1 . Gurnah, growing up in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

He is the first Black writer _________ the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and some observers saw his _________ as a long delayed corrective (矫正)after years of European and American Nobel laureates (获得者). In his 10 novels, Gurnah has often explored the _________ of exile(流放), identity and belonging. They _________“Memory of Departure” “Pilgrims Way” and “Dottie,” which all deal with the immigrant(移民)experience in Britain.

Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he _________ English as his literary language. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, _________ from Arabic and Persian poetry, particularly “The Arabian Nights.” The news of Gumah’s Nobel _________ by fellow novelists and academics who have long argued that his _________ deserve a wider audience.

Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, which is now _________ of Tanzania, in 1948. Then, in 1964, he fled to England. __________ , poor, homesick, he began to write scraps(片段)in his diary, then __________ entries, then stories about other people. In his 20s, he started __________ fiction. Then he finished his first novel, “Memory of Departure,” about a young man who flees a failed uprising, at the same time he was writing his Ph. D. dissertation(论文). __________, he became a professor of English.

Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a __________, his homeland always inspires him of his imagination. __________, he said “my homeland always asserts myself in my imagination, even when I deliberately try to set my stories elsewhere”.

1.

A．to confirm

B．to receive

C．to search

D．to appreciate

2.

A．section

B．selection

C．collection

D．consultation

3.

A．themes

B．opinions

C．passages

D．suggestions

4.

A．explode

B．conclude

C．provide

D．include

5.

A．adopted

B．advised

C．adapted

D．affected

6.

A．as much as

B．as well as

C．as long as

D．as often as

7.

A．was awarded

B．was discussed

C．was celebrated

D．was suspected

8.

A．jobs

B．works

C．labors

D．careers

9.

A．part

B．name

C．home

D．country

10.

A．Admirable

B．Respectable

C．Fashionable

D．Miserable

11.

A．higher

B．stronger

C．heavier

D．longer

12.

A．reading

B．hearing

C．writing

D．watching

13.

A．Frontwards

B．Forwards

C．Backwards

D．Afterwards

14.

A．writer

B．teenager

C．scholar

D．professor

15.

A．As a result

B．At the same time

C．On the other hand

D．In his own word

2 . 假定你是校英语戏剧社社长李华，原定于下周举行的英语戏剧表演赛因故推迟，请你给担任评委的外教Katherine写邮件，内容包括：
1. 表达歉意；
2. 说明理由；
3. 后续调整。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Katherine,

I’m Li Hua, leader of the English drama club.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

3 . Climbing, I once thought, was a very manly activity, but as I found my way into this activity, I came to see that something quite different happens on the rock.

Like wild swimming, rock climbing involves you into the landscape. On the rock, I am fully focused. Eyes pay close attention, ears are alert, and hands move across the surface. Unlike walking, where I could happily wander about absent-mindedly, in climbing, attentive observation is essential.

As an arts student studying English literature, I discovered a new type of reading from outdoor climbing. Going out on to the crags (悬崖), I saw how you could learn to read the rocks and develop a vocabulary of physical movements. Good climbers knew how to adjust their bodies on to the stone. Watching them, I wanted to possess that skillful “language”.

My progress happened when I worked for the Caingorms National Park Authority. Guiding my explorations into this strange new landscape was Nan Shepherd, a lady too. Unlike the goal-directed mindset of many mountaineers, she is not concerned with peaks or personal achievement. Shepherd sees the mountain as a total environment and she celebrates the Caingorms as a place alive with plants, rocks, animals and elements. Through her generous spirit and my own curiosity, I saw that rock climbing need not be a process of testing oneself against anything. Rather, the intensity of focus could develop a person into another way of being.

Spending so much time in high and stony places has transformed my view on the world and our place in it. I have come into physical contact with processes that go way beyond the everyday. Working with gravity, geology (地质学), rhythms of weather and deep time, I gain an actual relationship with the earth. This bond lies at the heart of my passion for rock climbing. I return to the rocks, because this is where I feel in contact with our land.

1. Why does the author like rock climbing?

A．It challenges her to compete with men.	B．It allows her a unique attitude toward rock.
C．It teaches her how to possess a new language.	D．It makes her feel connected wth the earth.

2. What does the writer find important in climbing?

A．Balance.	B．Concentration.
C．Determination.	D．Perseverance

3. What does the writer learn from Nan Shepherd?

A．Climbing goes together with nature.	B．Every mountain top is within reach.
C．The best climber is the one having fun.	D．You can not achieve high unless you change.

4. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Time.

B．Transformation.

C．The world.

D．My view.

4 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。

1. What does the woman think of electronic music?

A．It is clever.

B．It is loud.

C．It is modern.

2. How old was the woman when attending a classical concert?

A．16.

B．17.

C．18.

5 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．Polite greetings.

B．Table manners.

C．Body language.

6 . What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Gary’s works.

B．Gary’s application.

C．Gary’s list of samples.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the man going to do this summer?

A．Teach a course.

B．Repair his house.

C．Work at a hotel.

2. How will the man use the money?

A．To hire a gardener.

B．To buy books.

C．To pay for a boat trip.

8 . What type of food does the woman eat now?

A．Junk food.

B．Healthy food.

C．Delivered food.

10 . More than 3/4 of the Southeast Asia population is agriculture-based. Twice as much fish is consumed in this region compared to other forms of animal protein, reflecting the long coastlines and river environments of Southeast Asia. The staple food throughout the region is rice, which has been cultivated for thousands of years. Rice serves as the basic staple food for more than half of the world’s population today.

In Asia, there are different styles of eating food. In India and the Middle East, as well as Southeast Asia, people eat food with their hands. It is a very direct way to experience the texture of the food, and people normally wash their hands before and after each meal. Normally, only the right hand is used, so that one knows to keep it especially clean. Generally, the foods to be eaten are placed on plates in the center of the mat or table, and people take food in small portions as they eat.

The exception to this pattern is Vietnam, where the influence of China was much stronger than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Here, each person has chopsticks, and food is served and apportioned (分配) onto individual plates or into individual bowls. A similar pattern is found in other Asian countries where Chinese influence was especially strong, e.g., Japan, Korea and so on.

The influence of Western cultures is found not only in the use of tables and chairs in many modern Southeast Asian households, but also in the use of spoons and forks. Knives are not necessary, since meat and vegetables are chopped into smaller portions before cooking or serving. A large spoon is held in the right hand, while the left hand is used to shovel food into the spoon.

1. What does the underlined word “cultivated” in the first paragraph mean?

A．Cut.

B．Grown.

C．Eaten.

D．Harvested.

2. In what aspect is Vietnam different from other Southeast countries?

A．Its people eat with chopsticks.

B．People take food in small portions as they eat.

C．Food is served and apportioned into individual cups.

D．Western influence is found as well as Chinese influence.

3. What is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

A．The use of tables and chairs.	B．The use of spoons and forks.
C．The influence of Western cultures.	D．The transforming of Asian eating culture.

4. Which would be the best title for this text?

A．Asian Food and Culture	B．World’s Food and Culture
C．Eastern & Western Food and Culture	D．Southeast Asian Food and Culture