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第一卷 （选择题）
第一部分： 英语知识运用
第一节： 语法和词汇知识
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. They all looked ________ at the teacher when he told them the good news.
A. sadly B. carefully
C. happily D. angrily
2. —What good weather! Let’s go boating on the lake.
—________.
A. That’s a good idea
B. Thank you very much
C. It doesn’t matter
D. That’s all right
3. —Why are you so late?
—Bad luck. A car accident happened not far outside the town and we were________ on the way.
A. stopped B. kept
C. helped up D. held on
4. This name just didn’t________my memory.
A. happen B. happen in
C. occur in D. occur to
5． All these gifts must be mailed immediately_______in time for Christmas.
A． in order to have received
B． in order to receive
C． so as to be received
D． so as to be receiving
6． At the end of 2003, there were around 3,000 foreign printing companies in China,_______around 2 percent of national total.
A． made up B． making up
C． made of D． making of
7. We regret________you that we won’t be able to attend your birthday party.
A. tell B. telling
C. to have told D. to tell
8． She will have to find somewhere else to work, for she can’t________this loud noise any longer.
A． come up with B． catch up with
C． keep up with D． put up with
9． —Will you go skiing with me this winter vacation?
—________.
A． It all depend B． It all depends
C． It is all depended D． It is all depending
10．________from the illness for 10 years, he decided to go to Beijing to cure it.
A． Suffered B． Suffering
C． Having suffered D． Being suffered
11． I heard someone knocking at the front door; Abraham, go and see________ , will you?
A． who is he B． who he is
C． who is it D． who it is
12． I promised that all the goods will________ abroad in time.
A． be shipped B． to be shipped
C． ship D． to ship
13． —I wonder if you need any help?
—________.
A． No, I don’t need any help
B． Thank you. But I can manage it myself
C． No , but I can do
D． Yes .Thank you for your help
14． He should be here by now—something must have________to him.
A． happened B． struck
C． appeared D． occurred
15． Ten minutes has been made full________of________the problem.
A． using; studying B． use; studying
C． to use; to study D． use; to study
第二节： 完成句子
16. For a long time the language in America________（保持不变）,while the language in England changed. (stay)
17. They started to use English but they also________(带进来了) some words from their own languages. (bring)
18. Hank________(遭遇上地震). (catch)
19. You have made a mistake—________ (把一个字母漏掉了). (leave)
20. The king wished to________(拆掉) the city wall and to replace it with a stone building （pull）.
21． Everyone had something to say,________（包括我在内） (include)
22．________（同……相比） many people, she was indeed lucky.(compare)
23. I really________(喜欢有时间) to play football with you. (appreciate)
24． A smile can help us________（度过） a difficult situation and find friends in a world of strangers. (get)
25. Yet two years________(过去了) and I was not that much worse. (go)
第三节： 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
What a Great and Wonderful
Mess You Have Made
I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being 26 by a newspaper reporter, who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more 27 than the average person.
He responded that, in his 28 , it all came from an experience with his 29 that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to 30 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator 31 he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, 32 its contents all over the kitchen floor—a real sea of 33 !
When his mother came into the 34 , instead of yelling at him, giving him a 35 or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful 36 you have made! I have 37 seen such a huge puddles of milk. Well, the 38 has already been done. Would you like to get down and 39 in the milk for a few minutes before we 40 it up?”
Indeed, he did. This renowned scientist then remarked that 41 was at that moment that he knew he didn’t 42 to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that 43 were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, 44 , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually 45 something valuable from it.
Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?
26. A. watched B. discovered
C. interviewed D. caught
27. A. foolish B. stupid
C. honest D. creative
28. A. sake B. opinion
C. sight D. purpose
29. A. father B. teacher
C. doctor D. mother
30. A. remove B. buy C. borrow D. rid
31. A. then B. while C. as D. when
32. A. filling B. spilling
C. drilling D. fulfilling
33. A. water B. wine C. milk D. juice
34. A. bedroom B. washroom
C. living room D. kitchen
35. A. lesson B. talk C. speech D. gift
36. A. success B. achievement
C. mess D. mistake
37. A. often B. usually
C. frequently D. rarely
38. A. homework B. victory
C. damage D. operation
39. A. learn B. write C. read D. play
40. A. give B. hurry C. clean D. pick
41. A. it B. which C. that D. this
42. A. dare B. need C. use D. agree
43. A. mistakes B. jobs
C. achievements D. troubles
44. A. at all B. after all
C. not at all D. in all
45. A. learn B. lose C. answer D. draw
第二部分： 阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案。
A
Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I’m sorry I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “Your must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣） by the whole thing.
46． We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer________ .
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
47． The expression the penny dropped in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_____.
A. changed his mind
B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose
D. decided to help the writer
48． How much did the writer pay for mending the chair?
A. ￡ 5. B. ￡ 7. C. ￡ 20. D. ￡ 27.
49． From the text, we can learn that the writer was________ ．
A. honestB. carefulC. smartD. funny
B.
B
You may have heard the term “the American Dream”. In 1848, James W. Marshall found gold in California and people began having golden dreams. That 19th century “American Dream” caused the Gold Rush and gave California its nickname(绰号) of the “Golden State”.
The American Dream drove not only 1800s gold-rush prospectors(淘金者) but also waves of immigrants(移民) throughout that century and the next. People from Europe, and a large number of Chinese, arrived in the US in the 19th century hoping that in America they would find gold in the streets. But most, instead, worked as railroad laborers. They created the oldest Chinatown, in San Francisco, and gave the city a Chinese name the old gold hill.
In the 20th century, some critics(评论家) said that it was no longer possible to become rich through determination and hard work. Unfair education for students from poor families and racial discrimination(歧视) almost made the American Dream a nightmare(噩梦).
Then, in the 1990s, California saw a new wave of dreamers in Silicon Valley. People poured their energy into the Internet. This new chapter of the American Dream attracted many business people and young talents from China and India to form start-ups and seek fortunes in America.
Better pay, a nice house, and a rising standard of living will always be attractive. However, the new American Dream is no longer just about money. It encourages Americans to use money with a plan, protect the environment, raise the quality of life, and promote social justice.
The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has become the model of the new American Dream. After years of hard work, he grew from a poor young man from Austria into a movie superstar and then governor. Many people hope his story can save the American Dream and give California a brighter future.
50. Most of the people who came to California in the 19th century turned into________ .
A. rich men B. robbers C. beggars D. railroad builders
51. The name the old gold hill refers to_______.
A. America. B. any Chinatown
C. San Francisco D. China
52. Which country has much to do with both the American dreams according to the passage?
A. China. B. Japan. C. India. D. Korea
53. What is the second American dream not about?
A. Money. B. Protecting the environment.
C. Finding gold. D. Promoting social justice.
54. Which of the following about Arnold Schwarzenegger is NOT true?
A. He used to be a poor young man from Europe.
B. He is the model of the two American Dreams.
C. He has changed his fate through working hard.
C. He was once a very famous movie star throughout the world.
D.
C
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed unfair. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their health for granted, just as he used to himself. Now, however, he felt helpless and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his painting.
Seeking more personally satisfying work, he had just left a successful career as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate played a cruel joke on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was unable to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to understand the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only choices. Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的) books.
According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world sometimes seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be found in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel before making their choices. The message that accompanies Jimmy’s drawings, however, is hopeful: Though the world may make us feel small, we must be brave. Everything will be all right for us-as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are right for us.
Despite his new fame and wealth, Jimmy prefers working quietly at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could offer.
55. Why couldn’t Jimmy Liao show his disappointment in his painting?
A. Because he had changed his career.
B. Because he was more than disappointed.
C. Because he suffered from a fatal disease.
D. Because he had no money to buy painting tools.
56. Why did Jimmy Liao give up his successful career as a commercial artist?
A. Because he wanted to find a job which could make himself happier.
B. Because he was unable to work but he had to do something for a living.
C. Because he found that putting pictures in books could make more money.
D. Because he got entirely tired of the life of a commercial artist
57. According to Jimmy Liao, when the fate seems to play a joke on us, we should make a new________ .
A. choice B. plan
C. program D. change
58. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Choose again if in a difficult situation
B. Try to be happy when feeling sad
C. Try to forget everything when ill
D. Try to think happy things when hopeless
D
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes, which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever. Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking. So he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence. Some old machines, such as broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
59. Parents in China, according to the first paragraph,________ .
A. are very strict with their children.
B. have spoiled their children
C. cares much about their children’s education
D. are rich and willing to spend money for others
60. The writer of this passage does not seem to disagree with________ .
A. the parents’ ideas of educating their children
B. the children’s taking multiple-choice tests
C. the parents’ loving their children deeply
D. the parents’ buying computers for their children
61. Doing some cooking at home helps children________ .
A. learn how to serve their parents
B. learn how to keep healthy
C. prepare themselves for the future
D. build up their strength and force
62. According to the last paragraph we can conclude that________ .
A. most children like to play with broken radios and TV sets
B. curiosity and interest are important for children’s growing up
C. an engineer must fix as many broken radios and TV sets as he can
D. a good student spend much time repairing radios and TV sets
E
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said the phone . Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1: The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4∶00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2: The mobile phone means that we are never alone.“The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the highway. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescue.
Point 3: The mobile removes our secret. It allows Marketing Manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4: The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near—but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks !”
Point 5: The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously on chat lines （at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about）. We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any） while they’re space walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access the Internet, the biggest library on earth.
63. According to Point 1 which of the following is TRUE ?
A. The telephone creates more traffic and communication.
B. The writer’s daughter has been talking at school all day.
C. The telephone makes people communicate more.
D. People communicate more, resulting in traffic accidents.
64． Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A. Mobile phones are useful when you have an accident.
B. Mobile phones bring convenience to people.
C. Mobile phones can help people go across the world.
D. Mobile phone numbers of others are not difficult to get.
65． The underlined word simultaneously most probably means________ .
A. in a friendly way B. in an easier way
C. at the same time D. through computers
第三部分： 写作
书面表达
假定你是北京新世纪中学的一名学生，你校将举办一次以 “New Beijing, New Olympics”为主题的英文演讲比赛，以展示北京中学生积极迎接奥运的情况。请你用英文写一篇演讲稿，内容应涉及如下要点：
1． 不文明行为；
2． 英语学习；
3． 奥运精神；
4． 其他做法。
注意：
1． 演讲稿应包括所有要点；
2． 词数：120左右；
3． 演讲稿的开头已给出，不计词数。
Dear friends,
The year 2008 is approaching. In order to present a very successful Olympic Games to the world, ...
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
第一部分： 英语知识运用
第一节： 语法和词汇知识
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. They all looked ________ at the teacher when he told them the good news.
A. sadly B. carefully
C. happily D. angrily
2. —What good weather! Let’s go boating on the lake.
—________.
A. That’s a good idea
B. Thank you very much
C. It doesn’t matter
D. That’s all right
3. —Why are you so late?
—Bad luck. A car accident happened not far outside the town and we were________ on the way.
A. stopped B. kept
C. helped up D. held on
4. This name just didn’t________my memory.
A. happen B. happen in
C. occur in D. occur to
5． All these gifts must be mailed immediately_______in time for Christmas.
A． in order to have received
B． in order to receive
C． so as to be received
D． so as to be receiving
6． At the end of 2003, there were around 3,000 foreign printing companies in China,_______around 2 percent of national total.
A． made up B． making up
C． made of D． making of
7. We regret________you that we won’t be able to attend your birthday party.
A. tell B. telling
C. to have told D. to tell
8． She will have to find somewhere else to work, for she can’t________this loud noise any longer.
A． come up with B． catch up with
C． keep up with D． put up with
9． —Will you go skiing with me this winter vacation?
—________.
A． It all depend B． It all depends
C． It is all depended D． It is all depending
10．________from the illness for 10 years, he decided to go to Beijing to cure it.
A． Suffered B． Suffering
C． Having suffered D． Being suffered
11． I heard someone knocking at the front door; Abraham, go and see________ , will you?
A． who is he B． who he is
C． who is it D． who it is
12． I promised that all the goods will________ abroad in time.
A． be shipped B． to be shipped
C． ship D． to ship
13． —I wonder if you need any help?
—________.
A． No, I don’t need any help
B． Thank you. But I can manage it myself
C． No , but I can do
D． Yes .Thank you for your help
14． He should be here by now—something must have________to him.
A． happened B． struck
C． appeared D． occurred
15． Ten minutes has been made full________of________the problem.
A． using; studying B． use; studying
C． to use; to study D． use; to study
第二节： 完成句子
16. For a long time the language in America________（保持不变）,while the language in England changed. (stay)
17. They started to use English but they also________(带进来了) some words from their own languages. (bring)
18. Hank________(遭遇上地震). (catch)
19. You have made a mistake—________ (把一个字母漏掉了). (leave)
20. The king wished to________(拆掉) the city wall and to replace it with a stone building （pull）.
21． Everyone had something to say,________（包括我在内） (include)
22．________（同……相比） many people, she was indeed lucky.(compare)
23. I really________(喜欢有时间) to play football with you. (appreciate)
24． A smile can help us________（度过） a difficult situation and find friends in a world of strangers. (get)
25. Yet two years________(过去了) and I was not that much worse. (go)
第三节： 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
What a Great and Wonderful
Mess You Have Made
I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being 26 by a newspaper reporter, who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more 27 than the average person.
He responded that, in his 28 , it all came from an experience with his 29 that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to 30 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator 31 he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, 32 its contents all over the kitchen floor—a real sea of 33 !
When his mother came into the 34 , instead of yelling at him, giving him a 35 or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful 36 you have made! I have 37 seen such a huge puddles of milk. Well, the 38 has already been done. Would you like to get down and 39 in the milk for a few minutes before we 40 it up?”
Indeed, he did. This renowned scientist then remarked that 41 was at that moment that he knew he didn’t 42 to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that 43 were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, 44 , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually 45 something valuable from it.
Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?
26. A. watched B. discovered
C. interviewed D. caught
27. A. foolish B. stupid
C. honest D. creative
28. A. sake B. opinion
C. sight D. purpose
29. A. father B. teacher
C. doctor D. mother
30. A. remove B. buy C. borrow D. rid
31. A. then B. while C. as D. when
32. A. filling B. spilling
C. drilling D. fulfilling
33. A. water B. wine C. milk D. juice
34. A. bedroom B. washroom
C. living room D. kitchen
35. A. lesson B. talk C. speech D. gift
36. A. success B. achievement
C. mess D. mistake
37. A. often B. usually
C. frequently D. rarely
38. A. homework B. victory
C. damage D. operation
39. A. learn B. write C. read D. play
40. A. give B. hurry C. clean D. pick
41. A. it B. which C. that D. this
42. A. dare B. need C. use D. agree
43. A. mistakes B. jobs
C. achievements D. troubles
44. A. at all B. after all
C. not at all D. in all
45. A. learn B. lose C. answer D. draw
第二部分： 阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案。
A
Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I’m sorry I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “Your must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣） by the whole thing.
46． We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer________ .
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
47． The expression the penny dropped in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_____.
A. changed his mind
B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose
D. decided to help the writer
48． How much did the writer pay for mending the chair?
A. ￡ 5. B. ￡ 7. C. ￡ 20. D. ￡ 27.
49． From the text, we can learn that the writer was________ ．
A. honestB. carefulC. smartD. funny
B.
B
You may have heard the term “the American Dream”. In 1848, James W. Marshall found gold in California and people began having golden dreams. That 19th century “American Dream” caused the Gold Rush and gave California its nickname(绰号) of the “Golden State”.
The American Dream drove not only 1800s gold-rush prospectors(淘金者) but also waves of immigrants(移民) throughout that century and the next. People from Europe, and a large number of Chinese, arrived in the US in the 19th century hoping that in America they would find gold in the streets. But most, instead, worked as railroad laborers. They created the oldest Chinatown, in San Francisco, and gave the city a Chinese name the old gold hill.
In the 20th century, some critics(评论家) said that it was no longer possible to become rich through determination and hard work. Unfair education for students from poor families and racial discrimination(歧视) almost made the American Dream a nightmare(噩梦).
Then, in the 1990s, California saw a new wave of dreamers in Silicon Valley. People poured their energy into the Internet. This new chapter of the American Dream attracted many business people and young talents from China and India to form start-ups and seek fortunes in America.
Better pay, a nice house, and a rising standard of living will always be attractive. However, the new American Dream is no longer just about money. It encourages Americans to use money with a plan, protect the environment, raise the quality of life, and promote social justice.
The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has become the model of the new American Dream. After years of hard work, he grew from a poor young man from Austria into a movie superstar and then governor. Many people hope his story can save the American Dream and give California a brighter future.
50. Most of the people who came to California in the 19th century turned into________ .
A. rich men B. robbers C. beggars D. railroad builders
51. The name the old gold hill refers to_______.
A. America. B. any Chinatown
C. San Francisco D. China
52. Which country has much to do with both the American dreams according to the passage?
A. China. B. Japan. C. India. D. Korea
53. What is the second American dream not about?
A. Money. B. Protecting the environment.
C. Finding gold. D. Promoting social justice.
54. Which of the following about Arnold Schwarzenegger is NOT true?
A. He used to be a poor young man from Europe.
B. He is the model of the two American Dreams.
C. He has changed his fate through working hard.
C. He was once a very famous movie star throughout the world.
D.
C
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed unfair. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their health for granted, just as he used to himself. Now, however, he felt helpless and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his painting.
Seeking more personally satisfying work, he had just left a successful career as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate played a cruel joke on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was unable to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to understand the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only choices. Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的) books.
According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world sometimes seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be found in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel before making their choices. The message that accompanies Jimmy’s drawings, however, is hopeful: Though the world may make us feel small, we must be brave. Everything will be all right for us-as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are right for us.
Despite his new fame and wealth, Jimmy prefers working quietly at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could offer.
55. Why couldn’t Jimmy Liao show his disappointment in his painting?
A. Because he had changed his career.
B. Because he was more than disappointed.
C. Because he suffered from a fatal disease.
D. Because he had no money to buy painting tools.
56. Why did Jimmy Liao give up his successful career as a commercial artist?
A. Because he wanted to find a job which could make himself happier.
B. Because he was unable to work but he had to do something for a living.
C. Because he found that putting pictures in books could make more money.
D. Because he got entirely tired of the life of a commercial artist
57. According to Jimmy Liao, when the fate seems to play a joke on us, we should make a new________ .
A. choice B. plan
C. program D. change
58. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Choose again if in a difficult situation
B. Try to be happy when feeling sad
C. Try to forget everything when ill
D. Try to think happy things when hopeless
D
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes, which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever. Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking. So he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence. Some old machines, such as broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
59. Parents in China, according to the first paragraph,________ .
A. are very strict with their children.
B. have spoiled their children
C. cares much about their children’s education
D. are rich and willing to spend money for others
60. The writer of this passage does not seem to disagree with________ .
A. the parents’ ideas of educating their children
B. the children’s taking multiple-choice tests
C. the parents’ loving their children deeply
D. the parents’ buying computers for their children
61. Doing some cooking at home helps children________ .
A. learn how to serve their parents
B. learn how to keep healthy
C. prepare themselves for the future
D. build up their strength and force
62. According to the last paragraph we can conclude that________ .
A. most children like to play with broken radios and TV sets
B. curiosity and interest are important for children’s growing up
C. an engineer must fix as many broken radios and TV sets as he can
D. a good student spend much time repairing radios and TV sets
E
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said the phone . Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1: The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4∶00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2: The mobile phone means that we are never alone.“The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the highway. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescue.
Point 3: The mobile removes our secret. It allows Marketing Manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4: The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near—but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks !”
Point 5: The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously on chat lines （at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about）. We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any） while they’re space walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access the Internet, the biggest library on earth.
63. According to Point 1 which of the following is TRUE ?
A. The telephone creates more traffic and communication.
B. The writer’s daughter has been talking at school all day.
C. The telephone makes people communicate more.
D. People communicate more, resulting in traffic accidents.
64． Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A. Mobile phones are useful when you have an accident.
B. Mobile phones bring convenience to people.
C. Mobile phones can help people go across the world.
D. Mobile phone numbers of others are not difficult to get.
65． The underlined word simultaneously most probably means________ .
A. in a friendly way B. in an easier way
C. at the same time D. through computers
第三部分： 写作
书面表达
假定你是北京新世纪中学的一名学生，你校将举办一次以 “New Beijing, New Olympics”为主题的英文演讲比赛，以展示北京中学生积极迎接奥运的情况。请你用英文写一篇演讲稿，内容应涉及如下要点：
1． 不文明行为；
2． 英语学习；
3． 奥运精神；
4． 其他做法。
注意：
1． 演讲稿应包括所有要点；
2． 词数：120左右；
3． 演讲稿的开头已给出，不计词数。
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