第二卷（共三部分 滿分35分）

第四部分：單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

71. I bought my son an ___________ (改編) for children of a play by Shakespeare.

72. She was always very ___________ (慷慨的) in her charity.

73. You are not ___________ (允許) to smoke here.

74. If we had known of your ___________ (離開), we would have seen you off at the airport.

75. You are fortunate to have such a ___________ (通情達理的) father.

76. I was impressed by her ___________ (處理) of the affair.

77. Your answer to this question is ___________ (錯誤的).

78. The heavy traffic crawled through the ___________ (狹窄的) tunnel.

79. He made a refusal of her ___________ (邀請).

80. My teacher asked me to ___________ (縮短) the report to one page.

We have every reason to believe that ______ 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be ______  success.

A. /; a                         B. the; /                 C. the; a              D. a; a

–No.3 player runs quite fast.    --Yes, but there’s no doubt _____ Liu Xiang will win in the end.

             A. that                 B. whether            C. if                         D. when

To get a better view of the stage, _________________ .

       A. our seats had to be changed                   B. we had to change our seats

       C. our seats were changed                          D. our seats will be changed by us

You can either have the double room or the family room,________ you want.

   A. whichever     B. whatever      C. whenever     D. however

Below are some classified ads from the Internet

The massive earthquake and tsunamis has killed 350 people in a coastal town in Chile so far, _______ the total death number reported last Sunday.

       A. doubled     B. to double    C. doubling    D. having doubled

The situation is more _________ than ever. I’m _______about what to do next.

   A. puzzled; puzzled                   B. puzzling; puzzling 

   C. puzzling; puzzled                   D. puzzled; puzzling       

We agreed to accept ______ they thought was the best tourist guide．

       A.whatever    B.anyone       C.whichever   D.whoever

Traffic jam and cities, it seems, go hand in hand. Everyone complains about being stuck in traffic; but, like the weather, no one seems to do anything about it. In particular, traffic engineers, transportation planners, and public officials responsible for transportation systems in large cities are frequently criticized for failing to solve traffic jam.

But is traffic jam a sign of failure? Long queues at restaurants or theater box offices are seen as signs of success. Should transportation systems be viewed any differently? I think we should recognize that traffic jam is an unpreventable by-product of successful cities, and view the “traffic problem” in a different light.

Cities exist because they promote social interactions and economic transactions.

Traffic jam occurs where there are lots of people but limited spaces. Culturally and economically successful cities have the worst traffic problems, while decaying cities don’t have much traffic. New York and Los Angeles are America’s most crowded cities. But if you want access to major brokerage houses (經紀行), you will find them easier to reach in crowded New York than in any other large cities. And if your firm needs access to post-production film editors or satellite-guidance engineers, you will reach them more quickly through the crowded freeways of LA than through less crowded roads elsewhere.

Despite traffic jam, a larger number and wider variety of social interactions and economic transactions can be made perfect in large, crowded cities than elsewhere. Seen in this light, traffic jam is an unfortunate consequence of prosperity, not a cause of economic decline and urban decay.

So while we can consider traffic jam as increasing costs on the areas of big cities, the costs of inaccessibility (交通不便) in uncrowded places are almost certainly greater.

There is no doubt that traffic jam brings the terrible economic and environmental damage in places like Bangkok, Jakarta, and Lagos. But mobility is far higher and traffic jam levels are far lower here in the US, even in our most crowded cities. That’s why, for now, we don’t see people and capital streaming out of San Francisco and Chicago, heading for cities like California, and Illinois.

53. We can conclude from the first paragraph that____.

A. traffic jam and weather are the two factors preventing the development of the big city

B. traffic jam seems to be very difficult to deal with

C. if traffic engineers try their best, traffic jam can be solved

D. public officials are always criticized for misusing their power

54. According to the passage, what’s the author’s opinion towards traffic jam?

A. In cities, traffic jam is unavoidable.

B. Traffic jam is both a sign of failure and a sign of success.

C. Traffic jam is the consequence of successful cities.

D. For a successful city, traffic jam is not unpreventable.

55. By saying “decaying” (in Para. 4), the writer probably means____.

A. declining                               B. developing

C. rich and successful                    D. strong and healthy

56. According to this article, which statement about “New York” and “Los Angeles” is true?

A. The traffic jam in the two cities has been worsened.

B. New York and Los Angeles are the least successful cities in the USA.

C. It is easier to reach major brokerage houses in the two cities than in other cities.

D. Despite the traffic jam in LA, you’ll find a satellite-guidance engineer more quickly there.