【正文】 t change．Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever． 71 These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and mon applications make the process easier． 72 On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time．Students may not like being put on waiting lists．Also, mon colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them．Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight．Some universities send gifts． 73 For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year。 the weak economy makes parents nervous． 74 The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans．So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students． 75 The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down．This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school．The number is not expected to start rising again until 2015．A．Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population．B．What contributes to it?C．But a mistake can be costly if it happens．D．But top colleges ignore them．E．They have international students who know English.F．It can mean several acceptances to choose from.G．They cannot afford college as planned．第二卷第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）假定英語(yǔ)課上,老師要求同桌同學(xué)相互修改作文。假設(shè)以下小作文為你同桌所寫，請(qǐng)你對(duì)其進(jìn)行修改。文中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（^），并在此符號(hào)下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞。2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。3．必須按答題要求做題，否則不給分。Time fly like an arrow．I’m already in the second half of Senior Grade 3 before I realized it．It is only a little more than three months before I graduate middle school．At the present, I’m busy review my lessons in order to take the College Entrance Examination．I hope to go to Beijing University, that is one of the best universities not only in China but also in the world．I’ll try my best turn my dream to reality．Most of my classmates are also studying very hard to realize our wishes．I do believe everyone will be able to enter an university or college． 第二節(jié) 書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）假設(shè)你是李華，你的英國(guó)朋友Tom來(lái)信詢問(wèn)你們的學(xué)習(xí)情況。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下圖提供的信息，寫一封100左右的回信，談?wù)勛詮哪阈?shí)行新課改以來(lái)，嘗試新的學(xué)習(xí)方法，你們學(xué)習(xí)情況的變化。Dear Tom,It was great to hear from you again． __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________參考答案聽力(30分)1—5CACBA 6—10 ABABC 11—15 BCABA 16—20 CBACA 單項(xiàng)填空（15分）21—25 ADADC 26—30 DBBDB 36—35 CDCDD 完形填空（30分）36—40CCDAB 41—45 DBABD 46—50 CACAB 51—55 BACAD 閱讀理解（40分）56—59 DACA 6062 BBC 63—67CADCB68—70ACD 71—75 BFDGA[短文改錯(cuò)（10分）1．flyflies 2．realized realize 3．graduate后加 from 4．去掉present前的 the 5．review reviewing 6．that which 7．best后加 to 8．to into 9．our their 10．a(chǎn)n a 書面表達(dá)（25分）Dear Tom , It was great to hear from you again．There are many things going on in our school．In fact things have got much better since we started a different way of learning .In the past our teachers stood in front of the class talking all the time while we students listened , busily taking notes．After a tiring day at school , we always had a lot of homework to do．Sometimes we even worked late into the night．Now we are active in class．We often have discussions in pairs or in groups．After class we enjoy all kinds of activities , such as going in for sports , dong experiments or surfing the Internet.We are extremely happy about the changes in our studies .All the best , Yours , Li Hua