In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E.  71   By now, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter.  72 

     As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest.  73 

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.

This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong.  74 

This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.

      75 

A.  So she won the contest.

B.  As a result, she lost the contest.

C.  The judges wanted to give her another chance.

D.  It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”

E.  It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.

F.  They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.

G.  But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

第一节  短文改错 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)

英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。短文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧   ），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词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。

3．必须按答题要求做题。否则不给分。

It was snowing heavily Monday morning. Li Hua was at the bus stop, waited for Bus No.601 to go to school. After the while, the bus came and she got on it. There are many passengers in the bus. Some were talking but some were looking out of the windows. Suddenly the bus stopped. The driver turned around and said, “Sorry. The bus has been broken down. Please get off and help push the bus.” When we heard this, Li Hua and the other passenger got off the bus. They worked hardly together, pushing the bus slowly backward. Soon the bus was running again. All the passengers were smiling and the sun was shining.

海南国际旅游岛的建设令全世界所关注，你的澳大利亚朋友Jane在e-mail里谈到七月份要到海南旅游，想事先了解海南情况。假如你是李华，请你回信给她提出建议，内容如下：

l  上网浏览海南旅游相关的情况；

l  可以乘坐东环火车，沿途游览风光；

l  气候炎热降雨多，注意防雨防晒；

l  海南有许多旅游景点，如南山寺、五指山等；还有很多风味小吃。

注意事项：

l  开头已给出，不计入总字数；

l  可适当添加内容；

l  字数：100词左右；

l  参考词汇：东环铁路 East Ring Railway, 五指山Five-finger Mountain 

Dear Jane,

...

Yours truly,

                                                             Li Hua

Many people fall into panic due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan but experts don’t expect this to be ________ as proper measures have been taken.

A. compulsory            B. contemporary     C. temporary            D. permanent

When tension ________ in a relationship between two people, a frequent way of dealing with this is to send messages through a third person.

A. arouses           B. arises               C. rises            D. raises

Maybe there is some business aspect to the Royal Wedding of William and Kate Middleton but ________ what people are interested in, it’s a hugely popular event around the world.

A. in spite of           B. in honor of          C. in terms of          D. in case of

NASA has made a ________ that our earth has no threat associated with the film 2012 which is based on pure myths.

A. clarification         B. classification       C. identification       D. presentation

Many people may be surprised by the number of chemicals that they are ________ to through everyday household products.

A. devoted           B. addicted         C. exposed              D. applied

Michelle Obama wears clothes that anyone can buy in a mall and ________ she may have a larger effect on consumers than ordinary models.

A. furthermore       B. otherwise        C. nevertheless         D. therefore

Although the situation was tough during the economic crisis now things are beginning to ________.

A. look up           B. keep up          C. set up               D. build up