六．完形填空（20分）
More than fifty SARS experts ___1___ this month in Geneva at the headquarters of the World Health Organization. They came from fifteen countries to discuss progress ___2___ the lung disease. SARS began in southern China late last year. It ___3___ in Asia and other parts of the world. The W-H-O __4_____ travel warnings. Health officials worked aggressively. They kept SARS patients ____5___ others. They looked for anyone else those patients might have been near.
SARS was contained(遏制) in the middle of this year. By then, eight-thousand people had become sick. More than seven-hundred of ___6____ died.
SARS causes effects similar to ____7___ of pneumonia (肺炎) or influenza. People often cough. Breathing is difficult or ___8____ . Some people need machines to help them breathe. Body temperature goes ___9____ . SARS can also make people feel tired, __10_____ their head hurt and make them not want to eat. Most people with SARS, however, usually recover within two weeks.
1. A. met         B. will meet         C. saw           D. will see
2. A. for          B. against           C. on            D. from
3. A. took place    B. spreaded          C. take place      D. spread
4. A. decided      B. declared          C. announced      D. spoke
5. A. near         B. together with      C. away from      D. close to
6. A. whom       B. who             C. them           D. men
7. A. them        B. that              C. this           D. those
8. A. hurt         B. hurtful           C. painful         D. pain
9. A. down        B. away            C. up            D. to zero
10. A. make       B. having made     C. making        D. made

五．短文改错。(10分)
Dear Jim,
I'd like to tell you something more about our school       1._______
sports meet. It was holding on Oct. 6, which was a            2._______
fine day. There were over 1,000 students and teachers         3._______
attend it. Wang Lin, a student from my class won the          4._______
100 - meter race. He finish the race in 12.6 seconds           5._______
and broke in the school record. The sports meet              6._______
was really success. That was because we were               7._______
all trying to do my best.                                 8._______
Although I was not one-of the winner, I                    9._______  
was proud of that we had done.                          10. _______
Looking forward to receiving your letter.
Yours,
Li Ping

IV．词汇运用（每空限填一词，每词0.5分，满分20分）

Part A 单词拼写

1. On New Year’s Eve, many people g_____ under the town clock to welcome the coming year.

2. Many a________ (奖品) will be given to the winners in the following music ceremony.

3. You can’t leave without the teacher’s p___________（允许）.

4. Try to achieve a better ________ (平衡) between work and play.

5. After Mary bought a new house, she was deeply in d______.

6. Do you think the new credit cards will be of great b________ (好处) to our customers.

7. The policeman was the first person on the s_______ (出事地点).

8. He is not stupid; on the c__________, he is very intelligent.

9. Even though he is in r_______, he keeps his dignity.

10. Too much sugar can be h__________(有害的) to children’s teeth.

11. Mary was in low spirit. His boyfriend took her to the concert to c________ her up.

12. Few people can e_________ without water for more than a week.

13. Chinese people have the fine__________ (传统) of respecting teachers.

14. The lake is __________ (环绕) by trees.

15. The girl referred to just now has a g________ for playing the violin.

五．单句改错：（10分）

1.He said he wouldn’t go back to be rich for anything.________

2.Tom had to drop out school because of his poor family._____

3.I spend all of my money very fast and save nothing of it._____

4.Over time, a lot of soil has removed, causing serious erosion.______

5.People were asked to comment scenes from this film.______

6.It is you who has the most important role to play in stopping the erosion.______

7.It is amazing that all this started from 5 Yuan.______

8.A person like him is difficult to get along.______

9.I found some of what he said very worried.______

10.The thief was lucky enough to escape from being caught._____

四．任务型阅读：

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked,“So, how have you been?”And the boy—who could not have been more than seven or eight years old—replied. “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”

This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.

The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.

Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?

Human development is based not only on natural biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new situation. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.

In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation(揭示)machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, and indiscriminately(不加区分地), to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.

Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.

Title: Change in Today’s Children