第二卷（非选择题, 共35分）

 

第一节  阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分）

 

阅读下面短文并回答问题, 然后将答案写到试卷规定的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

 

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)

 

第二节 作文（25分）

 

81 为了提高公众的安全意识和道德意识，一英文报纸举行以“中国式过马路”为主题的征稿比赛。请你根据表格里的内容写一篇英语短文。

 

现象 过马路时，行人组队闯红灯，在中国引起了广泛关注；

 

危害 闯红灯非常危险，导致更多的交通阻塞和事故；

 

 

 

主要原因 

 

1.一些人总是匆忙，他们忽略交通信号灯以节约时间；

 

2.另外一些人缺乏安全意识，认为司机不得不停下来，因为许多人一起过马路。

 

解决措施 1.应该修建更多的天桥来方便行人过马路；

 

2.应该教育人们遵守交通规则，对违反交通规则的行人给予严重的惩罚。

 

附：行人  pedestrian  中国式过马路  Chinese style of crossing road   天桥  overpass