Leaves are found on all kinds of trees, but they differ greatly ________ size and shape.

   A. on         B. from          C. by            D. in

Part A: Short Conversation

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. Coke.       B. Coffee.       C. Tea.          D. Water.

2.A. At a restaurant.             B. At a studio.  C. At a concert. D. At a theatre.

3.A. Relieved.   B. Worried.      C. Confused.     D. Depressed.

4.A. The Browns. B. The Browns’ son.              C. The postman.  D. The neighbour.

5.A. 7:00.       B. 7:10.         C. 9:00.         D. 9:10.

6.A. The ring is not hers.        B. She doesn’t have gold rings.

  C. She prefers gold to silver.  D. She lost her silver ring.

7.A. The screen doesn’t have to be cleaned.   

B. The keyboard also needs cleaning.

  C. The man shouldn’t do the cleaning.          

D. There’s not enough time to clean both.

8.A. The driver will stop the bus immediately.

B. The guy by the door will help the woman.

  C. The woman should check the map. 

D. He will tell the woman when to get off.

9.A. She dislikes fireworks.      B. She has plans for the evening.

  C. She doesn’t feel like going out.             D. She has to get theatre tickets.

10.A. They can’t see the stars clearly.          

B. They’re not in the city tonight.

   C. They’re looking at the stars from the city.  

D. They’re talking about movie stars.

Part B Passages

Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages 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. It can make her famous.     B. It is easy and rewarding.

   C. It is dangerous but exciting.                D. It has its moving moment.

12.A. Somebody was killed.        B. Nobody was injured.

   C. Karen was physically hurt.  D. Many buildings exploded.

13.A. A fierce war.                                B. A serious injury.

C. A terrible explosion.       D. A brave journalist.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.

14.A. Internet use is increasing quickly in rural and urban areas.

   B. More and more rural residents have Internet access.

   C. People have a limited choice on Internet providers.

   D. City residents use the Internet frequently.

15.A. Over 2 million.   B. Around 6 million.    C. 23 million.     D. 17 million.

16.A. More girls have their own websites than boys.

   B. 1 in 4 kids have Internet access from home.

   C. Most kids think they get too little time online at school.

   D. Internet connection at home is quicker than that at school.

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 me numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

B1anks l 7 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

 阅读下面的文字，用英语写一篇 120—150 词的短文。

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阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）

As American friend of mine who was high up in a big corporation had worked out a way of heading a good of e-mails before most of us bad, even heard of the concept. If any information he was sent was vital enough, his back of response would ensure the sender rang him up , if the sender wasn’t important enough to have his private numbers the communication couldn’t be that important, my friend is now even more senior in the same company so the strategy must work.

Almost every week now there seems to be a report suggesting that we are all being driven crazy by the bother of e-mail. He this is the case, it’s only because we haven’t developed an appropriate in dealing with it.

________ Firstly. You junk nothing with an exclamation mark on a string of capital letters, or from my address, you don’t recognize on feel confident about.

Secondly, e-mail don’t and have to be answered. Because e-mail is so easy, there’s a tendency for correspondence to carry on for ever, but it is permissible to stop an endless discussion or to accept a point of information sent by a colleague without acknowledging it.

Thirdly, a reply e-mail thoughts have to be the same length as the original. We all have e-mail pals who send long, chatty e-mails, which are nice to receive, but who then expect an equally long reply. The chart of e-mail can consist in the simple, incomplete sentence, totally regardless of the of the bread of the letter meat by post. You are perfectly within the bounds of politeness in responding to a marathon e-mail with a better reply.

1.Which sentence in the passage to the closest in meaning to the following one?

The possible existence of annoyance results from our inability to sort out e-mails.

2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with a proper sentence. (within 10 words )

3.What advice si given in the last paragraph? (within 10 words)

4.For what purpose does the author mention his American friend in Paragraph 1? (within 10 words)

5.Franslate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

Sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.

The shoes—named Square Eyes—contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.

The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”

Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.

Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.

Existing pedometers （计步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.”

1.According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to ________.

A．keep a record of the steps of the wearer

B．deal with overweight among teenagers

C．enable children to resist the temptation of TV

D．prevent children from being tricked by TV programs

2.Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?

A．They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time.

B．They determine a child’s daily pocket money.

C．They have raised the hot issue of overweight.

D．They contain information of the receiver.

3.What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?

A．The exact number of steps to be taken.

B．The precise number of hours spent on TV.

C．The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.

D．The way of changing steps into TV watching time.

4.Compared with other similar products, the new design ________.

A．makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat

B．counts the wearer’s steps through shaking

C．records the sudden movement of the wearer

D．sends teenagers’ health data to the receiver

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time

B．Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise

C．Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise

D．Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight

When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.

For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of  the year.

Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”

Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.

When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.

The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors.

As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.

Not surpassingly. She is a big believe in the white of acts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.

1.The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________.

A．discouraging   B．interesting   C．creative    D．unbearable

2.When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.

A．music was a focus of learning in most schools

B．theenvironment was favorable to music teaching

C．the school backed teaching facilities for music

D．immemorial support for music programs was unavailable

3.What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?

A．She concerned herself with current social problems.

B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.

C．She has aught music at the elementary school for 22 years.

D．She make great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature.

4.Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?

A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.

B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.

C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.

D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.

5.In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.

A．art music and PE classes are all important

B．more subjects should be offered to students

C．students should be nativated to attend art classes

D．arts education is more important than other subjects

6.It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A．Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people

B．Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school

C．Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music

D．Peterson will change her profession next year

If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings.

Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading in all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report , he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation either this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well, but read text often for fun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are been on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

1.Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

A．Marry children’s books have been adapted from films.

B．Marry high-quality children’s books have been published.

C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

D．The sales of presents for children have increased.

2.Statistics suggested that           .

A．the number of top students increased with the use of computers

B．a decreasing number of  children showed interest in reading

C．a minority of primacy school children read properly

D．a huge percentage of children read regularly

3.What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

4.Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________.

A．take greater advantage of the project

B．show the potential to enjoy a long life

C．are likely to succeed in their education.

D．would make excellent future researchers

5.The arm of this text would probably be _________.

A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.

B．to encourage the publication of more children’s books

C．to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

D．to introduce a way to improve early children reading

A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was, “No charge.” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans.

It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we          to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.

Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.

1.The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of           

A．unconcern         B．sympathy

C．doubt             D．tolerance

2.What do we know about James Kemnedy?

A．He was a written of an online magazine.

B．He was a poet at the University of Florida

C．He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D．He learned about the author’s sufferings.

3.It can be inferred from the text that          

A．the author’s family was in financial difficulty

B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster

C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area

D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank

4.The author learned from his experience that           

A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary

B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases

C．people benefit from their sad stories

D．human beings are kind after all.

阅读下面短文、掌握其大意、然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，

选出最佳选项、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 1realize that those challenges to the very things than 2us and make us who we are ,it is the same with the challenges that come  with 3.

When we are fared with a challenge, we usually have two 4. we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 5the challenge isn’t worth the 6and call it quits. Although there are certainly 7when calling it quits it the right thing to do, in most 8all that is needed is 9and communicable.

When we are communed to something, it means that no matter how 10or how uncomfortable something is ,we will always choose to 11it trough instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 12for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 13you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” 14“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 15they me: small hurdles you need to jump or 16on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 17to get over, and hurt only 18to make us stronger. It s all part of growing up, it 19to everyone, and some day you will 20all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it make me who I am today. And that a good thing.”

1.A．seem to        B．come to        C．hope to       D．try to

2.A．design         B．promote        C．direct        D．shape

3.A．confidence     B．pressure        C．friendship     D．difficulty

4.A．opportunities   B．expectations     C．choices       D．aspects

5.A．demanding     B．deserving       C．predicting     D．presenting

6.A．comment      B．loss            C．trouble       D．expense

7.A．spans         B．times           C．dates         D．ages

8.A．cases         B．fields           C．parts         D．occasions

9.A．assessment    B．commitment      C．encouragement D．adjustment

10.A．doubtful      B．shameful         C．harmful       D．painful

11.A．keep         B．control          C．face          D．catch

12.A．space         B．plan            C．topic         D．room

13.A．If            B．As             C．While         D．Unless

14.A．other than     B．rather than       C．or rather       D．or else

15.A．what         B．who            C．where         D．which

16.A．pass by       B．come across      C．get through    D．run over

17.A．unnecessary   B．necessary        C．impossible     D．possible

18.A．serves        B．means          C．aims          D．attempts

19.A．opens        B．appeals          C．goes          D．happens

20.A．lock down on  B．look back on     C．look forward to  D．look up to

 The book was written in 1946,         the education system has witnessed great charges.

A．when               B．during which

C．since then           D．since when