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　　The English author (writer), Richard Savage¹, was once living in London in great poverty. In order to earn (make) a little money he had written the story of his life, but not many copies of the book had been sold in the shop, and Savage was living from hand to mouth. As a result of his lack of food he became very ill, but after a time, because of the skill of the doctor who had looked after him, he got well again. After a week or two the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his visits, but poor savage hadn’t any money and couldn’t pay it. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. But still no money came. After several weeks be sent it to him again asking for his money. In the end he came to Savage’s house and asked him for payment², saying to Savage, “You know you owe your life to me and I expected some gratitude³ (thankfulness) from you. ”
　　“I agree,” said Savage, “that I owe my life to you, and to prove to you that I am not ungrateful for your work I will give my life to you.” With these words he handed to him two copies entitle⁴, THE LIFE OF RICHARD SAVES. 　

51.The best title for this text should be ______.　
A. A Poor English Writer　　　　　B. A Skilled⁵ Doctor
C. A Life for a Life　　　　　　D. The Life of Richard Savage　
52. In the text the underlined sentence, Savage was living from hand to mouth, means _______.
A. Savage had clothes to wear and food to eat
B. Savage had no money to buy clothes and food
C. Savage was very poor and ill　　　D. Savage was too poor to live on
53. According to the text we can imagine that _______.　
A. the doctor was poor too　　　　B. the doctor was skilled and kind
C. the doctor was skilled but cruel　 D,. the doctor was glad to have got the two books　
54. The writer wrote this story just to tell us ______ .　
A. a funny story　　　　　　B. an unhappy story
C. a miserable⁶ story　　　　　　D. an ung rateful story　
55. Which statement is not true ?
A. It was the doctor who cured Savage.　　
B. If it hadn’t been because of the doctor, Savage might have died.
C. The doctor sent bills to Savage for money.
D. The doctor himself come to see Savage again. 　

第四部分：写作
第一节：短文改错
　　此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√); 如有错误(每行只有一个错误), 则按下列情况改正:
多一个词: 把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉, 在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
　　缺一个词: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
　　错一个词: 在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意: 原行没有错的不要改。 　

Once there lived a scholar. Although he was as 　　　　　56. ___________
poor as a church mouse, he was afraid for losing 　　　　　　57. __________
face. One night the thief broke into his house, 　　　　　　58. __________
but could find nothing worth of stealing. The 　　　　　　59. __________
thief murmured, "What a bad luck! 　　　　　　　　60. __________
I ve run into a rich man s house!" 　　　　　　　　　61. __________
Heard this, the scholar quickly took a few coins 　　　　　62. __________
from his pocket what he had managed to save , and then 　　　　63. __________
run after the thief. When he caught up with the thief, 　　　　　64. __________
he whispered, "Just took away these coins. Please 　　　　　　65. __________
don t let anyone know about my poverty ... don t let me lose face !"

　第二节：书面表达 　

假定2000年３月８日，家住解放路标１８的小王在去剧院买当晚演出票的路上丢
失一个手提包，内装身份证，钱及刚买的一双鞋子等物。第二天，他让你写一则寻物
启事，希望拾者尽快归还。诚表谢意。
拾者：finder 失者：loser
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Keys: 1—10 BBACA ACDDD
11—20 DCBCD BCACA
21—30 CDBDC DCCDB
31—40 BADDD CDDAA
41—50 BCDAC DBABC
51—55 CDAAD
56. √. 57. for→of, be afraid of 为固定搭配. 58. the →a, 故事叙述过程中,第一次被提到的人或物前使用不定冠词. 59. 去掉of . worth 直接跟名词活动词的ing形式. 60. 去掉 a, luck 为不可数名词 61. rich 应为 poor. 由文意可知. 62 Heard-Hearing, hearing 与主语 the scholar 为逻辑主谓关系E, 用现在分词作状语. 63. 去掉what 或将 what 改为which /that, 用which/that 引导定语从句, 且在从句充当宾语 64. run→ ran, and 连接两个并列句,要求 与took 时态一致. 65. took → take 在 直接引语的祈使句中谓语用动词原形. 　

Loser
　On May 8th, 2000, when I was on the way to the theatre to buy a tichet for that evening. I lost my handbag. There is one ID card, some money a pair of shoes and so on in it. If you find it, please return me as soon as quickly. I will be very thankful.

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