Your composition is well-written ____ a few spelling mistakes.
A. except B. except for C. except that D. besides
“What is your good friend like?” “He is ____ .”
A. rich B. poor C. honest D. ill
第一节 语音知识（每小题1分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
⒈ learn
A. pear B. dear C. wear D. early
⒉ though
A. southern B. think C. bathroom D. south
⒊ wanted
A. pleased B. worked C. stayed D. deserted
⒋ exchange
A. get B. peg C. vegetable D. glass
⒌ dead
A. stream B. death C. teach D. great
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
你的英国朋友正在做一个课题: 世界各地的生日庆祝方式。请你根据以下要点写一短文：
一、通常方式:
1.生日聚会
2.生日礼物
3.生日祝福
二、我认为有意义的庆祝方式和理由。
＊词数 100-120。
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，35分)
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
My cousin Xiao Hong and I went on a trip to my uncle 76.________
last Sunday. We were riding along a hillside then suddenly 77.________
some big stones were rolled down and knocked us off our bikes. 78.________
Xiao Hong's legs got seriously hurt and so were mine. We 79.________
couldn't move a bit. Fortunately, I saw some farmers ahead. 80.________
Waving our hand, we cried for help like crazy. On hearing 81.________
us, they ran to the spot as fast as they can. Thanks to 82.________
their help, we were all sent to a nearby hospital and received 83.________
medical treatment in time. Although we do not know about their 84.________
names, we feel they like our dear big brothers and sisters. 85.________
E
“How’s the basketball coming on?”
I put down my drink and looked across at the next table. I was curious about that because both the man and the woman were at least 65.
“Oh, I’m not playing much basketball these days,” the woman replied. “But I’m getting much better at golf.”
What’s this, I thought. I opened my packet of crisps, thoughtfully. “I’m still pretty hopeless at chess, I’m afraid,” the man said. “It beat me on level one this morning.”
The penny dropped. These two were the proud owners of computer games.
It’s very likely that one of the results of the development of the silicon chip(硅片) will be that a lot of people will have more exciting ways to spend their leisure time. It already has. Space invader machines are now a familiar sight everywhere. A lot of people play them, and some, particularly school children, get remarkably high scores. How, one wonders, do they find the time (and money) to become so good?
If you have your own computers, the possibilities are endless. You can play any active sports without stepping out of your living room.
You can become an expert at chess or backgammon without ever playing with another human being. Indeed, human beings aren’t needed at all.
So, what of the future? Will we see school children stealing or even robbing to feed space invader machines? Will football grounds lie empty as families sit at home playing video football, or watching the national video football championship? Perhaps, it won’t go that far. But we won’t have to wait long for the Video Olympics. I’m sure of that.
Back in the pub, I stood up, took out 20 pence, and went over to the space invader machine. I may not be much good at beating computers at backgammon, but any space invaders who arrive on Earth anywhere near me had better watch out.
72. The reason why the writer felt curious about the talk between the couple was that ____.
A. he thought they were too old to play basketball
B. they looked young for their age
C. the old seldom went to the bar
D. he didn’t believe they played basketball so well
73. The underlined sentence “The penny dropped.” in the fifth paragraph probably means ____.
A. his wallet was stolen
B. he dropped a penny into the space invader machine
C. he asked for another drink for a penny
D. he’s come to see what they meant
74. The text is mainly written to tell us that ____.
A. computers will make people have a better time in their leisure time
B. the writer was worried about the side effect of computers
C. the old couple were excellent at playing golf
D. school children shouldn’t play space invader machines so much
75. We can infer form the passage that ____.
A. we can do everything without leaving our home in the future
B. the writer was good at playing the space invader game
C. school children will certainly steal or rob to feed the space invader machines
D. the woman is better at playing chess than the man
