C Admitting their own mistakes

第二节听取信息(5分)

II 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

At Star Electronics, we are making English our working language. Not only in business _____16_____ with our international partners, but also for daily communication amongst our own employees. We’re having great _____17_____ with our efforts. Even newspapers are writing about it.

Let’s look at a success story in Asia. I believe Singapore is so economically _____22_____ because English is one of its official languages. It is a policy that allows it to _____23_____ and employ the best workers from all over the world.

At Star Electronics, we have already seen the _____24_____ of Englishization. In April, the average score in our company’s English test was 85%, which _____25_____ our employees have very high English levels. This is _____26_____ for our company’s communication as 10% of employees in our Guangzhooffices are foreign nationals. Within our engineering department, the numbers are even _____27_____; about 70% of our new employees come from outside China. And we are attracting graduates of the best foreign _____28_____ such as Harvard, Cambridge and Tokyo Universities.

Englishization has not been an easy _____29_____ for Star Electronics but we are already seeing the positive effect—our ability to attract and keep talented people from around the world. This is a process any company, or country, can _____30_____ in order to have global business success.

16.A. meetings B. articlesC. departmentsD. websites

17.A. problems B. followersC. weakness D. success

18.A. pleased B. determinedC. allowedD. surprised

19.A. physica lB. culturalC. internationalD. final

20.A. dying out B. catching upC. breaking downD. setting off

21.A. English B. ChineseC. JapaneseD. Korean

22.A. helpful B. delightfulC. powerfulD. careful

23.A. attract B. replaceC. testD. stop

24.A. interests B. dangersC. disadvantagesD. benefits

25.A. decides B. recordsC. showsD. sees

26.A. unexpected B. importantC. fineD. impossible

27.A. lowe rB. higherC. harderD. stranger

28.A. companies B. organizationsC. universitiesD. offices

29.A. process B. storyC. agreementD. contribution

30.A. ignore B. fightC. remove D. copy

第二节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

Having free time to play and enjoy hobbies and interests is important. It’s also good _____31_____ people’s health. People need time away from the pressuresof study orwork _____32_____ (relax) with friends and family.

In different countries and cultures around the world, free time _____33_____ (spend) in different ways. A survey showed that reading was the _____34_____ (popular) spare-time activity in the United States. This was followed by watching TV, and then spending time with family. In a U.K. survey on leisure-time activities, the pastime _____35_____ was enjoyed by most people was watching DVDs. Listening to the radio came second. In _____36_____ similar survey conducted in Japan, the favourite free-time activity was eating out.

There were also _____37_____ (different) between the three countries in terms of outdoor activities. For Americans, gardening was the No.1 outdoor activity. In the U.K., it was _____38_____ (go) to the pub, and gardening ranked ninth.followed by visiting the cinema. In Japan, going to bars and pubs ranked _____39_____ (eight) in popularity,

People around the world all enjoy doinglots of things in their free time, _____40_____ the evidence suggests that what they like is very different.

III阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节阅读理解(共16小题，每小题2分，满分32分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

BBC TV Guide –Tonight

[M-Movie; S-Series; R-Repeat (programme previously shown); P-Premier (1sttime on TV)]

41. A personwanting local weather information should watch __________.

A. BBC1 at 20.25B. BBC1 at 21.00

C. BBC2 at 19.00D. BBC4 at 19.00

42. Which of the following is true about tonight’s programmeTop Gear?