第二卷（共35 分）
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读短文，根据所读内容在表中的空格处填上适当的单词或短语，每空不超过3个单词。
Most Americans have a city they like best. Over the years, American songwriters have described these feelings in music. More songs have been written about America's biggest city, New York, than about any other city. Many others dream about leaving their small towns to go there. They want to become rich and famous. Frank Sinatra sings about this dream in the most popular song written about New York.
Almost three-million people live in the middle western city of Chicago, Illinois. It is now America's third largest city. It used to be the second largest city. So, of course, it needed its own song. Judy Garland sings the song, "Chicago, Chicago. "
One of America's most exciting cities is Las Vegas, Nevada. In nineteen-sixty-four, Elvis Presley starred in a movie called "Viva Las Vegas." Here is the song from that movie. It is sung by the group Z-Z Top.
As we all know, one of the most beautiful cities in America is San Francisco, California. The most popular song about the city is called "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Tony Bennett recorded it in nineteen-sixty-two. It sold more than three-million records.
Many people love Los Angeles, California. It is now America's second largest city. Los Angeles is popular because the weather is warm and the sun shines almost all the time. Randy Newman sings about his feelings for the city in the song, "I Love L.A." Not everyone, however, loves Los Angeles. Some people do not like all the big roads around the city. They like living in a smaller place. A place like San Jose, California. Dionne Warwick sings about going back to this city. The song is, "Do You Know The Way To San Jose."
Songs about American Cities
| States |
76.__________ |
Features |
Songs |
Songwriters/ Band |
| |
New York |
America's biggest city |
A song about New York |
78.____________ |
| Illinois |
Chicago, |
79. America's ____________ city |
"Chicago, Chicago" |
Judy Garland |
| 77.________ |
80._________ |
America's second largest city |
81._________ |
Randy Newman |
| San Francisco |
82.___________ |
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco." |
83.____________ |
|
| 84.________ |
small |
"Do You Know The Way To San Jose |
Dionne Warwick |
|
| Nevada |
Las Vegas |
exciting |
A song from "Viva Las Vegas." |
85. the group ___________ |
第二卷（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，根据以下提示：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。
Dear Sally,
Hi! I’m Li Ying, your new pen friend from Fujian, China. I got your name
and address from a magazine and thought I would w to you. Well, 76.
let me start by telling you something about . I’m a high school 77.
student of seventeen. I have many hobbies, among __ reading novels and 78.
collecting (邮票) are my favorites. I love the outdoors, especially 79.
the sea and I’ve been on several tours abroad. I also enjoy (听) 80.
to both pop and classical music. In a word, I’m a (谦虚的) , 81.
patient and caring person. I guess life in London must wonderful 82.
with so many places of i to visit and so much tasty food to enjoy. I 83.
hope to visit London d my holidays because I really like to 84.
learn more about your culture. I’m 1 forward to hearing from you. 85.
Yours,
Li Ying
第二卷（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，根据以下提示：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
On May 9th, 1906, an American Anne Jevis’s mother died. Ann was in deep
sorrow. In order to memorize her mother, she forward a suggestion to 76.
fix a day as Mother’s Day. On May 7th, 1914 a law was passed, m the 77.
second Sunday of May “Mother’s Day”. Today (百万) of Americans 78.
(庆祝) Mother’s Day in some way. They buy more than 150,000,000 79.
Mother’s Day greeting cards. There are d kinds of greeting cards, 80.
most of show pictures of flowers, hearts or other things to express 81.
a person’s love for his or her mother. Jevis’s mother was f of the 82.
white carnation, so carnations are specially c for Mother’s Day. 83.
And it is one of the days of the year for the whole flower 84.
(产业) as there are too many flowers to be sent at the same time. 85.
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，在空格处填入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卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
The year 2009 is the Year of the Ox, which is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy, oxen are the major animals 31(pull) plows (犁).
Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as “boats on land” for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures, with their meat and milk as food full of nutrition, 32their skin used to make clothes and shoes.
In the past, oxen played an important role in the 33(spirit) life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who 1ive in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share 34among family members when holding a ceremony for children 35 reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. 36(express) their love for oxen, people in some 37areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar, and during their run they will take their oxen along, which 38(indicate) they regard the creature as human.
Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to 39animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe 40oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation.
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，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
In the 1960s, a family that owned a farm near Belfast, Tennessee kept a bull chained __31_____ an oak tree. The bull paced around the tree, ____32_____(drag) the heavy iron chain, which led to a groove (槽) in the bark (树皮). ____33_____groove was deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason, it did not kill the tree.
34some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain, leaving the loop around the tree and one link 35 (hang down).
Then one year, agricultural catastrophe struck Tennessee in the form of Dutch oak disease. All of the oaks lining the road leading to the farm became infected 36died. Everyone thought that the old oak tree would be the next. The farm owners considered 37(go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died.
38(surprise), the tree did not die. Nobody could understand 39it was the only oak still standing in the county. It' s said that 40doesn' t kill you will make you stronger. Or, as a plant pathologists (病理学家 ) put it , "Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places."
第二节（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）
阅读下面短文。根据短文内容，在表格中第63至第70小题的空格里填上适当的单词，使信息完整。每空填一个词。
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass, the leaves on trees and most growing plants. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no expereince, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1990s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution is the name givensome years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who hadgreen thumbs.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, envy.The green-eyed monster is not a terrible creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer WilliamShakespeare in his play “Othello.” It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants. A young man may suffer from thegreen-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.
| Main idea: Green is an important color which means being young, 63 and growing. |
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| Greenhorn |
It refers to someone who has 64 nothing. |
| Green thumb |
A person with a greenthumb 65 plants well, and his/her garden continues to grow long after the 66 of your plants. |
| Green Revolution |
It is the name given to the 67 of new plants, which were produced by agricultural scientists and had larger 68 . |
| Green-eyed monster |
It 69 the unpleasant feeling a person has when 70 person has something he wants. |