第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

　　　 某英语报社向中学生征集关于开展研究性学习的文章。 请你根据提示,用英语写一篇介绍你怎样进行研究性学习活动的短文。

　　　 注意：1．文章必须包括上述的全部要点。

2．词数100左右；开头部分以经给出，不记入总词数。

　　　 参考词汇：agricultural chemicals 农药

　　　 Nowadays we are required to do research work apart from the lessons we learn in school．We are very interested in this kind of activity．________________________________________　　

第一节 对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

W： Hi, Fred．Where have you been?

M： I’ve been to the l_____76_____ and borrowed some English books．What’s wrong?

W： I t____77______ you’d been to the post office．Did you notice the money I left on the desk?

M： Yes, $10 altogether．But I didn’t know what it was f____78___．

W： Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?

M： Note? What note? I didn’t see any note．

W： R____79______? That’s very strange．I left the money with a note saying I wanted you to go to the post office and get some e____80_______ and stamps for me．I also put the ink bottle on them in case they might not draw your a_____81________．

M： I see now．Why can’t you go and get them y_____82______? The post office is only about 30 minutes’ walk from here．We often walk there after supper．

W： Of course I know how far it is from school．I can’t go there myself because I’m very busy doing some chemistry e______83_________ in the lab．And what’s more, I have to p_____84______ for my English exam．You know I f___85______ the last one．If I can’t pass this time, a hard time will be waiting for me．

第二节 完形填空：(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

　　　 In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows．The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid．

　　　 People in the western states had to __36__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern __37__．But someone had to __38__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the __39__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __40__ as six months to move the cattle．The __41__ was long but the cattle were driven __42__ as not to lose __43__．Then they could be sold at a good price．

　　　 Most cowboys were young, __44__ men．A good horse _45__ their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy __46__ cows and knew how to control them．At night,he __47__ to the cows to keep them calm．

　　　 In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of __48__ and cities．The cowboy seemed __49__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．

　　　 Today,the __50__ of cowboys has __51__ greatly．One change is the use of trucks．The job is not so hard __52__ it used to be．And cowboys are better __53__ now．They are _54__ to be married．Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies．

　　　 __55__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low．

36．A．get　　　　　　　　　　 B．buy　　　　　　　　　 C．sell　　　　　　　　　　 D．raise

37．A．markets　　　　　　 B．countries　　　　　 C．cities　　　　　　　　 D．stories

38．A．deal with　　　　 B．find out　　　　　　 C．look after　　　　 D．pay off

39．A．road　　　　　　　　 B．railroad　　　　　　 C．state　　　　　　　　 D．farm

40．A．good　　　　　　　　 B．much　　　　　　　　 C．long　　　　　　　　　 D．far

41．A．journey　　　　　　 B．trip　　　　　　　　　　 C．tour　　　　　　　　　 D．travel

42．A．hurriedly　　　　　 B．smoothly　　　　　 C．slowly　　　　　　　 D．carefully

43．A．mind　　　　　　　　 B．direction　　　　　 C．head　　　　　　　　 D．weight

44．A．unmarried　　　　 B．proud　　　　　　　　 C．strong　　　　　　　 D．educated

45．A．had　　　　　　　　　 B．made　　　　　　　　 C．found　　　　　　　 D．helped

46．A．recognized　　　 B．understood　　　 C．owned　　　　　　 D．kept

47．A．whispered　　　　 B．shouted　　　　　　 C．cried　　　　　　　　 D．sang

48．A．towns　　　　　　　 B．factories　　　　　　 C．companies　　　 D．villages

49．A．free　　　　　　　　　 B．brave　　　　　　　　 C．easy　　　　　　　　 D．pleased

50．A．manner　　　　　　 B．job　　　　　　　　　　 C．life　　　　　　　　　　 D．mind

51．A．changed　　　　 B．developed　　　 C．improved　　　　 D．realized

52．A．that　　　　　　　　 B．as　　　　　　　　　　　 C．which　　　　　　　 D．what

53．A．known　　　　　　　 B．paid　　　　　　　　　 C．treated　　　　　　 D．dressed

54．A．afraid　　　　　　　 B．eager　　　　　　　　 C．worried　　　　　　 D．likely

55．A．Because　　　　　 B．And　　　　　　　　　 C．When　　　　　　　 D．But

35．．She insisted that she ______ not guilty , but we insisted that she ____ into prison

　　　 A．was; be put 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．be ; was put　 　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 C．should be; was put　 　　　　　　　　　　 D．was;　 should put