PART TWO: LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGESECTION A
Directions : Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A,B,CA.Thanks toB.In addition toC.In defence ofD.Regardle of SECTION B (18 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following paage there are four words or phrases markand D.
Choose one answer that best completes the sentence .21.What do you mean _________ saying that I’m lucky?
A.atB.onC.byD.of 22.I told them not everybody could do it , _________?A.could theyB.couldn’t they C.did ID.didn’t I.23.--Where did you see him for the first time? -- It was in the factory _________ we worked.A.thatB.whereC.whichD.when
24._________ is known to us all is that the 2012 Olympic Games will take place in London.A.AsB.WhatC.ThatD.It 25.–It’s really a pity that I didn’t see you in Shanghai.
-- I _________ to see you in the hotel, but I was too busy.A.hopeB.had hopedC.hopedD.am hoping26.More than one student in our cla _________ to Shanghai Expo.A.has beenB.have beenC.isD.are 27.All things _________, her suggestion is of greater value than yours.A.considerationB.consideringC.consideredD.are considered 28.-- _________ you called yesterday?-- Tom.Why?
A.Who it is thatB.Who is it thatC.Who was it thatD.Who it was that 29.-- I’m so sorry for breaking the plate, Mom.
-- It doesn’t matter._________ careful next time.A.BeingB.Do beC.DoD.To be 30.It was unwise of him to _________ the unreliable data in his speech.A.refer toB.add toC.belong toD.point to 31._________ it rain, the crops would be saved.A.WillB.ShouldC.WouldD.Could 32.--Which of the two films do you prefer?
-- To tell you the truth,, I don’t like _________.A.neither of themB.both of themC.either of themD.none of them 33.Tom has been absent for two days.Do you know what _________ to him?A.has happenedB.would happenC.was happened D.had happened 34.Rose _________ tell her mother that she didn’t pa the exam.A.dare not toB.doesn’t dare toC.doesn’t dareD.dares not 35._________ the extremely hot weather, we continued having claes.
ed A, B, C and D.fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival threw actre Fan Bingbing into the international spotlight– a string of fancy drees may have impreed many, the film featuring her -– director Wang Xiaoshuai’s Chongqing Blues–failed to take home an award.
(Wang Xueqi) who has beenkilled by police because of a kidnapping, he goesfrom Rizhao to Chongqing to discover the truth, while reflecting on his own faults during the trip.
In the judges’ eyes, , the film was just not artsy enough.In an interview with sina.com after the award presentation, Wang Xiaoshuai admitted that the main reason why the film film can’t just fulfill a director’s ambition.It should alsoa market, and keep the investors’ needs, ‖ Wang said.―So, we had to add some commercial elements into this film.‖
Wang Xiaoshuai and the main actors Wang Xueqi and Fan Bingbing in this film, have got a modest attitude.―We didn’t too much when we came,‖ said Fan in a pre conference.―This time we’vegreat communication with filmmakers around the world–that’s what we came here for.‖36.A.WhileB.WhenC.BecauseD.For 37.A.fatherB.motherC.teacherD.doctor 38.A.angryB.busyC.familiarD.popular 39.A.andB.thenC.soD.or 40.A.in no wayB.by the wayC.all the wayD.in the way 41.A.meanwhileB.fortunatelyC.thereforeD.however 42.A.lostB.succeededC.wonD.mied 43.A.take toB.take onC.appeal toD.apply for44.A.out of mindB.in mindC.never mindD.to mind 45.A.asB.likeC.such thatD.so that 46.A.expectB.thinkC.hopeD.wish 47.A.madeB.foundedC.builtD.established
SECTION C (12 points)
Directions: Complete the following paage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
On the first day of claes at a Los Angeles high school, several American boys came up it up on the pulley-drawn ―elevator‖.to a Chinese boy and said: ―Hi, what’s up?‖hearing their greeting, the boy,Dog Bark Park Inn B&B had just moved to the US with his parents, raised his head and looked at the sky.Where: Cottonwood, Idaho
This is a story told by David Chen, 31-year-old actor in Taiwan who recently How much: $92 a night launched a Sina mini-blog, on which he teaches easy English expreions.Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet.― me, the mini-blog is like a mirror.When I read the comments, I see myself with guest rooms in his belly.Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in more clearly.‖ his side.You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps on the left in Willy’s head, or
Chen made a breakthrough last yearhe had a double-eyelid surgery.―I like hang out inside his nose.Cotta ―go‖(想要方便一下)? Although you have a full private making changes and I think it’s neceary,‖ he said.―I know many fans like my pretty boy bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.image.But now I’m growing up, I want to look rougher and mature.‖ Gamirasu Cave Hotel
―When you have a new haircut, you do not need to explain it.Where: Ayvali, Turkey changing your mood to do so–if you feel happy, that’s great,‖ said Chen.―Young people How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.should realize that sometimes you can just do what you want to do.You will eventually get Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when support from others if you dare to be .‖ people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash.But your stay will be muchmore modern.Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and
the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65℉in summer.(Don’t PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION
worry—there is heat in winter.)Directions: read the following three paages.Each paages is followed by severalquestions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked
56.Which of the following about Tayka Hotel de Sal is true? with A, B, C and D.choose the one that fits best according to the information given in
A.The hotel is the cheapest among the four mentioned.the paage.
B.Everything in the hotel is made of salt.A
C.It is on an island in the Pacific Ocean.Tayka Hotel De Sal
Where: Tahua, BoliviaD.It is located on a prehistoric lake.How much: About $95 a night 57.What is the similarity of the four hotels? Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something fewA.Being expensive.B.Being beautiful.can claim.Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you’llC.Being natural.D.Being unique.sleep on regular mattrees (床垫) and blankets).The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a 58.What does the underline part ―Sweet Willy‖ refer to? prehistoric dried-up lake that’s the world’s biggest salt flat.Builders use the salt from theA.The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt thatB.The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.hardens when it dries.When rain starts to diolve the hotel, the owners just mix up moreC.The name of the hotel.salt paste to strengthen the bricks.D.The name of the hotel owner.
59.Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past? Green Magic Nature Resort
Where: Vythiri, IndiaA.Tayka Hotel De SalB.Green Magic Nature Resort How much: About $240 a nightC.Dog Bark Park Inn B&BD.Gamirasu Cave Hotel Why it’s cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the 60.What may be the purpose of the writer writing the paage? start of your adventure.As you look out of your open window—there is no gla!—youA.To show his wide knowledge.B.To introduce some interesting hotels.watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy.Later you might test your fear of heightsC.To develop busine in tourism.D.To attract attention from the readers.by croing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on yourbamboo bed and read.You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send
B
Swedish master medical photographer Lennart Nilon is a pioneer in medical photography.In aociation with researchers and with the help of advanced, specially designed equipment, he has documented the inside of man down to the level of a cell with his camera.
Born in Strängnäs, a satellite city of Stockholm, in 1922, Nilon got his first camera from his father when he was 11 years old.From the early stage, he has been interested in looking at ants and taking photos of them.Throughout the years, he has devoted special attention to capturing the creation of a human being, from conception to birth.
In 2006 when his photo book Life was published in both Swedish and English, he was invited to give a lecture at the Stockholm bookstore.He vividly described to the public how he took the photos so that the development proce of the embryo can be understood better.Finally when he was signing his name in the book, I asked him what made him so paionate about working on this, he stopped writing and thought for a second, ―I think it is the respect for life,‖ Nilon said.
Nilon began his career as a photographic journalist in the middle of the 1940s and published a number of photo-eays in Swedish and foreign magazines, including \"Polar Bear Hunting in Spitzbergen\" (1947) and Midwife.
―When I went to the profeor to take the embryo photo, I was looking around and then I saw something which was unbelievable, it was a tiny human embryo lies in a very special place, a 10-20 millimeter embryo with hands, arms and eyes, and I got a shock,‖ Nilon said.
Nilon began experimenting with new photographic techniques in the mid-1950s to report on the world of ants and life in the sea.His revealing macro-studies were published in his book on ants, Myror (1959), and in the Life in the Sea (1959), and in Close to Nature (1984).In the 1960s special designed, very slim endoscopes (内窥镜))made it poible for him to photograph the blood veels and the cavities (空洞) of the body with the neceary depth of field and, in 1970, he used a scanning electron microscope for the first time, he was also considered the pioneer for three dimension digital pictures of the body organs.
After his photographs of human embryo were published, he was encouraged to continue photographing the origins of human being.
Nilon is very modest and sincere.At age of nearly 88, he is still cooperating with colleagues in Karolinska Institute where the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is selected every year.
―He can forget all the other things when he is working and he is still working diligently,‖ Mrs Nilon told People’s Daily Online.
61.Why does Nilon want to document the creation of a human being? A.Because he is a pioneer in medical photography.
B.Because he has been interested in taking photos.C.Because he thinks it a way to show respect for life.D.Because he wished to win a Nobel Prize.62.What can we learn from the paage?
A.Nilon was the only expert in medical photography.B.Nilon’s camera is specially designed.
C.Nilon’s photo book Life is better received than his other books.D.Nilon has always been working alone.
63.How many eays and books written by Nilon are mentioned in this paage?A.3.B.4.C.5.D.6.
64.Which of the following word can Not be used to describe Nilon?A.Paionate.B.Devoted.C.Forgetful.D.Diligent.65.What can be the title for the paage?
A.Nilon, a pioneer medical photographer.B.Nilon, a pioneer medical publisher C.Nilon, a person of rich experience D.Nilon, a talented photographer
C
SHANGHAI - Health experts in Shanghai are calling for more protection for young children as the latest research shows about half of the youngsters are suffering from secondhand smoke.
About 45 percent of children suffer paive smoking in families, 50 percent in public places, and almost 6 percent on public transportation, shows a research released by the Shanghai Children\'s Medical Center on Tuesday.
\"Not only adults but also children and newborn babies are at risk for the adverse effects of paive smoking,\" said Tang Jingyan, a doctor at the Shanghai Children\'s Medical Center.
\"Actually, those young children whose bodies are still growing and developing are more sensitive to the effects of secondhand smoke.\"
Research has shown that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke will suffer from more colds, coughs and sore throats, and they are more likely to suffer from bronchitis(支气管炎), pneumonia(肺炎) and will have a higher risk of developing cancer.
Doctors even suggested that children suffering paive smoking are more likely to have behavioral problems and may not develop mentally as quickly as their peers.
Other research by the Shanghai Children\'s Medical Center has found that more than 80 percent of child patients in the center live in a smoke-filled household, where one or both parents smoke.
\"Though doctors have streed the harm of paive smoking over and over, it is still
hard to reach a totally \'smoke free\' home,\" said a pediatrician named Zhang Yiwen, noting that parents are often tempted to smoke even though they have learned the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
China has 540 million people suffering from paive smoke, 180 million of whom are younger than 15.The age of smokers is also getting lower, earlier reports said.
\"There are more young smokers than before.You can see young people wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag light a cigarette on the street.Some of them are even female students,\" said Jing Xingming, a profeor of children\'s developmental behavior at the center.
\"Children like to imitate adults, especially their parents.If parents often smoke at home, it is very likely children will develop a smoking habit, which can cause a circle,\" Jin said.
Reports from the Ministry of Health said China has about 350 million smokers, of whom 15 million are underage smokers.Also, around 40 million of the country\'s 130 million children aged between 13 and 18 had tried smoking, and 15 million had become addicted to tobacco.
66.What is the main idea of the paage?
A.About half of the youngsters are suffering from secondhand smoke.B.Experts are calling for more protection for youngsters from smoking.C.More and more youngsters are picking up the habit of smoking.D.Smoking does great harm to the health of the youngsters.
67.What kind of the youngsters most poibly develop a habit of smoking? A.Children of non-smoking mothers.B.Children of non-smoking fathers.C.Children of heavy smokers.D.Children from some smoking centers.68.Which of the following disease may not be connected with secondhand smoking?A.Cancer.B.Behavioral problems.C.Sore throats.D.Coughs.
69.The underlined word ―vicious‖ in the last paragraph but one most probably means ___________.A.completeB.simpleC.greatD.bad70.What can be inferred from the paage?
A.About 80% of the children in the Shanghai Children\'s Medical Center smoke heavily.B.About 45 percent of children suffer paive smoking in the Shanghai Children\'s Medical Center.
C.About 540 million people are heavy smokers in China.
D.Children aged between 13 to 18 are more likely addicted to smoking.PART FOUR WRITING
Section A
Directions: Read the following paage.Complete the diagram by using the information for the paage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
United Nations officials say now fewer people than they thought are infected with the AIDS virus.
Last year, the agency known as UNAIDS thought that 39.5 million people were living with HIV.On Tuesday it reduced by 16% to a little more than 33 million.
Agency officials say the low number reflects better information form more countries.The agency reduced the number for five African countries: Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
Also, UNAIDS says it now believes the number of new HIV cases per year reached a high in the late 1990s at more than three million.This year, it thinks that 2.5 million people became infected, and 2 million people died of AIDS.
Luckily, better treatments are saving lives, and more people are getting the drugs.
Yet even as the number of new infections has dropped, UN officials say AIDS is still one of the leading causes of the death worldwide, and the major cause in Africa.African death rates remain high, they say, because treatment needs are not being met.Sub-Saharan Africa had almost 70% of the new cases of HIV reported this year.UNAIDS officials say this is a sharp reduction since 2001, but there is a need to further improve research method.
Billions of dollars are being spent preventing and treating HIV.Experts worry that the new number may lead to a drop in financial support.But UNAIDS officials say they do not change the need for immediate action and more money.They warn that in some countries, infection rates that were falling are rising again now.
Section B
Directions: Read the following paage.Answer the questions according to the information given in the paage and required words limit.Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Richard Wagner was a German musician who lived in the mid-19th century.He gained fame by writing opera, a form of performance combining singing, music on instruments, and drama.
Wagner’s life and work have been very controversial(有争议的).While he wrote excellent music, many people think his operas are too dark and serious, lacking fun common in operas written before his time.
Wagner, on the other hand, thought the opera of his time was too simple.He wanted to make opera a serious form of art that combined drama and music to tell stories that would have a strong effect on the audience.
Some people thought Wagner’s new kind of music was too different from the operas they were used to hearing.Wagner agreed with them.In fact, he didn’t call his works ―operas‖ at all, using instead a German word that means ―Musical Festival‖ or ―Musical play‖.
While many people today still do not like Wagner’s operas, they cannot deny that Wagner had a lot of influence on opera as a form of art.Wagner invented the tradition of turning off the lights before starting a play.He also was the first person to make the whole audience sit down for an entire play.Today, almost all operas are performed in this manner.
Wagner as a man was even more controversial than Wagner as a writer of music.He hated Jewish people, slept with his friends’ wives, and made many people angry, which we would today think of as evil.Some would say he was a good musician, while others would say that he was a bad musician.But it would be difficult to say he was not an important person in music and in the world.
81.What is the best word that describes Wagner? (no more than one word)
____________________________________________________________________ 82.What does the underlined word ―deep‖ in Para.3 mean? (no more than 3 words)
____________________________________________________________________ 83.Why does the author say ―Wagner as a man was even more controversial‖? (no more than
15 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 84.List two things that showed Wagner had a lot of influence on opera? (no more than 30
words)____________________________________________________________________
Section C (25)
Directions :Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese .
近年来选秀类的电视节目吸引了很多人的注意力。有的在校学生为了实现自己的明星梦辍学参加。请谈谈你对这一现象的观点。
注意: 1.题目自拟，包括以上全部要点可适当发挥，使上下文连贯。2.词数: 120词左右。
电视选秀 TV show
