Ⅴ. 读写任务(共一小题，满分25分)

I 've been in New York City for six months. As far as I know, New York City is one of the most popular cities in the world. The city was famous for its financial, landmarks, architectures and sports etc. In contrast to New York City, my native city in China is small and undeveloped. I can tell it just by taking a look at the education in New York City.

Education in New York City is different from my hometown. Firstly, many famous universities and colleges such NYU, Columbia University, SUNY and CUNY etc are located here. While my hometown owns zero university. Secondly, New York City keeps providing free education, lunch and metrocard for students until they finish high school. Thirdly, the teaching methods are free and creative. In New York City, the teacher won't teach you all the details about the solution, they're just give you some examples and you yourself finish the rest.

Now I really enjoy living in America.

 【写作内容】

1．以约30个词概括短文要点；

2．就“居住在大城市” 这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括如下内容，该部分词数大约120：

（1）居住在大城市的好处；

（2）居住在大城市的弊端；

（3）你是否选择住在大城市，请列出理由。

【写作要求】

  你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不可以直接引用阅读材料中的句子．

 Great changes __________ in our hometown in the past twenty years..

  A. have been taken place               B. has been taken place

  C. have taken place                   D. were taken place

二、 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A fox one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A goat, suffering from   21  , came to the same well, and seeing the Fox, asked if the water was good.    22    to be happy and merry, the fox praised the delicious taste of the water and   23   him to go down. The goat, mindful only of his thirst,   24   jumped down. But just as he drank, the fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in and suggested a   25   for their common escape. “If,” said he, “you will place your forefeet upon the wall and   26   your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out afterwards.” The goat readily agreed and the fox jumped upon his   27  . After he safely reached the mouth of the well, the fox ran off as fast as he could. When the goat blamed him for   28   his promise, he turned around and cried out, “You   29   old fellow! You should never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor should you have exposed yourself to the   30   from which you had no means of escape.”

Remember to look before you leap!

21. A. hunger                       B. tiredness                   C. thirst                 D. anger

22. A. Pretending                 B. Wishing                   C. Happening         D. Deciding

23. A. warned                      B. encouraged            C. ordered             D. allowed

24. A. carefully                    B. thoughtlessly            C. generously         D. clumsily

25. A. rest                           B. plan                         C. place                 D. dream

26. A. shake                         B. nod                          C. turn                  D. bend

27. A. tail                               B. legs                           C. stomach            D. back

28. A. breaking                    B. making                    C. remembering     D. keeping

29. A. strange                      B. stubborn                   C. foolish                  D. rude

30. A. danger                       B. water                       C. darkness            D. happiness

It has been more than twenty years since pioneering British computer programmer, Sir Tim Berners Lee, created the World Wide Web. But could he have ever imagined how much the web would change our lives? And would he approve of how some British students are taking advantage of his invention?

Universities and exam boards around the UK are becoming increasingly concerned with the rising number of cases of plagiarism, many of which are facilitated (助长) by the Internet access.

In the UK most school and university students complete coursework throughout the academic year which contributes toward their final mark. In many cases coursework makes up the main part of the qualification. Since coursework is completed in the students’ own time it cannot be monitored by teachers in the same way as an exam.

Derec Stockley, director of examinations in the UK, explains, “Plagiarism affects coursework more than anything else, and in the cases that come to our attention, more and more are linked to the Internet.”

At a university level recent reports suggest that plagiarism has evolved from separate cases of individual cheating to systematic and even commercial operation. Students can now pay for bespoke essays to be written for them by experts.

It is estimated that the market in online plagiarism is now worth 200 million pounds a year. Every month more and more websites offering to write student’s essays for them appear on the Internet.

Barclay Littlewood, owner of Degree Essays UK employs 3,500 specialist writers and charges between 120 pounds and 4,000 pounds per essay. However, Mr. Littlewood refutes the accusation that he is helping students to cheat.

1．What dose the underlined word “plagiarism” in Paragrha 2 mean in the passage?

    A．cheating    B．problems of the Internet     C．learning pressure    D．coursework

2．Which of the following statements is mentioned by the author?

    A．With the help of online plagiarism, students can write more creative coursework.

    B．There will be no problem if online plagiarism is a systematic and commercial operation.

    C．The Internet seems to have contributed much to the problem of online plagiarism.

    D．Teachers should lay more emphasis on exams than coursework.

3．It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _____.

    A．blame Sir Tim Berners Lee for having created the World Wide Web

    B．worry about the quality of students’ coursework influenced by the World Wide Web

   C．be in favour of Littlewood’s defence against the accusation of him

    D．have studied the problem of online plagiarism for nearly 20 years

4．Who should be blamed for online plagiarism?

   A．Barclay Littlewood.   B．Sir Tim Berners Lee.   C．Derec Stockley.   D．Nobody.

5．The paragraph following the passage will most probably be about_____.

    A．the author’s opinions of Mr. Littlewood

    B．different people’s opinions on plagiarism

    C．how students use the website of Mr. Littlewood

    D．Mr. Littlewood’s defence against those who accused him of his website

（4）完形填空

An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. it took some 75,000 lives, __21_  130,000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. __22__ overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed across the region, tended by international aid organizations, military __23__ and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set in.

Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the __24__ of spring the refugees(难民) will be moved again. Camps that _25__ health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were __26_  intended to be permanent.

For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings __27__ emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of as  many as 10 people have had to shelter under a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing __28__ with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,” officials say. “They are dreaming of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start farming again.” But most will be returning to __29__ but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical line have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers __30__ that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took away. And for the thousands of survivors, the recovery will never be complete.

Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built onto the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.

21.   A) injured     B) ruined           C) destroyed         D) damaged

22.   A) Altogether   B) Almost           C) Scarcely          D) Surely

23.   A) ranks      B) equipment        C) personnel         D) installations

24.   A) falling     B) emergence      C) arrival             D) appearing

25.   A) strengthened    B) aided       C) transferred         D) provided

26.   A) never          B) once       C) ever                D) yet

27.   A) puzzled         B) contrasted   C) doubled             D) mixed

28.   A) facilities     B) instruments    C) implements          D) appliances

29.   A) anything         B) something      C) everything        D) nothing

30.   A) account          B) measure        C) estimate          D) value

 The teacher stressed again that the students should not ____ any important details while retelling the story.

   A. bring out                      B. let out

   C. leave out                      D. make out

. Is there a bookshop around      I can buy an English-Chinese dictionary?

   A. which                 B. what                 C. that                   D. where

. Only _____ in a foreign-funded enterprise ______ the importance of learning English well.

  A. when I worked, I realized              B. when I worked, did I realize

  C. when did I work, did I realize           D. when did I work, I realized         

第二节  完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分 30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）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。

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list  41  in our past that we felt  42  of, regretted, or incomplete about and then read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very  43  process, but there’s always some  44 soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then  45  that we find ways to  46  people, or take some action to correct any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever  47  my communication.

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: Making my  48 , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff who  49  of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a  50  on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious  51 . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one  52  found out.

Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name  53  on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still  54 . Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few  55 , I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?”Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I want you to know that I did it.” Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a  56  discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you  57  your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it  58  all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to  59  all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to  60 the past wrongdoings.

41.A.something      B. anything     C. somebody   D. anybody

42.A. ashamed       B. afraid  C. sure    D. proud

43.A. private  B. secret  C. interesting  D. funny

44.A. foolish  B. polite  C. simple      D. brave

45.A. expected       B. suggested   C. ordered      D. demanded

46.A.connect with  B. depend on  C. apologize to       D. get across

47.A. improve       B. continue     C. realize        D. keep

48.A. notes     B. list      C. plan    D. stories

49.A. any       B. most   C. none   D. all

50.A. part       B. game  C. trick   D. record

51.A. view     B. sign C. attention D. remark

52.A. also       B. even   C. still     D. ever

53.A. appears  B. considers    C. presents      D. remembers

54.A. angry    B. happy C. doubtful     D. alive

55.A. words    B. rings   C. repeats       D. calls

56.A. cold      B. plain   C. nervous      D. lively

57.A. in case   B. unless C. so long as   D. because

58.A. around  B. out     C. on      D. away

59.A. build up       B. make up     C. clear up      D. give up

60.A. regret    B. forgive       C. right  

The biggest whale is ______ blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ______ 9-story building.

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