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 sure that he will get over his illness．
  A certain       B aware
  C happy         D determined

2 The policemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.
  A in despair    B in danger
  C in misery     D in pain

3  If headaches only occur at night，lack of fresh air is often the cause．
  A start         B begin
  C happen        D visit

4 The ice is not thick enough to bear the weight of a tank．
  A suffer        B accept
  C receive       D support

5 A small number of firms have ceased trading
  A completed     B finished
  C fulfilled     D stopped

6 She was sent a box of chocolates along with a letter saying she was fired．
A killed          B shot
C dismissed       D murdered

7 The mountains look glorious at sunrise．
A inviting        B magnificent
C appealing       D pleasing

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 conditions、
A sound           B hard
C strict          D tight

10  Michael is now merely a good friend．
  A largely      B barely
  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 Because      B Where
  C Although     D Whatever

13 In judging our work you should take into consideration the fact that we have been very  busy recently．
  A thought      B account
  C mind         D brain

14 You must shine your shoes．
  A polish       B clear
  C wash         D mend

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做出判断。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。
Riches and Romance From Frante’S Wine Harvest
 
   September is harvest time．And with bunches of grapes swinging(摇摆)in the wind，the vineyards of southern France are getting ready to celebrate it．
   The yearly wine festival is held in honor of Bacchus，the Roman god of wine．It’s a fun time with parties，music，dancing，big meals and，of course，lots of wine．
   French wine-making began more than 2,500 years ago．The world’s oldest type of vine grows in France and always produces a good quality wine．Today France produces one-fifth of the world’s wine，and some of the most famous varieties．
    The top wine-producing areas are Bordeaux，Burgundy and the Loire Valley．Champagne，a drink used in celebrations，is named after the place where sparkling(有汽泡的)wine was first produced in 1700．
   Wine is made from the juice of freshly picked grapes．It is the sugars that turn into alcohol．
Traditionally, people used to take off their shoes and crush the grapes with their bare feet to bring out the juice．Nowadays，this practice is usually carried out by machines．
   Each wine producing region has its own character，based on its type of grapes and soil．
   The taste of wine changes with time．Until 1 850, a11 French champagne was sweet．Now, both wine and champagne taste slightly bitter．
   The drink has always been 1inked with riches，romance and nobleness．Yet the French think of it in more ordinary terms．
   They believe it makes daily living easier,1ess hurried and with fewer problems．
  “A11 its links are with times when people are at their best；with relaxation，happiness，long
slow meals and the free flow of ideas，”wrote wine expert Hugh Johnson．

16 All French people celebrate the grape harvest every September．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
17 In the yearly wine festival，people always enjoy themselves．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
18 Wine—making in France has a history of over 2，500 years．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
19 Many varieties of wine produced in France are named after places．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
20 Different regions in France produce different types of wine．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
21 French wine will taste sour(酸的)in the future．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
22 The French people believe that drinking wine is a good way to relax．
  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。

Ford
1  Ford’s great strength was the manufacturing process--not invention．Long before he started a car company, he was a worker, known for picking up pieces of metal and wire and turning them into machines．He started putting cars together in 1 891 Although it was by no means the first popular automobile，the Model T showed the world just how creative Ford was at combining technology and market．
2 The company’s assembly line alone threw America’s Industrial Revolution into overdrive (高速运转)．Instead of having workers put together the entire car, Ford’s friends, who were great toolmakers from Scotland，organized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line．By the time Ford’s Highland Park plant was humming(嗡嗡作响)along in 1914，the world’s first automatic conveyor belt could turn out a car every 93 minutes．
3  The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5一a—day minimum wage scheme, the greatest contribution he had ever made．The average wage in the auto industry then was $2．34 for a 9-hour shift．Ford not only doubled that，he also took an hour off the workday．In those years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didn’t involve all awful lot of training or education．The Wall Street Journal called the plan“an economic crime”，and critics everywhere laughed at Ford．
4 But as the wage increased later to daily $10, it proved a critical component of Ford’s dream to make the automobile accessible(可及的)to a11．The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higher wages didn’t matter---except for making it possible for more people to buy Cars．

23 Paragraph 1                
24 Paragraph 2                
25 Paragraph 3                
26 Paragraph 4                

A Ford’s Opponents
B The Assembly Line
C Ford’s Great Dream
D The Establishment of the Company
E Ford’s Biggest Contribution
F Ford’s Great Talent

27 The assembly line made it possible to                
28 Ford was the first to adopt                
29 Ford’s cars became available to ordinary people thanks to                
30 Ford’s higher-wage and lower-cost strategy was strongly                

A criticized by the media
B the low wage in the auto industry
C their lower prices
D produce cars in large numbers
E the shift
F combined technology and market

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
Preserving Nature for Future
    Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar
needs are felt in the rest of Europe．Studies by the Council of Europe，of which 21 countries are members，have shown that 45 per cent of reptile(爬行动物)species and 24 per cent of
butterflies(蝴蝶)are in danger Of dying out．
    European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr．Peter Baum，an expert in the environment
and natural resources division of the council，when he spoke at a conference arranged by也e
administrators of a British national park．The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the council’s diploma(证书)for nature reserves(自然保护区)of me highest quality, and Dr．Baum
had come to present it to the park once again．He was afraid that public opinion was turning
against national parks，and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today．
But Dr．Baum clearly remained a strong supporter of the view that natural environments needed
To be allowed to survive in peace in their own right．
    “No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist
attraction。”he went on．The short．sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human
demands for outdoor recreation(户外娱乐)should be replaced by full acceptance of their
importance as places to preserve nature for the future．
    “We forget that they are the guarantee of life systems，on which any built-up area ultimately
depends．”Dr．Baum went on．“We could manage without most industrial products，but we could
not manage without nature．However, our natural environment areas，which are the original parts
of our countryside，have shrunk(缩小)to become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted
1andmass．”

31 Recent studies by the Council of Europe have indicated that
  A  Britain is the only country where wildlife needs more protection．
  B  all species of wildlife in Europe are in danger of dying out．
  C  there are fewer species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe than elsewhere
  D  many species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe need protecting．

32 Why did Dr．Baum come to a British national park?
  A  Because he needed to present it with a council’s diploma．
  B  Because he was concerned about its management．
  C  Because it was the only national park of its kind in Europe．
  D  Because it had never before received a diploma from the Council

33 The last sentence in the second paragraph implies that
  A  people should create more natural environment areas
  B  people would go on protecting national parks．
  C  certain areas of countryside should be preserved．
D people should defend the right to live in a peaceful environment．

34 In Dr．Baum’s opinion．the view that a nature reserve should serve as a tourist attraction is
  A  idealistic．
  B  revolutionary．
  C  short—sighted．
  D  traditional．

35 Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?
  A  We have developed industry at the expense of countryside．
  B  We have forgotten what our original countryside looked like．
  C  People living On islands should protect natural resources for their survival．
  D  We should destroy all the built·up areas．
第二篇
Home Heating
  Central heating became popular only after the Civil War. Typically, coal—burning furnaces
(火炉)fueled the early systems．Natural gas had developed into the leading fuel by 1960.Its
acceptance resulted in part from its wide uses．Because it comes primarily from U．S．and
Canadian fields，natural gas is also less vulnerable(脆弱的)than oil is to War．Oil remains the most important fuel in a few areas．such as New England．
    Electric heating dominates most areas with mild winters and cheap electricity, including the South and the Northwest．It was made popular at least in the South by the low cost of adding
electric heating to new houses built with air．conditioning．Bottled gas．which is somewhat more expensive than utility gas，is the fuel of choice in rural areas not served by utility pipelines．Wood is the leading heating fuel in just a few rural counties．
    Home heating，which accounts for less than 7 percent of a11 energy consumed in the U．S．，
has had a commendable(值得赞扬的)efficiency record：from 1978 to 1997，the amount of fuel
consumed for this purpose declined 44 percent despite a 33 percent increase in the number of
housing units and an increase in house size．The U．S．Department of Energy。however, forecasts
mat energy used in home heating will rise by 14 percent over the next two decades．That rise is small considering an expected 2 1 percent increase in the number of houses and the trend toward larger houses．
    Natural gas and electricity will probably dominate the home heating market for the next two decades．Solar(太阳的)heating never became popular because of cost and limited winter
sunlight in most areas；in 2000 only 47.000 homes relied on it．

36 Natural gas didn’t become the leading fuel until
  A  1978．
  B  1960．
  C  1997．    ’
  D  2000．

37 What fuel is the dominant fuel in New England?
    A  Gas．
    B  Electricity．
    C  Wood．
D  Oil．

38 The word “consumed’’ in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by
    A  used．
    B  burned．
    C  delivered．
D  pumped．

39 According to-paragraph 3，energy consumed in home heating over the next two decades
    will increase by
    A  33 percent．
    B  31 percent．
    C  21 percent．
D  14 percent．

40 Which of the following statements is NOT true，according to the article?
  A  Natural gas comes partly from Canadian fields．
  B  Bottled gas is more expensive than utility gas．
  C  Equipment for home heating has been considerably improved．
  D  Solar heating dominated America in 2000．
第三篇
Sleepless at Night
  It was a normal summer night．Humidity(湿气)hung in the thick air．
   I couldn’t go to sleep，partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations for the next day．My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise．
   Sweat stuck to my aching body．Finally,  gathered enough strength to sit up．I looked out of my small window into the night．There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky, giving off a magic light．
   I couldn’t stand the pressure anymore，SO I did what I always do to make myself feel better．I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste．I cleaned my teeth as if there was no tomorrow．Back and forth，up and down．
  Then I  walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement，some life．Gladiator, my cat,  frightened me as he meowed(喵喵地唱出)his sad song．He was on t11e old orange couch(长沙发)，sitting up on his front legs，waiting for something to happen．He looked at me as if to say I“I’m lonely, pet me．I need a good hug(紧抱)．”Even the couch begged me to sit on it．
  In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch．This couch represented my parents’marriage，my birth，and hundreds of other little events．
  As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily．My mind was flooded with questions：What’s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator’s body，I had a new thought；each touch sang a different song．
  I forgot all about the heat and the next day’s surprise．The atmosphere was SO full of warmth and silence that I sank into its alms．Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms，I felt all my worries slowly move away．
1 The author of the passage could not go to sleep partly because
A  it was too cold．
B it was too dry．
C he had a cold．
D  he had a fever
2 What was the weather like that night?
A It was chilly．
B It was windy．
C It was fine．
D It was cloudy．
3 The author brushed his teeth over and over
A to relieve himself of the pressure．
B to ease his toothache．
C to shake off the cold．
D to remove the dirt．
4 Gladiator was the name of
A a movie．
B a pet．
C a couch．
D a song．
5 What did the “couch” represent?
A A new thought．
B Different songs．
C A comfortable life．
D Happy memories．

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。
The Joy of Living Alone
More and more Americans are living alone．Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner．——(46)According to a recent U．S．census(人口普查)，25 percent of all households in the U．S．are made up of just one person．This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago．
The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely．——(47)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone．They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family．
   It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone．As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one．Person household．——(48)However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often．
   The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it．“Living alone is a luxury,”says Nina Hagiwara， “Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others．’’David C’Debaca， agrees． (49) 
 Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please．
(50)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a
chance more and more Americans are taking.

A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays
B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone．
C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to．
D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream
E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U．S．are under the age of 35
F He says，“I like being by myself．”

第6部分：完形填空  (第5l~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，请根据短文的内容从
4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Migrant(移民的)Workers
In the past twenty years，there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from
one country to another．While some countries have restricted most         (51)to local
people，others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers．This is particularly the case in the Middle East，        (52)increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to call in
outsiders to improve local facilities．Thus the Middle East has attracted oil．workers      
(53)the U．S．A．and Europe．It has brought in workers from many countries,      
(54) South Korea and Japan．
In view of the difficult living and working        (55)in the Middle East，it is not
surprising that the pay is high to attract suitable workers．Many engineers and technicians call       (56)at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they Can in their own
country, and this is a major       (57)．
     Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating(补偿的)advantage．For example，the      
(58)living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to
        (59)on each other for safety and comfort．In a similar way, many migrant workers
Can save large sums of money partly because of the       (60)of entertainment facilities．
The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely       (61) I greater
challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do routine work in their home country．
 One major problem which       (62) migrant workers in the Middle East is that their
jobs are temporary ones．They are nearly always on        (63)，so it is not easy for them
to plan ahead with great confidence．This is to be        (64) since no country welcomes a
large number of foreign workers as permanent residents．In any       (65),migrant workers accept this disadvantage，along with others，because of the considerable financial benefits which they receive．

51   A  cases          B   jobs          C   activities          D   uses
52   A  which          B   what          C   who                 D   where
53   A  from           B   with          C   in                  D   of
54   A  opposing       B   limiting      C   including           D   asking
55   A  parts           B   conditions      C   methods           D   clothes
56   A  earn            B   borrow          C   change            D   cost
57   A  role            B   difficulty      C   event             D   attraction
58   A  necessary       B   normal          C   difficult         D   good
59   A  depend          B   look            C   base              D   go
60   A  range           B   lack            C   lot               D   number
61   A  presents        B   accepts         C   takes             D   meets
62   A  invites         B   affects         C   needs             D   reflects
63   A  investment      B   strike          C   contract          D   duty
64   A  suggested       B   reported        C   indicated         D   expected
65   A  time            B   attempt         C   way               D   case