. We have every reason to believe that ______ 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be ______ success.
A. /; a B. the; / C. the; a D. a; a
. ---I have some good news for you. You’ve been accepted as a member of our club.
---_____________ That’s great!
A. Good idea! B. Pardon? C. Congratulations! D. Have I?
第二节：书面表达（30分）
常言道：“字如其人。”随着电脑的普及率越来越高，老师、家长和学生对字迹的重视程度也降低了。据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生表示有人说过自己的字迹不好看。对于中学生而言，能写一手美观大方的字还是颇有益处的。而中学生不想改善字迹的理由也有很大差别，如下图所示。请根据下图写一篇100－120词的英文短文向某英文报社投稿，反映一下中学生不想改善字迹的理由以及你是如何看待这个问题的。
中学生不想改善字迹的理由
可以用电脑写字 51.5
没有时间练 32.3
没有什么用 10.9
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写作要求：1、反映一下中学生不想改善字迹的理由；
2、你是如何看待这个问题的；
3、内容连贯，不要逐句翻译。开头已写好，不计词数。
Middle School Students’ Attitudes Towards Handwriting
Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, teachers, students and their parents are paying less and attention to hand-writing.
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第II卷 （40分）
写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\）,并在该句下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Attentions, please. 0n Saturday evening there is a talk by a well-known America writer, Sura Jones. You may read her latest novel. It’s in all the bookshops at the moment. Well, a talk will be given at 8 pm on Saturday evening in the library. That’s the building next to Allen Hall,the English Department Building. Miss Jones has just returned back from Africa and will talk about all her experience there. She traveled through three different countries and meet lots of interesting people. Now I’d like to remind you that the talk is for everyone, not just to the fourth-years students. I’m sure the talk will be interesting and hope you all have great time.
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A----F运动学校、中心或俱乐部的信息：其中有一项是多余选项。
A. Riding School: You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 am and 8:30 pm (3:30 pm on Saturdays). There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat.
B. Sailing Club: Our Young Sailor's Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You’ll learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory and first aid. Have fun with other course members afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly two-hour lessons (Tuesdays 6 pm ~ 8 pm).
C. Diving Centre: Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need a swimming costume and towel. Reduced rates for couples.
D. Tennis Club: Learn to play tennis in the heart of the city and have fun at our tennis weekends. Arrive on Friday evening, leam the basic rules on Saturday and play in a competition on Sunday. There's also a disco and swimming pool. White tennis clothes and a racket are required.
E. Watersports Club: We use a two-kilometre length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginners' course consists of ten 20-minute lessons. You will learn to handle boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9 am to 4 pm, with lessons all through the day.
F. Golf Club: After a three-hour introduction with a professional golfer, you can join this golf club. The course is built on beautiful country hills and is open from dawn until dusk daily. There are regular social evenings on Saturdays in the club bar. You will need your own golf equipment.
请阅读下列运动爱好者的信息，然后匹配61---65运动爱好者与拟加入的运动学校、中心或俱乐部：
61. Jack Anderson. Jack works in the city centre and wants to take up a sport that he can do regularly in his lunch hour. He enjoys activities which are fast and a bit dangerous.
62. Margaret Lillian. Margaret already plays golf at weekends. Now she has retired and wants to leam a new activity she can do in the countryside in the mornings.
63. Peter Florian. In six weeks' time, Peter is having a holiday on a Thailand island, where he plans to explore the ocean depths. He has a 9-to-5 job and wants to prepare for this holiday after work.
64. Alice Fingelhamm. Alice is 16. She wants to do an activity one evening a week and get a certificate at the end. She would also like to make new friends.
65. Lynne Nagata. Lynne has a well-paid but stressful job. She would like to take up a sport which she can do outside the city each weekend. She also wants to get to know some new people.
Businesses are expected to cut spending dramatically through much of 2009. A number of economists, including those National City and Wachovia, don’t expect business investment, which make up about one – tenth of US economic activity, to decline through 2009. According to a survey of 679 chief financial officers by Duke University and CFO Magazine this month, US businesses expect to cut capital spending by more than 10% in the next 12 months, a sharp decrease from September, when the CFOs expected business investment to increase slightly.
John Graham, finance professor at Duke and director of the survey, says businesses are finding ways to repair existing machinery and buildings rather than replace equipment or move. They likely won’t increase their spending until they see concrete evidence that the economy is improving.
Those planning meeting for late winter and early spring are either buying fewer or less – expensive items, or they’re not buying at all. One client who usually spends about $ 80,000 on a conference each year is spending half that. Robert Coen, director of forecasting at media – analysis firm Magna, predicts a 4.5% drop in ad spending to $ 259 billion in 2009 on the heels of a 3.2% drop in 2008. “A recovery in US ad budgets will probably not get underway until 2010,” he says. Another negative for 2009: There aren’t any big ad – spending events such as the Olympics or national elections.
Declining business spending will hurt a number of industries but will be especially tough for the manufacturing sector. Nearly two – thirds of manufacturers expect revenue(税收) to be unchanged or lower in 2009 than 2008, a survey from the Institute for Supply Management found.
1.According to John Graham, how did businesses to deal with the economy crisis?
A. They are spending less.
B. By increasing their business spending sharply.
C. By replacing old equipment with the new equipment.
D. By moving into the cheaper offices.
2.Why are the managers buying less – expensive items for their meetings?
A. To save money themselves.
B. To cut down on expenses and save for the companies.
C. To see the concrete evidence that the economy is on the mend.
D. To save money so they spend more on advertisements.
3.It can be inferred that in a year Olympics are held, many companies _________.
A. contribute more money to the poor B. give the participants money
C. spend more money on advertising D. cut down on advertising budgets
4.The best title for the passage is ____________.
A. Predictions about Buying New Equipment in 2009
B. Predictions about Conference Planning in 2009
C. Predictions about Advertising Spending in 2009
D. Predictions for Business Spending in 2009
