短文改错（共1小题）
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，多着（从第11处起）不计分。
Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorer the world has ever known．He was bravely and loved to visit and explore new places．During his life, he discovered much amazing things.
Howard Carter did not go to school, and learnt to draw from his father, that was an artist．He was bright and curious about the world outside her home town．In 1891, at the age of 17, he set sail for Alexandria, Egypt．By 1920s, he had been become an explorer, searching for the tombs of Egyptian kings．He finds several important ones．Inside the tombs, he discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings．These preserved bodies are known for mummies．
阅读填空（共1小题）
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。
26 November 1922
Today is the best day of my life! All my years of training as1. ______ explorer have finally paid off!
After days of labour, making surveys, digging and _2._____ (carry) away earth, we 3._____ (final) found the tomb of Tutankhamun, opened it and saw 4.___ contents．When we broke open the door, the air was_5._______ hot and dusty inside that we had trouble6.________ (breathe)．Since it was dark, we had to turn _7._____ some flashlights so that we _8._______ (can) see．Within the tomb, whichever way we looked there 9.____ (be) a fortune in gold and treasure．Everything in the tomb had been preserved from the time of King Tutankhamun's death．After looking into the tomb, we closed it back up again．As we want to have a scientific10. ____ (examine) of everything there, we do not want to disturb anything in it until we are ready.
完形填空（共1小题）
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Most people agree that a pet adds joy to a person's life．Scientists are now finding that having a pet may keep its owner ____．And good health may add years to a person's life.
Scientists have been ____ the link between pets and health for years．In 1990, a study was done with people aged 65 and older．It ____ that pet owners went to the doctor less than people ____ pets．Do pets make people ____? Are people able to handle their everyday lives better? Alan Beck, who is a researcher, says that ____ the answer to the questions is yes, then having pets may be a good idea.
Can pets also help people live longer? Rebecca Johnson did a study to ____．Johnson teaches nurses how to care for ____ people．Her study shows that having pets may cause people to ____ more slowly.
The human body makes many chemicals．Some of the chemicals make people feel ____．Others make people feel bad．In Johnson's ____, levels of the “good” chemicals ____ when people were around pets while levels of the “bad” chemicals went down．The good ____ seemed to slow the aging of cells．If this is __ _, maybe people should spend more time with their ____．Then people might feel better and ____ longer.
You might be allergic（过敏的）to pets．Or you may not want to __ __ a pet．Never fear．A robotic, or computer pet may be just the thing for you.
Scientists are testing computer pets, like the robotic dog AIBO．They want to see if ____ pets can help people the way ____ dogs do.
Will a robotic pet ____ the real pet sitting with you on the sofa? Something tells us that it will probably become a reality.
1.A．healthy B．excited C．mad D．hurried
2.A．carrying out B．making up C．looking at D．breaking down
3.A．warned B．showed C．reminded D．advised
4.A．through B．beyond C．against D．without
5.A．busier B．funnier C．happier D．angrier
6.A．though B．until C．if D．unless
7.A．find out B．put out C．turn out D．set out
8.A．sick B．friendly C．old D．lovely
9.A．age B．move C．walk D．grow
10.A．bored B．surprised C．sleepy D．good
11.A．study B．work C．story D．case
12.A．changed B．varied C．fell D．rose
13.A．sides B．chemicals C．studies D．dogs
14.A．important B．unusual C．true D．impossible
15.A．children B．pets C．friends D．neighbors
16.A．live B．wander C．stay D．travel
17.A．head for B．search for C．cheer for D．care for
18.A．family B．computer C．baby D．toy
19.A．brave B．quiet C．faithful D．real
20.A．destroy B．replace C．improve D．accompany
信息匹配（共1小题）
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。
Travel Exercise Tips
Walk around town．_1.__ But by walking around you'll get a better and true feel for the area via the shops and local businesses．You will also see more of the city, as well as discover interesting side streets to explore．
Plan ahead．Book a hotel that has a gym or pool you can use．Look for a fitness club that allows guest visitors．Cities such as Los Angeles even have running tours that offer guided runs．__2.___ Investigate the local area for a state park or natural that needs to be explored with camera in hand.
Pack a jump rope．Yes, a simple little rope can get your heart rate (心率) rising quickly while putting a smile on your face．Most of the people have found much pleasure in skipping rope especially when very young．__3.___Jump ropes are light, portable and don't take up much room in your bag．You can also share your companions（旅伴）by setting a competition of who can jump the most times in a row without stopping.
Put together a quick workout．Look around your hotel room for items that may be used to add resistance as in strength training．___4.__ The creativity involved (有关联的) can almost be rewarding as the workout itself.
__5.___ Make an effort to find time on the road during which you can do a workout．Remember that the government recommends accumulating (积累) 30 minutes of activity a day．With the above tips, it shouldn't be too hard.
A．But it is still fun as an adult.
B．True, a taxi or the subway can be faster.
C．Most gyms offer group exercise classes such yoga.
D．With such guidance you can know the neighborhood is safe.
E．Travelling is fun, but don't forget to take your fitness with you.
F．Muscles can be used to always working in the same way．
G．They may be bottles of water, backpack with few books in it, a door frame or a set of stairs.
D
Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease．But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.
Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses(分析) now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure．In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物）were up to 5% more likely（可能的） to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure．A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U．S．Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.
The authors of both studies stress（强调）that these risks are relatively（相对的）small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure．However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices．So stricter regulation（规章制度）by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.
1.The text mainly discusses the relationship between _______.
A．heart problems and air quality
B．heart problems and exercising
C．heart problems and smoking
D．heart problems and fatty food
2.The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means_________ .
A．relatively high
B．extremely（极大地）low
C．relatively low
D．extremely high
3.What can we learn from the text?
A．Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart
B．The EPA conducted many studies on air quality
C．Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking
D．Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.
4.The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to________
A．inform
B．persuade（说服）
C．describe
D．entertain（娱乐）
C
When talking about humor, people often refer to famous humorists such as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen-name Mark Twain.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, America's famous writer, journalist and humorist, was born in Florida on November 30, 1835．He was the sixth of the seven children in the family．As a child, Samuel was often kept indoors because of his poor health.
When Samuel was 12, his father died of a deadly disease and at the age of 13, Samuel had to leave school to make a living．He became a printer's apprentice（学徒）．A year later, he became skilled at printing by working and studying hard．Samuel was then employed as a printer with pay．After two years, he became an editorial assistant．It was then that young Samuel became aware of his fondness for writing.
When he was 17 years old, Samuel left Hannibal for a printer's job in St．Louis．While staying in St．Louis, Samuel became a river pilot in 1858．His pen-name, Mark Twain, came from his days as a river pilot．It is a river term meaning “safe to sail”.
Because the river trade was brought to a stop by the Civil War in 1861, Samuel began working as a newspaper reporter for several newspapers all over the United States．Samuel's career took off and he became famous when his story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country appeared in the New York Saturday Press on November 18, 1865．Samuel's first book, The Innocents Abroad was published in 1896．The two novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (in 1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (in 1885) brought him worldwide popularity．He wrote 28 books and numerous humor stories, letters and plays.
Mark Twain passed away on April 21, 1910．To remember him, his childhood home was open to the public as a museum in Hannibal.
1.What do we know about Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
A．He was an unknown American writer
B．He had 7 sisters and brothers altogether
C．He was weak when he was young
D．He lived a rich life in his childhood.
2.When did Samuel Langhorne Clemens realize his interest in writing?
A．When he studied at school
B．When he went to St．Louis
C．When he worked on a ship
D．When he was sixteen years old
3.Samuel got his pen-name from the job as a(n) _________.
A．printer
B．editorial assistant
C．river pilot
D．newspaper reporter
4.Which made Mark Twain become famous?
A．The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country
B．The Innocents Abroad
C．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
