完形填空(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)

When I was 15, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. All the students nearly fell out of their chairs, me. “Don’t be . Only geniuses (天才) can become writers,” the English teacher said sarcastically（諷刺地）. “And you are getting a D this term.” I was deeply and I burst into tears.

That night I wrote a short, sad poem about unusual dreams and mailed it to the Capper’s Weekly newspaper. To my , they published it, and sent me two dollars. I was a paid writer! I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed again. “Just plain dumb luck,（純屬僥幸）” the teacher said. However, I’d tasted . I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written.

By the time I graduated from high school（with a C-minus average）, I had scrapbooks filled with my published works. I never talked about my writing to my , friends or my family again. They were killers, and if people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their dreams.

Later, I wrote a book about what I understood and felt about life. It took me nine months, just like a(an) . I chose a publisher and wrote a letter, which : “I wrote this book myself, I you like it. Chapters(章節(jié)) 6 and 12 are my favourites. Thank you.” I mailed it without an envelope.

A month later, I a letter, and a request to start working on book. Crying Wind became a bestseller, and was translated into 15 languages. People ask what college I attended, what degrees I have, and what qualifications(品質(zhì)) I have to be a writer. The answer is . I just write. I’m not a genius, and I’m not gifted. I just write. To all those who dream of , I’m shouting at you, “Yes, you ! Don’t listen to them!” Writing is easy. It’s fun, and anyone can do it.

1.A. listening to B. talking about C. laughing at D. looking at

2.A. silly B. discouraged C. shy D. pride

3.A. hurt B. cheated C. struck D. hit

4.A. regret B. surprise C. joy D. disappointment

5.A. success B. failure C. luck D. pain

6.A. parents B. headmasters C. publishers D. teachers

7.A. time B. hobby C. thought D. dream

8.A. baby B. plant C. animal D. boy

9.A. wrote B. read C. showed D. told

10.A. demand B. think C. hope D. suggest

11.A. accepted B. received C. signed D. kept

12.A. others B. the other C. other D. another

13.A. many B. none C. some D. few

14.A. success B. being famous C. writing D. being rich

15.A. must B. can C. need D. should

語法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，共15分）

When I was in my first year of college, I 1. (feel) hopeless, lonely and very depressed. 2. a cloudy day of September 15, I was walking from class across campus to catch my bus home, head down, fighting tears of despair, when 3. old man came along the sidewalk toward me. I had never seen him before. Embarrassed at being seen in such an unhappy mood, I turned my head away and tried to hurry past. I thought he would walk on by, 4. he moved until he was directly in front of me, waited, and then smiled.

5. (look) into my eyes, this stranger spoke in a quiet voice, " I’m sure that 6.is unhappy will pass. You're going to be OK. Come on!" I cannot explain the effect of that moment. He gave me one thing I had lost 7. (complete): hope. I looked for him on campus to thank him, but never saw 8. again.

That was thirty years ago. I know how lucky 9. is to meet such a kind man. Furthermore, I have never forgotten that moment, 10. taught me to give hope to others wherever I see them in trouble.

閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (電報)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租車) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1.Dick flew to New York because_____.

A. he went there for a holiday

B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (觀光)

D. his home was there

2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

3.Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.

4.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (經(jīng)理) of his hotel.

B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.

D. His wife.

5.Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.

“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It's cool. ”You may think, “He's so cool, ”when you see your favourite footballer.

We all maximize（擴大） the meaning of“cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited. On one student's paper was Just the one sentence, “It's so cool. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

1.We know that the word "cool" has had________.

A. only one meaning B. no meanings

C. many different meanings D. the same meaning

2.In the passage, the word “express” means “________”.

A. see B. show C. know D. feel

3.If you are _______ something, you may say, “It’s cool.”

A. interested in B. angry about

C. afraid of D.unhappy with

4.The writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used.

A. pleased with B. strange to

C.worried about D. careful with

5.In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “cool”________.

A. can be used instead of many words

B. usually means something interesting

C. can make your life colourful

D. may not be as cool as it seems

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green--a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

1.The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. color and its surprising effects.

B. women being luckier than men

C. danger caused by color blindness

D. color blindness

2.According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can____________.

A. tell different shapes

B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes

D. tell orange from yellow

3.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A. Women are more careful.

B. There are fewer color-blind women

C. Women are fonder of driving than men.

D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

4.Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?

A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.

B. None of them can see deep red.

C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

D. All of them see everything in shades of green.

5.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a __________.

A. red light B. yellow light

C. blue light D. green light

信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

下面是一篇應用文及其應用場合的信息，請閱讀下列應用文和相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

下面是新書介紹， 請根據(jù)各段內(nèi)容介紹，完成文章各題匹配。

A. Busy parents? Bored children? Do you want something educational to entertain your children while you do something else? This is the most popular book for the under-fives.

Wonderful stories and beautiful pictures. They are promised to be quiet when they open the book. What’s more, it is cheap.

B. Written by Bill Poole, CEO, president, and founder of Life Lead International, it is a good choice for your children. With an animated fable, the Journey to Newland storybook provides readers with a cast of memorable characters, a captivating story, and a common language to deal with difficult and often emotionally sensitive issues in negotiating change within their organizations.

C. Sorts out some misunderstandings and common confusions of the English language with practical savvy and occasional sass. The Word Book from Writers.com answers simple questions succinctly (is it discreet? or discrete? sensual or sensuous?). Other answers go a step further—with entertaining forays into the quirks and fascinations of English.

D. IELTS consists of four parts: listening, reading, writing and speaking. Listening is very important. Are you confident? Have you made well preparation? IELTS Listening is helpful for your preparation for IELTS, which is supposed to enable you to obtain an overall score.

E. As the world's most popular automotive magazine, Car and Driver informs and entertains people who like cars. It offers the highest quality vehicle tests in the business by applying a discerning eye to every car, pickup truck, van, and sport-utility vehicle that is marketed for consumers. The magazine also covers the latest developments in technology, which affect automobiles and driving.

F. Susan Weinschenk’s excellent ideas on making a perfect speech are so effective that once you own the book, you will become a good speaker. How to organize, how to resent, how to conquer your audience become so easy. Speakers will become confident with the guidance of the book.

請閱讀以下的人員資料，依據(jù)不同人員的需求，進行信息匹配。

1.Susan comes from China. As a middle school student, she wrote quite a lot of short stories, some of which were published in the newspaper. But sometimes she is confused when she comes across some words and phrases. She wants to find something to help her to sort out the misunderstandings and common confusions of the English language.

2.Arthur has been working in China for about two years. Now he needs a car, for he has to send his daughter to school before he goes to work. Before that he has to collect all kinds of information about cars so as to make a good choice.

3.Ron’s wife is in hospital. He has to take care of the four-year-old John and do all the housework. But John follows him all the time. Ron feels tired and he wants to find something suitable for John, which should be educational and cheap.

4.Li Ming tends to enter the training for IELTS for immigration purpose next term. But he is afraid that his listening is not good enough. He needs more special training on his listening to make well preparations for the IELTS.

5.Alice is now studying in China, and she is especially interested in making a speech. She is invited to make a speech to introduce IELTS for her new classmates next week. She needs a book to help her improve her speech.

第一節(jié) 完成句子(滿分15分)每空只填一個單詞。

1.Such a good article did he write that he won the _________(獎).

2.He ________(欽佩) his father for the courage and bravery.

3.A __________(均衡的) diet and regular exercise are both important for health.

4.Illness undermined his _________(力量).

5.Swimming __________(有助于) us in training our will and building up our bodies.

6.The next morning, I’d just about given myself up for lost when I was _________(發(fā)現(xiàn)) by a ship.

7.Without your teacher’s words, you are not _______ (允許) to go there.

8.On the _______(相反), I don’t like it at all.

9.I felt my heart beating _________ (猛烈地).

10.No two brothers could be more _______(不象) in appearance or character.

11.The question _________(迷惑) him a lot was too difficult for a child of eight.

12.We saw a light in the _________ (遠處).

13.Be careful when you are _________(聊天) on the Net.

14.You should take some effective _________(措施) to improve your work.

15.My father _________(使印象深刻) on me the value of hard work.

句子翻譯（共5小題，每小題3分，共15分）

1.他說起英語來就好像一個英國人一樣。（as if）

2.眾所周知，中國是一個人口大國。（It is well-known that…）

3.在信上簽名的是我而不是你。（rather than）

4.李明是我班第三高的學生。（the+序數(shù)詞+最高級）

5.這使得學習英語成為每個人的需要。（主語+動詞+it+賓補+for sb to do sth）

書面表達：（15分）

你的美國筆友Lisa暑假期間將要來中國旅游，請你根據(jù)提示，寫一篇介紹你的家鄉(xiāng)廣州的短文。

1. 廣州市地處廣東省中部，是廣東省的省會，是一座有2200多年的文明歷史的古城；面積7434.4平方千米 ，人口約1000萬；

2. 1982年，廣州被選定為全國首批歷史文化名城之一。

廣州一年四季如春、繁花似錦，故又有“花城”的美譽；同時，“五羊”是廣州的象征。

4. 今日廣州，正以迷人的風采迎接來自四面八方的海內(nèi)外游客。

評分標準：

句子結(jié)構(gòu)準確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫。

—I’m amazed to hear that Frank and Linda have broken up.

—________. They were walking happily hand in hand last time I saw them.

A. So am I

B. Neither am I

C. Nor do I

D. So do I