A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. They (sit) next to each other. "What's that in your bag?" asked the young man,  (point) to a big bag beside the old man.  

    "Gold. There was nothing but gold, "answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears and was in great(surprising). Then he began to think about how to get the gold. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man  (lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.  

    The young man took the big bag gently and  (quiet). But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out,  in vain. At last he took off his coat, thinking that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat.

    Worried but (delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place  he thought the old man couldn't find him. He stopped and quickly opened the bag but he just found a great many small stones  it. Then he ran back to the station (hurry) only to find that the old man was gone.

本文中共有10处语言错误,每句最多有两处.错误涉及一个单词的增加,删除和修改.增加:把缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该词.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.每处错误极其修改均限一词.2.只允许修改10处,多者从第11处不记分.

    Mr. Smith had a 8-year-old son named Tony, who enjoyed listening to music very much. So he bought a piano to Tony, hoping that he can become a famous pianist one day. The little boy put her heart into practising the piano day after day and seemed enjoy every minute of it. However, half a year later, he told his father that he was tiring of practising the piano. Heard this, Mr. Smith said, “Tony, it is one thing to be fond of listen to music, but it is another thing to perform skillful by yourself. You can never play the piano well even if you don't practise more.”

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。

    Christine was just a girl in my class. I never knew much about her except for that she was strange. She didn't talk many. Her hair was black and purple, and she worn black sports shoes and a black sweater, although in summer. She was, in fact, rather attractively, and she never seemed care what the rest of us thought about her. Like the rest of my classmate, I didn't really want to get closest to her. It was only when we did their chemistry project together that I begin to understand why Christine dressed the way she did.

    The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted(亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas. The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan. Its debut seems to be a sign of competition against “Santa Claus”, according to a report by Guangming Daily.

    Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus” in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings,” said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine's Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人), and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.

    However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awaken the public awareness of traditional festivals.

    In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior(次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance(继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.

Everythingyou can pass the examination.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

    Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time 1  in many ways.

    Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a 2 meaning to the event. It is not a 3 to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, 4 he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that something is urgent and 5 immediate attention.

    The same meaning is 6 telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think it is a 7 of life or death. The time chosen for the call 8 its importance.

    In social life, time plays a very 9 part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the 10 to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not 11 in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far 12because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be 13.

    The meaning of time 14 from place to place in the world.15, misunderstandings often arise between people from different cultures that 16 time differently. For example, promptness (准时) is 17greatly in American life. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as 18 or not fully responsible. In the US, no one would think of keeping a business partner 19 for an hour; it would be too rude. A person who is five minutes late is 20 to make a short apology.

— It was on the farm _______ we worked.

a. Have they decided on the of the new building yet?

b. Early settlers where there was water.

c. The small village is in a hilly area.

You already—you had lunch only two hours ago!