共同基础平台(90分钟，100分) Ⅰ.听力部分(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分) 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What are these two people talking about? A.A lightweight shirt. B.Things to wear. C.The warm weather. 2.What is the woman’s job? A.Cook. B.Waitress. C.Saleswoman. 3.How is the man getting to work? A.Riding. B.By bus. C.Driving. 4.What does the man mean? A.The woman’s uncle will come for a visit. B.He thinks the woman should visit her uncle. C.He asks the woman to go over to his place. 5.What will the weather in Arizona be like in the coming week? A.Rainy. B.Warm. C.A bit cold. 第二节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分) 听下面2段对话。每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料,回答第6～8题。 6.Whom do you think the woman was angry with? A.The man. B.The repairman. C.The shopkeeper. 7.Why couldn’t the woman find the repair shop? A.She missed the right turn. B.The man gave her the wrong directions. C.She was a bad driver. 8.Why did the man tell her to turn to these television repairmen? A.The shop was easy to find. B.One of the repairmen was his friend. C.They did good work and the price was reasonable. 听第7段材料,回答第9～10题。 9.What’s the relationship between the man and the woman? A.They are teacher and student. B.They are friends. C.They are mother and son. 10.What does the woman ask the man to do? A.Look for a new apartment.
B.Find a job to earn $ 200 a month. C.Share an apartment with one or two roommates. Ⅱ.单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分) 11.The old lady _________when I was in the countryside is said to be still very much alive though in her nineties. A.after whom I looked B.whom I took care C.who I looked after D.of whom I took care 12.Being kind to others should be everyone’s_________of life._________,our world will be more peaceful and beautiful. A.aim;If so B.standard;If that C.belief;Even so D.principle;If so 13.—I heard that your daughter had been admitted by a famous university. —But they charge so high tuition.I can’t _________such a large sum. A.afford B.offer C.take D.spare 14.The invention of_________ paper was a great contribution to________human civilization. A.a;a B.the;the C./;/ D.the;/ 15.The United States has become a significant musical _________around the world. A.effect B.affect C.infection D.influence 16.Doctors are still trying their best to__________the boy for his broken leg. A.cure B.recover C.operate D.treat 17.Anyone who has a _________of humor can get along well in__________society. A.sense;/ B.feeling;the C.mind;/ D.taste;the 18.—How was your examination? —It wasn’t very difficult,but it was__________long. A.too much B.so much C.very much D.much too 19.Learning foreign languages calls for your memory,time,patience and emotions._______,it is not a simple thing. A.As a result B.In conclusion C.In general D.After all 20.The twins are so much__________that it is difficult to tell one from the other. A.similar B.equal C.like D.alike 21.He found out that it didn’t _________ him to live in the city. A.match B.suit C.meet D.equal 22.Jennifer didn’t attend the important conference,and tha’s _________she hadn’t been gotinformed of it. A.why B.the reason C.because D.for 23._______,parents should spend as much time as they can________with their children,thus they can influence them on the value of life. A.It is said;to be B.They say;being C.As is said;to be D.It is said that;be 24.Alice received an invitation from her boss,__________came as a surprise. A.it B.that C.which D.he 25.I don’t like _________ you speak to her. A.the way B.the way in that C.the way which D.the way of which
Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) “It was said she was married to an officer in India long ago and she had a life of physical adventure as exciting as her poetry.Her husband could cross rivers,using crocodiles(鳄鱼) as stepping stones.He died when she was only thirty-nine.Unwilling to exist without him,she took her life,leaving a son in England.” I stared at the paper, 26 reading,and I couldn’t help thinking. They say,crocodiles are lazy animals as a rule,but they can 27 like lightning when they want to.And they don’t mind hurrying 28 they’re hungry.There used to be lots in Indianrivers,living on fish mostly;but what’s a little fish 29 a fifteen-foot crocodile?They ate people,fisherman or anyone else delicious enough to get too near;women doing the 30 ,or children playing at the water’s 31 .A hungry crocodile’s mouth 32 over a meal with a sound like a gunshot.A big fellow can 33 in a man in two bites. That woman’s husband crossed rivers 34 from one crocodile’s back to the next.I believe it.It had to be done 35 before the creature could see what was happening.It wasn’t 36 a brave,active man;and no doubt he improved with practice.He could never look 37 while crossing. The wife used to watch him—I felt 38 of that.She lived 39 the adventure the 40 excitement of it all.Their real life was with tigers,snakes....It’s no wonder she wrote 41 poetry. Then he 42 .I imagined how she felt.Was there another man 43 him in India,in the world?She was still young,hardly a sitting-room widow(寡妇).“I must 44 ,too,”she said to herself.So she did what she felt she had to do.A 45 probably,to her head. But her young son,their son?Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband?Well,what do you think? 26.A.started B.began C.finished D.stopped 27.A.run B.move C.walk D.roll 28.A.whenever B.when C.because D.as 29.A.in B.on C.to D.for 30.A.shopping B.washing C.cooking D.cleaning 31.A.border B.end C.side D.edge 32.A.looks B.sends C.shuts D.turns 33.A.go B.take C.eat D.catch 34.A.jumping B.running C.walking D.marching 35.A.immediately B.directly C.quickly D.hurriedly 36.A.over B.for C.behind D.beyond 37.A.up B.down C.back D.right 38.A.afraid B.sure C.shame D.foolish 39.A.without B.till C.for D.on 40.A.lively B.friendly C.deathly D.lovely 41.A.angry B.exciting C.sad D.interesting 42.A.wrote B.fled C.disappeared D.died 43.A.like B.as C.with D.before 44.A.go B.practise C.jump D.shoot 45.A.pen B.gun C.comb D.stone Ⅳ.阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) A
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