For a long time we walked without saying ______ word and eventually Jack was the first to break ______ silence.
A. the; a B. a; the C. a；/ D. the；/
According to a new study by a Chinese newspaper, many young Chinese people are forgetting how to write their traditional Chinese characters. It is quite common that most Chinese school children grow up remembering more than 3,000 Chinese characters. However, the study shows they seldom need to write them by hand and are forgetting these characters. Instead, young people today are using their mobile phones and computers to write in a system called “pinyin” on the key board. A list of characters then appears on the screen for the writer to pick out the right one. The report said 83% of the 2,072 respondents (调查对象) have problems writing characters, while 43% said they only write when they need to sign something.
The problem is that they often take up their pens and forget the characters. Chinese characters are the oldest writing system in use in the world. They date back over 3,000 years. University student Li Hanwei, 21, said, “I can remember the shape, but I can’t remember the strokes (笔划) when I need to write it. It’s a bit of a problem. ” The phenomenon is common in China as well as in Japan, where Chinese characters are also used in writing.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30词概括上文的主要内容；
2. 以约120个词就“Don’t forget Chinese characters” 为题，写一篇短文，内容包括如下要点：
（1）简述汉字的遗忘现象;
（2）简析遗忘汉字的原因；
（3）我们应如何防止遗忘汉字，传承中华文化。
【写作要求】
你可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
下面短文中共有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在该句下面写出该加的词。
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。
Nowadays, some students would not like to live in a dormitory. Instead, they rented houses outside the school. There are advantages for them all. Living in a dormitory can increase friendship and cooperation among classmates, but of course it is safer. Besides, a dormitory is more like a society, where enables students to learn to get along with each other, thus preparing the social life later. As for renting houses to live lonely, it’s better for your study as you can feel freely in your own room without being interrupted by others. As a result, you can have a plenty of time to devote yourself to review your lessons wholeheartedly. But there may appear a few safety problem as you live outside the school. Anyhow as a student, I prefer living in a dormitory.
—What shall we do tonight then?
— ________ —whatever you want.
A. Help yourself B. It’s a deal
C. It’s up to you D. No problem
American women usually identify their best friend as someone ________ they can talk frequently.
A. who B. as
C. about which D. with whom
The streets are all dry. It ________ during the night.
A. must have rained B. can’t have rained
C. couldn’t rain D. shouldn’t have rained
