2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。

When I was ten years old, I went to Yangzhou with two American．I became their guide．First, we went to the Shouxi River．They wanted to look around the river by the boat．After buy the tickets, we got into a boat．We went around seeing the beautiful sight．After that, we went shopping．The sellers couldn't spoke English．Though it was very harder, I tried my best listen to their words carefully and translate the sentences．They bought some little things with their help．Next, we went to a small zoo but took some pictures．When we felt hunger, we went out and had lunch．After lunch, we visited some old house and learned more about Chinese history．www.ks5

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

假如你叫李平，是一位成绩优秀的学生，你班班主任在安排座位时，让成绩好的学生和成绩差的学生作同桌，这在你们班成绩优秀的学生中引起了反响，班会课上大家就此进行了讨论。现在请你根据下表把讨论结果向班主任写一封信反映一下，并说出自己的观点。

赞同	反对	你的观点
1．人人有长处和不足，成绩差的学生也有可取之处； 2．相互学习，建立友谊； 3．通过帮助学习差的学生的学习从而使他们建立自信。	1．部分学习差的学生常常上课说话、违反校规校纪，担心自己会受影响，会养成坏习惯。 2．老是问问题，使自己不能专心学习。

注意：1．词数：100字左右，短文的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

70. We can infer from the passage that ____.

A. Barack Obama is well educated

B. Hillary Clinton is less likely to win the election

C. the two leading candidates represent different parties

D. the public pay little attention to the 2008 presidential elections

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

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。选项中有两项为多于选项。(请把答案填在答案卷的横线上)

E

Today we begin a series of programs about learning disabilities．These are disorders in the ways that people understand or use language．They can affect the ability to listen or think, or to speak or to read and write．They can also affect the ability to do mathematics．71　 Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information． They say children with learning disabilities are not unintelligent or do not want to work． 72

Researchers say that as many as one out of every five people in the United States has some　 kind of learning disability．Almost three-million children in the United States receive some kind of help in school for a learning disability．

73　 Expels look for a difference between how well a child does in school and the level of intelligence or ability of the child．But there is no one sign of a disorder．A few signs of learning disability include not connecting letters with their sounds or not understanding what is read．A person with a learning disability may not be able to understand a funny story．They may not follow directions．They may not read numbers correctly or know how to start a task．74　 　One person may have trouble understanding mathematics．Another may have difficulty understanding what people are saying．Still another may not be able to express ideas in writing．These different kinds of learning disabilities are known by different names．For example，a person who has difficulty reading may have dyslexia(诵读困难症)．

Experts say learning disabilities cannot be cured．75　 　Teachers and parents can help young people with learning disabilities to learn successfully．

A. Different people have different kinds of learning disabilities．

B. Their brains just process information differently than other people．

C. People with learning disabilities have difficulty in communicating with others

D. But people who have them can be helped．

E. Why does a person have a learning disability.

F. A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulty in developing these skills．

G. How can you tell if someone has a learning disability?

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)

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以下作文。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(∧)，并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;

69. Both Hillary and Barack face difficult odds mainly because ____.

A. few women or blacks hold high official positions in American history

B.women take up 51% of the American population

C. they are either too young or old

D. they lack financial support

68. Many people expect the 2008 US presidential elections to ____.

A. be nothing special　　 B. bring great changes to America

C. be a common political campaign　　　 D. change the tradition of diversity

67. The author considers Hillary and Barack “a surprising pair” because they are ____.

A. both powerful

B. both likely to win

C. either a woman or black

D. either the wife of former President or a Harvard educated senator

66. If a child takes 2,250 steps on Saturday, he can earn ______ of TV time.

A. 11 minutes 15 seconds　　　　　　 　　　 B. 22 minutes 50 seconds

C. 22 minutes 25 seconds　　　　　　　　　　 　　 D. 22 minutes 30 seconds

D

Although the 2008 US presidential elections are still a long way off, candidates are already getting ready for the campaigns ahead.

For the Democrats(民主党人), the two leading candidates are a surprising pair. The first is Hillary Clinton, 60, the wife of former President Bill Clinton. The second is Barack Obama, 45, a Harvard educated senator(参议员).

It is the first time that the leading presidential candidates for a political party are either a woman or black. The dynamic pair has certainly gotten people's attention.

But the question remains, is America ready for either one?

It's not a simple question to answer. For the past 220 years, Americans have elected only white males to the nation's highest office. That can hardly be called a tradition of diversity. However, many people believe that 2008 will be the year that this changes.

"The white men that have been running the country recently have done such a bad job, at home and abroad, that maybe now is the time for a change," said Dorian Cool of San Francisco, California.

The polling numbers seem to back up his opinion: 86 percent of Americans say they would vote for a qualified woman. An impressive 93 percent say they would vote for a black man if he seemed right for the job. These numbers are much higher than they were just 20 years ago. They may suggest that Americans are ready to be led by a different type of person.

Still, there is a lot to overcome. Although women represent 51 percent of the American population, there are only nine female governors out of 50. Out of 100 senators, only 16 are women. The numbers are significantly lower for blacks in office.

Since the American Civil War, only two blacks have been elected governor and only three have been elected to the Senate.

Surely both candidates face difficult odds, but never before has there been so much support for either a female or a black candidate.

As Barack Obama himself said, "There is not a black America and a white America, a Latino America and an Asian America - there's the United States of America." If others share his vision, maybe the United States will end up with a new type of leader.

65. The underlined word “allowance” in Para.4 probably means ______.

A. the money given to children　　　　　　　　 B. the money for watching TV

C. the time of watching TV　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the steps to be taken

64. Gillian Swan developed Square Eyes to ______.

A. gain enough TV time　　　　　　　　　　　 B. deal with childhood obesity

C. encourage TV watching　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. finish university design project

63. The best title for the passage might be ______.

A. A Newly-invented Type of Shoes in the UK

B. Smart Shoes Deciding on Television Time

C. New Shoes and Watching TV in the UK

D. The Problem of Children’s Obesity

62. What can we learn from the story?

A. Otzi might be named after valley where he was found

B. Otzi’s arrows and knife were made in China.

C. Otzi must have once visited ancient China.

D. No one dare to see Otzi's dead body again.

C

Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to ensure time in front of the television have been invented in the UK.

The shoes ― dubbed(配音的)Square Eyes contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter(发射机)passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.

The design was inspired by a desire to combat(遏制)the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, said Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University in London UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood obesity(过度肥胖)really stood out,” she told New Scientist. “And I wanted to deal with that with my design.”

Once the child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.

Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggested a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than 2 hours of TV. So every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals exactly one minute of TV time.