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。作文中共有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:在错的词下面画一横线,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l0处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Jim,
I'd like to invite you for dinner in a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles.I can imagine how surprising you are! In fact,I am there visiting my uncle,who happened to be working in the city at present.
The Chinese restaurant naming New Panda Buffet provides genuine Chinese food,where many diners have given 5-star reviews.It is located at 5120 Rodeo Rd,Los Angeles.Could you come at 6 p.m. on Friday?
By the way, I will present you with a go set then.I really appreciate that you have done to help me with my English during the past two years.But you,I would not have made such a great progress in English.
Looking forward to you early reply!
Yours, Li Hua
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 now, many people 1. (see) Minions.No. 2. I am talking about is not the recent movies , but the village in England with the same name.Now it may be 3. (difficult) to find it than before,as the village has had to take down its sign because it worries about 4. (safe).The village put up a special sign in May as part of a deal with Universal Studio 5. (promote) the movie Minions.The sign 6. (feature) three of the cute characters posing next to the village’s name.And the Minions sign proved popular with travelers,as 7. (apparent)
shown by the many pictures on special media posted by drivers 8. pulled in to take photos with the signs.Some local businesses wanted to keep the sign in place to help with tourism,but Carl Hearn, 9. local official , said officials had to take it down as they were worried about drivers 10. (stop) in front the sign in order to take photographs.
完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(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。
After a decade at the publishing company, I was fired.I had worked so hard for so long.I was always doing my job _________ ,clawing my way up the ladder.And _________ ? Doing these things had _________ me.in the end,very little of lasting value.I wondered what would happen if I let it all go—didn’t look for a job,didn’t keep my _________ ambition.
My husband thought it was a great idea.“Just _________ ,” he said.As a serious windsurfer, he suggested I try the sport as a path to clarity.I had windsurfed before , but only in _________ water.I didn’t like high winds.I didn’t like going fast—that was _________ .But I wanted to abandon the past.My _________ was to do nothing but read and windsurf every day.I wanted to feel the fear and do it anyway.I wanted to learn how to ride the currents,and I couldn’t think of a better way than to_________ myself to the invisible,ever-shifting wind.
I decided to sail at Swell City, a favorite outpost on the Washington side of the Columbia.That July _________ to be one of the windiest months on record.I grew to find that what I was doing did _________ for my standing in the world.It won me no friends.Then again,I was _________ .
One day, a friend and her l5-year-old son came,and after I explained my _________ , he said the simplest.but most profound thin9:“It’s all in the _________ .” This kid had windsurfed only three times , _________ he knew the secret.“If you go out there knowing you’re going to _________ it,you will,”he continued.“But if you go out there afraid you’ll get hurt , you will.” I smiled at him.Wasn’t that _________ the same problem I’d encountered in life? I’d always been terrified l wouldn’t reach the goal or _________ the job.I knew I had to let that fear go.And slowly I did.
The wind wanted nothing from me.It cared not at all about my ambition or accomplishments.It _________ me that the beauty of life is in the trying.And that’s where I am:still trying for the turnaround.in life and in the _________ .
1.A.breathlesslyB.hopelesslyC.aimlesslyD.carelessly
2.A.what forB.how comeC.so whatD.why not
3.A.encouragedB.praisedC.impressedD.earned
4.A.modestB.secretC.previousD.frustrated
5.A.continueB.stopC.travelD.read
6.A.violentB.deepC.calmD.icy
7.A.scaryB.toughC.boringD.amazing
8.A.promiseB.jobC.regretD.plan
9.A.devoteB.helpC.treatD.limit
10.A.turned outB.set outC.picked outD.carried out
11.A.anythingB.everythingC.nothingD.something
12.A.satisfiedB.terrifiedC.touchedD.embarrassed
13.A.problemB.guiltC.dreamD.fantasy
14.A.healthB.action C.attitudeD.behavior
15.A.soB.yetC.orD.for
16.A.shakeB.makeC.nameD.serve
17.A.merelyB.preciselyC.approximatelyD.rarely
18.A.loseB.quitC.offerD.land
19.A.warnedB.remindedC.challengedD.puzzled
20.A.marriageB.familyC.skyD.wind
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。
No personal success,achievement,or goal,can be realized without self-discipline. 1. It is the ability to control one’s impulses , emotions , desires and behavior.To possess it is to be able to make the decisions,take the actions,and carry out your plan regardless of the obstacles,discomfort,or difficulties,that may come your way.
How to develop self-discipline? We’ll explore it together.
· Start with baby steps.No process takes place overnight. 2. So,begin by making the decision to go forward and learning what it takes to get there.
· Learn what motivates you and what your bad triggers are. 3. Sometimes it is very difficult to fight off urges,so know the areas where your resistance is low and how to avoid those situations.Remove the temptations and surround yourself with encouraging items such as motivating slogans and pictures of what you want to achieve.
· Make certain behaviors a routine.Once you have decided what’s important to you and which goals to strive for , establish a daily routine that will help you achieve them. 4. They can put you in a negative frame of mind and hinder(阻碍)your self-discipline.A poor attitude can also be a bad habit.
● 5. Michael Jordan has always maintained that his greatness as a basketball player came as much from his willingness to work hard at his craft,as it did his talent.It was his desire through discipline and focus that made him one of the best basketball players ever.If it worked for him,it could certainly work for the rest of us.
A.What is self-discipline?
B. Engage in sports or activities.
C.Get inspiration from those you admire.
D.You can begin by learning about yourself !
E.If you try to do too much at once , you could injure yourself and have a setback.
F.Meanwhile,get rid of some of your bad,self-defeating habits,whatever they may be.
G.It does mean learning how to focus your mind and energies on your goals until they are accomplished.
Some people like to listen to the Beatles.while others prefer Gregorian chants.When it comes to music , scientists find that nurture can overpower nature.
A study shows musical preferences seem to be mainly shaped by a person’s cultural upbringing and experiences rather than biological factors.“Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference in the way people respond to consonant(和谐的)and dissonant(不和谐的)sounds,and this suggests that other cultures hear the world differently,” says Josh McDermott.a scientist in Cambridge.
Some scientists believe that the way people respond to music has a biological basis and that this would overpower any cultural shaping of musical preferences , effectively making them a universal phenomenon.Some musicians.by contrast , think that such preferences are more a product of one’s culture.If a person’s upbringing shapes their preferences,then they are not a universal phenomenon.
The trick to working out where musical preferences come from was to find and test people who hadn’t had much contact with Western music.McDermott and his team travelled by aeroplane,car and canoe to reach the remote villages of the Tsimane’ people,who are largely isolated from Western culture.
In their experiments,McDermott and his colleagues investigated responses to Western music by playing combinations of notes to three groups of people:the Tsimane’ and two other groups of Bolivians that had experienced increasing levels of exposure to Western music.The researchers recorded whether each group regarded the notes as pleasant or unpleasant.
The Tsimane’ are just as good at making acoustic(声响的)distinctions as the groups with more experience of other types of music,the scientists find.Most people prefer consonant tones,but the Tsimane’ have no preference between them.“This pretty convincingly rules out that the preferences are things we’re born with,’’ McDermott argues.
“Culture plays a role.We like the music we grew up with,”agrees Dale Purves,a scientist at Duke University.“Nature versus nurture is always a fool’s errand.’’It’s almost always a combination,he adds.
1.Why does the author mention Beatles in the first paragraph?
A.To arouse reader’s interest.
B.To stress the importance of music.
C.To introduce the topic to be discussed.
D.To encourage readers to listen to their music.
2.McDermott would most probably agree that __________.
A.people’s music preference is a universal phenomenon
B.Chinese and Japanese have different music preferences
C.the way people respond to music is biologically decided
D.parents have nothing to do with children’s music preference
3.What do we know about the Tsimane’ in the experiment?
A.They prefer consonant tones.
B.They are born with excellent music talent.
C.They do well in telling acoustic distinctions.
D.They have never had contact with Western music.
4.What does the underlined phrase “a fool’s errand” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Something meaningless. B.Something significant.
C.Something reliable. D.Something sensitive.
When you go to the doctor, you like to come away with a prescription.It makes you feel better to know you will get some medicine.But the doctor knows that medicine is not always needed.Sometimes all a sick person needs is some reassurance that all will be well.In such cases the doctor may prescribe a placebo.
A placebo is a sugar pill,a harmless shot,or ail empty capsule.Even though they have no medicine in them , these things seem to make people well.The patient thinks it is medicine and begins to get better.How does this happen?
The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itself.It is as if there was a doctor in each of us.The doctor will heal the body for us if we let it.But it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the body.Some people say it works because the human mind fools itself.These people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine,then it will act as if it did,and the body will feel better.
Placebos do not always work.The success of this treatment seems to rest a lot with the relationship between the patient and the doctor.If the patient has a lot of trust in the doctor and if the doctor really wants to help the patient,then the placebo is more likely to work.So in a way, the doctor is the most powerful placebo of all.
A placebo can also have bad effects.If patients expect a bad reaction to medicine,then they will also show a bad reaction to the placebo.This would seem to show that a lot of how you react to medicine is in your mind rather than in your body.Some doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should never be used.They think there is still not enough known about it.
The strange power of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it is.There are people who say you can heal your body by using your mind.And the interesting thing is that even people who swear this is not possible have been healed by a placebo.
1.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A.The placebo. B.The bad effect.
C.The body. D.The medicine.
2.What do we know about placebo according to the passage?
A.It contains some sort of medicine.
B.It won’t function if you are negative about medicine.
C.People who don’t believe placebo can’t be healed by it.
D.Patients and doctors know clearly how it helps to heal the body
3.Why is the doctor sometimes the most powerful placebo?
A.The patient needs help badly.
B.The patient believes in the doctor.
C.The doctor knows better about your body.
D.The doctor has carefully studied medicine.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Placebo:Work on Your Mind
B.Placebo:The Most Powerful Medicin
C.Placebo:The Best Doctor
D.Placebo:Heal Your Body