24. ___ Mr. Chen is waiting outside to speak to you. He appears to be quite ___ important person.

　　　 A. /, an　　　　　 B. A, an　　　　 C. The, the　　　　　 D. The, /

23. It was a pity that the famous painter died___ his painting unfinished.

　　　 A. of　　　　　　 B. from　　　　 C. for　　　　　　　 D. with

22. –Can I help you, madam?

　　　 --I’d like to buy a present for my father’s birthday, ___ at a proper price, but of great use.

　　　 A. that　　　　　 B. one　　　　 C. anyone　　　　　 D. everything

第一节　　　 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项

涂黑。

21. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that he could by sure of passing it at her first ___.

　　　 A. intention　　　 B. effort　　　　 C. attempt　　　　 D. appetite

第三节：书面表达(满分30 分)

根据以下要点写一篇议论文，阐述一下广告已成为当今社会很重要的一种行业。　

(1)广告不仅能促销，还能提供我们各种最新消息。

　(2)广播，电视及电脑使广告成为我们日常生活中的一个重要部分。

(3)广告行业还提供了许多工作机会。

注意： 全文要连贯； 可适当发挥； 词数：100左右

　 行业： industry / business

第二节：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。对标有题号的每一题作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线 (﹨)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行处右边横线上写出该词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I will never forget the winter of 1846, which we passed through the 　　　　　　　 76___________

Salt Lake Desert. We lose our way soon after we got into the desert.　　　　 77___________

Anyone has the least common sense will know that it is 　　　　　　　　　　　　 78___________

possible to pass through the desert without water. Our water supply was 　 79___________

getting more less and less and we couldn’t find new source of water. The　 80___________

animals that were very weak to pull the wagons were killed. So we had to 　　　 81___________

walk out of the desert. For many weeks, we had been accustomed to see 　 82___________

dead animals and abandoning wagons on our way. Things got so worse that 83___________

no one dared take it easily. No one would help another. I was so weak and　　　 84___________

tired that I was left behind. However, I managed to keep up with the team.　　　 85___________

第一节 单词拼写:(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

IV. 根据下列句子及所给单词首字母, 在句子右边横线上写出单词的完全形式。(每空限一词)

66. We had such fine w________ that we decided to go out for a walk.

67. M________ is the third month of the year.

68. As an old saying goes, f_______ is the mother of success.

69. A l________ is a person who advises people about the law.　

70 Nowadays, more and more people enjoy c______ on line.

71. Chinese celebrated the 56 a___________ of the founding of the PRC.

72. Everywhere people were dying of starvation, with d______(绝望的)look on their faces.　

73.Ads are found almost everywhere --- they are b_____________ on TV and over the radio, posted on the Internet and printed in newspapers and on posters in our cities.

74.Wouldn’t you find it rather a______(讨厌的) if your sleep is disturbed with no good reason?　　

75.In ancient times, pigeons were used to d ______ urgent messages.