Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
This was no ordinary dog. Dyngo, a ten-year-old Belgian Malinois, 1. (train) to move his 87-pound body toward people, locking his jaws around them. He 2. (serve) three tours in Afghanistan and had saved thousands of lives. I had traveled across the country to retrieve Dyngo 3. he could live out his remaining years with me in civilian retirement.
That first Arizona night, Dyngo sat on my hotel bed 4. (wait) for me. 5. I drifted off to sleep, I felt his body twitch, and I smiled: Dyngo is a dog who dreams. The next morning, I gave him a toy and went to shower. When I emerged from the bathroom, it was like stepping into a henhouse 6. feathers floated in the air In the middle of the bed was Dyngo, panting over a pile of shredded pillows. On the flight home, 7. (sit) at my feet in the roomy first row, Dyngo soon had bouts of vomiting in between his attempts to shred the Harry Potter blanket I’d brought. The pilot announced 8. military status, inspiring applause from the whole cabin.
I met Dyngo in 2012 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and had heard about how Dyngo had saved many lives in Afghanistan. In early 2011, Kitts and Dyngo boarded a helicopter on their way 9. a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Dyngo wore a wide choke chain and a vest that said MWD Police K-9 to indicate 10. he was a military-working dog.
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
England became England, the land of English-speaking people, at the beginning of the Middle Ages. 1. that it had been the home of Iron Age Tribes known as Celts, and for a time, part of the Roman Empire. Then beginning in the 400s AD, tribes from the north, known as the angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, 2. (move) in.
The most famous leader of this time period in England was Alfred the Great. Alfred lived in Wessex, the kingdom of the West Saxons, which 3. (locate) in the southern part of England. He was a good leader 4. made his kingdom stronger. He created a system of defenses (防御), 5. (call) burhs, across the country. He reorganized the army so that his men 6. have time to fight and time to farm. Alfred s efforts protected his people from the Vikings and allowed Wessex to grow. Eventually the rulers of Wessex would rule all of England.
Alfred also made other improvements. He made laws for his people. He encouraged learning and translated several important books 7. his Saxon language. This was 8. modern people think of as the start of the language we call English today.
Two important pieces of literature from that time period are the anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Beowulf, both 9. (write) in old English. Old English lasted through most of the Middle Ages. Middle English came in during the late Middle ages and modern english began about the time of the renaissance.
England and English got their names, not from the Saxons, but from one of the other tribes, and Angles. The original name of England must have been 10. like Angle-land (only in old English of course).
假定你是李华，最近你在当地报纸上看到一则游泳培训班的广告，称其有称职教练，一周包会。考虑到大学要开设游泳课，而你还不会，所以想在暑假参加训练。请你写一封咨询信了解相关情况，要点如下：
1. 训练的具体时间和地点；
2. 课程大概内容和费用；
3. 其他注意事项。
相关词汇：教练instructor
注意：1. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 词数100左右；
3. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li 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。
Yesterday I watched a circus show. A girl rode an one-wheeled bike on a small table with a lot of flower on it. She didn’t knock down even one flower. Some little dogs also did a better job. One of them could calculate the number!
The most exciting program was to see a young man walk the tightrope. He stood on a rope with a balanced pole in his hands. Two girls stood on his head, which made himself have no alternative but keep holding up. Therefore, another two girls sat on the red belt tying to either end of a steel bar on his shoulder. The young man took his first step of great care. Every viewer held out his breath. At last he succeed in walking across the 8-meter-long tightrope.
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。
Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter 1. (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in 2. (fog) conditions, and the cause of the crash is still 3. investigation.
Bryant was 4. (wide) considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many 5. (celebrity) showed their great grief over the 6. (lose) of the great basketball player. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, “Kobe 7. (remember) most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and he will always be.” All-time basketball great Michael Jordan said Kobe was a 8. (choose) one and he would miss those conversations very much.
Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, 9. the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be 10. it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.
Ironing has been my love since my mother taught me how to use it. I was delighted at seeing the _________. Ironing was also a great thing to do while I was _________ my favorite TV programs. My mother had the ironing board _________ in our TV room. When I went to college, my mother ensured that I had an iron _________ for a college dormitory room. _________ I began to work, I could _________ spend time in ironing, for I was always busy. However, I found it relaxing, and still _________.
I’ve now retired and started to _________ other passions. My parents have passed away, and I’ve been _________ their home and things. Throughout the house, I’ve found closet after closet of __________ironed bed covers, table cloths, and clothes — all done by my mother.
After almost a lifetime of ironing, I now realize that my __________ is grounded in much more than delighting in neatness. Ironing was central to my mother’s __________: She was lovely, thoughtful, and careful. Her approach to caring for our family and home __________ those personalities. I even still __________ playing happily at my mother’s feet while she was doing the ironing. Until now I come to realize that my __________ in ironing was deeply __________ by my mother. For my mother, ironing was a good way to __________ her enormous gratitude for her life.
Recently, I have been ironing my mother’s __________ of old table cloths, clothes...
I think it is really a good way to show my __________ for her. It is also an important task to iron them. __________, it’s also become a good way for me to show my gratitude for life!
1.A.simplicity B.greatness C.elegance D.tidiness
2.A.searching B.viewing C.designing D.reviewing
3.A.set up B.set off C.set down D.set apart
4.A.famous B.suitable C.responsible D.enough
5.A.If B.Before C.After D.Though
6.A.frequently B.casually C.hardly D.merely
7.A.attractive B.typical C.routine D.unusual
8.A.occupy B.seek C.forget D.challenge
9.A.calling at B.passing by C.breaking into D.clearing out
10.A.formally B.roughly C.beautifully D.swiftly
11.A.talent B.enjoyment C.confidence D.determination
12.A.character B.identity C.ambition D.ability
13.A.shaped B.improved C.reflected D.ensured
14.A.avoid B.remember C.permit D.appreciate
15.A.faith B.pride C.trust D.interest
16.A.touched B.favored C.influenced D.sponsored
17.A.advertise B.express C.support D.distribute
18.A.decoration B.luggage C.artwork D.collection
19.A.love B.care C.preference D.dependence
20.A.Therefore B.However C.Anyway D.Somewhat
