PartⅠVocabulary ＆StructureSection ADirection: Match the words in the left column with those in the right column. (10)Column A Column B1. model ( ) a. 控制；管理2. opinion ( ) b. 模特；模范3. control ( ) c. 事故，意外的事4. false ( ) d. 婚姻，结婚5. benefit ( ) e. 好处；利益6. salesman ( ) f. 项目，计划7. marriage ( ) g. 男推销员；男售货员8. employ ( ) h. 使失望9. disappoint ( ) i. 雇用；聘用10. accident ( ) j. 不正确的，错误的Section BDirection: Select best one from four given choices. Please write the correct answer on the Answer Sheet.1.Jack is among the brightest of his : he can speak several foreign languages and has won three nationalprizes.A. honorB. abilityC. generationD. edge2.They were ____ to hear that their son had been arrested for taking drugs.A. wanderedB. ruinedC. preparedD. shocked3. I failed to ____ Sally to go with me to the party, so I went alone.A. handleB. achieveC. inspireD. persuade4. A foreigner’s first ____ of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure.A. effectB. entryC. impressionD. addition5. Does＿＿＿want to buy this book? It’s only $3.50, but it tells an interesting story.A. anyoneB. anythingC. someoneD. something6. The small country was destroyed by ten years of ____ fighting.A. impressiveB. activeC. slimD. bitter7. It’s well accepted that we are able to ____ a person by what he or she says.A. composeB. implyC. judgeD. employ8. It is unnecessary for those who study hard to consider the of failing the exam.A. dangerB. warningC. surpriseD. possibility9. He is more ____ for the job than the other candidates because he has more experience in this field.A. momentB. pointC. heartD. face10. She is so strange. She always tries to ＿＿＿talking to me.A. favorableB. suitableC. equalD. qualifyingSection CDirection: Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb.1. We should try our best to stop young people ______ smoking.2. I definitely agree _______ you that young girls shouldn’t wear that much makeup.3. You ought to pay more attention ____ the quality of these goods.4. I will meet Mr. Smith _______ the book club at 10 o’clock.5. I wouldn’t dream _____marrying someone I hadn’t lived with.6. Will you apply _______ the job by letter or in person?7. People all over the world should be concerned _____ drug and pollution problems.8.When the girl asked them if she could ask her boyfriend _____, her parents gave her a negative answer.9. Although they are roommates, they are not close ______ each other.10. Our next discussion will focus ______ how to improve the city’s air quality.Part ⅡReading ComprehensionDirection: After reading the following passages, please select the best one from the four given choices according to the reading materials. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet.Task 1Every country in the world celebrates New Year but not every one celebrates it in the same way. The countries of America and Europe welcome the New Year on January the first. In the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China celebrate it on the Spring Festival, which is between January 21 and February 19. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.In all of these countries, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the devil spirits from house to house with drums and bamboo sticks. Young people in America stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often gather together at a party on New Year’s Eve, and when the New Year comes, all ring bells, blow horns, blow whistles, sing and kiss each other.1. The people all over the world ___________ celebrate the New Year.A. do not allB. do the same things but not toC. do not do the same things toD. do similar things to2. Chinese New Year’s Day is called the Spring Festival, which comes ____________.A. on the first day of MarchB. between late January and middle FebruaryC. at the end of summerD. on the first day of January3. The countries all over the world have one New Year except ____________.A. the IndiansB. the HindusC. the RomansD. the people of Middle East4. It was long ago that people began to __________ to .A. make noise/make funB. make noise/frighten the devil spiritsC. make noise/stop themselves from falling asleepD. light fireworks/make the night bright5. In the US, people usually don’t sleep until late at night ________ on New Year’s Eve.A. to watch a big clock pass aroundB. to hold a get-together and singC. to see off the old year and welcome the New YearD. to make noise with drums and bamboo sticks Task 2Gold is only a shiny, yellow metal, but it is one of the most valuable metals on the earth. Since the beginning of time, men have been looking for this extremely valuable item.Gold is soft and easy to form into different objects. If it gets wet, it does not rust like iron or other metals. Acids do not change it. One important reason that gold is so valuable is that it is scare. Due to its softness, gold must be combined with other metals to harden it and five it strength. By hardening gold, people can then make coins and jewelry which bears a number and the letter K. The K means karat, which is a measure of the amount of pure gold in the jewelry. Pure gold is 24K. Therefore, a necklace which is 14K is fourteen parts gold and ten parts other metal. Many countries utilize gold for certain coins, but this practice is not as common now as it once was. The United States, for instance, stopped making gold coins in 1933.6. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?A. A Valuable MetalB. Looking for GoldC. Jewelry and CoinsD. What Is Karat7. Which is not the reason why gold is highly valuable?A. It can be made into jewelry.B. It is not easily found.C. It is soft and shiny.D. It does not rust when wet.8. To make gold stronger, it is usually mixed with .A. hard goldB. acidsC. coin and jewelryD. other metals9. If a gold ware is marked 12K, then the percentage of gold in it is .A. 12B. 50C. 25D. 2410. Gold may be correctly described by the following except .A. softB. strongC. acid-resistantD. brightPart ⅢTranslationDirection: this part is to test your ability to translate Chinese into English or English into Chinese.1. He cannot afford to buy such a nice house.2. He sold his shop and opened a new one to make more money.3. As soon as I mentioned his name, my mother became very unhappy.4. Since the writer had bought the computer, he no longer wrote his stories with a pen.5. I didn’t quite catch on to what you said just now. Would you say it again?Part ⅣWritingDirection: Fill in the following visa application form according to the information given below in Chinese.李佳，生于1978 年1 月7 日，女，未婚，中国籍，住中国上海华山路1922 号。