12. Although he was not _____ tired, he didn’t care _____.

A. a little; a little        B. a bit; a bit               C. a little; a bit             D. a bit; a little

 Jack is good, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can’t speak too highly of him.               

       A. As a result  B. In a word   C. In other words   D. Above all

D

Stricter Traffic Law can Prevent Accidents

From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.

 It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-years-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.

 The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy tragic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.

 It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if tit results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.

52. The main idea of this passage is__________-

A. Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.

B. Thousands of people the world over are killed each year.

C. The laws of some countries about driving are too lax.

D. Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.

53. What does the author think of society toward motorists?

A. Society smiles on the motorists.

B. Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns.

C. Victims of accidents are nothing.

D. Society condones their rude driving.

54. Why does the author say:’ his car becomes the extension of his personality?’

A. Driving can show his real self.

B. Driving can show the other part of his personality.

C. Driving can bring out his character.

D. His car embodies his temper.

55.  Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?

A. Build more highways.

B. Stricter driving tests.

C. Test drivers every three years.

D. raise age limit and lay down safety specifications.

56.   The attitude of the author is

A. ironical     B. critical              C. appealing          D. positive

第一部分  英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共三節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)  語音知識(shí)（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

1.  aloud             A. camera              B. cinema              C. carriage             D. many

2.  mankind          A. machine            B. bank                 C. rank                  D. language

3.  club                A. pollution           B. struggle             C. useful               D. bury

4.  hear                A. heart                 B. search               C. nearly               D. bear

5.  suggestion           A. traditional         B. emotion            C. exhibition          D. question

After suffering a heart attack, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead, ________ a tragic end to the world’s most popular entertainer．

         A．marking     B．to mark              C．marked        D．having marked

The belief is generally held_____communicative skill is a must nowadays in hunting for a job.

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

I’ve already ___ at the hotel.Can I put my luggage in your room for a while?

A. checked out   B. checked off   C. paid off   D. paid off

完形填空 （共20小題；每小題1分,滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從21 – 40 各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A, B, C, 和D）中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題紙上將該選項(xiàng)標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。

The Best Holiday

 I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter. Emily  21  to buy a mountain bike. she’d been saving her pocket money all year,  22  doing small jobs to earn extra money.

 By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “ You  23  have your pick from my bicycle  24 .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would   25   choose.

  As Christmas  26  near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she  27  a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy ?” she asked.  “Sorry, Em , I’m out of  28  .”

  Throughout December, Emily continued to   29  hard. Then one day, she made a  30  announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving ?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $ 58 to a volunteer who was really very  31 .

  32  by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute  33  of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children.     34   I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow(發(fā)光). Should I  contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t  35  the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later  36  the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very  37  , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re   38   away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”

Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the  39   ? I like to think it was God’s way of  40  a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years--- while giving her dad a lesson in the process.

—Excuse me, I don’t want to interrupt you but…

—        .

  A. You are welcome     B. It’s okay       C. I have no idea      D. That’s right

83. Our cousin who is attending college in New York phones us every Sunday at six, _________ as clockwork.

A. regular                  B. irregular             C. regularly              D. Irregularly