2．字数不少于120词。

84．Why do the people enjoy kissing the Baloney stone?(no more than 10 words)

SECTION C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese．

要求：1．请描述图画内容，写出图片的寓意并发表自己的看法。

83．According to some experts, what resulted in another meaning of the expression baloney？

(no more than 12 words)

82．Where was Blarney castle? (no more than 2 words)

81．What does baloney originally mean in this passage? (no more than 4 words)

70．The passage mainly tells us __________________．

A．that 2010 Games security will cost less than 1 billion

B．how 2010 Games security will be carried out

C．the plans that Mercer has made for the 2010 Games security

D．2010 Games security with ensure safety and best service．

PART FOUR WRITING

SECTION A

Directions: Read the following passage．Complete the diagram / Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information for the passage．

Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer．

Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example, to pay its soldiers, sailors and airmen, to build roads, bridges, offices, schools, etc, and to buy goods from abroad; and only the people of the country can supply the money．

One of the most important taxes is income-tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income, whether he is a merchant, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner or anything else．This is called a “direct” tax, because it is paid in money directly to the government．

Another tax is paid on goods such as watches, jewelry, new clothes, tobacco, wine, etc, when they are brought into a country．Such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are late sold in shops．We call it “indirect” tax, because it is paid indirectly through the shopkeepers．

People usually complain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent on things that they and their families need．We need policemen to catch thieves, to see that men obey the laws, to direct traffic, etc, and they must be paid what they earn; children need education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paid．Above all, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we can’t have an army without paying for it．Besides, if a country wants to develop, there are many other things to do．

Taxes, therefore, cannot be avoided．We buy our food and clothes and pay for our amusements; but, there are several things that the State finds the money for, and that is necessary for us if our society is to continue．We have no real reason to complain, therefore, when we are asked to supply money to be spent for the good of ourselves and for our fellow-citizens．

Tax is a 　71　 　part of our life

Why must we pay taxes?

⊕The State need the money for our society to 　72　 ．

⊕We supply money for the good of ourselves and 　73　 ．

How do we pay taxes?

⊕　 74　

The tax is paid according to one’s 　75　 ．

The tax is paid to the government．

⊕　 76　

The tax is paid through 　77　 ．

The tax is paid as part of the price of goods．

Where does tax money go?

⊕To 　78　 -to keep us safe

⊕To teachers-to 　79　

⊕To cleaners-to 　80　

⊕To the army-to defend our country

SECTION B

Directions: Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit．Write your answers on your answer sheet．

Baloney sausage is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often．The word baloney also has another meaning in English．It is used to describe something-usually something someone says-that is false or wrong or foolish．

Baloney sausage comes from the name of the Italian city, Bologna．The city is famous for its sausage，a mixture of smoked，spiced meat from cows and pigs．But baloney sausage does not taste the same as beef or pork alone．

Some language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birth of the expression baloney．The baloney sausage tastes nothing like the meat that is used to make it．

Baloney is a word often used by politicians to describe the ideas of their opponents．

The expression has been used for years．Fifty years ago，a former governor of New York State, Alfred Smith，criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration．Smith said, “No matter how thin you slice it, it is still baloney．”

A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloney．It even sounds almost the same．The word is blarney．It began in Ireland about 1600．

The lord of Blarney castle，near Cork，agreed to surrender the castle to British troops．But he kept making excuses for delaying the surrender．And，he made them sound like very good excuses，“this is just more of the same blarney．”

The Irish castle now is famous for its Blarney stone．Kissing the stone is thought to give a person special powers of speech．One who has kissed the Blarney stone, so the story goes, can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them, even when you know they are false．

69．From what he said we can know Mercer is _________．

A．optimistic　　　　 B．cautious　　　　　 C．worried　　　　　　　　　 D．unsure

68．It can be concluded from the passage that ____________．

A．Mercer is the top officer for security

B．Stockwell Day is the top officer for security

C．Mercer knows about the security details

D．Canada has never been threatened by terrorists

67．Mercer mentioned the following EXCEPT_____________．

A．the security budget

B．the original budget

C．security exercises

D．security service