The dams① aimed at saving Venice from the waves have been backed greatly. After eight years of argument, it plans to build 79 gates across three channels connecting the lagoon around Venice with the Adriatic Sea. The gates would be open most of the time but would be closed if there is a danger to the city.

The project, though, has run into fears that it could worsen Venice’s problems. The city throws waste into the lagoon, and environmentalists fear the dams will cause this pollution to become worse if there is no tide to wash it out regularly. But if there is a tide, the flow can wash away about 550 million cubic meters of the lagoon in a single day, which means that by leaving the dam open for only a few hours, the waste should be cleaned out.

Another piece of good news is that British scientists are confident that the dams will be able to face an expected rise in sea levels caused by global warming. The gates are designed to stand a 22-centimetre rise in sea levels, but many scientists expect a global rise in sea levels of 31cm by 2100.

However, Trevor Davies and Isabel Trigo from University of East Anglia believe the dams are unlikely to broken. Climate change will weaken the local storms in the Adriatic that are the main cause of flood risk. Floodwaters are also a seasonal danger in Venice, usually because of a combination of spring tides and strong winds.

Venice, which rests on wooden piles driven into boggy③ ground, has been sinking for centuries, worsening the encroachment by the sea.

Notes:

① dam  n.  大壩

② lagoon  n.  瀉湖

③ boggy  adj.  泥濘的

④ encroachment  n.  蠶食

Choose the best answers according to the above:

1. Which of the following is the main idea of the text?

  A. Venice will not disappear into the sea.

  B. Dams are designed to protect Venice.

  C. Venice are facing dangers from the tides.

  D. Global warming makes Venice worse and worse.

2. If the project comes into use, the waste in the lagoon ______.

  A. will be washed away by the tides               B. will be sent to the higher places

  C. will be carried away by workers                D. will have to be reused by humans

3. According to the idea of Trevor Davies, the dams won’t be broken because ______.

  A. the dams are higher than the buildings in Venice

  B. there will be no tides or floods in the future

  C. the climate all over the world will soon be cold

  D. the storms in the Adriatic will be weaker in the future

4. According to the text, we can infer that Venice ______.

  A. has been sinking for hundreds of years

B. may suffer from spring tides and strong winds

  C. will be under the sea sooner or later

  D. will be a city with dams around except 78 gates

假如你是中學(xué)生李華，你的美國(guó)朋友Jack在上次給你的電子郵件中抱怨自己最近眼睛近視了。請(qǐng)你給他用英語(yǔ)回一封電子郵件，內(nèi)容如下：

1．介紹一下你們班同學(xué)的情況；  2．分析一下造成你們班這種情況的原因；

3．幫Jack出點(diǎn)兒保持眼睛健康的主意。

注：1．字?jǐn)?shù)120-150；郵件的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫(xiě)好。

2．近視：shortsighted  adj.  shortsightedness n.

Dear Jack，

                                                                                    

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                    

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                    

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                    

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                    

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

Yours sincerely          

Li Hua   

假設(shè)你班最近舉行了一次班會(huì)，討論怎樣使英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)變成一件快樂(lè)的事。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表所提示的信息，為某英語(yǔ)網(wǎng)站寫(xiě)一篇短文，談?wù)勀銈兊挠懻撉闆r并提出你的建議。

討論情況	1．課內(nèi)互動(dòng) (師生或生生互動(dòng))；
	2．課外活動(dòng) (演講或晚會(huì)等)；
	3．運(yùn)用英語(yǔ) (口頭或書(shū)面交流)；
	……
你的建議	(請(qǐng)考生根據(jù)自己的經(jīng)歷與感想，提出兩至三點(diǎn)建議)

注意：
1．對(duì)所給要點(diǎn)逐一陳述，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，不要簡(jiǎn)單翻譯。
2．詞數(shù)120左右。開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)寫(xiě)好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。
3．作文中不得提及考生所在學(xué)校和本人姓名。
4．參考詞匯：interactive adj.互動(dòng)的
Recently we had a discussion on how to make learning English relaxing and fun.

書(shū)面表達(dá)（20分）
假定你是某市居民，名叫李華。你覺(jué)得該市出租車行業(yè)問(wèn)題較多，請(qǐng)寫(xiě)一封信給該市市長(zhǎng)，內(nèi)容應(yīng)包括：

注意：1.字?jǐn)?shù)15詞左右。文章開(kāi)頭已給出。
2.參考詞匯：繞道：take a roundabout route 不替別人著想的：inconsiderate (adj.) 行業(yè)：trade
加強(qiáng)管理：tighten control over…
Dear Sir,
I am a resident of this city.                                                                     
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua

第三節(jié)：書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿分30分）

以An outstanding woman –Madam Curie為題按下列表格的內(nèi)容寫(xiě)一篇介紹居里夫人的80-100字的短文。

Name	居里夫人
Nationality	波蘭　Poland (n.) Polish (adj.)
Quality	受過(guò)良好教育　刻苦勤奮　意志堅(jiān)強(qiáng)　遇到困難從不失去信心　畢生奉獻(xiàn)于科學(xué)事業(yè)
Achievement	1903年因發(fā)現(xiàn)鐳元素獲諾貝爾物理獎(jiǎng) 1911年獲諾貝爾化學(xué)獎(jiǎng)

 

參考詞匯：諾貝爾物理（化學(xué)）獎(jiǎng) The Nobel Prize for Physics (Chemistry)

鐳元素 (radium element)