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，满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines (草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger showed up in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became ill, and thew*w^w..c~o*m family couldn’t afford the (21) _ that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.
It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and (22) _ happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow covered him. He rolled over and looked (23)___ in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my (24)__ . Say good-bye to this world.” (25)__ his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a mushroom into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed. Then he said, “(26)__ __ you can kill and eat me, but I wish you to know that these mushrooms are deadly poisonous (有毒的). You can eat me, but you will die too. My family will look for me and find you. They will (27)__ your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine skin will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good (28)_ in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral（葬礼）and long (29)____ .
The tiger hesitated (犹豫). He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and (30)____ his appetite (胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick thinking.
A. love B. medicine C. care D. doctors
A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
A. down B. out C. around D. up
A. energy B. power C. enemy D. supper
A. Looking after B. Thinking of C. Bringing back D. Believing in
A. Of course B. No way C. In the beginning D. In any case
A. feed B. open C. sell D. kick
A. price B. seller C. reward D. doctor
A. understood B. encouraged C. needed D. remembered
A. lost B. increased C. regained D. forgot
书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）
前段时间，社会上就是否该恢复使用繁体字展开了激烈的讨论。请你根据下列要点给某英文报纸评论栏目写一篇文章，谈谈你的看法。
反对者认为：1. 繁体字字形优美，包含了中华文化；2. 繁体字更容易辨认，汉字从繁到简是一种退步。
支持者认为：1. 繁体字书写烦琐，难以适应现代社会的快节奏需要；2. 汉字从繁到简是一种进步。
你的看法
注意：1. 用五句话，文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 要求包含所有要点，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：简体字simplified Chinese characters 繁体字traditional Chinese characters
退步regress n.
I’m very interested in the recent discussion over whether the traditional Chinese characters should be used officially. ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Rather than _______everything to the last minute, I always prefer starting early.
A. to leave B. leave C. leaving D. left
The student must have been ill yesterday, ______?
A. mustn’t he B. needn’t he C. didn’t he D. wasn’t he
If you ______ earlier, you ________ him.
A. came; would meet B. had come; would have met
C. had come; would meet D. would come; met
Great changes __________ in our hometown in the past twenty years..
A. have been taken place B. has been taken place
C. have taken place D. were taken place
