语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40的相应位置上。
How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? 31 (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, 32 a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways 33 (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects 34 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, 35I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder 36 a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth 37 (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face 38 twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it 39 (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go 40 are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”
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基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
2010年广州亚运会即将来临。为了迎接亚运，你们班级将举行一次“我与2012广州亚运”的主题班会。假如你是班长，请你就以下内容拟一个发言稿。
[写作内容]
| 2010年广州亚运会 | 1. 是21世纪初重大体育赛事之一； 2. 包括中国在内的亚洲各国都在为此做准备； 3. 亚运会的作用； |
| 省、市政府 | 1. 修建体育场馆、亚运村等； 2. 美化城市； |
| 我们中学生 | 1. 学好英语，争做自愿者； 2. …… |
[写作要求]
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 注意：发言稿的开头和结尾已给出(不计入5个句子中)。
Hello, my dear fellow classmates. Today we’re having a class meeting here whose topic is “2012 Guangzhou Asian Games & Me”.
Thank you for your attention and next, I hope all of you will share your idea with one another about the coming great Games.
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读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
In modern society, more and more people have great pressure in their work. They have to work day and night. Some of them suffer from too much work. And some are even killed by overwork.
Which is more important, health or wealth? Some people think that wealth is more important than health. In their opinion, money is everything. “I would rather be the slave of money than the slave of people.” This is what they appreciate most. In order to earn more money, some of them spend most of the time working, running the rest of their life for wealth.
As a matter of fact, health is more important than wealth because health is the foundation of wealth. Without health, you can hardly imagine where the wealth comes from. Even if you are wealthy, how can you enjoy your wealth when you gave lost your health? In other words, wealth is based on health and wealth serves health. However, we cannot ignore wealth. Without money, we can do nothing.
［写作内容］
下面请你以 “要健康还是要财富”为主题，谈谈你读了这篇短文以后的感受。内容要点包括：
1.以约30个词概括该短文的要点；
2.以约120个词就“健康与财富”的关系展开讨论，内容包括:
(1)在当今社会中，人们对待“健康与财富”的态度和做法；
(2)你对生命、健康（心理健康与身体健康）及财富之间相互关系的认识。
［写作要求］
1．可以使用实例或分项论述的方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．题目自拟。
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