D.It has taken in more words and new meanings of some words.
33.The underlined word "obsolete" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________.
A.deserted B.updated
C.changed D.explained
34.What will the paragraph following the passage most probably be about?
A.The influence cultures have on the words in the OED.
B.The difficulties the OED has in choosing the words.
C.The effect modern technology has on the OED.
D.The new vocabularies the OED has included.
35.What's the best title of the text?
A.The OED, a Great Help for English Learners
B.A Brand New Version of the OED Website
C.A Better Understanding of Words in the OED
D.Examples of the OED Choosing Words
第II卷(非选择题)
三、提纲类作文
36.假定你是李华,正在美国交流学习。你的美国老师Amy邀请你下周五下午3点到她的班里为美国小学生上一节课,介绍中国传统艺术--国画。请给她回复一封电子邮件,要点如下:
1. 接受邀请,表示感谢;
2. 国画简介(如艺术地位、绘画内容、著名画家等);
3. 课前学生需做的绘画用具上的准备。
注意:1. 词数:100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
Dear Amy,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
四、短文改错
37.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
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10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last summer, I got a part-time job like a waiter. I worked hardly and was very helpful. Everyone in the restaurant including some regular customer liked me. One day, a foreign couple, which were in their fifties, entered the restaurant. I was happy to have a chance to practice my spoken English. I went up to greet them warmly. After I took their order, I told them their food will be served quickly because us Chinese respect the elderly. Hearing my words, a look of displeasure was appeared on the wife's face. Seen my confused look, her husband explained to me the westerners disliked the description "old". I made a apology to them, keeping in mind the lesson cultural differences should never be ignored (忽视).
五、语法填空
If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer, you can hear frogs singing 38. (joy) here and there.It seems as if they were performing a field symphony.
The frog is a good and useful creature that benefits human beings. They can catch fast-moving insects. Each frog eats a large number of pests that are harmful 39. crops.This little creature is regarded 40. the natural enemy of pests".
41. now frogs are getting fewer and fewer.This is because they are killed and put on the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy, human beings. It is 42. shameless and cruel act,isn't it? 43. cause responsible for the rapid reduction of frogs is that farmers use insecticides (杀虫剂)to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water44. eating poison-killed insects.
Something must be done without delay 45. (save)frogs. If we don't punish those 46. sell and kill frogs to make money,then one day all of us 47. (punish) by nature for failing to keep the balance of nature.
六、信息匹配
How to Avoid Weight Gain Over Holidays
Do you love the holidays, but hate the pounds that follow? You are not alone. Holidays are times for feasting and celebrating. Many people are worried about their weight. 48. Whether you are celebrating at the office party or sitting down for the traditional family dinner, regard eating as a time for tasting a variety of