II. 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A British man who went on a wild spending spree(狂欢) after doctors said he only had a short time to live wants compensation because the diagnosis(诊断) was wrong and he is now healthy — but broke.
John Brandrick, 62, was diagnosed with liver cancer two years ago and told that he would probably ___21___within a year.
He quit his job, sold or gave away ___22___ all his possessions, stopped paying his mortgage and spent his ___23___ dining out and going on holiday.
Brandrick was left with little more than the black suit, white shirt and red tie that he had planned to be ___24___ in when it became known a year later that his suspected “tumor(肿瘤)” was no more than a non-life ___25___ inflammation(炎症) of liver.
“When they tell you you’ve got a limited time and everything you do is ___26___ life,” Brandrick, from Cornwall in the west of England, told Sky television.
“I’m really pleased that I’ve got a second ___27__ in life; but if you haven’t got no money after all this, which is my fault —I ___28___ it all —they should pay something back.”
If he can’t get compensation, he is considering selling his house or accusing the hospital that diagnosed him. The hospital has said that while it ___29___ with Brandrick, a review of his case showed no ___30___ diagnosis that have been made.
21. A. recover B. cure C. die D. ache
22. A. almost B. most C. already D. nearly
23. A. savings B. accounts C. cheques D. cash
24. A. sold B. buried C. displayed D. hidden
25. A. astonishing B. threatening C. disappointing D. surprising
26. A. waste B. end C. extend D. enjoy
27. A. job B. suit C. chance D. liver
28. A. spent B. lost C. lent D. deposited
29. A. sympathizes B. agrees C. deals D. argue
30. A. correct B. different C. serious D. exact
第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
For many years, scientists have warned that smoking tobacco is bad for health. Yet people around the world continue to smoke. The World Health Organization estimates that more than four million people die each year from the effects of smoking. That number is increasing.
Scientists have identified more than forty chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer in humans and animals. Nicotine (尼古丁) is the major poison in cigarettes that gives pleasure to smokers. The American Cancer Society says nicotine can kill a person when taken in large amounts. It does this by stopping the muscles used for breathing. Also, studies have found that nicotine can be as harmful as alcohol or the illegal drugs. So experts say it is better never to start smoking and become dependent on nicotine than it is to smoke with the idea of stopping later.
Smoking tobacco is the leading cause of lung disease. Smoking also has been linked to heart disease, stroke and many kinds of cancer. American government health experts say smoking affects not only the smoker. Tobacco smoke also affects the health of people who do not smoke. Smokers may harm the health of family members and people at work. Tobacco smoke causes an estimated 3,000 non-smoking Americans to die of lung cancer each year.
Therefore, it can be seen that smoking begins to cause damage immediately. All cigarettes can damage the body. And there is no safe way to smoke.
[写作内容]
假设你是Adam，你叔叔是一个烟瘾很大的人。在看了有关吸烟危害的文章后，想给叔叔写一封信劝其戒烟。以下是信的内容(信的开头和结尾已经为你写好)：
1．以约30个词概括香烟对身体健康的伤害；
2．以约120个词表达你对叔叔的劝告，并包括如下要点：
(1) 对叔叔提出戒烟的具体建议；
(2) 指出叔叔戒烟对家人的益处；
(3) 期望叔叔能够成功地戒烟。
[写作要求]
1．作文可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
IV 写作(共2题，满分40分)
第一节基础写作(共1题，满分15分)
你的笔友William回复你的电子邮件告诉你英国高中生课余时间可以打工，其内容要点如下：
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英国高中生 |
1. 可以打工，每天不超过三小时，晚上不得迟于七点； 2. 一星期18小时以内。 |
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William的看法 |
1. 可获得生活中一些技能，如填表、应对面试和与人相处； 2. 增强自信和独立性，学会如何理财； 3. 有利学习和工作责任心。 |
[写作内容]
假设你是李华，请根据以上信息，以William的口吻将这些信息转写成一封信，内容包括：
1. 英国15岁以上的高中生课余可以打工；
2. 高中生课余打工的时限规定；
3. 你(William)的看法。
[写作要求]
1.只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容；
2.开头和结尾已写出，不讲入总句数。
[评分标准] 句子结构的准确性，信息内容的完整性、连贯。
Dear Li Hua,
Very glad to have received your email. Now I’ll tell you what I am doing during my unlimited time these days.
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Best wishes to you and looking forwards to your early reply.
Yours,
William Dickens
第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
以下是个人求职广告信息：
A. My name is Cheney. I have a genuine interest in providing technical interpretation services (English and Chinese) on a part time-basis. Currently I am working at one of fortune 500 companies in Shanghai on a full-time basis. However I would be really interested if there are opportunities for me to work on the weekends or part-time positions available.
B. Hello everyone, currently I am looking for part time job in Shanghai especially in Changning District, I am Indonesian, fluent in English and I can speak Chinese, learn Chinese for 2 years, and learn English for my whole life.
C. Hello. I'm Marcos from Washington, D.C and am currently in Shanghai for work. I am offering tutoring services in order to help you improve your oral English. I have over 2 years of experience teaching at the university level and am also TEFL certified. I have bachelor degrees in Economics, Finance, and German. I currently am working on my master's degree in field of Management Information Systems. I enjoy teaching especially to those who want to learn. I'm patient, friendly, and a very humorous guy! I love sports, movies, politics, business and most topics of choice.
D. Well, I am Canadian who is currently studying in Shanghai, and I would like to find part time jobs during my spare time. I am fluent in Mandarin and English, and had experience in teaching primary pupils before.
E. Experienced teacher / lecturer teaching French (as native speaker) and business English in a prestigious university in Shanghai looking to tutor students or doing translation jobs. I am fluent in French, English and Mandarin, conversant in German and Cantonese. Available to teach on the evenings or week ends.
F. Your Nice Personal Tour Guide & Shopping Assistant & Interpreter with 3 years' experience. I can formulate a gorgeous tour plan for you according to your interests and arrange everything well. Besides, I can help you bargaining and getting the lowest prices
以下是一些读者的信息，请匹配与它们所对应的广告。
56. I will study Economics in the USA next year. I need a tutor who is patient and easy-going to help me improve my oral English before I go.
57. My son is now in Grade 6. He is weak in English, so I want a native speaker to help him. Experience needed.
58. We’re from UK and stay in Shanghai for four days. We need an excellent local guide to arrange our tour as we like.
59. We have many students from foreign countries, especially France in our college. We need an experienced teacher, who can understand them well, to give them business English lectures in the evening.
60. We need a professional interpreter who knows about advanced technology in IT. Salary is high. Ether part time or full time is OK.
Men have always believed that they are smarter than women. Now, a study has found that while this is certainly true, men also have to deal with the fact that they are also more stupid than the fairer sex.
In the study, scientists measured the IQ of 2500 brothers and sisters and they found an uneven number of men not only in the top two percent, but also in the bottom two percent.
The study's participants were tested on science, maths, English and mechanical abilities.
Though there were twice as many men as women in the smartest group, there were also twice as many men among the dolts.
The aggregate scores of men and women were similar.
One of the study's authors, psychology professor Timothy Bates, said that the phenomenon may be because men have always been expected to be high achievers and women have been restricted to spend more time taking care of their home.
"The female developmental program may be tilted more towards ensuring survival and the safety of the middle ground.," the Daily Mail quoted Professor Bates, of Edinburgh University, as saying.
The research tallies with past results that men were more likely than women to receive first class University degrees or thirds and women secured the seconds.
It has been said that men are more ready to take risk when it comes to academics. Women have always found to be steadier in their learning.
A past study has shown that women are securing more firsts and seconds, while men are continuing to receive more thirds.
The argument for the change is that the increase of coursework at the cost of exams favors women's steady approach.
51. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.
A. man are smarter then women
B. man are more stupid the women
C. a new fact about the IQ of men and women has been found
D. men are more likely to receive first class university degrees
52. According to Timothy Bates, less women are in the smartest group because _________.
A. they are born stupid
B. they have to spend more time to tale care of their home than men
C. they don’t like to take risk
D. they are not expected to be high achievers
53. The underlined word tallies with in the eighth paragraph means________.
A. agree with B. deal with C. go against D. go with
54. It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A. Women are steadier in their learning.
B. men are more ready to take risk in everything
C. women are securing more firsts and seconds
D. women are doing much better in academy
55. Which of the following questions has NOT been discussed in the passage?
A. Why are men smarter than women?
B. Why are men more stupid than women?
C. How does the result go along with the past research?
D. How can we help the men in the bottom?
III. 阅读(共两节，满分40分)
第一节阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Stockholm, the Swedish Academy has chosen the British author Doris Lessing for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The selection of Doris Lessing for a Nobel was popular among the hundreds of journalists gathered for the announcement in Stockholm.
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl said with skepticism, fire and visionary power Lessing has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.
Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia - modern-day Iran - to British parents, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.
A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950. The Grass is Singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a white farmer's wife and her black servant.
A member of the British Communist Party during the 1950s and a campaigner against nuclear arms and South African apartheid, Lessing was for years banned from that country and from Rhodesia.
Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of The Golden Notebook, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism. A disjointed study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics and communism, relationships with men and sex, and Jungian analysis and dream interpretation.
Lessing's themes shifted to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was fascinated with the Islamic mystic tradition of Sufism. Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics, but she has continued to win new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.
Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessing's selection.
"She is one of the truly great writers - of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction," Engdahl said. "She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. And she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature."
At 87, Doris lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature laureate since the first prizes were awarded in 1901. Each Nobel Prize is this year accompanied by a check for approximately $1.4 million.
41. How old was Doris Lessing when she published her first novel?
A. 14 B. 26 C. 31 D. 50
42. Which of the following about The Grass is Singing is true?
A. It is mainly about racial conflict between the whites and the blacks in the US.
B. The main characters are a white farmer’s wife and her black servant.
C. It was published in Africa.
D. It was Doris Lessing’s most famous novel.
43. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. Journalists are very interested in the election of Doris Lessing’s for Nobel Prize.
B. Doris Lessing regard The Golden Notes as a pioneering work of feminism.
C. Doris Lessing has written about many different subjects.
D. Many writers have the courage to stick to the equality between the male and female experience.
44. The underlined word school in the last paragraph but one means________.
A. institution for educating children
B. college or university
C. department of a university
D. group of writers, thinkers
45. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for literature
B. The greatest British female writer
C. The oldest Nobel Prize winner
D. 2007 Nobel Prize announced in Stockholm
