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:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),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:在错的词下画一横线,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。
Last month, I, together with my parents, were invited to my uncle in the USA. My uncle, who moved America when I was five, has been living there for nearly ten years. He meets us at the airport. I was excited while I set foot on the land of America. In the following days, we visited some places of interests and took photos in the front of the Statue of Liberty. We both enjoyed visiting the Museum of Natural History because it great enriched our knowledge. For me, this is one of the most rewarding trips I have never made in my life.
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。
Fabien Cousteau was born with deep love for the ocean. His grandfather and his father were ocean _1.__ (explore) and documentary filmmakers. Today, Fabien follows his family’s footstep, trying __2.__ (protect) the planet’s endangered ocean life __3.__ to strike a balance between environmental problems and market economies.
Fabien is well known for his study of sharks. In 2001,he created a TV special based on the shark attacks that __4.__(occur) along the New Jersey shoreline in 1916. Then in 2003,__5.__ the help of a large crew,Fabien created a shark submarine that enabled him to put __6._(he) inside the shark world. For the next four years,Fabien was part of a series called Ocean Adventures, __7.__ offered a rare look into some of the most fantastic ocean species. In 2010, Fabien and his team spent 31 days underwater to discover __8.__ climate change and pollution which are affecting the oceans.
Fabien is __9.__(current) working on a documentary film about the adventures of Mission 31, as well as _10.__ (build) an Ocean Learning Center to provide children with the opportunity to learn about oceans.
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、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was ___________ . She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery(火红的)ball. She was ___________ by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls ___________ up above in the sky.
The atmosphere ___________ her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting ___________ ,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be ___________ where I am.” She wondered how her parents would ___________ , when she got home after the three days she was ___________ . She kept on walking, ___________ herself to the bungalow(小房子) where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and___________ . Just in a few hundred meters she would be safe in her house.
It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold, too. She ___________ she had her favorite sweater on — it kept her really warm. She imagined having it ___________ her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed ___________ . The outside garden seemed ___________ . She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy.
She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a ___________ written by her father. It said, “Ellen, there is some coffee ___________ . I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but — where was she? She entered her parent’s home. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, ___________ . Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer ___________ , something was different. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas.
It felt so good being back home. ___________ she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now? You know you got us very, very ___________.”
1.A.disappearingB.setting C.rising D.shining
2.A.amazedB.excited C.disappointed D.frightened
3.A.moving B.flying C.stepping D.flowing
4.A.surprised B.confused C.relaxed D.exhausted
5.A.earlyB.cold C.warm D.late
6.A.wondering B.knowing C.ignoring D.finding
7.A.say B.take C.like D.react
8.A.working B.missing C.spending D.travelling
9.A.pointing B.enjoying C.directing D.teaching
10.A.easily B.silently C.happily D.willingly
11.A.believed B.wished C.gussed D.judged
12.A.with B.for C.at D.in
13.A.same B.familiar C.difficult D.different
14.A.crowded B.tidy C.deserted D.clean
15.A.text B.letter C.note D.sentence
16.A.ready B.gone C.present D.available
17.A.cried B.laughed C.coughed D.slept
18.A.woke up B.stayed up C.broke up D.held up
19.A.FortunatelyB.Similarly C.Suddenly D.Constantly
20.A.moved B.lost C.inspired D.scared
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I’m 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me that I want to share with you.Here are the 4 lessons that life has taught me in the past 30 years.
1.Take care of your body
Life is “unfairly” biased (偏向的) towards people who “look good,” like it or not. So it’s important that you do all that is in your power to look your best. 1. You will live longer, and you will live happier, if you take care of your body; you may even get promoted faster on your job. Remember that your health is really your greatest wealth.
2. 2.
No one taught me to save when I was growing up; no one told me the importance of saving. Fortunately I was able to learn the value of saving through reading great books like “The Millionaire Next Door”. What I want to teach others is to save at least twenty percent of your income. If you are to be wealthy, you must not just earn a lot, you must save a lot.
3.Think in the long term
In high school I was thinking about college, in college I was thinking about life after college. I’m designing my life and I’m making decisions today that will enable me to live the life I desire when I’m in my 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. You have to think in the long term; you have to see the “big picture”. 3.
4.Realize the power of focus
Focus, focus, focus… 4. If you fail in this lifetime, you will fail because of broken focus. If you focus on the goals that are most important to you, you will achieve them. The problem is that there are so many distractions. 5. Winners decide to major on majors, and they even let important things slip, because they just focus on achieving what is critical to their goals.
A.The importance of saving.
B.If you plan your future properly, you will live into your plans.
C.Save your money.
D.Nothing is more important than focus.
E.What separates the winners from the losers is that the winners learn to focus on their goals.
F.I mean dressing nicely, working out and eating right.
G.It’s important that you pursue relationships with individuals who are good first.
Adding math talk to story time at home is a winning factor for children’s math achievement, according to a new research from the University of Chicago. The study from psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows a marked increase in math achievement among children whose families used Bedtime Math, an iPad app that delivers engaging math story problems for parents and children to solve together.
Even children who used the app with their parents as little as once a week saw gains in math achievement by the end of the school year. The app’s effect was especially strong for children whose parents tend to be anxious or uncomfortable with math.
Previous research from this group has demonstrated the importance of adults’ attitudes about math for children’s math success. For example, a recent study found that math-anxious parents who help their children with math homework actually weaken their children’s math achievement.
The new findings demonstrate that structured, positive interactions around math at home can cut the link between parents’ uneasiness about math and children’s low math achievement.
“Many Americans experience high levels of anxiety when they have to solve a math problem, with a majority of adults feeling at least some worries about math,” said Beilock, professor in Psychology and author of Choke, a book about stress and performance. “These math-anxious parents are probably less likely to talk about math at home, which affects how competent their children are in math. Bedtime Math encourages a dialogue between parents and kids about math, and offers a way to engage in high-quality math interactions in a low-effort, high-impact way.”
Study participants included 587 first-grade students and their parents. Families were given an iPad installed with a version of the Bedtime Math app, with which parents and their children read stories and answer questions involving math, including topics like counting, shapes and problem-solving. A control group received a reading app that had similar stories without the math content and questions related to reading comprehension instead. Children’s math achievement was assessed at the beginning and end of the school year. Parents completed a questionnaire about their nervousness with math.
The more times parents and children in the math group used the app, the higher children’s achievement on a math assessment at the end of the school year. Indeed, children who frequently used the math app with their parents outperformed similar students in the reading group by almost three months in math achievement at year’s end.
1.Bedtime Math is an iPad app that _____.
A. requires parents and children to answer reading comprehension questions
B. assesses children’s math achievement and parents’ nervousness with math
C. teaches children how to count, recognize shapes and solve practical problems
D. encourages children together with their parents to solve math story problems
2.The previous study found that _____.
A. help from math-anxious parents improves children’s math achievement
B. children’s math achievement is related to parents’ attitude about math
C. interactions around math at home will cut off the family relationship
D. children can achieve more success if they see the importance of math
3.We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. children using the app for three months can see gains in math achievement
B. children whose parents are uneasy about math outperform other students
C. it is the math problems related to the stories that make the great difference
D. the frequency of using the app has nothing to do with children’s achievement
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. High-quality math interactions improve performance.
B. Frequent use of app can develop problem solving ability.
C. Low-effort activities create good parent-child relationship.
D. High-anxiety parents influence children’s attitude about math.
I told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “Character cannot be developed in ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity (逆境). From time to time we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident.He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans.He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches (拐杖) or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”
The biographies (传记) of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won.
Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.
1.Which of the following is true according to the author of the passage?
A. Going to a gym is greatly beneficial to people’s health.
B. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.
C. Those who want to achieve success can’t expect to live an easy life.
D. People’s attitude to adversity is the only factor of their success.
2.By quoting what Douglas Bader said, the author intends to tell us “ .”
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
C. If you risk nothing, you will have nothing.
D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
3.Following this passage, the author will further talk about .
A. how his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the adversity he faced
B. what steps to take to change your attitude towards the adversity you face
C. why it is important to keep optimistic in face of adversity
D. what great people have in common
4.Which of the following can best function as the title of the passage?
A. Face adversity with a smile
B. Different attitudes towards adversity
C. Nothing is impossible
D. Life is full of adversity