第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
It is reported that two 66-year-old men graduated this summer from Sun Yat-sen University, a well-known university in Guangzhou.
Li Yiquan, a Chinese-Singaporean, earned a postgraduate(研究生) degree in software engineering, while Ang Toon Aun, a Chinese-Malaysian, earned a bachelor's degree with a major in Chinese as a foreign language.
Li, a retired engineer, now lives in Hong Kong. His daughter also received a postgraduate degree this year, but from a British university. So she participated in his graduation ceremony in Guangzhou. Li said he had a special feeling for Sun Yat-sen University because his parents and brother graduated from there.
It wasn't easy for Li to return to school while in his 60s, he said. He failed math exams several times after beginning classes, even though he had a good foundation in math; he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University majoring in physics 40 years ago and worked as an engineer before retiring.
Ang Toon Aun, 66, was tired of his business career, so he decided to study Chinese at the university and passed level 9, the highest level of the Chinese Test.
"There's nothing in the world that makes me happier than study," said Aun. Many old people in Malaysia were encouraged to keep studying after retirement, but few of them chose to study on campus for a degree as he did.
[写作内容]
你班英语老师给你推荐了这篇报道，读后你很受启发，想给学校板报的英语专栏写一篇英语文章，谈谈自己对上大学的看法。
1. 以约30个词概括两位老人上大学的理由；
2. 然后以约120个词就以“上大学”这个话题进行讨论，内容包括:
（1）你对这两位老人克服困难读完大学的感受；
（2）你对上大学深造的看法；
（3）你对中学毕业后的打算。
[写作要求]
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our __1__we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to __2__a new place or country, we __3__ what it will be like. We predict(预料) the __4__ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things __5__. Things are often very different from the way we __6__them to be. One of the __7__ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been __8__ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had __9__and analyzed (分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there __10__ to be no way of __11__ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he __12__ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his __13__. The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke __14__： I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about __15__. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your __16__ will get heavier. Soon you'll be asleep. You will hear my voice and __17__ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are __18__ asleep, and when you wake up you will __19__ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to __20__ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.

1. A. brains               B. senses              C. minds            D. sights

2. A. visiting              B. seeking             C. reaching            D. discovering

3. A. imagine             B. know              C. feel                D. guess

4. A. custom              B. habit               C. style               D. way

5. A. quickly              B. simply              C. correctly           D. neatly

6. A. required             B. wished             C. left                         D. expected

7. A. funny               B. dull                C. famous              D. silly

8. A. managing            B. trying              C. thinking              D. hoping

9. A. studied              B. learned             C. discussed         D. researched

10. A. used              B. ought              C. seemed             D. had

11. A. making             B. finding             C. turning             D. letting

12. A. gave              B. sat                 C. woke                    D. got

13. A. dream             B. lesson              C. research          D. exercise

14. A. softly              B. loudly              C. slowly             D. firmly

15. A. everything          B. something

C. nothing                D. anything

16. A. eyes               B. feet              C. head                 D. body

17. A. believe             B. repeat              C. take               D. understand

18. A. really              B. extremely           C. actually             D. almost

19. A. accept            B. remember         C. hear              D. receive

20. A. count             B. say               C. add                D. speak

(2009年合肥市高三第一次教学质量检测)He sighed again and the failure in physics seemed to have completely           his confidence．

    A．injured    B．destroyed  C．shocked．    D．attacked

As the first woman Chancellor(总理) in German’s history, Angela Merkel topped Forbes magazine’s list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.She has even been compared to Margaret Thatcher and many people called her  “Iron Lady”．
Merkel was born in Hamburg, West Germany, on July 17, 1954.Six weeks after she was born, her family moved to Templin. As a small child, Merkel quickly learned to speak but took longer to walk. “I was a stupid person when it came to moving？” Merkel said. “A normal person could do something naturally, but I had to think about it in my mind and practice.” As a teenager, she was the top student and graduated from high school with perfect marks. In 1973, Merkel went to the University of Leipzig, where she studied physics. At 32, she got her doctor’s degree in physics.
She stepped_into_politics in 1989.In her first big political job as Minister for the Environment in 1994, her scientific background and strong will proved very useful. In 2005 she became Germany’s Chancellor. She has been reelected to a second term as German Chancellor on September 27, 2009.
Through her political career, Merkel’s persistence (坚持) and patience helped her a lot. “She’s bright and open­minded,” said Hubert Markl. “She is the person who wants to know exactly what is going on, and how never giving up will influence our society and future.”
【小题1】As a small child, Merkel was slow in ________.

文中共有10处语言错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

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　　    Looking forward to receive your early reply!

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　              Yours truly,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　               Wang Lin