随着习近平主席及其夫人对英国的正式访问，当地的人们对中国产生了浓厚的兴趣。你的英国笔友Peter想让你向他推荐一个能够很好了解中国的途径。请根据下列信息，给Peter写一封推荐信，介绍一个 “阅读中国””Reading About China”的读书活动。
内容要点：1.英国115家书店展销43000余册中国图书（英文版）
2.书籍内容：中国传统文化，旅游，城市，著名人物等
3.活动时间：为期3周（10月20日开始）
词数：100词左右
Dear Peter,
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。
As new students at an university in Boston, many of us were unfamiliar with the campus but frequently late for class. One professor, however, was absolute against being late, making clear that no excuse would be acceptable. So when a girl student came in his class one morning late, we expected the worst results. It left the professor so annoying that he demand the reason . “The reason is that my waiting online to buy your new book.” She replied very nervously. Delighted at being admired , the professor asked the rest of the class , “ Well , how were not the rest of you late？”
单词拼写：根据汉语提示写出单词或短语的正确形式（1-5题为单词，6-20题为短语）（共20个小题，每小题0.5分，共计10分）
1.紧急的adj. u________________
2.居民 n. i________________
3.巨大的 adj. v_______________
4.羽毛 n. f________________
5.战役，活动 n. c________________
6.废料，垃圾 n. g_________________
7.发生 v. o______________
8.原则，准则 n. p________________
9.辞职 v. r_________________
10.民用的，国内的 adj. c_______________
11.容纳（乘客等）v. a________________
12.(历史的) 遗迹，遗物 n. r______________
13.幸运地，幸亏 adv. f____________
14.预告，预报 vt. f________________
15.迁移，搬迁 vt. r______________
16.有意义，有道理 _____ _____
17.突然遭遇（风暴等）_____ _____ _____
18.浏览 _____ _____
19.依据 _____ _____ _____
20.努力 _____ _____
语法填空 每小题1.5分 共15分
A: Now let’s go back to your first novel, Rag Doll. When did you write 1. ?
B: Rag Doll, yes. I wrote it in 1960, a year after I left school.
A: How old were you then?
B: Um, eighteen? Yes, eighteen, because a year later I went to Indonesia.
A: Mm. And of course it was your 2. (experience) in Indonesia that inspired your first film Eastern Moon.
B: Yes, that’s right, although I didn’t 3. (actual) make Eastern Moon until 1978.
A: And you worked in television for a time too?
B: Yes, I started making documentaries for television in 1973, when I was thirty. That was after I gave up farming.
A: Farming?
B: Yes, that’s right. You see, I 4. (stay) in Indonesia for eight years. I met my wife there in 1965, and we came back and bought a farm 5. the west of England, in 1970. It was really 6. kind of experiment .
A: But you gave up three years later.
B: Well, yes. You see it was very hard work, and I was also very busy 7. (work) on my second novel, the Cold Earth, 8. came out in 1975.
A: Yes, that was a best-seller, 9. it?
B: Yes, it was, and that’s why only two years after that I was able to give 10. televisionwork and fix my attention on films and that sort of thing.
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子). He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed for Karen until the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes ... every minute. But something serious during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious . With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The days passed by. The little girl got . The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope."Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral(葬礼).
After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he said. Kids were never in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind to take Michael they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She him in an oversized suit and him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby the battle to live. And he began to sing. the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…”
the baby girl responded. The pulse rate began to down and became steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” encouraged Karen. “You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping…” Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
Funeral plans were . The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!
1.A. sang B. talked C. played D. whispered
2.A. quietly B. toughly C. normally D. hopefully
3.A. rose B. raised C. arose D. aroused
4.A. condition B. place C. situation D. position
5.A. took B. rushed C. carried D. sent
6.A. worse B. better C. conscious D. awake
7.A. made up B. fixed up C. built up D. set up
8.A. until B. when C. after D. before
9.A. asked B. admitted C. allowed D. acknowledged
10.A. no matter B. even if C. whether D. as if
11.A. dressed B. put C. wore D. fit
12.A. forced B. marched C. hid D. followed
13.A. required B. replied C. recognized D. regarded
14.A. mild-mannered B. well-managed C. warm-hearted D. cold-blooded
15.A. tough B. strong C. hard D. firm
16.A. lost B. losing C. lose D. having lost
17.A. In B. On C. At D. With
18.A. Finally B. Patiently C. Instantly D. Interestingly
19.A. quiet B. calm C. slow D. fast
20.A. changed B. prepared C. abandoned D. switched
七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Each Indian tribe had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound. __1._
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. __2.Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. _3.__
The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. _4.__ He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. __5._ At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
A. This meant that there was danger.
B. He might use a blanket.
C. Different things mean different to them.
D. One way was by sign language ; the other way by signals.
E. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
F. But they still can make themselves understood.
G. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining.
