55. Which of the following is most likely to be discussed after this passage？

A. The Germanic tribes which invaded Britain

B. The civilization the Romans brought to Britain

C. The Romans who did not settle in Britain

D. The survival of the British people in the first century B. C

第二卷

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节　 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误. 对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

My friend, Li Mei, spent her vacation in America, where　　　　　　　　　　　 56_______

his mother was doing research in a university medical center　　　　　　　　　 57_______

She went on a two-week trip which she stayed in a number　　　　　　　　　　 58______

country hotels and she wrote us about them. One hotel　　　　　　　　　　　　　 59______

is called East Bay Inn. It is built in 1853, and is situated　　　　　　　　　　　　 60______

in heart of a historic district in Savanna, Georgia. It has　　　　　　　　　　　　 61_____

nineteenth-century rooms with Victoria-period furnitures. Just　　　　　　　 62______

outside of its windows, where there is a lovely river with ships　　　　　　　 63_____

passed, and a cobblestone street where tourists shop for　　　　　　　　　　　　 64_______

gifts, take pictures and sit under umbrellas enjoying coffee.　　　　　　　　　 65_______

第二节　 书面表达(满分25分)

据调查，中国城市居民的电脑拥有率达30%。很多农村居民对电脑也越来越感兴趣，甚至有的家庭也买了电脑。请参考下表写一篇题为“Computers in China”的短文。词数为100词左右。

54. Why do the Britain people feel insular？

A. Because they are different from those people in the Continent

B. Because they sometimes fail to support the continent countries in time of need

C. Because they are separated geographically from the Continent

D. Because they are considered different to understand

53. It can be inferred from the passage that　　　　　　 .

A. Europeans are those who are unable to speak English

B. those who invaded Britain came from the other side of the English Channel

C. Britain is a place full of interests for those excitable foreigners

D. Britain is the source of almost all the wars in Europe

52. It can be known from the passage that　　　　　　　 .

A. all the people think white people are Europeans

B. there are many Africans and Asians living in Europe

C. white men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and Asians

D. the British people think of themselves as Europeans

51. The purpose of the passage is to　　　　　　　　　 .

A. talk about Europeans

B. discuss the origin of British people

C. argue for the superiority of British people

D. compare the Europeans with Africans and Asians

50. The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT_______.

A. we should think before, while and after we read a passage

B. we’d better look up every new word in a dictionary

C. we should learn to guess the meanings of new words

D. the clues in a passage should be made use of

E

Are the British people Europeans？This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians，who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. But the British，when they are in Britain，do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans，to them，are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of English Channel，who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is “the Continent”：a place full of interests for English tourists，but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved. Thus，although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe，yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very，very insular(孤立的). They feel，in many ways，different from the rest of Europe，and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them，or even to understand them，in time of need.

Where did the British people come from？This is quite interesting question，since they are a mixture of many different races(种族)，and all these races invaded(入侵)Britain at various times from Europe. Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century B. C. ，but there had been at least three invasions before that. The first of these was by a dark-haired Mediterranean race called Iberians. The other two were by Celtic tribes(部落)：first the Gaels，whose descendants(后裔)are the modern Scots and Irish，some of whom still speak the Gaelic language；secondly the Britons，who gave their name to the whole island of Britain. These were the people whom the Romans conquered. The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of civilization，but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers，so the British race survived until the overthrow(颠覆)of the Roman Empire by the “barbarians” ―the numerous Germanic tribes which overran(侵占)the whole of Western Europe.

49. Which of the following can best be put in the blank in the passage?

A. countries　　　　　　 B. mountains　　　　　 　 C. rivers　　　　 　　 D. cities

48. This passage is probably taken from _______.

A. a newspaper for general readers　　 B. a magazine for language teachers

C. a book for language learners　　　 　 D. an advertisement for a new book

47．According to this passage, the outbreaks of disease epidemics tend to occur in ______.

A．winter　　　　　　　　　 B．spring　　　　　　　　 C．summer　　　　　　　 D．autumn

D

Good readers know that reading isn’t just about knowing words - it’s a way of thinking. Smart readers think before, during and after reading. Here are some tips that may be of some help.

Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions why you are reading it and what you want to get from it. Answering the questions will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.

Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary? Are there any clues in the text? A text will often give examples that may help you understand what some of the words mean. Let’s take the following sentence for example：Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture.The words “Chelyabinsk” and “Irkutsk” may be new to us, but the sentence tells us that they are examples of _______.

Think after you read. Do you understand the text? What is the main idea of the text? Can you guess the meaning of the new words? Which words do you need to look up? Is the text too easy or too hard for you?

If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a smarter reader and you will learn more, faster and better.