老师为我指出了写作中的错误。
The teacher ______ the mistakes in my writing.
音乐会现场至少有一千人。
There are ______ one thousand people at the concert.
由于天气恶劣,比赛被取消了。
The match was ______ because of the bad weather.
(A-2)从A—G选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。(选项中有两项是多余的)
A: Hi, Peter, I hear that you’ve begun to stay in the school dormitory (学生宿舍).1.
B: Yes. It can save me a lot of time riding my bike to school.
A:2. What is the dormitory like?
B: It’s OK, but not perfect.
A: Why?3.
B: Today I overslept and missed my breakfast.
A:4.
B: Yes. Some boys kept talking until midnight last night. So I couldn’t fall asleep.
A:5.
B: Wow, a good idea! Thank you.
A.How are you going to do that?
B.Is that so?
C.You overslept?
D.What was the matter?
E.I guess you can talk with them.
F.Oh, I was sleeping at that time.
G.That’s really true.
Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw "an advertisement in a newspaper. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting."
"This sounds a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside."
He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first day of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home.
"What's wrong with West Hill Farm?" his best friend, Ed, asked him. "Didn't you enjoy?"
"Country life was very good." Henry said. "But there was another problem."
"Oh, what?"
"Well," he said, "the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner."
"What's wrong with that?" Ed asked. "Fresh meat is the best."
"I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner."
"Lucky you!"
"You don't understand." Henry said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner."
"A different roast every day," Ed said loudly, "and you are complaining!"
"Let me finish." Henry said." On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare stay for dinner!"
1.How did Henry find out about the farm?
A.He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.
B.His best friend told him.
C.He wrote to the farmer.
2.Henry came back home several days later because ________.
A.he didn't like the country life at all
B.the farmer wasn't friendly to him
C.he thought he might have to eat the farmer
3.The underlined word "complaining" means ________.
A.抱怨 B.夸奖 C.训斥
4.Which of the following is true?
A.Henry thought he could enjoy a change.
B.Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.
C.Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.What a beautiful farm!
B.A short holiday.
C.Henry and the farmer.
(2014福建福州)
Gabriel Garcia Márquez,who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982,passed away at the age of 86 on April 17,2014.The world paused to remember the cultural giant(巨匠).
Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City.As one of the most famous writers,he was widely regarded as“a giant of 20th-century literature”.Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called“magical realism(魔幻现实主义)”.In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history.But meanwhile,magical things happen to them.
Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel,One Hundred Years of Solitude(《百年孤独》),which has sold about 50 million copies.It tells the tale of the small andIsolatedtown of Macondo which was separated from the outside world—of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years.The story is a metaphor(暗喻)for the development of Colombia since the 19th century.As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said,Garcia Márquez wrote about“the very essence(精髓)of the Latin American being”.
1.Garcia Márquez was born in the year________.
A.1914
B.1928
C.1967
D.1982
2.We can know from Paragragh 2 that Garcia Márquez________.
A.was born in Mexico City
B.spent most of his adult life in Colombia
C.had a writing style called“magical realism”
D.was famous but lived a simple daily life
3.The underlined word“isolated”means________.
A.隔绝的
B.安逸的
C.喧嚣的
D.繁华的
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez?
A.He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
B.His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was a great success.
C.He was widely known as“a giant of 20th-century literature”.
D.Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.
5.The writer quotes(引述)from the President to________.
A.praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement
B.show the deep sadness of the President
C.explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez
D.describe the character of Garcia Márquez