Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would draw your attention to a few of our laws.
The first one is drinking. Now, you may not buy wine in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.
Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don’t make unnecessary noise, particularly, at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.
Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful, the traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossing(人行横道) and don’t take any chance when crossing the road.
My next point is about rubbish. It isn’t lawful to drop rubbish in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a dustbin.
Finally, as regards smoking, it is against law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.
I’d like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact the police, who will be pleased to help you. You can call, write or directly go to any policeman.
1.The phrase “take any chance” in the passage means .
A.冒险，碰运气 B.趁机
C.失去机会 D.生气
2.Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?
A. A guide B. A person who makes the law
C. A teacher D. An English officer
3.How many laws are there discussed in the speech?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
4.The main purpose of this speech is to ________ .
A. tell people above 18 can smoke and drink there
B. declare the different laws of England
C. give advice to travelers to the country
D. warn people against going to the country
5.From the speech we have learnt that __________ .
A. if you are 18 years of age, you may not buy wine, but your friends can buy it for you here.
B. you may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age.
C. because of the left-side traffic rule, you must use pedestrian when crossing the road.
D. you can’t make a noise except at night.
Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.
“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”
“Really?”
“Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.
“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.
“Not in my head,” said the boy.
The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I have paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”
1.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.
A. enjoyed it B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as a good medicine D. was a foolish boy
2.The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.
A. buy a fish head B. ask the fisherman a question
C. buy a whole fish D. A and C
3.The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.
A. a whole fish
B. a fish head and one pound back
C. a whole fish and one pound back
D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back
4.__________ helped the boy become cleverer.
A. A good meal B. The raw fish head
C. Nothing D. What had happened
假设你是李华，你校英语社团正在举办以读书为主题的演讲比赛。请你以“How to be a good reader?”为题写一篇英语演讲稿。
要点如下：
1．说明读书的重要性；2．如何提高阅读技能。
注意：
1．100词左右；2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．开头和结尾已写好，但不计入总词数。
How to be a good reader?
Good afternoon, everyone! The topic of my speech today is “How to be a good reader?”.
Thanks for your listening.
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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。
One day when I was still a primary school pupil, I got back home after school and find Daddy sitting in a chair reading. “Daddy, there is going to have a parents’ meeting this evening, you’re requiring to attend it,” I said to him with a low voice. Hearing this, Daddy started to comb his hair. When anything was almost ready, I begged him to take me with him. So he did it. When we got to the school gate, Daddy was surprised to find that was strangely quiet in the school. Look at his puzzled face, I told him that it was just a small meeting and that we two were only people invited. Daddy seemed to understand everything and he had to go ahead.
A young man, while travelling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. 1. water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 2. had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man3. (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 4. (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home 5. a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let 6. student taste the water. He spat it out, 7. (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 8. ？” The teacher replied，“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be9. (sweet)．”
We understand this lesson best 10. we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
Giant pandas（熊猫） are beautiful black and white ______. They look like ______. They live only in _____. They are very ______ and peaceful. They like eating _____. They never eat meat. Baby giant pandas ______a lot of time drinking their mum’s milk---more than fourteen ____ a day! Mother giant pandas have only one ______two babies______ a time. When the babies are born, they ___little white mice. There are only about_____ giant pandas in the world now. Sadly it’s very ____for giant pandas to stay alive in the world. Their number is getting ___because their living places are becoming farmlands. If ____keep taking the land, giant pandas will have ___to live. Also, people ____ them for their fur(毛皮). If this _____, then there will be no giant pandas in the world. So, what action can we take? We should _____newspapers and magazines about the giant pandas in China. We should tell them about the _____for giant pandas. If more people know about these problems, then maybe they will do _____to help.
1.A. plants B. animals C. flowers D. trees
2.A. lions B. dogs C. bears D. monkeys
3.A. Russia B. Australia C. China D. India
4.A. noisy B. terrible C. active D. quiet
5.A. bananas B. carrots C. bamboo D. cabbages
6.A. cost B. afford C. spend D. pay
7.A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. mornings
8.A. or B. and C. but D. then
9.A. on B. in C. with D. at
10.A. look as B. look at C. look like D. look up
11.A. one billion B. one thousand C. one million D. millions of
12.A. Difficult B. comfortable C. terrific D. enjoyable
13.A. bigger B. smaller C. more D. fewer
14.A. scientists B. workers C. Travelers D. farmers
15.A. anywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
16.A. protect B. feed C. help D. kill
17.A. solves B. disappears C. continues D. changes
18.A. write to B. write about C. write with D. write on
19.A. food B. problems C. lives D. environment
20.A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
