第一节:对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
M: Excuse me, how can I get to the Riverside Theatre?
W: Sorry.I didn't catch w________ you said.
M: Please s________ me where the Riverside Theatre is.
W: Do you speak French? I'm a f________ here.
M: Oh, wonderful! I come from Paris.Is there a Riverside Theatre near here?
W: OK.Let me tell you the way.Walk a________ the river and take
the fourth t________ on the left, then go down until you reach the
second set of traffic l________.Turn right at the end of the road
and you will see the theatre.
M: Good heavens! What a long way!
W: You can take a taxi if you can't r________ what I told you or if you _
don't want to walk a long way.
M: Well, I like w________.It's a fine day for it, isn't it? And
Shakespeare's play is worth the e________!
W: Yes, you are right.I like Shakespeare too!
M: Thank you very much.
W: It's a p________.
第二卷(非选择题共35分)
第四部分:写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节短文填词(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:
1)汉语提示,2)首字母提示,3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。
Recently, there has been a heated debate over whether to send old
people to nursing homes or not.People differ in their o____.Here list 76.
the ideas of supporters.L______ in nursing homes, as they say, old 77.
people can enjoy more benefits ____ staying at home.For one aspect, 78.
they can have more opportunities to ____(交流) with each other, as 79.
they have c topics and similar hobbies.Therefore, they can do many 80.
things together and don't feel _____(孤独).On the other hand, if they 81.
live at home, they may quarrel _____ their children because of the 82.
generation gap between _____.Another aspect, which is highly valued 83.
by the supporters, is that old people can have ____(定期) medical check- 84.
ups and r___ immediate medical care from professional doctors. 85.
第二节:语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
One evening, I came across one of my son’s papers with a failing grade. I almost started to yell his name 31 I suddenly remembered he was in bed asleep. It was his 32 (nine) year of school and his academic career seemed to be in ruins, so I was full of anger. But I put the paper aside and turned to the 33 one, at the top of which were written “My dad”. It was a poem about me, 34 included the time I had to leave work to take him to the hospital because he had broken his finger. So careless was I 35 I had forgotten all about that. He talked about how I wrestled with him in the evenings and a good many other things. That paper was suddenly not nearly as important as it 36 (be) a few minutes before. I don’t know if he planned the poem next to the failing grade 37 (soften) the below, but it worked. Instead of 38 severe lecture, I talked to him about the poem as well as the 39 (fail) homework, and it began to make sense to me that I could include praise along 40 constructive criticism (批评).
第二节语法填空 (共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。
Child labor has been a problem for many years. Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions ___31___ which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue, almost unchanged today, in many parts of the world. The only difference is ___32___ today’s employment of children is confined to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and ___33___ (particular) farms, rather than to large factories. The children not only receive nothing or very ___34___ for their long hours of work, but also they ___35___ (prevent) from attending school. Therefore, when they become older they are ___36___ (able) to do any other kind of work.
The solution ___37___ the problem of child labour is clearly better laws to protect young children greater supervision (监督) of industry and heavier fines for ___38___ who break the laws. Only in this way ___39___ young boys and girls be allowed to enjoy the most valuable time of ___40___ lives --- childhood.
第二节:语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
One of the major holiday shopping days is the day after Thanksgiving. It is frequently referred to 31 Black Friday. The use of the word “black” relates to the business accountants. Storekeepers used to record profits in black ink and losses in red ink. So 32 (be) “in the black” on the Friday after Thanksgiving means a good thing, a return to profit.
Black Friday is the big day for many retailers, and it presents the shopper an opportunity 33 (get) all of one’s holiday shopping done at once among amazing sale prices. On that day, most retailers 34 (open) very early and usually provide massive and 35 (attract) discounts on their product, 36 a great number of holiday shoppers will get an early start in the morning to begin Christmas shopping.
Black Friday 37 means that people face crowded stores, 38 is the other idea of a “Black Friday”, 39 day they do not like. It used to be 40 (busy) shopping day of a year. Many people avoid this shopping day altogether because of the stress involved in fighting the crowds. In recent years the Saturday before Christmas has seen the biggest shopping crowds.
第二节语法填空 (共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。
At the age of 17, Swedish Alfred Nobel spoke five languages fluently. Nobel became an 31 (invent)and businessman, and at the time of his death on December 10, 1896, he had 355 patents worldwide —— 32 of them was the patent on dynamite(炸药). Furthermore, he had started 87 companies all over the world. According to 33 will, Alfred Nobel's enormous fortune was to be used 34 (establish) prizes to award those 35 had done their best to benefit mankind in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, five years 36Nobel died. In 1969, another prize was added "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel".
The Nobel Laureates(获得者) 37 ( announce) at the beginning of October each year. A couple of months later, on December 10, 38 anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, they receive their prizes from the Swedish King —— a Nobel diploma, a medal, and 10 million Swedish crowns per prize. All Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, 39 for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway. When Alfred Nobel was alive, Norway and Sweden were united under one monarch(君主), 40 1905 when Norway became an independent kingdom with its own king.