It was with great excitement one morning in July ________ the young man read a classified advertisement．

       A．when       B．that C．who  D．which

— Got your driving license?

    — No. I            too busy to have enough practice, so I didn’t take the driving test last week.

A. was        B. have been       C. had been        D. am

---Are you going for an autumn outing?

   ---______．

      A. It all depends                             B. It is all depending

      C. It’s all depended                           D. It all depends on

When we sleep is       cultural as biological-and practices differ greatly round the globe.

       A．that much B．so much    C．too much  D．a(chǎn)s much

       13th CLIC／LISO annual conference set for California

    Event

    13th annual CLIC／LISO Conference

    Dates

    May  l7 to 19, 2007

    Venue

    Santa Barbra, California，US

    Theme

    Conference on Language，Interaction (相互作用) and Culture

    Organizer

    *The Australia Research Council (ARC)；

    *Language，Interaction and Social Organization (LISO) group；

    *The Center for language，Interaction and Culture (CLIC).

    Keynote and featured speakers

    *Barbara Fox，professor of 1inguistics (語(yǔ)言學(xué))，University of Colorado，Boulder，US；

    *Celia Kitzinger, professor of sociology，University of York，UK：

    *Norma Mendoza-Denton，professor of anthropology (人類學(xué))，University of Arizona，US；

    *Jason Raley，assistant professor of education，University of California，Santa Barbara, US

    Topic areas

    *Anthropological linguistics；

    *Pragmatics；

    *Conversation analysis；

    *Discourse analysis

    Participants

    Language and culture researchers from institutions across US，Australia and many other countries．

    Background information

    The Language，Interaction. and Social Organization (LISO) group is composed of professors and researchers in the areas of linguistics，sociology，and education，etc．The Center for Language，Interaction，and Culture (CLIC) is made up of experts from anthropology，applied linguistics，education，psychology，and sociology. Their common purpose is to promote cross-disciplinary discussion of issues regarding language as a complex resource for thinking and acting in the world．

    The Australian Research Council  (ARC) plays a key role in the Australian government’s investment in the future prosperity and well-being of the Australian community．

For further information，please visit http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/.

60．Who are likely to attend the conference?

      A．Language researchers                        B．Language learners

    C．Business men                                      D．Social volunteers

61．What topic will not probably be discussed in the conference?

      A．Pragmatics study                              B．Discourse analysis

      C．Economic development                       D．Language and culture

62．It is inferred from the passage that______．

     A．1anguage is so difficult that learners should study sociology first

     B．LISO aims to promote the prosperity and well-being of the world

     C．the conference will be held in California of Australia

     D．language has a close connection with sociology

第二節(jié)：(共5小題。每小題2分．滿分10分)

    根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為

多余選項(xiàng)。

    May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States．This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall．But according to a recent report，there is a great change．Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever．  61

    These days，college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier．   62  On the other hand，it takes much time for top colleges to accept students．Students may not like being put on waiting lists．Also，common colleges make great efforts to get the students interested in them．Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight．Some universities send gifts．   63 

    For many families，the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money，especially this year；the weak economy makes parents nervous．  64 The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student's loans．So lately，top colleges have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students．

     65  The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down．This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school．The number is not expected to start rising again until 2015．

A．Besides，top colleges are facing changes in the population．

B．What contributes to it?

C．But a mistake can be costly if it happens．

D．But top colleges ignore them．

E．They have international students who know English．

F．It Can mean several acceptances to choose from．

G．They cannot afford college as planned．

            much work you have to do every day，do get enough sleep．

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

 Many of the creatures in the movie “Avatar” are not real, but much of __________ happens is attractive.

   A. which                 B. that                          C. what                        D. them

_______the activities might seem childish, in reality they require a lot of strength and determination.

       A．When                     B．As                          C．While              D．Once

In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them keep you from improving the language. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write – keep a diary, write notes, letters or articles, then if you can, ask someone to go through what you have written and tell you where is wrong . Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the helpful ways is by reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It can’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings or if they have nothing important to do with the sentence. You can do that some other time.

From the passage we know the groundwork is ___ while you are learning a foreign language.

A. reading        B. writing         C. speaking      D. listening

To improve the language, one has to         .

A. pay attention to speaking only                

B. try not to make mistakes

C. correct mistakes only  

D. keep a diary and write notes, letters or articles

When you find some new words in reading, you shouldn’t ___

A. guess their meaning                 B. go on reading

C. stop to look them up in the dictionary   D. keep on reading the important sentence

The best title of this passage might be       .

A. How to Learn a Foreign Language      B. How to Improve Reading

C. How to learn Writing                 D. More reading, .Less speaking