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About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green - a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

72. The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. color and its surprising effects.

B. women being luckier than men

C. danger caused by color blindness

D. color blindness

73. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_______________.

A. tell different shapes                    B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes                       D. tell orange from yellow

74. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A. Women are more careful.

B. There are fewer color-blind women

C. Women are fonder of driving than men.

D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

75. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.

A. red light                              B. yellow light

C. blue light                             D. green light

五、写作(共两节)第一节： 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写到题中的相应位置。

76. On hearing that her son died in Iraq, the woman __________  __________ tears.

听到她儿子在伊拉克死亡的消息，她突然大哭了起来。

77. __________  __________ the first time in a year and a half __________ I’d seen the night face to face.

这是我一年半来第一次目睹夜晚。

78.After                          college(大学毕业后) , we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.

79. What is your father’s _____________(态度) towards your plan?

80.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she          me

buy one .(说服)

81.Once she has                   her mind , nothing can change it . (下决心)

82.She gave me a              (坚定的) look-- the kind that said she would not change her mind .

83….tell your friend that you are                    (关心)him/her and you will meet after class and talk then .

84.。。。I stayed awake                 (故意)until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself .

85. “I’ve                         (厌烦)looking at nature through dirty curtains and dusty windows ,” Anne said to her father .

第二节：书面表达(25分)

假如你是李晓华，住在惠州。你的加拿大笔友Bob来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡惠东的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信须包括下表中的内容:

自然情况 ①位于西枝江边、风景优美、适合居住

成就 ②经济发展迅速

③新建了不少工厂、住房、道路等

存在问题 ④水、空气污染

⑤交通拥挤

对惠州发展的看法 ⑥(内容由考生自己拟定)

注意:

1.回信中不能使用“惠州”以外的地名。

2.词数100左右。信的开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇:    经济economy (n.)

Dear Bob，

It’s very kind of you to write to me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d like to tell you something about my hometown Hui Zhou.

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