I think our company lays too much ______ on cost and not enough on quality.

A. stress              B. focus               C. intention      D. impression

_____ work has been done to prevent the river being polluted.

   A .A number of     B A mass of      C Several        D. A good many

BRITAIN is a popular tourist place, but tours of the country have pros and cons.

GOOD NEWS

Free museums. No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities.

Pop music. Britain is the only country to compete with the US on this score.

Black cabs. London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night.

Choice of food. Visitors can find everything from Japanese to Swedish restaurants.

Fashion. Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.

　　BAD NEWS

　　Poor service. “It’s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.

　　Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to disappoint the keenest tourists, although the over crowded London tube is unbelievably popular.

　　Rain. Still in the number one complaint.

　　No air-conditioning. So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours.

　　Overpriced hotels. The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.

Licensing hours. Alcohol(酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in “24-hour cities”.

What do tourists complain most?

A. Poor service.        　　                B. Poor public transport.

C. Rain.            　　                    D. Overpriced hotels.

What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?

A. Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.

B. Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.

C. Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.

D. Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.

When is alcohol unlikely to be available in quantities?

　 A. At 8: 30 pm.     B. At 9: 30 pm.         C. At 10: 30 pm.        D. At 11: 30 pm.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　 A. The public transport is poor there.

　 B. It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.

　 C. You cannot find Chinese food there.

D. You have to pay to visit the museums.

從A、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

1. respect        A. refer      B. scene            C. nest         D. homeless

2. focus      A. lose        B. comedy     C. production    D. overcome

3. rather       A. thank        B. northern     C. through      D. author

4. phrase     A. manners        B. statistic        C. system       D. soil

5. treasure      A. wealthy     B. steak         C. cheap        D. reasonable

The tower clock was ________ eleven when I was walking towards home.

A. hitting          B. beating          C. striking     D. knocking

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。

    Time is the easiest thing in the world to waste—the most difficult to control. When you look ahead, it may appear you have 36        you need. Yet it has a way of slipping 37        your fingers like quicksand. You may suddenly find that there is no way to stretch the little time you have 38        to cover all your obligations. For example, 39           a beginning student looking ahead to a full term you may feel that you have an oversupply of time on your hands.40      toward the end of the term you may be 41         because you are running out of time. How can you do? —Control!

    Time is 42        . If you don't control it, it will control you. If you don't make it work for you, it will 43        you. You must become the master of time, not the servant. “Study hard and play hard” is an old saying, but it still 44       . You have plenty of time for classes, study, work, and play if you use your time 45        . It is not how much time you allocate for study that 46          but how much you learn when you do study.

Too much wasted time is 47         medicine. The more time you waste, the easier it is to continue wasting time.  Soon, doing nothing becomes a habit you can't 48        . You  will be       49       to wasting time. When this happens, you 50       your feeling of accomplishment and you fall by the wayside. A full schedule is a good schedule. Some students 51          to hear the time message. They refuse to 52        the fact that college life demands some53         of time control. There is no escape. So what's the next step? If you seriously want to get the time message, the next passage will give it to you. 54       — it will not only improve your grades but also free you to 55           college life more.

A．less than      B．more than        C．rather than      D．other than

A．by              B．between     C．through          D．on

A．saved           B．left             C．remained     D．wasted

A．since           B．because          C．for             D．a(chǎn)s

A．Although        B．But          C．Therefore       D．Otherwise

A．a(chǎn)ngry           B．brave            C．worried         D．eager

A．money           B．friendly         C．enough           D．dangerous

A．work out        B．work on          C．work at          D．work against

A．makes sense     B．makes no use     C．makes up         D．makes it

A．immediately     B．properly         C．a(chǎn)pparently      D．shortly

A．counts          B．a(chǎn)ccounts        C．a(chǎn)pproves          D．collects

A．bad             B．good        C．useful           D．a(chǎn)lternative

A．get along with      B．get close to    C．get rid of           D．get down to

A．crazy           B．determined           C．a(chǎn)ddicted          D．devoted

A. achieve             B. appreciate           C. loss             D. lose

A．hesitate            B．refuse           C．.like           D．want

A．a(chǎn)ccept          B．receive  C．ignore           D．imagine

A．disagreement    B．a(chǎn)greement        C．degree           D．standard

A．Forget          B．Remind      C．Think            D．Remember

A．hate            B．enjoy            C．dislike          D．a(chǎn)ssess

Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. "Yes, honey. Of course." she said.

    "Can we write him a letter?"

    She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, "Yes."

    My heart jumped. "How? Does the mailman go there?" I asked.

    "No, but I have an idea." Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.

    "Just wait, honey. You'll see." Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.

    She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped (纏繞) the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.

    "Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three."

The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.

Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he'd persevere, dart up, and finally transcend (超越) this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditar. I prayed to be a balloon.

When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father, her mother _________.

    A．felt it hard to answer       B．thought her a creative girl

    C．believed it easy to do so        D．found it easy to lie

When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she _________.

    A．jumped with joy                  B．became excited

    C．started writing immediately              D．was worried that it couldn't be delivered

In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?

    A．An incurable disease.           B．An unforgettable memory.

    C．The hard time her father had.                D．The failures her father experienced.

What would be the best title for the passage?

    A．An unforgettable experience     B．The strong red balloon

    C．Fly to paradise                          D．A great father

完成句子（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)的漢語(yǔ)提示，用句末括號(hào)內(nèi)的英語(yǔ)單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號(hào)后。

1．Do remember to remind her            (關(guān)掉) the gas before she leaves. (turn)

2．Lots of policemen were sent to prevent them            (砍) the trees. (cut)

3．           (為何他們突然消失) then still remains a mystery. (disappear)

4．Giving children whatever they want            (對(duì)他們有害). (harmful)

5．I feel so sick. I wish Mum            (沒(méi)有逼我) to eat so much. (force)

6．These chemical changes produced a chain reaction, which            (使可能) for life to develop. (make)

7．           (如果時(shí)間允許), I hope to visit the museum. (permit)

8．The house            (他付了) a large sum of money three years ago is now worth twice as much. (pay)

9．With such a lot of work on hand, he            (不應(yīng)該去) to the cinema last night. (should)

10．           (他設(shè)法) carry out the experiment last year has encouraged his workmates greatly. (manage)

Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22^nd---Two mountain climbers surprisingly survived (幸免于) a fall of over 500 feet on the 25,530-foot mountain in Pakistan, Saturday. The two climbers were climbing an ice-covered wall of the mountain when they suddenly lost their footing and fell about 560 feet to a narrow snow-covered ledge(懸崖突出部分) below. “We were lucky that ledge was there,” said the climbers, “Otherwise, we would have fallen over 2,000 feet.” If the ledge had not been there, the two climbers almost certainly have met their death. “It’s a wonder,” the climbers said, “that we landed on the ledge, and the snow was loose enough to cushion(緩沖) our fall. We’re thankful that we survived.”

When a reporter asked them if they planned to give up mountain climbing after their narrow escape(九死一生), the two climbers replied, “Not at all. We’ll be going back up there just as soon as we get out of the hospital.”

The mountain climbers survived because _____.

A. they had fallen only 500 feet down     B. of the ledge and the loose snow on it

C. of their strong bodies                 D. they were very good climbers

If there had not been the snow-covered ledge, _____.

A. they wouldn’t have fallen down           B. they would have them wounded

C. they would have lost their lives           D. they would fall into the deep snow

How high was the ledge from the foot of the mountain?

A. 2,560 feet high          B. 2,000 feet high  

C. 25,530 feet high         D. More than 1,400 feet high 

Choose the right order which shows what happened to the two climbers.

a. talked with a reporter           b. lost their footing 

c. was sent to a hospital           d. fell to a ledge     

e. started to climb an ice-covered wall

A. b-d-c-e-a          B. e-d-b-c-a        C. e-b-d-c-a       D. a-c-b-d-e

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的A-G選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余項(xiàng)。

Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants.______ 1_____ And we need plants for another reason---we need them beacause they are beautiful.

____2      Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.

____3____ That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why

people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden.

    Do you talk to your plants? _____4____  Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird,

writers of a book called The Street of Plants, tell of an experiment in which two

seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant

was given love and hopeful ideas. ___5____ Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves.

Plants get energy from the sun.

Do you give them love and take care of them? 

After six months, The deserted plant faded(凋謝) away.

After six months, the beloved plant was bigger.

We take in oxygen that plants make.

Everywhere people need beautiful plants.

Imagine a world without plants.