—It is reported that a school bus fell into a river and 14 pupils were killed in Hunan Province the other day.
—Yes,_____ news came as _____ shock to all of us.
A. the;the B .a;/ C. the;a D./;a
To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English______ as much as we can.
A. speak B. speaking C. spoken D. to speak
So far nobody has claimed the money_______ in the library.
A. discovered B. to be discovered C. discovering D. having discovered
—Where did you get to know her?
—It was on the farm______ we worked.
A. that B. there C. which D. where
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。错误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：在错的词下面划一横线，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。
After failing in the exam，my life got such dark that I didn't want to study any more. I always hid myself in his bedroom and cried quietly. In my family，I felt I am never important. I was not allowed to watch TV，using the computer or go out unless permitted. What's more，I had to stay in the study except when having meals. I almost lost my heart.
But one evening，my friend Zhang Wen came special to see me. She told me，“Nothing is impossible. You should believe in yourself.” Encouraging by what she said，I regained confidence，and made up my mind study. I hoped that I could catch up to others
About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 1.________States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.
But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits on states in measuring performance.
2.________This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. The idea is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.
3._______The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.
On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 4.________.
The new assessment method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 5._________.
Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.
A.The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph.
B.Reading and writing scores also show growth.
C.For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance.
D.Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure.
E.But three years later, most are outperforming other students across the state.
F.However, the limits don’t work at all.
G.The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.
