第1部分：词汇选项  (第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)
    下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
1 We are certain that he will get over his illness．
  A sure      B happy
  C surprised  D excited
2 A research center has been set up in this country
  A praised     B established
  C reformed   D criticized
3 If headaches only occur at night，lack of fresh air is often the cause
    A deliver    B fall
    C happen    D arrive
4 The ice is not thick enough to bear the weight of a tank．
  A suffer     B accept
  C receive    D endure
5 A small number of firms have stopped trading
  A hotels        B shops
  C restaurants    D companies
6 In order to survive man needs to consume food and water．
  A work    B play
  C 1ive     D walk
7 The researchers have just completed a study of driving situations．
    A started    B finished
    C changed  D made
8 It seems highly unlikely that she will pass the exam.
  A very     B completely
  C usually   D mostly
9 Their parents once lived under very severe condition。-
  A sound    B hard
  C strict   D tight
10 Michael is now merely a good friend．
  A largely    B possibly
  C just D rarely
11 Have you talked to her lately?
  A lastly    B finally
  C shortly   D recently
12 While we don’t agree，we continue to be friends
  A Whoever    B Where
  C Although    D Whatever
13．Enormous sums of money have been spent on space exploration．
A  Much
C  Small
B Large
D  Fixed
14 About one million Americans are diagnosed，annually with skin cancer
  A every year    B severely
  C actively   D every month
15 The policeman wrote down all the particulars of the accident．
    A secrets    B details
    C benefits  D words
第2部分：阅读判断  (第16~-22题，每题1分，共7分)
    阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。
Step Back in Time
   Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were bornbefore us? One  hundred years ago the average woman 1ived to be 45．Butnow，she Can live until at least 80．
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
ourselvesbetter．We know which foods are good for US and what we have to eat tomake sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need．We know whywe sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again．And we know howimportant it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beatinghealthily．
  But in order that we don’t slip back into bad habits，let’s have a look at what life was like 100 years ago．
 Families had between 15 and 20 children，athough many babies didn’t livelong．Children suffered from lots of diseases，especially rickets(佝偻病)andscurvy(坏血病)，which are both caused by bad diets．This is because manyfamilies were very poor and not able to feed their children well．
 Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London andManchester often slept standing up, bending over a piece ofstring，because there was no room for them to lie down．
  Peopledidn’t have fridges until the 1920s．They kept fresh food cold bystoring it on windowsills(窗台板)，blocks of ice，or even burying it in thegarden．
  Some children had to start work at the age of seven oreight lo earn money for their parents．If you had lived 100 yearsago，you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by manychildren)or working with your dad by now．
16 On average women lived longer than men 1 00 years ago．
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
17 People now enjoy longer lives for unknown reasons．
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
18 A hundred years ago many kids died at all early age．
  A Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
19 Poor diets can lead to such diseases as rickets and scurvy．
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
20 People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping
  A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
21 An Englishman invented the fridge in the 1920s．
  A  Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
22 Life was not easy for many children living 1 00 years ago．
  A  Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子  (第23~30题，每题1分，共8分) 
    阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第1～4段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第27~-30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
English and English Community
1There is no doubt that English is a useful language．The people whospeak English today make up the largest speech community in the worldwith the exception of speakers of Chinese．
2  A speech community issimilar to other kinds of communities．The people who make up thecommunity share a common language．Often they live side by side, as theydo in a neighborhood (街坊)，a village，or a city．More often they form awhole country．National boundaries，however，are not always the same asthe boundaries of a speech community．A speech community is any group ofpeople who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live．
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speechcommunity．For convenience(方便)，we may divide the speakers into twogroups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers 1earn English as a second language forthe purpose of education，commerce，and so on．
4 Learning a secondlanguage extends one’s vision and expands the mind．The history andliterature of a second language record the real and fictional(虚构的)livesof people and their culture；a knowledge of them adds to our ability tounderstand and to feel as they feel．Learning English as a secondlanguage provides another means of communication through which thewindow of the entire English speech community becomes a part of ourheritage．
23 Paragraph  1            
24 Paragraph  2            
25 Paragraph  3            
26 Paragraph  4            
A Threat Posed by English
B Definition of a Speech Community
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F A Widely Used Language
27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of             .
28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from             .
29 People who live in different places may belong to             .
30 Many people learn English as             .
A a second language
B the same language
C the same speech community
D any other language
E national boundaries
F a part of one’s heritage
第4部分：阅读理解(第31~,45题，每题3分，共45分)
    下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。请根据文章的内容，从每题所给的4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
第一篇             U．S．Blacks Hard-hit by Cancer
    Death rates for cancer are falling for all Americans，but black Americans are still more
likely to die of cancer than whites，the American Cancer Society said Monday．
 In a special report on cancer and blacks．the organization said blacksare usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites．and they are morelikely to die of the disease．
This could be because ofunequal(不平等的)access to medical care，because blacks are more likely tohave other diseases as well，and perhaps because of differences in thebiology(生物学) of the cancer itself, the report added．
  “Ingeneral，black Americans have less hope of surviving five years afterdiagnosis than  whites for all cancer sites and all stages ofdiagnosis,”the report said．
  “In describing cancer statistics forblack Americans，this report recognizes that many of the  differencesassociated with race may be caused by unfair social and economicdifferences and unequal access to medical care．”
  The cancersociety said blacks should be encouraged to get check—ups(体格检查)earlier,when cancer is more treatable，and it said more research is needed tosee if biological differences play a role．
  “The new statisticsemphasize the continuing importance of wiping out these unfair socialdifferences through public policy and education efforts，”theorganization said in a statement．
But it also noted a drop in cancerdeath rates．“Cancer death rates in both sexes for all sites combinedhave dropped greatly among black Americans since 1992，as have incidencerates(发生率)，”said the report．
31 Black Americans are more likely to die of cancer than
  A people in other countries．
  B white Americans．
  C a11 other Americans．
  D their ancestors．
32 Which may NOT be a reason for higher cancer death rates among US blacks?
A Unequal access to medical care．
B Greater probability of having other diseases．
C Differences in the biology of the cancer.
D Early diagnosis．
33 Cancer is more treatable if it is detected
  A  in an early stage．
  B  in a late stage．
  C  all of a sudden．
  D together with other diseases．
34 Public policy and education efforts may help to do away with
    A death rates．
    B various cancers．
    C unfair social differences．
    D biological differences．
35 Since 1 992，cancer death rates among black Americans
  A have been going up and down．
  B have remained stable．
  C have increased．
  D have fallen.
第二篇              A Desert Between Paul and Clara
  Paul had long promised to marry Clara．But at thirty•thee he met and married Alice．Clara was driven mad．
 Paul was taken to court．The judge ordered him to pay Clara$600 becauseof the broken promise．Paul had to borrow the money from amoneylender．He agreed to pay back$5 a month—for twenty years．His wagesat the time were$16 a month．
  Paul and Alice were poor but notunhappy．They had little enough food，certainly，even before the childrenbegan to arrive．Each month Paul paid$5 to the moneylender．He workedhard, never taking a holiday．In time，there were seven mouths to feed．
   Illness was always with them．It grew serious when the oldest child waseight．The years of hunger weakened the family, because each month Paulpaid$5．The details of the sickness were  ugly, but the result wasthis：after twelve years of family life，Paul was alone in the world.
   He lived alone．except for memories．Work was not now a god for him：itwas a pain-killer．Each month he paid，and in time the twenty yearsended．From that moment his wages were his own．
  One day, It was aholiday went to the seaside．He sat down on a seat by the sea．Amiddle．aged woman came and sat down near him．They recognized each otherat once.
    The woman said．“The$600 has been in the bank since theday it was paid to me．It is now $6，000，and I have kept it for you．Willyou let me share it with you?”
    “No，”said Paul，gently．“Each thousand is a lost life in a desert between us. It can never  bring any happiness．”
36 Paul was ordered to pay Clara$600 because
    A he had borrowed $600 from her．
    B he had broken his word to marry her．
    C he had promised to give her$600．
    D he had spent a lot of her money．
37 How many children did Paul and Alice have?
    A Two.
    B Four.
    C Five.
    D Eight.
38 Twelve years after his marriage，Paul was
  A poor but not sad．
  B very sick．
  C free from debt.
  D lonely and unhappy．
39 After his wife and children died，Paul turned to his work to
  A  ease his pain．
  B  forget his debt．
C  get pleasure．
D  seek friendship．
40 When Paul met Clara again 20 years later, he decided
    A to share the$600 with her．
    B not to marry her．
    C to ask back the$600．
    D not to refuse her offer
第三篇                         Florence Nightingale
 Florence Nightingale was born in Florence，Italy，while her wealthyEnglish parents were traveling in Europe．As a child，she traveled tomany places with her family and learned how to speak several languages．
 When Nightingale was 17，she told her family that she was going to helpsick people．Her parents did not approve，but Nightingale was determined．
   She traveled to hospitals all over Europe．She saw that doctors wereworking too hard．She saw that patients died because they did not getenough care．Nightingale felt that women could be doing more to helpdoctors take care of sick people．
  Nightingale knew that in orderfor nurses to do more，they needed special training in how to take careof sick people．Nightingale went to a hospital in Germany to studynursing．Then she returned to London and became the head of a group ofwomen called Gentlewomen During Illness．These women cared for sickpeople in their homes．
    In 1854．England was fighting a war withRussia．№reporters wrote about the terrible conditions in the hospitalsthat cared for the wounded．People demanded that something be done aboutit．A leader of the government asked Florence Nightingale to take somenurses into the war hospitals．So，in November 1 854，Nightingale finallygot to work in a hospital．
    She took along 3 8 nurses whom she had trained herself．
   At first．the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale andher nurses in their hospitals．They did not believe that women couldhelp．But in fact，the nurses did make a  difference．They worked aroundthe clock，tending the sick．Thanks to their hard work，many  woundedsoldiers survived．
    After the war, Nightingale and her nurseswere treated 1ike heroes．。Finally，in 1 860，she  started the NightingaleSchool for Nurses．In time，thanks to Florence Nightingale，nursing became an important part of medicine．
41 Florence Nightingale was born into a rich
  A  Italian family．
  B  Russian family．
  C  English family．
  D  German family．
42 Nightingale’s parents did not approve of her decision
    A to work as a doctor．
B to care for sick people．
C to fight in the war with Russia．
D to travel to hospitals all over Europe．
43 It was not until the War with Russia that Nightingale
  A  got to work in a hospital．
  B  began to study nursing．
  C  started to care for sick people in their homes．
  D  became the head of Gentlewomen During Illness
44 On the battlefields Nightingale and her nurses proved to be
  A  as bad as the doctors had expected．
  B  quite generous．
  C  less than useful．
  D  very helpful．
45 Nightingale played a great role in
  A the building of war hospitals．
  B the education of women．
  C the development of nursing．
  D the improvement of working conditions for women．
第5部分：补全短文  (第46~-50题，每题2分，共10分)
阅读下面的短文，文章中有5．处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Allof US have felt pain．We have cut ourselves．We have been burned．Or wehave had headaches．Some of us suffer pain rarely painrarely.              (46)
Pain can take complete control of our bodyand mind，making it impossible to move and even to think．Yet we needpain．Without it，we would not know．1f we have hurt ourselves．It is ourbody’s warning system.               (47)
Pain is the most commonreason we go to a doctor It is the most common reason we takemedicines．Until recently，however, most doctors knew of only a few drugsthat stopped some pains               (48)But new knowledge about theprocess of pain is helping them to control pain better．
Scientistshave learned that the sense of pain is made up of both chemical andelectrical signals.              (49)Scientists also have learned thatthe nervous system sends two different kinds of pain messages to thebrain：one very fast，the other slow．The first message is the warningsignal．It moves at a speed of 30 meters a second．In less than asecond，the brain understands that part of the body is hurt and howbadly it is injured．              (50)It tells us not to use theinjured part until it heals．
A  And others have painful attacks all the time．
B These signals travel from nerve cells in the injured area，up the spinal cord(脊髓)to the brain，and back down again．
C It tells us that We are injured and should do something about it
D They knew little about the process of pain itself．
E The other message moves at a speed of only 013~meter a second．
F And they send the second，slower message of pain to the brain．
第6部分：完形填空  (第51~65题，每题1分，共15分)
  阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
What Is Cancer?
Canceris actually a group of many related diseases that all have to do withcells．Cells are the very small units that make upall——(51)things，including the human body．There are billions ofcells——(52)each person’s body．Cancer happens when cells that are notnormal grow——(53)spread very fast．Normal body cells grow and divide andknow when to stop growing．Over time，they also die．——(54)these normalcells，cancer cells just continue to grow and divide out of control anddon’t die．Cancer cells usually group together to form tumors(肿瘤)．
Agrowing tumor becomes a lump of cancer cells——(55)can destroy thenormal cells around the——(56)and damage the body’s healthy tissues．Thiscan make someone very——(57)．
  Sometimes cancer cells break awayfrom the original tumor and travel to other areas of the——(58)，wherethey keep growing and can go on to form new tumors．This is how cancer——(59)．The spread of a tumor to a new place in the bodyis——(60)metastasis(转移)．
  People with cancer may feel pretty sick attimes—but Call usually still do lots of normal things．——(61)they arevery sick，kids and teenagers with cancer may still be able to go toschool．They may be tired Or bruise(出现青肿)easily，but they——(62)sometimesgo to camp，movies，and sleepover(在外过夜的)parties．People with cancer stilllike the same things they did——(63)they got sick．
  Cancer in kidsis rare—but today, many kids who do get cancer go on living normallives．The number of kids who beat cancer goes——(64)every year becauseof new cancer treatments．So a lot of kids with cancer will some daydrive cars，go to college，have careers，and even get——(65)and havefamilies of their own．
51 A living  B nice  C big  D whole
52 A by   B in  C with  D at
53 A or   B but  C and D though
54 A Unlike  B Like C After  D Without
55 A who  B what  C where  D which
56 A shape  B tumor C thing  D group
57 A sick  B rich  C mild  D active
58 A country  B body  C Cell  D place
59 A spreads  B turns  C moves D travels
60 A said  B supposed C known  D called
61A In case B Because C Unless  D If
62 A can  B must  C should  D need
63 A before  B after  C once   D While
64 A down  B by  C up   D forward
65 A fired B married  C joined  D upset