短文改错
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 Monday, my classmate and I saw some people gathering around in our way to school. In order to see what was happening, so we got close enough and found an old woman lie on the ground. The people around her just stand there, watching and chatting. We were worried about her and decided to take her to the hospital immediate. It turned out that she lost her balance but fell. She had to stay in hospital, so we called her family. Soon his son came and thanked us by offering us money. We refused money and left. Hurried to school, we found we were late. To our delight though, our teacher praised us for that we had done and we felt very proud.
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（不多于3个单词）。
Billy: Hello, Jennifer. I haven’t seen you for months. What have you been doing?
Jennifer: Oh, I was occupied 1. ________ job-hunting. It was really tiring.
Billy: How did it go?
Jennifer: Finally, I am going to be employed by a foreign company.
Billy: Oh, that’s good. Why not take a little trip to relax before 2.________ (start) your new job?
Jennifer: 3.________ (actual) I’m thinking of going to Guilin and staying there for a few days. I heard you’ve been there before.
Billy: Yes, I have. The famous boat trip down the Li River is very impressive. You can also take 4.________ short bamboo raft (筏) ride on a calm, shallow part of the river. It is great fun and peaceful 5. ________ (surround) by those towering peaks.
Jennifer: Wow, it sounds great! But I think the rafts are not safe.
Billy: Well, at first, I felt the same way, but everyone on the rafts seemed so content and 6. ________ (comfort) that I decided to do it. I’m glad I did as it was even better than I7.________ (imagine).
Jennifer: Oh, I’d like to try it. I saw a picture of Elephant Trunk Hill in my guide book, 8. ________ looks exactly like a big elephant!
Billy: You’ll see many other interesting mountains. And I recommend you to book a hotel room in Yangshuo, 9.________ you can enjoy an impressive musical outdoor performance on the river with the peaks as a backdrop (背景) at night. I do believe it will meet your demanding10.________ (require).
Jennifer: Thanks for your advice.
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。
A special lady lived on a farm in Grace, Idaho. To overcome every ________ or struggle that came her way, she went far beyond the call of duty. She was a widow (寡妇) with 9 children. Instead of ________ of her hard life, she accepted her fate (命运) and ________ the ordinary into the extraordinary (非凡的).
No matter how serious things seemed to be, she found a(n) ________ side and a ray of hope. She taught her family the ________ of hard work and the importance of education, ________ she only went as far as fourth grade.
Her children didn’t have material ________ , but they certainly received the necessary and ________ things in life: love, spiritual guidance, concern for others, appreciation for a table filled with food, and________ for the law. She was truly a(n) ________ of all that is good.
I remember as a young man sitting at her feet while she ________ me. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” And she said, “I’ll ________ throw upon the floor a crust (面包皮) I cannot eat, for many a hungry one would think it quite a ________. Willful waste brings willful want, and I may live to say, ‘Oh, I wish I had that crust that once I ________ .’”
This extremely courageous and ________ woman is my grandmother. My mother is a lot like her mother. Many times, my mother went ________ a new dress just so we could buy some great football shoes. Many times, my mother ________ that we should stay home instead of going on a summer vacation, just so we could________ on a baseball all-star team. My mother is the greatest cook on Earth, a spiritual ________ , a church and community servant, and the very best mom who ever lived. I’ve never ________ her complain about her difficulties, heartache, and pain. My dear, sweet mother truly is a perfect example. It’s the way it was and still should be.
1.A. success B. task C. challenge D. job
2.A. thinking B. complaining C. talking D. dreaming
3.A. sent B. put C. cheated D. changed
4.A. opposite B. positive C. wrong D. dark
5.A. value B. idea C. pain D. result
6.A. if B. although C. unless D. since
7.A. needs B. comforts C. wealth D. hope
8.A. important B. interesting C. strange D. natural
9.A. fear B. love C. demand D. respect
10.A. user B. speaker C. example D. corrector
11.A. taught B. charged C. encouraged D. judged
12.A. usually B. never C. even D. also
13.A. pleasure B. beauty C. reward D. treat
14. A. gave up B. picked up C. threw away D. took away
15.A. strong B. curious C. intelligent D. attractive
16.A. in B. beyond C. for D. without
17.A. insisted B. warned C. reminded D. persuaded
18.A. go B. perform C. exchange D. play
19.A. engineer B. dancer C. guide D. worker
20.A. noticed B. heard C. discussed D. Forgotten
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。
Coral reefs
For millions of years, coral reefs have provided homes and food for thousands of different living things. Fish and sea birds share the reef with other sea creatures. Now these beautiful places are in danger. 1. Scientists have found that people and pollution have ruined more than one-fourth of the earth’s coral reefs. Unless things change, all of the remaining reefs may die within your lifetime.
Some people think that coral is stone because of its rough, hard surface. But coral is an animal! Tiny polyps (水螅体) form the coral reefs. 2. These colours come from the algae (海藻) living inside the coral. Billions of coral polyps stick together. New ones grow on the dead corals. This happens year after year. Over time, the coral builds up a reef. The reef rises from the ocean floor until it almost reaches the sea’s surface. It takes coral 500,000 years to build a huge reef. 3.
The coral reefs have been harmed in different ways. People have broken off pieces of coral. They wanted to sell or keep them. To catch more fish, people have dropped sticks of dynamite (炸药) into the water. 4. Water pollution has encouraged overgrowth of the sea plants that grow near coral reefs. They block out the sunlight that the algae need. 5. Warm water kills the algae. When the algae die, the coral loses both its food and its color. The coral turns white and dies. Scientists call this coral bleaching (珊瑚白化). The bleached part of the coral reef cannot recover.
A. They come in many colours.
B. This has blown up parts of the reefs.
C. So are all the sea plants and animals that depend on them.
D. The worst problem is the heating up of the world’s oceans.
E. Coral reefs are experiencing a rapid increase in most locations.
F. However, it has taken human beings less than 100 years to destroy the reefs.
G. They cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, but support about 25% of sea creatures.
The Regional Director of the National Heritage Conservation Commission (国家遗产保护委员会) Kagosi Mwamulowe said the Barotse Plains is unique and it deserves to be on the list of the World Heritage Sites.
Mr. Mwamulowe said the Barotse Plains deserves to be included on the World Heritage List because it has a rich cultural heritage which includes the burial sites of former kings.
The Director said he hoped that the landscape would be declared as a heritage site next year in June. He also said it was important to protect Zambia’s unique culture for education and entertainment.
Chief Natural Heritage Officer Muyumbwa Ndiyoi said there will be a lot of benefits when the Barotse Landscape is declared a World Heritage Site because it will attract many tourists and business investments (投资) will increase.
Mr. Ndiyoi said the site will also benefit young people as knowledge will be passed down from generation to generation.
He was reacting to a question from Nalolo District Labour Officer Jason Ngoma who wanted to know how the people of Western Province will benefit once the Barotse Landscape is declared a World Heritage Site.
And University of Zambia Lecturer Charles Namate said there is a need for the site to be included on the World Heritage List because 50 years after its independence Zambia only has one heritage site, which is the Victoria Falls.
Lecturer Namate said the Barotse Landscape was facing a lot of environmental degradation (恶化), and that’s why there is a need to recognize the value of its landscape and the memories of dead kings.
The National Heritage Conservation Commission together with the Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs are in Western Province to hold meetings with Heads of Government Departments. The Commission also held closed-door meetings with the Litunga Lubosi Imwiko II of the Barotse Royal Establishment.
1.What do we know about the Barotse Plains?
A. It has royal tombs.
B. It is being well protected.
C. It is not far from the Victoria Falls.
D. It’ll be listed as a World Heritage Site soon.
2.Mr. Ndiyoi believes that if the Barotse Plains is declared a World Heritage Site, _____.
A. it won’t benefit the people of Western Province
B. it will attract many foreign students and researchers
C. it will contribute to the local economic development
D. more people will start to learn about Zambia’s culture
3.In the text, Lecturer Namate expressed his concern about _____.
A. the future of the Barotse Plains
B. the development of Western Province
C. the development of tourism in Zambia
D. the environmental problems of the Barotse Plains
4.What can we infer from the text?
A. Zambia only has two World Heritage Sites.
B. The Barotse Landscape has been partly destroyed.
C. The Barotse Landscape issue is still being discussed.
D. Young people in Zambia don’t know about Barotse culture.
Darek Fidyka, a 38-year-old Bulgarian, had been paralysed (瘫痪的) from the chest down for four years after a knife attack. Scientists from Britain and Poland took cells from his nose, transplanted (移植) them into his back and re-grew his spinal cord (脊髓). Now he can walk and even drive a car. The doctors were delighted but said it was the first step in a long journey.
The breakthrough came after 40 years of research by Professor Geoff Raisman, who found that cells had the possibility to repair damage to nasal (鼻腔的) nerves, the only part of the nervous system that constantly re-grows. “The idea was to take something from an area where the nervous system can repair itself, and does so throughout life, and put it into an area that doesn’t repair itself,” Professor Raisman said.
Polish doctors injected the nasal cells into Mr Fidyka’s spinal cord above and below the injury and used some nerves from his ankle to form a bridge across the damaged tissue. The nasal cells appear to have caused the spinal nerves to repair themselves.
Professor Raisman achieved this with rats in the late 1990s, but this is his greatest success. “I think the moment of discovery for me was Christmas in 1997 when I first saw a rat that couldn’t control its hand put its hand out to me. That was an exciting moment, because I realised then that my belief that the nervous system could be repaired was true.”
Doctors chose the easiest case for their first attempt — it might not work for others. But there is a real sense of hope that an idea once thought impossible has been realised.
David Nicholls, who helped provide money for the breakthrough, said information about the breakthrough would be made available to researchers across the globe.
“What you’ve got to understand is that for three million paralysed people in the world today, the world looks a totally brighter place than it did yesterday,” he said.
1.Why did Professor Geoff Raisman choose cells from the nose?
A. The nervous system in the nose can repair itself.
B. Cells in the nose can be easily transplanted.
C. Cells in the nose re-produce rapidly.
D. He just wanted to give it a try.
2.Why did the operation work for Darek Fidyka?
A. The nasal cells re-produced and spread quickly.
B. The nerves from his ankle helped cure the injury.
C. The nervous system in the spinal cord can repair itself.
D. The nasal cells helped the spinal nerves to repair themselves.
3.What made Professor Geoff Raisman believe the nervous system can be repaired?
A. His study on animals.
B. His operation on a paralysed patient.
C. His sudden thoughts about Christmas.
D. His unusual experience with a sick rat.
4.David Nicholls’ words suggest that _____.
A. the world is becoming better and brighter
B. paralysed people have the hope of recovery
C. the report of the breakthrough will be published soon
D. researchers across the globe will carry out the operation
