I admire my classmate Lisa very much.           her prettiness, she was smart and helpful.

   A. Except for     B. But for             C. Apart from        D. Despite

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40的相应位置上。

How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)?   31   (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man,  32  a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways   33   (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects   34   the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks,   35   I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.

I sometimes wonder   36   a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth   37   (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face   38   twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it   39   (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go   40   are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”

 —Sir, I'd like to take a week's holiday.

   —____. We' re too busy now.

A. Forget it       B. Don' t mention it   C. Don't worry       D. Pardon me

Wednesday, January 7,2009

    A blacklist of 19 leading search engine portals (门户) and websites, including Google and Baidu, which “spread vulgar (lacking in good taste) content and harm the young people” has been published, the Chinese government said Monday.

    According to Xinhua News Agency, six central departments conducted a month – long campaign to clean up the Internet of unhealthy and vulgar materials.

“The government will continue to punish or even shut down those shameful Websites that refuse to connect their wrongdoing.” Gai Mangham, director of the State Council Information Office, said. “Immediate action is needed to clean up the Internet environment.”

The government demanded the web portals, a number of video sharing sites, including Sina, Sohu and NetEase, Google in Chinese and other websites to remove vulgar photos after due notice but they failed and continued providing links to these unhealthy sites.

    Google China’s spokeswoman Cui Jin, however, explained that “Google is neither the owner of those Websites nor does it spread (that) information intentionally. We have also adopted ‘safe search’ to block sites with such content automatically. ”

    Baidu, NetEase. com. Ine and SINA Corp., in web statements on Wednesday, admitted their guilt, and apologized for failing to control such contend. Google China, on the other hand, promised to cooperate with Internet users and society to help build a healthy Internet culture. “After we received notice from relevant government departments, we cleaned up links to vulgar content that could have harmful effects on Internet users,” it added.

53．What is the text mainly about?

       A．How the Chinese government manages the leading search engine portals.

       B．How the leading search engine portals react to to the government’s eroticism.

       C．What the government it trying to do ti clean up the Internet environment.

       D．What the leading search engine portals are doing to improve their service.

54．Which of the following is TRUE about Cai Mingzhao?

       A．He works for the Ministry of Public Security.

       B．He called on the shameful Web sites to correct their wrongdoing.

       C．he apologized for failing to clean up the Internet of unhealthy materials.

       D．He is working hard to make the definition of “spreading vulgar materials” clear.

55．According to the text, which company took the most positive attitude?

       A．Google China          B．NelEase. com. Inc. 

       C．SINA Corp.            D．Baidu

56．We can learn from the last paragraph that             .

      A．China’s Internet environment is getting better and better

       B．China still has a long way to go to build a cleaner Internet environment

       C．China has made laws to protect the environment of the Interned

       D．China has not realized the harm of illegal information from the Internet

1.southern             A. bathroom          B. cloth                 C. health               D. farther

2.practiced             A. recognized        B. watched            C. whispered          D. worried

3.tongue             A. compare            B. movement         C. government              D. motor

4.machine              A. shine                B. holiday             C. police               D. alive

5.anxious            A. attentively         B. strange              C. control                     D. think

 We will appreciate____ if your parents can help us.

A. /     B. that    C. it     D. this

 – The clothes here are not only of poor quality but also expensive.

– Peter _____ us a wrong place.

A. introduced                                     B. is introducing

C. had introduced                               D. introduces

 Is it the years____you worked in the factory_____have a great effect on your literary works?_{高 考资 源网}

A. that; where    B. when; that      C. that; that       D. which; that

 The article is too long and should be _______ by half.

A. cut down             B. cut off          C. turned down        D. turned off

   There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority(优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling.

   If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.

   I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about personal experience: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible(难以辨认)”. It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centred on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek improvement.

46.What is the problem with students’ writing?

How to write freely.

What to write.

How to write freely with right spelling.

How to write freely with his own words.

47.Why do teachers encourage early use of dictionaries?

Students will express themselves confidently.

Teachers will not worry about so many spelling errors.

Students’ writing will be good both in content and in technical ability.

Teachers will be proud of their clever students.

48.The author seems to think that ______.

spelling is unimportant in school.

teachers have the same view about teaching spelling.

teachers should pay much attention to the student’s technical ability.

the student’s idea is the most important in his writing.

49.In paragraph 3, the attitude of the author is ________.

A. suspicious                  B. indifferent

C. subjective                                   D. objective

50.The main idea of the passage is _______.

the importance of students’ writing

the importance of teachers’ attitudes

how to deal with the spelling errors

how to deal with technical ability and content