第一节 单句改错(10个小题,每小题1分,共10分)
1.Paris is the capital and largest city of France,situating on the River Seine.
2.Norway is at the top of the list,but the US is at number 7.
3.Passengers are permitted carry only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.
4.Indeed, body positions are part of that we call “body language”.
5.The tubes were attached to a long stick which helped keep the rocket moved in a straight direction.
6.Believing in yourself is the key of success.
7.If we sit near the front of the bus, we'll have the better view.
8.If you throw light at something, you make it easier to understand.
9.Great changes have been taken place in our country in the past thirty years.
10.The garbage is then taken away and,if possibly, recycled.
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are neccessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1.spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2. ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success 3. language learning. 4. good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only 5.(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and 6.meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 7.we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8.(advise) for those 9.are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 10.(write) the language whenever we can.
Once upon a time,there was a very big fish named Bob. Bob was already the ______ fish in the pond,but he wanted to be the biggest fish in the world.
One day,he was out catching ______ for dinner. He ______ to catch a very big fly. Before he could swallow it through,the big fly ______ for his life. The fly promised Bob a magic wish if he would ______ his life.
At first,Bob was very ______ about giving up the largest fly he had seen. He was hungry.______ more than anything else on this planet,he wanted to be huge.
______ he decided to take the magic wish. The fly looked at him and said,“______ your wish,fish!”
“I want to be huge,really,really huge. I want to be bigger than any ______ that ever lived,” Bob said to the fly.
“That’s really ______,” the fly said to him.
Bob looked at the fly and said,“No,I’m smart!Aren’t you going to give me the ______?”
“I will keep my promise,”the fly said,and with that Bob started to ______. He grew and grew until he was so large that he ______ live in the pond any more. Bob ______ for water,but he was beached,and after a while he died.
The people fishing in their ______,the people standing on the banks of the ______,and the people who had stopped their cars on the highway,all ______ in surprise at this big stupid fish that was ______ on the side of the pond.
Everybody had a wonderful time ______ Bob,who was of course eaten.
1.A. tallest B. cleverest C. shyest D. largest
2.A. flies B. fish C. animals D. birds
3.A. promised B. succeeded C. managed D. tried
4.A. searched B. begged C. waited D. struggled
5.A. protect B. rescue C. spare D. keep
6.A. sure B. uncertain C. worried D. pleased
7.A. And B. While C. Until D. But
8.A. Finally B. Firstly C. Surprisingly D. Doubtfully
9.A. Name B. Remember C. Tell D. Leave
10.A. animal B. fly C. person D. fish
11.A. funny B. stupid C. sincere D. royal
12.A. present B. wish C. hope D. gift
13.A. grow B. change C. increase D. add
14.A. mustn’t B. wouldn’t C. couldn’t D. shouldn’t
15.A. longed B. sent C. charged D. paid
16.A. seas B. nets C. boats D. cars
17.A. water B. stream C. river D. pond
18.A. wondered B. watched C. glared D. stared
19.A. swum B. stuck C. shocked D. struck
20.A. beside B. besides C. except D. as well as
七选五
There is an English saying:“___1..__.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. __ 2._____.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 3.__. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. _____4..____.
___5.._______. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A. Laughter can prolong one’s life.
B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.
C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.
D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health
Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino(厄尔尼诺). The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.
One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe, Roger Buckland worked with them. They have found that when El Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last El Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain.
The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication Nature. Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.
1.El Nino is known as ___.
A. the changing of the weather in southern Africa
B. the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean
C. the weather which brings drought(旱灾) to Africa
D. the weather phenomenon (现象)that brings heavy rains to Africa
2.Scientists study El Nino in order that ___.
A. they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from drought
B. they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rain
C. they can do some research work in this field.
D. they can put all this information into their computers.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Nature is the name of the article written recently by the scientists.
B. Three scientists from the USA work on this subject.
C. Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger.
D. El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwe’s poor crops.
4.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Appearance of El Nino is Predictable(可预测的) B. Drought in Zimbabwe
C. Early Warning System D. Weather in Africa
Once Napoleon stayed in a small inn. The next morning, he went to thank the innkeeper.
“You have served me well, innkeeper,” said Napoleon. “I wish to reward you. Tell me what you want.”
“Sir, we want nothing,” said the innkeeper. “But will you tell us something?”
“What is it?” Napoleon asked.
“We have heard a story,” said the innkeeper, “that once during the war, a small village was taken by the Russians. You happened to be in the village. You hid while they looked for you. Will you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you?” Napoleon looked very angry. He called in two of his soldiers. Then he pointed to the door. The soldiers took the innkeeper and his wife out into the yard.
At the end of the yard was a wall. The innkeeper and his wife were led to the wall. The soldiers tied the hands of the innkeeper and his wife. Napoleon watched, saying nothing.
“Please, sir.” begged the innkeeper, “Don’t kill us! We meant nothing!” The soldiers moved back. The innkeeper saw them raising their guns. Then Napoleon called: “Ready! Aim!” The wife screamed. “Stop!” said Napoleon. He went to the innkeeper, “Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t you?”
1.Why did the innkeeper ask Napoleon to tell him how Napoleon felt when he was being looked for?
A. He wanted to know the difference between a general and an ordinary people.
B. He looked down upon Napoleon, for he thought a great man shouldn’t be defeated.
C. He showed his sympathy(同情) to Napoleon in time of danger.
D. He was interested in other’s failure, especially Napoleon’s.
2.Why did Napoleon ordered his men to tie the couple?
A. because he wanted to teach the innkeeper a good lesson for bothering him.
B. because he wanted to kill the couple to get rid of his anger.
C. because he wanted to show that he was so admiring a general that nobody could upset him.
D. because he wanted to made the innkeeper know that a general like him had the same feeling as the ordinary people in face of danger.
3.Which is the best title of the text?
A. Napoleon’s Trick B. Napoleon and an Innkeeper
C. Napoleon’s Anger D. Napoleon’s ride