第1部分：词汇选项（第1～15题，每题1分，共15分）

　　下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

　　1 she found me very dull

　　A dirty B sleepy C lazy D boring

　　2 The President made a brief visit to Beijing

　　A short B working C formal D secret

　　3 He was persuaded to give up the idea

　　A mention B accept C consider D drop

　　4 Jack consumes a pound of cheese a day

　　A eats B drinks C buys D produces

　　5 Mary just told us a very fascinating story

　　A strange B frightening C difficult D interesting

　　6 It's a gorgeous day anyway

　　A lovely B cold C normal D rainy

　　7 Her life is becoming more diverse

　　A generous B humorous C varied D romantic

　　8 Foreign military aid was prolonging the war

　　A broadening B worsening C extending D accelerating

　　9 She was unwilling to go but she had no choice.

　　A unable B Indecisive C ready D reluctant

　　10 She is slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.

　　A sick B weak C slim D pale

　　11 With immense relief, I stopped running.

　　A some B enormous C little D extensive

　　12 The scientists began to accumulate data.

　　A collect B handle C analyze D investigate

　　13 Jack eventually overtook the last truck

　　A hit B passed C reached D led

　　14 Sometimes it is advisable to book hotels in advance

　　A possible B profitable C easy D wise

　　15 The reason for their unusual behavior remains a puzzle

　　A fact B mystery C statement D game

　　第2部分：阅读判断（第16－22题，每题1分，其7分）

　　下面的短文后列出了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，请选择Ａ果该句提供的是错误的信息，请选择Ｂ；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择Ｃ。

　　Ｐetitions

　　Petitions have long been a part of British political life. Anyone who wanted to change something would get a list of signatures from people who agreed to the idea and either send them to the government or deliver them personally to the Prime Minister's house in London.

　　They are always accepted at the door by one of the PM'S officials. What happens then? Nothing much, usually. But petitions have always been thought of as a useful way for those who govern to find out what the people really think.

　　That's why the UK government launched its "e. petition" site in November 2006. Instead of physically collecting signatures, all anyone with an idea has to do now is to make a proposal on the government website, and anyone who supports the idea is free to add his or her signature.

　　The petitions soon started to flow in. The idea was for the British people to express their constructive ideas. Many chose instead to express their sense of humor.

　　One petitioner called on Tony Blair to “stop the Deputy Prime Minister eating so much”. Another wanted to expel（驱逐）Scotland from the United Kingdom because Scottish football fans never support England In the World Cup.

　　Other petitioners called on the Prime Minister to abolish the monarchy. Some wanted to give it more power. Some wanted to oppose the United States. Others wanted to leave the European Union. Some wanted to send more troops to lraq and others wanted them all brought home. Some wanted to adopt the euro（欧元）. Others wanted to keep the pound.

　　Yet if some petitions are not serious, others present a direct challenge to government policy. A petition calling on the government to drop plans to charge drivers for using roads has already drawn around l8 million signatures. In response to that, a rival petition has been posted in support of road pricing. And that is also rapidly growing.

　　There are about 60 million people in Britain. So it is understandable that the government wants to find out what people are thinking. But the problem with the e-petition site seems to be that the British people have about 70 million opinions, and want the Prime Minister to hear all of them. Perhaps he could start a petition asking everyone to just shut up for a while.

　　16 A petition needs to be signed.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　17 The Prime Minister reads petitions every day.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　18 A petition has to be mailed to the Prime Minister’s house in London.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　19 Petitions have been taken to be one of the ways for the British people to express their ideas.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　20 No other governments have launched their e-petition sites.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　21 All petitions are serious.

　　A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned

　　22 It is impossible for the Prime Minister to hear all of the opinions.

　　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l分，共8分）

　　下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5

　　段每段选择1个最佳标题；（2）第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。

　　A New Citizenship Test

　　1 Last week, a sample of the new US citizenship（公民身份）exam was released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services（US-CIS）. It will be tried out in 10 cities early next year to replace the current test in 2008. Instead of asking how many stripes the US flag has, as the current test does, the new one asks why there are l3 stripes. Instead of having to name the branches of government, an applicant is asked to explain why there are three.

　　2 The goal is to make it more meaningful.” explains Emilio Gonzalez, director of the US—CIS. Immigrants who pass it are expected to have a better “understanding and respect” for US civic（公民的）values, Gonzalez says.

　　3 The US isn't the only country dealing with citizenship tests that aim to get a “shared commitment” from immigrants for their adopted country's “values”. In recent years, in addition to the usual requirement of language／work skills and economic status, several European countries have adopted citizenship tests. Britain introduced a new citizenship test last November. In March, a new Dutch law took effect requiring all would-be immigrants to take a citizenship test. it involved watching a video showing nude（裸体的） women bathing at beaches and gay（同性恋的）men kissing in public. The aim was to ensure that “newcomers will be comfortable with the country's liberal social mores（风俗）”.

　　4 Europe has been known for welcoming immigrants for decades. But, today, the fact is that some immigrants are kept apart from local citizens by culture and they become hostile to each other. Promoting integration has become a major concern for European countries, after the rioting in Muslim ghettoes（少数民族聚居区）in France and the killing of Dutch public figures by religious extremists.

　　5 Officials believe that a person's attachment to, a country can be tested by his or her knowledge of the country. However, some critics say that the changes can do little to help people assimilate（同化）themselves. ”Immigration is a culture war today. Is giving a new test the right way to lessen the accusations in that fight?” says Ali Noorani, of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition（难民辩护联盟）.

　　23 Paragraph 2 .

　　24 Paragraph 3 .

　　25 Paragraph 4 .

　　26 Paragraph 5 .

　　A Preparation for taking a citizenship test

　　B Citizenship tests in European countries

　　C Importance of promoting integration

　　D Necessity to know the branches of government

　　E Different views on the new citizenship test

　　F Goal of the new citizenship test

　　27 The questions in the new citizenship test are more difficult .

　　28 Would-be immigrants to the US are expected .

　　29 In the Dutch citizenship test, all would—be immigrants are required .

　　30 Some people fear that changes in the citizenship test will do little .

　　A to know a lot more about the county

　　B to watch a video

　　C to help immigrants accept the new culture

　　D to marry American citizens

　　E to do low-skill jobs

　　F to answer

　　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。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

　　第一篇

　　Political Spins

　　Last week, US White House spokesman Tony Snow sent journalists digging for their dictionaries. He called recent criticism by the former President Bill Clinton “chutzpah”（大胆放肆）. With just one sentence, Snow managed to make headlines, a joke and a defense of President George W. Bush. Interestingly, this is how battles are fought and won in US politics - with carefully-worded one-liners（一行字幕新闻）made for TV which often lack substance and clarity（清晰度）.

　　“The amount of information that candidates attempt to communicate to people is actually getting smaller and smaller,” said Mark Smith, a political science professor at Cedarville University. This has been accompanied by a changing media environment, Smith said. In l968, the average TV or radio soundbite（演讲中的句子或短语）was 48 seconds, according to Smith. In l996, the average soundbite had shrunk To 8 seconds. Thus, politicians wanting publicity try to make their public communication as quotable as possible.

　　Campaigning politicians also use 30-second TV ads and clever campaign slogans to boost their messages. Republican presidential candidate John McCain rides to campaign stops in a bus named the “Straight. Talk Express”. McCain hopes the name will convince voters he plans to tell people the truth - whether it's in fashion or not. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has chosen the campaign slogan “Let the conversation begin”. She hopes it will help her appear open-minded and friendly.

　　But one-liners, TV ads and campaign slogans all have a single key ingredient：something commonly called political “spin”. Brooks Jackson, a former journalist and the current director of the non-partisan（无党派的）website FactCheck..org, calls spin “just a polite word for deception（欺骗）. ”

　　“I do believe that very often politicians believe their own spin,” said Jackson.”

　　Strong partisans suffer from a universal human tendency：They ignore the evidence that would force them into the uncomfortable position of having to change their minds and admit that they were wrong. ”

　　31 Which statement is NOT true of one 1iners?

　　A They are unclear.

　　B They contain a lot of information.

　　C They lack substance.

　　D They are carefully constructed.

　　32 What changed from l968 to 1996 ?

　　A Publicity.

　　B Information.

　　C Communication.

　　D The average soundbite.

　　33 The campaign slogan “Straight—Talk Express” aims at convincing voters that the presidential candidate is

　　A honest.

　　B friendly.

　　C open-Minded.

　　D warm-hearted.

　　34 According to Brooks Jackson, all campaign slogans are

　　A attractive.

　　B impressive.

　　C deceptive.

　　D informative.

　　35 Which statement best describes strong partisans ?

　　A They are very funny.

　　B They are very healthy.

　　C They are very aggressive.

　　D They are very stubborn（顽固的）.

　　第二篇

　　A Tale of Scottish Rural Life

　　Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song（1932）was voted “the best Scottish novel of all time” by Scotland's reading public in 2005. Once considered shocking for its frank description of aspens of the lives of Scotland’s poor rural farmers. It has been adapted for stage, film, TV and radio in recent decades.

　　The novel is set on the fictional estate of Kinraddie, in the farming country of the Scottish northwest in the years up to and beyond World War l. At its heart is the story of Chris, who is both part of the community and a little outside it.

　　Grassic Gibbon gives US the most detailed and intimate account of the life of his heroine（女主人公）. We watch her grow through a childhood dominated by her cruel but hard-working father；experience tragedy（her mother's suicide and murder of her twin children）; and learn about her feelings as she grows into a woman. We see her marry, lose her husband, then marry again. Chris has seemed so convincing a figure to some female readers that they cannot believe that she is the creation of a man.

　　But it would be misleading to suggest that this book is just about Chris. 1t is truly a novel of a place and its people. Its opening section tells of Kinraddie's long history, in a language that imitates the place’s changing patterns of speech and writing.

　　The story itself is amazingly full of characters and incidents. It is told from Chris’ point of view but also from that of the gossiping community, a community where everybody knows eye, body else’s business and nothing is ever forgotten.

　　Sunset Song has a social theme too. It is concerned with what Grassic Gibbon perceives as the destruction of traditional Scottish rural life first by modernization and then by World War l. Gibbon tried hard to show how certain characters resist the war. Despite this, the war takes the young men away, a number of them to their deaths. In particular, it takes away Chris’ husband, Ewan Tavendale. The war finally kills Ewan, but not in the way his widow is told. In fact, the Germans aren’t responsible for his death, but his own side. He is shot because he is said to have run away from a battle.

　　If the novel is about the end of one way of life it also looks ahead. It is a “Sunset Song” but is concerned too with the new Kinraddie, indeed of the new European world. Grassic Gibbon went on to publish two other novels about the place that continue its story.

　　36 What is Sunset Song mainly about?

　　A The First World War.

　　B The beauty of the sunset.

　　C The new European world.

　　D The lives of rural Scottish farmers.

　　37 Which statement is NOT true of Chris?

　　A She is the heroine of Sunset Song.

　　B She had a miserable childhood.

　　C She is the creation of a man.

　　D She married only once.

　　38 What is the opening section of the novel mainly concerned with?

　　A The climate of Kinraddie.

　　B The history of Kinraddie.

　　C The geography of Kinraddie.

　　D The language spoken in Kinraddie.

　　39 Who killed Chris' husband, Ewan?

　　A His own troops.

　　B The French army

　　C The Germans. .

　　D The Russian soldiers.

　　40 The word “Sunset” in the title of this novel most probably means

　　A the end of the heroine's life.

　　B the end of the story.

　　C the end of the traditional way of life.

　　D the end of the day.

　　第三篇

　　Centers of the Great European Cities

　　The centers of the great cities of Europe are meeting places by tradition. People gather there to drink coffee and chat late into the night. A mixture of locals and tourists make for an exciting. metropolitan（大都市的）atmosphere.

　　Squares, plazas（广场）and arcades（拱廊）form the heart of Europe's cities.

　　Venice in Italy has the Piazza San Marco - a beautiful square surrounded by shops, churches, restaurants and cafes. In Barcelona, Spain, La Bosqueria is a lively market with hundreds of stalls selling all kinds of goods. London's Covent Garden is filled with fruit and vegetable stalls by day and musicians, acrobats（杂技演员）and artists by night. The government buildings at the center of many cities often are architecturally impressive. In London, they serve as a beautiful backdrop（背景）to the coffee tables that line the streets and the banks of the Thames.

　　These vibrant（有活力的）hearts are the product of centuries of evolution, social historian Joel Garreau told US News and World Report recently. “The reason people think Venice is so great today is you don’t see all the mistakes,” said Garreau. “Those have all been removed.” Most European cities were laid out before the invention of the car, so bars, restaurants and cafes were near to people’s homes. Today, the focus of many Europeans' life has moved away from the centers. They live in the suburbs and outskirts, driving to supermarkets to get their supplies. But on a continent where people treasure convention there are still those who hold onto traditional ways, living and shopping locally. These people, together with tourists, provide the city centers with their reason for existence.

　　Coffee culture plays a part in keeping these city centers flourishing. This is particularly true of Paris whose citizens are famous enthusiastic conversationalists. This skill is developed over many hours spent chaffing over espressos（浓咖啡）and cigarettes.

　　Religion also plays a role in developing sociable atmosphere. People in Roman Catholic countries used to visit the Church on an almost daily basis. Entire communities would gather in the same building and then move out to the markets, cafés and bars in the surrounding streets. An enormous example of this relationship between church and society is the Duomo. The huge marble cathedral in Florence, Italy is surrounded by bakeries and coffee shops, and caters（迎合）not only to the tourist crowds, but also the local community.

　　41 It can be inferred from the first paragraph that each big city in Europe

　　A has many large squares.

　　B has many very magnificent sky-scrapers.

　　C draws tourists in large numbers every yean

　　D has a center where tourists meet their spouses.

　　42 Which statement is NOT true of Covent Garden?

　　A It is crowded with people.

　　B It is located in London.

　　C It is filled with stalls.

　　D It is surrounded by shops, churches, restaurants and cafes.

　　43 Why do people think that Venice is so great?

　　A Because It is a famous tourist attraction.

　　B Because you can reach anywhere by boat.

　　C Because it is well-known for its merchants.

　　D Because all the mistakes have been removed.

　　44 What are Parisians famous for ?

　　A Their pursuit of independence.

　　B Their enthusiasm for conversation.

　　C Their ability to keep the city flourishing.

　　D Their devotion to developing a multiple culture.

　　45 The writer cites the Duomo in the last paragraph as an example to illustrate that

　　A there is a tight link between church and society.

　　B all churches are magnificent.

　　C old churches are very popular.

　　D high—rise churches are impressive.

　　第5部分：补全短文（第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）

　　下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将

　　其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌.

　　Rising Tuition in the US

　　Every Spring, US university administrators gather to discuss the next academic year's budget. They consider faculty salaries, utility costs for dormitories, new building needs and repairs to old ones. They run the numbers and conclude - it seems, inevitably - that, yet again, the cost of tuition must go up.

　　According to the US's College Board, the price of attending a four-year private university in the US rose 81 percent between l993 and 2004 （46）In 2005 and 2006, the numbers continued to rise.

　　According to university officials, college cost increases are simply the result of balancing university checkbooks. “Tuition increases at Cedarville University are determined by our revenue needs for each year,” said the university's president. Dr Bill Brown. “Student tuition pays for 78 percent of the university's operating costs.” Brown's school is a private university that enrolls about 3,100 undergrads and is consistently recognized by annual college ranking guides like US News and World Report's and The Princeton Review's. （47）

　　Tuition at private universities is set by administration officials and then sent for approval to the school's board of trustees（董事）. （48）This board oversees（监管）all of a state's public institutions.

　　John Durham, assistant secretary to the board of trustees at East Carolina University（ECU）, explains that state law says that public institutions must make their services available whenever possible to the people of the state for free. Durham said that North Carolina residents only pay 22 percent of the cost of their education. （49）State residents attending ECU pay about US $10,000 for tuition, room and board before financial aid.

　　Amid the news about continued increases in college costs, however, there is some good news. Tuition increases have been accompanied by roughly equal increases in financial aid at almost every university. To receive financial aid, US students complete a formal application with the federal government. The federal government then decides whether an applicant is eligible（有资格的）for grants or loans. （50）

　　A The application is then sent to the student’s university, where the school itself will decide whether free money will be given to the student and how much.

　　B At public universities, however, tuition increases must also be approved by a state education committee, sometimes called the board of governors.

　　C The school currently charges US $23,410 a year for tuition.

　　D Many American people are simply unable to pay the growing cost of food.

　　E That’s more than double the rate of inflation.

　　F The state government covers the rest.

　　第6部分：完形填空（第51～65题，每题l分，共15分）

　　下面的短文有l5处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

　　How Two Great Conflicts Helped to Change Europe

　　Ninety years ago on a sunny morning in Northern France, something happened that changed Britain and Europe for ever. At half past seven on the morning of July l,1916, whistles（哨子）blew and thousands of British soldiers left their positions to attack their German enemies. By the end of the day, 20,000 of them were dead, and another 30,000 wounded or missing. The Battle of the Somme, （51）it is called, lasted for six months. When it ended, 125,000 British soldiers were dead. They had gained five kilometers of ground.

　　This was one of a series of great battles during WWI. The attack on the Somme was staged to relieve （52）on the French, who were engaged in a great battle of their own at a place called Verdun. By the time the battle ended, over a million French and German troops had been killed.

　　About l7 million people were killed in WWI. There have been wars with greater numbers of dead. But there has never been one in （53）most of the dead were concentrated in such a small area. On the Somme battlefield, two men died for every meter of space.

　　Local farmers working in the land still （54）the bodies of those who died in that battle. The dead of all nations were buried in a series of giant graveyards along the line of the border （55）France and Belgium. Relatives and descendants（子孙）of those who died still visit these graveyards today. What the French call the “tourism of death” （56）an important contribution to the local economy.

　　It took a second great conflict before Europe was to turn （57）war itself. Twenty-eight years after the Somme baffle, a liberating army of British, American and Canadian troops took back （58）from another German invasion. More than 500,000 people were killed. New （59）were built.

　　Two great conflicts across two generations helped to change the European mind about war. Germany, once the most warlike country in Europe, is now probably more in （60）of peace than any other. One major cause of war in Europe was rivalry（竞争）between France and Germany. The European Union was specifically formed to end that （61）.

　　According to US commentator William Pfaff, “Europeans are interested in a slow development of civilized and tolerant international relations, （62） on problems while avoiding catastrophes（灾难）along the way. They have themselves only recently （63）from the catastrophes of WWI and WWI l, when tens of millions of people were destroyed. They don’t want （64）.”

　　The last British veteran of the Somme battle died in 2005, aged l08. And WWI is passing out of memory and into history. But for anyone who wants to understand how Europeans （65）, it is still important to know a little about the terrible events Of July l,1916.

　　51 A since B because C as D for

　　52 A aggression B anxiety C pressure D resistance

　　53 A where B which C why D that

　　54 A find B look for C seek D look at

　　55 A among B on C in D between

　　58 A makes B brings C gives D adds

　　57 A into B to C in D against

　　58 A America B Britain C Canada D France

　　59 A monuments B graveyards C tablets D gravestones

　　60 A hatred B suspicion C favor D fear

　　61 A war B rivalry C battle D revenge

　　62 A compromising B confronting C attacking D fighting

　　63 A repeated B recovered C repaired D relaxed

　　64 A much B many C more D less

　　65 A behave B assume C know D think

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