_{This special school accepts all disabled students, _____ educational level and background.（   ）}

写一篇建议信，建议信的内容有 ：

李华是一个17岁的高二女孩，体重70公斤。喜欢吃肉，不喜欢运动。而且经常感冒，所以她很苦恼。假如你是她的好朋友，给她写一封信提出你的解决办法或建议。

Dear Li Hua,

I am sorry to hear that you have been ill for days and hope you have got better now.                                                                                                                                                                

Sincerely yours，

                                                                         John

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。

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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。

My grandfather and I enjoy fishing. One Sunday morning we go fishing at a lake. We took ours fishing poles and headed for the lake. As soon as we arrived, so we dropped the lines into the water. Before waiting for about half an hour, I was beginning to get impatiently. I wanted to give up, and my grandfather told me to wait a little longer. Finally, there were

a sudden pull at the pole and fish was caught. Within the next few minute, my grandfather also caught a fish. Felt hungry, we built a fire by the lake and barbecued the fish. It was delicious.

_{When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结)．To show this, she pick up one chopstick, taking it as one person．Then she easily broke it into two pieces．Next, she tied several chopsticks together, taking them as a family．She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks．This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up}

_{Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California．However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money．They moved their family to San Francisco．There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop．Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant．The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young．However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard．}

_{Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business．They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles．Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful．Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace．Without the strength of the family, there is no business．”}

_{With three generations of Ans working together, now the Ans' business makes more than $20 million each year．Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together．Now they are a big success．}

_{31．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?}

_{A．How to Run a Corporation Well  B．Strength Comes from Peace}

_{C．How to Achieve a Big Dream           D．Family Unity Builds Success}

_{32．What can we infer about the An's daughters?}

_{A．They went out to work for themselves before graduation．}

_{B．They all would not like to work in their family business．}

_{C．They were deeply influenced by what Helene taught them．}

_{D．There always were disagreements among family members}

_{33．Helene once used chopsticks to show ______}

_{A．the quality of the chopsticks}

_{B．the difficulty of being united}

_{C．the strength of family unity}

_{D．how to be a strong person}

_{34．We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An's family ______}

_{A．began to run a restaurant in 1975}

_{B．left Vietnam without much money}

_{C．bought a restaurant in Los Angeles}

_{D．opened a sandwich shop in San Francisco}

There was a chemistry class on Monday for Alice to attend. Unluckily, she was not on time for school in that morning. She looked little tired when she met her chemistry teacher, Miss Green. She had apologized for her being lately. Miss Green asked that there was something wrong with her. The girl said that she was all right, but she didn't have many sleep last night. She went to a football game but took some pictures. After get home, she was busy developing(冲洗) them. She stayed up till midnight. Miss Green told him to get more sleep at night. Alice promises not to do that again. Then Alice showed Miss Green her beautiful picture.

It seems that no one can live a happy life without friendship. While a great number of people expect others to be their friends, they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last long. To have a friend, you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous; be understanding.

    Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you do not tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always depend on one another to speak and act honestly.

Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you help your friend know better.

Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with each other. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so that you can understand the problem better.

    No two friendships are exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.

32. Some friendships don’t last long because ________.

  A. there are too many people who want to make friends

  B. those who give others friendship receive friendship from others

  C. some people receive friendship but don’t give friendship back

  D. they don’t know friendship is something important

33. According to the passage, honesty is ________.

  A. something impossible B. more important than anything else

  C. as important as money                  D. the base of friendship

34. Which of the following isn’t talked about in the passage?

  A. You should tell your friends the truth.

  B. A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend.

  C. Discussing your problems with your friends often helps to solve the problem.

  D. Sharing your mind with your friends is valuable.

35. The best title of this passage is ________.

  A. Honesty Is the Best Policy            B. A Friend in Need Is a Friend indeed

  C. Three Important Points in Life               D. How to Be Friends

Ten years ago I used to be very fit. I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing. Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more. There’s a lot of stress  in my job. Perhaps that is why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.  Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me! Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something like I used to do. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?

32．Compared with ten years ago, what is worse for the author now?

A. His job.                               B. His pay.

C. His means of transport.                D. His health.

33．According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?

A. He got higher pay.

B. His working hours weren’t long.

C. He found it very stressful.

D. He had little free time at weekends.

34．After the author had a heart attack, the doctor advised him _____.

A. not to work any longer

B. to take a long vacation abroad

C. to stop smoking and take exercise

D. not to eat out any more

35．What can we learn about the author?

A. The author is not sure what he should do now.

B. The author has taken the doctor’s advice.

C. The author has got another new job.

D. The author feels much better now.

61. At times this balance of nature ___________ (disturb), which results in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

62. With his mind _____________ (focus) on the things not related to his studies, his marks have fallen rapidly.

63. When _____________(compare) with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.

64. Students should be encouraged_____________(present) their own opinions, whether right or wrong.

65. Walking along the river bank one day, I found a child ___________ (struggle) in the water.

66. The plan__________ (design) to encourage the employees to improve their work turned out to be a success.

67. The mobile phone _____________(guarantee) for at least five years, but it went wrong only one year later.

68. It’s high time someone ______________(protest) against human rights violations.

69. A sheep ___________ (feed) on this kind of special grass usually grows much faster than one on ordinary.

70. Some students have no idea of why they are studying, so they are _________ (aim) most of the time.

Perhaps forty years ago Sadie left her drunk and violent husband. Needing shelter for herself and her young son she took a ____61____ in a housing project for ____62____ people.

Eventually，she got to know the residents. One resident，Archie，didn't have a ____63____ of his own but his nephew's wife and her kids would ____64____ and help the old guy from time to time.

Sadie helped care for Archie as he battled ___65____ and it was she who called the doctor who diagnosed his cancer.

Time passed. Sadie's son grew up，got ___66___ and settled several hundred miles away. Sadie retired and __67__ into a nice little home of her own. To ____68____ the loneliness she took in a series of ____69____ over the years.

Her current dog，Muffin，with a bad temper，___70___ pulls at the end of his lead. So when a heavy fall of snow came a year and a half ago she was ____71____ when a neighbour offered to ____72____ the dog；just so she wouldn't be pulled off her feet and break a ___73____．And each day he would spend a while talking to her，seeing if she was ___74____，checking if she needed anything. Although she had known him for a long time Sadie never really thought to wonder what his last __75__ was. This morning she asked. His surname was the same as old Archie's. She was __76__ to discover the man who had been “ caring” for her for the past year and a half had been one of the little kids who used to __77__“Uncle Archie” and tramp mud up and down the stairs she had to ____78____．

She had cared for his family，now he was caring for her. Neither of them ____79____ it until that moment but they were living proof of the old saying，“What goes around comes around”，and the circle of ____80____ will not be broken!

61．A.  seat          B．job           C．picture           D．trip

62．A.  elderly       B．foreign        C．young              D．foolish

63．A.  conductor     B．hope          C．family          D．friend

64．A.  look up       B．get round      C．pass by         D．drop in

65．A.  pollution      B．illness         C．danger         D．trouble

66．A.  married       B．dressed        C．accustomed     D．lost

67．A.  stepped       B．settled         C．broke          D．looked

68．A.  judge        B．divide          C．ease           D．show

69．A.  beggars       B．cats           C．children        D．dogs

70．A.  sometimes    B．always          C．seldom        D．never

71．A.  pleased       B．interested       C．concerned      D．determined

72．A.  comfort       B．train           C．walk          D．feed

73．A.  promise      B．secret           C．door          D．bone

74．A.  busy         B．patient          C．okay          D．quiet

75．A.  name        B．chance          C．day           D．word

76．A.  worried      B．surprised        C．satisfied        D．encouraged

77．A.  invite        B．protect          C．support        D．visit

78．A. count          B．climb           C．build          D．clean

79．A.  cut          B．gave            C．knew          D．picked

80．A.  kindness     B．knowledge        C．power         D．courage

May I ask a question after class，Sir？

_______，but not during my lunch break．（　　）

A．I'm sorry       B．Anytime       C．Certainly      D．Go ahead

Five-year-old Jocelyn was playing outside her grandmother's apartment building. Her mom, Jaimee, kept an eye on the  41  from a window.

At about 4 pm, Jocelyn walked around the comer of the building to get her bike and  42 

"I took my eyes  43  her for five minutes, and she was gone," says Jaimee. "I knew something was  44  ," she adds,   45  when she saw that Jocelyn's bike was  46  there and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with  47  near the bike. Jaimee called 911.

Policemen came soon, blocking off streets and  48  the neighborhood. Officers handed out a photo of the girl with golden hair. Many people joined in.

Temar Boggs, 15, was with some friends helping his elderly neighbor when one searcher  49  them and asked if they'd seen the girl.  50  the boys, none of them had seen her. Temar was approached with a photo of Jocelyn. "I  51  that I was going to find her," he says. He borrowed a bike from a friend and sped away. The boy searched without a plan,  52  keeping a sharp eye out as he rode on.

Then Temar  53  a car driving down a side street and turning back,  54  the driver was unfamiliar with the neighborhood. He followed it.

The car pulled an/a   55  U-turn at the top of a hill -- a group of policemen had gathered there.

The car passed the boy as it circled back  56  the hill. Temar made eye contact with the man behind the wheel, and spied a girl in the passenger seat. Temar  57  knew "it was her, for sure."

The boy  58  fast after the car, but the driver kept moving, slowly winding his way through the neighborhood.

 59   , the driver pulled the car to the street side a few hundred feet ahead of him and pushed open the passenger-side door. Jocelyn __60_ out of the car. The kidnapper sped away but was caught by the police the next day.

      Though Tom has _______ good knowledge of English, the discussion of whether he can get the job or not is still under _______ way.

A. a; the                       B. a; a                          C. /; a                          D. a; /

Last month, I (33)_______(return) to Australia to attend my elder sister’s wedding. Although it was a very modern wedding, my sister kept one tradition (34)_______ comes from an old English poem.

The poem says that a bride must wear: “Something old, something new, something borrowed something blue.” It is said (35)_______(bring) good luck to the marriage.

Something old is (36)_______ passed on from the bride’s family. It could be an heirloom（传家宝）that has been in the family for years, or a piece of her mother’s dress. This is meant to show a connection (37)_______ the bride’s family.

Something new brings hope for the future of the couple. It can be the new wedding dress, or new shoes.

Something borrowed is normally (38)_______ item of clothing or jewelry borrowed from one of the bride’s friends who have a happy marriage. It is believed to bring some of the friend’s luck from her marriage to the bride.

Last is something blue, which comes from another rhyme: “Marry in blue, husband be true.” This means that a bride who wears blue (39)_______(have) a faithful husband. It could be on her jewelry or on her shoes.

These days, most brides do not believe that (40)_______(wear) these items will really bring them good luck. However, they wear them anyway in recognition that traditions are important.

Urbanization

Until relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city. The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago.  31  In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history—a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.

Britain was only the beginning.  32 The process of urbanization—the migration (迁徙）of people from the countryside to the city—was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.

In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms.  33

Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies, it took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. 34 Until modem times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite (精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Cities survived by taxing fanners and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city.

Over the past two centuries, the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 35 Today, instead of needing ninety-five farmers to feed five city people, one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred non-farmers.

A. That kept cities very small.

B. The rest live in small towns.

C. The effects of urban living on people should be considered.

D. Soon many other industrial nations became urban societies.

E. But even 200 years ago, only a few people could live in cities.

F. Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.

G. Modem cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.

 I guess we’re already talked about this before but I’ll ask you again just ______.

  A. by nature       B. in case       C. by chance        D. in return

    Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China.    16     

    Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break a chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible.     17    ”

    The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty.   18    They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.

        19   . It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.

     The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships.    20    

A. The competitors show great interest in IBM.

B. Then they figured out the requirements of each.

C. And that’s probably the simplest of all of them.

D. This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.

E. Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.

F. The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

G. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment with IBM.

Do dogs understand us?

Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.

A dog__61__ (name) Rico recognizes about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as__62__ (easy) as a 3-year-old child.

In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the __63__ (own)  told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring __64__ back. In four tests, Rico got right 37 out of 40 commands.

In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, __65__  (use) a word the dog had never heard before.

The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, __66__ is even more impressive.          

Rico __67__  (think) to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, __68__ breed (品种)known for its mental abilities. In __69__ (add), the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.

It's hard to know if all dogs understand at __70__ (little) some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!

 It is ______ his tremendous enthusiasm and devotion that the old teacher is respected by all his students.

A. on account of         B. with regard to

C. in terms of           D. in reference to

Have you ever made contact with the creative spirit, that certain something hard to describe, but full of good—and sometimes great—ideas? It is more than an occasional great thought. When we feel the moving of the creative spirit, it brings to life a style of being: a lifetime filled with the desire to invent, to explore new ways of doing things, and to turn dreams into reality.

That flash of inspiration is the final moment of a process marked by unique stages—the basic steps in creative problem-solving. The first stage is preparation, when you look for any information that might be important. It's when you let your imagination run free.

But one barrier(障碍) is the inside voice of judgment that locks up our creative spirit within the limits of what we think acceptable. It's the voice that whispers to you, "They'll think I'm foolish," or "That will never work." But we can learn to recognize this voice of judgment and have the courage to discount its unhelpful advice.

Once you have thought about all the relevant(相关的) pieces and pushed your mind to the limits, you can let the problem remain and take in all you have gathered. It's a stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness. As the saying goes, "You sleep on it."

We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing mind when we are not really thinking of anything. That is why daydreams are so useful in the search for creativity. Anytime you can just daydream and relax is useful in the creative process: a shower, long drives, a quiet walk, etc.

With luck, daydreaming will lead to a light turning on above your head, when all of a sudden the answer will come to you as if from nowhere. This is the popular stage—the one that usually gets all the glory and attention, the moment that people sweat and long for, the feeling "This is it!" But the thought alone is still not a creative act. The final stage is translation, when you take your creative thought and transform it into action; it becomes useful to you and others.

56. In Paragraph 1, “the moving of the creative spirit” probably means ________.

  A. preparation              B. exploration            C. problem-solving        D. inspiration

57. According to the article, what keeps us from creativity?

  A. Having less information to form a good idea.

  B. Relying on others during the creative process.

  C. Caring about other people’s opinions about us.

  D. Thinking about too many ideas at the same time.

58. What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?

  A. The unknowing mind is very difficult for us to understand.

  B. Creativity arrives when we aren’t focused on anything.

  C. Daydreaming is useless and has nothing to do with creativity.

  D. Showers, long drives and quiet walk are good for our bodies.

59. When does creativity become useful to us and others?

  A. When thought is turned into action.            B. When people understand our ideas.

  C. When the popular stage is reached.             D. When we think “This is it!”.

60. Which of the following would the author probably support?

  A. The creative spirit means an occasional great thought.

  B. Others’ voice of judgment allows us to ignore barriers.

  C. Creative problem-solving calls for barrier-free imagination.

  D. Daydreaming is sure to bring a sudden answer to a problem.

VMy son was a second-grader. He went to school by bus every day. He was the first student on in the morning, as we were farthest from school, and the last student off in the evening. I was a teacher myself and it was a comfort to realize the school staff (职员) were all working as hard as I was to provide a safe learning environment.

       One day I came home from work and waited for my son to get home for a long time. Then I called the school.“Perhaps he’s just a bit late,”said the secretary.“I will call the driver to see if those children are home.”A few minutes later, I answered the phone to hear that the other students were home. Then I called his friends’ parents, to see if perhaps he had got off at their stop to play. The answers were all “No.”

       By that time, it was dark and I was scared. My home was in the mountain areas, and it was said that a wolf had come up somewhere. My husband wasn’t at home, so I forced myself to calm down and decided to go out to look for him. I was about to go out when the telephone rang; it was from the driver. “He’s okay,” I heard. “He was asleep on the seats in the back, under a couple of jackets. Since it’s dark, can he spend the night with my family?”

    I was relieved and agreed. Since my son had a great adventure, the school started giving a copy of the list to the driver, so he could check off the children’s names when they got off the bus. I think highly of the school for taking the cautionary (警戒的) step ahead; it is a sign of their concern for students, parents, and staff.

9. From Paragraph 1 we learn that ________.

A. the author’s son went home by bus every after-noon

B. the author’s son came to school earlier than other students

C. the author’s home was farther than that of any other student

D. the author was a teacher in her son’s primary school

10. At first the secretary thought ________.  

A. the author’s son was still at school      B. the author’s son was at his friend’s home

C. the school bus would arrive in a while   D. there might be something wrong with the school bus

11. The author’s son probably spent the night _________.   

A. in the bus                         B. at his own home

C. at the driver’s home                D. in the secretary’s office

12. The author wrote the text to ________.

A. praise the school for its quick action  C. complain about the secretary of the school

B. thank the bus driver for his kindness  D. show her concern for kids safety