18. Up to now no measures ____________ by the government to solve the problem.

　 A. were made　　　　　 B. have been made　　 C. were making　　 D. have made

17. He made up _________excuse to the teacher that he needed to look after his sick mother. Soon it turned out to be _________ failure.

　 A. a; a　　　　　　　　 B. an; /　　　　　　　 C. a; /　　　　　　 D. an; a

16. --- Lucy was Lily’s sister!　

--- ____________ she reminded me so much of Lily.

　 A. Of course　　　　　 B. No doubt　　　　　 C. No wonder　　　 D. Above all

第二节　 书面表达(满分25分)

请根据下面的提示和要求写一篇说理文。 　提示： (1) 英语是世界上使用最广泛的语言之一。讲英语的人近三亿。

(2) 英语是国际会议中使用得最多的工作语言。世界上有百分之六十的电台和百分之七十的邮件(mail)用英语。数以百万计的书籍和杂志是用英语写的。

(3) 借助英语可以更快、更好地学习现代科学和技术。学好英语，我们可以更好地为祖国服务.

要求： 字数：120左右。

Why Do We Study English?

第一节　 短文改错：

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，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

　　　 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

A few days ago, Miss Wang was going home by bike. While he was riding in the street, she saw the man with a knife in his hand and his face covering with a piece of cloth running towards her. The man took her handbag out of the basket of her bike and ran away after she could do anything. There was no one she could turn for help at that time, for it was very late at night. Lucky, she had her mobile phone at hand. Immediately when she took it out and phoned the police. She told them what the man was like and in which directions he had run. The police came very quickly and catch the robber. Miss Wang got her handbag back and felt very grateful for the police had done for her.