He tried to go away without being noticed by the teacher, but luck ________ him.
A. went with B. went against
C. went along D. went over
China’s rich civilization ________ the world with a happy surprise at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games.
A. showed B. attracted C. presented D. performed
Mike had prepared carefully for the exam, so that he could be sure of passing it on his first _______.
A. attention B. purpose C. attempt D. desire
书面表达
假如你是李华，你的好友John热爱绘画，从小梦想成为一名画家。但他的家人极力反对，他有些犹豫不决，于是写信向你征求建议。请你给他写一封英文回信，要点如下：
1. 支持他的梦想； 2. 原因（比如：要坚守梦想，画家不一定没有好的收入，绘画是一种高尚的事业等）；3. 盼望回复。
注意：1. 词数100 左右； 2. 信的格式和开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
I hear that you are not sure about becoming an artist because of your family’s objections.
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Yours
Li Hua
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。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。
Tom and Alice were both patient in a Mental Hospital. One day they were walking by the swimming pool of the hospital while Tom suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom. Alice promptly jumped in to save him with any hesitation. She swam to the bottom and pull him out. When the medical director became aware Alice’s heroic act, he immediate reviewed her file and called her into his office. “Alice, I have a good news and bad news for you. The good news is that you’re being discharged because since you were able to save the life of other patient, I think you’ve gained your senses. The bad news is that Tom, that you saved, hanged himself with his bathrobe（浴衣）belt in the bathroom, and he was dead.”
Alice replied, “He didn’t hang him. I hung him up to dry.”
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。
Earthquakes are something 1. people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. 2. , most places in the world have them regularly. 3. (country) that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 4. (frighten) people died and numerous citizens 5. (suffer) from it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded 6. (feel) in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died, most of 7. died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed 8. number of people. The worst earthquake ever 9. (record) was also in China, 10. which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.
