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长沙市教科院组织名优教师联合命制

（时间 120分钟 满分 150分）

本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

Part Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

SECTION A(22.5marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Example:

When will the magazine probably arrive?

A. Wednesday.B. ThursdayC. Friday.

The answer is B

Conversation 1

1. What’s the weather like now?

A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny

2. How does the woman have to deliver the goods?

A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. On foot.

Conversation 2

3. Whom does the man have to see at 10 am?

A. Mr. White.B. Mr. Potter.C. Mrs. Cathy

4. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Father and daughter.B. Husband and wifeC. Boss and secretary

Conversation 3

5. Why doesn’t the man accept the ticket at first?

A. He has seen it already.B. He is not interested in it.C. He is very busy that evening.

6. Where are the two teams from?

A. America and China.B. Japan and America.C. England and Australia

Conversation 4

7. Where does the conversation take place?

  A. In an old house.B. At a bus stop.C. At a university.

8. What does the man advise the woman to do?

  A. To buy a modern new house.

B. To clean the rooms every day.

C. To buy an old house with small rooms.

9. What do we know about the woman?

  A. She prefers to live in small rooms.

B. She’ll buy a house near the university.

C. She wants to buy an old large house.

Conversation 5

10. How much does the woman pay for what she buys?

  A. $ 215.B. $ 385.C. $ 170.

11. Why does the woman change the first overcoat?

  A. It’s too dark.B. It’s too large.C. It’s a bit small.

12. What does the woman buy at last?

  A. Nothing.B. An overcoat.C. A jacket.

Conversation 6

13. What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman?

  A. Doctor and patient.

B. Teacher and student.

C. Husband and wife.

14. What do we know about the woman?

  A. She sleeps very well.

B. She can’t sleep well for many years.

C. Her head hurts badly.

15. What does the man propose the woman to do?

A. To have a further examination.

B. To take more exercises.

C. To eat healthy food.

Section B (7.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE. 

Dog- sleds Race in AlaskaCharactersCombining fun and 16.________.TimeLasting 17. ________ weeks.DistanceCovering almost 18.________.Route 19. ________ in Alaska’s wilderness Bringing medicine from Anchorage to NomeResultTo finish is 20.________Part II  Language Knowledge （45 marks）

Section A （15 marks）

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B, C and D．Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

Example:The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket        the desert.

A. coveringB. covered   C. covers   D. to cover

The answer is A.

21. The telephone base flashes, ________ missed calls.

A. to indicate B. indicatingC. indicatedD. having indicated

22. In my three years with the city schools, I’ve seen a teacher with 10 years of experience

become convinced, after just a few observations, ________ he was a terrible teacher.

A. whatB. howC. thatD. which

23. High school is undoubtedly a time of growth, both physically and emotionally, ________ academically and socially.

A. butB. as well asC. thereforeD. rather

24. ________ life may have in store for you, each of you has a grand, lifelong project, and that is the development of yourself as a human being.

A. HoweverB. WhereverC. WheneverD. Whatever

25. Sometimes smiles around the world _________ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.

A. can B. wouldC. shouldD. must

26. The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years________ trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value．

A. to plant B. to plantingC. plant  D. planting

27. Every means _________, but none proved __________.

A. have tried; a successB. have been tried; successful

C. has tried; to be successfulD. has been tried; successful

28. — Have you read the novel?

— Yes. I ________ it three times while I was in university.

A. had readB. readC. have readD. was reading

29. You’d better not call the manager between 7 and 8 this evening, for he ________ an important meeting then.

A. will be havingB. would have

C. will haveD. will have had

30. Next door to ours _________, who seem to have settled into life in China.   

A. where live a foreign couple     B. where do live a foreign couple

C. live a foreign couple            D. do a foreign couple live  

31. After ten hours’ drive, we came to ________ is called a green house, through the glass wall of ________, we saw lots of green plants.

A. where, whichB. that, thatC. what, whichD. where, that

32. “I’d like to give my thanks to those ________ help my son was able to survive this terrible disease,” said the woman on TV.

A. with whoseB. whose     C. who D. with whom

33. With the bridge ________next year, it will be easier to come to and go from the village.

A. to buildB. to be builtC. builtD. being built

34. —How long would you like me to heat the oil?

—Heat it till it ________ to smoke.     

A. would start    B. starts      C. will start    D. start

35. It is a great honor to be invited to the evening party, thus _________ me to feast my eyes on your excellent performance.  

A. to allow  B. to have allowed C. allows      D. allowing

Section B （18 marks）

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were ready to go out for a ride on the motorcycle with my friend Katie and the dog    36     the phone call came, a call that made that bright, beautiful day a cold, dark,     37     one.

I had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top(无袖紧身背心), and packed my bag with sunscreen and     38    else I would need for the day. I ran into my parents’ room to find Dad. When I saw him on the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart    39    . what possibly could have happened?

“Max, I’m so sorry,” I heard him say. That’s when it     40    me. I knew that Suzie had died. Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body. Her brain was OK. She knew what was    41    ; she knew that she had problems and was different from other kids. Once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body. Yet although she couldn’t live a normal life, she was still happy.

When Suzie and I were little, we spent quite a bit of time together. As we grew up, we grew    42    . She lived in New York, and I lived in the Midwest. When Suzie was ten, she had to live in a     43    in Virginia. About eight months before she died,