下列每個句子中均只有一處錯誤，請找出并改正。（每題1分 共5分）

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞作斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

73. No one dare to go through that black forest, which is said to have monsters (怪獸).

74. What a fun it is to walk a dog after supper.

75. I prefer watching TV at home to go shopping.

76. The old man said he joined in the army in 1965.

77. Do you have a friend whom you could tell everything, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? 

假如英語課上老師要求同學們交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫得一下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，要求你在錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加上一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該次下面寫上修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

      2．只允許修改10處，多者（從11處起）不計分。

I have just got some good news to tell to you. I win a national prize for painting last week. My father was so pleasing that he suggested I went to England for a holiday. I’d like to staying there for half a month, visiting place of interest or practicing my English as well. We’ve been often writing to each for a year and a half now. I have often dreamed of talk face to face with you. I imagine you’ll be at vacation yourself by that time. Perhaps we could go out to do some sightseeing together.

以下句子每句有一處語言錯誤， 要求你在錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在其下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

86. It was a great fun to see the colorful butterflies flying around us.

87. Anne said that she doesn’t want to set down a series of facts in the diary.

88. She gave me a determining look-the kind that said she would not change her mind.

At this point we had to change our caps, coats , gloves and trousers with T-shirts and shorts.

Although Tim and Mike come from entire different backgrounds,t hey become close friends.

I broke my friend’s favorite camera yesterday and I had to pay to have it repair.

He is such stubborn a person that no one can persuade him to do anything.

Although my sister didn’t know the best route, she insisted organizing the trip properly.

You shouldn't leave a child lonely in the house.

Keep going straight for two block, and you will find the subway on your right.

文中共有10處語言錯誤，要求你在錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加上一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞；

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉；

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞；

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

      2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從11處起）不計分。

Thank you very much for invite me to your birthday party in Saturday morning. I’d like to

come and I have to go to my hometown to see my grandparents. They were very old and unluckily

they are not in a good health recently. My mother has already made a telephone calling to them

and promised visit them with me this Saturday. My mother said we will stay at my grandparents’

the whole weekend. So I’m real sorry I can’t attend your party. I do hope you will understand all

this. Here I wish you a lot fun on your birthday and many happy returns of the day.

第四部分：任務型閱讀（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

請認真閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)所讀內容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最適當?shù)膯卧~。注意：每空一個單詞。

Many animal lovers would like to do more to help animals, but aren’t sure where to start or feel like they just don’t have the time. The good news is that there are many simple things you can do to help protect animals.

Think twice before you decide

The decisions you make when it comes to eating meat or other animal products can go a long way toward stopping the killing of animals. Consider eating a vegetarian（素食的） diet. If you aren’t ready to make this change, there are still things you can do. Do not buy animal products from companies known to use practices that go against the law such as using drugs to increase milk production in cows.

Help get the word out

Getting the word out about the problems faced by animals can be as easy as putting up a notice on your car. Also, talk to your friends and family members about important issues that are related to animals. Give some simple advice to a friend with a new pet about the serious pet over-population problem we’re facing. Turn to some books on the subject if you are not so clear about the advice you give your friend.

Write a letter

We’ve all heard the saying, “ The pen is more powerful than the sword”. Put this idea to the protection of animals. If a company has practices or rules that are harmful to animals, write them a letter to let them know you are angry about them, and that you won’t buy their products until they make some changes. Write letters to state and local legislators（立法者） to let them know how important it is that they support legislation that protects animals. Make them know that their actions will have a great effect on your vote.

Be more loving

If you’re considering adding a dog or a cat to your family, think about getting one from a homeless-animal house rather than buying a pet. There are many wonderful animals just waiting for a home. By taking back an animal from there, you will be helping in the fight against pet over-population, as well as giving your money to those who are responsible for taking care of pitiful animals.

Let your actions be an example to others

It may sound simple ,but one of the best ways to help animals is to let your actions speak to the world. You should do the following things first by yourself: Treat all living creatures with respect. Care about your pets and look after them well. Avoid (避免)entertainment places that use animals to perform. Support legislation （立法）that protects animals. All of these things set an example for others to follow.

Title: Ways of   71   animals

Here is a good reason to be hopeful about the future: it might help you stay alive.

Findings from a new study were presented at a recent meeting of the American Psychosomatic(身心的) Society. Researchers in the United States studied one hundred thousand women during an eight-year period, beginning in nineteen ninety-four. All of the women were fifty years of age or older. The study was part of the Women's Health Initiative organized by the National Institutes of Health.

The women were asked questions that measured their beliefs or ideas about the future. The researchers attempted to identify each woman's personality eight years after gathering the information.

The study found that hopeful individuals were fourteen percent less likely than other women to have died from any cause. The hopeful women were also thirty percent less likely to have died from heart disease after the eight years.

Hilary Tindle from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania was the lead author of the report. She said the study confirmed earlier research that linked optimistic (樂觀的) feelings to longer life.

The researchers also gathered information about people's education, financial earnings, physical activity and use of alcohol or cigarettes. Independent of those things, the findings still showed that optimists had less of a chance of dying during the eight-year period.

Some women who answered the questions were found to be cynically (愛嘲笑地) hostile (懷敵意的), or highly untrusting of others. These women were sixteen percent more likely to die than the others. They also were twenty-three percent more likely to die of cancer.

The study also found that women who were not optimistic were more likely to smoke and have high blood pressure or diabetes. They were also more likely not to exercise.

Professor Tindle says the study did not confirm whether optimism leads to healthier choices, or if it actually affects a person's physical health. She also says the study does not prove that negative (消極的) emotions or distrust lead to bad health effects and shorter life. Yet there does appear to be a link that calls for more research.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-14-voa2.cfm

59. Which of the following is NOT true above study mentioned in the passage?

A. One hundred thousand women aged fifty years old or older were involved in the study.

B. The hopeful women were 30% less likely to have died from heart disease after the eight years.

C. Some women who were highly untrusting of others were 16% more likely to die than the others.

D. negative emotions or distrust actually affect a person's physical health.

60. The above passage mainly _________.

A. gives advice on how to keep hopeful

B. introduces a study about women’s psychosomatic health

C. introduces a study that confirmed optimism leads to healthier choices.

D. warns that negative emotions lead to bad health effects and shorter life

61. From the findings from the new study, we can infer _______________.

A. optimism might be helpful to your health. B. negative emotions don’t lead to shorter life.

C. There is no link between people’s emotions and their health.

D. There is necessary link between people’s emotions and their health.

62. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “independent of” in the sixth paragraph?

A. naturally connected with       B. not satisfied with

C. controlled by                D. not dependent on

Scientists have recently discovered that mothers tend to hold their baby on the left. Of 255 right-handed mothers 83% held the baby on the left. And out of 32 left-handed women 78% held the baby on the left. As a control women were watched coming from supermarkets carrying baby-sized bags; the bags were held with no side preference.

Then dental patients were given a large rubber ball to hold during treatment. The majority held the ball to their left side even when it interfered with the dentist's activities. This suggested that in times of stress objects are held against the left side.

At that point something clearly contrary was observed. A large number of mothers who brought their premature (早產的) babies to a clinic were seen to hold their babies against their right side.

So 115 mothers who had been separated from their babies for 24 hours after birth were observed for holding response. The experimenters presented the baby directly to midline of the mother's body and noted how she held the baby. 53% placed the baby on the left and 47% on the right. And it was also noted that the mothers of the group who had held their baby on the left had already had a baby from which they had not been separated after birth.

Left-handed holding enables the baby to hear the heartbeat. In order to discover whether hearing the heart has a beneficial effect on the baby, the sound of a human heart-beat was played to 102 babies in a New York nursery for 4 days. A control group of babies was not exposed to heart-beats. The babies in the heart-beat group gained more weight and cried far less than the babies in the control group.

63. Scientists found that _____.

A. left-handed women tend to hold their babies on the right

B. more right-handed women than left-handed women tend to hold their babies on the left

C. only right-handed women tend to hold their babies on the correct side

D. women who hold their babies on the left are nearly all right-handed

64. What was "something clearly contrary"?

A. Mothers of premature babies held their babies on the correct side.

B. Mothers of premature babies took their babies to a clinic.

C. Mothers of premature babies were seen to hold their babies differently from other mothers.

D. Mothers of premature babies showed no side preference.

65. In one experiment 102 babies spent four days _____.

A. not exposed to heart-beats                                   B. in a control group

C. exposed to the sound of heart-beats                      D. in a New York heart-beat group

66. The experiments proved that _____.

A. mothers have an instinct to hold their babies on the left immediately after birth

B. mothers hold their babies on the left at times of stress

C. mothers of premature babies do not have the instinct to hold their babies on the left

D. mothers find it more comfortable to carry their babies on the left because the heart is on that side

To err is human. To blame the other guy is even more human.

Common sense is not all that common.

Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?

These three popular misquotes (戲謔的引語) are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this, “ To err is human, to forgive, divine(神圣的).” This saying mirrors an ideal: people should be forgiving of others’ mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite --- find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a making of great maturity.

Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”

And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary(直接推論)to that: if good excuse is “good” even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?

67．According to the author, what is a sign of a man’s maturity?

A. Doing things his own way.

B. Bearing responsibility for his mistakes.

C. Making as few mistakes as possible．

D. Thinking seriously about his wrongdoing.

68．Which of the following is N0T based on common sense?   

A．A man tries to take charge of everything in a large company.

B．A student goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.

C．A company’s next move follows a good plan．

D．A lawyer acts on fine judgments．

69. What is the author’s opinion about a good excuse?  

A. Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy.

B. Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.

C. A good excuse is as rewarding as honesty.

D. Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.

70. What would be the best title for his passage? 

A. A Mirror of Human Nature                           B. To Blame or to Forgive

C. A Mark of Maturity                               D. Truth or Excuse

Against the assumption that forest fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia warm the climate, scientists have discovered that cooling may occur in areas where burnt trees allow more snow to mirror more sunlight into space.

       This finding suggests that taking steps to prevent northern forest fires to limit the release of greenhouse gases may warm the climate in northern regions. Usually large fires destroyed forests in these areas over the past decade. Scientists predict that with climate warming, fires may occur more frequently over next several centuries as a result of a longer fire season. Sunlight taken in by the earth tends to cause warming, while heat mirrored back into space tends to cause cooling.

       This is the first study to analyze all aspects of how northern fires influence climate. Earlier studies by other scientists have suggested that fire in northern regions speed up climate warming because greenhouse gases from burning trees and plants are released into the atmosphere and thus trap heat.

       Scientists found that right after the fire, large amounts of greenhouse gases entered the atmosphere and caused warming. Ozone（臭氧）levels increased, and ash from the fire fell on far-off sea ice, darkening the surface and causing more radiation from the sun to be taken in. The following spring, however, the land within the area of the fire was brighter than before the fire, because fewer trees covered the ground. Snow on the ground mirrored more sunlight back into space, leading to cooling.

       “We need to find out all possible ways to reduce the growth of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Scientists tracked the change in amount of radiation entering and leaving the climate system as a result of the fire, and found a measurement closely related to the global air temperature. Typically, fire in northern regions occurs in the same area every 80 to 150 years. Scientists, however, found that when fire occurs more frequently, more radiation is lost from the earth and cooling results. Specifically, they determined when fire returns 20 years earlier than predicated, 0.5 watts per square meter of area burned are soaked up by the earth from greenhouse gases, but 0.9 watts per square meter will be sent back into space. The net effect is cooling. Watts are used to measure the rate at which energy is gained or lost from the earth.

56. According to the new findings, taking steps to prevent northern forest fires may _______.

   A. result in a warming climate     B. cause the forest fires to occur more frequently

   C. lead to a longer fire season     D. protect the forests and the environment there

57. Earlier studies about northern forest fires ________.

   A. analyze all aspects of how northern fires influence climate

   B. indicate that forest fires will pollute the atmosphere

   C. suggest that people should take measures to protect environment

   D. suggest that the fires will speed up climate warming

58. The underlined phrase “soaked up” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

       A. released     B. absorbed      C. created       D. disturbed

59. From the text we can draw a conclusion that forest fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia may ______.

       A. warm the climate as the assumption goes

       B. allow more snow to reflect more sunlight into space and thus cool the climate

       C. destroy large areas of forests and pollute the far-off sea ice

       D. help to gain more energy rather than release more energy

A chip inserted in a young quadriplegic's (四肢麻痹患者) brain is already improving his quality of life. Soon the benefits may be more widespread.

A 25-year-old man unable to move from the neck down recently did what many assumed impossible. After a knife attack that had left him paralyzed, all he could move was his head, which he used to push a switch and call for a nurse. And he could turn his wheelchair by blowing into a straw near his face. That was it.

Then last June, a Foxborough (Mass.) company called Cyber Kinetics opened the man's skull and inserted a special chip no larger than a baby aspirin. That insert has given him a few additional and precious abilities. When connected to a special computer via a cable, the chip translates the young man's thoughts into commands that let him move a cursor across a PC screen and open e-mail. He can draw a circle with a computer painting program. And he can use a robotic hook(鉤) to perform simple tasks like picking up a candy and sliding it across a table.

All he has to do is to think.

Several new studies have begun or been completed in the past year. In fact, more than half of the scientific papers in this field, called brain-to-computer interaction (BCI), have been published in the past two years, notes Jonathan Wolpaw, a research physician at Wadsworth Center, the New York State Health Dept.'s research laboratory.

Brain surgeries (手術) are no longer rare: Thousands of Parkinson's disease patients have had special devices inserted in their brains to ease uncontrollable shaking and other symptoms. The inserts themselves have improved, so the body doesn't reject them as furiously(猛烈地). And significant development has been achieved in software used to interpret the brain's signals and change them into commands understood by computers.

But increased demand for thought technology remains the biggest reason for the field's progress. Today, 4 million Americans live with paralysis according to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.

Scientists hope that thought technology will reduce the impact of such disabilities. People with spinal-cord injuries, for example, often lose their ability to walk because the communications network between their brain and their legs has been interrupted. The brain still commands the leg muscles to move, but they don't hear its orders.

Thought technology, scientists hope, will bridge this communications gap. "Our goal is for you to see paralyzed people eating at a restaurant and for you not to know that they are paralyzed," says John Donoghue, founder and chief scientific officer at Cyber Kinetics.

60. What was the young man’s trouble after a knife attack?

       A. It was impossible for him to do anything.

       B. By no means could he call for a nurse.

       C. He could not use his organs under the neck.

       D. He was unable to move his head.

61. What plays the most important role in improving the young man’s quality of life?

       A. A chip B. A computer       C. A robotic hook   D.A company

62. What can we learn from Paragraph Six?

       A. There used to be a lot of brain surgeries.

       B. There has been some progress in the field of thought technology.

       C. People with Parkinson's disease reject the use of the chip in their brains.

       D. No software has been developed to interpret the brain’s signals.

63. What is the passage mainly about?

       A. Communications gap      B. Thought technology

       C. American quadriplegics  D. Human brains