第二卷（两部分共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确
My father is an ordinary-looking farmer, already in his forties.
Though he has never gone to school, he knows ________(知识)is 76.____________
very important. In order to make me r_______ better education, he 77. ____________
worked extremely hard, s_________ money coin by coin to send 78. ____________
me to the town to study. ____ a result, he looks older than he really 79. ____________
_____. For him, my school work is the most important. Once when 80. ____________
I got first in the exam, he was so d__________ that he drank a lot. I 81. ____________
didn’t know if he got d_______. All I could remember was what he 82. ____________
said.“Although I am poor, I never mind. I am ______(骄傲) of you.” 83. ____________
I could hardly hear _________ he said next because I was crying. I 84. ____________
swore I must study hard and offer my father a ________(舒适) life. 85. ____________
五.语法填空 (20分)
Dear Mr. Costa,
I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write. I’ve been very busy with work and school, but I’ve thought about you often.
How have you been (1) (late)? Did you have a good Christmas and New Year’s? Mac says you’ve been working hard at (2) restaurant and that business is very good. What else have you been doing?
I had a short (3) good vacation. Mac and I went to Chicago for a few days before Christmas, but I had to come back and work (4) Christmas and New Year’s, (5) (include) Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve! Every time something like that (6) (happen), I wonder (7) I really want to work in the hotel business.
The other day I was thinking about the fun (8) we used to have in our English class. I haven’t seen many of our classmates (9) the course was over. In fact, the only one I see very often is Tomiko. I’d really like to get in touch with Franco. Does he ever write to you? If so, could you please send me his address?
Well, Mac and I are going skating and he is waiting for (10) , so I guess I’d better say goodbye now. Write as soon as you can.
Yours ever
B
I am going to tell you an unbelievable story. This afternoon a __41___(poor) dressed gentleman came into my restaurant. Nobody knew who he was and __42___he came from. After __43___(sit) down, he ordered a lot of food. He stared at it and then _44___ (eat) it up very quickly.
To be_45___, we doubted whether the man was able to pay for the food. When he was asked to pay the bill, the gentleman asked if we would mind__46__ (wait) just a few minutes. Then we were _47___ (shock) to see that he took a million pound bank note. __48__(fortunate), we could not change the bank note as it was too large. So I gave this strange but very rich man a _49__ dinner, in the hope__50__he might come to our restaurant again.
第三部分：语法填空（共两节，满分20分，每小题1分）
根据文段内容或提示，填写正确的单词，每空只能填写一个单词。
A
No one knows exactly __31___ the earth began, as it happened so long ago. However, according to a __32___ (wide) accepted theory, the universe began ___33___ a “Big Bang” that threw matter in all directions…..What it was to become was __34___(certain) until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago __35___ the dust settled into a solid globe. The earth became so violent __36___ it was not clear whether the shape would last or not…….People are__37__ (put) too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevents heat from __38____(escape) from the earth into space. As a result of this, many scientists believe the earth may become too hot to live on. So __39____life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can be __40___(solve).
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
Just like other _31__ , English changes and develops when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first, the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different __32__ today’s English. It was 33___ (base) more on German than the English we speak at present. Then __34__(gradual) between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those__35_ ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched____36__ ( rich ) the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of _37__ wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America .Later in the 18th century some British people ___38__(take) to Australia too. English _39___(begin)to be spoken in both countries. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled and now English is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia and __40___parts of the world.
C
I began as a (91) ___________machine in 1642. It took nearly two hundred years (92) ___________I was built as an analytical machine. I became a “universal machine” in 1936 to (93) ___________any mathematical problem. I was very big at one time. However, as time (94),___________,I was made smaller and smaller. I was given a family (95) ___________by a network in the early 1960s. I was able to (96) ___________my knowledge with others (97) ___________the World Wide Web.
I have been widely used in many fields, such as in communication, (98) ___________,trade and medical (99) ___________.I have also been put into robots and space rockets to (100) ___________the Moon and Mars. I’m glad I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race.