写作（满25分）
假如你是一个中学生名叫李晓华，根据以下信息给21 世纪报纸的编辑Ralph写封信。
注意：词数100左右。
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你的情况 |
1. 学习成绩好； 2. 爱母亲； 3. 有点害怕母亲。 |
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你母亲的情况 |
1. 大学教授，工作勤奋； 2. 很少有时间和你说话； 3. 对你很严，易发脾气。 |
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你的问题 |
1. 很少交流； 2. 希望互相了解 3. 不知如何沟通。 |
Dear Ralph,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Xiaohua
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
Air travel has three advantage over train travel. First, it can save much time. We can fly from one place to other in a long time, but by train we have to spend more time. Second, air travel is more comfortable because the plane flies so smooth that we can have a good rest during the trip. Third, the train is crowding sometimes and passengers have to sit for a long time, what makes them tired. But train travel also has it’s own advantages. For an example, traveling by train cost only a little money. Besides this, we can enjoy the view out the train’s windows.
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter (简洁的) than any paper dictionary. 1. However, to me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages.
I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. 2.
E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen(US$100)much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want (or think you want) and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax.
E-dictionaries are more fragile. Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it. 3.
E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too.
E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.
4. Sound . Little devices beep (嘟嘟声) when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library.
Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity. 5.And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.
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A．But it is impossible to do so with a keypad model. |
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B．They may even contain more words and expressions. |
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C． Let me add a statement about one that really troubles me. |
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D．Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up the pieces. |
E．That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight.
F．E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages.
G．Let’s take a look at the following reasons.
Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other.
To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously-much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all very important and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom: education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games; where a boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his or her team, instead of working for oneself alone. The school therefore plans games and matches for its students. Football is a good team game. It is good both for the body and the mind. That’s why it is every school’s game in England.
1.In passage 1, by “this” the author means ________.
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A．people often go to football games. |
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B．people, rich and poor, young and old, play football |
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C．football is the most popular game in England |
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D．people usually shout at each other in a football match |
2. In England, a boy’s opinion of a match is often ________.
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A．three or four times better than that of adults |
B．more than that of adults |
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C．as good as that of adults |
D．worth considering three or four times than adults |
3.In England, education means_______.
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A．filling a boy’s mind with stories |
B．more than the teaching of knowledge |
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C．the teaching of knowledge only |
D．training character by means of football games |
People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email . Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this .
The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students , all strangers to each other , to solve a problem . They had to discuss this question : If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster , who should they be ? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers . Dr. Johnson said , “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face . When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other , this limited the personal side of the conversation.”
Generally the information was not extremely personal . It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live . But some students discussed their love stories , and personal childhood experiences .
Dr. Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves . And when they do this , they become more open , especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself . This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However , this style of talking is not entirely new . “In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate . Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely .”
Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing , especially when they start work in a company . “If you don’t know about it , you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to .”
1.The subject discussed in this passage is .
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A．how people open up when emailing |
B．how people do research studies |
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C．how to communicate at work |
D．how to discuss and solve a problem |
2.The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that .
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A．they didn’t talk about very personal things |
B．they couldn’t see each other |
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C．the cameras on the computers were turned on |
D．they had to discuss a question |
3.What do the underlined words (in para. 4) refer to ?
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A．The telegraph |
B．The computer |
C．Emailing . |
D．Face-to-face talk . |
4.．In the writer’s opinion , one should .
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A．focus on oneself when emailing |
B．talk more freely in email than usual |
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C．discuss any subject that one wants to |
D．consider how one uses email at work |
Probably you have seen photos of the Grand Canyon（峡谷）, the great valley in the desert country of Arizona. But you must go there yourself to feel its true size and beauty. The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world
The Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years. Slowly, the river cut down through hard rock. At the same time, the land was rising. Today the canyon is 1.5 kilometers and 445 kilometers long. The oldest rocks at the bottom of the canyon are more than 1 billion years old. The width varies from about 200 meters to 29 kilometers across. The rim or top of the canyon is about 2,300 meters above sea level on the South Rim, and about 3,000 meters on the other side. As a result, there are different kinds of plants and animals on opposite sides of the canyon. The South Rim is dry desert country. The North Rim has tall forests.
The canyon looks different at different times of day, and in different seasons and weather. At sunrise and sunset the red, gold, brown and orange colors of the rocks are especially clear and bright. In winter, the canyon is partly covered with snow.
The view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the best. Most visitors come here and stay in campgrounds or hotels. Every point along the canyon’s edge offers a different view.
The North rim of the Canyon is quieter. It takes all day to drive there from the South Rim because there is only one bridge across the Colorado River. On the way, you go through Navado Indian lands, and a colorful pink desert called “The Painted Desert”.
1.The best way to feel the true beauty of the Grand Canyon is to________.
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A．see its photographs |
B．listen to the report about it |
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C．watch its introduction on TV |
D．go there yourself and visit it |
2. The scene of the canyon is ________.
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A．various depending on different time and places |
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B．almost the same |
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C．various depending on different time |
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D．various depending on different places |
3. If you want to visit the North Rim from the South Rim, you________.
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A．can go there in many direction |
B．won’t spend much time on the way |
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C．can visit The Painted Desert on the way |
D．needn’t go across any bridges |
4. If you want to have a visit to the Grand Canyon, you’d better go to _______.
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A．the North Rim |
B．the South Rim |
C．the bottom |
D．Navado Indian Lands |
