此题要求改正所给短文中的错误,对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边的横线上划一个(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误);则按下列情况改正:
此行多一词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意:原行没有错的不要改。
Dear Editor,
I’m a senior high school student, named Li Hua. Now many students
have iPods and think it’s a fashion to use it. Using an iPod , we can listen
to music, downloading a lot of learning materials and read them on the
screen. Apparently, it is helpful to our study, specially to our English listening.
Some students, however, take their iPods to the classroom and listen to
music with earphones, which make the teacher and other students greatly
annoyed. What’s worse, some of them even waste the precious time in class
playing video games.
In my opinion, as students, we shall make good use of iPod to
help achieve academic successes. Classroom is a place for students to
study, and therefore concentration awfully needed for us to learn
our lessons. Furthermore, the school should make a rule to guide the
students to use iPods in a proper way.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项多余选项。
—He is very good, isn’t he?
— 1
—I said the singer was great.
— 2
—Have you seen him here before?
— 3 I think he probably writes the music and words because I’ve never heard any of the songs before.
—It’s not fair.
— 4
—People with musical ability like that have to stand around here to make a living.
—Perhaps he enjoys it or makes more money than you think.
— 5
A.What do you mean? |
B.Sorry, what did you say? |
C.I hope so. |
D.Do you like popular music? |
E. Be quiet, listen to him.
F. Yes and interesting to watch.
G. Oh, yes. He’s always at exactly the same place on Saturdays when I come into town.
I have nothing to say about whether or not "A Day Without Immigrants" had a positive or negative effect on the question of how the federal government should deal with the huge population of undocumented illegal immigrants in this country. I'll leave that question to others.
Regardless of how you feel about the event, one conclusion is obvious. Using the theme of" A Day Without" as a way to focus national attention on a particular subject is a great idea, and could serve as a method for increasing public awareness about other issues that affect daily life in America. Here are my top three examples:
"A Day Without Speeding." How hard could this be? If all drivers would strictly obey every posted speed limit on highways, downtown, on neighborhood streets, and in parking lots for one 24-hour cycle, the benefits would be huge.
"A Day Without Losing Your Temper." A higher degree of difficulty here, and I know that from personal experience. When something goes wrong at home or on the job, there may be brief satisfaction in yelling or kicking the furniture, but erupting with anger usually doesn't do anything to solve the problem, and in many cases it makes the situation more unpleasant.
"A Day Without Having All The Answers." I would like to get a break from hearing anyone speak the phrase, "Here's what you're doing wrong." Right now the US is jampacked with citizens who believe they can point out the cause of every single problem in existence and then solve it on the spot. I believe they need to be quiet sometimes and use their ears instead of their voices.
I wonder how would average Americans react to such a collective pause? Would it be a day of angry protests, or joyful celebrations?
1.The first paragraph suggests .
A.the writer is against A Day Without Immigrants |
B.immigrants are not equally treated by the US federal government |
C.the writer cares little about the problems of the country. |
D.some people move to America without the permission of the US government |
2."The event" in the second paragraph is related to .
A."A Day Without Immigrants" |
B."A Day Without Having All The Answers" |
C."A Day Without Speeding" |
D."A Day Without Losing Your Temper" |
3.According to the writer, losing one's temper is .
A.personal |
B.satisfying |
C.pointless |
D.unpleasant |
4.The writer suggest a day without having all the answers because .
A.he thinks the American are too proud |
B.he doesn't think what he is doing is wrong |
C.he wants others to keep quiet |
D.the writer is so tired that he needs a break |
URBANA, ILL. (AP)--Mike dropped out of college to support his pregnant(怀孕的) girlfriend and now works as a manager of a trucking company, Lynn graduated with honors from Harvard University and was hired as a lawyer with a top law firm in a major city. What do these two people have in common? Ten years ago they were both high school valedictorians (致告别辞者).
A University of Illinois study follows the lives of 81 valedictorians and salutatorians (致词的学生代表) who graduated a decade ago from public and private high schools in the state.
Tales of Success and Failure
The study found tales of success and failure. The research on 46 women and 35 men found that some were doctors and scientists, one was a drug addict, another was a waitress with emotional problems.
"There is a popular idea about people who do well in school doing well in life," said Terry Denny, professor of education. Denny conducted the study with Karen Arnold, a former graduate student of Denny' s who is now a professor at Boston College. Denny and Arnold contacted the 81 students before graduation, and then followed up with interviews nearly every other year. They also sent them questionnaires in the mail.
Varied Careers
One-third of the students are lawyers, or have a doctorate. Nineteen are in business and 15 are engineers or computer scientists. Others include a farmer, a stock broker, and an aerobics instructor.
Arnold says many of the students have only average positions in the work world and that "most are not headed for greatness in their careers." Denny, however, says that it is too early to make such predictions. "Who expects someone to be on the Supreme Court at the age of 28 or to be the discoverer of an important scientific invention right after college?" he said. "These students are just getting started in life. They are just beginning to find out what life is all about."
1.What can we conclude from Paragraph 1?
A.Mike got married before he went to college. |
B.Lynn was honored by a law firm in the city. |
C.Mike was not so lucky as Lynn after graduating from college. |
D.Mike and Lynn both graduated first in their high school class. |
2.According to the article Denny is probably older than Arnold because .
A.Denny was her professor |
B.Arnold did well at school. |
C.Denny interviewed some students |
D.Arnold helped Denny in the research |
3.What is probably the best title for the article?
A.Successful Careers for College Graduates |
B.Success in Education Predicts Success in Later Life |
C.High School Honors Not Always Key to Life Success |
D.A study on Successful Jobs and College Graduates |
4.Who probably wrote this article?
A.College graduates |
B.Reporters |
C.Professors and researchers |
D.Teachers |
The Winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol". Fox's unbelievable successful contest crashed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off the air, but its overall audience of 18.6 million was the least-watched winter Olympics telecast since Nagano's closing ceremonies in 1998, Nielsen said.
Since its opening on Friday, the Turin games have been running well below the 2002 Salt Lake City games in viewership interest. Much of that was expected, but Tuesday's rating was the first alarming sign for NBC that increased TV competition has taken a toll.
"The competition from 'Idol' is heavier than the Olympics has ever seen," said NBC Sports spokeswoman Alana Russo.
It doesn't figure to get any easier, with "Idol" and ABC's "Lost" on the air Wednesday. CBS' "Survivor" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" offer more competition on Thursday.
Even figure skating, the most popular winter Olympics sport for viewers, didn't help much on Tuesday. NBC filled about two-thirds of the hour during which it competed with "American Idol" with tape of the men's figure-skating competition.
Through five nights of Olympics coverage, NBC's average prime time rating is 12.7 ( a rating point represents 1,102, 000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 110.2 million TV homes). NBC said before the games started that it had promised its advertisers a rating of between 12 and 14. If it slips below that, NBC will have to make it up to advertisers with free commercial time.
" ‘American Idol' is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, president of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking fight where we planned to be at this point." Between NBC and its networks, about 65 percent of the nation's television homes have tuned in at least some of the games.
1.How many viewers watched the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night?
A.110.2 million |
B.12.7 million |
C.27million |
D.16.1million |
2.What did NBC do on Tuesday night to attract more viewers?
A.To ask the "idol" to go off the air. |
B.To play the tapes of men's figure skating. |
C.To add "Survivor" to its program. |
D.To do more advertising. |
3.If the rating slips below 12, NBC will .
A.do more advertising for nothing |
B.stop running normally |
C.never cover the Olympics |
D.pay extra money for advertisers |
4.What does the underlined word "taken a toll" mean?
A.paid off. |
B.caused loss. |
C.broken out. |
D.picked up. |
It is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond. Pluto's recent departure from the classical planet family clearly proves that size really matters.
Astronomers voted on August 24 to create the first scientific definition of the word planet, and Pluto obviously didn't make the cut. It turned out to be only a "dwarf planet" (矮行星). After weeks of heated debate, over 2,500 astronomers from 73 countries voted on the definition of a "planet" at a conference of the international Astronomical Union (IAU). According to the definition, a planet must have a clear neighborhood around its orbit. Pluto has widely been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930. Unfortunately, it has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptune's. It is all because, compared with Neptune, Pluto is very small. It is attracted by Neptune's gravity when the two planets get closer.
According to IAU, a "dwarf planet" should have an orbit around the Sun. It will not have a clear neighborhood around its orbit, and must not be a satellite. The new classification means that the science textbooks will have to be updated. The solar system is now made up of the eight "classical planets," together with a number of dwarf planets. The classical planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The debate over Pluto's status started in 1992. After an advanced telescope was sent into space, astronomers started find a belt of objects, which lies beyond Neptune. The belt contains nearly 1,000 objects, including Pluto. As they continued the exploration, scientists recently discovered at least 41 dwarf planets at the edges of the solar system. There are at least two objects of a similar size to Pluto.
It seems that even if the IAU had kept Pluto's status as a planet, the classical theory of nine planets in the solar system would have had to be changed, but the other way around. More dwarf, planets of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Scientists will probably find many more dwarf planets.
1.According to the passage, Pluto is .
A.a planet which has a clear neighborhood around its orbit |
B.a satellite of Neptune which was discovered in 1930 |
C.the smallest planet in the solar system |
D.a planet which has an orbit around the sun |
2.The sentence "It is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond" quoted in the beginning of the passage is used to .
A.tell us a small fish can hardly survive in the big pond |
B.tell us the size of an object really matters |
C.mean that a small planet can hardly exist in the solar system |
D.explain the disappearanee of Pluto in the solar system |
3.From the last paragraph we can infer that if IAU kept Pluto's status as a planet, the number of planets in the solar system would be .
A.eight |
B.nine |
C.less than nine |
D.more than nine |
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true aceording to the passage?
A.According to definition of a "planet", if Pluto were bigger it would not have left the classic planet family. |
B.It's quite possible for dwarfs to lose if they compete with big men |
C.Pluto has a special orbit which overlap with Neptune's, because it is so small as to be attraeted by Neptune's gravity when the two planets get closer |
D.A "dwarf planet", which can not be a satellite without a clear neighborhood around its orbit, should have an orbit around the Sun. |