第二节：书面表达（共1题；满分25分）

2010年4月14日7时45分许，青海省玉树县发生了里氏7.1级地震。1700多人遇难，1万2千多人受伤，12所学校垮塌，孩子们无法上学学习。为了帮助孩子们尽早回归学校开始正常的学习生活，你校学生会在下周一的升旗仪式上号召同学捐款、捐书、捐学习用具等。假设你是学生会主席李华，在下周一的升旗仪式上你将代表学生会向同学们发出口头倡议，号召大家积极募捐，以实际行动帮助灾区同学渡过难关。要点如下：

简单介绍灾区的受灾情况；

募捐的理由；

募捐的要求。

注意：

适当增加细节以使行文连贯；

词数：100个左右。

开头已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear schoolmates,

   Good morning.

As we know, about 7:49a.m. on April 14, 2010, a Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Yushu County of Qinghai Province.

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         To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him．To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other hikers．A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf．In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a driver’s attention．

         When I hitch-hiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella．My suitcase was decorated with British flags．Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic（精神病患者）．I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply．

         But even with careful preparation, you must not assume（认为） that the task will be easy．You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to（承认） a fierce prejudice against, （not to say hatred of）, hitch-hikers, and would no more pick up a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London．In America, my average wait was half-an-hour, and my longest two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day; they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice．

         Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people．On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi．There are also lesser（较小的） risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary（传教士）, or just a bad driver．You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car．But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again．

         If the hitch-hiker in the U．S．will remember that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West．It will also help if he can drive—I think that I drove myself about 4,500 of those 9,500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States．

71．A hitch-hiking serviceman should wear his uniform       ．

         A．so as not to look too unusual               B．to attract attention

         C．to show he is on duty                     D．to put the driver at ease

72．In paragraph 3, we learn that the writer      ．

         A．has sometimes failed to hitch a ride

         B．has marched from Aldermaston to London

         C．has always been successful in hitching a ride

         D．has had to wait for long hours for a ridew

73．The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that       ．

         A．it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers

         B．hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes

         C．a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse

         D．hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers

74．In the last paragraph, the writer mainly wants to tell us that a hitchhiker should      ．

         A．not talk to the driver too much

         B．fall asleep to make it a peaceful ride

         C．try to make himself pleasant and entertaining

         D．seek the willingness of drivers

75．A suitable title for the passage would be      ．

         A．“The Art of Hitch-hiking”       B．“An Englishman’s View of the U．S．”

         C．“An English Hitch-hiker”         D．“The joys and Dangers of hitch-hiking

—What about          shirt she bought for her father?

         —It’s wonderful as        birthday present．

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

III  写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节  基础写作(共1小题，满分15分) 

亚运会即将在广州举行。作为学校英语俱乐部的成员，你准备明天向到访的英国学生游学团介绍8月4日已在广州举行的亚运倒计时100天的庆祝活动（100-day Countdown Ceremony）。

[写作内容]

100天庆祝活动的时间：2010年8月4日7：30

庆祝活动地点：广州天河体育馆（Tianhe Sports Gymnasium）

主题：Dreaming about This Moment

意义： 展示广州已经准备好了

活动安排： 1. 龙舟和武术表演

2. 2000名合唱团成员(chorus)演唱

3. 著名歌手演唱三首亚运会候选主题歌（theme song candidates）

参加人员： 1000多名志愿者， 工人，医务人员，学生，老干部（retirees）等

 [写作要求]

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。（开头已给，不计入总句数）

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to our school. I’d like to tell you something about Guangzhou Asian Games….

[评分标准]

    句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June.

Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915. Ann Jarvis from Grafton, West Virginia, had started the idea to have a day to honor mothers. She was the one who chose the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of wearing a carnation.

In 1909, Mrs. Dodd from Spokane, Washington, thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her own father, William Smart. After her mother died, he had the responsibility of raising a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Father’s Day was observed in Spokane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to established Father’s Day as a national commemorative day, in 1972.

These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.

These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead．Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.

41．According to the passage, which of the following about the second Sunday in May is not true?

       A．It is a day to show love to mothers

       B．It is a day to wear carnations

       C．It is a day for people to visit the cemetery

       D．It is a day for many people to attend religious services

42．Choose the right time order of the following events.

       a. The first Father’s Day was observed

       b. Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance

       c. Father’s Day became a day for national observance.

       d. The idea of honoring fathers was bought up

A．a b c d      B．d a b c           C．b a c d   D．d a c b

43．Who plays the most important role in Father’s Day becoming a national commemorative day?

       A．Mrs. Do                       B．Margaret Chase Smith   

       C．Ann Jarvis                       D．Woodrow Wilson

44．From the passage, we know in the U.S. ________________.

       A．one should wear a red carnation if one’s mother pass away

       B．on Mother’s Day, families often go out to have barbecues

       C．on Father’s Day, people often stay at home to celebrate the special day.

       D．The purpose to have these two special days is to show love to parents

45．The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to __________

       A．call on people to love and respect their parents.

       B．introduce Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

       C．tell the difference between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

       D．show how important fathers and mothers are

 ---Where _______ my book ? I can't see it anywhere. 

--- I _______ it on this table . But now it's gone .

A were you putting ; have put           B. had you put ; was putting 

C have you put ; put                      D. did you put ; have put 

It was not until she collected enough material       to create her new novel．

      A．did she beg4n              B．when she began

      C．that she began             D．that did she begin

I know I can’t change the world completely, but I’m proud that I can help here and there, and _____ to people’s life on an individual level.

   A. make a difference    B. have a difference   C. make history    D. make differences

PART THREE  READING COMPREHENSION

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

An Indian civil servant, SM Raju, has come up with a new way of providing employment for millions of poor people in Bihar. His campaign to encourage people to plant trees effectively addresses two burning issues of the world: global warming and shrinking job opportunities.

Mr Raju’s success could clearly be seen on 30 August, 2009 when he organized 300,000 villagers from over 7,500 villages in northern Bihar to engage in a mass tree planting ceremony.

Mr Raju has linked his “social forestry” program to the central government’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which is also designed to provide employment for poor people. Under NREGA — started in February 2006 as the government’s most ambitious employment generation scheme for poor people — the authorities are bound by law to provide a minimum of 100 days of employment a year for members of families living below the poverty line. About 44% of Bihar’s population fall into this category.

Mr Raju says that Bihar — being the poorest and most lawless state of India — hasn’t been able to spend the allocated (分配的) NREGA funds. “This is because of a lack of awareness among officials about the scheme,” he said. “So the idea struck to my mind: why not involve families below the poverty line in social forestry and give them employment under this scheme for 100 days? Under the scheme, each family can earn a minimum of 10,200 rupees ($210).”

The civil servant immediately made a plan of his idea. In June, Mr Raju published a booklet of “dos and don’ts” and distributed it to village heads. His plan meant that NREGA funds were fully used — in the past this hasn’t always been the case.

“I told the villagers they would get 100 days employment in a year simply by planting trees and protecting them. The old and disabled would be given preference,” he explained.

Every village council has now been given a target of planting 50,000 saplings — a group of four families have to plant 200 trees and they must protect them for three years till the plants grow stronger.

“They would get the full payment if they can ensure the survival of 90% of the plants under their care. For a 75-80% survival rate, they’ll be paid only half the wage. For less than 75%, the families in the group will be replaced,” the guidelines say.

Significantly, his scheme has even stopped the migration of poor labourers from the area in search of employment elsewhere.

56. According to the passage, the main purpose of SM Raju’s “social forestry” program is to _____.

A. promote the practice of NREGA

B. make efforts to prevent global warming

C. increase the employment of poor people

D. prevent poor people from migrating elsewhere

57 According to the passage, the poor people in Bihar don’t make full use of NREGA funds because _____.

A. the local officials don’t realize the importance of NREGA

B. the local government doesn’t get enough support from the central government

C. the local poor people know little about NREGA

D. Bihar is the most lawless state in India

58. We can infer from the passage that _____.

A. most people in Bihar will benefit from NREGA

B. the old and disabled people are not involved in tree planting

C. families who can’t ensure 75% survival rate of the trees will not be paid

D. Raju’s new plan will reduce Bihar’s population below the poverty line

59. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. There’s a good way to deal with global warming

B. Tree planting provides employment for the poor

C. Tree planting solves the problem of unemployment

D. Raju’s “social forestry” program wins the support of NREGA

60. How can villagers get more NREGA funds?

  A. Thinking better ways to stop global warming

  B. Working hard for one hundred days

  C. Planting more trees and ensuring the survival of plants

  D. Stopping moving from the area to search employment elsewhere

   Waterland, California, June 26,2001—two cars dropped from sight, falling into the bottom (底部) of a 400-feet deep sinkhole (陷洞) which appeared suddenly. At a town 12 miles from Waterland, two bedrooms of one house dropped into a hole 60 feet across and 35 feet deep part of the next house hung dangerously over the hole.

   Sinkholes have been happening without warning in this part of California for years. So far there is no way to predict (预告) when or where one will appear. But when one does, others usually follow in the same area, usually along a straight line.

The worst sinkhole in recent appeared in 1996. It was 70 feet across and 150 feet deep. It destroyed in one house, damaged several others and broke the walls of a city block. One hole, 15-feet deep, opened up this year in the middle of a highway, 19 seconds after a car had driven by. Others in the same area took place at night damaging houses, swallowing up trees and parts of streets and making 23 frightened people run away from their homes in night clothes.

Sinkholes happen when the weather is dry. The earth at the surface begins to drop into empty space under the ground, like sand falling in huge hourglass (沙漏). This is how a sinkhole is formed.

71. From the text we know sinkhole do not happen ______.

A. during the period of wet weather               B. in a straight line

C. in the dry season                             D. at night

72. When one sinkhole appears, others usually follow ________.

A. everywhere                                   B. on straight highway only

C. nearby                                      D. in the places far away

73. Sinkholes take place because ________.

A. there are large holes under houses    

B. Waterland has an underground lake

C. there are too many heavy things on the surface of the earth

D. dry earth moves and fills underground holes

74. Which of the following is not talked about in the text?

A. Sinkholes cause car accidents                     B. Sinkholes destroy houses

C. Sinkholes kill people                                D. Sinkholes damage streets

75. This text mainly tells us that ________.

A. sinkholes always happen without any warning

B. sinkholes have been happening in the Waterland area, causing some damage

C. even drivers cannot keep away from sinkholes

D. why a sinkhole happens and how its name has been formed