They demanded that the law on gun ownership _______, otherwise more murders will arise.
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A．will be changed |
B．should change |
C．is changed |
D．be changed |
___ impressed me most about the woman was that she looked after the old man for twenty years without any complaint.
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A．That |
B．Which |
C．What |
D．As |
第二节 写作（满分25分）
最近，你作为研究性学习课题组的成员就对高中英语新教材的看法在同学中间开展了一次调查，请根据如下调查结果，写一份简单的调查报告。
【注意】1. 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯;
2. 报告的开头已给出，不计入总词数;
3. 词数100个左右。
I recently surveyed my classmates about their views on the new English textbook.
第二卷
第四部分：书面表达（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标号为76－85相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
I went by air a great deal _______ I was still a young boy as 76. __________
both my father and mother l________ in South America and I flew 77. __________
there from Britain for my _________ (假日). An air hostess took 78. __________
good c______ of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am 79. __________
used to __________（旅行）by air and only on one occasion have 80. __________
ever felt f_________. After taking off, we were flying low over city 81. __________
and slowly gaining ________ (高度), when the plane suddenly turned 82. __________
round and flew back to the __________ ( 机场). While we were 83. __________
waiting to land, an air hostess told us to keep c_______ and get 84. __________
________ the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. 85. __________
Beauty has always been regarded as
something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier
and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable
jobs.
Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive (主管的) circle, beauty can become a liability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the attractive overnight successes was connected more with personal relationships and less to ability than that of the unattractive overnight successes. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman considered to be more womanish has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the “manly” qualities. This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.
73. The underlined word "liability" most probably means ______.
A. disadvantage B. advantage C. misfortune D. trouble
74. Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness ______.
A. turns out to be a disadvantage to both men and women
B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women
C. has as little effect on men as on women
D. slightly affects both men and women
75. It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often ______.
A. practical B. supportive C. old-fashioned D. one-sided
When TV news
programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying
pictures of dead or wounded victims because they don’t want to upset their
viewers. Even so, viewers are usually crowded in advance that they may find
some of these scenes disturbing, so they can look away if they choose. But the
men and women whose job is to record those scenes—the TV cameramen—have no such
choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors of the world and record them,
no matter how terrible and unpleasant they may be. Consequently, it is one of
the most dangerous, exposed and emotionally taxing jobs the world has to offer.
Today, the demand for their work is rising. The explosion of satellite broadcasting and 24-hour news in recent years has created a demand for TV information. But major broadcasters and the TV news agencies——such as Reuters and WTN-have never had enough staff to meet the worldwide demand for up-to-date pictures, so increasingly they turn to “freelance” TV cameramen.
These freelance cameramen are independent operators tied to no particular organization. They will work for any company which hires them, be it for just a few hours or for several weeks in a war zone. But if the freelance cameraman is injured in the course of the job, the TV company is not responsible for him. The freelancer must survive on his own.
TV will always need hard, vivid moving pictures which are fresh, but these companies feel uncomfortable with large numbers of employees on their books, explains Nick Growing, once a foreign editor for Britain Channel 4 News and now a BBC news presenter.
By hiring freelancers, they can buy in the skills they need only when they need them. It also enables them to contract out the risk, he says.
69.TV news agencies turn to freelance cameramen in order to .
A. buy pictures which are the most touching to the senses
B. look for pictures that are of fine qualities
C. get first-hand information and pictures
D. save expense and avoid risks
70. The freelance cameramen .
A. need to contract out risks of work for TV companies
B. have better skills than other cameramen
C. have to take risks in the course of work
D. are tied to many TV news agencies
71.According to this passage, some major broadcasters and TV news agencies .
A. are responsible for the freelancer if he is injured
B. are not willing to employ many cameramen
C. have employed enough cameramen
D. are very kind to freelancers
72.The author of this passage shows his the freelance cameramen.
A. respect for B. sympathy for
C. anger to D. admiration to
