Thomas Alva Edison （爱迪生）was awarded more patents（专利） on inventions than any other American. When he died in 1931，Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him .One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout . All electric power would be shut off in homes，streets，and factories. Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions mean to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison’s funeral（葬礼），many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen’s finger tips.
1.This selection says that Thomas Edison________.
A. was the only important American inventor
B. received the first American patent
C. received more patents than any other American
D. was the first American inventor
2.People decided to honor Edison when______.
A. he made the first electric light
B. electric power was 100 years
C. the country realized electricity’s importance
D. he died in 1931
3.The suggested plan was to________.
A. turn off the lights in factories and schools
B. observe a few minutes of total silence
C. dim all electric lights
D. shut of all electricity for a short time
4.Americans fully realized what Edison’s inventions meant when they________.
A. heard of his death
B. heard of the plan to honor him
C. first used electric power
D. tried to carry out the plan
假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Pater在做一个课题：世界各地生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式，写作要点：
●庆祝生日的意义：
●通常方式（如聚会，礼物和祝福）；
●我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由。
注意：（1）词数100字左右；
（2）符合语言规范；
（3）开头和结尾已给出，（不计入总词数）
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。每处错误涉仅及一个单词的增加、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。
Dear American guests,
On behalf of our school, I would like to express our warmly welcome to you. We are lucky to have us here in the middle of our English Week activities.
As being planned, we had English Talent Show today. The purpose of this programme is develop our interest in English learning and practical abilities in listening and spoken. The programme consists in the following activities: recitation, singing, word spelling, storytelling and so on. The Show will begin at two o’clock this afternoon at the Student Center. Dear guests, you are welcomed to take part in our activities. I hope we student will benefit greatly from your presence.
I sincerely hope you a pleasant time with us. Thank you.
1.Mongolian wolves are e__________（使……处于险境；危及） nowadays.
2.Inside the theater, they were giving a p__________（表演） of Bizet’s Carmen.
3.I asked him to be more s__________（具体的）.
4.The night was dark, and the stars were h__________（隐藏） behind cloud.
5.Last year they sold twice as many computers as their c__________（竞争者）.
6.Disney’s Beauty And The Beast has won many positive r__________（评论）.
7.He s__________（发现） a man with a shotgun taking aim.
8.This restaurant offers simple but t__________（美味可口的） meals.
9.This product comes with a 5-year g__________（保证；保修）.
10.He p__________（购买） a ticked and went up on the top deck.
The “One Belt One Road” strategy proposed by President Xi Jinping has drawn public attention to Silk Road. Silk Road refers to the old overland trade route1.was formed in the Western Han Dynasty. This route stretched 4, 350 miles from Chang’an to western China, central Asia, and even to Europe,2.（enable）these to have better communications in diplomacy, business and culture.
China was the first country3.（produce）silk fabric. This skill reached a 4.（fair）advanced level in the Zhou Dynasty. As a major export to Europe, “silk”5.(use) to name this great route by a German geographer, Ferdinand von Richthofen. China’s silk was introduced into western6.（country）through this old trade route. People were not familiar with this product at the beginning, and made many guesses at how7.was produced. According to the record, the idea that silk was picked from trees was widely accepted by folks in Europe.
Clothes made of this fabric were always best sellers, and were considered a social status symbol. Even the gorgeous Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, was also a big fan of the silk. This fascination led to an 8.（increase）demand9.this product, and promoted the10.(develop)of this trading route.
The exact cause of the crime cannot be remembered as it happened a long time ago, but the punishment is still _______ and vivid: Dig up the fig tree（无花果）in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when sentenced to hard labor in the garden, I suspected this was my parents’ way of _______me to do their dirty work.
It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, cutting it branch by branch and limb by limb, _______all that remained of the once-proud specimen（标本，样本）was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.
“What did that_________ever do to you?” my father said, “You should have left some taproot (主根)of it, at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the_______to Mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly_______school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.
Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he_______me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger_______, making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side_______a common goal.
“Well,” my father said when we________, “we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any________that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can________toenails（指甲）in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did________as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and________when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.
In a perfectly________world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had________the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this________to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood________. My father took a fig from the________and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “________some of that.”
1.A. certain B. strange C. common D. clear
2.A. inviting B. letting C. getting D. helping
3.A. since B. when C. until D. after
4.A. truck B. tool C. tree D. taproot
5.A. rest B. flight C. walk D. ride
6.A. thought over B. talked about C. broke into D. gave up
7.A. forgave B. tricked C. entertained D. joined
8.A. disappeared B. concentrated C. approached D. exploded
9.A. through B. against C. toward D. off
10.A. argued B. continued C. started D. finished
11.A. relationship B. value C. advantage D. chance
12.A. dig B. plant C. remove D. observe
13.A. understand B. determine C. watch D. feel
14.A. confused B. happy C. regretful D. disappointed
15.A. fair B. strange C. usual D. easy
16.A. frogotten B. cut C. helped D. guarded
17.A. task B. answer C. question D. action
18.A. suffering B. misfortune C. sorrow D. rudeness
19.A. bowl B. desk C. kitchen D. fridge
20.A. deserve B. receive C. protect D. suspect
