(一)根据短文内容简要回答问题。

76. Why did people start to trade?

77. When did people begin to use paper money?

(二)将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

78.

79.

(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

80.

八、综合填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

In many big cities in the world, the overuse of cars is thought to be one of the major causes of air pollution. What will cars be 1          (81) in the future?

Some e         (82) think that today’s cars are in trouble because they use too much petrol( 汽油 ). They say the car of the future will be much, much smaller. The car of tomorrow will be m         (83) without a motor or air conditioning. It’ll have no radio and no lights. Tomorrow’s car will be an o         (84) air car with no doors or windows. It needn’t have a pollution control system because it w        (85) use petrol. In fact, this new car will be pushed by the driver’s feet. Very few people will be killed in accidents, because the top s         (86) will be five miles per hour. However, we are also warned not to ask for pretty c         (87), because the cars will come in grey only.

Other car experts do not hold the same idea. They are s        (88) that the future will be happier. They think that all our problems will soon be solved by car companies with the production of the Supercar. Tomorrow’s car will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable than b        (89). The Supercar will have four rooms, TVs, running water, heat, air conditioning, and maybe a swimming pool. Large families will travel on 1ong trips c           (90). If petrol is in short supply (供给) , the Supercar will run on water.

九、书面表达(本大题共15分)

假设你是林涛，你得知某英文报招聘兼职记者，你有意应聘，请按下列要点给报社写一封自荐信。

1.你现在就读于第一中学;

2.你高兴地得知对方需要一些兼职记者，你很感兴趣;

3.你认为你适合这项工作，因为……(知识面、英语水平、合作精神等)

4.你曾经做过记者，你确信你能把这份工作做好;

5.你希望得到回复。

注意：

1.自荐信须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯;

2.第3要点省略号处须用3至4句话作适当发挥;

3. 自荐信的开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数;

4.词数80个左右。

5. 参考词汇：兼职记者 part-time reporter(s)

Dear Sir or Madam

My name is Lin Tao.

______________________________________________________________________    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully

Lin Tao

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