1、試卷總分:60 得分:51Could you help me with my physics, please?_? ? ? ? ?No, no way.No, I couldnt.No, I cant.Sorry I cant. I have to go to a meeting right now.答案:D2.Could I speak to Don Watkins, please?_?Im listening.Oh, how are you?Speaking, please.Im Don.答案:C3.Could I borrow your car for a few days?_?Yes,

2、 you may borrow.Yes, go on.Sure, here you are. Enjoy your journey.It doesnt matter.答案:C4.Thank you for inviting me. ?_? ? ? ? ?I really had a happy time.Oh, its too late.Thank you for coming.Oh, so slowly?答案:C5.May I see your tickets, please?_?No, they are mine.No, you cant.Sure.Yes, you can.答案:C6.第

3、二部分：閱讀理解（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）題型一：此部分共有一篇短文，短文后有 5 個句子，請根據短文內容對這 5 個句子進行判斷。認為對，選擇 A （ True ）；認為錯，選擇 B （ False ）。Passage 1? ? Withdrawing money from the bank used to be so convenient. You could visit a money machine almost anywhere. Without paying a cent, you could get enough cash to buy a television or

4、 put a large down payment on some basketball shoes.? ? But a couple of years ago some banks started charging a fee. If you didnt have an account with them, you had to pay at least a dollar to withdraw money at their ATM (Automatic Teller Machine).? ? Other banks followed suit and now the majority ch

5、arge a fee. Some even charge as much as $3! For many people who withdraw money from ATMs daily, thats more than many would actually save in a year.? ? Thats a steep fee, especially when youre trying to withdraw $5.? ? To their credit, banks have tried to make ATMs much safer for us. Theyve installed

6、 bright lights and security cameras. They dont want anyone else robbing us.? ? Some lawmakers, bless their hearts, are trying to put a limit on the surcharges. They dont want bankers to get carried away and use ATMs to pay for their BMWs. They dont want the ATMs to display this message: “Please with

7、draw only half as much as you can afford, because were taking the other half.”? ? Banks say they have to charge a fee because ATMs are expensive. They cost as much as $80,000 and that doesnt even include the money inside.? ? It would be cheaper to put a human in a box. But theres probably a law agai

8、nst that. And humans, unlike machines, are prone to making mistakes. Theyre also prone to running off to Mexico with the money.? ? The surcharge also allows banks to install ATMs in many convenient places, such as parks, plazas and prisons. But in their haste to make ATMs more convenient, banks have

9、 made them less convenient for people like me. Id rather have one free ATM in my neighborhood, than a dozen that want to swindle me. A couple of dollars may not seem like much to a banker, but to me, it means a feast at Taco Bell.?6. Using ATMs to withdraw money from the bank used to be free and con

10、venient.TrueFalse答案:A7.Now all the banks will charge you $3 when you use their ATMs if you dont have an account with them.TrueFalse答案:B8.The surcharges are used by bankers to pay for their BMWs.TrueFalse答案:B9.Humans are more likely to make mistakes if they work with money.TrueFalse答案:A10.The author

11、prefers to use a free ATM even if its not so convenient.TrueFalse答案:A11.第二部分：閱讀理解（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）題型二：此部分共有一篇短文，短文后有5個問題。請從每個問題后的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。Passage 2? ? The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy in which consumers large

12、ly determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive p

13、ressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what sha

14、ll be produced and how resources are used to produce it.? ? ?An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices ri

15、se and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand, the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in

16、 reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product. Thus, price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system.? ? The important factor in a private-enterprise economy is

17、that individuals are allowed to own productive resources (private property), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of pro

18、ductive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.?11.?Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the American economic system? Its a private-enterprise economy.?Its a market-oriented

19、 economy.Consumers play a big role in determining goods and services that they want.It ensures that the private business can always make profits.答案:D12.12. The factors determining how goods and services are _.the profit motivethe demand of consumersthe desire of individuals to make the best use of t

20、heir moneyall of the above答案:D13.13. A private-enterprise economy is mainly characterized by _.ownership of private property and certain rightsownership of manpower and natural resourcesmaking free contracts with other private individualsdetermining the price of a product答案:A14.14. Whats the functio

21、n of price in the American economic system?It determines supply.It determines demand.It regulates supply and demand.None of the above.答案:C15.15. The passage is mainly about how American _.consumers buy their goods and serviceseconomic system worksbusinessmen make their profitsgoods are produced答案:B1

22、6.第三部分：詞匯與結構（5題）（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）此部分共有 5 個未完成的句子，針對每個句子中未完成的部分有 4 個選項。請從 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四個選項中選出正確選項。16. The atmosphere _ certain gases mixed together in definite poses ofis made upconsists ofmakes up of答案:C17.17. Neither John _ his father was able to wake up early enough to catch the morning train.n

23、ororbutand答案:A18.18. The girl is _ of a film star.somebodysomethinganybodyanyone答案:B19.19. Janes dress is similar in design _ her sisters.?likewithtoas答案:C20.20. His salary as a driver is much higher than _.a porteris a porterthat of a porteras a porter答案:C21.第四部分：完型填空（1篇，共5小題；每小題3分，滿分15分）以下短文中共包含 5

24、 個未完成的句子，針對每個句子中空缺部分，請從短文后的 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 、 E 五個選項中選出正確選項。One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her worry face. He knew she was thinking of -21- Its bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea, Jamie said. Yes. Im thinking of those fishing boats at sea, she said.At tha

25、t moment -22- went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.? ? The coastline will be in the dark, Jamies mother said. She got more worried. Troubles always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister has the cold.? ? Now, dont worry, mum. Theyre right. Theyre -23- to come through this all right.? ? But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would miss the cove (海灣) in the dark.Jamie to