将答案写在答题卷上，写在本试卷上无效。

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Living in South Africa, I had always taken the wildlife pretty much for granted. Not to say that we were surrounded by it, but the accessibility of game parks and wildlife sanctuaries（避难所，庇护所） always made it seem like a natural part of the environment. For this reason, I suppose that the way my European friends used to talk to me, wasn’t so strange after all. They would ask me what I thought at the time were really silly questions which got on my nerves. They’d say things like ‘Do you have a pet baboon?’ or ‘Do you travel to school by elephant?’.

When Amanda, a friend of mine who was visiting from England, invited me to join her and a group of friends on a wildlife expedition, I was not filled with enthusiasm. However, from the moment we entered the gates of the Zaluzi game reserve, I knew that this was not going to be anything like I had expected. We had been traveling along the National Road when, suddenly, we turned onto a dirt track which seemed to be hidden in the middle of nowhere. Amazingly, the scenery changed dramatically. The civilized environment took on a wild, chaotic（混沌的；一片混乱的） aspect and continued to do so as we walked deeper into the bush.

After having a good night’s sleep at one of the reserve’s bungalows, we were woken at the crack of dawn. After a quick breakfast we piled into a jeep and set off. Our guide assured us that the early start was necessary in order to have the best chance of seeing what was really worthwhile. Armed with just a thermos of coffee, we set out towards the shore of a small lake where it was expected that we could see that animals that used it as their morning watering hole.

On the way to our destination, we topped a hill and there, against the emerging morning light, were a group of animals.  It was a stunning sight. As we moved closer, the animals did not appear to be alarmed by our presence. Pet baboons aside, I had never before come within such close range of a pride of lions. It did cross my mind, however, that we might be in a certain amount of danger. When I asked Timothy, our game ranger, if we were actually in any danger, he replied straightforwardly that one is never entirely safe in the bush, but his knowledge and experience allowed him to anticipate any danger with reasonable accuracy.

However, the following day there was some cause for alarm. Not having started out so early, we missed the sightings of the day before. We decided to drive around for a while, hoping to come across something of interest. Suddenly our tracker perched up on the back of our vehicle, signaled to the driver to halt and at the same moment I realized that this time we had stumbled right into a pride of lions. The driver promptly turned off the engine and in a low voice warned us to remain seated and not to make any abrupt movements. The lions were picking at what looked like the remains of a zebra. Timothy, later told us how much to our advantage this was. Had their bellies not been full, their reaction to us would surely have been otherwise. As the nearest lion was less than three meters away from the jeep, I considered that we had been very lucky indeed.

All in all, it was a wonderful trip. Our near miss with the lions was without a doubt the highlight, but what it taught me yet again was how easy it is to be indifferent to our surroundings and not to have a full appreciation of the beauty around us.

1.How did the writer feel about the questions her European friends asked?

A. ridiculous      B. annoyed       C. strange     D. embarrassed

2.When did the writer’s attitude change about the expedition?

A. When she was traveling along the dirt track.

B. When she received her invitation.

C. When she arrived at the game reserve.

D. When her friend arrived from England.

3.What does the underlined word ‘It’ (in the fourth paragraph) refer to?

A. the pride of lions     B. the destination

C. the top of the hill     D. the morning light

4.Timothy’s experience as a game ranger was valuable because he ______________

A. could supply a straightforward answer to any question.

B. knew how to frighten the animals.

C. knew the game reserve well.

D. could identify trouble in advance.

5.What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence ‘we had been very lucky indeed’ in the fifth paragraph?

A. They had seen the lions up close.    B. They hadn’t been attacked.

C. They had a good guide with them.   D. They had gone on a trip.

6.What conclusion does the writer of the text come to?

A. We often do not realize how attractive our environment really is.

B. It is not clever to unnecessarily put ourselves in dangerous situations.

C. We don’t respect wild animals enough.

D. We should protect our surroundings.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Ms Smith,
This is Li Hua, monitor of Class Two, Senior Three of Xinhua
【小题1】High School. _______ you may have known, our school is planning
【小题2】to hold an art festival from December 12th to 18th , _______ (持续) a
【小题3】whole week. In p     for the festival, our class has decided to put
【小题4】_______ a short English play. We’ve already made progress with it.
【小题5】Without your help, we will _______ (无法) to improve our English
【小题6】quickly. To make the play a s    , we’d like to invite you to be our
【小题7】guide, giving us some _______ on spoken English. I wonder if you will
【小题8】be a     on the afternoon of December 2nd. We would feel much
【小题9】______(荣幸的) if you could make it to Room 307 of the teaching building.
【小题10】Looking forward to your early r    .
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

Dining in a completely dark room, unaware what’s on your plate while sitting next to a complete stranger may not sound like an ideal restaurant experience but it’s certainly an intriguing way to spend a rainy night in London.

   Dans le Noir, close to London’s financial district, is a restaurant full of blind waiters and waitresses who become your eyes around the restaurant, whose original Paris branch opened in 2004.

   In the bar with the light, you choose whether you want the fish, meat or vegetable, but the dishes themselves remain a secret, as do the ingredients of the “surprise” cocktails. Bags, coats and devices(设备)that light up, including watches and mobile phones, are kept in the bar. Placing your hand on the shoulder of your guide, you are led to a table in a black dining room that sets up to 60 people. And it is dark.

   The waiters tell you when the food is being placed down in front of you, then the fun begins, trying to get food into your mouth, then identifying just what it is that’s on your plate, and finally whether you have missed any of it.

   It’s also a great chance to break social convention and eat using your fingers. Those same fingers are also the only way you can tell how much wine you’re pouring into your glass.

   The happy atmosphere in the dining room also made the night memorable. You can’t really avoid talking to the person next to you at the long tables and guessing what the dishes are certainly provides adequate fuel for the conversations.

   All will be revealed at the end of the meal when you are led back out into the lit bar. Not only do you finally get to see what you’ve just been eating but also who you’ ve been talking to for the last 90 minutes.

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

A terrible   B. interesting   C. expensive   D. new

2.According to the text, “ Dans le Noir”__________.

A is far from London’s financial district

B has its first branch opened in Britain

C is very popular among blind customers

D has a dining room which can seat up to 60 people

3.We know from the text that the customers in “Dans le Noir”_________.

A. are forbidden to eat with their fingers

B. can talk to the strangers at table

C. will book the menu in a dark bar

D. can take their mobile phones into the dining room

4.What’s the main purpose of the text?

A. To help blind people find a job in restaurants.

B. To show how to open a restaurant with a new idea.

C. To show how to enjoy the time in a dark restaurant.

D. To introduce and attract customers to “Dans le Noir ”.

1.A visitor can apply for a free audio tour ___________.

A. in the Courtyard              B. in the State Apartments

C. at the Admission Center        D. at St George's Chapel

2.What is specially offered to visitors with kids?

A. A security guard    B. A pushchair    C. A free toy      D. A baby carrier

3.Who can get re-entry permits?

 A. Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle

 B. Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops

 C. Visitors buying water from the Courtyard

 D. Visitors eating outside St George's Chapel

4.Why are visitors required to turn off their mobile phones?

 A. To ensure the safety of others

 B. To ensure the security of the Castle

 C. To prevent them from disturbing others

 D. To prevent the use of the built-in cameras

5.In the last part, a "working royal palace" refers to one_____.

 A. still being constructed            B. still used by the royal family

 C. where the Queen usually works     D. where works of art are on show