单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子中的首字母或者汉语提示写出可以填入空白处的单词的正确形式，在答题卡将单词写出。

76. The cruel man shot his wife and __________（埋葬）the dead body in the backyard.

77. There are still quantities of stars we haven’t known in the __________（宇宙）.

78. It’s no good using __________（暴力）to solve the problem. We’d better take effective measures.

79. With the ____________（发展）of science and technology, people’s life is becoming more and more convenient.

80. The test measures students’ ____________（成绩，成就）in reading, spelling and writing.

81. Tom and I chat on the Internet very often, but only see each other very o__________.

82. Harbin No. 3 Middle School was f_________ in the year 1923.

83. Recently many earthquakes have s_________ some places in Asia and South America.

84. Lots of poor elder people in the mountains live in p_________.

85. A third of the worst accidents o_________ in the home last year, and the rest happened on the roads.

One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister．On this occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend．I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children．Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with．

I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out．I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing．

It was, I should point out, after 10 p．m．,when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone．“I’ll give him a lesson,” I said． I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with．

Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house． After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered．“Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here．”

He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm, rational（理智的）self． After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers．“Where are the children?” I said．He said they were with him．They had done nothing wrong．My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake．This was too good to be believed． Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it．It was only part of the truth．

The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday．My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts．Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions．They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend．

1.The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because         ．   

2.When the author called home that evening, she found that           ．

3.What might the children do that evening?

4.What does the author intend to tell us by the story?

Write a winning story!

         You could win ￡1,000 in this year’s Fiction Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win a cheque for ￡100.

         Once again, we need people who can write good stories. The judges, who include Mary Littlejohn, the novelist, Michael Brown, the television reporter, and Susan Hitchins, the editor of Keep Writing, are looking for interesting and original stories. Detective fiction was extremely popular last year, although the competition winner produced a love story. You can write down about whatever you want but here’s some advice to start your thinking:

         Write about what you know

         This is the advice which every writer should pay attention to and, last year, nearly everyone who wrote for us did exactly that. Love, family, problems with friends ---- these were the main subjects of the stories. However, you need to turn ordinary situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.

         Get your facts right

         It’s no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a jet engine works if you get it wrong. So avoid writing anything unless you’re certain about it.

         Hold the reader’s attention

         Make the beginning interesting and the ending a surprise. There is nothing worse than a poor ending. Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening at the end.

         Think about the characters

         Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real.

         Your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2,5000 words and typed, double-spaced, on one side only of each sheet of paper.

         Even if you’re in danger of missing the closing date, we are unable to accept stories by fax or email. You must include the application form with your story. Unfortunately your story cannot be returned, nor can we discuss our decisions.

         You should not have had any fiction printed in any magazine or book in this country ---- a change in the rules by popular request ---- and the story must not have happened in print or in recorded form, for example on radio or TV, anywhere in the world.

         Your fee of ￡5 will go to the Writers’ Association. Make your cheque payable to Keep Writing and send it with the application form and your story to:

         Keep Writing

         75 Broad Street Birmingham

         B12 4TG

         The closing date is 30 July and we will inform the winner within one month of this date. Please note that if you win, you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.

1.How should writers deal with ordinary situations while writing?

A. They should make them appealing to readers.

B. They should copy others’ ideas.

C. They should change some facts to make them interesting.

D. They should describe them as they are.

2.What shouldn’t a writer do?

A. Making the contents interesting.                     B. Getting the facts right.

C. Meeting the deadline.                                        D. Making the end ordinary.

3.Writers should present their works in the following ways except that ____________.

A. they should write originally

B. they can type their stories as they like

C. they should follow some rules

D. they should hand in their stories in time

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Late stories can be faxed if necessary.

B. Entry needs no fee.

C. Winners can have their stories printed in other magazines.

D. All stories should be presented by mail.

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子中的首字母或者汉语提示写出可以填入空白处的单词的正确形式，在答题卡将单词写出。

76. The cruel man shot his wife and __________（埋葬）the dead body in the backyard.

77. There are still quantities of stars we haven’t known in the __________（宇宙）.

78. It’s no good using __________（暴力）to solve the problem. We’d better take effective measures.

79. With the ____________（发展）of science and technology, people’s life is becoming more and more convenient.

80. The test measures students’ ____________（成绩，成就）in reading, spelling and writing.

81. Tom and I chat on the Internet very often, but only see each other very o__________.

82. Harbin No. 3 Middle School was f_________ in the year 1923.

83. Recently many earthquakes have s_________ some places in Asia and South America.

84. Lots of poor elder people in the mountains live in p_________.

85. A third of the worst accidents o_________ in the home last year, and the rest happened on the roads.

As a reader，I，as many other book lovers do，often leave with a long sigh after visiting a bookstore.The prices printed on book jackets keep reminding me how thin my wallet is.

The price of books is now so high that I hesitate before buying a book I love.Many people feel the same way.But I remember that only a few years ago，when I was a college student，I bought several books almost every month，using what was left out of the living expenses sent by my parents，and that was not more than 200 yuan.

But now that I am working and the money I earn is only used to support my own expenses，I find I can’t afford many good books.

There is a saying，“Book lovers have no money，but rich people have no feelings for books.” This is exactly the case.Sometimes I wonder about who the books are published for，especially those books with beautiful hard covers.

It is said that usually，the listed price is more than twice as much as the book’s cost and we can see high profits from selling books.But now there is a contradiction.On one hand，readers who want to buy books aren’t able to，while on the other hand，publishers and sellers suffer from the large stockpiles of unsaleable books being stored in their warehouses.This situation is also a disadvantage to intellectual property right protection because many books of bestsellers are sold at a lower price at some book stands.

The key to resolve the problem is to cut the price to an acceptable level to both sellers and consumers.

I wish sincerely that in the near future common readers like me could buy the books we want without worrying about the high prices too much.

46．The first paragraph of this article tells us that________.

A．the prices of some books are too high

B．many readers are too poor to buy expensive books

C．the writer is one of those who can’t afford to buy books

D．all the above are correct

47．The writer ________at college.

A．often bought books when studying

B．was very rich when studying

C．was living a very simple life

D．hesitated to buying anything but books

48．“Book lovers have no money，but rich people have no feelings for books.” means________.

A．those who like reading maybe have not enough money to buy books

B．those who don’t want to study otherwise are very rich

C．everything in the world has been changed to its opposite

D．both A and B

49．From the fifth paragraph，we can see________.

A．publishers shouldn’t have set the prices of books so high

B．booksellers can hardly earn their living by selling books

C．it’s no good for publishers and sellers if the prices are too high

D．the high prices of books were set by many factors

50．The writer of this article wished________.

A．the prices of books could be acceptable

B．the prices of books would be low

C．the prices of books would be lowered down soon

D．he could buy books without worrying about the prices