—Is there a holiday recently?
—There_____ be. It has been informed that we will continue to study for another three weeks.
A.won’t B.mustn’t C.may not D.can’t
—How do you find ____ park?
—Well, ____ great one. It has left a deep impression on me.
A./; the B./; a C.the; a D.the; the
为了号召大家多读书，你校组织了一次“阅读日”(Reading Day)活动。假设你是校英文报的记者，请根据以下要点用英语写一篇短文，报道此活动。
主要内容包括：1.活动目的；
2.活动时间、地点和参加者；
3.活动内容；
4. 简短评论。
注意: 1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。作文中共有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 don’t remember exact how old I was when I began to ride a bike. I only remembered how I practiced riding a bike in early years. When I first successfully rode a bike, that remains a vivid memory, my brother helped me with holding the back seat of the bike when I was riding. “Wow, I did it!” cried I, as soon as he noticed I was riding without his hands hold it! I learnt quickly, and soon, even though my feet were not touching the ground, but I was able to cycle around six kilometer a day to school! It’s so lovely to remember which happened at that time.
Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her ________ was to go to the post office every day and ______ the company mail. One day in December, she ______ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus _____ on the corner of the street. Each day she ______her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and _______ her a Merry Christmas.
At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Claus ______stood in the cold wind. ______ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.
A week later, a(n) ______ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ______ today.” She prayed for his health.
Later that day, a colleague came into her office _______. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex—husband,” her colleague _______, “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, _____ my ex—husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year. ” The lady _______ her colleague, “I’m sure everything will ______ It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles (奇迹).”
That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s _______, “I know we don’t have much money to _____ , but I'd like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for _______ but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”
She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ______ her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus—and he had ______ her !
1.A. family B. job C. life D. religion
2.A. take out B. go through C. bring in D. pick up
3.A. spotted B. watched C. sensed D. followed
4.A. standing B. waiting C. playing D. performing
5.A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw
6.A. send B. wish C. offer D. tell
7.A. even B. just C. still D. yet
8.A. Although B. If C. Since D. After
9.A. honest B. new C. considerate D. strong
10.A. sad B. poor C. cold D. sick
11.A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble
12.A. concluded B. decided C. continued D. commented
13.A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise
14.A. reminded B. amused C. teased D. comforted
15.A. work out B. come back C. run out D. open up
16.A. message B. suggestion C. situation D. example
17.A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay
18.A. ourselves B. themselves C. us D. others
19.A. off B. to C. among D. through
20.A. relaxed B. doubted C. married D. shaped
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Small talk is a good way to make friends. If you travel to other countries or have friends from abroad, do you know how to use small talk to make conversation?
In Britain, the best topic is the weather. British weather is changing all the time. 1.
Besides weather, it’s good to talk about gardens with British. You could say, “Those roses look really beautiful, don’t they?”2. So it’s nice to start with “What a lovely dog! What is his name?”
In America, people like to talk about sports news, such as American football and basketball. 3. So you might say, “It’s a nice shirt! Where did you get it?”
4.Don’t ask people “How old are you?” Never ask : “How much money do you make?” It makes people uncomfortable. Don’t ask strangers whether they are married. 5.There are others in our daily life.
A.English people love their pets.
B.Politics or religion is not a good topic for two people that have just met either.
C.Friends are important to us all, but how to make friends is a problem.
D.You can start chatting by saying “It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?”
E.There are also a lot of topics to avoid during small talk.
F.Only a few topics are not used for discussion.
G.Americans also talk about clothes.
