书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）

前段时间，社会上就是否该恢复使用繁体字展开了激烈的讨论。请你根据下列要点给某英文报纸评论栏目写一篇文章，谈谈你的看法。

反对者认为：1. 繁体字字形优美，包含了中华文化；2. 繁体字更容易辨认，汉字从繁到简是一种退步。

支持者认为：1. 繁体字书写烦琐，难以适应现代社会的快节奏需要；2. 汉字从繁到简是一种进步。

你的看法

注意：1. 用五句话，文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 要求包含所有要点，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：简体字simplified Chinese characters 繁体字traditional Chinese characters

退步regress n.

I’m very interested in the recent discussion over whether the traditional Chinese characters should be used officially. ________________________________________________________________

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 　　On Wednesday, the Chinese government, decided to increase its medical subsidies(补贴)  for farmers from 10 Yuan (US$1.23) to 20 Yuan (US$2.47) a head a year from 2006.

　　 As part of the country's healthcare reform programme, the co-operative rural （农村）medical system was first introduced in 2003 to set up self-help among farmers on a voluntary basis.  Due to insufficient government input to finance hospitals that are mostly State-owned, the country's healthcare reform has largely turned out to be a failure, adding hugely to the financial burden on the public.

While everyone complains about quickly-rising medical costs, rural residents are suffering more than their urban(城镇) cousins because of a lack of money, as well as not being able to enjoy high quality health services. At present, farmers earn on average only one-third of what urban residents make. Most of the country's medical resources are located in cities even though rural residents make up two-thirds of the population.

　　Poor health conditions make it more difficult to help farmers get out of poverty; and poverty, in turn, refuses farmers the chance to improve their health.　To end this vicious circle, policy-makers tried the co-operative medical system, with a small sum of central and local financial support for each rural participant. But the system has proved to be less than perfect. Due to the limited financial input, the programme still does not benefit the majority of farmers in a significant way. This has reduced many farmers' enthusiasm for participating. A high percentage of involvement is of course a precondition for such a system.

　　The central government intends to expand the programme into a national medical system by 2008. Increasing government subsidies is a necessary step to make the co-operative medical system more attractive to farmers. But an increase of 10 Yuan for each participant is surely far from enough to perfect the system. The total cost is not particularly heavy compared to the rapid growth in government revenue(财政).

　　 Clearly, policy-makers are becoming increasingly aware of how urgent the narrowing of the development gap between rural and urban areas really is. Besides economic policies to push the rural economy, large amount of government investment on improving rural healthcare and education is badly needed.

1. Compared with that in 2006, what will be the rate of coming increase in China’s medical subsidies for farmers?

       A. 100%               B. 50%                 C. 200%                      D. 150%

2. What is the reason for the failure in the country’s healthcare reform?

       A. Bad management system.        

       B. The government didn’t input enough money to support hospitals that are mostly

state-owned.

       C. The health conditions in the country is too bad.

       D. There are too many farmers that need medical care.

3. What is needed to narrow the development gap between rural and urban areas?

       ①. Large amount of government investment in economy.

       ②. Large amount of government investment on improving rural healthcare and education.

       ③. Economic policies to push the rural economy

④. A high percentage of farmers’ involvement in the medical system

⑤. A better management system

A. ①②③ B.  ②③④             C. ①②③④⑤          D. ②③

4. Why are many farmers not enthusiastic in joining the co-operative medical system?

       A. It doesn’t benefit most of the farmers in an effective way.

       B. They cannot spare the needed money to join the programme.

       C. They don’t believe in the system.

       D. They don’t think it necessary.

5. What can be inferred from the last but one paragraph?

       A. An increase of 10 Yuan in medical subsidies for each person is not enough.

       B. The government can afford to increase the medical subsidies for farmers.

       C. The government will get farmers of the whole country involved in a medical system by 2008. 

       D. If the government increase subsidies, more farmers are likely to join the medical system.

II 语言知识及运用 (共两节，满分35分)

完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The True Story of Treasure Island

　　It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. However，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

　　Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    21    for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    22   . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son  Lloyd.

　　Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long walk over the hills. They had been enjoying this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days    23    . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some   24___.

　　One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert  25    that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of the island. “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    26   treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly saw something of an adventure story in the boy’s picture. While the rain was pouring Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   27    a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate（海盗）?

　　Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the help of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   28   such a man in a story. Thus Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   29    .

　　So thanks to a    30   September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest adventure stories in the English language.

　　21．A．alone        B．next door         C．at home           D．abroad

　　22．A．meeting    B．story                      C．holiday            D．job

　　23．A．quiet               B．dull                 C．busy                D．cold

　　24．A．cleaning   B．writing            C．drawing           D．exercising

　　25．A．doubted    B．noticed            C．decided            D．recognized

　　26．A．forgotten  B．buried             C．discovered       D．unexpected

　　27．A．star          B．hero                C．writer              D．child

　　28．A．praise       B．produce           C．include            D．accept

　　29．A．read         B．born                C．hired                      D．written

　　30．A．rainy        B．sunny              C．cool                D．windy

基础写作

你的美国笔友在信中说他即将来参观上海的世博会，并且想在世博会展览馆附近租一套房子。现请你帮忙物色并把相关信息告诉他。下面是你所物色到的一套出租房的信息。

请根据以上信息写一封回信

写作要求：只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

评分标准：句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

 Washington, a state in the United States, was named _____ one of the greatest American president.

    A. in honor of                  B. in need of

    C. in favour of                 D. by means of

. I_______such a foolish mistake if I had been a little more careful.

   A. wouldn’t make                                B. hadn’t made

   C. wouldn’t have made                         D. didn’t make

第三部分 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

People enjoy taking trips．But what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for education．People travel because they want to broaden their horizons to learn about other people and other places．They are curious about other cultures．When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living．Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson．On a trip, a person can learn directly by visiting museums and historic spots．What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical places and other scenic spots in Paris and shops along the River Seine? He gets a vivid picture, a real life of one of the French people．He learns about their attitudes, how they feel about business; beauty and history．What about the tourist who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person．But seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more．He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway．But the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside would be a much more vivid lesson．The tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrasts: the straight vertical lines of tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in.

1．Why do people leave home to travel according to passage?

A．For education.                           B．For adventure.

C．To enjoy themselves.                  D．To look for a different lifestyle.

2．What do we learn from the passage about Paris?

A．It has a dense population.

B．It has many towering buildings.

C．There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.

D．There are many museums and palaces.

3．What impression will a tourist get of Hong Kong?

A．It has many big and beautiful parks.

B．It is a city of contrasts.

C．It possesses many historical sites.

D．It is an important industrial center.

4．What does the passage tell us about traveling?

A．It makes our life more interesting.

B．It enables us to get first-hand knowledge.

C．It helps develop our personalities.

D．It brings about changes in our lifestyle.

Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.

Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), which are painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

Now the American Automobile Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all serious traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related danger are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can  cut the average speed of drivers in half at the beginning. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.

Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

1. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that ______.

A. they should avoid speed-related hazards

B. they are driving in the wrong lane

C. they should slow down their speed

D. they are coming near to the speed limit

2. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former ______.

A. can keep drivers awake    

B. can cut road accidents in half

C. will look more attractive  

D. will have a longer effect on drivers

3. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ________.

A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas

B. change the road signs across the country

C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons

D. repeat the Japanese road patterns

4. The passage mainly discusses ________.

A. a new way of highway speed control

B. a new pattern for painting highways

C. a new way of training drivers

D. a new type of optical illusion

 People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars and this ______ creates further problems.

A. in short            B. in turn              C. in doubt           D. in case

. Several years later，word came______ Napoleon himself was coming to inspect them．

A. that        B. which         C .when       D if