Tony is really quick at taking notes in class, as almost every word his professor says ______ in his notebook.
A. goes down B. puts down
C. writes down D. keeps down
You needn’t be too concerned about what to wear to the party—it’s all _____ anyway, because you haven’t even been invited yet.
A. academic B. painful C. physical D. Economical
Murdoch noted that US media are focusing on Xi’s upcoming state visit, from Tuesday to Friday, _______ Xi’s exchanges and interactions with all walks of life there.
A. as far as B. as long as
C. as well as D. as much as
书面表达
假如你叫李华，你校英语报社开辟了“Reader’s Voice”专栏，邀请读者针对一些热点问题发表自己的看法。请你以Should high school students study abroad during the holidays?为题，写一篇英语短文投稿。主要内容包括：
1．分析高中生出国游学的利弊；
2．阐述你对此现象的看法。
注意：1．词数100左右。开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Should high school students study abroad during the holidays?
In recent years more and more high school students study abroad during the holidays.
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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：在缺词处加上一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
It was extreme cold last Monday morning. While I was walking in my way to school, I noticed two street cleaner sweeping the street. Seeing them are working so hard on such a cold morning, I was moved and made up my mind do something for them. After arriving at school, I discussed with some classmates that we could do. The next day, we got up early and preparing porridge at home. When we handed the cleaners the hot porridge and expressed us appreciation for their hard work, they looked a little surprising at first. And then they took the porridge and thanked us happily. Since it was very cold, we all felt warm at that moment.
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。
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet. He held up a sign 1.__ （read）, “I am blind, please help.” 2. were only a few coins in the box. The boy felt sad. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box. Then he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He placed the sign 3. it had been so that everyone who walked by would see the new words. Soon the box was full 4.__ coins. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon, the man, by 5. the sign had been changed, came to see how things were. The boy 6. （recognize） his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?” The man said, “ I 7. （simple）wrote the truth. I said what you mid but in a 8. （difference）way.” 9. he had written was, “Today is 10. beautiful day but I can not see it.”
