第五部分：任务型阅读（共10小题，满分10分）
认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空只填一词。
Telephone, television, radio, telegraph and the Internet all help people communicate with each other. As a result, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood can bring help from distant countries within hours. Help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travels fast.
How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the ocean. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America. This time difference influenced people’s actions. For example, one battle, or fight, in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now.
There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.
Title: The World Is Getting（76）___________
Theme It becomes easy for people to (77) ____________ with each other because of television, telephone, radio, telegraph and the Internet.
Ideas and news of events spread quickly (78) _______________ the world.
Examples
(nowadays) People can know the results of an election being (79) ___________ in another country within seconds.
An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a (80) _____________set.
News of a disaster (81) _________ an earthquake or a flood can bring help from distant countries within hours.
Information goes fast (82) ________ to modern technology.
Examples
(in the past) Two (83) _________ago, communication between the continents took a long time.
The news of peace treaty made in (84)_________ took six weeks to reach America.
Conclusion Now communication takes (85) _______ time than it did in the past. So the world is getting smaller and smaller.
第二节：单词拼写 (5分)
86.The teachers in our school have a_________ to the Internet in the office.
87. She set high s____________ for herself, and she worked hard.
88.This novel is simplified and was o____________ written by Charles Dickens.
89. After the big fire, the house was completely d_____________.
90. When you have finished reading the book, please r________ it on the shelf properly.
91. Having prepared for a long time, she began the work ______________(有信心).
92.I am going to feed the __________(数据) into the computer tonight.
93. Belgium is a ______________ (欧洲) country, as we all know.
94. The ___________ (迷惑) look on his face shows that he has not been told about it.
95. A large _____________ (词汇) is a must if you want to learn a language well.
第三节：书面表达(20分)
上星期三下午, 三班的同学对学生是否应寄宿在学校进行了讨论,对此大家反应不一,学校英语杂志社组织了一次征文活动,假设你是三班的一名学生，叫李华, 下面是同学们在讨论中的两种不同看法。请用英语写一篇应征稿件将同学们的意见反映出来，并发表你自己的看法。
赞成 反对
1. 可以培养独立生活的能力。
2．寄宿在校能学会与人相处的能力，同时可以培养友谊。
3．时间利用率高，养成良好的学习和生活习惯，对以后的发展有利。 1. 自由支配的时间很少，对个性的发展不利。
2．学习任务重，时间不够用。
3．可以得到父母的关心，并可以与父母交流。
你的看法（至少两条）
要求：1. 行文应连贯流畅，内容要充实，并可适当发挥。
2. 字数150左右, 文章的开头已经给出,不记入词数。
Dear Editor,
The students of Class 3 held a discussion about whether students should live in the dormitory or not last Wednesday afternoon. Different students have different opinions.
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参考答案：76. Smaller 77. communicate 78. throughout 79. held 80. television 81. like
82. due/owing/thanks 83. centuries 84 England 85 less
86. access 87. standards 88. originally 89. destroyed 90. replace 91. confidently 92. data 93. European 94. confused 95. vocabulary
Dear Editor,
The students of Class 3 held a discussion about whether students should live in the dormitory or not last Wednesday afternoon. Different students have different opinions.
Some students hold the view that students should live in the dormitory while studying at school. The reasons are as follows. First, living in the dormitory can help to develop our ability to do on our own. Second, we can learn how to get along with others while living together in the dormitory. At the same time true friendship can be cultivated. Third, time can be used to the full and a good habit of study and life can be formed, benefiting our future development.
However, others think students should not live in the dormitory while studying at school. First, the time we can use freely is very little, which is not beneficial to our personality. Second, time is not enough when the study burden is heavy. Finally, if we go home , we can get concern from parents and communicate with parents.
As for myself, I think students should live in the dormitory while studying at school. Besides the reasons mentioned above, when we meet with difficulties, we should come over them ourselves.
Besides, by living in the dormitory, we can learn how to live independently.
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