书面表达
假设你是高二学生Chris。愚人节即将来到,你们班决定周五晚上庆祝一番,由你负责为此定一个场所。Mirace Inn的一则广告引起了你的注意,但一些具体信息不明确(如箭头所指内容)。请根据你所做的Notes,给Mirace Inn发一封电子邮件询问有关情况。
注意:1.词数:120左右; 2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯
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。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。
A few days ago,Miss Wang was going home by bike. While he was riding in the street, she saw the man with a knife in his hand and his face covering with a piece of cloth running towards her. The man took her handbag out of the basket of her bike and run away before she could do anything. There was no one she could turn up for help at that time, for it was very late at night. Lucky she had her mobile phone at hand. Immediately when she took it out and phoned the police. She told them what the man was like and in which directions he had run. The police came very quickly and caught the robber. Miss Wang got her handbag back and felt much grateful for the police had done.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car broke down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I1. (wonder) where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to2. should have the honor of receiving me 3. a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me 4. (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 5. small town some 20 kilometers away 6. there was a garage.
I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess's courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. Other 7. (villager) brought me goat’s cheese and honey. We drank together and talked 8. (merry) till far into the night.
When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman9. the trouble I had caused10. .
根据下列句意在横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词)
1.He was replaced with one of our younger _______________(指导者).
2.They _________(寻找) in vain for somewhere to shelter and was at a loss .
3.The plant ___________(相像) grass in appearance.
4.This reference book is ___________(方便使用) than that one.
5.It’s about time we ______________(更新) our software.
6.She has been reliable and ____________(守时).
7.It can be _______________(窘迫) for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.
8.The stroke left his right side _____________(永久) damaged.
9.I will come tomorrow, weather _______________(允许).
10.In fact, many _______________(现象) are not even subject to scientific explanations.
完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,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。
As I drove my blue Buick into the garage, I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was ___________ too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the ___________ space. That left ___________ enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home ___________ , and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space — too close to my car, ___________ . At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had ___________ and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not ___________ me enough space? Park farther over.” Banging(猛推) open her door into ___________ , the driver shouted back: “Make me!” ___________ this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my ___________ . Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found___________. The next day the woman ___________ a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃):
Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,
I’m sorry my mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while ___________3 . It wasn’t like her to scream ___________. Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I ___________you and your mistress will ___________ her.
Your neighbor,
Blue Buick
When I went to the ___________ the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield:
Dear Blue Buick,
My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so ___________ because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be ___________ now.
Your neighbor,
Yellow Oldsmobile
After that, whenever Blue Buick ___________ Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.
1.A. driven B. parkedC. stoppedD. stayed
2.A. complete B. close C. narrow D. fixed
3.A. quite B. nearly C. seldom D. hardly
4.A. hurriedly B. first C. finally D. timely
5.A. as usual B. as plannedC. as well D. as yet
6.A. run into B. run about C. run out D. run off
7.A. keeping B. saving C. offering D. leaving
8.A. mine B. hers C. itself D. ours
9.A. For B. With C. From D. Upon
10.A. room B. area C. front D. side
11.A. an instructionB. a result C. an answer D. a chance
12.A. put B. wrote C. sent D. discovered
13.A. working B. driving C. returning D. cooking
14.A. on end B. so long C. like that D. any more
15.A. hope B. knowC. suppose D. Suggest
16.A. comfort B. help C. forgive D. please
17.A. office B. flat C. place D. garage
18.A. crazily B. eagerly C. noisily D. early
19.A. neighbors B. friendsC. drivers D. writers
20.A. followed B. passed C. found D. greeted
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。
What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 1.
We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 2. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. 3. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.
4. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did. ” or “ 5. ”
A. A healthy body contributes to one's intelligence.
B. Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.
C. What people want to express is like this.
D. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.
E. It needs exercise.
F. You are such a smart child.
G. These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.