第一部分 交际英语
1、---Could I speak to Don Watikins,please?
--______
A. I’m listening.
B. oh,how are you?
C. Speaking.please.
D I’m Don.
2. Thank you ever so much for the coat you bought me.
--______
A .No thanks
B. I’m glad you like it.
C. Please don’t say so
D. No, it’s not so good
3. –Could you help me with my physics,please?
--______.
A. No, no way
B. No, I couldn’t
C. No, I can’t
D. Sorry I can’t. I have to go to a meeting right now.
4. –Oh, Betty, we will be having a buffet party next Saturday, and we’d like you to join us.
--______,Susan. What’s the occasion? What time do you want me to come?
A.I’d love to
B. No way
C. By no means
D. I’m afraid not
5.-May I see your tickets, please?
--______.
A. No, they are mine
B. No, you can’t
C. Sure
D. Yes, you can
第二部分 阅读理解
The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nain, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?”“Yes,” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.
After that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper cuts on their widows and doors at each year’s end to drive Nian away, because red is the color the beast felt most afraid of.
From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people prepare to “Guo Nian”. The word “Guo Nian” means “go through the Nian safely.” Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every year doing by the Chinese people. However people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel the color and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.
6. The Chinese New Year is also called ______
A. the Beginning of Spring
B. the Spring Festival
C. The New Spring
D. The Beast Nian
7. How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
A. By putting red paper-cuts on windows.
B. By eating up beasts
C. By talking to him
D. By riding on him.
8. Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other color?
A. Because Nian liked the color red.
B. Because the color red color kill Nian.
C. Because the old man liked the color red.
D. Because Nian was afraid of the color red.
9. The best title of this passage is ______
A. The Origin of the Chinese New Year
B. The Old Man and the Beast Nian
C. How to Go Through the Nian Safely
D. What Nian Was Like
10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time
B. Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals
C. Nian is afraid of paper-cuts
D. Nian doesn’t like to use his own mind.
Passage 2
A foreigner’s first impression of US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.
Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiters will hurry you.
You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point.
The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called “a short fuse”. We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.
Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate socially, we start talking business very quickly.
11. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A. Americans seem to be always under pressure.
B. Americans attach less importance to patience.
C. Americans don’t care much about ritual socializing.
D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.
12. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means______
A. a less importance thing
B. a first concern
C. a good business
D. an attractive gift
13. Americans evaluate a business colleague______
A. through social courtesy
B. through prolonged business talks
C. by establishing business relations
D. by learning about their past performance
14. The passage mainly talks about______
A. how Americans treasure their time
B. how busy Americans are every day\
C. how Americans do business with foreigners
D. what American way of life is like
15. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ______.
A. critical
B. ironical
C. appreciative
D. objective
第三部分 词汇与结构
16. Little Tom is used to getting up ______at eight every morning.
A. atB. onC. inD. of
17. If you ride you bike too fast, there may be ______accident.
A. aB. theC. anD. /
18. Did you notice the guy _____ head looked like a big potato?
A. whoB. whichC. whoseD. whom
19. After the Minister Education had finished speaking at the press conference, he was made ______all sorts of awkward questions.
A. answerB. answeringC. answeredD. to answer
20. A sudden noise of a fire-engine made him _____ to the door.
A. hurryingB. hurriedC. hurryD. to hurry
第四部分 完型填空
William J. Sidis, was born in 1898. ___21__ father was an American psychiatrist. At the age of six months, William __22____ the English alphabet; he could read and write when he was two. When he was eight years __23___, young Sidis had completed both elementary and high school. At the age of nine, William entered HarvardUniversity.
As a ___24___ at Harvard, Sidis displayed phenomenal knowledge in the field of mathematics, ___25__ amazing his professors. He graduated with honors ___26___ age of 16 and became a full professor of mathematics at the university at 19.
___27____ story of William J. Sidis unfortunately, does not end happily. The promise ___28__ his early years was never fulfilled. At the age of 26, he was found operating an adding machine ___29___ a store in New York.
This brilliant ex-genius died a lonely death in 1943 in a hotel room _30___ New York.
21. A. HisB. My C. HerD. Their
22. A. spokeB. sayC. sawD. knew
23. A. oldB. bigC. elderD. young
24. A. studentB. teacherC. painterD. singer
25. A. butB. oftenC. areD. out
26. A. at B. inC. onD. or
27. A. AB. TheC. OfD. They
28. A. ofB. inC. orD. for
29. A. inB. onC. outD. inside
30. A. at B. onC. byD. in
第五部分 英译汉
31. In no other country in the world can you find such plants as this one.
你在世界上别的国家都找不到像这样的植物。
32. My problem is that I don’t have much time to do the work.
我的问题是我没有什么时间来做这项工作。
33. You’ll find in English some words can be remembered more easily than the others.
你会发现英语中有些词比别的词更容易记。
第六部分 写作
Notice
按下列要求写一个通知
1．我们的英语老师将举行晚会，请全班同学参加
2．晚会时间：晚上六点；地点：在102教室
请每个同学准备唱一首英语歌曲或用英语讲一个笑话。
Dec. 28, 2009
Dear All,
This notice is to inform you of an event. Our English teacher is going to hold a party and all the students in class are invited to take part in it. The party is scheduled at 6 O’clock on Saturday evening and it’s to be held in Classroom 102.
The teacher would like to ask everyone taking part in to prepare a small program, for example, to sing an English song or to tell a joke in English., or whatever you like to show us your good English.
Please join us if you have time on Saturday evening and let’s enjoy ourselves.