_________ the heavy rain, people managed to help those who were suffering from the earthquake.
A. Because of B. In case of
C. In spite of D. Instead of
The party last night was ______ success. We sang and danced until it came to ______ end at 12:00.
A. a; an B. a; the C. the; an D. /; an
写作
一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”。请根据要求和你的想象完成短文。
1. 家庭
2. 工作
3. 业余生活
注意： 1.字数100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。
I often imagine what my life will be like in the future._________________________
短文改错
假如英语客商老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。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合(^)，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—横线，并在该下面写出修改改后的词。
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。
My friend Nick told me story about his experience back in the US, that is very interesting. One day he was having a yard sale and the old man living next door come by to help. As the old man looked over the things on the yard that was to be sold, he stopped at a box of golden balls for Christmas trees. On the box was a card say: “25 cents each.” “You will never sell these for that much，” he told Nick. Convincing, Nick has brought the price up to 10 cents a piece. Without a moment’s delay, my neighbor picked up the box but announced: “I will take them.”
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。
Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule
From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time. _______1._______ Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:
1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there’s nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials already? _______2.____
2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? _____3.______ It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.
3. ______4.________ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.
Hopefully that gives a good start. ______5._______ And don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!
A. Try new things.
B. Ability is easily improved.
C. Make three or four instead.
D. Understand your food better.
E. Cooking is a burden for many people.
F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.
G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.
Cathy is a tetraplegic. She has not been able to move her arms, legs or speak since suffering a stroke（中风）nearly fifteen years ago. Recently, she learned how to control a robotic arm using her thoughts. She now can use brain activity to serve herself a drink.
The American woman is one of two people who took part in a research project known as BrainGate2. The researchers have spent years studying how to help people who are disabled regain movement in their arms and legs.
John Donoghue is a neuroscientist with Brown University and also was part of the project. He said, “People like Cathy have their brain disconnected from their body. So they are not able to go out and do everyday things that you and I can do, like reach for a glass of water or scratch your nose. Our idea is to avoid that damaged nervous system and go directly from the brain to the outside world, so the brain signals can, not control muscles, but control machines or devices like a computer or a robotic arm.”
The two disabled people had small sensors connected to the part of the brain that controls movement. The devices measured brain activity and sent that information to a computer. The computer has special software that turns the information into digital commands for operating other devices. The researchers used a highly developed robotic arm to recreate human actions．
The BrainGate team had its first success in 2006. A tetraplegic stabbing victim was able to use the brain—computer system to control a computer mouse. John says the latest development using robotic arms is a major victory.
A video of the latest experiment shows Cathy using the robotic arm to pick up a cup of coffee. She guides the cup toward her mouth, moves it forward and drinks through a straw.
Lead researcher Leigh Hochberg said the first time she did it was a magic moment.
The research team carried out almost 200 tests with two different robotic arms, which were able to pick up their target objects 43％ to 66％of the time.
The researchers are calling the information very promising. But they say it will take years to fully develop the technology for everyday use.
1.What kind of symptoms may a tetraplegic have?
A. He/She may suffer from amnesia and a loss of concentration.
B. His /Her part of body may become sore and swollen.
C. He/She may get frequent headaches or backaches.
D. He/She can’t move his/her arms or legs and has no ability to speak.
2.How does the robotic arm work?
A. brain signals 
small sensors
muscle a robot arm
B. brain signals the nervous system musclea robot arm
C. brain signals small sensors a computer a robot arm
D. brain signals the nervous system a computer a robot arm
3.What can we know from this passage?
A．The technology had been put into use before 2006.
B．It won’t be long before the technology comes into daily use．
C．The two robotic arms couldn't pick up their target objects．
D. Quite a few experiments have been conducted for the technology．
4.What's the purpose of the research project?
A．To help the disabled people to move and speak．
B．To help the brain-computer system to control a computer mouse．
C．To help the disabled people use brain activity to serve themselves a drink．
D．To help the disabled people to get movement like having their arms and legs again．
