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2007.12 第一卷（共100分） 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分50分） 第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，把答案写在答题卷上。 1．It’s quite honor to be chairman of the conference. A．///; the B．an ; /// C．a ; /// D．the; the 2．Every means , but none proved . A．have tried; a success B．have been tried; successful C．has tried; to be successful D．has been tried; successful 3．The weather of this year is not so good as of last year. A．one B．the one C．that D．those 4．It was in the small house was destroyed by the flood he spent his childhood. A．which; that B．that; where C．which; which D．that; which 5．All those second-hand goods are sold at before. A．30% as lower price as B．as 30% low price as C．30% as low a price as D．30% lower price than 6．Most of the audience wondered what idea a man who is deaf from birth can have music. A．with B．in C．of D．to 7．I’m putting on weight. The doctor has warned me to sugar. A．keep up B．keep back C．keep off D．keep away 8．For the big house, the price is fairly cheap, but you’ve got to take into the money you’ll spend on home improvement. A．consideration B．thoughtfulness C．responsibility D．measures 9．I tried to explain the problem to Mary, but she was so angry that she listen. A．couldn’t B．shouldn’t C．wouldn’t D．might not 10．I heard several quarrels with our home, I had never before noticed. A．that B．them C．one D．ones 11．—We are all ready , sir. —OK, John here; the rest of you where you are.
A．come; stay B．comes; stay C．will come; will stay D．comes; will stay 12．Official figures say over 100 million foreigners visited China last year, numbers rising as the Olympic approaches. A．in B．as C．to D．with 13．Every morning they meet in the same café. They there for years. A．have gone B．are going C．go D．have been going 14．The researchers who study jokes want to know people from different nations and cultures find funny. A．why B．that C．what D．whether 15．But for the snow, we earlier. A．will arrive B．would arrive C．could arrive D．should have arrive 16．I had just finished doing my examination papers the bell rang. A．when B．while C．before D．after 17．Alex is said by heart 2000 Chinese characters up to now. A．that he has learned B．to have learned C．to learn D．having learned 18．—John failed in the English test this time. — A．Of course B．Sure. C．Because he is too lazy. D．What a surprise! 19．He is taller than he . A．used B．used to be C．used to D．used to do 20．At times the balance in nature is , resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects. A．troubled B．confused C．disturbed D．puzzled 第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，英才苑满分30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中，选出最佳选项 In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my 21 Kathy’s new parakeet(小鹦鹉)on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 22 the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, 23 to my horror, Perky flew off. The enormous, , blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 24 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all. Kathy managed to 25 me. With fake(假的) optimism, she even tried to reassure (安慰)me that Perky would find a new 26 . But I was far too clever to 27 that such a thing was possible. Decades later, I watched my own 28 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 29 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the 30 of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed(宣称) to 31 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. 32 Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor(在辩论中发言)and 35 that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie. “The best thing 34 Sweetie Pie,” he said, “ was the 35 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just dived down and 36 on my finger.” When I was 37 able to speak, we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all 38 . It seems our two families had been 39 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said,“You were 40 ! Perky lived!” 21．A．niece B．sister C．friend D．aunt 22．A．what B．which C．how D．where 23．A．many B．much C．great D．very 24．A．pleasure B．sadness C．treasure D．sense 25．A．forgive B．comfort C．help D．delight 26．A．parent B．home C．house D．life 27．A．imagine B．suppose C．doubt D．believe 28．A．birds B．happiness C．worries D．children 29．A．parents B．birds C．interests D．games 30．A．first B．best C．last D．happiest 31．A．catch B．find C．buy D．have 32．A．But B．Fortunately C．Then D．However 33．A．announced B．argued C．told D．hoped 34．A．in B．about C．from D．on 35．A．day B．place C．way D．story 36．A．fell B．flew C．landed D．went 37．A．firstly B．finally C．exactly D．even 38．A．came up B．turned up C．turned out D．matched up 39．A．known B．joined C．connected D．introduced 40．A．right B．wrong C．silly D．mad 第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分） 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，把答案写在答题卷上。 A For years and years people have been saying that the railways are dead. “ We can do without railways.” People say…as if motorcars and planes have made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they’re dying .But this is far from the truth: in these days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they are cheaper than planes. And they h
