Children are keen Internet shoppers with more than half having bought something online, research has shown.

   Around 53 percent of children aged between 7 and 16 said they had bought something over the Internet, 10 percent more than in 2004, according to Halifax.

   Boys were more likely to be Internet shoppers than girls, with 60 percent of boys saying they had bought items online, compared with just 46 percent of girls.

   Unsurprisingly, older children were more likely to use the Internet to shop than younger ones, with nearly three quarters of 12-16-year olds shopping online, compared to just 29 percent of 7-to-11-year olds who said they had bought something.

  More than half of children preferred buying things over the Internet to buying them on the high street, while 61 percent of those who had bought things online said it was easier to buy certain items over the Internet than in shops.

   However, boys were more likely to always prefer buying things online, while girls were more likely to still like the actual high street shopping experience.

   The most common items for young people to buy over the Internet were CDs, tapes and computer games and equipment. Some children had bought DVDs and videos, while some had bought gifts.

Children spent most money on computer games and equipment, with 13 percent saying they spent more than $20 online on these items a year, followed by 12 percent who spent more than $20 a year on mobile phones and 11 percent who spent the same amounts on clothes.

Cheryl Millington, head of savings at Halifax, said, “ We are not only seeing the emergence of a generation of young consumers, but also keen cyber-consumers. While children often lead the way in Internet use within the family home, parents have an important role to play in ensuring they stay safe while online.”

73. From the passage, which of the following is NOT correct?

A. Children are keen on internet shopping              

B. Boys are more likely to buy things over the Internet than girls

C. Older children want to buy things in actual streets                   

D. Children like to buy some fashionable items over the Internet

74. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________

A. Cheryl Millington is against children’s online shopping         

B. parents should play an active role in ensuring their children’s safety

C. Cheryl Millington holds a conservative (保守的) view about children’s online shopping            

D. children will become the main composition of online shopping

75. Which of the following can best show the organization of the text?

a. the number of children’s online shopping      b. items bought over the Internet

c. money spent on online shopping             d. safety problems

A. a, b, c, d       B. a, d, c, b      C. a, c, d, b       D. d, a, c, b

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示； 2）首字母提示； 3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在短文下面相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确

Helen Keller was a great writer and ___1____(教育家)  in the world,

whose most famous work is The Story of My Life. When she was young, Helen was a very special girl, who couldn’t s____2____, read, or write, because she couldn’t ____3____ or hear. Because of those severe _____4_______(限制) on her communication, her temper was often unbearable.

It was her teacher Anne Sullivan who completely ___5_____ her life.

She herself had also e____6_______ problems, so she related to Helen’s

difficulties. Anne’s first goal was to change Helen’s ____7____(引起麻烦的) behaviors, which gave her valuable preparations to learn language.

Helen learned words by t__8____ objects. It was the word “water” that

she completely understood for the first time. From then on, she learned

many basic words. Later on , she was e____9____to learn  more

__10_____(复杂的)words which need the thinking process.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

    假设你叫李华，下面是你开学第一天（2008年9月1日）的经历，请根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文，投给某中学生英语报社的习作版。

      1. 由于昨晚睡觉太迟，早上起床晚了；

      2. 匆忙出门，却发现自行车没气了；

      3. 决定跑步上学，却撞了一个老人；

      4. 到学校后已经迟了；

      5. 下午放学回家却发现钥匙丢了，只好在门口等父母下班。

注意：1. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

        2. 首句已给出，不计入总词数；

        3. 词数：100-120

September 1, 2008 was a bad day I will never forget.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 ----Bruce, I really appreciate your painting.  

----          .   

A. I practice every day                B. Thank you very much  

C. No, I don’t think so                 D. Well, it’s not good enough  

 With the rapid growth of Cyberspace, everyone should be encouraged to use ______ Internet as ______ tool, making it a trend to study in virtual schools in the future.

A. 不填；a                        B. 不填; the                      C. the; the                           D. the; a

. If I had got back 5 minutes earlier, I _________ him.

  A. would see      B. would have seen      C. will have seen     D. had seen

----What’s that building made of?

   ----____________, I think.

   A. Marble and stone       B. It has a garage

    C. Very beautiful         D. It’s kind of modern

____ the morning of my mother’s birthday, I usually help my mother do some housework.

A. In               B. At                       C. During                   D. On

 From the top of Mount Tai, you can get a wonderful        of sunrise.

         A. scenery            B. sightseeing        C. view                D. scene

Many children,          parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the village.

         A. their               B. with whom             C. of them          D. whose