第Ⅱ卷

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节对话填空（共10小；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: You are a stamp-collector, aren't you？

W: I particularly like this h   76   .                               76.          

I have collected stamps for more than nine years.

M: Nine years? That's a   77 ! How did you keep                    77.          

this hobby for such a long time? I u  78      to collect stamps       78.          

when I was in high school. But soon I felt b   79                    79.          

and then stop the hobby.

W: How did you collect stamps t   80  ?                          80.          

M: Well, I bought new issues at the post office

and put them into my stamp a   81  . How about you?              81.          

W: I narrow down my collection to one t   82  , that is,              82.          

Chinese Characters. I collect Chinese and f   83   stamps.           83.          

W: That sounds e   84  .                                       84.          

M: Yes, b   85  , I also take part in stamp exhibitions.                85.       

补全对话（每空1分，满分10分）

M: Lily, let’s go on a vacation!

W: How can we? Vacations (76)c____ money, and this month we don’t have much left after (77) p___ the rent.

M: Well, we can visit different places in the state in our van (客货车). We won’t take a plane or (78) s___ at a hotel this time. Trust me, it won’t cost much.

W: Where will we sleep, then?

M: In the van.

W: What about other (79) e____?

M: Let’s see. Gas, food, recreation, we won’t spend much. Come on. Don’t hesitate. We need to get out of the house once in a (80) w____. We have been (81) w____ hard, haven’t we? It’s time to have a rest.

W: Maybe you’re right. When do you (82) p____ to go?

M: The (83) s____, the better! I can’t wait!

W: Oh. Have you decided where to go yet?

M: As long as we’re going, you can decide where to go. I trust your judgment. I know you miss Chinese food, so we can eat at a Chinese (84) r____ this time.

W: Let’s go to Chicago. We can have lunch in Chinatown. (85)T____ we can go to a ball game at Wrigley Field!

请认真阅读下列短文，按要求填出符合短文意思的正确英语单词，注意：其中有的所缺单词已给出首字母，有的已给出中文意思，有的要求考生按上下文的意思填出完整、正确形式的单词。所填单词要求拼写正确和形式符合英语写作要求，使短文通顺、流畅，并将正确答案写在试题右边的相对应的横线中。
February 14 is a day for people who have fallen in love.
【小题1】On this day, these men and women often send c    to each other
【小题2】for Valentine’s Day. This day has been popular      people in love
【小题3】for a long time. At first, this holiday was called Lupercalia. T    the
【小题4】name of the day was changed       Saint Valentine’s Day. The man
【小题5】    (命名) Saint Valentine was killed on February 14, 270 AD, because
【小题6】he was a Christian.    Saint Valentine was killed, February 14 was
【小题7】the old Roman holiday, Lupercalia. The church w    people to think
【小题8】of       Christian holiday on this day, so the church changed the
【小题9】the name of the holiday. This change did not s      people in love
【小题10】from giving gifts to each other, like       （手套）, handkerchiefs
or underwear.

单词拼写（共10分）
【小题1】The shot which was i________for the president killed one of his soldiers.
【小题2】It is said that the governor is ill, but the news remains to be c_____.
【小题3】Thirty years have passed but I still remember the s ________ we got lost on a rainy night.
【小题4】The local people are now in charge of Hong Kong, which was once in the charge of The British for one and half a c______.
【小题5】I was about to leave the office w___an unexpected visitor came.
【小题6】With so much noises from the busy traffic in the street, I couldn’t s____down and do my work..
【小题7】The customs that the local people have are different from what we read about on the I________.
【小题8】They couldn’t agree with each other and finally a quarrel b____out between them .
【小题9】No one is sure w______ global warming can be solved in one hundred years.
【小题10】He was in d___ for a long time. How to support his family is a big problem.

One evening in February 2007 . a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales . She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train.Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later,she watched  the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.

     Ceely's  near miss  made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily . Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no mention of the crossing ."I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train ,"she told the BBC.

   W ho is to blame here ? Rick Stevenson ,who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail US, finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says,

      but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small  problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless key boards.

     The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s  not clear why he only focuses digital technology,while  there may be a number of other possible  causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the CPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.

It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an accout of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors .

The game between humans and their smart devices  is complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be  way a wiser use of technology.   

If there is such a way, it should involve more than just  an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands  of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long .

1.

What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?           

 A. She was not familiar with the road.           

 B. It was dark and raining heavily then.   

C. The railway works failed to give the signal.

D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing

2.

The phrase”near miss” (paragraph 2 ) can best be replaced by _______.    

A. closebit                    B. heavy loss             C.narrow escape         D. big mistake    

3.

Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?          A. Modern technology is what we can’t live without.

B. Digital technology often falls short of out expectation.    

C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.   

D. GPS error is not the only cause for Celery’s accident. 

4.

In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is________.

A. one-sided     B. reasonable      C.puzzling      D.well-based

5.

What is the real concern of the writer of this article?

A.The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.

B.The relationship between humans and technology

C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.           

D. The human unawareness  of technical problems.