第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节满分45分） 第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1...

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分: 写作（共两节, 满分35分））

第一节：短文改错（共10分,每小题1分,满分10分）

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(＾), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

Dear Jim,

I am so exciting that you will come to China．I will free from December 18 and will have a plenty of time to be together with you．I'll meet you at the airport and then you will take Bus No．8 for my home．You worry about the weather here in your email．In fact, the weather here is quite different from it in your city．It isn't very cold, but you needn't bring many clothes with you．During your stay here, I'll take you to some places of interests and you can taste some local snacks．I am sure we will have greatly fun together.

Looking forward to meeting you soon.

John

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

Expressions about water are almost as common as water. _____71____.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble.___72____. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he comes into the house with dirty shoes.

“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

Another common expression, “to hold water”, is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If is can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, ___73____.If it does not hold water, ____74____.

“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. ____75___.For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water” on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.

E．It is strong and does not have any holes.

F．A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

G．Then it is weak and not worth debating.

Although hurricane season doesn't begin until June 1, a Pacific storm has already struck. El Salvador, which was ruined by a Caribbean storm in 1995, was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday. This is the first Pacific-born hurricane to ever reach land in this Central American country.

Some 14,000 people left from the western coast of El Salvador. The storm weakened as it crossed land, heading east. Heavy rains created deadly flooding problems in the hurricane's wake.

Adrian is the first Pacific storm of the season. It reported maximum continuous winds of 75 miles per hour, the minimum strength of a hurricane. A Category 3 hurricane, Adrian also caused damage and flooding in Honduras. It is expected to break up before reaching the Caribbean Sea on the eastern coast of Central America.

Hurricane season typically begins June 1 and lasts through November 30．The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted seven to nine hurricanes for the 2005 season.

"It is difficult to make any kind of an exact prediction of how many of these will strike land," NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher said. He predicts two to three hurricanes will strike the U.S. this season.

Last year, six of nine hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher. Four of those hit Florida within a six-week period. Altogether, Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne caused more than $40 billion in damage in the Sunshine State.

This year's forecast is based on ocean temperatures. Warmer temperatures produce more tropical storms, which can then turn into hurricanes.

"The issue, really, this year is the unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic," said Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center.

60．Which of the following is the 2005 first hurricane?

A．Charley.   B．Adrian.    C．Jeanne.    D．Frances.

61．How many countries struck by the hurricane are mentioned in the text?

A．Six. B．Nine.       C．Five.       D．Three.

62．We can infer that warmer ocean temperatures ______.

A．have nothing to do with the hurricane

B．cause less hurricane

C．are more likely to cause the hurricanes

D．do a lot of damage to the areas along the coast

63．The passage implies that _______.

A．hurricane season comes early this year

B．every hurricane formed in oceans could cause great damage to the land

C．hurricane often comes in winter and spring

D．tropical storm is more severe than hurricane

— Was it not until last week ______ he decided to give up smoking?

— No. He began _____ he saw the new film last month.

When I spent my holidays in Europe, I bought _______ vases.