74 This would suggest a large decrease in population, possibly due to a widespread lack of food and consequent starvation.
Sometime around 800 BC, the Greeks began to emerge from this dark age, most probably due to the influence of other civilizations. They had lost their early writing system, but began to use the writing system of the Phoenicians at this time. 75 Over the next 300 years, their civilization continued to rise, and their dark age was forgotten.
A. Many civilizations undergo a series of high points and low points during their history.
B. Many early civilizations underwent dark ages, but Greece never recovered from its dark age.
C. They began constructing larger cities and trading with their neighbors again.
D. Another interesting point is that most of the large cities of earlier time periods appear to have been abandoned in favor of much smaller settlements.
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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）
假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有
10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。
Have you ever heard the saying: All work and no play make Jack a dull boy? What this means is that if you study all the times you will become a boring person. You must go out and have a fun with your friends, otherwise you will lose him. No one wants to be friends with
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someone only talked about work and study.
Perhaps you have a confident problem. Please try to remember that you do is just for yourself rather than no one else, but do not compete with your classmates. No one can be happier in studying seven days and seven nights in a week.
第二节：书面表达（25分）
假设你是李华，是一名高三学生。你的同班同学王强因患白血病（leukemia）而住院，目前已经花光了家里的所有积蓄，现在需要骨髓移植（bone marrow transplant）, 需要20万元。请你帮他写一封求助信。要点如下：
1.对病人的简单介绍；
2.目前的困难；
3.希望得到捐助；
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注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear friends,
I’m very sad to tell that
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Yours truly，
Li Hua
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