PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION（two parts. 30’） Section A (22.5marks) Directions：In this section，you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation，there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C．Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question• You will hear each conversation Twice． Conversation I 1. What match are the speakers talking about? A. Basketball B. Football C. Volleyball 2. What’s the date today? A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th Conversation II 3. What does the speaker think of the swimming pool? A.Unsatisfying B. Just so-so C.Good 4. What do the speakers talk about at the end of the conversation? A.The price B.The trainers C. The equipment Conversation III 5. How does the man look like? A. Tired B. Cheerful C. Angry 6. What can we learn from the conversations? A.The man has a brother. B. The man’s father has high blood pressure. C. The man’s father will fully recover in a few days. Conversation IV 7. What’s the tone of the speaker’s voice? A. Scared B. Annoying C. Worried 8. Why did her neighbours go up on the roof? A. To meet their nephew B. To have a party C. To show their nephew the night view 9. How did the speaker solve the problem? A. She shouted from her room. B. She went up to talk with her neighbours. C. She called the police. Conversation V
10.What’s the man’s rule for his child? A. Only one hour for computer games each day. B. Doing homework first. C. No computer games at all. 11. What can allow kids in the neighbourhood to play together? A.Cutting down on their homework. B. All the kids are free at the same time. C. Parents attend kids’ games too. 12. What’s the other choice mentioned by the woman? A. Let her kids watch TV instead. B. Ask her huaband to play sports with the kids. C. The whole family go to the gym together. Conversation VI 13. Who is the woman? A. A reporter B. A house keeper C. A saleswoman 14. What is the robot programmed to do? A. Shopping and cooking. B. Repairing and guarding. C. Cleaning and washing. 15. What’s the woman’s opinion about the price of the house? A. It’s cheap. B. It’s too expensive. C. It’s affordable. Section B(7.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS. You will hear the mini-talk TWICE. Who was James Thornhill? A famous _16_____ painter. What was he asked to do? Paint some pictures 17 of the king’s palace. How long did he worked? For 18 What did the worker see? Thornhill was __19____ edge of the platform without noticing it himself What did the worker do? He took some paint and threw it at the picture instead of ______20.
PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE(45 marks) SECTION A (15 marks) Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 21. They would not allow him ______ through the forest. A. to risk going B. risk going C. risking to go D. to risk to go 22. Nowadays the population of China is _______ what it used to be before liberation; and special policies are ______ to control its increase. A. three times more than; in the way B. three times the size of ; in that way C. as three times as; under that way D. more than three times; under way 23. I was shocked to find a piece of paper on my desk _____, ‘Stupid Sarah got a D’! A. said B.to say C. says D.saying 24. --- I didn’t mean ______ my partner. --- But talking to her like that meant ____ her. A.hurting; hurting B.to hurt; hurting C. hurting; to hurt D. to hurt, to hurt 25. All the students _________ the teacher’s proposal raised their hands and said “yes” again and again. A. are against B. in the favor of C. in favor of D. are for 26. In order to make our city green, ____. A. it is necessary to have planted more trees B. many more trees need to plant C. our city needs more trees D. we must plant more trees 27. _______ why he did it, he simply said, “Because I love it.” A. When asked B. To be asked C. Asking D. To ask 28. I am talking to you today about _____ vast areas of the world are damaged by chemical waste. A.in the way that B. the way C. in the way D. the way which 29. The man _____ the book down and _____ down for a rest. A. laid; lay B. laid; lied C. lay; laid D. lay; lay 30. I thought that Hannah ____________ my classmates about my grade after promising not to. A．may tell B．should have told C．must have told D．must tell 31.Many students blamed the mistake ____ the little boy, but Mr. Green stood up in defence of him and said that he was not the one _________. A. for, blamed B. to, blaming C. on, to blame D. on, to be blamed 32. My watch needs _________, but I have no time to go to town to have it ________. A repairing, repaired B to be repaired, repairing C to repair, repaired D being repaired, repaired 33. ______ is no doubt ________ the measures will be extremely unpopular. A. It; whether&n
