本試卷分第一I卷(選擇題) 和第Ⅱ卷(非選擇題) 兩部分。第1卷1至13頁(yè)，第Ⅱ卷14至17頁(yè)。滿分150分，考試時(shí)間120分鐘?？荚嚱Y(jié)束，將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。

第 I 卷

注意事項(xiàng)：

1. 答第1卷前，考生務(wù)必將自己的姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)、考試科目用鉛筆涂寫在答題卡上。

2. 每小題選出答案后，用鉛筆把答題卡上對(duì)應(yīng)題目的答案標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。如需改動(dòng)，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標(biāo)號(hào)。不能答在試卷上。

第一部分聽力(共兩節(jié)。滿分30分)

做題時(shí)，先將答集標(biāo)在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。

第一節(jié)(共5小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分7. 5分)

聽下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。

例：How much is the shirt??

A. ￡19. 15.?????????????????????? B. ￡9. 15.???????????????????????? C. ￡9. 18.

答案是B。

1. Who is coming for tea?

A. John.???????????????????????????? B. Mark.???????????????????????????? C. Tracy.

2. What will the man do next?

A. Leave fight away.??????????? B. Stay for dinner.?????????????? C. Catch a train.

3. What does the mall come for?

A. A lecture.?????????????????????? B. A meeting.????????????????????? C. A party.

4. What size does the man want?

A. 9.????????????????????????????????? B. 35.???????????????????????????????? C. 39.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Life in Southeast Asia.???? B. Weather conditions.???????? C. A holiday tour.

第二節(jié)(共15小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分22. 5分)

聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)自后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

6. What is the man doing?

A. Giving a speech.???????????? B. Chairing a meeting.????????? C. Introducing a person.

7. Why does the woman sing so well?

A. She has a great teacher.?? B. She teaches singing.??????? C. She is young.

聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。

8. What is the second gift for Jimmy?

A. A car.??????????????????????????? B. A watch.??????????????????????? C. A computer.

9. Why does Jimmy feel happy?

A. He lives with his parents.?????????????????????????????????????????? B. He’s got what he dreamt of.

C. He’s received lots of presents.

聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。

10. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. They are friends.???????????? B. They are strangers to each other.

C. They are husband and wife.

11. Why does the woman come to talk with the man?

A. To get a job??????????????????? B. To take a test.???????????????? C. To see the secretary.

12. What does the man mean by saying sorry?

A. He can’t hear the woman clearly.??????????????????????????????? B. He doesn’t need a designer.

C. He can’t help the woman.

聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。

13. What do we know about the woman?

A. She lives close to the office.?????????????????????????????????????? B. She is new to the company.

C. She likes the big kitchen.

14. How does the man go to work?

A. On foot.???????????????????????? B. By bus.????????????????????????? C. By car.

15. Why was Susan late for work?

A. She missed the bus.???????? B. Her train was late.?????????? C. Her car broke down.

16. What will the man do the next day?

A. Go to work by train.??????? B. Visit Lily in her flat.???????? C. Leave home earlier.

聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

17. Where can you most probably hear this talk?

A. In a class of the English language.?????????????????????????????? B. In a class of the Greek language.

C. In a class of the French language.

18. How long does the class last?

A. 11 weeks.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? B. 13 weeks.

C. 15 weeks.

19. What is “the short-cut” to learning words according to the speaker?

A. Taking more courses.??????????????????????????????????????????????? B. Reading basic words aloud.

C. Learning how words are formed.

20. Why is the class popular?

A. It is not offered each term.???????????????????????????????????????? B. It’s taught by Professor Morris.

C. It helps to master some useful rules.

第二部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)

第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)

從A、B、c、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)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。

21. —Thank you for joining in our conversation tonight.

— _______.

A. It’s my duty???????????? B. It’s all right?????????? C. It’s my pleasure?????? D. It’s nice to say so

22. How about taking ______ short break? I want to make _______ call.

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

23. When you get the paper back, pay special attention to what ________.

A. have marked???????????? B. have been marked?? C. had marked???????????? D. had been marked

24. 一What does the sign over there read?

一 “No person ________ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette，cigar or pipe in this area. “

A. will?????????????????????????? B. may????????????????????? C. shall?????????????????????? D. must

25. Some students often listen to music ________ classes to refresh themselves.

A. between??????????????????? B. among?????????????????? C. over?????????????????????? D. during

26. Peter received a letter just now ________ his grandma would come to see him soon.

A. said?????????????????????????? B. says????????????????????? C. saying??????????????????? D. to say

27. It is reported that two schools，________ are being built in my hometown，will open next year.

A. they both????????????????? B. which both?????????? C. both of them???????????? D. both of which

28. Mum ________ to us，”Be quiet! Your little sister’s sleeping. “

A. whispered????????????????? B. shouted?????????????? C. explained????????????????? D. replied

29. I’d like to study law at university ________ my cousin prefers geography.

A. though?????????????????????? B. as?????????????????????? C. while?????????????????????? D. for

30. —Did you see a man in black pass by just now?

—No, sir. I ________ a newspaper.

A. read???????????????????????? B. was reading????????? C. would read?????????????? D. am reading

31. Of the two coats, I’d choose the ________ one to spare some money for a book.

A. cheapest?????????????????? B. cheaper?????????????? C. more expensive????????? D. most expensive

32. Little joy can equal ________ of a surprising ending when you read stories.

A. that??????????????????????????? B. those?????????????????? C. any??????????????????????? D. some

33. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ______ my friend.

A. turn out????????????????????? B. bring out????????????? C. call out?????????????????? D. pick out

34. —Dad! Tom’s broken a glass!

— ________. Accidents will happen.

A. No way???????????????????? B. Doesn’t matter????? C. No trouble at all??????? D. Don’t mention it

35. The flowers his friend gave him will die unless ________ every day.

A. watered????????????????????? B. watering????????????? C. water????????????????????? D. to water

第二節(jié) 完形填空(共20小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D) 中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before ___36___Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma___37___me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the___38___like me. She said, “There’s an old saying—the___39___you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood___40___to the mosquitoes. “Not___41___it, I replied, “Grandma, that’s just an old wives’ tale!”

Well, less than a week___42___my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a___43___of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being___44___, but they all proved useless.

Late one___45___in my cousin’s home, I couldn’t bear the___46___of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I___47___my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being___48___ she said, “There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. “ With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地) ___49___her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would___50___on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (驚奇的), I ran to others’___51___, only to find they were all sleeping___52___as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to___53___my grandma’s silly tale. From then on, I’ve always tried to keep a(n) ___54___mind about those strange old wives’ tales___55___they do have some truth to them.

36.? A. leaving?????????????? B. passing?????????????????? C. visiting????????????????? D. finding

37. A. persuaded?????????? B. reminded???????????????? C. warned????????????????? D. informed

38. A. students???????????? B. foreigners???????????????? C. passengers???????????? D. visitors

39. A. earlier???????????????? B. longer????????????????????? C. sooner????????????????? D. later

40. A. grows??????????????? B. goes??????????????????????? C. flows???????????????????? D. remains

41. A. expecting??????????? B. understanding?????????? C. recognizing???????????? D. believing

42. A. after?????????????????? B. before????????????????????? C. when???????????????????? D. as

43. A. shade???????????????? B. pile????????????????????????? C. cloud????????????????????? D. blanket

44. A. touched???????????? B. bitten??????????????????????? C. defeated????????????????? D. discovered

45. A. morning???????????? B. afternoon????????????????? C. evening?????????????????? D. night

46. A. noise???????????????? B. hit???????????????????????????? C. pain??????????????????????? D. effect

47. A. woke up??????????? B. shouted at????????????????? C. looked for?????????????? D. dropped on

48. A. blamed????????????? B. interrupted????????????????? C. moved??????????????????? D. frightened

49. A. having?????????????? B. watching??????????????????? C. making?????????????????? D. helping

50. A. land????????????????? B. fly????????????????????????????? C. fall???????????????????????? D. wait

51. A. houses?????????????? B. flats?????????????????????????? C. rooms??????????????????? D. homes

52. A. joyfully????????????? B. anxiously??????????????????? C. soundlessly???????????? D. worriedly

53. A. tell???????????????????? B. know???????????????????????? C. remember?????????????? D. accept

54. A. open????????????????? B. active???????????????????????? C. clear?????????????????????? D. honest

55. A. and??????????????????? B. so????????????????????????????? C. because????????????????? D. until

第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)

閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。


A

I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents—to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It’s not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch (起點(diǎn)), some customs have been kept--that’s why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away—even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore!

Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It’s widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding (值得)! You can share other members’ troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful (感激) for such a time!

In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about.

You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What’s more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am.

56. When the writer was a child, he / she ________.

A. found people were crazy about bread??????????? B. began to realize the importance of food

C. thought that cutting bread was amazing???????? D. learned people hardly baked their own bread

57. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because

A. he/she makes food from scratch?????????????????? B. his/her parents would blame him/her

C. some customs still have effect on him/her???? D. many people are still working hard as farmers

58. From the text, we can learn that, in Poland, ________.

A. most meals can be interesting topics for a long time

B. the whole family often have meals together nowadays

C. it’s common for women to get together to cook for a few days

D. family members can know more about each other by having meals together

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??????????????????????????????????????????????? B

Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.

When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.

Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist (心理學(xué)家), had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the stranger he realized Jim’s case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim’s father was 48.

“I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father,” Dr. Smoller says. “He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial (判決) he had expected for forty years. “Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.

Jim’s case shows the powerful role that attitude (態(tài)度) plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim’s, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.

59. Jim was sent back to operation because ________.

A. his heart didn’t work well?????????????????????????????????? B. he expected a full recovery

C. his life was drawing to a close???????????????????????????? D. the first one wasn’t well performed

60. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim’s case?

A. Jim died at a young age.

B. Jim died on the operating table.

C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.

D. Jim’s death is closely connected with his father’s.

61. From Smoller’s words, we can infer that ________.

A. Jim’s father cared little about his study

B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father

C. Jim thought he would be punished some day

D. Smoller believed Jim wouldn’t live to the age of 48

62. Which of the following could have strong effect on one’s physical health according to the text?

a. One’s genes.????????????? b. One’s life in childhood.?????????????? c. One’s physical education.

d. The date of one’s birthday.? e. The opinions one has about something.
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A. a, b, d?????????????????? B. a, b, e?????????????????? C. a, c, e????????????????? D. b, c, d

C

It’s great fun to explore (探索) new places—it feels like an adventure, even when you know you’re not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.

● Do the map reading if you’re being driven somewhere. It’ll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you’re traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you’ll have to move to the back seat.

● Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You’ll need a good map, a compass (指南針), a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies (應(yīng)急現(xiàn)金). Tell someone where you’re going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.

● See if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B (and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. Either way, it’s not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.

63. Sitting beside the driver, you should ________.

A. direct the driver when necessary

B. look ahead to see where there’s a turn

C. move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable

D. keep looking at the map to find a place to go to

64. Why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out?

A. To get information when in danger.

B. To be saved in case of an accident.

C. To share the fun with him/her in exploration.

D. To tell him/her what’s going on with the group members.

65. Orienteering activities can ________.

A. make people work fast???????????????????????????????? B. help people stay healthy

C. help people organize other activities?????????????? D. make people get prepared for sports

66. The text mainly talks about______?

A. the fun of exploration????????????????????????????????? B. what to bring for exploration

C. the way to use the map in exploration?????????? D. how to prevent getting lost in exploration

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D

Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the Cruelty young age of 30. It used to be thought that this couldn’t be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains to work faster. “Your brain is a learning machine, “ says University of California scientist Dr. Michael Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger. All that’s required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.

Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process(過(guò)程) in which the brain deals with information (positscience. com). Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy (準(zhǔn)確性).

Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to distinguish (辨別) sounds (between “dog” and “bog”, for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It’s a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich, hitting balls at you ~faster and faster to keep you challenged(受到挑戰(zhàn)). You may start out slow, but before long you’re pretty quick.

The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process.

To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you: playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... “When it comes to preventing ageing, you really do ‘use it or lose it’,” says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.

67. Dr. Merzenich’s training method mainly depends on ________.

A. speech training???????????????????????????????????? B. computer languages

C. the activities one joins in??????????????????????? D. the information being dealt with

68. By saying “the brain at any age is highly plastic “, the writer probably means the brain can be______.

A. used?????????????????? B. mastered????????????? C. developed??????????????? D. researched

69. What can we learn from the text?

A. Practice makes a quick mind.?

B. Brain research started ten yeas ago.

C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer.

D. People believed nothing could stop the brain slowing down.

70. Which of the following agrees with the writer’s idea?

A. The training methods work better for the old.

B. People should use the brain to stop it from ageing.

C. The training of the brain should start at an early age.

D. It’s necessary to take part in as many activities as possible.

E

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated (復(fù)雜的) idea” until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲諷) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization. “ “More than anything else in my life, “ the professor told the reporter with finality, “ these books have made me all that I am. “ That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore (忽視). I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato’s The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by me time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

71. On hearing the teacher’s suggestion of reading, the writer thought________.

A. one must read as many books as possible?

B. a student should not have a complicated idea

C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

72. While at high school, the writer________.

A. had plans for reading????????????????????????? B. learned to educate himself

C. only read books over 100 pages?????????? D. read only one book several times

73. The underlined phrase “with finality” probably means

A. firmly?????????????????? B. clearly???????????? C. proudly???????????? D. pleasantly

74. The writer’s purpose in mentioning The Republic is to________.

A. explain why it was included in the list

B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

75. The writer provides two book lists to ________.

A. show how he developed his point of view

B. tell his reading experience at high school

C. introduce the two persons’ reading methods

D. explain that he read many books at high school

第二卷(共35分)

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第四部分：寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷：如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個(gè)勾(√) ；如有錯(cuò)誤(每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤) ，則按下列情況改正：

該行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線(\) 劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，也用斜線劃掉。

該行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)( ) ，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

該行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒(méi)有錯(cuò)的不要改。

An Australian farmer found the kangaroo caught??????????????? 76. ___________________

in the fence around his farms. He thought the poor??????????? 77. ___________________

animal was injured, but the kind farmer took off his?????????? 78. ___________________

jacket and put on the animal. Then he started trying?????????? 79. ___________________

to cut the fence to free the animal. But as soon as????????????? 80. ___________________

the kangaroo were free, it jumped up and ran away??????????? 81. ___________________

with the jacket. The farmer was worried because of his???? 82. ___________________

wallet was in the pocket. But, to my surprise, when?????????? 83. ___________________

he gets home, he saw the animal waiting at the door,???????? 84. ___________________

sill wore his jacket with the wallet in the pocket.?????????????? 85. ___________________

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假設(shè)你是李華，你的英國(guó)筆友Henry 最近來(lái)信，詢問(wèn)你高考后的暑期安排。請(qǐng)胸根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn), 用英語(yǔ)回一封信, 說(shuō)明你的計(jì)劃, 并簡(jiǎn)述理由。

1. 休息； 2. 讀書； 3. 陪伴父母； 4. 參加社會(huì)活動(dòng)；

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右，信的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好(不計(jì)入總詞數(shù))；2. 可根據(jù)內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，使行文連貫；3. 參考詞匯：高考——college entrance examination / 社會(huì)活動(dòng)——social activities

Dear Henry,

I’m glad to receive your letter.

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Best wishes!

Li Hua

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參考答案：

聽力：1-20 BABAC CACBB ACABB CABCC

單選：21-35 CDBCA CDACB BADBA

完形：36-55 ACDBA DADBD CABBA CCDAC

閱讀：56-75 BCDAD DBABB DACDB AAACB

改錯(cuò)：76. the→a? 77. farms→farm 78. but→so 79. put ∧on it? 80. ∨81. were→was 82. 去掉of? 83. my→his 84. gets→got 85. wore→wearing

書面表達(dá)：

Dear Henry,

I’m glad to receive your letter. It’s a pleasure for me to tell you my plan of this coming summer vacation after the college entrance examination.

First of all, a good rest is needed because I do feel tired after the hard work of all these years. Of course, I’ll do some reading for fun, and for knowledge as well. I’ll spend some time staying with my parents, chatting with them and doing some housework. They’ve done so much for me, you know. If possible, I’ll take part in some social activities so that I can know more about the society.

Best wishes!

Li Hua