In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”,once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1,25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at he beginning?
A. To bring Europe together again.
B. To honor heroes of World War 11.
C. To introduce young theatre groups.
D. To attract great artists from Europe.
2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They owned a public house there.
B. They came to take up a challenge.
C. They thought they were also famous.
D. They wanted to take part in the festival.
3.Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?
A. They owned a public house there
B. University students.
C. Artists from around the world.
D. Performers of music and dance.
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival.
A. has become a non-official event
B. has gone beyond an art festival
C. gives shows all year round
D. keeps growing rapidly
假设你叫李华，是一家英文杂志社的心理咨询师。某中学生小王给你写信，提到自己偏胖，想节食减肥，征求你的意见。请你给她回一封信，谈谈你对该问题的见解。内容要点如下：
1. 健康比漂亮重要
2. 学生以学习为主，不要过于注重外貌和别人的看法
3. 可以通过多锻炼身体来保持健康，要改变不良的饮食习惯
4. 健康的心态也很重要
注意：1. 短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥
2. 词数：100左右 3.参考词汇： state of mind 心态
Dear Xiao Wang,
I have received and read your letter, in which you mentioned that you wanted to lose weight by dieting.____________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
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限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
During the weekend I traveled by air the first time in my life. I generally travel by train and bus. It is both cheaper and safe. But this was a short journey. In the beginning I did not feel very happily, but this feeling did not last longer. The journey was very exciting. I was soon high up in the sky among the cloud. The views of mountains, fields and rivers were interested. I enjoyed my short and comfortable journey very much. This experience has shown that traveling in air is actually the most safest way of make journeys.
1.Tom and Mary ___________ (come) to China last month.
2.My parents _____________（watch）TV now.
3.My mother and father____________ (walk) to the office every day.
4.I advise her______________(use) a dictionary.
5.He enjoyed ________ (play) basketball when he was young.
6.She is ____________ (interest) in reading books.
7.hey saw a very_________(excite) film yesterday.
8.He speaks so_______ (quick) that no one can understand him.
9.Please ________ (close) the door.
10.He can________ (finish) the work himself.
There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons. She was worried them, especially the younger one, Ben, he was not doing well in school, Boys in his class fun of him because he seemed so .
The mother that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a a week and do a report about it for her．
One day，in Ben’s , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben up his hand and the teacher let him . “Why did Ben raise his hand？” they wondered. He said anything; what could he possibly want to say？
Well, Ben not only the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ．
Ben later went on to the of his class.When he finished high school, he went to Yale University at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．
After Ben had grown up，he something about his mother that he did not know as a She，herself，had never learned how to ．
1.A．about B. on C. with D. over
2.A．because B. so C. but D. though
3.A．played B. got C. took D. made
4.A．clever B. hard C. slow D. quick
5.A．asked B. decided C. forgot D. heard
6.A．made B. let C. told D. considered
7.A．notice B. message C. book D. question
8.A．class B. room C. office D. lab
9.A．looked B. gave C. took D. put
10.A．think B. leave C. stand D. speak
11.A．always B. even C. quickly D. never
12.A．found B. played C. knew D. threw
13.A．whether B. when C. where D. why
14.A．afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy
15.A．pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports
16.A．top B. end C. back D. side
17.A．so B. and C. or D. however
18.A．learnt B. remembered C. understood D. guessed
19.A．doctor B. child C. student D. teacher
20.A．read B. work C. teach D. show
Now I’d like to talk to you about your final exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of the exam week. Remember to bring two or three pens in case you run out of ink. And unlike the midterm exam, this test will not include multiple --- choice questions; it will consist entirely of essays(文章). You’ll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive (全面的), which means you’ll be responsible for all of the subject matters we covered in class this term, I would suggest you review your midterm exam as well as textbooks and your class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course. The research project (项目) will count as 20 percent and the midterm exam 30 percent. I’ll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If you run into any problems, please drop in. Good luck to you and I’ll see you on Tuesday.
1. When will the final exam take place?
A. On Tuesday B. On a Wednesday
C. On a Thursday D. On a Friday
2.What will be included in the exam?
A. There will be only multiple-choice questions.
B. The exam will contain both multiple-choice and essay questions.
C. The exam will have an oral and a written section.
D. There will be only essay questions.
3.Why does the teacher call the exam comprehensive?
A. It will be easy to understand.
B. Students will be tested on all the material discussed in class.
C. It will cover topics from a wide variety of subjects.
D. Students must complete all parts of it.
4.The underlined phrase run into probably means .
A. go into
B. meet somebody unexpectedly
C. come up against something with force
D. come across
5.When was this talk most likely given?
A. During the first week of class
B. During midterm week
C. On the last day of class
D. On the last day of exam week
