When should the man arrive at Paul's house?
A.7:35. B.8:00 C.8:25
假设你是李华，你上个星期天去市图书馆看书时发现以下问题，你写信向馆长Mr Li反映：
1．新书太少；
2．书架上的书比较混乱；
3．阅览室的一盏灯坏了；
4．管理员工作时彼此闲聊。
注意：
1．词数100~120左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Li,
Last Sunday, I went to do some reading in your library._______________________________
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So, for the sake of readers, I suggest that you change all these as soon as possible.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
When I was in high school, most of my friend had bicycles. I hoped I could also have it. One day I saw a second-hand bicycle, that was only one hundred yuan. I asked my father the money. But he said he could only give me half of the money. He should find the other half myself. So I went to sell newspapers after the school. My father was pleased if I showed him the money a month after. He gives me the other fifty. You can imagine how happy I was when I rode to school by my own bicycle.
As a child I never worried about losing my hearing, even though many other members of my family had done so. It seemed I was one of the ____ ones. I had a lovely voice and felt ____ about my singing. At 13,1 made my debut (初次登台)in a school production of Carlo Menotti ’ s opera and knew then that I ____ on stage.
But then I noticed that ____ I didn’t sit at the front in lectures, I would ____to hear. I went to the hospital to have a ____ test. I felt desperate，my ambitions ____ by a diagnosis of incurable nerve deafness.
However, my bravery persuaded me to ____ my plans and I went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. I kept my ____ a closely guarded secret, convinced that admitting it would ____ my career. I won roles on merit (凭成绩)，but the added fear and anxiety at auditions (试听) ____ me.
At 28, I made my debut at New Sadler’s Wells Opera. But my hearing loss was ____ I couldn ’ t hear myself sing well any more. I ’ d get a feeling of terror and want to ____ before every performance. ____ a superb technician fitted in-the-ear hearing aids, making me self-conscious and my confidence ____ I was fast learning to ____ , singing by sensation. Recording music is now a joy and acoustic (原声的)sounds through the headphones help me ____.
____ in technology mean my latest hearing aids are wireless, and my ____ is at its peak. I continue to tour the world. This year, I decided it was time to be ____ , not ashamed, and went public as the only deaf mezzo-soprano in the world.
1.A. clever B. lucky C. pitiful D. active
2.A. curious B. anxious C. awkward D. confident
3.A. belonged B. sacrificed C. survived D. trembled
4.A. though B. since C. if D. after
5.A. struggle B. hesitate C. pretend D. cease
6.A. blood B. hearing C. sight D. memory
7.A. achieved B. developed C. crushed D. extended
8.A. figure out B. stick to C. go over D. give up
9.A. background B. scores C. ambitions D. deafness
10.A. start B. further C. change D. ruin
11.A. puzzled B. consumed C. impressed D. motivated
12.A. accelerating B. compensating C. recovering D. disappearing
13.A. rest B. play C. drill D. flee
14.A. Thankfully B. Clearly C. Actually D. Generally
15.A. faded B. grew C. counted D. helped
16.A. forget B. judge C. cooperate D. adapt
17.A. laugh B. howl C. relax D. sleep
18.A. Drawbacks B. Applications C. Improvements D. Regulations
19.A. attention B. performance C. intelligence D. energy
20.A. famous B. creative C. proud D. innocent
If you ask people to name one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare” “Samuel Johnson” and “Webster”， but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn’t even speak English - William the Conqueror.
Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging to two major language groups.In the westcentral region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic.In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call AngloSaxon (or Old English), a Germanic language.If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would have been close to German.
But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction between upperclass French and lowerclass AngloSaxon in its words.We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing farming, while the upperclass Normans were doing most of eating.
When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic at its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of the man’s ambition (野心).
1.The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were ____.
A.Welsh and Scottish B.Nordic and Germanic
C.Celtic and Old English D.AngloSaxon and Germanic
2.Which of the following groups of words is, by inference, rooted in French?
A.president, lawyer, beef B.president, bread, water
C.bread, field, sheep D.folk, field, cow
3.Why does French appear less foreign than German to Americans on their first visit to Europe?
A.Many French words are similar to English ones.
B.They know little of the history of the English language.
C.Most advertisements in France appear in English.
D.They know French better than German.
Many kids would likely argue that their lunchtime is too short.While the precious breaks after class are used to relax and chat with friends, students also need to scarf_down a full meal to fuel them through the rest of the day.
But it is found that students need more than few minutes to consume (消耗) those muchneeded nutrients (营养).Longer lunchtime is healthier.The study compared food choices with the amount of time students are given to eat.Students with less than 20 minutes for lunch ate less, including nutritional fruits and vegetables.
Nationwide, the average (平均的) lunchtime is about 30 minutes. But researchers found that the real lunchtime can get cut down to less than 10 minutes.Researchers researched 1,001 students in lowincome neighborhoods in Massachusetts that had lunchtime between 20 and 30 minutes.Students with shorter lunchtime were less likely to even choose a fruit in their lunch:44 percent of students with 20minute time picked up an apple or orange.
More than 30 million children, half of all public school children nationwide, according to the Southern Education Foundation, eat lowcost or free lunches every day under the National School Lunch program.With the 2010 Healthy, HungerFree Kids Act, school lunches have seen an overhaul (详细检查) in their nutritional guidelines, with an increase in whole grains (全谷类), lowfat choices, fruits and vegetables.
While increasing lunchtime and cutting into class time may not be a possible choice for many schools, whose funding depends on the results of tests.Researchers suggested simplifying the lunch lines so that students can make the most out of the time they have.
1.The underlined phrase “scarf down” in the first paragraph means “________”.
A.discuss B.cook C.eat D.improve
2.If students’ lunchtime is less than 20 minutes, they would ________.
A.have healthier lunches B.eat more vegetables
C.have less choices D.be short of proper nutrition
3.What do nearly half students choose to eat if they only have 20 minutes for lunch?
A.The vegetables. B.The milk. C.The meat. D.The fruits.
4.Why wouldn’t schools cut into class time in the last paragraph?
A.Because the students will not have the enough healthy choice.
B.Because the nonideal result of the test will influence the school fund.
C.Because the school will have to improve lunch quality.
D.Because the students will waste their lunchtime playing.
