Vocabulary and Structure (1poingeach;35 points in all )Directions:for each of the following blanks, four choices are given, You are required tochoose the most appropriate one and put the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet .( ) 1.In the end he realized his realized his dream, but______the cost of his life. A．on B .with C .by D .at( ) 2._______driving to work, Mr Robins goes tohis office by train every day . A .without B .Ratherthan C. Instead of D. spite of( ) 3.The professor paused as if _____hisstudents to ask questions on the point he had just made. A .expecting B. to expect C .expected D. to have expected( )4.Because he was very poor, he couldn’t _______to rent his flat.III.Reading Comprehension (50 points)Task 1(2points each; 10 points in all)Directions:After reading the following passage, you will fond 5 questions or unfinishedstatements (No. 46 through No. 50). For each question or statement there are 4choices. You should make the correct choice and put the corresponding letter onthe Answer Sheet.Specialists in marketing havestudied how to make people buy more food in a supermarket. They do all kinds ofthings that you do not even notice. For example, the simple, ordinary food thateverybody must buy like bread, milk, flour, and vegetable oil, is spread allover the store. You have to walk by all the more interesting—and moreexpensive—things in order to find what you need. The more expensive food is inpackages with bright colored pictures. This food is places at eye level so yousee it and want to buy it. The things that you have to buy anyway are usuallylocated on a higher or lower shelf. However, candy and other things thatchildren like are on lower shelves. One study showed that when a supermarketmoves four products form floor to eye level, it sold 78 percent more.Another study showed that forevery minute a person is in a supermarket after the first half hour, she or hespends 50.If someone stays forty minutes, the supermarket has an additional5.00.So the store has a comfortable temperature in summer and winter, and itplays soft music. It is a pleasant place for people to stay—and spend moremoney.Somestores have red or pink lights over the meat so the meat looks redder. They putlight green paper aroundlettuce(生菜) and put apples in red plastic bags.So becareful in the supermarket. You may go home with a bag of food you were notplanning to buy. The supermarket, not you, decided you should buy it.( ) 46. Marketing specialists study _______. A. plants suitable human needs B. how to build shelves C. method of selling more products D. how to own supermarkets( ) 47. The more expensive kind of food is_______. A. in bright-coloured packages B. on high shelves C. all near the front of thestore D. on lowershelves ( ) 48. According to the selecting,children’s books are probably _______. A. on low shelves B .on high shelves C. spread all over the sold in supermarket D. sold in supermarket( ) 49. A supermarket plays soft musicbecause_______.. A.people like to listen to it B.the store has a comfortable temperatureC.it will make people spend D.it will remind people to buy the things they want （ ）50。Agood way to save money in a supermarket is to_______.A. go just before dinnerB. buy things that are in theprettiest packagesC. walk around and see what you needD. make a list of what you needbefore you goTask 2 (2points each; 10 points in all)Directions:This task is the same as Task 1 (No.51 through No.55)Althougheach baby has an individual schedule of development, general patterns of growthhave been observed. Three periods of development have beenidentified(确定),including earlyinfancy(幼儿期), which extends from the first to the sixthmonth; middle infancy, from the sixth to the ninth month; and late infancy,from the ninth to the fifteenth month. Whereas the newborn is concerned withhis or her inner world and reacts primarily to hunger and pain in earlyinfancy, the baby is already aware of the surrounding world. During the secondmonth, many infants are awake more and can raise their heads to look at things.They also begin to smile at people. By four months, the baby is searching forthings but not yet grasping them with its hands. It is also beginning to bewary(谨慎的)of strangers and may scream when a visiting relative tries to pick it up. Byfive months, the baby is grabbing objects and putting them into its mouth. Somebabies are trying to feed themselves with their hands.In middleinfancy, the baby concentrates on practicing a great many speech sounds. Itloves to imitate actions and examine interesting objects. At about sevenmonths, it begins to crawl, a skill that it masters at the end of middleinfancy.In lateinfancy, the baby takes an interest in games, songs, and even books. Progresstoward walking moves through standing, balancing, bouncing in place, andwalking with others. As soon as the baby walks well alone, it has passed from infancyinto the activetoddler(蹒跚学步) stage.( ) 51. What is the main subject of thisreading passage?A. Growth in early infancyB. The active toddlerC. How a baby learns to walkD. The developmental stages ofinfancy( ). 52. When does a baby take an interest inbooks? A. After nine months B. At two months C. After five months D. In middle infancy( ). 53. What would a six-month-old baby loveto do? A .Smile at people B. Crawl on the floor C .Imitate actions D. Play simple games( ). 54. The meaning of the word “grasp” inLine 8of Paragraph 1is ______. A. watch B. like C. hold D. fear( )55.When does a baby become frightened of unfamiliar people?A. In early infancy B. In middle infancyC. In late infancy D. In the toddler stageTask 3 (3points each; 15 points in all)Directions:This task is the same as Task 1(No 56 through NO 60)Hemingway was born in lllinois, his familytook him as a boy on frequent hunting and fishing trips and so acquainted himearly with the kinds of virtues (美德),such as courage and endurance, which were later reflected in his fiction (文学作品) After high school. he worked as a newspaperreporter and then went oversea to take part in World War I. he After the war helived for several years in Paris, where he became part of a group of Americanswho felt strange from their country , They considered themselves________It was not long before he began to publish the powerful novel,The Sun Also Rises. His subjects wereoften war and its effects on people, or contests, such as hunting orbullfighting , which demand________and courage.Hemingway’s style of writing is striking ,Hissentences are short, his words simple , Yet they are often filled with emotion. A careful reading can show us , furthermore, that he is a master of thepause. That is , if we look closely , we see how the action of his storiescontinues during the silences, during the times his characters say nothing,This action is often full of meaning ,There are times when the most powerfuleffect comes from restraint(适度).Such times occur often in Hemingway’s fiction .He perfected the art ofexpressing emotion with few words.( )56. The word “stamina” in the last line ofParagraph 1 can most probably be replaced by_____ A. money B. time C. energy D. weapon( )57.Hemingway mighthave two kinds of special qualities—courage and endurance---because_______.A. he trained himself through hardwork in his childhoodB. he got some special trainingswhile growing upC. his parents often took him onhunting and fishing tripsD. he suffered a lot in his childhood( )58. The topic sentence of Paragraph 2 is________.A. Hemingway’s style of writing is strikingB. He is a master of the pauseC. He perfected the art of expressingemotion with few wordsD. Hemingway is a famous writer( )59. “A lost generation” in the firstparagraph is closest in meaning to_______. A. a generation full of hope B. the sad and confused young menC. a big crowd of young men D. a group of people who have losttheir way( )60. Hemingway preferred short and simplesentences in his writings because_______.A. he could not arrange long andcomplicated sentences wellB. he was afraid that his readerswould misunderstand him if he wrote long sentences.C. Short sentences are easier towriteD. This is his style of writing he isgood at Task 4(3points each; 15 points in all)Directions:This task is the same as Task 1(No. 61 through No. 65)Trees have a spectacular (壮丽的；奇观的)survival record. Over a period ofmore than 400 million years, they have________as the tallest, mostmassive , and longest-lived organisms ever to inhabit the earth .Yet trees lacka means of defense that almost every animal has: trees cannot move away fromdestructive forces. Because they cannot move, all types of living and nonlivingenemies-fire, storms, microorganisms, insects, other animals and , later,humans—have wounded them throughout their history. Trees have survived becausetheir evolution has made them into highly compartmented(分隔的) organisms; that is________ wall off injured and infected wood .In that respect trees are radically differentfrom animals. Fundamentally, animals heal, they preserve their life by makingbillions of repair, installing(安置)new cells or rejuvenated(恢复活力的)cellsin the positions of old ones. Trees cannot heal; they make no repairs. Instead,they defend themselves from the consequences of injury and infection by wallingoff the damage, At the same time they put new cells in new positions; ineffect, they grow a new tree over the old one every year. The most obviousresults of the process a re growth rings, which are visible on the crosssection of a trunk, a root , or abranch.( )61. The author’s mainpurpose in this article is to explain the _________.A. life cycle of a tree B. way trees surviveC. importance of rtrees to human progress D. dangers treesface from natural disasters A .spend B .afford C .feel D think( )5.I _______ her for your girlfriend when Ifirst saw her in your home.. A. figured B .thought C. considered D .regarded( )6.Is 200 dollars _______ for the expenses ofyour trip? A .important B. sufficient C. considered D .comfortable ( )7.Thanks for your invitation, I’d be ________to come. A.delight B. delightsome C. delighted D .delightful( )8.Here is the ticket for ________ 4708 to New York. You may go tothe airport right now. A .plane B .flight C .train D .airplane( )9.You haven’t wasted my time. On the _______,you’ve helped me save some time. A, contrary B. reverse C .opposite D .contrast( )62. The author describes treesas all of the following EXCEPT_____. A, tall B. green C. massive D,.long-Iived( )63. The author implies that almost everyanimal is able to protect itself from destructive forces by doing which of thefollowing?A. Moving away B. Calling for help C. Climbing up atree D. Remaining with its group ( )64.As it is used in the last sentence of Paragraph 1, the pronoun “they ”refers to________.A. enemies B. animals C. humans D. trees( )65. According to the context of thepassage. You can guess the meaning of the verb “evolve” is ________.A. (of people or animals)teach thestage of full developmentB. breed (farm animals); grow orproduce (crops)C. (of plants, animals, etc.)gradually develop from a simple form to a more complex oneD. (cause somebody/ something) togrow graduallyIV.Translation (35 points)(I)Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese ( 4 points each forNo. 66 through No. 68; 6 points for No. 69; 18 points in all)

Vocabulary and Structure (1poingeach;35 points in all )

Directions:for each of the following blanks, four choices are given, You are required tochoose the most appropriate one and put the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet .

(  ) 1.In the end  he realized his realized his dream, but______the cost of his life.

      A．on              B .with           C .by              D .at

(  ) 2._______driving to work, Mr Robins goes tohis office by train every day .

      A .without         B .Ratherthan      C.  Instead of      D. spite of

(  ) 3.The professor paused as if _____hisstudents to ask questions on the point he had just made.

      A .expecting         B. to expect

      C .expected          D. to have expected

(  )4.Because he was very poor, he couldn’t _______to rent his flat.

III.Reading Comprehension (50 points)

Task 1(2points each; 10 points in all)

Directions:After reading the following passage, you will fond 5 questions or unfinishedstatements (No. 46 through No. 50). For each question or statement there are 4choices. You should make the correct choice and put the corresponding letter onthe Answer Sheet.

Specialists in marketing havestudied how to make people buy more food in a supermarket. They do all kinds ofthings that you do not even notice. For example, the simple, ordinary food thateverybody must buy like bread, milk, flour, and vegetable oil, is spread allover the store. You have to walk by all the more interesting—and moreexpensive—things in order to find what you need. The more expensive food is inpackages with bright colored pictures. This food is places at eye level so yousee it and want to buy it. The things that you have to buy anyway are usuallylocated on a higher or lower shelf. However, candy and other things thatchildren like are on lower shelves. One study showed that when a supermarketmoves four products form floor to eye level, it sold 78 percent more.

Another study showed that forevery minute a person is in a supermarket after the first half hour, she or hespends $50.If someone stays forty minutes, the supermarket has an additional$5.00.So the store has a comfortable temperature in summer and winter, and itplays soft music. It is a pleasant place for people to stay—and spend moremoney.

Somestores have red or pink lights over the meat so the meat looks redder. They putlight green paper aroundlettuce(生菜) and put apples in red plastic bags.

So becareful in the supermarket. You may go home with a bag of food you were notplanning to buy. The supermarket, not you, decided you should buy it.

(   ) 46. Marketing specialists study _______.

    A. plants suitable human needs            B. how to build shelves  

    C. method of selling more products         D. how to own supermarkets

(   ) 47. The more expensive kind of food is_______.

     A. in bright-coloured packages             B. on high shelves        

C. all near the front of thestore              D. on lowershelves   

(    ) 48. According to the selecting,children’s books are probably _______.

 A. on low shelves                      B .on high shelves

     C. spread all over the sold in supermarket    D. sold in supermarket

(   ) 49. A supermarket plays soft musicbecause_______.

.    A.people like to listen to it       

B.the store has a comfortable temperature

C.it will make people spend        

D.it will remind people to buy the things they want 

（ ）50。Agood way to save money in a supermarket is to_______.

A.    go just before dinner

B.     buy things that are in theprettiest packages

C.     walk around and see what you need

D.    make a list of what you needbefore you go

Task 2 (2points each; 10 points in all)

Directions:This task is the same as Task 1 (No.51 through No.55)

Althougheach baby has an individual schedule of development, general patterns of growthhave been observed. Three periods of development have beenidentified(确定),including earlyinfancy(幼儿期), which extends from the first to the sixthmonth; middle infancy, from the sixth to the ninth month; and late infancy,from the ninth to the fifteenth month. Whereas the newborn is concerned withhis or her inner world and reacts primarily to hunger and pain in earlyinfancy, the baby is already aware of the surrounding world. During the secondmonth, many infants are awake more and can raise their heads to look at things.They also begin to smile at people. By four months, the baby is searching forthings but not yet grasping them with its hands. It is also beginning to bewary(谨慎的)of strangers and may scream when a visiting relative tries to pick it up. Byfive months, the baby is grabbing objects and putting them into its mouth. Somebabies are trying to feed themselves with their hands.

In middleinfancy, the baby concentrates on practicing a great many speech sounds. Itloves to imitate actions and examine interesting objects. At about sevenmonths, it begins to crawl, a skill that it masters at the end of middleinfancy.

In lateinfancy, the baby takes an interest in games, songs, and even books. Progresstoward walking moves through standing, balancing, bouncing in place, andwalking with others. As soon as the baby walks well alone, it has passed from infancyinto the activetoddler(蹒跚学步) stage.

(   ) 51. What is the main subject of thisreading passage?

A.    Growth in early infancy

B.     The active toddler

C.     How a baby learns to walk

D.    The developmental stages ofinfancy

(   ). 52. When does a baby take an interest inbooks?

     A. After nine months                B. At two months

     C. After five months                D. In middle infancy

(   ). 53. What would a six-month-old baby loveto do?

     A .Smile at people                  B. Crawl on the floor

     C .Imitate actions                   D. Play simple games

(   ). 54. The meaning of the word “grasp” inLine 8of Paragraph 1is ______.

     A. watch          B. like         C. hold         D. fear

(   )55.When does a baby become frightened of unfamiliar people?

A. In early infancy            B. In middle infancy

C. In late infancy              D. In the toddler stage

Task 3 (3points each; 15 points in all)

Directions:This task is the same as Task 1(No 56 through NO 60)

Hemingway was born in lllinois, his familytook him as a boy on frequent hunting and fishing trips and so acquainted himearly with the kinds of virtues (美德),such as courage and endurance, which were later reflected in his fiction (文学作品) After high school. he worked as a newspaperreporter and then went oversea to take part in World War I. he After the war helived for several years in Paris, where he became part of a group of Americanswho felt strange from their country , They considered themselves________It was not long before he began to publish the powerful novel,The Sun Also  Rises. His subjects wereoften war and its effects on people, or contests, such as hunting orbullfighting , which demand________and courage.

Hemingway’s style of writing is striking ,Hissentences are short, his words simple , Yet they are often filled with emotion. A careful reading can show us , furthermore, that he is a master of thepause. That is , if we look closely , we see how the action of his storiescontinues during the silences, during the times his characters say nothing,This action is often full of meaning ,There are times when the most powerfuleffect comes from restraint(适度).Such times occur often in Hemingway’s fiction .He perfected the art ofexpressing emotion with few words.

(  )56. The word “stamina” in the last line ofParagraph 1 can most probably be replaced by_____

   A. money        B. time        C. energy         D. weapon

( )57.Hemingway mighthave two kinds of special qualities—courage and endurance---because_______.

A.    he trained himself through hardwork in his childhood

B.     he got some special trainingswhile growing up

C.     his parents often took him onhunting  and fishing trips

D.    he suffered a lot in his childhood

(   )58. The topic sentence of Paragraph 2 is________.

A.    Hemingway’s style of writing is striking

B.     He is a master of the pause

C.     He perfected the art of expressingemotion with few words

D.    Hemingway is a famous writer

(  )59. “A lost generation” in the firstparagraph is closest in meaning to_______.

   A. a generation full of hope         B. the sad and confused young men

C. a big crowd of young men            D. a group of people who have losttheir way

(  )60. Hemingway preferred short and simplesentences in his writings because_______.

A.    he could not arrange long andcomplicated sentences well

B.     he was afraid that his readerswould misunderstand him if he wrote long sentences.

C.     Short sentences are easier towrite

D.    This is his style of writing he isgood at

Task 4(3points each; 15 points in  all)

Directions:This task is the same as Task 1(No. 61 through No. 65)

Trees have a spectacular (壮丽的；奇观的)survival record. Over a period ofmore than 400 million years, they have________as the tallest, mostmassive , and longest-lived organisms ever to inhabit the earth .Yet trees lacka means of defense that almost every animal has: trees cannot move away fromdestructive forces. Because they cannot move, all types of living and nonlivingenemies-fire, storms, microorganisms, insects, other animals and , later,humans—have wounded them throughout their history. Trees have survived becausetheir evolution has made them into highly compartmented(分隔的) organisms; that is________  wall off injured and infected wood .

In that respect trees are radically differentfrom animals. Fundamentally, animals heal, they preserve their life by makingbillions of repair, installing(安置)new cells or rejuvenated(恢复活力的)cellsin the positions of old ones. Trees cannot heal; they make no repairs. Instead,they defend themselves from the consequences of injury and infection by wallingoff the damage, At the same time they put new cells in new positions; ineffect, they grow a new tree over the old one every year. The most obviousresults of the process a re growth rings, which are visible on the crosssection of  a trunk, a root , or abranch.

(   )61. The author’s mainpurpose in this article is to explain the _________.

A. life cycle of a tree                B. way trees survive

C. importance of rtrees to human progress  D. dangers treesface from natural disasters

      A .spend           B .afford            C .feel        D think

(  )5.I _______ her for your girlfriend when Ifirst  saw her in your home..

      A. figured          B .thought          C. considered     D .regarded

(  )6.Is 200 dollars _______ for the expenses ofyour trip?

      A .important        B. sufficient        C. considered     D .comfortable 

(  )7.Thanks for your  invitation, I’d be ________to come. 

      A.delight          B. delightsome      C. delighted      D .delightful

(  )8.Here is the ticket for ________ 4708 to New York. You may go tothe airport right now.

      A .plane           B .flight            C .train          D .airplane

(  )9.You haven’t wasted my time. On the _______,you’ve helped me save some time.

      A, contrary        B. reverse           C .opposite        D .contrast

(   )62. The author describes treesas all of the following EXCEPT_____.

   A, tall     B. green   C. massive     D,.long-Iived

(  )63. The author implies that almost everyanimal is able to protect itself from destructive forces by doing which of thefollowing?

A. Moving away   B. Calling for help  

C. Climbing up atree    D. Remaining with its group

 (   )64.As it is used in the last sentence of Paragraph 1, the pronoun “they ”refers to________.

A. enemies        B. animals      C. humans           D. trees

(   )65. According to the context of thepassage. You can guess the meaning of the verb “evolve” is ________.

A. (of people or animals)teach thestage of full development

B. breed (farm animals); grow orproduce (crops)

C. (of plants, animals, etc.)gradually develop from a simple form to a more complex one

D. (cause somebody/ something) togrow gradually

IV.Translation (35 points)

(I)Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese ( 4 points each forNo. 66 through No. 68; 6 points for No. 69; 18 points in all)