第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. Many people, addicted ________ drugs, often face health problems, including HIV/AIDS. A. with
B. from
C. on
D. to
2. On Aug. 22, a Russian airliner carrying 170 people, ________ a lightning strike, crashed in flames. A. as for
B. due to D. next to
C. along with
3. Even pets are sometimes sick, and ________ we do lose them, which brings us great sadness. A. actually C. besides
B. eventually
D. suddenly
4. — What’s the predicted ticket price for the Beijing 2020 Olympics? — ________ could be between US$20 and US$30, experts say. A. That
B. These
C. It
D. They
5. I ________ to control myself long enough to smile, but when I walked back to my house the tears came. A. tried C. managed
B. aimed
D. attempted
6. When they leave, ________ the damage they have done, it is as though they had never been. A. because of C. instead of
B. as well as D. in spite of
7. In terms of the global fight against AIDS, _______ true that the UN is
playing a positive role. A. That’s C. This is
B. What’s
D. It’s
8. ________ downloading and file-sharing are doing harm to the entire music industry. A. Endless C. Official
B. Likely
D. Illegal
9. — Mr Smith, shall I open the door for you? — No, thanks. It’s a(n) ________ one. A. modern
B. automatic
D. imaginary
C. appropriate
10. It’s a personality thing, and ________ no use feeling guilty about it. A. It’s B. this is
C. what’s D. that’s
11. As the eldest of 10 children, she is accustomed to ________ a leader and knows she can’t please everyone. A. is
B. be
C. to be
D. being
12. — Do you think the MP3 player puts its listener ________?
— Yes, too much use of it could lead to hearing loss, experts say. A. at risk C. in use
B. under control D. on top
13. ________ not clear how many people will attend the conference, but ________ certain to be in the hundreds. A. That’s; this is C. It’s; it’s
B. What’s; what’s D. It’s; what’s
14. — Would you mind if I borrowed your new digital camera?
— __________. A. Yes, here it is C. Yes, go ahead
B. No, of course not
D. No, I do mind
15. Sometimes it is difficult to make a ________ about what may be happening without all of the facts. A. judgment C. lecture
第二节:完形填空（共20小题；每小题１.5分,满分30分）
He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.
“Is your taxi 16 ?” I asked when he finally looked 17 at me. He nodded, then said 18 as I settled into the back seat, “I’m sorry, but I was reading a 19 .” He 20 as if he had a cold . “I am not in a hurry,” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter.” He 21 his head. “I’ve read it several times already. I guess I 22 know it by heart.”
“Letters from home always mean a lot,” I said. “From a child?” “This isn’t 23 ,” he replied. “Although it 24 just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other ‘Old Friend’ when we’d meet. I’m not much good at 25 .” “I don’t think any of us keep 26 our correspondence(通信) too well,” I said. “I know I don’t. But I take it he’s someone you’ve 27 quite a while?”
“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the 28 through high school.”
B. decision D. ceremony
“There are not too many people who’ve had such a long friendship,” I said.
“ 29 ,” the driver went on, “I hadn’t seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I 30 away from the old neighbourhood and you kind of lose touch 31 you never forget.” “You said ‘was’. Does that mean—?” He nodded. “ 32 a couple of weeks ago.”
“I’m sorry,” I said. “It’s no fun to lose any friend—and losing a real old one is 33 tougher.”
He didn’t 34 to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind（使人担心，惦念）when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch.” “Well,” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things 35 and we just don’t seem to find the time.” When I got to my hotel room I didn’t unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it. 16. A. available C. beneficial 17. A. down
B. acceptable
D. occupied
C. to
D. off
B. up
18. A. unexpectedly C. apologetically
B. curiously
D. definitely
19. A. booklet B. novel C. book D. letter 20. A. sounded C. seemed 21. A. hung
B. spoke
D. continued
D. kept
B. nodded C. shook
B. hardly
22. A. anyhow
C. almost D. really
B. family
23. A. friendship C. leadership
D. colleague
C. maybe D. would B. reading
24. A. could B. might 25. A. writing C. talking 26. A. up
D. learning
C. on
D. in
B. with
27. A. found B. written C. known D. seen 28. A. curriculum C. life
B. coincidence
D. way
B. Actually
29. A. Eventually
C. Additionally D. Besides 30. A. removed
B. left
C. headed D. moved
31. A. even though C. when
B. as though
D. whereas
B. Suffered
32. A. Died C. Came
D. Survived
C. fairly D. quite C. act D. talk
33. A. ever B. even
34. A. adopt B. reply 35. A. take up C. come up
B. pick up
D. break up
第三节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分） A
People today, in all this new world of technology and thinking, have lost sight of what a true friendship is. I thought I would help the world out a little and explain what real, true friends are.
Friends don’t have to be exactly the same. Friends have similarities but they also have their differences. The key to opening up the world of friendship is not only to expand similarities but also to accept each other’s faults, because you can’t ever judge your friend.
Friends have to argue! No one likes to argue but it is necessary to have a healthy friendship, because if you agree on everything, either you aren’t being true to each other or one of you is trying a little too hard to please the other. You have to be comfortable together or else you just aren’t going to click. If you feel uneasy around the person then something isn’t quite right.
Friends love unconditionally. They have their little angry moments but what’s done is done and all is forgiven and forgotten. Why let something that happened in the past ruin what happiness you could have in the future? Believe in love at first sight because the same thing happens in friendship. Some people think that you have to know someone really well to become good friends. Trust me, it’s not true.
These are only a few of the basics. Just remember, friends are forever. Don’t disrespect your friends, love them instead.
36. The underlined sentence in the passage means that “ ”. A. you shouldn’t drop him / her a line B. you can’t be comfortable C. you will feel angry D. you can’t be friends
37. According to the author’s words, true friends . A. must be similar to each other B. do not argue
C. must be honest
D. must always love each other
38. The author writes the passage to . A. explain what happiness means to people B. call on people to show more love to others
C. make people understand what a true friendship means D. ask people to make as many friends as possible B
Compassion(同情,怜悯) is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机） with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day. I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, and store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job. Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me,” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft, safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told
him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
39. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits . A. promised to obey the store rules B. forgot to take any money with him
C. hoped to have the food first and pay later D. could not afford anything more expensive
40. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman? A. Kind and lucky.
B. Poor and lonely.
C. Friendly and helpful. D. Hurt and disappointed.
41. The writer acted upon the store rules because . A. he wanted to keep his present job B. he felt no pity for the old gentleman C. he considered the old man dishonest
D. he expected someone else to pay for the old man 42. What does the writer learn from his experience? A. Wealth is more important than anything else. B. Helping others is easier said than done. C. Experience can not be gained through practice. D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion. C
Job interviews are all about finding the right fit between the employer and potential(有潜力的) employee. The following interview styles were techniques used by Hiring Managers, hiring for Houston Jobs:
Screening Interview
Screening Interview: A member of the human resources department usually conducts the screening interview in order to weed out unqualified candidates. Providing facts about your skills is more important than establishing rapport(和善). Provide answers to their questions, and never volunteer any additional information. That information could work against you.
One-on-One Interview
In a one-on-one interview, the interviewer wants to see if you will fit in with the company, and how your skills will complement the rest of the department. Your goal in a one-on-one interview is to establish rapport with the interviewer and show him or her that your qualifications will benefit the company. Lunch Interview
The same rules apply in lunch interviews as in those held at the office. The setting may be more casual, but remember it is a business lunch and you are being watched carefully. Use the lunch interview to develop common ground with your interviewer. Follow his or her lead in both selection of food and in etiquette(礼节). Committee Interview
Committee interviews are a common practice. You will face several members of the company who have a say in whether you are hired. When answering questions from several people, speak directly to the person asking the question. It is not necessary to answer to the group. Group Interview
A group interview is usually designed to uncover the leadership potential
of prospective managers and employees who will be dealing with the public. The front-runner candidates are gathered together in an informal, discussion-type interview. A subject is introduced and the inter-viewer will start off the discussion. The goal of the group interview is to see how you interact with others and how you use your knowledge and reasoning powers to win others over.
43. A candidate is .
A. someone who is running in an election or applying for a job B. someone who can make the decision in an interview C. a person who holds the interview
D. someone who has been accepted by the interviewer 44. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. You will get more chances if you speak more in a Screening Interview. B. In a Lunch Interview you can talk whatever you want.
C. In a Group Interview you may be questioned by many interviewers. D. In a One-on-One Interview you should show that you will fit in with the company.
45. In a Committee Interview, you will . A. try to answer more difficult questions B. have to face more than one interviewers C. be offered a lunch after that
D. try to answer the question before others D
Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles(困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and
a half hours later, and they’re still sitting on the sofa? Talking? What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about? Betty shrugs. Talk? We’re friends.
Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist（心理学家） Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable”.
More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife / husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机). “Most women,” says Rubin, “identified(认定) at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
“In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions(交往) between men are emotionally controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior”.
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’
t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.” （2001年高考题）
46. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that .
A. he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband B. women have so much to share
C. women show little interest in ballgames D. he finds wife difficult to talk to
47. Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to .
A. a male friend C. her parents
B. a female friend D. her husband
48. According to the passage, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?
A. Ending his marriage without good reason B. Spending too much time with his friends C. Complaining about his marriage trouble D. Going out to ballgames too often
49. Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph? A. Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. B. Women are more serious than men about marriage. C. Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. D. Women depend on others in making decisions.
50. The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around .
A. happy and successful marriages B. friendships of men and women C. emotional problems in marriage D. interactions between men and women
第四节 阅读表达（阅读短文，回答以下五个问题，每小题3分，满分15分） Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-morning newspaper on the front porch (走廊) will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You’ll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. A program can select the type of news you want, and an electronic voice will distribute (分类) stories about the latest events, guided by the program. You’ll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer file if you like. These are among the predictions (预报) from communications experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.
Most of the technology is available now, but convincing more people that they don’t need paper to read is the next step. But resistance (反抗) to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.
Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the change over because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial interests in the paper industry. 51. Give the best title of this passage. (In English)
52. According to the passage, what are the advantages of computer newspapers? (In English)
53. Why might computer newspapers take 30 to 40 years to replace traditional newspapers? (In English)
54 把第一段的划线句子改成一个非并列句。
55. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
第五节： 书面表达（满分30分）
假设你是李刚，你的美国网友Jack听说今年春节期间中国有包括北京在内的100多个城市解除了燃放烟花爆竹禁令，询问你中国百姓是如何看待这个问题的，还特别问你的看法。请你写一篇100词左右的回信。（信的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。）
下面这些信息仅供你回信时参考：人们对春节放鞭炮的看法不尽相同；有人认为过春节不放鞭炮没有年味；有人认为放鞭炮既浪费又造成环境污染和噪音污染。 Dear Jack,
Thanks for your letter. And I’m glad that you have interest in the life of us Chinese.
________________________________________________________________________________________
Hope to keep in touch with you.
Y
ours, Li
Gang 答案：
第一节：1-5 DBBCC 6-10 DDDBA 11-15 DACBA
第二节：16-20 ABCDA 21-25 CCBBA 26-30 ACDBD 31-35 AABBC 第三节：36-40 DDCCB 41-45 ABADB 46-50 BBCAB
第四节：51. Newspapers of the future will likely be on computer.
52. You can easily save information for future use, they are very convenient to use, and you can get more information from them quickly.
53. Because there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists.
54. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want.
55. 可能在现在的记者和印刷者一一死去后，新一代才会意识到报业不再是报业。 第五节：One possible version: Dear Jack,
Thanks for your letter. And I’m glad that you have interest in the life of us Chinese. As part of the Spring Festival celebrations, fireworks are a festival custom that existed for more than 2,000 years. In the past decade many cities banned fireworks. However, this year more than 100 cities including Beijing lifted the ban.
Yet, people are divided on this ban. Setting off fireworks is generally not welcomed by most people. They think fireworks are not only a waste of money but also cause serious air pollution and make tremendous noises. Well, I like playing fireworks very much and I really regard it as part of the necessary celebrations during the festival, which brings about more laughter and happiness.
Hope to keep in touch with you. Yours, Li Gang
因篇幅问题不能全部显示，请点此查看更多更全内容