w some time over the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities every year. Britain is one of them, for which the arrival of snow quite simply causes problems. Within hours of the first snowfalls, however light, roads are blocked, trains and buses have to stop in the middle of the way. Normal communication is affected as well: telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual. And almost within hours, there are also certain shortages----bread, vegetables and other things-----not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops, but mainly because people are frightened and go out and store up with food and so on…just for fear that something bad should happen.

But why does snow have this effect? After all, the Swiss, the Austrians and the Canadians don‘t have such problems. It is simple because there is not enough planning and preparation. We need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice. To keep the roads clear, for example, requires snow-ploughs(扫雪机) and machines to spread salt. The reason why a country like Britain does not buy snow-ploughs is that they are used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospital, education, helping the old and so on..

68. According to the writer, Britain is a country ________.

A. which has regular snow B. which is not well prepared for snow

C. for which snow is a catastrophe D. for which snow is a wonder

69. After a few hours’ snowing there are often some shortages of food because ______.

A. shops have closed down B. people buy as much as they can

B. farmers cannot produce any more D. people eat more vegetables in winter

70. The words "two kinds" in the passage mean the countries ______.

A. which have weather as yearly happening to celebrate or as rare(少见) weather

B. which either have heavy snow or light snow

C. to which snow either causes problems or no problems

D. which either have snow-ploughs or no snow-ploughs

四、短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

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：

此行多一个词： 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。

此行缺一个词： 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。

此行错一个词： 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。

After I finished the school this year, I began 71.__________

to look for work. Now several month later, I still 72.__________

hadn‘t found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday 73.__________

morning I received a phone call from a man calling him 74.__________

Mr Smith. He said to me on the phone, "I hear that you do 75.__________

very well in your studies. I may have a job for you." 76.__________

I entered his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped 77.__________

that I will go through the job-hunting talk today and he 78.___________

would take me on as a lab assistant. But to my surprised, 79___________

what he said disappointing. He only needed a model. 80.___________

五、书面表达(35分)

提示：一组英国中学生来你校访问，校长交给你一份时间表，请你用英语向中学生讲清楚他们在京逗留期间(共三天)的活动安排。

时 间 活 动 项 目 有 关 内 容

星期一 上午：校长接见 介绍学校情况

下午：参观实验室和图书馆

星期二 上午：两国学生共同游览长城 张老师向学生讲述有关长城趣闻

下午：在402室举行联欢会

星期三 上午：两国学生举行座谈会

下午：9∶45乘车去西安

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