whatgreatlysurprisedthescientistsisthatitsbeatcan65(feel)two milesaway.
Withabodythatbig,youmightthinkthatwhaleseatotherbiganimals.66 (actual),thesehugemammalseattinyanimals,likekrill(磷虾).Theydon’thave teeth,andeatusingbaleenthatislikeafilter(过滤器)67(catch)thetiny krill,Abluewhalecaneatupto4000kilogramsofkillperday!
Thesegentleanimalsliveinsmallgroups,68arecalled“pods”,Thenumber
ofbluewhalesintheworld’soceans69(be)nowverysmall.Bluewhalesare
dyinginfishingnetsandbeingcaughtbyillegal70(fisherman).Thereare
onlyaround2000to5000bluewhalesleftintheoceans.
第四部分
写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
IamfromWinsconsin,andwhilewemeetsomeoneforthefirsttime,weusually shakehand,Well,IhadbigsurpriseinBelgium.WhenIwasintroducedtomy friend’sbrother,somethingwasoccurred,whichmademefeltuncomfortable.Isaid “Hi”tohim,extendinghishandandhecameuptomeandkissedmeonthe cheek,notonce,andthreetimes,goingfromonecheekwiththeother!Ofcourse,I wentredandtheystartedlaughatme,InBelgium,it’scommontogreetsomeoneby kissingthreetimes.Howvastlydifferentlykissingtraditionsareacrossthe world!