书面表达
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短文改错
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。
Mary is a 16-year-old high school student, who devoted herself to her lessons every day. Last Saturday, as usual, she went to several class. In the evening, she continued to study until deeply into night. She was too sleepy and tired that she couldn’t work effectively. On the Sunday morning, she was about to do her lessons while her father came up and advised her to take a break. Soon they came up a good idea. We decided to go cycling in the countryside. Mary had great fun, competing and chatting with her father, and felt relaxing in the open air. On Monday, Mary was energetic but active in class.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Over the years I've been teaching children about a simple 1.___________ powerful concept --- the ant philosophy (哲学).I think everybody should study ants.
They have an2.___________(amaze) four-part philosophy, and here is the first part: ants never quit. That's a good philosophy. If they're heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they'll look for 3.__________way. They'll climb over, they'll climb under, and they'll climb around. They never quit looking for a way to get where they 4.__________ (suppose) to go.
Second, ants think winter all summer. That's an important viewpoint. You can't be so naive ( 天真的) as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer and make5.___________(prepare) for the long cold winter. You’ve got to think storms when it’s fine. You've got to think rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead.
The third part of the ant philosophy is that ants think summer all winter. That is so important. During the winter, ants remind6._____________, "This won't last long. We'll soon be out of here." And on the first warm day, the ants are out. 7.___________ it turns cold again, they'll dive back down, but then they come out on the first warm day. They can't wait to get out.
And here's the last part of the ant philosophy. How much will 8.____________ ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All he9. _____________ (possible) can. What an incredible philosophy! 10.__________you can learn from the ant philosophy is: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.
完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an ________ . That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.
It was clearly not my ________ . The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even ________ because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not ________, to say the least.
The police arrived and began taking statements. I ________ that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. “So you were going about 50kmph…” he said.
“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph,” I said.
“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…” again he ________ .
In a slightly ________ tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55kmph!”
“OK, if that’s ________ you want it,” this time the officer simply replied.
I didn’t ________ it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. ________ , I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.
The city speed limit is 50km. I ________ getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company because I had ________I was doing 55km.
It suddenly ________me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t ________ about the 5kmph; he had known ________ about the insurance that I had not.
I thought about what had ________ over and over again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the ________ , but I could at least have said “Thank you” to him ________ acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.
Sometimes the ________ thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. Never forget --- to ________ , you have to be able to listen.
1.A. accident B. event C. incident D. exam
2.A. effort B. fault C. attempt D. intention
3.A. luckier B. angrier C. scarier D. sadder
4.A. frightened B. nervous C. happy D. worried
5.A. argued B. explained C. shouted D. introduced
6.A. reminded B. required C. resisted D. repeated
7.A. contented B. surprised C. puzzled D. annoyed
8.A. the speed B. the result C. the fact D. the way
9.A. believe B. imagine C. realize D. think
10.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Furthermore
11.A. gave up B. ended up C. took up D. made up
12.A. thought B. said C. insisted D. suggested
13.A. turned B. struck C. occurred D. came
14.A. talked B. found C. minded D. noticed
15.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
16.A. remained B. happened C. passed D. ended
17.A. reality B. course C. truth D. cause
18.A. more than B. instead of C. regardless of D. other than
19.A. happiest B. easiest C. worst D. hardest
20.A. hear B. learn C. say D. Think
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Home on the Way
People need homes. Children assume their parents’ place as home. Boarders call school “home” on weekdays. Married couples work together to build new homes and travelers have no place to call “home”, at least for a few nights. 1.? Don’t they have the right to a home? Of course they do.
Some regular travelers take their own belongings like bed sheets, pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matter where they are. Some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants. 2. .Furthermore, driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home—only mobile!
And how about keeping relationships while in transit(运输中)? 3.. Some send letters and postcards, or even photos. Others may just call and say Hi just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. 4..
Nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another “home” waiting to be found. 5. , we can make the place we stay “home”.
A. Hostels(招待所) provide a clean safe place to stay while you are travelling the world
B. Others may simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely
C. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends,even closer than siblings(手足)
D. So how about people who have to travel for extended periods of time
E. No matter where you go in the world,hotels are there,too
F. Some keep contact with their friends via Internet
G. Wherever we are,with just a little bit of effort and imagination
Children’s lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?
It’s difficult to look back on one’s own childhood without some element of nostalgia(怀旧的). I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure.
These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically. Firstly, families are smaller. It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn’t time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today’s boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. This is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn’t dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.
Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood. The irony(讽刺) is that so many ways of playing games are called “interactive”. The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today.
Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.
1.What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?
A. To get people’s attention and lead in the topic.
B. To gather people’s opinions on childhood.
C. To show who the passage is written for.
D. To compare the childhood lives of two generations.
2.Which is NOT a reason for the changes?
A. Families are smaller today.
B. Parents worried too much about their children.
C. Toys can be played by children alone at home.
D. It’s too dangerous to play outside.
3.What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph?
A. Young people today shouldn’t play electronic games.
B. Some games that young people play today aren’t really good.
C. Computer and video games have replaced the board games.
D. Board games are much more interesting than computer games.
4.The writer’s attitude towards the childhood changing is ________ .
A. approving B. unconcerned
C. objective D.optimistic