第一卷

第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分)

第一节 单项填空(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ______ he or she wants.

A. however B. whatever
C. whichever D. whenever

答案是B。

1. I haven’t seen Ann for ______ long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.

A. such B. very
C. so D. too

2. You have to ______ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay?

A. decide B. get
C. do D. make

3. Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was ______ able to make a phone call.

A. still B. even
C. also D. ever

4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread our further, ______ New York is an example.

A. for which B. in which
C. of which D. from which

5. —Let’s go for a walk in the garden.

—______, but I need to do the washing-up.

A. No, thank you B. That’s right
C. Good idea D. Not at all

6. There were some chairs left over ______ everyone had sat down.

A. when B. until
C. that D. where

7. The telephone ______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.

A. had rung B. was ringing
C. rings D. has rung

8. In the United States, there is always ______ flow of people to areas of ______ country where more jobs can be

found.

A. a; the B. the ; a
C. the; the D. a; a

9. Although this ______ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A. look out B. stay up
C. carry on D. get along

10. Although this ______ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A. must B. may
C. shall D. should

11. The manager believes prices will not rise by more than ______ four percent.

A. any other B. the other
C. another D. other

12. In some places women are expected to earn money ______ men work at home and raise their children.

A. but B. while
C. because D. though

13. —Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?

—______. But I don’t know if he is in at the moment.

A. Thanks B. Go on
C. Sure D. You are welcome

14. We had an anxious couple of weeks ______ for the results of the experiment.

A. wait B. to be waiting
C. waited D. waiting

15. A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ______.

A. or more B. instead
C. at most D. only

第二节 完形填空(共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been ___16___ me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17___. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could ___18___ my moves, because she ___19___ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning.

I ___20___ she had strict sleeping habits, ___21___ I thought she ought to be able to ___22___ some of this strictness. I said to her, “___23___, you can stay up late for once. We’re having ___24___.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked ___25___. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it ___26___, you’re going to play it slowly.” and so we ___27___ for another ten minutes, until ___28___ my daughter burst into tears, and ___29___ that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made ___30___. I had started the evening wanting to have a ___31___ time with my daughter but had ___32___ my desire to win to become more ___33___ than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win ___34___ me well. As a parent, I ___35___ that it got in my way. So I had to change.

16. A. guiding B. asking
C. training D. advising

17. A. allowed B. expected
C. replied D. accepted

18. A. change B. repeat
C. hurry D. pass

19. A. agreed B. needed
C. begged D. hated

20. A. knew B. learned
C. guessed D. heard

21. A. so B. for
C. but D. or

22. A. put up B. take up
C. pick up D. give up

23. A. As usual B. Go ahead
C. By the way D. Come on

24. A. patience B. luck
C. fun D. success

25. A. excited B. proud
C. anxious D. angry

26. A. well B. again
C. fairly D. regularly

27. A. discussed B. continued
C. counted D. argued

28. A. nervously B. immediately
C. strangely D. suddenly

29. A. promised B. admitted
C. wondered D. discovered

30. A. a mistake B. a decision
C. an attempt D. an effort

31. A. free B. different
C. full D. happy

32. A. managed B. recognized
C. allowed D. reduced

33. A. important B. attractive
C. practical D. interesting

34. A. offered B. served
C. controlled D. taught

35. A. realized B. apologized
C. imagined D. explained

第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage (垃圾) from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.

At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means.

She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video (录像) about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture (文化) that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”

36. according to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.

A. is willing to help those in need without pay

B. can afford to travel to different places

C. has a strong wish to be successful

D. has made a big fortune in life

37. Tracy started her work as a volunteer _______.

A. after she met Mother Teresa

B. after she finished high school

C. when she was touring Calcutta

D. when she was working in a hospital

38. Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa.

B. She had already had some experience.

C. She was asked by Mother Teresa’s example.

D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example.

39. What is Tracy’s “new idea” (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?

A. Going abroad to help the sick.

B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home.

C. Doing simple things to help the poor.

D. Improving oneself through helping others.

B

As nanny (保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the chores (家务活) which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost