until the dialogue is complete .with dialogue one , all the choices will have to be used .with dialogue Two and dialogue Three, one choice will be left unused .Mark your ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the centre of the letter that indicates your choice.
Dialogue One
W: Do you know the girl in red under the tree? M: 1 .
W: Right. Do you know her?
M: Of course. She's Lily. 2 . W: Is she easy to get along with?
M: Yes. She is kind. She is always ready to help others. So she is very popular with the people around her.
W: I want to make friends with her. 3 M: Certainly. But I don't want to disturb her now. She seems to lose herself in the book. W: OK. 4 . M: All right.
A. We've known each other since we were kids. B. Could you introduce me to her? C. You mean the girl reading a book? D. Then let's talk to her when she stops reading.
Dialogue Two
Ann: Thank you for the birthday gift, Dad. It’s the best gift I have ever had. D: I’m glad you like it.
Ann: I’ve always wanted a computer. 5 .
Dad: And you need it to chat with your friends, too. Ann: I guess you are right. 6
Dad: Send an e-mail? Er, just do like this. Have you got it? Ann: Yes, Dad. I think it’s easy. Dad: 7
Ann: I won’t, I promise.
A. Could you show me how to send an e-mail? B.I need it to do my homework. C. How can I turn it on? D. Just don’t spend too much time on it.
Dialogue Three.
A: Hello. This is Hope English club. Can I help you? B: Yes. 8
A: What are your problems? B: First of all. 9
A: That is easy. Why not read aloud to practice it? It will improve speaking skills. B: OK. I will. 10
A: Listening to more tapes will help improve your listening skills.
A. Can we do something to stop it? B. I can’t get the pronunciation right.
C. I have some problems with my English. D. And I can’t understand the teacher when she talks to the class.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes, 40 points)
Directions: There are 4 passages in the part. Each passage is fallowed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choice marked A, B. C and D .Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single bar through the centre of the letter that indicates your choice . Passage One
Last night's meteor(流星)shower left many people in the community dissatisfied and demanding answers. According to Gabe Rothschild, Emerald Valley's mayor, people gathered in the suburbs of the city, carrying heavy telescopes, expecting to watch the brightly burning meteors passing through the sky. What they found instead was a sky so brightened by the city's lights that it darkened the light of the meteors passing overhead.
“My family was so frustrated，” admitted town resident Duane Cosby.“We wanted to make this an unforgettable family outing, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment.”
Astronomers—scientists who study stars and planets—have been complaining about this problem for decades. They say that light pollution prevents them from seeing objects in the sky that they could see quite easily in the past. They call on people and the government to take measures to fight against it.
There is yet a population besides professional and amateur star observers that suffers even more from light pollution. This population consists of birds, bats, frogs，snakes，etc.For example, outdoor lighting severely affects migrating (迁徙的)birds. According to the International Dark Sky Association，“100 million birds a year throughout North America die in crashes with lighted buildings and towers.”
Countless more animal casualties(伤亡) result from the use of artificial lighting. Clearly，people enjoy the benefits of lighting their evenings, but some scientists think it can be harmful for humans，too. They worry that exposure to light while sleeping can increase a person's chances of getting cancer.
Emerald Valley is only one community that is becoming aware of the negative effects of light pollution. For years, Flagstaff, Arizona, has enforced lighting regulations in its city in order to assist astronomers at the Lowell Observatory. Similar efforts have been made worldwide, and a movement is underway to remind us to turn off lights when we are not using them, so that other creatures can share the night.
11．It happened last night that ________． A. the city's lights affected the meteor watching B．the meteors flew past before being noticed C．the city light show attracted many people
D．the meteor watching ended up a social outing 12．What do the astronomers complain about? A．Meteor showers occur less often than before. B．Their observation equipment is in poor repair.
C．Light pollution has remained unsolved for years. D．Their eyesight is failing due to artificial lighting.
13．What is the author concerned about according to Paragraph 4? A. Birds may take other migration paths.
B．Animals' living habits may change suddenly.
C．Varieties of animals will become sharply reduced. D．Animals' survival is threatened by outdoor lighting.
14．Lighting regulations in Flagstaff, Arizona are put into effect to________． A．lessen the chance of getting cancer B．create an ideal observation condition C．ensure citizens a good sleep at night D．enable all creatures to live in harmony
15．What message does the author most want to give us? A．Saving wildlife is saving ourselves.
B．Great efforts should be made to save energy.
C．Human activities should be environmentally friendly. D．New equipment should be introduced for space study.
Passage Two
In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one. “I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year. ” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days. ”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on. ”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.
16．Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen? A．To leave messages. B．To list her everyday tasks.
C．To note down maths problems. D．To write down a flash of inspiration. 17. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand? A. It has great value for the family. B. It needs to be replaced by a better one. C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood. D . It should be passed on to the next generation. 18. The author feels embarrassed for . A. blaming her mother wrongly. B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.
C. not making good use of time as her mother did. D. not making any breakthrough in her field. 19. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A . The mother is successful in her career. B. The family members like traveling.
C. The author had little time to play when young. D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. 20. In the author’s mind, her mother is .
A. strange in behavior. B. keen on her research.
C. fond of collecting old things. D. careless about her appearance.
Passage Three
Mary Katherine Goddard and Declaration of Independence
If you look closely at some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hancock and the other 55 men who signed it,
you will also find the name of one woman, Mary Katherine Goddard. It was she, a Baltimore printer, who published the first official copies of the Declaration, the first copies that included the names of its signers and therefore heralded(宣布，预示)the support of all thirteen colonies.
Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty-four when her brother opened a printing shop in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1762. When her proceeded to get into trouble with his partners and creditors, it was Mary Goddard and her mother who were left to run the shop. In 1765 they began publishing The Providence Gazette, a weekly newspaper. Similar problems seemed to follow her brother as he opened businesses in Philadelphia and again in Baltimore. Each time Ms. Goddard was brought in to run the newspapers. After starting Baltimore’s first newspaper, The Maryland Journal, in 1773, her brother went broke trying to organize a colonial postal service. While he was in debtor’s prison, Mary Katherine Goddard’s name appeared in the newspaper’s masthead (报头) for the first time. When the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776, it commissioned Ms. Goddard to print the first official version of the Declaration of Independence in January 1777. After printing the documents, she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Declaration throughout the colonies. During the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimore’s only newspaper, which one historian claimed was “second to none among the colonies.” She was also the city’s postmaster from 1775 to 1789 --- appointed by Benjamin Franklin –and is considered to be the first woman to hold a federal position. 21. With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?
A. The accomplishment of a female publisher. B. The weaknesses of the newspaper industry. C. The rights of a female publisher.
D. The publishing system in colonial America.
22. Mary Goddard’s name appears on the Declaration of Independence because____.
A. She helped write the original document B. She published the document
C. She paid to have the document printed D. Her brother was in prison
23. According to the passage, Mary Goddard first became involved in publishing when she ____.
A. was appointed by Benjamin Franklin
B. signed the Declaration of Independence C. took over her brother’s printing shop D. moved to Baltimore
24. The word “there” in paragraph 3 refers to____.
A. the colonies B. the print shop C. Baltimore
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