书面表达

据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生说自己的字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很大差别。请根据下图写一篇100个词左右的短文，说明该现象并发表自己的看法，开头已给出。

Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, teachers, students and their parents are paying less and less attention to handwriting.                              

He was rejected for the job vacancy because he couldn’t be ______even for the interview. 

  A. responsible               B. beneficial             C. punctual                 D. regular

26. — Ring me at six tomorrow morning, will you?

   — Why that early?

  A. will be sleeping            B. have slept               C. have been sleeping    D. will sleep

—How can I get to Guangzhou within five hours?

       —There is no way              by air．

       A．rather than            B．other than              C．more than         D．less than

B

Oprah Winfrey, the queen of American daytime talk TV, is considered one of the most powerful women in the world. Now, after 25 years’ hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, the star has announced she is calling it quits.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the move “signals the beginning of the decline for the daytime talk show.” More women are working full-time jobs, and people are turning to cable (有线电视) and pre-recorded shows for their entertainment.

It may be that Oprah isn’t quitting so much as moving on. She has created the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and will most likely move her show to the network. If audiences around the world need Oprah, they well know where to look.

Oprah Winfrey was born to a single teenage mother in a small town in rural Mississippi, US. As a child, she lived with poverty and abuse. But she got a job at a local radio station, where her honesty, emotional style won her many fans. She quickly rose through the ranks of radio and television before launching her own production company and starting her own show.

Oprah’s talk show was not the first of its kind, but it quickly became the best and most popular. It made talk shows popular, and others jumped in to start similar shows. But while other talk shows turned ugly, featuring guests who argued and attacked each other with chairs, Oprah rose above the mess.

“Part of her power lies in the fact that her life story resonates (产生共鸣) with her audience, as a kind of version of the American dream,” writes Kevin Connolly, a reporter with the BBC.

She became a star because of the way she opened up about her problems to her audience. She shared her own struggles with relationships and weight. She focused on self-help. Connolly believes “something in her honesty and her sometimes painfully emotional directness struck home with a certain type of American”.

60. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

   A. The stop of Oprah’s show reflects the decrease of audience.

   B. Oprah hosted her show for about 25 years.

   C. American talk show was pioneered by Oprah.

   D. Oprah used to be a radio presenter.

61. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. Oprah could deal with the guests fighting very well.

   B. Oprah’s show stood out with her unique style.

   C. Oprah turned a deaf ear to other people’s quarrel.

   D. Oprah’s fame rose because lots of people watch her show.

62. From Kevin Connolly, we know people like Oprah’s show for all the reasons EXCEPT ________.

   A. Oprah always shares people’s life stories in her show

   B. the audiences are touched by Oprah’s honesty and frankness

   C. Oprah’s life story reflects the truth of American dream

   D. some audiences are inspired by Oprah’s show

63. According to the text, Oprah ________.

   A. always volunteers to help those who need help

   B. has practiced presentational skills since she was young

   C. believes that one should rely on himself to solve problems

   D. calls on women to work full-time jobs

A variety of vehicles _____ in a steady stream along the main road.

A. canoed       B. floated         C. jogged         flowed

第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

The Best Holiday

 I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter. Emily  21  to buy a mountain bike. she’d been saving her pocket money all year,  22  doing small jobs to earn extra money.

 By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “ You  23  have your pick from my bicycle  24 .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would   25   choose.

  As Christmas  26  near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she  27  a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy ?” she asked.  “Sorry, Em , I’m out of  28  .”

  Throughout December, Emily continued to   29  hard. Then one day, she made a  30  announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving ?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $ 58 to a volunteer who was really very  31 .

  32  by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute  33  of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children.     34   I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow(发光). Should I  contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t  35  the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later  36  the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very  37  , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re   38   away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”

Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the  39   ? I like to think it was God’s way of  40  a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years--- while giving her dad a lesson in the process.

21.  A. promised   B. amazed      C. determined D. organized

22.  A.as well as         B. in addition       C. because of            D. except for

23.  A. need  B. should C. must                     D. can

24.  A. Collection     B. contribution             C. shop                D. club

25.  A. seldom      B. likely  C. slightly      D. merely

26.  A. drew  B. became      C. went   D. pulled

27.  A. observed   B. sensed C. watched     D. noticed

28.  A.charge       B. change      C. control       D. order

29.  A.study            B.try      C. listen       D. work

30. A.disappointing    B. surprising   C. formal       D. public

31.  A. agreeable  B. hopeful      C. thankful     D. pitiful

32.  A. Moved      B. Shocked     C. Persuaded   D. Demanded

33.  A. one    B. some   C. two     D. any

34.  A. While       B. When  C. Because      D. Though

35.  A. express     B. describe     C. explain       D. shake

36.  A. returned    B. delivered    C. chose  D. shared

37.  A. sweet B. healthy       C. happy D. fair

38.  A. putting      B. giving C. storing       D. signing

39.  A. present      B. harvest       C. winner       D. chance

40.  A. greeting    B. praising      C. sheltering   D. Rewarding

第一部分： 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. —Excuse me, I don’t want to interrupt you but…

— ______.

  A. You are welcome   B. It’s okay     C. I have no idea    D. That’s right

The cruel parents ____ because of ____ they had done to the little girl.

A. got punishment; which      B. got punished; what

C. got punishing; that          D. got to be punished; why

18.  I can' t leave. She told me, that I_____stay here until, she comes back.

A. can            B. must                  C. will                 D. May