Is this the reason _______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

      A. he explained                                 B. what he explained

      C. how he explained                           D. why he explained

In 1778, Banks was elected_____ president of the Royal Society, ______ position　he held for 42 year.

　 A. the; the　 　　　　　　 B. /; a　 　　　　　　 C. a; a 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. /; the

英语写作能力在英语交流和考试中非常重要，今天你的外教Johnson先生在课堂上讲了如何提高英语写作能力, 如：熟练掌握2000多常用词汇；适当背诵一些美文；坚持每天练习写作等等。请根据他的建议并结合你的实际写一篇英文日记。

内容要点：1. 英语写作能力的重要性。

          2. Mr. Johnson关于写作训练的建议。

          3. 你自己提高写作能力的有效方法。

写作要求：1．词数120左右。

2. 日记格式已给出，不计入总词数。

3．可适当增加细节。

September 1st, Wednesday                                          Fine

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短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。　　

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

   2.只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

After watch “English TV” last Sunday morning, I phoned to my classmate and told him to go to see a film in the afternoon. Before the film was over, we returned to school to do our lessons. While we are having a rest in the corridor, I saw Mr. Liu, my head teacher. He told me that I had made some progresses in English, but my Chinese lagged behind, specially my Chinese composition. He suggested I must read more and keeping a diary every day. In the evening my father told me that reading newspapers would do me well for improving composition writing. That was really good idea! What they said was quite right, and I should follow their advice.

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

66. The high cost of the machine prohibits its __________ (分布广泛的) use.

67. Three people were _________(射中) dead during the robbery.   

68. A common __________(症状) of diabetes is weight loss.

69. It never __________ (想到) to me that I had seen her before. 

70. He intended to________(上诉) against the five-year sentence he had been given.

71. They are ________(意大利)trains, but they will be built in Britain under licence.

72. The old man can’t bear anyone in the family to_________ (反对) him.

73. I shall tell her ___________(坚定地) that it is not any business of hers.

74. There is more than one____________(发音) of “garage”.    

75. Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious __________ (挑战) we face.

根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

How to Invest in Your Future

61.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ________

Who doesn’t want to have a good future? It’s something everyone desires. The one who determines whether or not you have a good future is you. Don’t wait until something bad happens. Don’t wait until you lose your job. It is you who must take action. Start now while the situation is still good. Why? Because it takes time to build something. Let’s say you want to build an alternative income stream that you can rely on. You can’t build that overnight. Doing that takes time and persistence. If you don’t start early, it might not have been ready by the time you need it.

62. ________

It could be difficult to spend your time and money on something that doesn’t give you immediate return. But it’s important that you do that and it is one of the best ways to prepare yourself for the future. Those who are wise always spare some time and money in advance to invest in their future. If you don’t, your progress will be slow and you wouldn’t be ready in time.

63.________

I’m sure you’ve heard the advice “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” It’s good advice, but how can you apply it if you know only one basket? By expanding your knowledge, you will know what possibilities there are so that you can find new opportunities. Expanding your knowledge can also help you see something you already know in a different light. You can see it from a new perspective. Overall, expanding your knowledge improves your ability to make good decisions.

64.________

Building a side business is one of the best ways to invest in your future. In fact, it’s a favorite of mine. Not only can it help you prepare for unexpected job loss and provide you with an alternative income source, but also it teaches you a lot in the process. You will learn much because you deal with the real world.

65.________

Your network of friends and acquaintances is one of the best assets (资产)you could have. It can inform you of new opportunities. It can also help you find the resources you need. By building your network, you are preparing for a time in the future when you might need help from it. But build your network with the right motivation. Don’t build it with the motivation to get something from it.

第II卷（非选择题，共55分）

Have you ever noticed when your sweat dries it will leave marks on your T-shirt? The marks are tiny bits of salt. If you go to the seaside, you will know that seawater does the same to your clothes, because it also has a lot of salt in it.

Water evaporates from the surface of the sea but the salt remains. Have you ever thought about whether the seas will keep getting saltier? The answer is no. The oceans have stayed at about 3.5 percent salt content for hundreds of millions of years. It keeps a constant level of salt in different ways.

Pick up a seashell and weigh it in your hand. It is heavy. All animals need sodium to live and most need calcium to build bone an shells. The seashell, like all sea animals, gets its sodium and calcium from seawater. When animals die, their salt is locked up in bins and shells, which drop to the bottom of the sea.

Seawater and rocks react with each other not just in one way. Sea salt not only reacts with rocks, but also reacts with the rocks of the ocean crust (壳) and volcanic lava. The reactions take some of the salt in seawater away from the sea.

The outer hard crust of the earth is made up of about a dozen hard plates that drift on very hot, soft rock like floating islands on a sea. The heat within the earth is not the same everywhere and the plates move because of the heat. When an ocean plate knocks into a land plate, the thinner land plate floats over the ocean one. The ocean floor gets pushed under and its salty rocks, shells and bones, are lost deep within Earth.

So, that’s why the seas are salty but don’t get any saltier.

57. What does the underlined word “evaporates” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. turns into steam　　　　　　　　 B. turns into a solid

C. turns into fresh water　　　　　　　 D. turns into ice

58. From the passage we can know the seashells________.

A. get some minerals from seawater

B. take some salt from sea when seawater reacts with rocks

C. react with rocks of the ocean crust when plates move

D. absorb salt when the plates move

59. How many reasons does the writer mention why the oceans stay at about 3.5％ salt content?

A. 2　　 　　　　　　 B. 3 　　　　　 　　　 C. 4　　 　　　　　　 D. 5

60. What’s the purpose of the author to write the text?

A.　　 Warning　 　　 B. Informing　 　 C. Entertaining　　　 D. Describing

Acting legend Elizabeth Taylor has passed away. She leaves behind her own life-long movie of ups and downs, marriage and divorce, and sickness and recovery. The world of entertainment is mourning the death of the last classic movie star. Taylor died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles at the age of 79.

Taylor’s more than 50 movies included unforgettable portraits of innocence and of decadence, from the children’s classic “National Velvet” to Oscar-winning transgressions in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?” and “Butterfield 8”.

Fans gathered on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame to pay tribute(讼词) to the actress. They placed tributes on her star and recalled about highlights of her career. Sandra, Hollywood, California, said, “Well, she just led an amazing life, and she went out with style.” Phil Schuman, Reporter of KTTV in Los Angeles, said, “Well, I mean, her whole life story: child star, remarkably beautiful, all the marriages, almost dying, then all of her great work with AIDS research, Michael Jackson’s best friend. It’s just a one-of-a-kind story, I think.”

Taylor was not only the most blessed actress, but also the most loyal of friends and defender of homosexuals in Hollywood. She won a special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her efforts to support AIDS research. “Is this something that we can bear? No. The AIDS crisis is not over.” Taylor once said.

Taylor’s private life is also a legend. She was a star at age 12, a bride and a divorcee at 16, a superstar at 19 and a widow at 26. She has married 8 times. One of her former husbands, former U.S. Senator John Warner, 84, paid tribute to the late star during an event in Washington.

53. Elizabeth Taylor experienced all the following in her life EXCEPT______.

A. ups and downs                            B. marriage and divorce

C. sickness and recovery                      D. AIDS and awards

54. Which statement about Elizabeth Taylor is WRONG?

A. She acted in more than 50 movies all her life.

B. She was Michael Jackson’s best friend.

C. Her movie “National Velvet” won Oscar.

D. She died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.

55. The passage implies that _______.

A. Fans were very glad to know Elizabeth Taylor’s death

B. Taylor made great efforts in the research of AIDS

C. The world were sad for losing the famous actress

D. John Warner was the husband of Taylor at present

56. What is the author’s attitude towards Taylor?

A. Indifferent.        B. Objective.        C. Positive.      D. Negative.

The small unframed painting called “Fisherman” was signed by a little-known Italian artist, Maveleone (1669-1740). When it was sold recently in New York for $27,000, the seller, Mr. Oliver Pitt, was asked to explain how the picture had come into his possession.

Pitt said, “I didn’t know it was so valuable. I’m not an art expert. Photography is my hobby. I bought ‘Fisherman’ in Italy in 1970 for $140. The picture was dirty, and I couldn’t see the artist’s signature. But anyway it wasn’t the picture that I liked. I bought it because of the frame. ”

“It’s a most unusual frame, made of tiny, silvery sea-shells. They are set in such a way that they reflect perfect light onto the surface of a picture. I now have a photograph of my wife in that frame, and I’ll never part with it.”

“When I returned to New York I showed the painting in its frame to a customs officer. I told him that I had paid $140 for it but admitted I didn’t know its actual worth. The customs man valued it at $140, and I was asked to pay duty on that value. I did so, there and then. ” 

“Later, I took off the frame, and that uncovered Maveleone’s signature. My wife suggested in fun that the painting might be a valuable one, so I cleaned it and put it up for sale.”

As a result of this explanation, Oliver Pitt had to appear in court. He was accused of knowingly making a false statement of the value of a picture so as to cheat the Customs Department. Pitt was not happy. “I told the truth as I knew it then,” he said, “What else could I say?”

And then the judge agreed with him. “The Customs Department is to be responsible,” he said, “for making a true valuation of goods brought into the country, so that the correct amount of duty may be charged. Mr. Pitt did not cause or try to cause the mistake that was made. He paid the duty that was demanded. If, now, the Customs Department finds that its valuation was not correct, it cannot be allowed to have another try. Pitt is not guilty”.

49. When Oliver Pitt bought the picture, _______.

A. it was unframed                 

B. Maveleone signed the deal

C. he suggested that it was valuable          

D. it was the frame that attracted him 

50. We can infer that if Maveleone had been a well-known artist, _______.

A. the painting would have cost much more than $ 140

B. he wouldn’t have sold his painting

C. the customs officer wouldn’t have been cheated

D. Pitt wouldn’t have had the intention to buy any of his paintings

51. Pitt took off the frame probably in order to        .

A. clean the painting to put it up for sale

B. look for the artist’s signature

C. use it for his wife’s photograph

D. find the painting’s true value

52. What can be concluded from the passage?  

A. Pitt was asked to pay the correct amount of duty.

B. Pitt sold the frame of the painting at an even higher price.

C. The Customs Department had no right to revalue the painting.

D. Pitt’s wife was regarded as an expert because of her wise suggestion.