书面表达（满分35分）
假设你是李华，上周六你班外出野炊时你发现很多同学使用一次性纸杯 (disposable cup)。请你就此问题按以下提示给某中学英语报社的编辑写一封信。
1. 野炊情况简介；
2. 发现的问题及其危害；
3. 你的倡议及理由。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 文中不得提及人名、校名及地名；
3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
Dear Editor,
I am Li Hua, a middle school student in Ziyang, Sichuan. I am writing to tell you about an environmental problem.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Dear Sir,
How are you? As an exchange student, I am writing to 1._______
tell you I would prefer to move into a single room in next 2._______
term, as I found it inconvenient to share a room with others. 3._______
My roommate often holds parties at night, made much noise. 4._______
Besides, his friends are always visiting him, that disturbs me 5._______
a lot. So I hope to draw your attentions to this problem. If 6._______
you think in my position, I am sure he will agree that the 7._______
only solution for me is get a room of my own, one not in the 8._______
same building and as near to the school campus as possible. 9._______
I would be thankfully if you could do me the favor. 10._______
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
W: Bobby, turn that TV off and set the table. Dinner is almost ready.
M: OK. I’ll be right down…
W: 1 Your father’s plane was delayed, so he won’t be home until after 10:00.
M: Aw, man! Why does he always have to travel so much? 2
W: I know. Your sister and I feel the same way, but this is the way it has to be right now.
M: 3
W: That’s because I work from home. 4 Your father is gone a lot, but he also makes good money.
M: Why doesn’t he work from home?
W: 5 If he stayed at home, how would he ever sell anything?
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A. Yes. Father works too hard. B. But you never travel for your job. C. Dear, we’ll have to wait for your father. D. I feel like I never get to see him anymore. E. I guess I’m lucky, but there are disadvantages, too. F. Honey, there are only going to be three of us tonight. G. Well, working in sales means you have to be on the road a lot. |
It is pretty much a one-way street. While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial (商业的) world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job. For some industrial scientists, however, the attractions of academia (学术界) outweigh any financial (金钱的) considerations.
Helen Lee took a 70％cut in salary when she moved from a senior post in Abbott Laboratories to a medical department at the University of Cambridge. Her main reason for returning to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions. Some areas of inquiry have few prospects (前景) of a commercial return, and Lee’s is one of them.
The influence of a salary cut is probably less serious for a scientist in the early stages of a career. Guy Grant, now a research associate at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics at the University of Cambridge, spent two years working for a medicine company before returning to university as a post doctoral researcher. He took a 30% salary cut but felt it worthwhile for the greater intellectual chances.
Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more important, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the change to academia more attractive, according to Lee. Industrial scientists tend to receive training that academics do not, such as how to build a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets and negotiate contracts. They are also well placed to bring something extra to the teaching side of an academic role that will help students get a job when they graduate, says Lee, perhaps experience in manufacturing practice or product development. “Only a small number of undergraduates will continue in an academic career. So someone leaving university who already has the skills needed to work in an industrial lab has far more potential (潜力) in the job market than someone who has spent all their time on a narrow research project.”
1.By “a one-way street” in Paragraph 1, the author means ______.
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A．university researchers know little about the commercial world |
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B．few university professors are willing to do industrial research |
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C．few industrial scientists would leave to work in a university |
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D．there is little exchange between industry and academia |
2.The underlined word “deterrent” most probably refers to “something that ______”.
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A．helps to move the traffic |
B．attracts people’s attention |
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C．brings someone a financial burden |
D．keeps someone from taking action |
3.What was Helen Lee’s major consideration when she changed her job in the middle of her career?
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A．Less work hours. |
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B．More freedom to choose research fields. |
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C．Better prospects of a commercial return. |
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D．Her preference for the lifestyle on campus. |
4.What can industrial scientists do when they come to teach in a university?
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A．Make its research more practical. |
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B．Develop its students’ potential in research. |
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C．Help it to obtain financial support from industry. |
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D．Increase its graduates’ competitiveness in the job market. |
Forget chip fat, sugar cane or rapeseed oil — the latest source of biofuel could be watermelons. Scientists have discovered that the fruit is a great source of sugar that can be readily distilled (蒸馏) into alcohol to power cars and farm machinery.
And sellers reject 360,000 tons of “substandard” fruit every year in America alone which could be used as an economical way to make fuel. The waste from US growers could produce nearly two million gallons (nine million litres) of biofuel per year.
In the study, researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture set out to determine the biofuel potential of juice from rejected watermelons —those not sold due to cosmetic imperfections, and currently ploughed back into the field. About a fifth of each yearly watermelon crop is left in the field because of surface blemishes (瑕疵) or because they are misshapen.
Dr. Wayne Fish, who led the team, found that 50 percent of the fruit was fermentable (可发酵的) into alcohol which could provide valuable fuel.
“We’ve shown that the juice of these watermelons is a source of readily fermentable sugars, representing an unexploited raw material for alcohol biofuel production,” he said.
The study, published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels, discovered that watermelons could produce around 20 gallons of fuel per acre from fruit that otherwise would go to waste.
Production of biofuels has been targeted by Western governments as a way to support renewable energy targets.
The European Union has a target for 2010 that 5.75 percent of transport fuels should come from biological sources, but the target is unlikely to be met.
The British government’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation requires five percent of the fuel sold at the pump by 2010 to be biofuel.
1.The passage mainly tells us ______.
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A．watermelon juice will be the largest source of renewable energy |
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B．the advantages of fuel made from watermelons |
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C．Western countries aim at producing biofuels |
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D．watermelons could be used to make fuel |
2. It can be learned from the text that ______.
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A．about two gallons of fuel could be made from rejected fruit per acre |
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B．sellers in the world throw away 360,000 tons of watermelons every year |
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C．half of the watermelons were fermentable into alcohol to provide energy |
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D．five percent of fuel is required to be biofuel from watermelons by 2010 in Britain |
3.The underlined word “cosmetic” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.
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A．fresh |
B．sweet |
C．surface |
D．inside |
4.We can infer from the passage that ______.
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A．it will cost a lot to make biofuel from watermelons |
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B．Western countries are engaged in biofuel study but still have a long way to go |
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C．watermelon juice has been used as a source of sugars to produce alcohol biofuel |
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D．the European Union is likely to meet its target of transport fuels from biological sources |
What’s On Stage
An acrobatic show: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe (剧团) will present “The Soul of China”, where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills will run down your spine(脊柱) as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge.
Time: 7:30 p.m., September 13-19
Place: Capital Theatre, 22 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District
Exhibitions
Joint Show: A group ink painting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display.
Time: 9:00 a. m.-5:00 p.m. until September 10
Place: Huangshicheng Art Gallery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng District
Oil paintings: The Wanfung Art Gallery will host a joint show of oil painting by 10 young and middle-aged artists. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wondrous variety of life in unique styles.
Time: 9:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. until September 15
Place: 136 Nanchizi Street, Dongcheng District
Literature museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an in-depth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., daily
Place: 45 Anyuan Donglu, Chaoyang District (Shaoyaoju area)
Concerts
Beijing rocks: “The Fashion Night of Chinese Rock” is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm.
Time: September 16
Place: The Olympic Center
Belgium orchestra：La Petite Bande, the Baroque Orehestra of Belgium, will perform in Beijing at the Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities as part of activities across the world in memory of the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death.
Time: 7:30 p.m. September 11-14
Place: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities
1. What do you think of the acrobatic show mentioned above?
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A．When you watch it, you will certainly feel cold. |
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B．Unexpected things will make you excited and surprised. |
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C．Something strange will puzzle everyone, including scientists. |
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D．Even the bravest ones will be too frightened to go on watching. |
2.The most characteristic thing about the Fashion Night of Chinese Rock is that ______.
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A．it will certainly cause a rock storm throughout China |
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B．it is to bring thousands of rock fans out of their homes |
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C．it is to be held in memory of one of the greatest musicians |
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D．it will let the audience choose the performers and the music |
3. Suppose it is September 14 today, how many activities can people choose to attend?
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A．2. |
B．3. |
C．4. |
D．5. |
4.On the whole, we can conclude ______.
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A．we can enjoy a large variety of cultural activities in Beijing |
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B．people in Beijing prefer modern culture to something traditional |
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C．most of the cultural activities in Beijing are for foreign visitors only |
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D．there are usually more cultural activities in September than in any other month |
