第二卷（非選擇題, 共35分）

 

第一節(jié)  閱讀表達(dá)（共5小題；每小題2分, 滿分10分）

 

閱讀下面短文并回答問題, 然后將答案寫到試卷規(guī)定的位置上（請注意問題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求）。

 

One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used.

 

 This was a huge task. So Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American Surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire”, 50 miles from Oxford.

 

 Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next years, he became one of the staff’s most valued contributors.

 

 But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum(精神病院) for the criminally insane.

 

 Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.

 

 In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.

 

 Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.

 

76. How did Dr. Minor contribute to the dictionary? (with 7 words)

 

77. Why did Dr. Minor refuse to visit Oxford? (within 7 words)

 

78. Why did Prof. Murray and Dr. Minor become friends? (within 8 words)

 

79. How do you describe Dr. Minor? (within 3 words)

 

80. What does the text mainly talk about? (within 10 words)

 

第二節(jié) 作文（25分）

 

81 為了提高公眾的安全意識和道德意識，一英文報紙舉行以“中國式過馬路”為主題的征稿比賽。請你根據(jù)表格里的內(nèi)容寫一篇英語短文。

 

現(xiàn)象 過馬路時，行人組隊闖紅燈，在中國引起了廣泛關(guān)注；

 

危害 闖紅燈非常危險，導(dǎo)致更多的交通阻塞和事故；

 

 

 

主要原因 

 

1.一些人總是匆忙，他們忽略交通信號燈以節(jié)約時間；

 

2.另外一些人缺乏安全意識，認(rèn)為司機(jī)不得不停下來，因?yàn)樵S多人一起過馬路。

 

解決措施 1.應(yīng)該修建更多的天橋來方便行人過馬路；

 

2.應(yīng)該教育人們遵守交通規(guī)則，對違反交通規(guī)則的行人給予嚴(yán)重的懲罰。

 

附：行人  pedestrian  中國式過馬路  Chinese style of crossing road   天橋  overpass