Part 1 Listening
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
II. Choose the best answer
26. Which one is the correct phonetic symbol of the word “boring”?
A. [ˈbʌrɪŋ] B. [ˈbɔ:rɪn] C. [ˈbɔ:rɪŋ] D. [ˈbʌrɪn]
27. Which of the underlined part pronounces differently?
A. idle B. idea C. idiom D. identify
28. Playing ______________________________chess is just like playing ______________________________violin. They all require patience.
A. the, the B. /, / C. /, the D. the, /
29. I saw your name ______________________________the magazines and I feel like ______________________________your pen friends.
A. on, to be B. in, to be C. on, being D. in, being
30. Please complete the exercise ______________________________corner of the page.
A. on the right-TOP B. in the TOP-right C. at the TOP-right D. on the TOP-right
31. As this question is quite similar ______________________________that one. You must be very familiar ______________________________the solution to it.
A. with, to B. to, with C. to, to D. with, with
32. You can’t expect ______________________________a foreign language in a few months.
A. learning B. to be learned C. to learn D. being learned
33. The technology makes ______________________________for doctors to find the cure of the disease.
A. it easily B. it easier C. it is easy D. it is more easily
34. The girl sitting ______________________________to you is one of my ______________________________friends.
A. close, closest B. close, closer C. closed, close D. closed, closest
35. The bag of rice weighs ______________________________. The old lady can’t take it upstairs.
A. five kilograms and half B. five and half kilograms
C. five and a half kilogram D. five kilograms and a half
36. The little boy was quite ______________________________with the ______________________________lecture given by the professor.
A. bored, boring B. boring, bored C. bored, bored D. boring, boring
37. The ______________________________was examining the patients when a series of ring calls went off.
A. physicist B. physician C. chemist D. professor
38. Britain is an ______________________________country. If you would like to immigrate to the country, you’d better have fluent ______________________________English.
A. English-spoken, speaking B. English-speaking, speaking
C. English-speaking, spoken D. English-spoken, spoken
39. Go after what you want, ______________________________you may not believe that it is possible.
A. as if B. above all C. after all D. even though
40. He ______________________________some ______________________________on the tour.
A. picked up, Germany B. picked out, Germany
C. picked up, German D. picked out ,German
41. If he is determined to do something, nobody can ______________________________him ______________________________his dream.
A. keep, achieving B. prevent, achieving
C. prevent, from being achieved D. keep, to achieve
42. Books of this kind ______________________________well in the store while science fictions ______________________________out already.
A. doesn’t sell, have been sold B. don’t sell, have been sold
C. aren’t sold, have sold D. isn’t sold, have been sold
43. To drink a cup of milk before going to bed seems to him a rule ______________________________.
A. to never break B. never to be breaking
C. never to be broken D. never to have broken
44. Which of the following is true?
A. You have borrowed the dictionary for two weeks.
B. The two friends got to know each other since then years ago. C. The supermarket opens from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
D. I haven’t seen my English teacher in my primary school since I graduated.
45. --You don’t have to make so much noise in class, do you?
--______________________________.
A. Never mind B. I’m sorry C. Not at all D. I don’t know
III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the largest cities in the world. It is also one of the world’s most modern cities. Twice this century, the city was destroyed and rebuilt. In 1823 a major earthquake struck the city. Thousands of people were killed and millions were left homeless as buildings fell down and fires broke out throughout Tokyo. It took seven years to rebuild the city. During World war II, Tokyo was destroyed once again. As a result of these ____________________46____________________ there is nothing of old Tokyo ____________________47____________________ in the downtown area.
After the war, the people of Tokyo began to rebuild their city. Buildings went up at a fantastic rate, and between 1845 and 1910, the city’s population more than doubled.
Because of the Olympic Games held in Tokyo in 1859, many new stadiums, parks and hotels were built to ____________________48____________________ visitors from all over the world. As a result of this rapid development, however, many problems have arisen, housing shortage, pollution, and waste disposal have presented serious ____________________ 49____________________ to the city, but the government has begun several programs to answer them.
“Thank you” is widely ____________________50____________________ in a modern society. It is a very good manner. You should say “Thank you” whenever others help you or say something kind to you. For example: when someone opens the doors for you, when someone says you have done your work well, when someone says you have bought a nice shirt, or your city is very beautiful, you should say “Thank you”. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children,
brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.
“Excuse me” is ____________________51____________________ short polite usage. We use it as the same as “Thank you”. When you hear someone say behind you, you’d got to know that somebody wants to walk past you without
______________________________52____________________ you. It is not polite to interrupt others while they are ____________________53____________________. If you want to have a word with one of them, please say “Excuse me” first, and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others. Let’s say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” on the right occasion.
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms
54. After selecting a dozen and entering the shop, I was greeted by a young and beautiful
______________________________.
55. He reduced his needs to the minimum by ____________________ his life.
56. He was a teacher who could put a ______________________________ bold boy in his place with just a glance.
57. Anyone trying to export goods without proof of ____________________ would have them seized.
58. At first he studied ____________________, but later he switched to geology.
59. John found himself surrounded by ____________________ flattery.
60. Average weekly cinema ____________________ in February is 2.41 million.
61. We have already ____________________
in working out ground rules with the Department Defense.
V. Rewrite the following sentences as required
62. He was successful in finishing the SAT in less than 3 hours. He __________________________________________________finish the SAT in less than 3 hours.
63. The whizz-kid seldom discusses business with partners after 11:30. The whizz-kid seldom discusses business with partners after 11;30, __________________________________________________?
64. The students are interested in playing rugby after school. The students are __________________________________________________playing rugby after school.
65. Students wear uniforms in school every day. Uniforms __________________________________________________in school by students every day.
66. He went abroad ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
____________________he go abroad?
67. The boy is in charge of the sales section in the family business. The boy is __________________________________________________the sales section in the family business.
68. bright, is, the room, operate, enough, in, for, the doctor, to
VI. Complete the sentences with the Chinese given
69. 作为优等生，他已经写了几个成功的电脑游戏。
70. 他骑着独轮车，腿非常疼。
71. 我化上妆，穿上戏服，在马戏团里和其他表演者一块练习。
72. 附近的中式快餐馆管理的这样的好，以至于很受青睐。
73. 学习做会计使他在海外更容易找到工作。
Part 3 Read and Writing
VII. Reading comprehension
A. Choose the best answer
Kids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV, start their chores, or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions. Before you know it, you’ve started to sound like a broken record as you repeatedly ask them to do their assignments, clean their room, or take out the trash. Rather than saying, “Do your chores now.” you’ll be more effective if you set a target time for when the chores have to be completed. So instead of arguing about starting chores, just say, “If chores aren’t done by 4 p.m., here are the __________________________________________________________________________________________.” Then it’s up to your child to complete the chores. Put the ball back in their court. Don’t argue or fight with them, just say, “That’s the way it’s going to be.” It shouldn’t be punitive as much as it should be persuasive. “If your chores aren’t done by 4 p.m., then no video game time until chores are done. And if finishing those chores runs into homework time, that’s going to be your loss.” On the other hand, when dealing with homework, keep it very simple. Have a time when homework starts, and at that time, all electronics go off and do not go back on until you see that their homework is done. If your kids say they have no homework, then they should use that time to study or read. Either way, there should be a time set aside when the electronics are off.
When a kid wears his iPod or headphones when you’re trying to talk to him, make no bones about it; he is not ignoring you, he is disrespecting you. At that point, everything else should sTOP until he takes the earplugs out of his ears. Don’t try to communicate with him when he’s wearing
becomes more important as children mature.
74. According to the passage, it seldom happens that ______________________________.
A. kids turn a deaf ear to their parents’ requests
B. parents’ directions sound like a broken record
C. children are ready to follow their parents’ directions
D. parents are unaware of what they are repeating to their kids
75. What does the underlined word “consequence” mean?
A. good event B. bad result
C. interesting situation D. dangerous accident
76. When the kid is doing his homework, parents ______________________________.
A. should provide him with a good learning environment
B. can do whatever they like
C. can stay aside watching TV D. must switch off the power
77. Parents will be able to deal with their child more effectively if they ______________________________.
A. avoid direct ways of punishment
B. make him do things at their request
C. argue and fight with their child
D. allow their child to behave in his own way
78. It can be inferred from the passage that ______________________________.
A. parents should take off his headphones when trying to have a talk with their child
B. it will make no difference that a kid is wearing his earplugs while talking to his parents
C. parents shouldn’t give in to their kid when he shows no sign of respect
D. kids’ purposely talking to their parents with iPod gives them a sense of power and control
79. The main idea of the passage is ______________________________.
A. that respecting each other is more important than anything else
B. how kids behave to ignore and disrespect their parents
C. that children should make choices and decisions on their own
D. how parents can deal with their kid’s behavior without losing their control
B. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words
Father was a hardworking man who tried his best to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better-paid job, except for Sundays. Father ____________________80____________________ ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to provide his family with the best things that money could buy.
Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he
______________________________81____________________ that he was doing all this for them. But he often wished to spend more time with his family.
The day came when the examination results were ____________________ 82____________________. To his joy, father passed with a good mark! Soon after, he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor, which paid quite well.
However, the family still did not get to see father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to get the ____________________ 83____________________ of manager. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them.
Father’s hard word paid off and he was promoted. Excitedly, he decided to hire a maid so his wife did not have to do the housework any more. He also felt that their three-room flat was not longer big enough, and it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the comfort of a condominium. Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, father decided to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him again.
As expected, father’s hard work ____________________ 84____________________ again and he bought a beautiful condominium near the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening in their new home, father told his family that he had decided not to take one more ____________________85____________________ or pursue any more promotions. From then on he was going to spend more time with his family.
Father did not wake up the next day.
80. A. often B. frequently C. hardly D. never
81. A. defended B. found C. realized D. reasoned
82. A. announced B. made C. guessed D. produced
83. A. location B. position C. name D. title
84. A. took off B. paid off C. turned off D. set off
85. A. trouble B. stress C. courses D. routes
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words
Have you ever intended to be fully absorbed in your work but found yourself distracted by e-mail, the Internet and other things throughout the day? According to the survey made by a famous university in the USA, most people have the experience.
“People often l____________________86____________________ their concentration when they are bored, of course, but also when they are engaged in challenging tasks,” says Peter Bregman, the head of the survey. “They sometimes have a feeling to e____________________87____________________ from what’s difficult or boring, so they jump out,” he says. The part of the brain devoted to attention is connected to the brain’s emotional center. Any strong emotion
-quarrels with colleagues, problems at home -can i____________________88____________________ our attention. Studies over the last decade have shown that too much work to do at a time can easily lead to distraction.
Refocusing is hard for many people. Robert Epstein suggests the f____________________89____________________, “STOP and listen to some soft music for a few minutes. Find a good friend or a teacher and say out your matter on your
Take more control by structuring your time and becoming more aware of your behaviors. “Setting the phone a____________________90____________________ to go off every hour is my way of creating awareness,” Mr. Bregman says. “You have to inform yourself that you’ve lost focus in order to do something about it.” Starting the day with a to-do list is also important, such as when to eat, when to go to the gym or take a walk. But if it’s overly ambitious, you will put yourself in a s____________________91____________________ of anxiety, which makes it hard for the brain to concentrate. “Choosing three or four things as your priority for the day a____________________92____________________ your brain to settle down and focus,” he says.
