---I'm sorry I didn't make it to your birthday party last night.

  --- _____. I know you're busy these days.

  A. Of course.     B. Sounds good.  C. Don't mention it.  D. That's all right.

— What do you think of Yuan Longping?     
— _____ man of _____ great achievement.
A. The; /       B. / ; /        C. A; the         D. A; /

The specialist, ______ some of his assistants, ____ to attend our discussion.

  A. and; is            B. or; are          C. as well as; is       D. except for; are

Dr Yuan is a person who doesn't ___ being famous but loves and cares for his people.

   A. care about        B. argue about      C. carry on         D. come across

As we have known from the map of the world, this is ______.

A. twice as large an island as that one   B. twice as larger as that island

C. as twice as that one                      D. twice as a large island as that one

They asked me so many _____ questions that I got _______ at last.

A. confusing; confusing             B. confused; confusing   

C. confused; confused              D. confusing; confused

In common with other children of his age, he is _____ about everything new in his daily life.

  A. particular     B. curious         C. considerate      D. optimistic

______ the result is, we must give him an explanation.

  A. Whatever        B. Wherever   C. However         D. Whichever

There were so many boys in the same school uniform on the square that his father could hardly ______ Tom.

  A. turn out        B. bring out       C. call out           D. pick out

The student sat there, _______ what to do.

A. doesn’t knowing      B. didn’t knowing     C. not know     D. not knowing

If you want to play in Hangzhou Amusement Park, you have to pay _____ first.

   A. permission     B. observation    C. admission       D. price

I tried all I could do ______ the topic at the meeting, but failed.

A. avoid mentioning              B. to avoid mentioning

C. avoiding to mention            D. avoiding mentioning

-- ______ is the distance from there to the beach?      

-- Not far, ______.

A. How far; in walking distance     B. How far, less than walking distance

C. What; under walking distance    D. What; within walking distance

_____ we were worried about was ______ they could manage to control the pollution.

A. That; how   B. That; whether    C. What; that   D. What; whether

The beauty of the Summer Palace is _____ I can describe.

  A. no more     B. more than    C. no more than    D. not more than

完形填空（共20题，每题1分，满分20分）

One day a king and his minister（大臣）went out for a walk. The king said to the minister, “I want to give reward to anyone who is hospitable(好客的) to us during our  36 .”

The king and the minister went up to one man and said, “We are  37 . This is a fine town. Could we stay at your house as   38    ?”

The man looked down upon them, saying, “ 39  do I know you’re not criminals?”

Then the king and the minister went up and  40  on somebody else’s door. When the man opened the  41 , they asked, “Could we spend the night here? It’s getting dark.”[

The man said, “First, tell me  42  of you there are. Then I’ll decide.” 

The king said, “You see that we are only two. If you  43  us to stay with you, we’ll pay you what we have tomorrow.” The man agreed.

Then they  44  walking. They came to another house and knocked on the door. The king said, “It’s getting dark.  45  we spend the night at your house?”

The man said, “  46 ! Just tell me how many of you there are.”

The king said, “You can see we are only two.” Then they  47  back to the palace.

The minister had  48  the address of each person to whom they had spoken, and the following  49  the king called all the three persons to the palace. To the first one the king said, “When travelers come from a different kingdom, we must  50  them shelter(住所). It is  51  we aren’t thieves.” And the king  52  the man out of his kingdom.

To the  53 man the king gave a lot of money. To the third one, who  54    offered shelter and only then asked how many were in their party, the king gave his        55 .

36. A. sleep               B talk               C dinner          D walk

37. A. friends             B criminals          C ministers       D travelers

38. A. owners              B officials          C officers        D guests

39.  A. How                B Why                C When            D Where

40. A. dropped             B took               C knocked         D touched

41. A. letter              B box                C door            D window

42. A. how many            B how much           C how long        D how far

43. A. agree               B allow              C make            D want

44. A. began               B enjoyed            C stopped         D continued

45. A. Would               B Must               C Could           D Should

46. A. Pardon              B Thanks             C Sorry           D Certainly

47. A. went                B hurried            C returned        D drove

48. A. taken away          B taken down         C taken off       D taken up

49. A. year                B monthzxxk          C minute          D day

50. A. borrow              B offer              C lend            D share

51. A. silly               B right              C clean           D clear

52. A. drove               B invited            C kept            D brought

53. A. last                B first              C third           D second

54. A. bravely             B slowly             C immediately     D carefully

55. A. order               B promise            C name            D crown

阅读理解

 In 1859, during the Gold Rush, a twenty-year-old immigrant（移民）from Bavaria named Levi Strauss stepped off the boat in San Francisco. He had with him a special cloth called Serge de Nimes that was later called denim in America. Levi Strauss hoped to sell the denim as material to make tents and covers for wagons to the men who were going to the goldfields to look for gold. “You should have brought trousers to sell. In the goldfields we need strong trousers that don’t wear out.” one young miner advised Strauss. So Levi Strauss took some of his denim to the nearest tailor and had him make the miner a pair of trousers. The miner was so pleased that he told other miners about the wonderful newcomer, Levi, and soon Levi Strauss had to open a shop, producing enough trousers for the miners. The miners wanted trousers that were comfortable to ride in and were low cut so that they could bend over easily to pick up the gold from under their feet. Besides they wanted the trousers to have big useful pockets. One miner complained that the gold in his pockets kept tearing(撕裂) them. So Levi put metal corners in the pockets to make them stronger. Very soon, miners and cowboys from all over came to get fitted up with Levi’s trousers. Today more than a hundred years later, Levi’s trousers walk the world a Levi’s blue jeans.

56.The denim cloth was originally（起初）meant for____.

   A. making trousers for the miners          B. making tents for wagons

   C. making tent covers and wagons         D. making wagon covers and tents

 57.What kind of material do you think is denim？

   A. A smooth type of cloth that is for underwear.

  B. A wonderful type of cloth that is as good as metal.

   C. A strong type of cloth that is not torn(撕裂) by strong wears.

   D. A special type of cloth that cannot be washed away by rain.

 58.A miner advised Strauss to sell trousers because ____.

   A. the miners didn’t have enough trousers

  B. the miner’s trousers did not wear out easily

   C. the miner’s trousers had not been strong enough

   D. the tailor on the goldfield could not make trousers

59. Why did the miners need strong pockets in the trousers？

   A. Their pockets kept tearing the gold.

 B. Their pockets were not made of metal.

 C. The gold they collected easily tore their trousers.

 D. The gold they found was too sharp and heavy to tear their pockets.

阅读理解

King's College Summer School

King's College Summer School is an annual( 每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King' s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.

More information is as follows:

Application (申请) date

（1）Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2011.

（2）Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2011.

（3）Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2011.

Courses

l  English Language

Spoken English: 22 hours

Reading and Writing: 10 hours

l  American History: 16 hours

l  American Culture: 16 hours

Steps

（2）A letter of self-introduction

（3）A letter of recommendation(推荐)

※ The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.

Cost

第一节   Daily lessons: $200

第二节   Sports and activities: $100

第三节   Travels: $200

第四节   Hotel service: $400

※ You may choose to live with your friends or s in the same city.

Please write to:

                   Thompson, Sanders

                   1026 King' s Street

                   New York, NY 10016, USA

                   E-mail: KC-Summer-School@ yahoo.com

60. Which of the following is true about King' s College Summer School?

A. Only top students can take part in the program.

B. Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.

C. King’s College Summer School is run every other year

D. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.

61. If you are to live with your s in New York, you will have to pay the school __

A. $200           B. $500         C. $900         D. $400

62. What information can you get from the text?

A. The program will last two months.

B. You can write to Thompson only in English. 

C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2011.

D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.

阅读理解

If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise, and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily soon.

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down.

With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain sizes of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs.

The researchers measured the sizes of the front and side parts of the brain, which have something to do with thinking and feeling, and decide the human character. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls task like eating and breathing, does not contract(萎缩) with age.

Contraction of front and side parts, as cells(细胞) die off, was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction---using the head.

The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than those in the towns. Those with least possibility, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White-collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as possible to have contracting brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.

63. The team of doctors wanted to find out ____.

 A. how to make people live longer

B. the size of certain people’s brains. 

C. which group of people are the busiest

D. why certain people grow mentally old sooner than others.

64. Their research findings are based on ______.

A. A study of farmers in northern Japan.  

B. Tests given to a thousand old people.

C. The study of brain sizes of different people.

  D. The latest development of computer technology.

65. The doctor’s tests show that ______.

A. our brains contract as we grow older  

B. one part of the brain does not contract

C. sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds

D. contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country

66. According to the passage，___ seem to grow mentally old slower than the others.

A. Clerks.      B. Farmers.       C. Lawyers.    D. Shop assistants.

67. The most possible conclusion of the article is that ____.

A. it’s better to live in the towns

B. the brain contracts if it is not used

C. most of us should take more exercise

D. the more one uses his brain, the sooner he becomes old

阅读理解

Nine-year-old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine. But the African-American boy was shocked by a series of photos. The pictures were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him white.

For the first time, the boy began to doubt who he was.

However, now the boy who used to struggle with his identity doesn’t see it as a problem any more, but an advantage for his successful career. In 2008, Obama made history by being elected as the first black president of the United States. He defeated John McCain in a landslide victory.

Obama's story starts in opposite corners of the world. His white mother was born in the heartland of the US. His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya. They met during college in Hawaii, but his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia.

    At 10, Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii. At his class, a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people. Out of embarrassment, Obama lied to his classmates that his father was a prince. "I kept asking who I am and I ended up trying drugs and drinking", Obama recalled.

    Things came to change after the young man made friends with those with a similar background at college. Their experiences back in Africa helped Obama to finally face up to his African origin. He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator in US history.

    At the beginning of his campaign for the White House, few people viewed Obama favorably. Many doubted his unusual background, which left him neither “black” enough nor “white” enough.

    But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe: “There is not a black America and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America. There’s the United States of America. ”

    Barack Obama’s victory is “a historic victory that promised change and overcame centuries of prejudice. His success fulfilled Martin Luther King’s dream that a man should be judged not by the color1 of his skin, but by the content of his character”, wrote ABC news.

68. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to_____. 
A. making him white                 B. Obama’s successful career
C. who he was                      D. defeating John McCain

69. We can learn from the passage that_______.            .

A. Africa is where Obama was born

B. Obama was once troubled by his identity(身份)

C. Obama’s parents come from the same country

D. the black man who destroyed his skin was Obama himself

70. The best title of the passage would be _______.            .

A. A Historic Victory                 B. Martin Luther King’s Dream

C. The First President of the US         D. The History of African Americans     

单词拼写（共10题，每题1分，满分10分）

1. Judging by his s________ face and arms, he may work in the open air for most of the day.

2. The actress always _______(打招呼) her fans with a smile and a nod.

3. Charlie Chaplin, a little homeless tramp in his childhood, wrote, d_______ and starred in many films.

4. After 10 years in prison, he was given f__________ again.

5. The red lines on the map r______________(代表)　railways.

6. Measures have been taken to p____________(保护) the places of interest.

7.  Disneyland offers its visitors v_________ activities.

8. The lanterns(灯笼) s__________ violently in the strong wind.

9. His words were so c_________ that we all believed him and followed him.

10.Everyone has a responsibility to d________（保卫）his motherland.

完成句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1. 多亏了你的支持,我们才能够提前完成任务。（in advance）

____________________________________________________________________

2. 一般来说，懒惰很可能会导致失败。（it is likely that…）

____________________________________________________________________

3. 有这么多人帮助他，难怪他能在五年之内实现自己的梦想。（with…doing）

____________________________________________________________________

4. 我宁可独自克服这个困难，也不愿意依靠他。（would rather do… than do）

____________________________________________________________________

5. 直到现在，我一直都对自己很满意。(up to now)

____________________________________________________________________

短文改错：（满分10分）
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。  　　

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
　　  2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, close followed by Julia Smith from Britain. Before I met them and then introduced them to each other, I was very surprised. Tony approached to Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She stepped back appearing surprise and put up her hands, as if in defences. I guessed that there was probably major misunderstanding. Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smile, together with George Cook from Canada. As they are introduced, George reached her hand out to the Japanese student. Just at that moment, however, Akira bowed so his nose touched George moving hand. They both apologized--- another cultural mistake!

书面表达（满分20分）

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma（教条）. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition（直觉）.                                  

------Steve Jobs（史蒂夫·乔布斯）

Occupation

苹果公司(Apple Inc.)联合创始人、CEO

Birth

1955年2月24日、美国

Characters

工作狂，尊重员工，具有难以置信的创造力。

Achievements

公司资产80多亿美元；30岁被授予国家级技术勋章；2007年被《财富》杂志评为当年最伟大商人。

Death

2011年10月5日

Influence

他的成就

参考词汇：联合创始人：co-founder         工作狂  workaholic   n.

国家级技术勋章：the National Medal of Technology

创造力：creativity  《财富》杂志：Fortune Magazine   十亿：billion

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