第二节：读写任务（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。
What Is the Use of Examinations?
A good education should make people think for themselves. But the exam can never do anything like that.
First, examinations are second to none because it brings anxiety to students. As a child begins school, he enters a world of terrible competition.
Second, exams do not interest students to read or to learn widely. They do not help students to look for more and more knowledge, but try to put as much as possible into the students' head.
Thirdly, they lower the standards of teaching for they do not give any freedom to teachers to decide what to teach. Teachers themselves have no choice but to train their students in exam skills. The most successful students are not always the best educated but the best trained in the skills of exams.
Fourth, they tell you nothing about a person’s true ability. The exams are often nothing more than a subjective assessment ( 主观评价) by some examiners.
However, if there are no exams, few students or even no one will do any revision or study!
[任务说明]
你要参加一场英语演讲比赛，主题是“中学生学习成绩与能力的相互关系”。在参赛之前，你要查阅相关资料，并准备你的演讲发言：请认真阅读下面的短文，然后完成以下的任务。
1)概括短文的内容要点，该部分的字数大约30；
2)就“学生学习成绩与能力的相互关系”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下的内容要点，该部分的字数大约120词；
a)你在考试之前心情是怎样的?
b)你在考试之前通常准备些什么?举个例子说明。
c)你的班级里学习好的同学平时是怎样备考的?
d)你认为考试成绩能完全反映你的学习能力吗?
[写作要求]
你可以使用实例或其它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。
[评分标准]
概括的准确性、语言的规范性、内容的合适性以及篇章的连贯性；
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第四部分：写作
第一节：基础写作（15分）
以下是有关广州海洋馆（Guangzhou Ocean World）的介绍，请根据下面表格的内容为它写一篇英文简介。
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面积 |
约13,000平方米 |
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总投资 |
约5,000万美元 |
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地址 |
广州市先烈中路120号 |
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参观内容 |
各种海洋植物; 海洋动物，如：海龟、鲨鱼、鲸鱼、海豚（dolphin）等；了解海洋是如何形成的; 许多专门供小孩阅读的有关海洋方面的书籍 |
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业绩 |
成立以来深受好评；每年接待大量的海内外旅客 |
【写作要求】
1. 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给内容。
2. 将5个句子组织成连贯的短文。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
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第四部分：单词和短语拼写 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据单词的首字母或括号里面汉语的意思填上相应的单词和短语
56. Doing morning exercises surely has some b_____________ effects on our health.
57. You’d better a_____________ yourself to the life here as soon as possible.
58. A baby is too young to be a_______________ of the dangers around it.
59. Only members of the club have the p______________ of using the sports facilities.
60. People of that remote village are mainly o______________ with agriculture.
61. Everybody in our class is required to p______________ in the spring outing.
62. No one knows _______ ________ what happened to him. (肯定没人知道他发生了何事。)
63. I ______ _____ an old friend I hadn’t seen for years.(我碰巧遇见了多年未见的老朋友。)
64. He lived _____________ ______________. (他过得很舒服。)
65. Later, man began to _____________ ______________ the places where the food and water were plentiful.（后来，人们开始在有充足的食物和水的地方定居下来。）
第三部分：阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
China launched its first manned spaceship at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, becoming the third country in the world to send a person into orbit after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Astronaut Yang Liwei became China’s first space man.
With a column of beautiful smoke, the Shenzhou V craft cut across a bright northwest China sky at exactly 9:00 a.m. Wednesday and went into orbit 10 minutes later.
China Central Television’s Channel One cut into its regular programming to announce the launch. The station later showed the Shenzhou V streaking(moving very fast)into the sky and disappearing, its tracer billowing (to fill with air and become larger)behind it.
Minutes after the launch, a CCTV announcer said that Shenzhou V and 38-year-old Yang Liwei, an air force pilot since 1983, had “entered orbit at 9:10.” It reported Yang was “reading a flight manual(手册) in the capsule of the Shenzhou V spacecraft and looked composed and at ease.”
The Shenzhou V launch came after four test launches of unmanned capsules that orbited the earth for nearly a week before parachuting back to China’s northern grasslands. Reports said the manned flight was expected to last about 22 hours.
President Hu Jintao watched the launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s Gansu Province.
Hu called the launch “the glory of our great motherland and a mark for the initial victory of the country’s first manned space flight and for the significant, historic step of the Chinese people in the advance of climbing over the peak of the world’s science and technology.”
He said that: “The Party and the people will never forget those who have set up the outstanding merit(贡献) in the space industry for the motherland, the people and the nation.”
“The launch of the Shenzhou V is long-awaited by the Chinese people,” Foreign Minister spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said on Tuesday. She said the flight was a key step in the “Peaceful development of space.”
NASA Administrator Sean O’ Keefe also congratulated on China’s first successful human space flight.
41. The following are countries succeeded in sending man into space EXCEPT ____
A. China B. Germany C. America D. the former Soviet Union
42. The underlined word “composed” in paragraph 4 means_____
A. happy B. nervous C. calm D. excited
43. According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. It’s the first time that China has sent up its first manned spaceship.
B. Before the Shenzhou V launched, four test launches of it had moved around the earth.
C. The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space by China’s ShenzhouⅤspacecraft and landed safely the next day.
D. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut in space.
44. The writer quoted(引用) Foreign Minister spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue’s words to express ________.
A. the Chinese have been expecting the successful space launch and it’s a great contribution to the peaceful development of space.
B. a lot of Chinese people are waiting for the launch.
C. this launch is the first time in China.
D. China’s manned spaceship made a peaceful development of space.
45. The description of Yang Liwei tells us that _______.
A. Yang didn’t know what to do and he was looking up a flight manual
B. it’s 10 years since he became an air force pilot
C. Yang entered orbit at exactly 9:00 a.m.
D. Yang trained himself well and felt very satisfied with everything in the space craft
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Maybe you never opened that account (帐户), 31 someone else did — someone who used your name, your credit card number or your 32 (person) information to commit fraud (造假) without letting you know, 33 is actually a crime, pure and simple.
The biggest problem is 34 (probable) that you may not know that someone has taken away your identity 35 you notice that something is wrong: you may get bills for 36 credit card account you never opened, your credit report may include debts you never knew you had, 37 you may see charges on your bills that you didn’t sign for, and even don’t know anything about.
If your identity has really 38 (steal) like that, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests that you 39 take at least two actions immediately.
First, contact the fraud departments of the major credit offices and ask them 40 copies of your credit reports.
Then, review your reports carefully to check your corrections and changes.
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21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The finest and most sought-after (广受欢迎的) violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career 21 a violin maker’s apprentice (学徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make 22 that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. He 23 several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in 24 have become treasured possessions.
Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely 25 , even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.
Through the years, many experts have offered 26 explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggest that the secret 27 the special properties (特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish（清漆）that the 28 used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its 29 has improved the sound of many violins. 30 , no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.
21． A．with B．as C．for D．from
22． A．instruments B．facilities C．equipment D．tools
23． A．investigated B．surveyed C．tested D．experimented
24． A．fashion B．existence C．possession D．use
25． A．protected B．buried C．hidden D．covered
26． A．possible B．accurate C．detailed D．persuasive
27． A．brings in B．takes in C．results in D．lies in
28． A．master B．violinist C．expert D．user
29． A．attention B．application C．invention D．foundation
30． A．Additionally B．Luckily C．Therefore D．Still
