D
In Cardiff I was put to work in furniture department at one of the local stores. It was large, fairly out of date, run ( 經營 ), like its parent company in London, by a group of relatives. Being only a member of the store for a short time, I was in a very fortunate position. The others, particularly the older members of the store, were naturally asked to produce good sales figures. I was more of an observer. If I made a sale, I was pleased, but if I didn’t, I would not be blamed. I was really there to observe and learn, and as I had no interest in making a position in the furniture business, I wasn’t too diligent (勤奮) about that either.
One salesman in late middle age once expressed his insecurity (不安全感) by scolding me of trying to steal one of his customers (雇客). Nothing could have been further from the truth, but he demanded that I go to the stockroom (貨倉) with him to settle the matter. He was very small and thin, but to my surprise he started dancing about among the carpets and closets working his arms wildly and calling on me to ’put them up’. I couldn’t put anything up ---I was too busy rolling on a four-foot six - inch spring mattress (彈簧墊子) , helpless with laughter. Finally he saw the joke too, and we went off to the members’ store for a conciliatory(和解)cup of tea. Several days later, I finally left the store. Thank God!
46. The furniture department was run by _____.
A. the author’s parents B. the author’s relatives
C. some member of a big family D. the local government
47. The shop in Cardiff ______.
A. was big and very modern B. was old but beautiful
C. didn’t sell furniture only D. was famous in London
48. The author was lucky because ________.
A. sales figures were not important for him B. he was younger than the others
C. he produced good sales figures D. his pay was higher
49. One salesman thought that ______ .
A. the author was more of an observer than a real member of the store
B. what the author had said was far from the truth
C. the author tried to get a person to buy the furniture dishonestly
D. the writer destroyed a four-foot six - inch spring mattress
50. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The author only stayed in the shop for a short time because he was not interested
in business.
B. The author felt light - hearted when he left the shop.
C. The author was punished for stealing money from the customer.
D. The author was asked to put up the carpets.
E
Driving cars, trucks and motorcycles is an important part of our lives. We do it every day to get to work, to school or to friends’ houses.
Driving can be very convenient, but can also cause many problems. Waiting in line at a red light, a driver may get impatient and decide just to drive right through it. If another car is coming from the other direction, there might be a terrible accident. Cutting another car off can make its driver angry, so that driver cuts off someone else. Pretty soon everybody is angry, and impatient.
Traffic accidents declare millions of lives every year worldwide. In Taiwan alone, over seven people are killed in accidents every day. The annual death rate (年死亡率) from traffic accidents in Taiwan is twice that of Japan.
To allow traffic to move smoothly and safely, everybody must follow the rules. Before you drive, learn all the traffic laws. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun!
51.The word " convenient " in the passage means ________ .
A. handy, easy to do B. that can be changed
C. fond of drinking and merry-making D. carriages or other trucks
52. If you cut another car off, its driver may be _______.
A. impatient B. terrible C. angry D. both A and B
53. The sentence " Traffic accidents declare millions of lives "means "_______".
A. Traffic accidents make some people become millionaires
B. Many people die from traffic accidents
C. Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents
D. Millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents
54.According to the passage, driving can be safe if _______.
A. you are patient B. you obey all the traffic rules
C. you don’t cut another car off D. you wait in line at a red light
55. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage? _______.
A. Traffic Safety B. A Careful C. How To Drive A Car D. A Traffic Accident
第四部分：寫作
第一節(jié)：短文改錯
此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷:如無錯誤,在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾(√); 如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤), 則按下列情況改正:
多一個詞: 把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉, 在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞,并也用斜線劃掉。
缺一個詞: 在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。
錯一個詞: 在錯的詞下劃一橫線,在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。
注意: 原行沒有錯的不要改。
John put the last of paint in his model spaceship. 56_______
He’d painted it silver and blue. He help it up to show dad. 57_______
"It looks greatly. "said dad. "Let me help you hang it." 58_______
They hanged the model from the ceiling with thin thread. 59_______
John watched the spaceship swing back or forth. He began to 60_______
think about journeying all lonely out of space. "Suppose a man 61_______
is in the spaceship ,"John said." And could he run out of water to drink?" 62_______
"yes." said dad. " And could he run out of air to breath?" "Of course." 63_______
answered dad. "Then which would happen to him?" John asked. 64_______
"I don’t think he ’d live long. Do you think that?" asked dad. 65_______
"No, I don’t think I’d like to be out in a spaceship." said John.
第二節(jié)：書面表達
假定你叫李華,是中州市第27中學的學生.你前不久在<<中國日報>>上讀到一篇有關農村(countryside)兒童輟學(leaves school at an early age)的報道.你于2000年1月14日給編輯寫去一封信,談了農村兒童輟學的主要原因以及你的看法.
內容要點：原因：1.家庭貧困 2.幫父母掙錢
3.學習有困難 4.不原上學
5.這些原因中家庭貧困是主要原因
看法：每個孩子都應有受教育的機會,愿將自己的零花錢(pocket money)送給失學兒童.
注意：1.要點不能遺漏,但不能逐點翻譯. 2.詞數80-120個詞.
3.信的開頭己為你寫好. 4.書信格式正確.
No.27 Middle School
Zhongzhou, Sichuan Province
January 14, 2000
Dear Editor
In Cardiff I was put to work in furniture department at one of the local stores. It was large, fairly out of date, run ( 經營 ), like its parent company in London, by a group of relatives. Being only a member of the store for a short time, I was in a very fortunate position. The others, particularly the older members of the store, were naturally asked to produce good sales figures. I was more of an observer. If I made a sale, I was pleased, but if I didn’t, I would not be blamed. I was really there to observe and learn, and as I had no interest in making a position in the furniture business, I wasn’t too diligent (勤奮) about that either.
One salesman in late middle age once expressed his insecurity (不安全感) by scolding me of trying to steal one of his customers (雇客). Nothing could have been further from the truth, but he demanded that I go to the stockroom (貨倉) with him to settle the matter. He was very small and thin, but to my surprise he started dancing about among the carpets and closets working his arms wildly and calling on me to ’put them up’. I couldn’t put anything up ---I was too busy rolling on a four-foot six - inch spring mattress (彈簧墊子) , helpless with laughter. Finally he saw the joke too, and we went off to the members’ store for a conciliatory(和解)cup of tea. Several days later, I finally left the store. Thank God!
46. The furniture department was run by _____.
A. the author’s parents B. the author’s relatives
C. some member of a big family D. the local government
47. The shop in Cardiff ______.
A. was big and very modern B. was old but beautiful
C. didn’t sell furniture only D. was famous in London
48. The author was lucky because ________.
A. sales figures were not important for him B. he was younger than the others
C. he produced good sales figures D. his pay was higher
49. One salesman thought that ______ .
A. the author was more of an observer than a real member of the store
B. what the author had said was far from the truth
C. the author tried to get a person to buy the furniture dishonestly
D. the writer destroyed a four-foot six - inch spring mattress
50. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The author only stayed in the shop for a short time because he was not interested
in business.
B. The author felt light - hearted when he left the shop.
C. The author was punished for stealing money from the customer.
D. The author was asked to put up the carpets.
E
Driving cars, trucks and motorcycles is an important part of our lives. We do it every day to get to work, to school or to friends’ houses.
Driving can be very convenient, but can also cause many problems. Waiting in line at a red light, a driver may get impatient and decide just to drive right through it. If another car is coming from the other direction, there might be a terrible accident. Cutting another car off can make its driver angry, so that driver cuts off someone else. Pretty soon everybody is angry, and impatient.
Traffic accidents declare millions of lives every year worldwide. In Taiwan alone, over seven people are killed in accidents every day. The annual death rate (年死亡率) from traffic accidents in Taiwan is twice that of Japan.
To allow traffic to move smoothly and safely, everybody must follow the rules. Before you drive, learn all the traffic laws. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun!
51.The word " convenient " in the passage means ________ .
A. handy, easy to do B. that can be changed
C. fond of drinking and merry-making D. carriages or other trucks
52. If you cut another car off, its driver may be _______.
A. impatient B. terrible C. angry D. both A and B
53. The sentence " Traffic accidents declare millions of lives "means "_______".
A. Traffic accidents make some people become millionaires
B. Many people die from traffic accidents
C. Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents
D. Millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents
54.According to the passage, driving can be safe if _______.
A. you are patient B. you obey all the traffic rules
C. you don’t cut another car off D. you wait in line at a red light
55. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage? _______.
A. Traffic Safety B. A Careful C. How To Drive A Car D. A Traffic Accident
第四部分：寫作
第一節(jié)：短文改錯
此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷:如無錯誤,在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾(√); 如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤), 則按下列情況改正:
多一個詞: 把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉, 在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞,并也用斜線劃掉。
缺一個詞: 在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。
錯一個詞: 在錯的詞下劃一橫線,在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。
注意: 原行沒有錯的不要改。
John put the last of paint in his model spaceship. 56_______
He’d painted it silver and blue. He help it up to show dad. 57_______
"It looks greatly. "said dad. "Let me help you hang it." 58_______
They hanged the model from the ceiling with thin thread. 59_______
John watched the spaceship swing back or forth. He began to 60_______
think about journeying all lonely out of space. "Suppose a man 61_______
is in the spaceship ,"John said." And could he run out of water to drink?" 62_______
"yes." said dad. " And could he run out of air to breath?" "Of course." 63_______
answered dad. "Then which would happen to him?" John asked. 64_______
"I don’t think he ’d live long. Do you think that?" asked dad. 65_______
"No, I don’t think I’d like to be out in a spaceship." said John.
第二節(jié)：書面表達
假定你叫李華,是中州市第27中學的學生.你前不久在<<中國日報>>上讀到一篇有關農村(countryside)兒童輟學(leaves school at an early age)的報道.你于2000年1月14日給編輯寫去一封信,談了農村兒童輟學的主要原因以及你的看法.
內容要點：原因：1.家庭貧困 2.幫父母掙錢
3.學習有困難 4.不原上學
5.這些原因中家庭貧困是主要原因
看法：每個孩子都應有受教育的機會,愿將自己的零花錢(pocket money)送給失學兒童.
注意：1.要點不能遺漏,但不能逐點翻譯. 2.詞數80-120個詞.
3.信的開頭己為你寫好. 4.書信格式正確.
No.27 Middle School
Zhongzhou, Sichuan Province
January 14, 2000
Dear Editor