第二節(jié) （共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中的兩項為多途選項。

Expressions about water are almost as common as water. _____71____.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble.___72____. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he comes into the house with dirty shoes.

“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

Another common expression, “to hold water”, is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If is can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, ___73____.If it does not hold water, ____74____.

“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. ____75___.For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water” on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.

       A．But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

B．You are in a difficult position

       C．A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police.

       D．It means disliking an idea.

       E．It is strong and does not have any holes.

       F．A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

       G．Then it is weak and not worth debating.

— I was late for work this morning.

— _________. You started early, didn’t you?

       A．Why not?        B．So what?         C．How come?      D．Never mind.

_________ and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the prize．

              A．Surprising                                                     B．Surprised        

C．Being surprised                                                 D．To be surprised

--- ____he come to see you?  

--- Of course, please．And I’d rather he ____me the truth．

       A．Shall; told           B．Should; will tell      C．Can; inform    D．Will; informed

______ worried her mother a lot.

A. Kate’s left home alone                           B. Kate left home alone

C. Kate leaving home alone                 D. Kate’s leaving home alone

 閱讀下列材料，從所給的六個選項(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，選出符合各小題要求的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。選項中有一項是多余選項。

The people below are going to make a trip in Australia. After the description of these people, there is information about six advertisements of organized tours A-F. Decide which tours would be most suitable for the person mentioned in descriptions 1-5 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one tour which you do not need to use.

____51. Victor is fond of nature and adventure and he is making a study tour into geology in Australia. So he wants to make a whole day trip, enjoy the natural beauty and study geological phenomena as well.

____ 52. Vanessa is planning a short city tour of Sydney so that she can enjoy the highlights of the city and attend an important lecture given by Professor Brown Smith at 2:00 pm at the University of Sydney.

____ 53. Charlie and his friends are making their first journey in Australia. Having traveled around the city of Sydney, they plan to visit Canberra, the capital and political center of the country.

____ 54. Jenny, a European woman with her children is visiting her relatives in Australia. They want to relax themselves by enjoying the sunshine on the sandy beaches along the coast and have fun with dolphins.

____ 55. Mike and Susan are from Brazil. They have been traveling in Australia for a couple of days. This weekend, they would like to have a change and travel to the countryside to have some idea of Australia grape farming and wine producing instead of making city tours around.

A. City Highlights, Manly Beach, Northern Beaches

B. New Parliament House, National Museum, Australian War Memorial

C. Cuddle a Koala, Kangaroos, Harbour Luncheon Cruise

D. Hunter Valley Wineries, Wine Tasting, Traditional Aussie Towns

E. Port Stephens, Central Coast Beaches, North Coast, Dolphin Watching

F. Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, Adventure Caves

More than one million children in the United States do not go to school. Instead, they learn at home. Most often, their parents are their teachers. Educational companies, libraries and the Internet provide many families with teaching materials.

    Parents choose home schooling for several reasons. Some choose it because of their religious beliefs. Others say it provides more time for the family to be together. They say the home offers a better place for learning. Some parents believe home schooling avoids learning. Some parents believe home schooling avoids problems of national schools. Critics, however, say children need to attend school with other children.

    All fifty American states and the District of Columbia permit home schooling. Some states do not require much preparation by parents or testing of children. Other states have more requirements for home schooling. Home schooling in the United States began when the country was established. In farm areas, people often lived far from a school. Widespread home schooling took place until about the middle of the nineteenth century. Then, in 1852, the state of Massachusetts passed the first law requiring children to attend school.

    Over the years, the American public education system strengthened and grew. By the 1960s and 1970s, however, some Americans believed that traditional education was not helping their children. So a number of parents began home schooling.

    Home schooling expert Linda Dobson says many people have helped the movement grow. She says many kinds of people have joined the movement. These include rich people and poor people. They represent many races, religions and political beliefs. Ms. Dobson says the number of home-schooled children has increased an estimated fifteen to twenty percent each year during the last fifteen years.

64. Teaching materials for home schooling do NOT come from _______.

   A. parents                                  B. libraries       

C. the Internet                            D. educational companies

65. Which of the following is one of the reasons why parents choose home schooling?

A. it makes parents and their children have less time together.

   B. Some people have different religious beliefs from the others.

   C. It can’t provide a comfortable place for children to be in.

   D. There are too many students in a home classroom.

66. Home schooling was started in ________.

   A. the 1960s                 B. the 1970s       C. the 1850s          D. the 1776

67. Home schooling in the United States now is __________.

   A. facing many difficulties             B. struggling

   C. growing fast                      D. decreasing in large numbers 

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下面畫一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

Carlos was born in Manila in 1950,  at the age of two       76．_________________

week he was taken by his father, a musician, to the United  77．_________________

States by the sea. He spent his first ten years in the American     78．_________________

Southland that he attended school. Between the ages of 10 and 18,  79．_________________

he travelled in the Southern and Western Atlantic areas, living in     80．_________________

Florida and had graduated from his school in 1968. Early in his life        81．_________________

he had a great interested in music instruments and in 1965, he   82．_________________

learned to play the piano and quick became an expert on it.      83．_________________

Since he graduation from Florida State University in 1973.           84．_________________

he has been a famous pianist. He is not marry, saying that           85．_________________

his music school comes first.

After many years of hard work, his dream _________ at last.

A. come true        B. was come true         C. was realized     D. realized

—She looks very happy. She ______ have passed the exam.

 --I guess so. It’s not difficult after all.

 A. should  B. could  C. must   D. might