6. The discovery of the new vaccine is an important _______ in the fight against avian flu.

(A) breakthrough 　 (B) commitment 　　　　　 (C) demonstration (D) interpretation

5. People believed in the _______ of the judge, so they were shocked to hear that he was involved in the bribery scandal.

(A) inferiority 　　　 (B) integrity 　　　　　　　　 (C) intimacy 　　　　 (D) ingenuity

4. Identical twins have almost all of their genes in common, so any _______ between them is in large part due to the effects of the environment.

(A) adoption 　　　　 (B) familiarity 　　　　　　 (C) stability 　　　　 (D) variation

3. Do not just sit and wait _________ for a good chance to come to you. You have to take the initiative and create chances for yourself.

(A) consciously 　　 (B) passively 　　　　　　　 (C) reasonably 　　　 (D) subjectively

2. Languages change all the time. Many words that were found in Shakespeare’s works are no longer in _________ use.

(A) absolute 　　　　 (B) current 　　　　　　　　　 (C) repetitive 　　　　　　　 (D) valuable

1. Mastery of English _______ us with a very important tool for acquiring knowledge and information.

(A) accesses 　　　　 (B) conveys 　　　　　　　　 (C) deprives 　　　　 (D) equips

第二节 ：书面表达(满分25分)

假设你叫纪玲，你的加拿大笔友James 想了解一下你要参加的2005年全国中学生英语夏令营的有关信息，请你根据下面的海报给他写一封信，谈谈有关情况和活动意义，并邀请他参加你们的活动。

注意：1．信心须包括以上提供的内容要点，可以适当增加细节，使内容连贯；

2．词数：100字左右；信的开头已经给出，不计入总词数；

3．参考词汇：全国中学生英语能力竞赛　 NEPC；交流 vt . exchange

Dear James ,

Nice to hear from you again .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个对号；如多词，则用( \ )划掉；如缺词，则在此处加一个(^)，并把正确的写在横线上；如错一词，则在此词下面划线，，在右边横线上写出改正后的词。

In recent years, dust storm have happened more and　　　 86._________

more often in north of China. They have brought　　　　　 87._________

quite a lot of trouble to people’s life. The strong　　　　　　 88. _________

wind blows up the dust, made the air very dirty.　　　　　　 89._________

It also keeps many people go out. In the past,　　　　　　　 90. _____　 _

people raise a large number of sheep, which ate　　　　　 　91.________

off a great deal of grass and the land became sandy.　　　　 92. _________

Now the government has begun to pay an attention to　　 93. _________

the problem. Each year, a large sum of money are　　　　　 94. _________　　　　　　　　　　　　

spent in the improvement of the environment.　　　　　　 95. _________