第二卷（非选择题 35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

　　　阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M: Miss Dermott, let me ask you straight away. Do you think, within a few years, many people could be working at home instead of working in o   76   ?

W: Oh, yes. It’s h   77    now. You see, the communication industry has made much progress in the last ten years.

M: And how do these people manage to work? I mean, what e    78   do they have at home?

W: Well, they have a television set, a computer, a printer, and a telephone c   79    with other computers.

M: Oh, I see. But surely there’re some a___80____ in being able to work at home.

W: Yes. Working at home, people don’t have to spend a lot of time g__81___ to and back from their work places. The rush hours are the time of day with the s____82_____ traffic. Millions of people have to get up early to a___83____ the rush hours.

M: Ah, yes, I see. What do you think about the conditions of home workers?

W: Oh, let me tell you what might b__84______ of them. In the future a British firm in, for example, London, might e____85____ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris company could had their secretaries in spain, and then they just use a telephone to call around for the labor.

阅读下列短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个

空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在相对应的横线上。所填单词要求

意义准确，拼写正确。

If you’re a male and you’re reading this, congratulations! You’re a survivor．According to statistics, you’re more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, a nine times more likely to die of AIDS．Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you’ll die on average five years before a woman．

There’re many reasons for this——typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke——but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor．

“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should,” says Dr．Gullotta．“This is particularly so for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike．

Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two．For those over 45, it should be at least once a year．

“When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer,” he says, “Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged his life．”

According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group．

“A lot of men think they’re invincible,” Gullotta says．“They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, “Geez, if it could happen to him…”

Then there’s the ostrich approach．“Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr．Ross Cartmill．

“Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says．He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups．

Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says．“But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases．Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater, it’s called premature death．”

1.Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?

    A．They are more likely to survive serious diseases today．

    B．Their average life span has been considerably extended．

    C．They have lived long enough to read this article．

    D．They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life．

2.Which of the author’s statement is the most important reason men die five years earlier on average than women according to the passage?

    A．Men drink and smoke much more than women．

    B．Men don’t seek medical care as often as women．

    C．Men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger．

    D．Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases．

3.What does Dr．Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach” ?

    A．A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions．

    B．A new therapy for certain psychological problems．

    C．Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved．

    D．Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear．

4.What does Cartmill say about regular check-ups for men?

    A．They may increase public expenses．

    B．They will save money in the long run．

    C．They may cause psychological strains on men．

    D．They will enable men to live as long as women．