第二节        

假设你是李华，你国际学校的朋友Paul邀请你下个星期天去他们学校参加文化交流活动并介绍中国传统绘画 (traditional Chinese painting), 但是你的爷爷生病住院，不得不谢绝他的邀请。请根据下面的要点给Paul用英语写一封回信。

要点： 1. 谢绝Paul的邀请；

2. 说明你的理由；

3. 推荐你的同学Anna参加。

注意： 1．词数为100左右；

       2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

              3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）。

Dear Paul,

Thank you very much for your invitation.

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                      Yours,

                                                                  Li Hua

参 考 答 案

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

    假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

    增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。

    删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

          2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。

In the winter vacation, I paid a visit a mountain village in a suburb of Luoyang. No sooner had I got off the bus when I was greatly surprising to see all the changes. It was far better than I had been expected. Now every family can drink cleanly running water. The villagers needn’t carry water himself any more. Firewood is no longer used for cooking. Marsh gas, a new cheap clean energy, make it very convenient to cook and light. As all the families have color TV set, they can enjoy plays at home. It impressed me most was that the best building in a village was the school. I hope the mountain village will become better and better.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。请按以下要求进行答题卡填涂：A、B、C、D四个选项正常填涂。若选E，请将A、B一起涂黑；若选F，请将B、C一起涂黑；若选G，请将C、D一起涂黑。

“So, what are you doing after graduation?”   71   However, you have to make up your mind as your last high school year begins. Whether your plans include college, heading straight for the workforce, or taking a year off, here are some practical tips to prepare yourself for the journey.

Going to College

Some people know from an early age exactly what they want to be and how they plan to get there.   72   According to a recent survey, 75% of students change their majors after they enter college. After all, school is also not just about careers and getting a high-paying job after graduation — it’s a place for learning about yourself and the world.

Selecting a School

If college is in your future, you need to plan. Start by asking yourself questions about your preferences.   73   Once you’ve narrowed down your choices, ask the schools to send you literature or visit their websites.

Getting a Job

Maybe you’ve decided that college isn’t for you—right now, anyway. If you want to join the workforce, opportunities are out there for people who don’t have degrees. Some products-selling or service industry organizations offer training programs to high school graduates. Search the classified ads in the newspaper and do some Internet research.   74   

Taking Time Off

What if you intend to go to college but just don’t feel ready to start yet, for whatever reason? __75   This practice is common in some countries, like the United Kingdom, where it’s called a “gap year”. Even if you decide not to apply to college, it can be a great idea to take a year to do something you may not have an opportunity to do again. Lots of volunteer organizations would welcome your time and energy and would provide you with a wonderful learning experience.

A. You might want to get a high-paid job first.

B. You might want to take a year off to pause.

C. This is the fact that young people have to take into consideration.

D. Most large companies list their job openings on their websites.

E. Not all of us are so sure of our plans, though, and that’s OK too.

F. Many juniors and seniors get bored answering that question over and over.

G. Ask friends in college about their schools and other schools they’re familiar with.

Naps—short sleeps during the day—may improve memory, experts said recently.

New research conducted by brain researcher Avi Karni of the University of Haifa in Israel explores the possibility that naps help lock in sometimes long-term memories. “We still don't know exactly how memory system works during sleep, but the results of this research suggest it is possible to speed up memory consolidation (巩固) ,” Karni said. Long-term memory refers to memories that stay with us for years, such as “what” memories --- a car accident that happened yesterday--- or “how to” memories, such as one's learned ability to play the pianos.

Karni, also one of the authors of the study published in a recent issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience, instructed participants to learn a difficult set of finger games, and then divided the study subjects into two groups: one that napped for an hour, and one that didn't. The people who took an afternoon snooze showed obvious improvement in their performance by that evening.

“After a night’s sleep the two groups were at the same level, but the group that slept in the afternoon improved much faster than the group that stayed awake,” Karni said. And the study also showed just how much faster a 90-minute nap could help lock in long-term memories. “Daytime sleep can shorten the time ‘how to’ memory weakens and forgetting starts,” Karni said, “Instead of 6 to 8 hours, the brain consolidated the memory during the 90-minute nap.”

68. We can learn from the article that ________.

A. the new research has discovered the memory process during the sleep

B. taking a nap helps improve both long-term and short-term memories

C. Karni’s findings are based on comparisons between two groups of participants

D. people who take a nap will never forget “how to” skills once they are learned

69. The underlined word “subjects” in paragraph 3 probably mean________.

A. the people being tested in the study　　　 B. the people carrying out the study

C. the topics being discussed in the study　　 D. the areas of knowledge being studied

70. The text is most probably taken from ________.

A. a newspaper report　　　　　　　　　　 B. a library guide

C. a project handbook　　　　　　　　　　 D. a science site

There is no believable evidence for the existence of Bigfoot or to put it another way, there’s really quite a lot of evidence, but unfortunately it’s very poor quality. That’s a problem for Bigfoot-believers because if the creature really does exist, then it must exist in fairly big numbers. Otherwise, it would long ago have gone extinct（灭绝）.

“Not a single dead body has been found,” said Joe Nickell. “While we can’t prove Bigfoot doesn’t exist. It’s fair to point out that we can’t prove that the fairy doesn’t exist. We can’t prove that there are no leprechauns（妖精）.”

The Bigfoot myth is fueled by human hopes and fears. In that manner it is similar to other myths.

“We are hopeful that we are not alone in the universe, so we believe in extraterrestrials （外人）,” Joe Nickell said. “We are fearful of the unknown, so we imagine monsters （妖怪）.”

Craig Woolheater, of the Texas Bigfoot Research Centre, agreed that there are “a whole lot of questions and not many answers”.

“What we’re trying to do is get some answers and gather hard evidence. I think we’re dealing with an animal that is fairly rare,” Woolheater added. “So you’re talking about something that is probably a hundred times more rare than a black bear, and certainly a lot more rare than a mountain lion, and those animals aren’t seen all that often.”

Meanwhile, the Institute of Texan Cultures is taking a democratic （民主的）approach. The final portion of the exhibition gives visitors a chance to vote on whether or not they believe the evidence is believable. On the first day, “yes” outweighed “no” 178 to 53.

64. What is the purpose of the passage?

　 A. To discuss whether Bigfoot exists.　　 B. To tell readers where Bigfoot lives.

　 C. To give readers a definite answer.　　 D. To improve readers’ interest about Bigfoot.

65. According to Joe Nickell, ________.

　 A. Bigfoot’s dead bodies are familiar with people　

B. Bigfoot is the result of people’s hopes and fears

C. leprechauns don’t exist　　　　　　

D. people are polite to Bigfoot

66. According to the passage, Woolheater ________.

　 A. thinks there are no questions about Bigfoot　　 B. gets his answers from exhibitions

　 C. believes the voting is a democratic way　　　 D. seems to think Bigfoot exists

67. From the last paragraph we learn that ________.

　 A. the Institute of Texan Cultures thinks Bigfoot exists

　 B. most people trust the Institute of Texan Cultures

　 C. most people think Bigfoot exists according to the vote

D. the Institute of Texan Cultures is a democratic organization

You’re walking down the street, minding your own business, when you see a snowball. No big deal, right? Except the snowball is as tall as you are. And weighs about a ton. Did we mention that it’s June?

That’s the experience thousands of Londoners had when they crossed paths with “Snowballs in Summer”, the brainchild（创意）of artist Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy makes sculpture（雕刻） from all sorts of things he finds outside—leaves, earth and rocks, as well as ice and snow. He wanted to find out how busy city people would react to an unexpected snowball melting.

During the winter of 2005, he rolled 13 giant snowballs near his home in Scotland. He filled each one with a surprise in the centre—such as pebbles, berries, feathers or sheep’s wool, which would emerge as the snow melted. The finished snowballs were stored in a deep freeze until summer, and then transported to London in refrigerated trucks. At midnight on 21 June 2006, while the city slept, Goldsworthy and his co-conspirators（共谋者）rolled their snowballs into place.

People walking to work or school must have thought the sky was falling when they stumbled across（偶然遇见）snowballs the size of baby elephants. Some of them had never even seen snow in real life, and they couldn’t resist poking （捅）the snowballs or even breaking off a chunk（大块，厚片）. As the snow started to melt, things got even more interesting. The perfectly round snowballs took on different shapes as the stuff inside began to poke through. Two days later, most of Goldsworthy’s snowballs were gone, and their fillings scattered. But Londoners were left with a really good story about that odd summer day when the snowballs came.

60. What could be the best title of the passage?

　 A. Special Works of Art B. Snowballs in Summer

　 C. No Big Deal　　　　　　　　　　 　　D. Streets Covered with Snow

61. What is really special about the snowballs is that they ________.

　 A. lie in the street　 　　　　　　　　　　B. are in the shape of baby elephants

　 C. have pebbles, berries, feathers in them 　 D. appear in June

62. What was the purpose of Goldsworthy in making the snowballs?

A. To find out people’s reactions to them.

B. To call up people’s memory of the cold winter.

C. To show off his skills in sculpture. 　　

D. To let people experience the cold winter.

63. Why did Goldsworthy and his co-conspirators roll their snowballs into place at midnight?

　 A. They didn’t want to disturb other people.　　 B. It was quiet at that time.

　 C. They wanted to avoid the traffic jam.　　　 D. They wanted to give people a surprise.

Last Friday my brother and I were driving home together after doing some shopping and gave our attention to an interesting conversation. Because of this distraction (分心) my brother took a wrong turn.

Unfortunately, the wrong turn took us towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back. Unwillingly, my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless waste of $4.

We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother noticed a young fellow pulled over to the side of the road. He came out of his car and tried to phone someone. I was busy trying to figure out which way we would go next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a flat tire and needed a tool to get it off.

My brother gave him a wrench（扳手）, and then began to help him change the flat. The young man said that this had been a bad week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work. But he called us “a breath of fresh air” and kept thanking us because he really would have been stuck if we hadn’t come along.

After we finished the job he thanked us again and pulled out $20 from his pocket and tried to give it to us. “No,” I said. “We were never supposed to even get on that bridge, we took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into an opportunity to serve.”

What I loved most was that my brother was able to see a chance to help. His reaction in the situation is a lesson for everyone and we felt so good the rest of the day.

56. When did the author and his brother notice the young man who had a flat tire?

　 A. Before they arrived at a bridge.　　

B. When they were passing through an exit.

　 C. When the young man stopped them for help.

　 D. After they came back to the right road.

57. We can learn from the text that the writer’s brother ________.

A. was a warm-hearted young man　　　

B. didn’t know the roads well

C. made the turn to help the young man

D. regretted making a wrong turn all the way home

58. What did the young man mean by calling the writer and his brother “a breath of fresh air”?

A. He had been in the hot sun waiting for help for so long.

B. His car’s air conditioner was broken.

C. They calmed him down by offering him a cold drink.

D. They changed his bad luck and the bad mood he was in.

59. Which of the following sentences best describes the writer's experience?

　 A. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.　　

B. God helps those who help themselves.

　 C. If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

　 D. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese   36  at my face, but I pushed them   37  . My mom believed I would learn   38   I was ready. But the   39   never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was  40  at him, confused, scratching my head.  “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He  41  me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some  42  with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for  43  .

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I  44  the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish  45  surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman. But he  46  my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased  47  their impatience. With every  48  , the breath of the dragons（龙）on my back grew stronger---my blood boiling---   49  me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu，please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned  50  and I ran back home   51  , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at  52  .  Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace（丢脸）to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish  53  , but, in the end, the joke is on  54  . Every laugh is a culture  55  ; every laugh is my heritage（传统）fading away.

36. A. custom            B. games             C .characters           D. language

37. A. ahead            B. around            C. along               D. aside

38. A. when            B. before            C. unless              D. until

39. A. success         B. study             C. time               D. attempt

40. A. aim             B. joke              C. nod                D. stare

41. A. cared about      B. laughed at       C. argued with          D. asked after

42. A. right now      B. from now      C. at times             D. in time

43. A. decision          B. permission       C. information          D. preparation

44. A. repeated         B. reviewed        C. spelled               D. kept

45. A. farm             B. stand           C. pond               D. market

46. A. guessed         B. forgot          C. doubted             D. ignored

47. A. by              B. as             C. with                D. from

48. A. second          B. effort           C. desire              D. movement

49. A. forcing        B. allowing        C. persuading          D. leading

50. A. bright           B. blank           C. pale                D. red

51. A. open-mouthed    B. tongue-tied    C. empty-handed        D. broken-hearted

52. A. service          B. home           C. risk                D. root

53. A. trade           B. deed            C. challenge             D. incident

54. A. it             B. us             C. me                 D. them

55. A. thrown        B. lost            C. divided             D. reflected

— Carol, do you want to play with me?

—______. I had a really rough day at school.

A. I don’t care　　　 B. That’s a true 　　 C. No hurry 　　　　D. Not now

 The entire hall burst into a great cheer _____ the winner appeared on the stage accompanied by the chairman.

A. until           B. while            C. the moment         D. by the time