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 Peter,
I am more than happier to know you got first prize in the speech contest. I’m writing to offer my sincere congratulations to you.
It is known to all, success lie in hard work. I think you must have been practiced a lot. And at the same time you must have gained much valuable skills. Could you please help me but tell me what I should pay attention when I speak in public? You know, when made a speech, I always get nervously. I would appreciate it if you could give me some advices.
Please write to me as soon as you can.
单词拼写,注意：每空一词。
1.Thanksgiving Day is one of the most important U.S. family ______________(庆祝).
2.I enjoy __________ my living by teaching small kids. (谋生)
3.He was __________ the gold medal for being the fastest runner. (授予)
4.A ________________ diet is essential for teenagers. (平衡)
5.These _______________ were angry with the salesgirl for her impolite answer. (顾客)
6.His English was so ___________ that he couldn’t even tell the foreign friend where he was from. (有限)
7.This kind of fruit is of great __________ to your health. (有益)
8.Smoking is not p_____________ in our school. (允许)
9.A high proportion of the new _________ are skilled professionals. (到达者)
10._______________, we don’t want to spend too much money. （显而易见的）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语（只限一词），或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空（不多于三词），并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1. (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 2.too little.
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,3.not save a bit of money?
“That would be a very4. (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like 5. (us), Nick said.
Nick’s guests, 6.had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 7.a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t 8. (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 9.very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10. (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
Recently I understood the true meaning of love. The ________ was Kane, my neighbor Joline’s two-year-old son.
Kane was born with a physical problem on his ________. And I witnessed the ________ that Kane’s physical shortcomings had on his family. I also witnessed much more than that. I saw a ________ family that embraced (拥抱) this special child. A family that wouldn’t allow Kane to know he was ________. Joline had constructed a small cart just a few inches off the floor for his son to_______. Kane used his hands to move about, and the cart ________ him to “go to” any place just as everyone else was able to do. Kane was not just a member of the family, but the ________ of the family.
With a wide smile, it was easy to see that even at the age of two, Kane liked to ________ with people very much. With wisdom of an individual, this boy even ________ the most complex of human emotions. Later I came to ________that this child was sent to help some of us who weren’t just getting what love was all about.
Kane demanded attention, ________not because of his mobility (移动能力) challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no________ or shortcomings. The ________ was that he received attention because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.
Kane ________ me in a deep way. His ability to refuse to be different has ________ me. Kane was and is ________ lots of warm and powerful energy to me. From him and his family I learnt the ________: love surpasses (超越) all things. I can only imagine that as the parent of a child like Kane one might be filled with ________ . But I believe that having a child like Kane is actually a(n)________ . The parents of such special babies are angels too, just as the babies are.
1.A. problem B. reason C. matter D. pressure
2.A. hands B. eyes C. legs D. arms
3.A. effect B. comment C. demand D. look
4.A. similar B. wonderful C. practical D. fair
5.A. irregular B. difficult C. different D. terrible
6.A. go ahead B. speed up C. turn out D. get around
7.A. invited B. allowed C. advised D. caused
8.A. symbol B. signal C. center D. mark
9.A. communicate B. compare C. agree D. compete
10.A. reminded B. understood C. discovered D. trusted
11.A. recognize B. experience C. imagine D. realize
12.A. and B. or C. but D. as
13.A. challenges B. expectations C. promises D. chances
14.A. goal B. result C. possibility D. truth
15.A. touched B. stopped C. caught D. kept
16.A. puzzled B. shocked C. amused D. inspired
17.A. even B. yet C. still D. almost
18.A. lesson B. subject C. notice D. skill
19.A. excitement B. determination C. anger D. anxiety
20.A. ability B. advantage C. problem D. exception
Why Do We Forget Things?
When it comes to having perfect memories, it is apparent that we humans must have had some faults in our blueprints(蓝图)! Why don’t we remember everything that we want to remember? It makes us feel upset and get discouraged. 1. However, it’s true that we are all forgetful.
2.These are stored in what we call our “long-term memory”. What about before age three? Sigmund Freud, a doctor of Vienna, discovered the fact that we forget most of our early childhood. 3.They have different opinions. A very good theory, born from the results of experimentation with babies, is that absence of language ability at the time of an event stopped us from describing it to others.
4. Experts say that you can keep about seven things in your memory at once for up to three days. During that time, you may forget something in order to put something else in its place, or you put it into long-term memory. What goes into short-term memory are things you’ve learned about recently, in the past day or two. 5.For example, you may have met your favorite star last week, and this week you can tell all the details to a friend. A simple example to explain your short-term memory is to look at a list of twenty words for a minute or two. You will discover that you cannot remember more than about seven of them and that they are the ones in the beginning and at the end of the list because your mind has judged them to be more important than those in the middle.
A.Scientists now know that it may take longer to remember things for the old.
B.However, it is widely recognized that short-term memory can be improved.
C.Sometimes, it even causes us to lose self-respect or others to think less of us.
D.Psychologists have been studying what causes this forgetfulness since Freud’s time.
E.Most of us have vivid memories of our lives from about age three to our present ages.
F.Only if something really unusual happens does it stay in your short-term memory for longer.
G.The other type of memory, the “short-term memory”, is what we are usually referring to when we say, “I forgot.”
It’s holiday season and time for shopping. There are a bunch of items on your shopping lists ranging from small gifts, toys and festive decorations to Christmas and New Year cards. What’s your first reaction to products labeled “Made in China”? If you still tend to relate “Made in China” to poor quality, you need to update your ideas. China’s ability to produce high-quality products has been recognized by a growing number of foreigners. It’s a misunderstanding to associate low quality with “Made in China”.
Cameron Purdy, a Web user, says that China manufactures poor-quality products does not mean it cannot manufacture high-quality products. He explains that the poor-quality products one purchases in the US for example, are made in the quality that the American companies ask for. “The price that you pay for the product has no relationship to the cost of its manufacturing,” suggested Purdy. For example, for an item priced at $20 in the US, the cost of manufacturing it paid by the American company is usually less than $1. To guarantee the room for profit, the Chinese co-manufacturer spends less than $1 to produce the item.
Amanda Wu, who lives in Shanghai, noted that many top brands have manufacturing factories located in China, and the most convincing example of China’s manufacturing quality is Apple products. On the back of the iPhone, one can find the product is Made in China—“Designed by Apple in California. Assembled (装备) in China. ”Chinese and foreign Web users commented that some Chinese products with good reputations around the world are Haier, Lenovo, GREE, Huawei and China Railway High-speed.
On the other hand, foreign misunderstandings can sometimes affect Chinese people’s minds. For instance, when Chinese people travel abroad, some would still avoid buying products Made in China. It’s time for the world to stop relating Made in China with low-quality products. Just remember, you get what you pay for.
1.How does Purdy make his point more convincing?
A. By using quotes. B. By making experiments.
C. By making comparisons. D. By giving examples.
2.How many Chinese products are well received worldwide in the text?
A. Seven B. Six.
C. Five. D. Four.
3.When abroad, Chinese people don’t buy Chinese products because of ________.
A. high price B. low quality
C. old fashions D. foreign misunderstanding
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A. Chinese products are the best in the world.
B. How to tell apart the quality of Chinese products.
C. How to improve the quality of Chinese products.
D. Chinese products don’t have to mean poor quality.
