第II卷 （共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

   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，并将该词完整的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。

  Though great progress has been made in science these years, there

are still many people in p_____ conditions in sole parts of the world.        76. ___________

They make their l_____ by collecting and selling used things. Their         77. ___________

Children cannot go to school because they have no e_____ money to      78. ___________

Send their children there. Why do you think so many people still _____      79. ___________

from poverty now? The answer lies _____ the population explosion.            80. ___________

A president of a ____(发展中) country once said: “ It was we who are to   81. ___________

____ for the poverty because we used to produce children without limit.”   82. ___________

Although these few words _____(听起来) simple enough and strange,            83. ___________

they have clearly pointed out one of the _____(原因) of the poverty.             84. ___________

It’s a good lesson for us to learn in f_____.                                                            85. ___________

The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its Web site, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.

A teacher of English as a second language is the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the United States.Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will spend the next year as an international spokeswoman for education.President Bush and his wife,Laura,honored her during a ceremony（仪式）at the White House last week.

For the past nineteen years,Kathy Mellor has taught English as a second language at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown,Rhode Island,in the northeastern United States.She redesigned the program for E.S.L students at her school to provide each student with one to three periods per day in classes for English learners.How much instruction the students get depends on their level of skill in listening,speaking,reading and writing.The amount of time they spend in these classes is reduced as their level of English increases.

A teacher describes this as the most successful E.S.L.program in North Kingstown.She also praises Kathy Mellor for providing help to students and their families by forming a local parents group for speakers of other languages.This improved their ability to help their children.Kathy Mellor earned a master’s degree in education from Rhode Island College.She studied teaching English as a second language.

She was chosen for the national honor of Teacher of the Year from among top teachers in each of the fifty states.As Teacher of the Year,Kathy Mellor will travel around the United States and to other countries.She will talk about the importance of education and the work of teachers.

50.This passage is mainly about______.

A.Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States

B.Ms Mellor’s English teaching instruction

C.Ms Mellor’s teaching skills of learning English

D.praises to Ms Mellor from other teachers

51.What does“E.S.L.”in the passage stand for?

A.English study learners.　　　　                           B.English speaking and listening.

C.English special learners.　　　　                       D.English as a second language.

52.From this passage we can learn that______.

A.middle school teachers from each state are honored Teachers of the Year

B.middle school teachers in the USA have to get master’s degrees

C.Ms Mellor’s students have no problems in learning English

D.the American government pays much attention to education

The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its website, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.

Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a standard and fixed fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site.

But executives of The New York Times Company said they could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan, like how much it would cost or what the limit would be on free reading. They stressed that the amount of free access could change with time, in response to economic conditions and reader demand. Still, publishers fear that money from digital subscriptions would not make up for the resulting loss of audience and advertising income.

NYTimes.com is by far the most popular newspaper site in the country, with more than 17 million readers a month in the United States, according to Nielsen Online, and analysts say it is the leader in advertising income, as well. That may make it better positioned than other general-interest papers to charge—and also gives The Times more to lose if the move produces an opposed result.

The Times Company has been studying the matter for almost a year, searching for common ground between pro-and-anti pay campaigns—a debate mirrored in dozens of media-watching blogs-- and the system will not go into effect until January 2011. Executives said they were not bothered by the possibility of absorbing barbs(挖苦) for moving cautiously.

 “There’s no prize for getting it quick,” said Janet L. Robinson, the company’s president and chief executive. “There’s more of a prize for getting it right.”

What’s the function of the first paragraph?

       A. It servers as a comment.

       B. It serves as a background

       C. It serves as a lead-in

       D. It serves as a conclusion.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A. Non-paying subscribers will get no access to NYTimes.com.

       B. Readers will be charged more to read articles on NYTimes.com.

       C. Readers will get more free online articles to log on NYTimes. com more often.

       D. Subscribers to the paper’s print edition will also enjoy full access to the site.

Which of the words can best describe The Time Company’s attitude towards its announcement?

A. Unwilling.       

B. Serious.                  

C. Hasty               

D. Doubtful

What is the main idea about the passage?

       A. The Times to offer free access to its web site.

       B. The Times to increase audience to its web site.

       C. The Times to attract advertisement to its web site

       D. The Times to charge for frequent access to its web site.