Water costs money．In some places water is hard  1  ．What  2  when a town
has these problems？A small town in California found a happy  3．
　　Very little rain ever fell there．The town had no water of its own．The water it used was 4 from a river 300 miles away．As more people  5  live in the town，  6   water was needed．Now water 7  to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 8  money．
　　The town  9  a plan．It found a way to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused  10  many ways．Five man-made lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go  11  ．They could have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water  12  their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 13  ．
　　In most places，water is used and thrown 14  ．The town that saved  15  water
has saved the town！

第三部分读写任务(共l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。

　　Years ago it was very difficult to travel from one place to another. The journeys were often long, tiring and dangerous. Today the picture has changed. Science has improved transportation and communication facilities a great deal. Traveling has become safer, more enjoyable and above all, more economical.

　　Traveling — whether within one’s country or abroad — brings many invaluable benefits. People travel for pleasure, business or for education and knowledge. In the world of yesterday most people were only able to read about strange and fascinating places across the mountains and seas. Later, with the coming of the cinema and television, man’s curiosity about faraway places with strange sounding names was further stirred up. Today man’s curiosity can be satisfied in luxurious comfort. There are first-class ships and airplanes to take him where his dreams lie.

　　We travel to increase our knowledge of the world in which we live. Knowledge obtained from books alone is not enough. New knowledge of different land and peoples enriches our mind and soul. Books generally do not give us a very true picture of lands beyond our shores. Some of them are even misleading.

[写作内容]                  

1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词就“交通的发展给我们带来什么”这个主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：       1)          简述从古到今交通方式的变化；       2) 现代交通给我们带来的好处， 如快捷性、舒适性、经济性及帮助我们扩大视野等；

3)   现代交通给我们带来的一些负面影响；  4)   你如何评价现代交通？

[写作要求]                  

1.可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，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. 标题自定；3. 答案请写在答题卷的相应位置上。

[评分标准]           概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

What Does Modern Transportation Bring Us?

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Water costs money．In some places water is hard 16  ．What 17  when a town has these problems？A small town in California found a happy  18  ．
　　Very 19 rain  fell there．The town had no water  of its 20 ．The water it used was  21  from a river 300 miles away．As more people   22  live in the town，   23   water was needed．Now water   24  to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost  25  money．
　　The town 26 a plan．It found 27   to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused  28  many ways．Five  29  lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go   30  ．They  31 have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 32  their crops．New factories can be built，because they have  33 ．
　　In most places，water is used and thrown 34 ．The town that saved  35  water has saved the town！

第三部分 读写任务(共l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。

　　Years ago it was very difficult to travel from one place to another. The journeys were often long, tiring and dangerous. Today the picture has changed. Science has improved transportation and communication facilities a great deal. Traveling has become safer, more enjoyable and above all, more economical.

　　Traveling — whether within one’s country or abroad — brings many invaluable benefits. People travel for pleasure, business or for education and knowledge. In the world of yesterday most people were only able to read about strange and fascinating places across the mountains and seas. Later, with the coming of the cinema and television, man’s curiosity about faraway places with strange sounding names was further stirred up. Today man’s curiosity can be satisfied in luxurious comfort. There are first-class ships and airplanes to take him where his dreams lie.

　　We travel to increase our knowledge of the world in which we live. Knowledge obtained from books alone is not enough. New knowledge of different land and peoples enriches our mind and soul. Books generally do not give us a very true picture of lands beyond our shores. Some of them are even misleading.

[写作内容]                  

1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词就“交通的发展给我们带来什么”这个主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：       1)           简述从古到今交通方式的变化；       2)  现代交通给我们带来的好处，  如快捷性、舒适性、经济性及帮助我们扩大视野等；

3)    现代交通给我们带来的一些负面影响；  4)    你如何评价现代交通？

[写作要求]                  

1.可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，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. 标题自定；3. 答案请写在答题卷的相应位置上。

[评分标准]            概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

What Does Modern Transportation Bring Us?

　　Water costs money．In some places water is hard  16  ．What  17 when a town has these problems？A small town in California found a happy   18 ．

　　Very 19 rain ever fell there．The town had no water  20  ．The water it used was  21  from a river 300 miles away．As more people   22  live in the town，   23   water was needed．Now water   24  to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost  25  money．

　　The town 26 a plan．It found 27   to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused   28  many ways．Five  29  lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go   30   ．They  31  have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water  32  their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of  33  ．

　　In most places，water is used and thrown 34  ．The town that saved  35  water has saved the town！