61. A. turns up 62. A. ourselves 63. A. friendly 64. A. However 65. A. complain 66. A. relative B. looks up B. them B. silly
B. Therefore B. answer B. classmate C. cleans up C. us C. kindly C. Next C. provide C. neighbor D. picks up D. yourself D. lovely D. Instead D. explain D. family
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (7分)
Computer spell checks have created an ―auto-correct generation‖ unable to spell common words such as ―necessary‖ and ―separate‖, a survey has found.
Only one in five adults out of 2,000 who took a short spelling test were able to answer all five questions c__67__.
Sixty-five percent f__68__ to spell ―necessary‖ while 33 percent struggled with (挣扎) ―definitely‖ and ―separate‖.
Respondents (被访者) also admitted using computer spell checks and auto-correct
functions(功能) while writing emails and documents. Eighteen percent said they used spell chicks all the time, while a further 21 percent relied on them m__69__ of the time.
Despite this (尽管如此), Britons rate themselves as competent (有能力的) spellers, with 76 percent describing their spelling abilities as ―very good‖ or ―fairly good‖. Almost all those questioned believed spelling was i__70__.
Students emerged (暴露) as the w__71__ spellers, with only 13 percent getting all five questions in the test correct. Women were better at spelling than men, with women aged 65 and over scoring the highest marks.
Mark Goldring, chief executive of a learning disabilities charity (学习障碍慈善团体)，said, ―W__72__ over two-thirds of Britons now having to rely on spell checks, we are heading towards an auto-correct generation.‖
This s__73__ has highlighted (使…显得突出) that many Britons have a false impression about their spelling ability. This is why Britain is planning to start a grammar, punctuation and spelling test for students as young as 11 years old.
D. Answer the questions. (12分)
While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to dosomething useful, I applied (申请). Fearing as I did so, that without a degree(学位) and with noexperience of teaching, my chances of getting the job were actually slight (渺茫的).
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for ameeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a difficult journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at leasta quarter of a mile. As a result, I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was shortand round.
\thirteen. \to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels, and I was disappointed at the thought of teaching Mathematics---a subject at which I wasn't very good at school.
What made the matter worse perhaps was the idea ofhavingto teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be enjoying themselves at that time. Before I had time to ask about my salary (薪水), he got up to his feet. \wife. She is the one who really runs this school.\74. Why did the writer apply for the job?
Because he _________________________________________________________. 75. The writer didn’t have any experience of teaching, did he?
76. Was the writer feeling nervous or not when he reached Croydon?
77. What did the headmaster look like?
78. What was the idea that probably made the matter worse?
79. Would the writer take the job in the end? Tell me your reason.
VII. Writing. (10分)
80. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic ―My favorite subject.（‖以“我最喜欢的学科”为题写一篇不少于60字的短文。） Use the following points as a reference: ? What is your favorite subject? ? Why is it your favorite subject?
? What will you do to improve (提高) the subject?
Additional Part (附加题)
I. Choose the best answer(7分)
1. Everyone feels ____ to talk to Jim because he is such a ____person.
A. bored; bored B. boring; boring C. bored; boring D. boring ; bored 2. According to a survey, American children spend up to 25 hours ______ TV every week. A. watching B. to be watching C. watch D. to watch 3. Would you please _____ the TV a little bit? I am doing my homework. A. turn up B. turn off C. turn on D. turn down 4. The little boy is wondering ______.
A. what is a spaceship like B. what a spaceship looks like C. how does a spaceship look like D. how a spaceship looks like 5. If Jane’s mother doesn’t go shopping tomorrow, ______.
A. neither will mine B. neither does Jane C. so do I D. so does Jane 6. Sherry _____ it if she doesn’t want to.
A. need not do B. doesn’t need do C. needs not to do D. needs not do 7. ---Do you still remember _____ the lady there at a party several days ago? --- Oh, yes. No wonder I felt a little familiar to her when we met just now. A. to see B. seeing C. saw D. to seeing
II. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (7分)
The world's best badminton player was on the court demolishing （打倒）his opponent, and among the v_________ in the cheering crowd that Lin Dan heard, there was one that must have
stood out - that of his mother, Gao Xiuyu. For her, the night her son won Olympic gold was one of the p_______ moments of her life.
In the packed Wembley stadium at the London Summer Olympics, the top Chinese shuttler battled Malaysian challenger Lee Chong Wei to defend his crown in one of the most well fought matches in the badminton c__________. And Lin Dan's mother was watching every move, together with her husband Lin Jianbin, and daughter-in-law Xie Xingfang.
\Lin Dan in competition, although the shuttler is a veteran (老手) of three Olympics. Gao had not been there before, not even during the Beijing Olympics in 2008 h______ on home ground.
\The reason she made the trip this time was because she was i________ by a Chinese media corporation, which also sponsored (赞助)family members of some other China Olympic athletes.
\interested in knowing how their parents have contributed to their success, and e_______, more about the competitors' families, and h\program from qq.com, one of China's leading web portals(门户).
\parents of some celebrity athletes to London so they can share their stories and f______ online.\
Wang says about 15 sets of parents took part in the program. They included the parents of diving champion Wu Minxia, weightlifter Li Xue-ying, gymnast Deng Linlin, trampoline gymnast He Wenna, and track star Liu Xiang.
III. Translation (6分)
1. 当我和爸爸妈妈在吃晚饭时，有人来敲门了。
When my parents and I __________, someone _______ the door. 2. 你能不能告诉我哪里正发生什么？
Would you please tell me ____________________________? 3. 我喜欢体育。滑雪是我最喜欢的项目之一。（be keen on, favorite）
______________________________.And skiing is ____________________________. 4. 在如此好的天气下野餐真是令人感到放松！（relaxing）
__________________________________________________________________________!
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