第二節(jié)信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
閱讀下列材料，從所給的六個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，選出匹配信息。答案填在第II卷的相應(yīng)位置。
A. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd., 17 Browning Street.
B. Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part-time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience required. Applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564 for more information.
C. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you like a full-time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 457-896754.
D. Teacher Needed: Tommy’s Kindergarten needs 2 teachers/ trainers to help with classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information visit Tommy’s Kindergarten in Leicester Square No. 56.
E. Part-time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part-time at the weekend. Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customers information. For more information contact us by calling 345-674132.
F. University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History. Please contact the University of Cumberland for more information.
請閱讀以下職位申請者的信息，然后匹配申請者和他/她要申請的職位。
61. Jack Anderson. Jack graduated from the University of Trent with a degree in Economics two years ago. He would like an academic position.
62. Margaret Lillian. Margaret is 21 years old and would like a part-time position to help her pay her university expenses. She can only work in the evenings.
63. Alice Fingelhamm. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer. She is looking for a full-time position.
64. Peter Florian. Peter went to business school and studied computer and secretarial skills. He is looking for his first job and would like a full-time position.
65. Lynne Nagata. Lynne, aged 65, once worked in a kindergarten. She is now a housewife, helping her daughter with her housework on weekdays. She is looking for a part-time job.
申請者                申請職位
61. Jack Anderson          A. full-time secretary
62. Margaret Lillian    B. part-time shop assistant
63. Alice Fingelhamm       C. computer trained secretary
64. Peter Florian       D. kindergarten teacher
65. Lynne Nagata      E. part-time job at the weekend
F. university teaching assistant

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出可以填入空白的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Around the end of my stay in Yellowknife, I had a chance to ride in a dogsled (狗拉雪橇). I went to   36    a man who had   37    dogsled tournaments more than four times. In his house, there were lots of awards on the shelves. I had a girl take my picture in    38   of the awards.
Finally, the time came to take a    39    in a dogsled. The instructor asked me time and time again if the clothes I was    40   were warm enough. Because it wasn’t so   41    outside, I thought I was wearing    42    .
However, my thinking   43    right after the 12 dogs started to    44    the sled on the frozen lake. It was freezing! I don’t know how fast they were running, but I lost all    45    in my hands and feet. Sometimes the snow which the dogs    46    up hit me.
After my ride in the dogsled, I went to see an igloo (圓頂建筑),which is a house    47    snow. There I had a    48    to hear the stories about Eskimos(愛斯基摩人).
Of course, as a person from Japan, I couldn’t    49    what they were talking about.  50   , there was a(n)   51    beside me, so he translated everything the Eskimo was saying. Then the Eskimo kindly    52    me some of the tools that they used. I had    53    seen such strange things before.
He talked about the    54    he needed to learn while traveling in the Arctic, such as how to make an igloo, how to make water from ice, and how to hunt using their inventions. I    55    that I didn’t take pictures of their tools because I didn’t have my camera at that time.
36. A. instruct         B. invite            C. take           D. visit
37. A. beaten           B. won                  C. received       D. defeated
38. A. front           B. need                C. honor         D. celebration
39. A. drive          B. look                    C. ride            D. tour
40. A. buying         B. wearing          C. choosing      D. borrowing
41. A. cool           B. warm              C. cold           D. hot
42. A. enough        B. obviously          C. comfortably    D. fully
43. A. gathered        B. reminded          C. remained      D. changed
44. A. push           B. pull               C. drive          D. carry
45. A. blood                B. temperature        C. feeling        D. movement
46. A. kicked          B. picked            C. turned         D. made
47. A. covered with    B. decorated with      C. made of       D. filled with
48. A. chance          B. time              C. moment       D. message
49. A. hear            B. understand          C. realize       D. admire
50. A. Therefore      B. Otherwise         C. However       D. Besides
51. A. villager        B. teacher             C. instructor          D. translator
52. A. lent           B. showed               C. sold            D. gave
53. A. ever           B. also                     C. usually           D. never
54. A. skills          B. materials           C. experiments    D. conditions
55. A. think          B. consider              C. regret          D. infer

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）
閱讀下列短文，從每篇短文后所給各題的四個選項(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。
In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her free time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip (退稿條) from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and ruined hopes can surface.
A revelation (啟示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?”
“No”, she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自發(fā)地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
1. What do we learn form the first paragraph?
A. Now too many entertainments take up too much time.
B. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.
C. Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her free time.
D. Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
2. What did the author say about her own writing experience?
A. She was constantly under pressure of writing more.
B. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
C. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
D. Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.
3. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A. She had won a prize in the previous contest.
B. She wanted to share her stories with readers.
C. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
D. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
4. What’s the author’s advice for parents?
A. Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.
B. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.
C. Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.
D. A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.

“Yes, madam, your husband ran into some trouble,” he replied. “They were caught in a heavy storm.” .Storms often cause trouble. When I was a baby, Dad had to spend long weeks at sea as a fisherman. One day, I suddenly began to cry loudly. No matter how Mom comforted me, I just kept crying. Mom felt uneasy. A feeling told her that something bad would happen. Then a word hit her----“Mayday”. Mom called the Coast Guard, asking the man on duty about my Dad and his ship.
Father and his crew radioed for help when water started pouring in his ship. We flew out there about an hour ago and dropped them a pump. “Take it easy. He will be back soon.” “What if the pump doesn’t work?” Mom questioned. “You should do another fly-over.” The man tried to comfort Mom, “He must be all right now, Mrs Hemingway, or we would have heard a radio signal from him.” “You haven’t got a Mayday?” “No, but we will let you know if we hear the radio signal.” Mom hung up.
I remained crying. Mom called the Coast Guard again. Finally, they said they would send out a rescue plane.
At midnight the phone rang. It was the Coast Guard. They had found my father and all his crew floating in sea 15miles off Jamaica. Dad’s ship had sunk, but fortunately all were safe.
“The pump they dropped didn’t work fast enough,” Dad said. “I radioed a Mayday, but I couldn’t get through.”
Dad didn’t get through to the Coast Guard because of the storm, but he got through to us. Really, there is something that can’t be seen but exists, as is said but can’t be explained, between us, the families. 
55. The underlined word “Mayday” in the first paragraph probably means “_________”.
A. a radio program                                        B. the signal for help   
C. the holiday in May                                           D. a sign of feeling sick
56. Why did the man on duty say the author’s father would return soon?
A. The pump they dropped was of high quality.
B. The author’s father called him and told him so.
C. The plane waited until the pump worked.
D. He thought no news was good news.
57. We can infer from the text that _________.
A. the man on duty in the Coast Guard was careless
B. the plane failed to find the ship which was in danger
C. the author’s father was in charge of the ship
D. the pump saved the author’s father finally
58. What may be the explanation for the author’s (as a baby) crying?
A. He might feel hungry in the evening
B. He might see something terrible in the room.
C. He might be afraid when left alone in room
D. He might have a feeling of uneasiness.

SECTION C ( 12 points )
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Mr. Smith used to be in prison for three years, which may have you think he is not a good man. But  48 _ a matter of fact, he is kind-hearted as well as honest. The reason  49  he was put into prison was not that he himself broke the law, 50  that his six-year-old son blew up（使…爆炸）the bridge near his home, imitating what he had seen on TV. 51  this little boy did break the law, he was too young to be put in prison. According to the local law, the boy’s parents had to be punished. As a result, Mr. Smith received the punishment. He was arrested and taken to  52  police station finally. Most of the people in the town showed pity on him, but it was useless. After all, law is law. Everybody is to obey  53. As the proverb of “When it rains, it pours”, Mrs. Smith was out of work before long. She had to move to a southern state, 54  she was born and grew up. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 55  the Smiths have experienced does teach us a good lesson.

PART FOUR   WRITING
SECTION A ( 10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
After the women’s movement in the world, women’s position in society as well as at home is improving. But how many men on earth have helped their wives do their housework at home, do you know? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people's ideas and reactions to the women's movement.They have carried out an overall survey of that. As part of their survey , they asked many men and women all over the Europe the same question,“Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!
The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things at home. 37% of Danish men helped their wives do such things in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all.
But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped them at home. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission, however, found that Danish men were the most truthful husbands, fpr their answers were the same as their wives' answers.
Do the men you know around you help their wives in the house? Do you think the survey made by the European Commission gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.
European Commission’s survey

purpose	To find out people’s 71.______________ to the women’s movement
72.___________	Answers to the question and 73.____________ between the men and the women
	74._____________	The rate of men 75.__________	Women’s view
	76._____________	48%	only 38%
	Denmark	37%	77._________
	Italy	78.________	Almost none
79.___________	The Italian and British men told a lie; 80.______________ were the most honest

 

SECTION B (10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
The average college student in America spent an estimated 700 dollars on textbooks last year. The National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks and course materials.
Association spokesman Charles Schmidt says electronic textbooks now represent just two to three percent of sales. But he says that is expected to reach 10 to 15 percent by 2012.
Online versions are now available for many of the most popular college textbooks. E-textbooks can cost half the price of a new print textbook. But students usually lose access after the end of the term. And the books cannot be placed on more than one device, so they are not easy to share.
So what do students think of e-textbooks? Administrators at Northwest Missouri State University wanted to find out. Earlier this year they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes.
The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy. They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks. And 56 percent said they were better able to find information.
But most found that using e-textbooks did not change their study habits. And 60 percent felt they read more when they were reading on paper. In all, almost half the students said they still liked physical textbooks better.
But the survey found that cost could be a big influence. 55 percent said they would choose e-textbooks if using them meant their textbook rental fee would not increase.
Roger Von Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education at Northwest Missouri State. He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the e-textbooks now available because the majority are not interactive.
He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video, activities, games and other ways to interact with the information. The technology is improving. But for now, most of the books are just words on a screen.
81. How much do the average college student in America spend on textbooks last year? （no more than 4 words）
______________________________________________________________________________
82. What is the percentage of the e-textbook sales now according to Charles Schmidt? （no more than 4 words）
______________________________________________________________________________
83. What do students think of downloading the books from the Internet in the survey? （no more than 2 words）
______________________________________________________________________________
84. Why are administrators disappointed with the e-textbooks now available? （no more than 6 words）
______________________________________________________________________________

第兩節(jié)完型填空一 （共12小題，每小題1.5分，滿分18分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的（A、B、C、D）四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain _36_ so I decided I would leave the children in the car _37_ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to _38_ anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left _39_ happily out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had _40_ ! I could hardly believe my eyes . The car doors were _41_ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being _42_, I ran to the corner of the street _43_ there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked _44_ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and went to stop trembling (發(fā)抖). Suddenly, I heard  a merry laugh _45_ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (車尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-faced and _46_ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, climbed behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. _47_ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
36.A.heavy  B. hard        C. big            D. quick
37.A.before            B. since          C. after           D. while
38.A.talk              B. reach         C. hear            D. touch
39.A.them             B. her           C. herself          D. themselves
40.A.discovered         B. disappeared    C. described       D. delivered
41.A.even               B. again         C. already         D. still
42.A.foolish            B. proud         C. frightened       D. pleased
43.A.where            B. which        C. that            D. when
44.A.what             B. when         C. whether         D. how
45.A.behind            B. over                C. before          D. with
46.A.worried           B. excited              C. surprised        D. interested
47.A.For        B. About               C. With           D. Down

We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched mouth open in surprise, Mum took off  her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, "Very dirty floors. "
"Yes, I'm glad they've finally decided to clean them, "the nurse answered. She looked at Mum strangely and said, "But aren't you working late?"
Mum just pushed harder, each swipe(拖一下)of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book.
After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, "Thank you."
Outside, Mum told me, "Dagmar is fine. No fever. "
"You saw her, Mum?"
"Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. It's a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush."
67. When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a      .
A. nurse                  B. visitor     C. patient                D. cleaner
68. After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?
A. It is a children's hospital.
B. It has strict rules about visiting hours.
C. The conditions there aren't very good.
D. The nurses and doctors there don't work hard.
69. From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely     
A. the story-teller's sister            B. Mum's friend
C. the story-teller's classmate         D. Dad's boss
70. Which of the following words best describes Mum?
A. strange                 B. warm-hearted     C. clever                  D. hard-working

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各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed  36  . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their   37  for granted, just as he  38  himself. Now, however, he felt  39  —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his  40  .
Seeking more personally satisfying  41  , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命運(yùn)）played a cruel  42  on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was  43  to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to  44  the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only  45  . Since then, he has put out several imaginative, illustrated（帶插圖的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are  46  you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world  47  seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be   48  in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel   49  making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 .
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be  51  . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are   52  for us.
In spite of his new  53  and wealth, Jimmy prefers working  54  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  55  .
36．A．unreasonable    B．unusual     C．unfair       D．unhappy
37．A．health              B．wealth      C．happiness       D．illnesses
38．A．ought to          B．had to       C．needed to       D．used to
39．A．a(chǎn)shamed          B．disappointed            C．upset        D．shameful
40．A．crying             B．painting           C．imagination      D．consideration
41．A．dignity            B．work         C．condition             D．situation
42．A．game               B．trick          C．role                    D．part
43．A．unable             B．impossible       C．unfit                D．difficult
44．A．resist           B．insist               C．refuse              D．understand
45．A．failures            B．efforts             C．choices            D．interests
46．A．that                 B．what                C．which              D．whoever
47．A．eventually        B．seldom            C．sometimes        D．usually
48．A．found              B．drawn              C．written            D．conducted
49．A．a(chǎn)fter                B．for                  C．with                D．before     
50．A．powerful         B．hopeful            C．useful              D．successful
51．A．grand                     B．big           C．brave                  D．equal
52．A．potential          B．basic               C．right                D．simple
53．A．product           B．fame               C．name               D．job
54．A．rapidly            B．separately        C．slowly             D．quietly
55．A．offer               B．gain                C．gather              D．earn