2009 上海市高三第一次五校联考 英 语 试 卷

2009 上海市高三第一次五校联考 英 语 试 卷
考生注意：
1、本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2、第一卷的III题请用单词的字母序号，将答案写在答题纸上相应位置。
第I 卷
1．Listening Comprehension ( 30 分 )
Part A Short Conversations
Directions: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1.    A. In the bookstore.       B. By the window.         C. In the restaurant.                     D. At home.
2.    A. Katy.                B. Sally.                        C. Kathy.                            D. Sue.
3.    A. 235678.            B. 778923.                    C. 235687.                          D. 778932.
4.    A. Jerry.                B. Jimmy.                     C. Cathy.                            D. Shelly.
5.    A. By driving a car.                                    B. By taking a plane.
C. By taking a bus.                                    D. By taking a train.
6.    A.23 minutes.                                           B. 54 minutes.
C. 32 minutes.                                                 D.67 minutes.
7.    A. She’s afraid to donate blood.                  B. She’s ready to donate blood.
C. Donating blood is none of her business.   D. She’s unwilling to donate blood.
8.    A. She thought Jane majored in psychology.
B. Jane’s physics is better than she expected.
C. She thought Jane was poor in psychology.
D. Her major is the same as Jane’s.
9.    A. Happy.                     B. Touched.           C. Excited.                          D.Tired out.
10. A. A novelist.                                     B. A singer.
C. An artist.                                              D. A businessman.
Part B Passages
Directions: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passage will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one  would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. In Boston.                                            B. In England.
C. In Philadelphia.                                     D. In New York.
12. A. 3 years.            B. 1 year.                      C. 2 years.                           D. 4 years.
13. A. Ben liked both working in the candle shop and reading.
B. Ben liked to work for his brother in the printing shop because he got paid.
C. Ben was married in Boston.
D. Ben was a famous statement, scientist, inventor and philosopher in the 18th century. .
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. In Arizona.                          B. Along the Ohio River.
C. In the East.                                            D. Along the Gulf coast.
15. A. Sunny.                B. Pleasant.                   C. Rainy.                             D. Snowy.
16. A. Texas.                B. Arizona.                    C. Boulder.                          D. Florida.
Part C Longer Conversations
Directions: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Lost ________17________ report
Name:                 _______18__________ Li.
Item lost:               _______19__________
The last place to see it:    ________20_________
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
What program did the woman watch last night?  ________21_____.
Where are the speakers?                    ________22_________.
Why does the man look as white as a sheet?    Because he ________23_________.
What does the woman think of it?          She thinks it was________24_________.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary ( 16 分 )
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. The impact ________ computer technology _______ bank industry as a whole is greater than ever before.
A. on, of                      B. of, up                     C. of, on                      D. about, in
26. I’d like to take _________ job so long as it provides useful experience.
A. any                          B. some                        C. every                             D. any one
27. In the bar, the trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness            ____________by his lack of talent.
A. than                        B. more than               C. as                            D. so much as
28. After the argument, he spoke with the department manager and the problem __________.
A. solving                     B. had been solved         C. was solved               D. solved
29. When he reflected on his failure in the interview, he found that he _________ some inappropriate comments regarding the topic mentioned.
A.    could have made                                       B. should have made
C.  must have made                                        D. would have made
30. With the help of high technology, in the past few years, electronic business __________           to bank industry, travel industry.
A. applied                                                        B. have applied
C. had been applied                                           D. has been applied
31. Out of the crowded bus             , who was dressed in a black suit and waved to a woman.
A. a tall man in his thirties stepped                      B. stepped a tall man in his thirties
C. did a tall man in his thirties step                            D. did a tall man step in his thirties
32. Unfortunately, the element Madam Curie devoted all her life              her death.
A. to caused                 B. causing                    C. to be caused             D. to causing
33. It’s certainly been a long time _________last time we met.
A. that                          B. before                      C. until                         D. since
34. When first __________ to the market, the computer software was not a success due to its complexity in operation.
A. introducing                                                  B. being introduced
C. introduced                                                   D. to be introduced
35. Taiwan pop star Xu Huaiyu, aged 29, _________away from stage for almost five years, has come back to the music hall with her latest album, Bad Girl.
A. was                         B. being                        C. to have been             D. having been
36. It is ___________ the customers’ needs that has made chain stores so popular in big cities in China.
A. meeting                                                       B. met
C. to have met                                                        D. being met
37. It remains doubtful whether the project _____________ next month will bring profits to the company.
A. accomplished                                               B. to be accomplished
C. having accomplished                                    D. being accomplished
38. With Halloween approaching, there exists a real concern among parents and teachers __________ trick or treating will become a seriously anti-social activity.
A. whether                   B. what                        C. that                                 D. how
39.              the zoologists tried to prove was that the photo of the South China Tiger had been staged or technologically dealt with.
A. That                        B. Why                        C. Whether                          D. What
40. Recently, employees at the Shanghai metro’s Railway Station Stop have been busy learning dialects from other parts of the country, ___________ aims to provide better service to travelers from outside the city.
A.    where                   B. that                          C. which                             D. it
III. Complete the passage with the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. One word is not needed. （9分）.
A. apparently     B. special             C. grocery           D. vaguely
E. admire        F. scolded             G. display            H. simple
I. off            J. admit
One of the qualities that most people ____41______ in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a _____42_____ thing like ‘I was wrong about that,’ and it is even harder to say, ‘I was wrong, and you were right about that.’
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons（纸盒）. Then he related an incident and I began to remember _____43_____ the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old, and I went into the store with my mother to do the weekly ____44_____shopping. There was a _____45_____sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were piled high. I stopped in front of a____46______ to admire the piles. Just then a woman pushing her grocery cart knocked ____47______ the piles of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees examining to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the culprit（罪犯）. He severely ____48______ me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, ____49______the manager did not.
IV. Cloze ( 15 分 )
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When a student takes notes in a lecture, he has to do four things. First of all, he has to understand what is said. _____50______a speaker says, a student can’t stop him in order to look up a new word or check an unfamiliar sentence _____51______.
The second thing the student has to do is to _____52______ what is important in the lecture. Often, the lecturer _____53______ this directly or indirectly. If he says ‘The next point is important’, the student will have _____54______ difficulty. The lecturer may, however, use a more informal _____55____. A sentence such as ‘This is the crunch ’, meaning ‘this is the really important point’, will often cause difficulty. Many lecturers _____56______, or speak more slowly and loudly when they are making an important point. If the student can’t _____57______ these indirect signals, he’ll find it difficult to decide what is important.
The third task that _____58______ the student is that he has to write down the important points. There are two more problems here _____59______ deciding what is important. One is speed. The other is clarity (清晰). The student should use____60______forms, write down the important information words and write one point on each line. He ought to, if possible, choose a moment to write when the lecturer isn’t giving _____61______ information.
Finally, the student’s notes must show the _____62_____ between the various points he has noted. If he makes intelligent use of spacing and underlining, together with the use of _____63_____ signs and the numbering of points, he will be able to understand the _____64______ of the lecture more easily.
50.     A. Like                  B. Since                     C. As                           D. For
51.     A. type                  B. frame                       C. form                        D. pattern
52.     A. decide               B. examine                    C. attach                      D. desire
53.     A. writes               B. orders                      C. signals                            D. organizes
54.     A. little                  B. few                          C. a little                       D. a few
55.     A. sort                  B. style                         C. sight                        D. section
56.     A. rest                   B. break                       C. pause                       D. separate
57.     A. recognize          B. predict                            C. accept                      D. relate
58.     A. confuses           B. attracts                     C. influences                 D. faces
59.     A. in addition to      B. except                      C. more than                D. rather than
60.     A. single                B. complex                   C. long                         D. short
61.     A. vital                  B. unrelated                  C. unimportant              D. unnecessary
62.     A. corrections        B. collections                C. connections                     D. conversations
63.     A. conditional         B. restricted                  C. consequent              D. regular
64.     A. content             B. framework               C. importance               D. context
V. Reading Comprehension ( 35 分 )
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(  A  )
Picture the scene: the battery on your mobile phone has run out. You can’t make any calls for help and no one can contact you. You are all alone---well, not quite. Just reach into your pocket and take out a piece of sugar. Put it into the battery, wait a minute and you’re back on the phone.
Thanks to a couple of American scientists, this situation could become real. Swadesh Chaudhuri and Derek Lovley have invented the “bacteria battery”---powered by bacteria that eat sugar and turn it into electricity. “This is a special organism,” Lovley said. “You can harvest enough electricity to power a cell phone battery for about four days from a spoonful of sugar.”
In the past, bacteria batteries have been expensive and not long-lasting. But this battery uses more efficient bacteria that can turn 80 percent of sugar into electricity energy. This is 30 percent more than similar batteries can manage.
The bacteria battery could become as small as a household battery. It’s also cheap and stable, as sugar can be taken from waste and crops. But the sugar to electricity process is slow: it could take weeks for the bacteria to digest a cup of sugar. And it produces “greenhouse” gases which pollute the environment.
The scientists understand there is a lot more work to be done. “It is still young,” said Lovley. “Where we are now is where solar power was 20 or 30 years ago.” But he believes the battery could be used in scientific equipment at the bottom of the ocean. Other ideas include using sugar in the blood to run medical devices in the human body, and taking sugar from animal waste to provide energy to power homes in rural areas.
65.     Which of the following is NOT the strong point of the newly-developed battery?
A. Convenient.                     B. Stable.        C. Inexpensive.                    D. Quick.
66.     How will the scientists improve the new battery?
A. Increase the bacteria.                             B. Solve the pollution problem.
C. Bring down the price.                                   D. Change the size.
67.     The underlined sentence in the last paragraph actually means________.
A. the bacteria battery shares some similarities with solar energy.
B. scientists will continue their work until they find solar energy.
C. there is much room for the improvement of the bacteria battery.
D. the bacteria battery will get popular in 20 or 30 years.
68.     According to the passage, who will find the bacteria battery less useful?
A. Farmers.                  B. Divers.              C. Doctors.                         D. Electricians.
( B )
( 1 ) Perfect Time Management($ 6.99)　　                               By Ted Johns　　　　　　　Paperback/Random House 99-Rh 150     Managing your time effectively means getting more out of everything you do. This book shows you simply and quickly how to master the techniques and skills that are important in taking control of your time and your life. If you can cut down on the time you spend meeting people, talking on the phone, writing and reading reports, you can use the time saved for really important parts of your job.
( 2 ) Perfect Business Plan($ 6.99)　　　　　　　　　　　　   By Ron Johnson　　　　　　　　Paperback/Random House 99-Rh 151    A carefully prepared plan is important to the success of any business. Planning ahead means you make better decisions today, and help you consider as many of the relevant factors as possible. The book provides a set of plans and shows you how to complete it for your own business in 100 short, easy-to-follow steps. The writer Ron Johnson is an expert on company running and the management of change.
( 3 ) The Perfect Career ($ 6.99)　　　　　　　　　　　　     By Max Eggert　　　　　　　　Paperback/Random House 99-RH 152　 In a world where job chances are continually becoming smaller and smaller, it's more important than ever to actively manage your career. The book makes a clear examination of your skills, experiences and values. Then it provides practical plans to make you achieve your career goals.
( 4 ) Perfect Assertiveness(自信) ($ 6.99)　　　　　　　　　    By Jan Ferguson　　　　　　　　Paperback/Random House 99-RH 153    This book helps you to understand more about assertiveness and teaches you to understand more about yourself, the possibility of change and improvement in personal, social, family and workplace relationships.
69.     When you want to find a suitable job, you had better turn to_______.
A. Perfect Time Management　           B. The Perfect Business Plan
C. The Perfect Career                  　    D. Perfect Assertiveness
70.     As head of a new company, you may ask advice from________.
A. Ted Johns 　　B. Ron Johnson　  C. Max Eggert　         D. Jan Ferguson
71.     If you are kept busy working all day but still not satisfied by your boss, you need to refer to_______.
A. (1)+(3)　　     B. (1)+(4)　　     C. (2)+(3)　　            D. (3)+(4)
(  C  )
The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion．They are closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak．What you produce is for sale on the market．It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market．
In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing fierce competition．Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions．In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting, what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc．
Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work．The commercial counselor's offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations．Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then．One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot．
Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information．The Chinese Export Commodities（货物） Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities．Of course , there are some other ways of making market investigations．
72.     In making market investigations , one should_________．
A．get enough information concerned                B．advertise his products
C．produce high quality goods                          D．none of the above
73.     The underlined word “indispensable” in the first paragraph means_________．
A．impossible        B．necessary                C．advisable                 D．available
74.     Which of the following statements is not true?
A．The relationship between market investigations and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth．
B．It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigations．
C．There are various ways of making market investigations．
D．Production goes before market investigations．
75.     All the following are channels to get market information except _________．
A．to have commercial counselor’s office of our embassies stationed abroad
B．to promote the quality of our own products
C．to send trade groups abroad every now and then
D．to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen
(  D  )
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors （流星）but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation, but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.
Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called ‘rem’ . Scientists have reasons to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage----a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed (畸形的) children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated　(累积) a large amounts of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.
76.     According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that__________.
A.      it protects him from the harmful rays from space.
B.      it provides sufficient light for plant growth.
C.      it supplies the heat necessary for human survival.
D.     it screens off the falling meteors.
77.     We know from the passage that __________.
A.      exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is deadly.
B.      the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming.
C.      radiation is avoidable in space exploration.
D.     astronauts in spacesuits needn’t worry about radiation damage.
78.     The harm that radiation has done to the Apollo crew members__________.
A. is insignificant                                       B. seems overestimated
C. is enormous                                          D. remains unknown
79.     The best title for this passage would be __________.
A. The Atmosphere and Our Environment
B. Research on Radiation
C. Effects of Space Radiation
D. Importance of Protection against Radiation
(  E  )
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A.  How did you find this volunteer opportunity?
B.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of student volunteers?
C.    Based on your observation, what makes a good volunteer stand out?
D.  How has volunteering helped you?
E.  Have you had any volunteers who quit half-way?
F.  What suggestions can you give to students who want to be volunteers?
An interview with a volunteer.
80.
I am a member of our school’s volunteer association. During my freshman(大学一年级新生) year, I was asked to write up a plan for volunteers who assisted patients there. So I visited the hospice (末期病人疗养所) several times. Later, I realized I could do more for the patients and so began volunteering.   .
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When I was a freshman, I was not used to college life. I sometimes felt the hospice was like home. Here, many grannies treated me like their own relative, and I could feel strongly that I was needed. Just shaking hands made them come to life. I not only get great comfort from helping many patients get through the last period of their lives. I also learn a lot from their experiences.
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You have to be prepared both mentally and physically. Most people at this hospice are facing death. So you have prepared to be patient and make them happy and relaxed. Also, persistence is needed. After seeing so many people here die, I know that persistence is hard. But you have to remember that you job is to help them feel less pain before death.
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Good volunteers have something in common: They regard their job as a career, rather than some task that’s been assigned. They learn to enjoy what they are doing, no matter how boring it is. We have a volunteer who has been with us for more than a year. His job is translating letters from kids we helped. Even when he was busy with his classes, he would take a taxi to our office to pick up the letters. When we asked him why, he told us he enjoyed the kids’ stories and learned a lot from them.
84.
Students are often very enthusiastic and direct. They give us feedback that helps us improve our work. And they value the opportunity we give them to broaden their horizons. However, they are still young and some are not responsible enough. And sometimes, they are lazy and careless.
第II卷（共45分）
I. Translation ( 20 分 )
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English using the words given in the brackets.
1．他走到哪儿都带着数码相机。(wherever)
2．你付出的努力越多，离成功就越近。( more )
3．尽管天气不好，音乐会还是按照原定计划举行了。( despite ).
4．令人恼火的是，他把我的话当耳边风。( seriously )
5．最近一项调查表明，父母自身的教育经历对子女未来做什么有一定的影响。( influence )
6．如今，繁华的街道上，短短几步内你就可能发现一家连锁店。(likely)
II．Guided Writing （25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
以“ 最让我感动的一刻（The Most Touching Moment）”为题，写一篇作文。该文章必须包括以下内容：
1．  叙述让你感动的一刻；
2．  谈谈你对这一刻的思考。2009 上海市高三第一次五校联考英语试卷答案和听力文字
第I卷
I.                   Listening ( 30 分)
1-5 CBADC           6-10 DBBDA         11-13 ACD                          14-16 CCB
17. property           18.   Tony             19. Passport/passport           20. Department/department
21.   A football match                    22. In / At a restaurant          23. had no money
24. exciting
II.                Grammar （16 分 ）
25-29 CADCC              30-34 DBADC              35-39 DABCD       40 C
III.             Complete the passage with the proper words in the box. （9 分 ）
41-45 EHDCB               46-49 GIFA
IV.              Cloze （15 分 ）
50-54CDACA               55-59 BCADA        60-64 DACDA
V.                 Reading （ 35 分 ）
65-68 DBCD              69-71.CBB                    72-75．ABDB
76-79 ABDC                 80-84 ADFCB
第Ⅱ卷
I．Translation ( 20 分 )
1．He takes his digital camera with him wherever he goes.
2．The more efforts you make , the closer you are to success
3．Despite the bad weather, the concert was held as planned.
4．To my annoyance, he didn’t take what I had said seriously.
/What annoyed me was that he didn’t take what I had said /my words seriously.
5．According to a recent survey, the educational experience of parents themselves has some influence on what their children ( will ) do in the future.
6．Nowadays, within a short walk along a busy street, you are likely to find a chain store.
/ Nowadays, with a short walk along a busy street, it is likely that you will find a chain store.
评分标准
1．第1~4题，每题3分。第5-6题，每题4分。
2．在每题中，单词拼写、标点符号、大小写错误累计每两处扣1分。
3．语法错误每处扣1分，每句同类语法错误不重复扣分。
4．译文没有用所给单词：扣1分。
II. Writing (25 分)
档次
内容
语言
组织结构
A
9-10
9-10
5-4
B
7-8
7-8
3
C
5-6
5-6
2
D
3-4
3-4
1
E
0-2
0-2
0
评分标准：
1．  本题总分为25分：其中内容10分，语言10分，组织结构5分。
2．  评分时应注意的主要方面：内容要点，应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性及上下文的连惯性。
3．  评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定所属档次，然后对照相应的组织结构档次给予加分。其中，内容和语言两部分相加，得15分或以上者，可考虚加4-5分，15分以上下者只能考虑加0，1，2，3分。
4．  词数少于70，总分最多不超过10分。
各档次给分要求：
内容部分
A． 内容充实，主题突出，详略得当。
B． 内容较充实，能表达出作文要求。
C． 内容基本充实，尚能表达出作文要求。
D．漏掉或未能写清楚主要内容，有些内容与主题无关。
E． 明显遗漏主要内容，严重离题。
语言部分
A． 具有很好的语言表达能力，语法结构正确或有些小错误，主要因为使用了较复杂结构或词汇所致。
B． 具有较强的语言表达能力，语法结构和词汇的应用基本正确，错误主要是因为尝试较复杂结构或词汇所致。
C． 有一些语法结构和词汇方面的错误，但不影响理解。
D．语法结构与词汇错误较多，影响了对内容的理解。
组织结构部分
A． 自然地使用了语句间的连接成分，全文流畅结构紧凑。句子结构多样，词汇丰富。
B． 能使用语间连接成分，全文流畅结构紧凑。句子结构多样，词汇较丰富。
C． 能使用简单的语句间连接成分，全文内容连贯。句子结构有一定的变化，词汇使用得当。
D．尚能使用语句间连接成分，语言连贯性较差。句子结构单调，词汇较贫乏。
E． 缺乏语句间的连接成分，语言不连贯。词不达意。
Tape scripts
Part A Short conversations
1. M: What did John do just now?
W: He took the fork and knife to the customer by the window?
Q: Where was John?                                                                       ( C )
2. M: Which course did Katy sign up for, Sally?
W: She didn’t sign up for the one that lasted for a month, but I did.
Q: Who signed up for the month-long course?                  ( B )
3. M: Operator, I’d like the number of the Jordans.
W: The number of George Jordan on Fifth Street is 235678, and that of Henry Jordan on Grand Avenue is 778923.
Q: What’s the number of George Jordan?                                    ( A )
4. M: We’re planning a party for Shelly, who’s going to retire this semester?
W: That’s a good idea. I hope you invite Jimmy, Cathy and Jerry.
Q: Who’s going to retire?                                                          (D )
5. M: You are going to Beijing tomorrow, aren’t you?
W: Yes, I thought I’d fly, but then I decided that taking a bus could be cheaper than driving or flying.
Q: How will the woman get to Beijing?                                       ( C )
6. M: The express train leaves at the half hour and saves 23 minutes.
W: I took the regular train and it took an hour and a half.
Q: How long is the express train trip?                                          ( D )
7. M: Are you willing to donate blood for the sick man?
W: I’m only too willing to do that.
Q: What does the woman mean?                                                ( B )
8. M: Jane’s major is psychology.
W: I can’t believe she’s not physics major.
Q: What does the woman mean?                                                ( B )
9. M: It’s almost midnight. Why don’t we leave these dishes until tomorrow?
W: Good idea! I’m exhausted.
Q: How does the woman feel ?                                                         ( D )
10. M: Did you read the review of Jim’s novel in today’s paper?
W: Yes, he seems to have discovered a new career in literature.
Q: What’s Jim now?                                                               ( A )
Part B: passages
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
Benjamin Franklin is a great man in the history of the USA. He was a famous statesman, scientist, inventor and philosopher in the 18th century, and he was honored as a man of ideas.
But Ben had an ordinary boyhood. He was born in 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father had a candle shop there. It was a busy shop, for there were no electric lights then, and people needed candles to light their homes, stores, and other buildings.
Young Ben had only two years of schooling when his father put him to work in the family candle shop. But he did not like working in the candle shop. He liked to read. He liked to try out new ideas. He dreamed of seeing strange cities and new things.
When he was ten years old, his brother James came back from England, where he had learned as a printer. James then owned a printing shop in Boston, and Ben went to work for his brother. Very soon, Ben found that he liked the work in the printing shop. Though he was not paid for working, he was pleased to learn printing, and moreover, he had the chance to read. He even felt proud to see people read the words that he had printed.
When Ben was 16, he went to Philadelphia. He tried to get a job there. Fortunately, he found work in another printing shop. As he had learned printing before he came, he became a good printer very soon, and shortly he had a shop of his own. Sometime later Ben married and has a son and a daughter. Now Ben felt that Philadelphia was truly his home.
11. Where was Benjamin’s father’s candle shop?                             ( A )
12. How many years of schooling did young Ben have ?           ( C )
13. Which of the following is true according to the passage?     ( D )
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
The national weather map shows a high pressure area all along the eastern coastline which brought them very pleasant, sunny weather from New York to Florida. But showers and thunderstorms are taking place from the Ohio River all the way south to the Gulf coast, bringing heavy amounts of rain over the southern states.
By far the worst of the storms has taken place in and around Texas. Some Texas stations have reported up to fifteen inches of rain in a twenty-four-hour period with high winds and thunderstorms. Two tornadoes were reported along the Gulf coast of Texas, but we are not clear about damages and injury.
Heavy amounts of snow were reported in the Rocky Mountain region with record cold temperatures in Denver and Boulder. As much as a foot of snow has fallen in some of the mountain stations.
Temperatures in Arizona and the desert Southwest went over the one-hundred-degree mark again today under bright , sunny skies.
14. Where do you think the weather is the best?                       ( C )
15. What’s the weather like on the southern states?                  ( C )
16. According to the report, which state had the highest temperature? ( B )
Part C : Longer conversations
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Excuse me, could you help me?
W: Yes. What seems to be the problem?
M: Well, I was wondering if anyone has turned in a passport.
W: Let me check. May I have your name?
M: Tony, Li.
W: I’m afraid not . Have you lost your passport?
M: I think so. I can’t find it anywhere in my hotel room, and I remember the last place I used it yesterday was in the department store.
W: Where exactly did you use your passport in the store?
M: In the shoe department. I had to show it to pay for these shoes with my traveler’s checks.
W: Well, you can fill in this lost property report, and I will keep my eye out of it. Those kinds of things usually turn up eventually, but I suggest you contact your embassy and tell them about your situation so they can issue you a new passport in case it doesn’t show up.
M: You’re right. Do you have a pen?
W: Here you are.
17. Property          18. Tony        19. Passport/passport           20. Department/ department
Questions 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
W: That was good. I really enjoyed that. Thank you so much for asking me.
M: Not at all. Er-Pamela—
W: Did you watch television last night?
M: No , I didn’t . I hardly ever watch television. Pamela.
W: I did. I watched the football match. It was quite exciting. But it finished in a draw. Both teams played well. Actually, I tried to ring you, but you weren’t in.
M: Did you?
W: Yes. I wanted to tell you it was on.
M: Why?
W: Because it was so exciting. All the fans shouted and clapped and cheered so much that you could hardly hear the commentator. And I know how much you like football.
M: No , I don’t . I hate it.
W: Really? But you used to play at school, didn’t you ?
M: Yes. I did. But I stopped playing years ago. Listen, Pamela?
W: What’s the matter? You look as white as a sheet, Bill. Is there anything wrong?
M: Yes. I am afraid there is. I’ve got to tell you something.
W: What?
M: I didn’t bring any money with me. I can’t pay the bill.
21.   A football match     22. In / At a restaurant.    23. had no money .          24. exciting.