Renmin University of China said the film festival is important to students“We are concerned with the development
37、 of domestic films,only we dont get easy access to excellent homemade worksWe are critical but generous,we are passionate but sensibleChinese movies need our attention” 阅读短文,然后回答问题或完成句子。 34How many domestic films will compete for awards in the film festival? 35In what way can this years votes be cas
38、t? 36Girl,Dont Cry is directed by _ 37Why did a student delegate say the film festival is important to students ? (E) An 82-year-old chartered accountant who has had a perfect driving record since passing his test before the Second World War was banned(禁止)for a year yesterday for travelling seventeen miles in the wrongdirection on a dual(双的)carriageway