第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10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，并在答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。 1. —Did you see ______ MP3 here last night? I left it here when I left. —Is it ______ white one? I think I saw it somewhere. A. an; a B. an; the C. the; a D. the; the 2. John is very bright and studies very hard. It’s no ______ he always gets the first place in any examination. A. doubt B. problem C. surprise D. wonder 3. —Do you have ______ for the party, Mary? —No, we still have to get another five chairs and some fresh fruit. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 4. —Wow, this is really a fine poem! I ______ you were a good poet as well. —Thank you very much for your appreciation! A. don’t know B. didn’t know C. won’t know D. hadn’t known 5. Where have you been? I ______ for you in the past couple of hours. I ______ to a fashion show. A. have looked; am invited B. have been looking; was invited C. was looking; have invited D. am looking; was inviting 6. —Where is my friend? He is not familiar with this place. —I told your friend the way to his hotel, but perhaps I ______ him there. A. would drive B. could have driven C. must be driving D. should have driven 7. —Have you got any more letters ______, sir? —No more. You can take a break and have a cup of coffee. A. to be typed B. to type C. being typed D. typing 8. —Why did Smith not turn up at the lecture? —No one had told him about ______ a lecture the next day.
A. there to be B. there be C. there being D. there would be 9. —How have you learned to speak French? —I ______ some French while I was on a summer camp in Paris. A. brought on B. learned from C. took in D. picked up 10. —How come a single room like this costs so much? —We have ______ in your bill the cost of the international call you made last night. A. contained B. included C. charged D. added to 11. —How do you find their school? —I find it ______ and it’s really a good place for studies. A. quite quiet B. very quietly C. fairly well D. quick enough 12. —How long has your bookshop been in business? —_______ 1982, when my daughter was born. A. After B. For C. Since D. From 13. —Your sister is too thin. She needs to eat more. —She would gain weight ________ she is very particular about food. A. as long as B. but C. unless D. even if 14. —This pair of shoes alone cost me more than 1,000 yuan. —Dear me! It was crazy of you to spend so much money ______ you could buy a pair much cheaper. A. when B. while C. as D. because 15. —Is ______ some German students visited? —Yes, it is. Some twenty German boys and girls stayed in it for a fortnight. A. this school where B. the one school C. this the school that D. this school which 16. —When ______ leave for the moon again? —When ______ leave for the moon again is kept a secret. A. they will; will they B. will they; will they C. they will; they will D. will they; they will 17. —Come and see me whenever _____. —I will when I am free. A. you are convenient B. it is convenient to you C. you’ll be convenient D. it will be convenient to you 18. —Peter, don’t you remember you promised? —Well, so ______. But ______ was you who broke your word first. A. I did; it B. did I; that C. I was; that D. was I; it 19. —Betty was feeling pretty blue for a while, but she’s better now. —_______. A. Oh, that’s kind of you B. Congratulations to her C. She is lucky enough D. Oh, I’m glad to hear that 20. —Please accept my apology for taking your dictionary by mistake. —______. It can happen to anyone. A. Don't do that again B. You can not be mistaken C. Oh, that's all right D. Here is my dictionary
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分; 满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。 Members of an elephant family may be out of sight but they are always in the minds of their leaders. Tests have found that female elephants are able to remember the whereabouts of 21 17 family members and perhaps as many as 30. They can know which of their relations are 22 of them when the herd searches 23 food, which of them are lagging behind and 24 are travelling in separate groups. Professor Richard Byrne said that the elephants performed an impressive skill of 25 by being able to recall where each of their relatives was in a changing environment. “It’s hard enough for us to keep track of two 26 three children in a busy shopping centre.” he said. Researchers tested the ability of African elephants to remember where each family member had got to by 27 their behaviour while sniffing (嗅) urine (尿). Elephants have poor eyesight but an excellent 28 of smell and are able to 29 one another from traces of urine on the ground. To test the memories of the elephants, samples of urine-soaked earth were 30 and placed in positions where a herd was about to pass. Observations showed that the 31 exhibited (表现出) surprise when they could detect the 32 of a family member they knew was behind them. Interest was shown when the urine was 33 of a close relative travelling in the 34 group or in a separate herd, but samples left by unknown individuals were ignored. Evidence has suggested that 35 have good long-term memories but the study suggested that the ability to 36 where a female relative 37 be found was much more important. The researchers 38 : “It seems that female elephants have a general 39 in monitoring family members
