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。
Patience is greatly important in our daily life. Once, I waited for a bus come at a stop.30 minutes passed, but no bus came. Both upset and annoying , I decided to walk by foot. But no sooner had I left when the bus arrived. I thought if I had waited for one more minutes , I would have caught it. If I chose to take a next bus，I would have to wait for another 30 minutes. Only then do I realize my problem. Being impatient will possible waste all the effort that we have put it in. Now, whenever I am close to losing my impatience, I will think of this experience.
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。
Until recently, almost everyone thought that growth and progress would make the world a 1. (good) place. They believed that something new was always better than something old. So countries have spent billions of dollars 2. science to develop new ways of making things and doing work. 3. , this new technique is the main cause of the world’s problems. One such problem has come from the 4. (appear) of the car. In some 5. (crowd) cities, the car has polluted the air 6. badly that people get sick just from breathing it. Waste from factories is another example of how new technology is hurting the earth. When some waste chemicals 7. (put) into the sea, they can hurt or kill animals and fish. It’s time that we 8. (do) something quickly. When the problems get worse, they will not affect just a few 9. (country). They will be world problems 10. affect us all.
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和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。
Today we spent the morning going through our personal belongings .We were looking for items to _________ for free at a local park. Not just any items but things people really _________ . Our aim was not to find things we no longer _________but things we use every day that would be _________ to others.
We packed these things _________boxes and added some small toys. We added a list of local addresses and phone numbers of local _________ agencies. Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed. It _________ : “Please take these items and know that your life is important. _________ are difficult but these days will pass. We share what we have believing that it will_________ . Use the food to nurture your _________; use the blankets to stay warm. Be safe and know that the human _________ can overcome anything. Do not hold your head _________ for having a need to stay warm. Someday please do the same when you can.”
This kind _________ was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was _________ because it was the right to do. We have often seen _________people at the park where we left the belongings. I _________ that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was _________about it and she just replied that it had a hood (兜帽) . Her answer told me why it is I who love her. She liked the coat but knew the hood could _________ someone from the rain.
Who knows where these gifts of _______ will go ? How many uses can a blanket serve _________ what it was designed to do? We never go back and see what happens. It is unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that counts.
1.A. put off B. put up C. give away D. give up
2.A. needed B. collected C. produced D. searched
3.A. accepted B. wanted C. carried D. bought
4.A. wonderful B. beautiful C. hopeful D. useful
5.A. around B. upon C. into D. above
6.A working B. parking C. delivering D. helping
7.A. spoke B. read C. marked D. indicated
8.A. Ways B. Problems C. Times D. Situations
9.A. matter B. continue C. change D. depend
10.A. body B. mind C. brain D. figure
11.A. liberty B. spirit C. health D. wisdom
12.A. forward B. aside C. around D. down
13.A. attempt B. manner C. act D. habit
14.A. suddenly B. simply C. strangely D. usually
15.A. aimless B. homeless C. childless D. friendless
16.A. believed B. dreamed C. approved D. noticed
17.A. sure B. regretful C. worried D. anxious
18.A. separate B. prevent C. shelter D. hold
19.A. affection B. sympathy C. generosity D. honesty
20.A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. better than
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。
Albert Einstein offered us more than just the amazing theory of relativity and E＝mc2. Through his persistence in his discoveries in science, Einstein shined a light on how each of us can do the impossible by working hard, experiencing failure，and valuing people. 1. _
●Simplify Your Work
“If you can’t explain it to a six years old, you don’t understand it yourself.”—Albert Einstein
The more complicated you have to make something seem, the more you do not understand the inner workings of it. 2. Did they make even the most complicated topics full of vocabulary that you did not understand or did they make it easier to understand by simplifying?
●Live in the Present
“I never think of the future — it comes soon enough.”—Albert Einstein
3. .You can try to get yourself worried about the future and make plans that may not work out according to plans. What matters most is living now, today. Do your best right now and do not worry about tomorrow.
●Work Towards the Impossible
“Only those who attempt the absurd(荒谬的) can achieve the impossible.”—Albert Einstein
If it seems ridiculous to others and you are willing to take the risk, then you are able to achieve the impossible. 4. You complete what was once an obstacle.
●Value People
“Life isn’t worth living; unless it is lived for someone else.”—Albert Einstein
If you put people first, they will value you and consider you a person who genuinely cares about others. 5. Show them that you value them. Thank them and send compliments their way. It will not only make their day better, but they will appreciate it and remember what you have done for them.
A．Spend at least a few minutes out of your busy day talking with people without any distraction.
B．Scientists in different fields are interested in the unique theory of relativity.
C．When you go beyond what others think is reasonable, an amazing thing starts to happen.
D．Think differently, and you may find your answer.
E．Even if you are not a scientist, you can apply these life lessons to your own life.
F．You are only guaranteed the moment that you have right now, at this moment.
G．Think about the best teachers that you have had in your life.
It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson's famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson's observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that "To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it." Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.
Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena. "The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty." According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.
Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank "fillers". In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.
32.1.The author mentions Dr. Johnson's comment to show that ___________ .
A. most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson
B. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago
D. English conversations usually start with the weather
2.What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?
A. A social trend. B. An emotional state.
C. A historical concept. D. An unknown phenomenon.
3.According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that____________ .
A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather
B. there is nothing special about the English weather
C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles
D. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty
4.What is the author's main purpose of writing the passage?
A. To explain what English weather-speak is about.
B. To analyze misconceptions about the English weather.
C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.
D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.
Career success could be predicted as early as kindergarten, according to a 20-year study recently published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Duke University tracked more than 700 children from across the US between kindergarten and age 25 and found a significant correlation（相关性）between their social skills as kindergartners and their success as adults two decades later.
In 1991, teachers assessed how the kindergartners interacted(互动) with each other socially using a range of criteria like whether they cooperate with their peers without prompting（激励）, if they're helpful to others, whether they're good at understanding feelings, and if they can solve problems on their own.
Researchers then kept track of whether the students went on to graduate high school on time, get a college degree, and find and keep a full-time job by 25. They also monitored the participants' involvement with crime, drug abuse, public assistance, and mental health issues.
The results showed that socially competent（有能力的）children were far more likely to earn a college degree and have a full-time job by 25 than those with limited social skills. Those with limited social skills also had a higher chance of getting arrested, binge（放纵）drinking, and applying for public housing.
“This study shows that helping children develop social and emotional skills is one of the most important things we can do to prepare them for a healthy future," said Kristin Schubert, program director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which funded the research, in a release.
“From an early age, these skills can determine whether a child goes to college or prison, and whether they end up employed or addicted." The good news, according to Damon Jones, lead author of the study, is that intervention（干预）at a young age can help improve social and emotional skills. “This research by itself doesn't prove that higher social competence can lead to better outcomes later on," he said. “But when combined with other research, it is clear that helping children develop these skills increases their chances of success in school, work, and life."
1.What has the 20-year study found?
A. Most kindergartners can solve problems alone.
B. Helpful children understand other's feeling better.
C. Outgoing children cooperate with their peers easily.
D. Social skills play a key role in children's development.
2.Paragraph 3 and 4 are mainly about?
A. when the researchers began their study
B. how long it took to complete the study
C. how the researchers conducted the study
D. what factors were studied by the experts
3.What should parents do to help their children to succeed according to Kristin Schubert?
A. Teach them how to cooperate with others.
B．Teach them some basic living skills.
C．Tell them to keep off alcohol
D. Coach them in their lessons.
4.The text makes very good sense to ____________.
A. teenagers B. educators
C. doctors D. general readers
