It was 7:00 am in Kyoto, Japan, and the taxi company had just called a second time to say they couldn’t find my house. Once again I spelt out directions even a blind person could follow. I glanced impatiently at my watch, and waited. Only two hours remained until my flight left—and it was an hour and a half trip to the airport.
Outside, heavy rains were pouring down. My house was so far north in the city that buses pass only here times a day.
The telephone rang again. “Terribly sorry,” began the man at the taxi company. Then I realized that the taxi company, flooded with calls, could only offer in-city runs. I had heard this happens when the weather gets bad. I shouted into the phone that I had a plane to catch and I would meet the taxi outside my house.
Standing in the wind-driven rain, I looked up and down the road. No taxi. A car went by, the driver and passenger staring at the crazy foreigner in the downpour.
Finally a white car appeared and pulled to a stop. A young man threw open the door, waving for me to get in. Shaking with cold and anger, I climbed in.
In the most polite Japanese, the man said he was called Mike, with who I had spoken three times that morning. He had left his post in the office and raced here in his personal car. He apologized again, but didn’t explain why a taxi would not pick me up. Delivering me straight to the airport, he refused the 2,000 yen I pressed into his hand.
A few hours later, as the storm-delayed 727 took off, I opened the newspaper. On the second page my eyes caught the headline of a short article: Taxi Strike Begins This Morning in Kyoto.
1.Why did the writer call a taxi early in the morning?
A. He wanted to catch a plane.
B. He as unable to find the airport.
C. There were few taxis in town.
D. All the buses stopped because of the rain.
2.What was the reason for the taxi company not being able to pick him up?
A. More people were riding in taxis on rainy days.
B. The writer didn’t give the correct address.
C. The taxi drivers refused to work.
D. The taxi drivers didn’t like to drive long distance.
3.The writer got to the airport ____________.
A. by riding in Mike’s car from the taxi company
B. with the help of Mike from the post office
C. by getting a lift in a passing car
D. with the help of a taxi driver sent by his company
4.We can learn from the text that the driver was _____________.
A. quick-minded at taking action
B. a self-employed driver
C. unwilling to drive to the airport
D. warm-hearted toward people
书面表达
近年来雾霾天气在中国许多城市频频发生。雾霾天气引起大家极大的关注。请你用英语写一篇有关雾霾的短文向校刊“英语角”投稿,内容包括：
1. 雾霾的危害
2. 雾霾产生的原因
3. 应对雾霾的措施
提示：雾霾 smog
注意：1. 词数120左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
In recent years, many cities in China have been hit by smog frequently, which has aroused great concern among people.
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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。
There are various reasons why people write poetry. Some poems tell a story and describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to convey certain emotion. Poets use different forms of poetry to express them. The nursery rhymes may not make sense of and even seem contradictory. List poems have a flexible line length and repeating phrases what give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. The cinquain and haiku can give clear picture use the minimum of words. English speakers also enjoy some forms of Asian poetry--Tang poems from China in particularly. With so many different forms of poetry to choose, students may eventually want to write poems of their own.
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。
For the writers in Western cultures, autumn is a difficult season to describe. On one hand, it is the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. Winter is 1. the corner. As Ernest Hemingway 2. (write), you expected to be sad in the fall. On the 3. hand, autumn has its good side. French writer Albert Camus even thought autumn was a second spring: “ Autumn is a second spring 4. every leaf is a flower.” Another autumn theme is wisdom. The 5. (arrive) of the season is thought to be similar to a person 6. (become) mature. The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats conveyed this theme in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole. 7. (inspire) by the swans, he is moved to think about them and life in the 8. (real). He doubts whether he can still love like the lover swans do. Of course, many other 9. (theme) can play a part in the literature of autumn. But autumn writing usually focuses on the changes in nature, which writers often compare 10. changes in human life.
根据中文意思完成句子 (每条横线上只能填写一个单词)
1.我睡得正香突然我的床开始摇晃。
I was _________ ________ ________ suddenly my bed began shaking.
2.长白山的高度从海拔700米到2000多米不等。
The height of Changbaishan ________ ________ 700 metres above sea level to over 2,000 metres.
3.树能够吸收空气中的二氧化碳，当你看着树时还会使你精神振奋。
Trees can absorb carbon dioxide from the air and ________ _________ _________ when you look at them.
4.我在少年时期对吸烟上了瘾。
During adolescence I became __________ _________ ___________.
5. 我确实希望你过和我一样健康的生活。
I do hope you can live as ________ _________ ________ as I do.
6.要是没有透视法，就没有人能画出如此真实的画来。
If it hadn’t been ________ perspective, no one _______ ______ _______ such realistic pictures.
7. 直到我被校足球队开除，我才意识到我该戒烟了。
It was _________ until I was taken ________ the school football team ________ I knew it was time that I ________ up smoking.
8.听到一声尖叫，我冲下楼，发现女房东躺在地板上，失去了意识。
________ a scream, I rushed downstairs only ________ ________ my hostess lying __________ on the floor.
根据所给首字母或汉语提示,写出正确的单词来完成句子
1.To be honest, Nick’s performance isn’t interesting and it didn’t a to me much.
2.I would rather they ________(任命) Mr. Smith to the post, but I am afraid he will not get 50% of the vote.
3.Under no c should we take risks with other people’s lives.
4.Although a good education doesn’t g a good job, it is better than getting no education.
5.Many people are o to building the motorway. It is not a wise decision.
6.It is not a for us to attend a formal wedding with the sports clothes.
7.Her mother b the girl from leaving the house before she finished her homework.
8.Father had great faith in me, which ___________(增强) my resolve to win the game.
