第二节  简答题（共3小题，每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据73-75题的具体要求，简要回答问题。

Shanghai is the largest city in China. About eleven million people make their homes in Shanghai and its suburbs. This extremely large city spreads out along the banks of the Huang Pu River, which flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River about fourteen miles north of here. Large oceangoing ships travel to Shanghai by way of the Yangtze and the Huang Pu.

Shanghai was a small, unimportant city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain. The British realized that Shanghai was in an excellent location to serve as a seaport for the densely（密集） populated Yangtze River Plain. They forced the Chinese to allow English traders to settle on the wastelands outside the city walls. Later, French, American, and Japanese traders also came to Shanghai. The foreigners built whole new sections of Shanghai, including homes, stores, factories, and office buildings. Thousands of Chinese poured into Shanghai in search of jobs. Most of them settled in the old part of the city. As time passed, shanghai became one of the busiest seaports in the world.

73. Where do most people in shanghai make their homes? (回答词数不超过7个)

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74. What is the purpose of the Chinese people’s coming into Shanghai ?

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75. Before 1842, what was the Yangtze River Plain like? (回答词数不超过4个)

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There are some great differences between the traditional family and the modern family.

The first important difference is in the man’s role.The traditional husband was the head of the household because he was the only one who worked outside the home.If the wife worked for money,then the husband was not considered to be a good provider,In many families today,both husband and wife work for money.Therefore,they share the role of head of household.In addition,the traditional husband usually made big decisions about spending money.However,the modern husband shares these decisions with his working wife.Also,the traditional husband did not help his wife with housework or meal preparation.  Dinner was ready when he came home,In contrast,the modern husband helps his working wife at home.He may do some of the household chores,and it is not unusual for him to cook.

The second difference is in the woman’s role. In the traditional family,the woman may have worked for miney during her first years of marriage.However,when she gave birth,she would usually give up her job. Her primary role would be to take care of her family and home.In contrast,in many families today,the modern woman works outside the home even after she has children .She’s doing two jobs instead of one,so she is busier than the traditional mother was.The traditional wife learned to live within her husband’s income.But the modern wife does not have to because the family has two incomes.

The final difference is in the role of the children .In the traditional family,the children were taken care of by the mother because she didn’t work outside.However,today pre-school children may go to a child-care center or to a baby-sitter regularly because the mother works.The school-age children of a traditional family were more dependent.Their mother was there to help them get ready for school and to make their breakfast.In conrtast,modern children are more independent.They have to get up early and get ready for school themselves,and they may even have to make their own breakfast.

1.The main idea of the passage is        .

A、the change of the American society

B、the change of the American children

C、the change of the American family

D、the change of the American adults

2.In the past,if the husband let his wife get a job,        .

A、people would not think highly of his wife

B、people would think little of him

C、people would refuse to be friends with him

D、people would look up to him

3.The husband in the modern family         .

A、is still the boss of the family who decides all of the important things

B、lets the wife make all of the decisions alone

C、shares big decisions with his working wife

D、no longer works for money because the wife is working

4.According to the passage,which of the following is true?

A、The husband in the modern family does a lot of housework except cooking.

B、Modern wives have more free time because their husbands share housework.

C、Modern wives no longer cook dinners for husbands.

D、It’s common for men to buy dishes,send children to school ,and even cook in a modern family.

“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.

She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1.When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A．at home          B．sleeping           C．sitting in bed       D．both A and B

2.The author saved the baby _____.

A．because he was very brave.               B．because he liked the baby very much.

C．but he just happened to save it.             D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3.He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.

A．was a stranger there                     B．could see nothing

C．was not completely awake                 D．Both A and C

4.He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.

A．save the baby      B．call for help        C．protect his face     D．run quickly

5.Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?______

A．old and wooden house, a bundle           B．crashed to, fell down

C．terrible, half-awake                      D．bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat

SECTION C（12分）

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．

Good morning and welcome to Scotland. I hope you had a good journey and are not too tried 48.          morning. My name is Ada and I am here to help 49.           . I want to tell you a few things 50.           you may find useful. Firstly, the banks. They are open from nine thirty in the morning until four o’clock in the afternoon. That’s nine thirty until four. They are open every day 51.          Sunday. But on Sunday you can change money in the hotel. Second, the buses. You can take a bus from the hotel to the city center. It’s the number twenty – one. You may find 52.            very convenient to travel by bus here because there are buses every ten minutes 53.              you won’t have to wait long. You’ll find the bus stop outside the hotel. A ticket to the city center costs sixty pence. 54.             ,tonight we’re having a party for you in the restaurant, where I hope I’ll see you all 55.              . Thank you.

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题 共35分)

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章后的横线上填入恰当的单词。注意：每个题号后只填1个单词。

Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be all unusual field for economists(经济学家), but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue.  And economics, with its focus on incentives(鼓励),provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺) an education.

Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to  make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school — the prophecy(预言) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in avicious circle(恶性循环) of neglect.

An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic  advant-ages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers.  Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.

Topic: The significance of female ______76_____ in developing countries