第二节：书面表达（满分30分）

请根据以下图画，写一篇英语短文，描述今昔交通方式的变化以及这些变化给人们生活(便利、费用、健康等方面)带来的影响。(字数：120 words )

The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have ________ third one because ________ second one is rather too small.

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

 —Who______ it be that is knocking at the door?  

   —It ______ be Father, but I’m not sure.

   A. can; must         B. can; may          C. must; can            D. may; must

 At first, his teacher couldn’t' realize that Lang Lang had a ________ for music though he said he wanted to learn the piano so much.

A. knowledge        B. present                C. gift                  D. desire

Now everyone is concerned about how to conquer the economic crisis _______ is very important for us to be able to preserve our standard of living.

A. which success  B. its success     C. the success of which        D. the success of it

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

BEIJING - High school graduates from quake-hit Yushu county, Qinghai province will have greater opportunities to enter college due to favorable policies from the Ministry of Education.

Students who sit this year's college entrance examination in Yushu will receive additional test points and colleges ___31___ (instruct) to give preference to students from the area ___32___ they meet minimum admission requirements, the ministry said in a notice published on ___33___ website on Saturday.

Even for those who fail this year's exam, the education department in Qinghai will offer the students ___34___ (vary) opportunities to continue their education ___35___ receive vocational training, according to the ministry.

In China, the college entrance exam ___36___ (hold) in early June every year. About 1,000 students from Yushu's senior high schools are expected to sit this year's exam along with students from ___37___ the country.

___38___ 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Yushu of Qinghai on April 14, killing at least 2,200 people and leaving some 13,000 ___39___ (injure).

On Saturday, Premier Wen Jiabao paid his second visit to Yushu ___40___ the quake and presided over a meeting on reconstruction work.

 Mum has always made me ________ my skin problem and encouraged me to use the cream.

A. aware of            B. compared to     C. familiar with     D. accustomed to

Einstein liked Bose’s paper so much that he ___ his own work and translated it into German.

A. gave off        B. turned down      C. took over      D. set aside

 — I wonder what I should learn in the future?

— You may learn art since you ________ painting and drawing.

   A. benefit from              B.    are tired of

C. look forward to      D. have a gift for

Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict(预测) how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco, is the leader of the research team. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon, less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Columbia University, like Weston Forbes.

The result: ten percent fewer heart attacks. Four percent fewer deaths. Eleven percent fewer new cases of heart disease. And two hundred forty billion dollars in health care savings. Thus it could prevent one hundred thousand heart attacks and ninety-two thousand deaths every year.

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. Michael swan from the American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies, while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas, like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study shows how that idea can influence(影响) what parents order for their children.

53．How much salt did Americans take in per day on average in the 1970s?

  A．Three grams.    B．Five grams.  C．Seven grams.    D．Ten grams.

54．Who is head of the team studying the relation between salt reduction and heart attack?

  A．Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo.    B．Michael Bloomberg.

  C．Michael Swan.              D．Weston Forbes.

55．The text mainly tells us that__________．

  A．cutting salt intake can save more money    

B．eating less salt means more healthy life

C．cutting salt intake helps reduce calories

D．eating less salt can cure heart disease

56.According to the text, we may conclude that __________．

  A．eating salt less than 3 grams makes much difference in taste

  B．the American government thinks little of salt reduction

  C．more salt in the daily diet may result in higher blood pressure

D．100,000 Americans die from higher blood pressure each year