27. People have always been curious ________ how living things on the earth exactly began.

　 A. in　　　　 B. about　　　　 C. of　　　　 D. at

26. You should understand the traffic rule by now. You’ve had it ________ often enough.

　 A. explain　　　　 B. explaining　　　　 C. explained　　　　 D. to explain

25. ________ the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job.

　 A. Apart from　　　　 B. Except　　　　 C. Beyond　　　 　D. In addition

24. The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ________ his notes.

　 A. bringing up　　　　 B. looking for　　　　 C. trying on　　　　 D. referring to

23. Ladies and gentlemen, now I will ________ the story where I finished the day before yesterday.

　 A. keep up　　　　 B. take up　　　　 C. keep on　　　　 D. go on

22. The girl looked at me with a ________ expression. Maybe the problem was quite ________ .

　 A. puzzled; puzzling　　　　　　 B. puzzling; puzzled

　 C. puzzled; puzzled　　　 　　　D. puzzling; puzzling

第一节：语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. Mr Brown stood up in defense of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ________.

　 A. blamed　　　　　 B. blaming　　　　　 C. to blame　　　　 D. to be blamed

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

　　 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

　　 此行多一个词：用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

　　 此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)， 在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

It is said that life in the future will be difference 　　　　66. _______

with life today. There will be many great changes .　 　　　　67. ________

What will the changes be? Because of the population　　　　 68. ________

is growing very fast, there will have more people in　 　　　　69. ________

the world and most of them will live very longer　 　　　　　70. ________

than people do now. Then computers will be much 　　　　　　71. ________

more smaller and more useful, and perhaps there will 　　　　　72. ________

be one in every home. Moreover, people will work few　 　　　　73. ________

hours than they now and also they will have more　 　　　　　　74. ________

free time for sports, watch TV and traveling. 　　　　　　　75. ________

书面表达(满分15分)

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