— The film is, I have to say, not a bit ...

Since people are fond of humor, it is as welcome in conversation as ________ else.

A. anything B. something

C. anywhere D. somewhere

假设你是张华，你的英国笔友Michael即将到中国来学习，并在中国过中秋节。他发来电子邮件询问有关中秋节的习俗。请你用英语写一封100词左右的回信，介绍一下有关情况。

内容要点：

1. 中秋节通常在九月或十月，我们吃各种月饼；

2. 人们喜欢在户外边吃月饼边赏月；

3. 中秋节是家人团聚的日子，回顾过去，展望未来。

开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Michael,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Zhang Hua

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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

I was immediately attract by Spanish for the first time I started learning it. It was not only because of the beauty of a language, but also because of my Spanish teacher Jose Maria. Jose was a 30-year-old Spanish with thickly beard. At first, I was always with a heavy heart when studying Spanish. I found difficult to understand what Jose was talking about in class. However, I didn’t give it up. Every day I spent many time in listening. As time goes by, I was finally able to keep pace with her. Regain confidence, I came to enjoy each Spanish classes.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Why do so many people reach success and then fail? One of the big reasons is that we think success is a one -way street. When we succeed, we stop doing everything that made us successful, 1. (sit) back in our comfortable zone. So it doesn’t take long to go downhill.

I 2. (work) hard before reaching success. Once I was good at coming up 3. creative ideas, and did what I loved. But then I stopped, because I thought, “I made it and I can relax.” I thought I was 4. able guy and I shouldn’t have to work at ideas and got into the things that I didn’t love, like 5. (manage). I was the world’s 6. (bad) manager, but I must do it, because I was the president of the company.

I seemed very successful, but actually very 7. (depress). It didn’t take long for business to drop like a rock. 8. (save) money, I had to let all my employees go. I did 9. took me back to success. Finally, business grew bigger than ever.

Success isn’t a one -way street but a 10. (continue) journey. Once we are successful, we should still move on, because that is not only how we achieve success, but it’s how we keep it.

    On November 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist came on stage to give a concert. Getting on stage is ______ small achievement for him. He was ______ with polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child,  so he walked with the ______ of two crutches (拐杖).

The ______ sat quietly while he ______ his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin ______ . We thought he would have to stop the ______. But he didn’t. ______, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then ______ the conductor to begin again.

The orchestra began and he played with such passion ______ they had never heard before.

Of course, anyone knows that it is ______ to play a harmonious work with just three strings. But that night, he ______ to know that. When he finished, there was an awesome ______ in the room. And then people rose and ______. There was an extraordinary outburst of ______ from every corner of the hall. He smiled and then said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much ______ you can still make with what you have left.”

This powerful line has ______ in my mind ever since. Perhaps this is the ______ of life—not just for    artists but for all of us. So our task in this fast-changing world is to make music, ______ with all that we have, and then ______ there is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

1.A. almost B. much C. no D. too

2.A. shocked B. struggled C. suffered D. hit

3.A. aid B. direction C. guide D. instruction

4.A. team B. conductor C. parent D. audience

5.A. made B. worked C. lost D. found

6.A. twisted B. broke C. bent D. lost

7.A. piece B. career C. tour D. concert

8.A. Therefore B. Anyhow C. Instead D. Moreover

9.A. ordered B. signaled C. waved D. told

10.A. as B. that C. which D. what

11.A. impossible B. probable C. hopeless D. improper

12.A. tried B. agreed C. decided D. refused

13.A. sound B. horror C. silence D. interest

14.A. cried B. shouted C. jumped D. cheered

15.A. laughter B. applause C. tears D. scream

16.A. money B. difference C. music D. fame

17.A. stayed B. kept C. planted D. wondered

18.A. secret B. definition C. sense D. purpose

19.A. above all B. at length C. at last D. at first

20.A. while B. where C. when D. whether