（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）
Part 2 Phonetics，Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分 语音、语法和词汇）
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）
26. Which of the following word matches the sound /ˈpeərənt/?
A. parent D. peasant
27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?
A. He arrived there half an hour late. B. Tom is the most honest boy in his class.
C. I really hope to win.
28. ______ old man in blue is Susan’s physics teacher.
A. A D. /
29. There were so many ______ in the streets yesterday because it was a national holiday.
A. people D. student
30. Mr. Smith can’t attend the meeting because he has ______ to do.
A. nothing urgent B. anything urgent C. something urgent D. urgent something
31. Mike likes coins very much. He has collected about five _____ coins from different countries so far.
A. hundred of D. hundreds
32. Liu Yang became the first Chinese woman astronaut to fly into space ____ June 16,2012.
A. on D. at
33. The CN TV Tower（which is in Canada）is a _______ building.
A. 553 meters tall B. 553-meters tall C. 553-meters-tall D. 553-meter-tall
34. If you can’t hear the teacher _____ in class, you may say“Pardon?”
A. early B C. c D. friendly
35. I think Alice’s idea is _____ better than yours.
A. far D. much more
36. You _____ return the book right now. You may keep it till next week.
D. mustn’t
37. By the end of last month, they _____ enough money to help Sally’s mother.
A. had raised D. were raising
38. It is common knowledge that paper _____ by the Chinese in Han Dynasty（汉代）.
A. invent D. was invented
39. We should try _____ many fats or sweets, because they don’t help us grow strong.
D. won’t eat
40. Little Tom denied ______ the test mark after the teacher left the office.
A. change D. to change
41. You look very tired. You should stop _______ at once.
A. work D. worked
42. The young mother takes her baby to the park every weekend _____ it’s rainy or windy.
A. since D. until
43. _____ fine day it is! Let’s go and fly a kite.
A. How a D. What
44. A：You’ve got good grades in the test. Congratulations!
：_________
A. I agree with you. B. Thank you.
D. You are welcome.
45. A：It is reported that a tourist bus crashed into a truck and many people died.
B：_________
A. It doesn’t matter. B. I don’t think so. C. I am sorry to hear that. D. Are you kidding?
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次）
| A B C. remember D. keep E. through |
| A B C. treated D. ill E. market |
Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子）
54. This is the _______ time that I have read this interesting novel.（three）
55. Millions of ______ have come to Shanghai to enjoy themselves in Shanghai Disneyland.（visit）
56. The earthquake was so disastrous that many people were left _______（home）
57. They haven’t received any letters or e-mails from Wendy _________.（recent）
58. Learning and practicing will surely _______ us to make great progress.（able）
59. My father is thin and of average ______, yet he is a manager in a big company.（high）
60. In my opinion, ________ up is really harmful to our health.（stay）
61. After learning the text Mrs. White asked Mary to _______ it to the whole class.（told）
V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。62-67题，每空格限填一词。68题注意句首大写）（共14分）
62. Jack goes to the school library every week.（改为否定句）
63. Most of the sportsmen on the team are tall and fat.（对划线部分提问）
. My teacher allowed me to come into the meeting room.（改为被动语态）
65. Did they know the answer to the question? I didn’t know …（改为一句含有宾语从句的复合句）
’t know if they ______ _______ the answer to the question.
66. The shy girl looks at you when you talk to her.（改为反意疑问句）
67. Bob likes playing basketball better than watching old movies on TV.（保持句意基本不变）
68. in the sea, together, swim, to, dolphins, like（连词成句）
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Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读与写）
Ⅵ. Reading Comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）
A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）（12分）
There is an old saying：one good turn deserves another. It means you do a helpful or kind act for someone who has done something good for you. Denson is a mechanic（机修工），but he lost his job a few months ago. He is kind and helpful, but always feared applying for a new job.
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 a.m. and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre（轮胎）of his car. Obviously（很显然）there was something wrong with the ear. Denson immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Denson finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Denson said there was no need to pay him and he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said,“Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.”Denson agreed.
On arrival, Denson found a long line of applicants（求职人）waiting to be interviewed. Denson still had some grease（油脂）on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed looks on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked,“Do you really need to be interviewed?”Denson’s heart sank.“With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?”he thought to himself. Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Denson’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as a member of the company before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy（值得信赖的）worker. Congratulations!”Denson sat down and they shared a cup of coffee as he landed himself a new job.
69. Why did Denson apply for a new job? _____________
A. He was out of work. B. He was bored with his job.
C. He wanted a higher position. D. He hoped to find a better boss.
70. What did Denson see on the way to the interview? ________
B. A wild man was pushing a car.
C. A terrible car accident happened. D. An old man’s car broke down.
71. The elderly man _______.
72. How did Denson feel on hearing the interviewer’s question? ____________
A. He was sorry for the other applicants. B. There was no hope for him to get the job.
C. He regretted helping the old man. D. The interviewer was very rude.
73. Which of the following is right? ________
74. What can we learn from Denson’s experience?_____
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. Good is rewarded with good. D. Two heads are better than one.
B. Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文）（12分）
Most people have work to do. With work, they can earn their living. They are busy with their work all day long. Workaholism（迷恋工作）is now very common in our society. Some people no longer do their work in order to live, but they live in order to work.
Company staff in big cities, for example, frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week. From time to time, huge amounts of work is waiting for them to complete. Workaholism can be a serious problem, Because true workaholics（工作狂）would rather work than do anything else, and they ___75___ have no idea of how to relax, that is, they might not enjoy movies, sports, or other types of entertainment. Most of all, they ___76___ to sit and do nothing. When workaholics are not at work they feel ill at ease（局促不安），jumpy and nervous（神经紧张）. The lives of workaholics are usually stressful（有压力的），and this tension（紧张）and worry can cause health problems such as heart attacks and stomach diseases. ___77___, typical workaholics think about their work while driving, falling asleep or when others are talking. Many workaholics are afraid that if they don’t work hard they will lose their job or be a failure.
Is workaholism always dangerous? Perhaps not. There are certainly people who work efficiently under stress. Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work. They feel work is so pleasurable that they are really happy. For most workaholics, work and entertainment are the same things. Their jobs ___78___ them with a challenge and this keeps them busy and creative. Why do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much? There are several ___79___ to work. Of course, work provides people with paychecks（工资），and this is important. But very often it offers ___80___ financial security（经济保障）. It provides people with self-confidence. Workaholics have a feeling of satisfaction when they have produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say“I made it”.
7 D. excitedly
7 D. hate
77. A. Therefore B. Hardly D. Besides
7 D. offer
7 D. ways
80. A. no more D. more than
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）
The eggplant is a member of the potato family. Eggplant varieties differ in s__81_, shape, color, growth habit and even maturation（成熟）time. This strangely named vegetable used to come in only one color – white. It grows in a manner much like tomatoes, hanging from the vine（藤）of a plant that grows several feet in height. It can be steamed, fried, and baked. It can be eaten by l__82__ or combined with meats and other vegetables, Eggplant was first grown in India in the 5th century BC. Its propularity soon spread to China. Finally, during the Middle Ages the vegetable made its way to Europe. At that time, eggplant was not the shiny purple vegetable most people know today. Instead, it’s like a white egg. Due to this egg-like appearance, eggplant got its name. In its early days, the vegetable was so bitter（苦的）that people often called it a“mad apple.”This nickname started because people believed its bitterness was bad for one’s health. People a___83___ thought eggplant could cause madness and cancer. In fact eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent cancer. In addition, the brain and the heart benefit from this super vegetable. Since it’s high in fibre（纤维素），eggplant can i___84___ digestion（消化）. Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China and Japan are the leading growers of eggplant in the world today. Depending on its location, eggplant may be purple, green, orange or yellow, white. And it can be as s___85___ as a tomato or as large as a cucumber. Dish varieties range from simple to complex, with all of them being delicious.
（食谱）contests, arts and crafts, performers, races and children’s activities all“egg - cite”（excite）festival – goers （参加节目活动者）. Most people at the festival would agree --- eggplant is an“egg-cellent”（excellent）vegetable.
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）
（被…所吸引）the idea of exercise and green transportation all of a studden?
Some people have tried Mobikes lately, and they didn’t particularly like Mobikes. They think the first generation Mobikes, the ones without baskets, are designed for athletes. They are vary hard to ride, and the seat is not adjustable（可调节的）. Then, they tried the yellow Ofo bikes. They are easier to ride than Mobikes, but they don’t usually have baskets, and you need to enter the password by hand, instead of scanning a QR code and having the lock open automatically like with Mobikes.
We appreciate that there are shared bikes on the roads. They have saved us a lot of time during emergency situations, and on beautiful, clear days. We do enjoy riding them outside the city. But from what we’ve seen in our friend circles, people have been giving them endless praises, while we still saw some obvious flaws（缺陷）.
In our experience, there has never been a unanimous（一致的）decision on anything in public opinion. It makes us wonder whether these people really like riding shared bikes or are just saying this to agree with others. When we asked them individually, a friend of us, Lisa, secretly told us she tried the bikes to fit in（融入朋友圈）. She doesn’t like bikes and finds city’s roads too harsh（拥堵）for bike riding. But the only way to hang out（出去闲逛）with her friends was riding out of town together. To join in social activities, she had to pick up bike riding again. Another young man, Simon admitted that he started talking about and forwarding information（转发信息）on thared bikes to appear cool and fashionable to friends. He started paying attention when Mobikes first launched（推出）. These views will give us something new to think about when we ride bikes again.
88. Are shared bikes very popular in our cities nowadays?
. You don’t have to scan a QR code when using Mobikes, do you?
90. What do you need to do when you want to ride a Ofo bike?
91. Why did Lisa sometimes ride a shared bike?
92. How did Simon show his coolness and fashion to his friends?
93. Why do many people like to ride shared bikes?
Ⅶ. Writing（作文）（共20分）
94. Shanghai Students’ Post is asking for the comments on“New Century English”textbook. Write a passage of at least 60 words for Shanghai Students’ Post（上海学生英文报社向中学生征集对现行中学英语教材《新世纪英语》的评价和建议。
请你根据以下内容给该报纸写一篇不少于60个词小短文。标点符号不占格。）
Use the following points as a guide：
Part 2 Phonetics，Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分 语音、语法和词汇）
Ⅱ. 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. A
36. B 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B 41. C 42. C 43. C 44. B 45. C
Ⅲ. 46. E 47. A 48. B 49. C 50. B 51. A 52. C 53. E
Ⅳ. 54. third 55. visitors 56. homeless 57. recently 58. enable 59. height
60. staying 61. retell
V. 62. doesn’t go 63. What…look . was allowed 65. had known
Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读与写）
Ⅵ. A. 69. A 70. D 71. B 72. B 73. D 74. C
C. 81. size 82. itself 83. actually 84. improve 85. small 86. thousands 87. throughout
Ⅶ. 94.《New Century English》is a good textbook for middle school students. There are many interesting color pictures to go with the texts. The passages are up to date and closely related to our everyday life, which can lead us to take an active part in class. It can practice our reading, writing, especially listening and speaking in an all-round way. However, I hope that there’ll be more interesting topics for us to discuss at the end of the texts. And I also hope to study more passages about English and American cultures. I like English songs very much, so it would be great if I can enjoy English songs on the tape going with the textbook.下载本文
