第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

       It is reported that two 66-year-old men graduated this summer from Sun Yat-sen University, a well-known university in Guangzhou.

Li Yiquan, a Chinese-Singaporean, earned a postgraduate(研究生) degree in software engineering, while Ang Toon Aun, a Chinese-Malaysian, earned a bachelor's degree with a major in Chinese as a foreign language.

Li, a retired engineer, now lives in Hong Kong. His daughter also received a postgraduate degree this year, but from a British university. So she participated in his graduation ceremony in Guangzhou. Li said he had a special feeling for Sun Yat-sen University because his parents and brother graduated from there.

It wasn't easy for Li to return to school while in his 60s, he said. He failed math exams several times after beginning classes, even though he had a good foundation in math; he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University majoring in physics 40 years ago and worked as an engineer before retiring.

Ang Toon Aun, 66, was tired of his business career, so he decided to study Chinese at the university and passed level 9, the highest level of the Chinese Test.

"There's nothing in the world that makes me happier than study," said Aun. Many old people in Malaysia were encouraged to keep studying after retirement, but few of them chose to study on campus for a degree as he did.

 [写作内容]

     你班英语老师给你推荐了这篇报道，读后你很受启发，想给学校板报的英语专栏写一篇英语文章，谈谈自己对上大学的看法。

1. 以约30个词概括两位老人上大学的理由；

2. 然后以约120个词就以“上大学”这个话题进行讨论，内容包括:

（1）你对这两位老人克服困难读完大学的感受；

（2）你对上大学深造的看法；

（3）你对中学毕业后的打算。

 [写作要求]

1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

 [评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

B

A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can combine the two to do something for your local environment? As early as next year it may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to bury it in a garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.

A biodegradable (生物所能分解的) mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage consumers to recycle.

Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other plastic and can be hard or soft, and is able to change shape. Over time it can also break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals. British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed. When this new type of cover turns into wastes, it forms fertilizers. These feed the seed and help the flower grow.

Engineers have designed a small transparent (透明的) window to hold the seed. They have made sure it only grown when the phone is thrown away. “We’ve only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with plant experts to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time.” said one scientist.

As phone technology is developing so quickly, people are constantly throwing their mobiles away. This means manufacturers are under pressure to fine ways of recycling them. Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year. Most of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environment. A biodegradable cover can offer some relief for nature, according to the scientists.

“The seed comes out and the flower grows in the pot so you don’t have to concern yourself with the phone when you have finished using it,” said Kerry Kirwan. She leads the research team, which is based at the University of Warwick in Britain.

61. What is the purpose of this passage?

   A. Tell the popularity of biodegradable cell phone.

   B. To persuade the reader to buy the biodegradable cell phone.

   C. To discuss the development of phone technology.

   D. To introduce an environmental-friendly cell phone to readers.

62. People throw away their cell phones most probably because _________.

   A. there is something wrong with them   B. no sunflowers can grow out of them

   C. they are out of fashion              D. they are becoming cheaper and cheaper

63. It could be learned from the passage that __________.

   A. developing the new type of phone is mainly to protect the environment

   B. phone-makers will benefit much more from the new type of phone

   C. the new type of phone will certainly be popular with users all over the world

   D. the phones that can be recycled are available only in Britain now

64. According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?

   A. The new material for the biodegradable phone was found by British scientists.

   B. The cover of the new type of mobile can bread down and become fertilizers after it becomes waste.

   C. The sunflower seed in the best to be put into the phone cover.

   D. The biodegradable cover must be very expensive.

65. What might be the most suitable title for this passage?

   A. Sunflower and Phone.        B. Plant Your Phone.

   C. Protect Our Environment.     D. No Worry about Phone.

第六部分：单词拼写（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

根据中文、英文提示和单词的首字母提示正确拼写单词，每空只能填一个词。

71.Columbus Day is in memory of the ______(到达)of Christopher Columbus in the new world.

72.I hope you’ll ______ (原谅) me.

73. In recent years, various______ (宗教) organization have come into being.

74.Dinosaurs laid eggs too and _________(存在) on the earth for more than 140 million years.

75.When we get close to the moon ,we shall feel its gravity ______（牵引）us.

76.Man can’t live without water and o______.

77. It seemed that the monkey was g________ at me, looking very angry.

78. Since the last ice age , the c_______ of the earth has not changed

79.For several b_______ years after the “Big Bang”, the earth was just a cloud of dust.

80. U_____ my deskmate, I am rather interested in astronomy.

81. With your ______ (permit) , I’ll leave now.

82.Young people are usually ______ than the aged ones. ( energy)　

83.I have hardly enough ______left to move my feet.(strong)　

84.Astronomers will float ______ in the spaceship with zero gravity. (weight)　

85.Albert Einstein is one of the great ______ in the world.(physics)

 —It’s a long journey. My car couldn’t make it.

—You can drive my car. It’s quite old, but it’s still pretty ___________.

A. reliable                    B. convenient         C. supportive         D. available

They _______ some books from the liarary last week.

   A. lend        B. lends        C. buy          D. borrowed

Silk ________ in _______ China.

   A. produce, the southeast                 B. is produced, southeast

   C. is grown, southeast                   D. is produced, the southeast of

----Hello! Would you like to go to the concert with me tonight?

   ----I’m sorry I can’t. Mother won’t ______me to go out in the evening.

   A.let                      B.allow                C.offer                 D.ask

Could you tell me how to ______it in French?

   A.say                            B.speak                C.talk                          D.tell

----Could you tell me something more about Hong Kong?

  -----I am ______going there for a holiday soon.

   A.looking up   B.thinking about    C.trying out      D.finding out

_______to know the result of rescue, the relatives of the miners gathered at the door of the boss.

   A. Interested            B. Curious             C. Dying               D. Attracted