Ⅳ. 写作（共两节，满分40分）
基础写作（共1小题；满分15分）
请根据以下的情景说明，使用5个规范的英语句子描述所给的全部信息内容。
中国面积达9,600,000平方公里，气候因地而异。根据下列信息写一篇关于中国气候及农业的短文。词汇：潮湿：humid
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地区 |
冬季 |
夏季 |
农作物 |
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南方 |
凉爽；湿润 |
炎热；潮湿 |
适宜种植水稻 |
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北方 |
寒冷；干燥 |
炎热；多雨 |
主要种植小麦 |
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西部 |
终年干旱少雨 |
不利于耕作；但部分地区盛产各种水果 |
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东部 |
常年雨量充沛 |
庄稼生长良好 |
[写作要求] 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容
[评分标准] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，
并按照要求匹配信息。首先，请阅读下列广告：
A. Full-time Secretary Needed
Applicants should be able to type 60—70 words per minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at Haizhu Business Ltd. 10 Garden Street.
B. Part-time Shop Assistants Available
Are you looking for a part-time job? We require 3 part-time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience is required. Applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 3788 8878 for more information.
C. Teacher Needed
Yumiao Kindergarten needs three teachers to help with classes from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information, visit us at 66 Yumiao Road.
D. Part-time Clerk Wanted
We are looking for the retired who would like to work part time on weekend. Responsibilities include answering calls and giving information to customers. For more information, contact Nile Airlines by calling 8888 8888.
E. Computer Trained Secretaries Available
Do you have work experience with computers? Would you like a full-time job working in an exciting new company? If so, just call 6666 6666.
F. University Positions Open
The Riverside University is looking for 2 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Computer Science. Please contact the Riverside University for more information by calling 3333 3333.
请阅读以下读者的相关信息，然后匹配和他/她感兴趣的职位：
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Carl, whose major is computer science, has been working for the Internet Company for several years. He wants to quit his current job to work in a new company. |
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Linda is majoring in marketing in Nanjing University. She needs to have a part-time job for some experience as well as money for tuition. |
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Lily would like to apply for a full-time job as a secretary, doing simple work, such as typing and answering the telephone. |
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Edna is studying in a university for her doctor degree. She needs to have a part-time job both for having teaching experience and for earning some money for her daily expenses. |
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Juliet, who loves children very much, has just finished her study in South China Normal University. She wants to devote her life to children. |
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职位 |
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56. Carl |
A. Full-time Secretary Needed |
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57. Linda |
B. Part-time Shop Assistants Available |
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58. Lily |
C. Teacher Needed |
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59. Edna |
D. Part-time Clerk Wanted |
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60. Juliet |
E. Computer Trained Secretaries Available |
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F. University Positions Open |
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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）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the sound and lightning that can go with those rains, it’s still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.
The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, do you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way round. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there’s enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.
Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval(间隔) between the flash and the crash to learn how close they are to the actual spark(闪光).
1. According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley, ___________.
A. rains usually come without thunder and lightning
B. it is usually dry in April
C. children pay no attention to the two natural wonders
D. parents are not interested in thunder and lightning
2. We believe that lightning is a downward motion because ___________.
A. we were taught so by our parents from our childhood
B. we are taken in by our sense of vision
C. it is a common natural sight
D. it is a truth proved by science
3. What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?
A. Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth.
B. Lightning travels 5 times faster than thunder.
C. Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.
D. There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we can imagine.
4. The underlined word “activity” is most closely related to the word(s)___________.
A. “cloud” B. “lightning strikes”
C. “lightning flashes” D. “thunderstorms”
5. It can be concluded from the passage that____________.
A. we should not believe what we see or hear
B. things moving downward are more noticeable
C. people often have wrong ideas about ordinary phenomena (现象)
D. adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena
第二节：语法结构（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式
填空，并将答案填在答题卷标号为31~40的相应位置上。
We must have water to live. _____31_____the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals _____32_____ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now _____33_____. They are filled _____34_____ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, waste is not safe for most uses.
Lake Erie was _____35_____ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into _____36_____. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac “_____37_____ finest river in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds, from detergents used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.
Water cannot _____38_____(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted it is _____39_____ to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water _____40_____ we now have.
第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，共20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将其该项涂黑。
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect 21 of Chinglish. Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal(照字面意思的) translation of the Chinese greeting with a ruined English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 22 . I was too amazed to believe her. Her words could not convince me 23 . So I did a search on www.google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 24 “long time no see”. This sentence has been 25 used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. 26 , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the 27 of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 28 a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting(引用) Confucius(孔子). “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a popular phrase in the real world thanks to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars compare America to a huge pot of stew(大熔炉). All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together, and they 29 the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数民族的) group in the United States, is also influenced some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be 30 in the mixed stew.
21. A. word B. sign C. example D. change
22. A. custom B. greeting C. habit D. proverb
23. A. almost B. in all C. at all D. after all
24. A. publishing B. printing C. containing D. expressing
25. A. seldom B. hardly C. widely D. deeply
26. A.Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Suddenly D. However
27. A. use B meaning C .expression D. origin
28. A. did B. published C. created D. discovered
29. A. improve B. change C. lower D. promote
30. A. mentioned B. used C. considered D. influenced
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。
Beijing is set to lift its12-year-old ban on fireworks for the traditional Spring Festival holidays, probably starting from next Chinese Lunar New Year in January 2006.
Zhou Jidong, director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the Beijing municipal government(市政府), told a press conference last Thursday that his office has completed the draft(草案) regulations on firework safety supervision.
Under the draft regulations , setting off fireworks will be allowed in the capital city’s eight downtown districts from the Eve of the Lunar New Year to Lantern Festival 15 days later. When the draft regulations were posted on the municipal government’s website for suggestions, local residents gave a total of 969 pieces of advice, with 70 per cent in favour of lifting the ban. Related surveys suggest local people who want to light fireworks during Spring Festival range from 50.4 per cent to 86.3 per cent.
In fact, the voice of opposition and criticism has never ended since the municipal government introduced the ban in 1993, considering pollution, noise, fire worries and personal injuries caused by letting off fireworks.
Opponents accused the government of introducing the ban only for the sake of facilitating its management role while disregarding the will of the people. Worse, they say, the ban threatened to break down the age—old traditions of celebrating Spring Festival among Chinese people.
Partly due to this endless objection, about 106 out of a total 282 Chinese cities that had followed Beijing’s lead in banning fireworks have already dropped the ban.
[写作内容]
1．概括短文的内容要点，该部分的字数大约30词左右；
2．就“should the ban be lifted”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下的内容要点，该部分的字数大约120词左右；
1）解禁的利弊；
2）你的看法如何；
3）你有什么建议？
[写作要求]
你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。
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