Dear Students,
I am delighted to be your guest.
I would like to tell you about myself.I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years.I chose this job so I could travel the world, but the job has taught me many unforgettable lessons.The work is sometimes difficult.I have seen famines, wars, earthquakes, poverty and death.But I have also seen courage, hope and happiness.
In India, I visited a city where there were many homeless children.Some were as young as four years old.They lived in the streets and survived by begging or stealing.But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them.Within one year, she was looking after two hundred children.She clothed them, fed them, and taught them.She gave them hope.
Another time, I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake, in one place.I found an old lady whose house was in ruins, her son was missing and rescue workers said there was no chance that he was still alive.But the old lady did not give up hope.For four days, she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself.She did not stop until she found her son.He was alive.
Here in China, I met a young boy with a serious condition.He had undergone twenty operations and spent nearly his whole life in hospital.I thought he would be sad, but when I met him, his smile was so warm and welcoming.
In life, we need role models that we can admire and learn from.When my life is difficult, I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.
1.The underlined word “ famine ”in Paragraph 2 means __________.
A.pleasure B.joy
C.luck D.extreme lack of food
2.What can we learn about Rosa?
A.She’ s a rich lady and she likes to help the homeless children.
B.She’ s a kind-hearted woman and she provides houses for the homeless children.
C.She’ s a great mother and she looks after the homeless children.
D.She’ s a good teacher and she teaches the homeless children.
3.The speaker is giving a speech to students in __________.
A.China B.Canada C.Turkey D.India
4.For what does the speaker admire the Turkish woman and the Chinese boy?
A.Their bravery. B.Their strong mind.
C.Their age. D.Their luck.
假设你是李华,你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写封回信。
要点:1.参加中文学习班;
2.看中文书刊、电视;
3.学唱中文歌曲;
4.交中国朋友。
注意:1.词数120左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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，每处错误仅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。
When I began my senior high school years, I had difficulty to learning English. I dared not speak English in public because my poor pronounce. I could not get high marks, but I always used bad grammar. Afraid of be laughed at, I never put up my hand answer questions in class. When my English teacher Miss Li learned about this, she encouraged me and lend me a hand, which helped improving my English. With his help, I became interest in English and finally got high marks. Miss Li, like a shining star, shines on my path to success.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A proverb says, “Time is money”. But in my opinion, time is even 1._______ precious than money. Why? 2._____ when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is 3._______(go), it will never return.
4._______ is known to all that the time we can use is limited. Therefore we should make5._______ use of our time to study hard so as to serve our country in 6. _____future.
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people7. _____ do not realize the value of time. They spend their precious time 8.______(play).
In a word, we should form the good habit of9.______(save) time. Do not put off what can be done today 10. ______tomorrow.
Life is often like a game of cards—you can't help the hand you're dealt，but you can help the way you play it. It's easy for us to do something without careful thinking，but it's hard for us to take back what we have done.
There was once a who repeated a bit rumor(谣言)about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community the story. The person it concerned，was deeply and annoyed. Later，the woman responsible for the rumor learned that it was completely . She was very sorry and went to a old man to find out what she could do to the damage.
“Go to the marketplace，”he said，“and a chicken，and have it . Then on your way home，pluck its feathers and drop them along the road.” surprised by this advice，the woman did she was told.
The next day the wise man said，“Now，go and collect all those you dropped yesterday and them back to me.”
The woman the same road，but to her disappointment，the wind all the feathers away. After searching for ，she returned with only three in her hand. “You see，” said the old man，“it's easy to drop them， it's impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. doesn't take much to spread a rumor，but you do，you can never completely make up for the wrong.”
1.A. boy B. man C. woman D. chicken
2.A. knew B. found C. realized D. recognized
3.A. wounded B. hurt C. injured D. attacked
4.A. collecting B. sparing C. spreading D. sharing
5.A. polite B. untrue C. suitable D. illegal
6.A. wise B. famous C. stupid D. noble
7.A. do 
B. ruin C. cause D. repair
8.A. provide B. charge C. bargain D. buy
9.A. bought B. dropped C. killed D. flown
10.A. one by one B. all in all C. day by day D. step by step
11.A. As B．Although C. Despite D．Instead
12.A. that B．it C. what D．which
13.A. feathers B．words C. action D．rumors
14.A. bring B．keep C. hold D．break
15.A. copied B．followed C. had D．instructed
16.A. blew B．should blow C. had blown D．blown
17.A. days B．times C. hours D. periods
18.A. but B. so C. and D. thus
19.A. He B. This C. That D. It
20.A. unless B. once C. until D. whether
Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “ 1. ” wise people say.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. 2. The only thing you have to do is follow his advice.
3. An old 
gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. 4. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule:” Eat at pleasure, drink at pleasure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the 
man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. 5. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor” he said,” it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
A. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks.
B. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
C. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine.
D. Health is the greatest wealth.
E. He looked cheerful and happy.
F. He was more worried about his illness.
G. Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story
