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．According to 　　　　World Health Organization, health care plans are needed in all countries to prevent　　　　 spread of the flu.

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

第二节：书面表达(共25分)

请以“My Favourite TV Shows” 为题写一篇作文，字数100左右。

要求：把你喜欢的电视分成三类：晚间新闻、世界体育和动物世界，分别简要谈一谈

你喜欢这三种电视节目的原因。

晚间新闻：Night News

My Favourite TV Shows

第一节：改错(共10小题，共10分)

此题要求你对一段文章改错。先对每一行做出判断是对还是错。如果是对的，在该行右边的横线上划一个勾(√)；如果有错误，则按如下情况改错：

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；

缺一个词，在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该词；

错一个词，在错词下面划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的请不要改。

E

Weather Report

(8:00 a.m．December 17 ----- 8:00 a.m．December18)

　 　　 Influenced by a cold front, northern Xinjiang, the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the northern and eastern parts of Heilongjiang are expected to experience light snow today．Drizzle (小雨) is forecast for most areas of Sichuan and western costal areas of South China．Northerly winds of force 4-6 are expected to affect western and southwestern Inner Mongolia, and most parts of Northeast China while northerly winds of force 5-7 will sweep across the Bohai Sea, the northern parts of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, and the central and northern parts of the South China Sea.

Weather forecast for major Chinese cities

72．According to the weather report, we know it doesn’t rain in many areas except _____.

　 　 A．Xinjing　 　　　　　　 B．Qinghai-Tibet　 　 C．Heilongjiang　　　　 D．Chengdu

73．From December 17 to December 18, if you go to ____, you may be caught in the snow.

　　　 A．Northern Xinjiang and Tibet　　　　　　　　　 B．Sichuan and South China

74．On December 17, the East China Sea will be swept by _____.

　　 A．a cold front　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．northerly winds of force 4-6

C．light snow　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．northerly winds of force 5-7

75．The temperature in Harbin Min(℃) is ____ lower than that in Guangzhou Min(℃).

　 　 A．23　 　　　　　　　　　 B．31 　　　　　　　　 C．26　　 　　　　　　　 D．7

第Ⅱ卷(总分35分)

D

　　　 “Kill it!” she cried.

　　　 “Certainly not,” he said.

　　　 “Why? You’re not frightened of it, are you? It’s only an insect.”

　　　 “It isn’t an insect, though it might look like one．Actually, it is very useful．The program I watched last night has completely changed my views on spiders．Do you want to hear about it?”

　　　 “Not really,” she sighed, “but I suppose you’re going to tell me anyway.”

　　　 “Spiders,” he said, ignoring her remarks, “are the enemies of insects and the friends of humans．That’s something that Chinese farmers realized years ago and scientists are only beginning to understand today.”

　　　 “Do you know in parts of China, in autumn, farmers build shelters for spiders and put them all over their fields? They are like little cone-shaped (锥形的) tents made of straw and they can survive the winter in them．When spring comes, they come out, healthy and hungry, at the same time as millions of insects arrive to attack the farmers’ crops.”

　　　 “So the spiders fill their empty stomachs, and the farmers whose fields are protected are happy．They’ve saved their crops and their money．Because of the spiders, their cost on insecticides (杀虫剂) is zero.”

　　　 “So everyone is happy except insects.” she said.

　　　 “Right, and now this natural method of pest control is being copied all over the world.”

　　　 “Interesting,” she said, “But now I really must go and ……”

　　　 “Wait,” he cried．“There’s more．Do you know what is stronger than steel, lighter than a feather, and as elastic (弹性的) as a rubber band?”

　　　 “No．What is it?”

　　　 “It’s the silk that spiders make their webs with．And scientists are trying to develop a material with similar properties．They plan to use it in spacecraft, artificial organs like hearts and to make really bullet-proof vests．Doctor think spiders’ poison might be used to treat brain disorders in humans.”

　　　 “That’s good news for you then,” she laughed, “But seriously, I get your point.”

69．Cone-shaped tents are built and put over the fields for spiders to ____.

　　　 A．go through the winter safely

　　　 B．protect farmers’ crops from being eaten

　　　 C．attack their enemies in nature

　　　 D．become very healthy and hungry

70．From the passage we learn that without spiders, the farmers _____.

　 A．would also save their crops

　 B．could do nothing to protect their crops

　 C．could spend lots of money on insecticide

　 D．could control insects in the fields without difficulty

71．Which is the best way to kill insects according to this passage?

　　　 A．Spraying (喷射) insecticides over fields.

　　　 B．Making use of their enemy in nature.

　　　 C．Building shelters for spiders.

　　　 D．Making more artificial webs.

C

　　　 “It was all his own idea”, says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39．Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract ” ------ a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couple’s four children, plus all household chores (杂务)．Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident．(He thought the experience would make a nice book.)

　　　 After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up．“I was beaten down, completely humbled (感到挫败)”, admits Peters．Three weeks later he spoke to the local press (also part of the agreement), stating, “Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”

　　　 Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts．After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university．Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto’s Cubberley High while Pat raised the children.

　　　 Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberlaey．“I had been around children so much,” she sighed, “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household, however, until Bob signed the contract, therefore, she decided to relax and enjoy it.

　　　 Although Peter had consulted with his school’s home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria (食堂), his meals were sometimes a disaster．“I tried to slip the butter I’d forgotten under the eggs after they were frying,” he says．For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot ------ sometimes having Macdonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.

　　　 As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made．“I found an easier way ------- I shut the doors,” he says．Soon the children were wearing the same clothes for a week．“I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean.”

　　　 Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat．The tentative (暂定的) title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the children one day: 　　67　　 .

64．The couple signed the contract because _____.

　　　 A．Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

　　　 B．Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest

　　　 C．they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks

　　　 D．Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book

65．What can we learn about Pat Peters?

　　　 A．She was hard-working and selfless.

　　　 B．She was pretty and kind-hearted.

　　　 C．She was tired of the child-raising and household tasks.

　　　 D．She did not love Bob any longer.

66．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　　 A．Bob managed to keep the children’s clothes clean.

　　　 B．Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.

　　　 C．Bob frequently took the children out to eat because he was too busy at work.

　　　 D．Bob taught the children to make their beds every day.

67．It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to ____.

　　　 A．pay a certain amount of money

　　　 B．do all the housework for years

　　　 C．say sorry to his wife

　　　 D．admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

68．Which of the following can be put at the end of the article to finish the news story?

　　　 A．“My experience of being a mother.”

　　　 B．“I’m proud of you all, my dear!”

　　　 C．“Wait till your mother gets home!”

　　　 D．“Motherhood: an impossible job for anyone.”

B

　　　 In 1930 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California．They carefully chose a busy corner for their location．They had run their businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in, but in their new operation they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers and sodas．To this minimal selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

　　　 Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents．Cheese was another four cents．Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cook’s sticking to their routine．Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch．People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime．The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened．They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

　　　 Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1945, when he was selling milk shake-mixing machines．He quickly saw the great attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurant, and bought the right to franchise (给…以特许) other copies of their restaurants．The agreement struck included the right to copy the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches (拱门)．

　　　 Today McDonald’s is literally a household name．Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburgers in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers．In 1976, McDonald’s had over $ 1 billion in total sales．Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American history.

60．The popularity that McDonald’s enjoys is largely due to ______.

　 　 A．the good location near a business center B．quick service and low cost

　 　 C．a new shortened menu　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．a strict routine for preparing food

61．Mac and Dick McDonald had experience in managing all of the following business except _____.

　 　 A．a barbecue restaurant　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．a drive-in restaurant

　 　 C．an ice-cream parlor (营业室)　　 　 D．a theater

62．It can be inferred from the passage that before the two brothers met Ray Kroc ___.

　　　 A．their business was confirmed in one area and the profit was comparatively small

　　　 B．they didn’t have machines to mix milk

　　　 C．their restaurants served only lunch

　　　 D．their business had been expanded all over the country

63．The passage suggests that _____.

　　　 A．creativity is an important element of success

　　　 B．Ray Kroc spent long hours working in the first McDonald’s

　　　 C．Sixty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants

　　　 D．California is the best place to get into business

A

　　　 American Newspapers

　　　 No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA．There are almost 2000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain．The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world．Famous dailies like the Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country．However, the Post and the Times are not national newspapers in the sense that The Times is in Britain or Le Monde is in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper．The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.

　　　 Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers vary from the “sensational”(耸人听闻的), which feature crime, sex, and gossip, to the serious, which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events．But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information, for they have to compete with the attraction of television.

　　　 Just as American newspapers satisfy all tastes, so do they also try and attract readers of all political persuasions (信念)．A few newspapers support extremist groups on the fair right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate (中立的)．Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views, in order to present a balanced picture.

　　　 As in other countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once courageously exposed political scandal or crimes, for instance, the Watergate Affair．The newspapers drew the attention of the public to the horrors of the Vietnam War.

56．There are fewer national newspapers in ____.

　 A．Britain than in the USA　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．France than in Britain

　 C．the USA than in Britain or France　　 　D．France than in the USA or Britain

57．Most American newspapers try hard to entertain their readers because ______.

　　　 A．they have to keep up a good relation with them

　　　 B．they have to compete with television

　　　 C．they have to write about crime, sex and gossip

　　　 D．they have to give factual news in an interesting way

58．Many American newspapers attract readers of different political preference by ____.

　　　 A．supporting extremist groups from time to time

　　　 B．inviting middle-of-the-road Americans to write articles for them

　　　 C．avoiding carrying articles about extremists

　　　 D．printing articles representing different political viewpoints

59．The passage is mainly about _____.

　　　 A．the characteristics of American newspapers

　　　 B．the development of American newspapers

　　　 C．the function of American newspapers

　　　 D．the advantages and disadvantages of American newspapers