I am glad that you have managed to come. You ________ have brought wine, we’ve got plenty.

A wouldn’t  B couldn’t  C mustn’t  D needn’t

 —Time is limited. I have to finish this tonight.

   —But it’s midnight now and you should have a sleep _____ much work you have to do.

A. however                    B. no matter                  C. although            D. whatever

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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

   I was lucky to see the marathon as a volunteer for it with my own eye last weekend. The race began at 8:30 a.m. but about 50,000 runners took an actively part in it. Other volunteers and me gathered at the starting point, ready to work on the early morning. We carried supplies, set up tents and clean the streets. When the runners ran along Zhengkai Avenue, we volunteers were busy serve bottled water. Besides, we tried our best to help keep order. What tiring but meaningful day! I have been found happiness in the process of helping others. If I’m given other chance, I will work for the marathon next year.

Running for a Dream

 I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the __41__ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come __42__ me. I saw worry and __43__ on my father’s face. Then the race began!

   For the first two and a half miles，I felt __44__. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled __45__ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the __46 _ required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races，I didn't __47__ out in the front，I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning，my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I __48__ see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into __49__ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them __50__ weight.

 I watched as runners rushed by me. __51__ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed. I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the __52__ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both __53__ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep __54__ until the very end.

   The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to __55__ to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry , Dad, I'm so sorry I __56__ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just __57__. All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so __58__. What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don't you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on, marking a __59_ path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a __60__. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

Opening week specials（大特惠） at Munchies Food Hall.
At the corner of Green and Brown Streets in the city
Monday 7th of January until Sunday.13rd of January 2008
Feast until you’re full! Come down to Monetizes time week to enjoy the special dishes on offer it all of our food outlets. Order from the following:
●Succulent chicken rice             ●spicy stays beef
●Delicious noodle dishes          ●plump porky chips
●seafood specialties                 ●crunchy vegetables
●sweet tropical fruit

Halal food（清真食品） is available at the stall.  Malay Mood Heaven[KS5UKS5UKS5U]

Win Prizes and Gifts!
Spend ＄20.00 or more and win instant prizes from our lucky draw box.
Collect a free party balloon and whistle for each young diner.
Enjoy a free meal if you are the first customer of the day at any of our stalls.
Win a holiday to Western Australia. 
A free raffle ticket（彩劵） is given with every receipt（收据）. Just fill in your information and place your entry in the box provided. 
Winner to be announced in The Strait Times on the 15th of January.
Join in the Fun!
Between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm each evening until the 15th of January, your favorite Channel 3 television actors and singers will entertain you:
●May Lee                     ●Jackie Chen
●Kim Yap                     ● Kamala
Autograph sessions will follow each performance! And who will be our extra special mystery star? Come down on Saturday at noon to find out.
13.Munchies Food Hall does NOT sell ____.
   A.  pork         B. beef          C. lamb         D. chicken
14. Everyone who eats at Munchies will receive a ______.
   A. free meal     B. lucky draw coupon    C. free raffle ticket       D. balloon and whistle
15.I will find out who has won the top to Western Australia when I ______.
   A. read The Straits Times on the 5th of January       B. come down to Munchies at noon
   C. watch Channel 3 television          D. attend the lucky draw at Munchies Food Hall[KS5UKS5U.KS5U

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 first came to China, there were many things I do not understand. Now, I have a better understanding of Chinese culture and find it very interested.

Bargaining is a Chinese custom what amazes me. In the USA, prices are set and you cannot ask for a lower price, when in China, you are expected to bargain with the salespersons in some small stores and tourist spots. I once asked my Chinese friends to teach me how to bargain. They were told me that I should ask for 40 percent or 50 percent off the price. Then, they had better tell the salesperson that the same item is cheaper at another store. If the salesperson does not agree to my price, I should pretend leave and he might ask me to come back and sell me the item for a lower price. But this skill doesn’t work effective every time. In my opinion, bargaining are a skill that I have to practise if I continue to live in China.

This is a unforgettable experience for me, which is beneficial to me.

When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.

  Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boarding house, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.

  My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.

  My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.

8. Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A. The girl’s mother.          B. The author’s father.

C. The girl.                 D. The author.

9. Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.         

B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.    

D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.

10.The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A. named           B. treated           C. proved      D. described

11. According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A. To sell the O. Henry story.          B. To meet the author himself.

C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.     D. To give money to the girl.

Cell phones：Is there a cancer link？

Could your cell phone give you cancer？Whether it could or not，some people are worrying about the possibility that phones，power lines and Wi﹣Fi could be responsible for a range of illnesses，from rashes to brain tumors．

Some say there is evidence to support the growing anxieties．David Carpenter，a professor of environmental health sciences at the university at Albany，in New York，thinks there's a greater than 95percent chance that power lines can cause childhood leukemia （白血病）．Also there's a greater than 90percent chance that cell phones can cause brain tumors．"It's apparent now that there's a real risk，"said Carpenter．

But others believe these concerns are not  justified．Dr Martha Linet，head of radiation epidemiology （流行病学） at the US National Cancer Institute，has looked at the same research as Carpenter but has reached a different conclusion．"I don't support warning labels for cell phones，"said Linet．"We don't have the evidence that there's much danger．"

Studies so far suggest a weak connection between EMFs （电磁场） and illness﹣so weak that it might not exist at all．A multinational investigation of cell phones and brain cancer，in 13countries outside the US，has been underway for several years．It's funded in part by the European Union，in part by a cell phone industry group．The final report should come out later this year，but data so far don't suggest a strong link between cell phone use and cancer risk．

42．From the passage we can learn that some people are worried because　  　．

A．they have evidence that the use of cell phones can lead to cancer

B．they feel surprised and alarmed about cell phone use

C．some experts have given a warning

D．cell phones are responsible for brain tumors

43．By saying"I don't support warning labels for cell phones，"Dr Martha Linet has the idea that　  　．

A．the worrying is unnecessary           

B．cancer﹣warning labels should be on cell phones

C．there is a link between cell phones and cancer  

D．cell phones have nothing to do with cancer

44．Which of the following best describes the attitude of the author towards the debate？　 

A．Optimistic．

B．Objective．

C．Opposite．

D．Casual．

45．The underlined word"justified"in Paragraph 3is closest in meaning to　  　．

A．explained   

B．confirmed （证实、确认）

C．classified   

D．restricted （限制）

As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving 61      (steady) through the air, and although the passengers     62     (fasten) their seat belts, they were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment, the air – hostess came. She looked very pale,     63 was quite calm. Speaking quickly and almost in a whisper, she informed everyone that the pilot had fainted and asked if any of the     64      (passenger) knew anything about machines. After a moment’s hesitation,     65      man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s cabin.  Moving the pilot aside, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the urgent instructions that     66      (send) by radio from the airport below. To everyone’s relief, the plane,     67     was dangerously close to the ground at the moment, soon began to climb. The man had to circle the airport several times to become familiar     68  the controls of the plane. The critical moment came    69    he had to land. The man,     70       (follow) the instructions, guided the plane toward the airfield, and it landed safely after a long run along the runway.

There are four possible birth order positions within a family. A child may be the oldest, the youngest or the   41  child, or an only child   42  no brothers or sisters. Birth order theory says that our birth order influences what kind of person we each 43 .

       Children in each birth position have a  44  way to gain an advantage in the family. The oldest children often get more time with their parents. They always try to be  45  and do everything correctly. The youngest children are used to other people providing for them. They may be more   46   about themselves than about other people. As for middle children, they can sometimes feel left out, since they don't get the   47  of being the oldest or the youngest. Some middle children become competitive and even rebel against (反抗) their parents.  48  many of them make peace in the family.

        The last birth order position is only children. With no brothers or sisters they often   49  whatever they want! They don't have any    50  for their parents' time or resources. Only children often use language very well  51  they spend so much time with adults. They can also feel a lot of    52  as only children, which can make them competitive and hardworking.

       Some people    53  that birth order theory describes them very well. Other people say the theory doesn't  54 . There are many other different  55  that may change the effects of birth order on personality. These variables  56  the sex and age of each child and the number of brothers and sisters. Culture and education  57  make a difference. So does the amount of money that the  58  has. The experiences of the family can also change how birth order affects  59 .

       As family expert Frank Sulloway says, “Humans are complex. But that doesn't mean birth order isn't  60  we can learn from.”

41. A. middle                           B. last                 C. small                      D. cute

42. A. beyond                          B. under                    C. with                       D. for

43. A. become                         B. need               C. accept                       D. see

44. A. new                         B. different        C. strange                 D. right

45. A. perfect                          B. honest                C. polite                   D. curious

46. A. concerned                    B. cautious               C. excited                  D. disappointed

47. A. results                           B. promises              C. advantages          D. dreams

48. A. And                          B. So                   C. But                         D. Or

49. A. get                              B. ignore                C. hide                       D. doubt

50. A. preparation                B. excuse               C. authority               D. competition

51. A. until                        B. because         C. unless                       D. though

52. A. sadness                     B. pressure        C. pity                        D. pain

53. A. advise                           B. hope               C. know                            D. find

54. A. work                        B. happen          C. appear                  D. develop

55. A. forms                      B. situations             C. standards                    D. purposes

56. A. influence                B. change           C. include                  D. describe

57. A. seldom                       B. also                C. never                           D. ever

58. A. team                        B. society           C. school                       D. family

59. A. emotion                  B. attitude          C. personality           D. behavior

60. A. anything                   B. nothing            C. something                  D. everything

He is ________ clever a boy as Tom.

A．so                 B．as          C．Such       D．the same

When Kathryn was 6 years old, she sat outside for three hours at her home and did not make a sound.Her parents wondered why she was so quiet, only to discover that she was drawing a picture of a flag outside. She recalled. “That’s what I wanted to do that day,” said Kathryn, who is now 23 years old. And in the future, she continued to do art as a hobby.

Recently, Kathryn was named Lake Placid’s first artist in the neighborhood. She will be there for at least four weeks and possibly more. During that time, she will teach an art class and focus on her own art. Much of her work includes creating photos. She said: “There is always something there that you haven’t included, so you can never stop when painting a photo.”

Kathryn ended up as the first artist just by chance. She said her sister was on vacation in Florida and looking for a job in Lake Placid. The sister got the job and moved there.

Kathryn said she visited her sister and was ordered to do wall paintings inside a building. Later, her sister saw a demand for an artist on line and suggested she should apply.

Kathryn said she’s the first artist in her family, but added that her parents are creative. Her father loves to create things from wood, she said. “Anything you can make out of wood, he has made it,” she said.

Her own creativity with art continued through college. While at college, she was once employed to recreate a photo of a couple on a vacation to Florida and one of a sunset in either North Carolina or South Carolina.

Kathryn said she’s looking at other forms of art. The time she spends here will help her to “figure out who I am as an artist,” she said.

21. From the first paragraph, we can know that        .

A. Kathryn had few words at her early age

B. Kathryn would sit outside in silence

C. Kathryn used to keep silent at home

D. Kathryn liked art since her childhood

22. While painting a photo, Kathryn thinks        .

A. It’s hard to finish a perfect job.

B. you can’t stop half way

C. you may miss the photos somewhere

D. you have to finish it at a time

23. Talking of her father, Kathryn        .

A. praised him for his wood art

B. was ashamed of his form of wood art

C. was greatly proud of him

D. felt pity for his creative talent

24. What is the passage mainly about?

  A. A young artist treats art more than a hobby.

B. A hobby becomes a pursuit(追求) for an artist.

C. A girl finds her value in her own hobby.

D. A girl walks out of her hobby as an artist.

Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050,you might actually get your wish-if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits (半导体电路). But long before then, perhaps as early as 2020,some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality (虚的永生).    

Researchers are confident that the technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life? Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your  personal chronicles (履历). By the year 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous systems through electrical activities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions.  

Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher. Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher. It would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to microseosors under your scalp (头皮) and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.   

At first, the Soul Catcher's companion system-the Soul Reader-might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details. Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (永生实体). Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine.   

For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortal it would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.

38. The main idea of this passage is that_____ .

 A. human beings long for living forever        B. there are many difficulties in making the Soul Catcher

C. people can live forever as technology develops  D. the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance

39. According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be______ .

 A. a new machine on which research measures have already been made

B. a new invention in order to catch and keep human's thoughts

C. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever

D. made of silicon circuits which can catch people's nervous activity

40. We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is______. 

A. to be a reality sooner or later             B. far from certain

C. just an idea that couldn't be realized at all   D. a fading hope

41. The meaning of the underlined word revitalize, in the fourth paragraph is close to___   .

A. make dead     B. make famous      C. make known      D. make active

 _____ such heavy pollution already, the river is now too difficult to clean up.

A. Suffered         B. suffer                   C. Having suffered      D. To suffer    

Read the ________ on the bottle before taking the medicine.

A．explanations    B．instructions      C．descriptions    D．introductions

 If George keeps on working so hard, he’ll ______ sooner or later.

  A. break down                               B. break up

  C. break out                              D. break off

He has a gift for drawing. The underlined word can be replaced by_____.

A. genius       B. present     C. determination      D. motion

You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.    

“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”    

We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.    

He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.    

If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.    

When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.    

New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.    

Why are we so awkward in lifts?    

“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”    

In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

4. The main purpose of the article is to _____.

A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator

B. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette

  C. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride

  D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator

5. According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.

A. turn around and greet one another        

 B. look around or examine their phone

C. make eye contact with those in the elevator

 D. try to keep a distance from other people

6. Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?

7. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.

A. judge                B. ignore               C. put up with              D. make the best of

   When you go to St．Petersburg，you will be attracted by so many attractions．If you're short on time，or just want to make sure to hit the highlights，these are the top must-see sights in St．Petersburg．
The Hermitage Museum
   The Hermitage Museum is one of the most important sights to see for any visitor to St．Petersburg．There you can see lots of different paintings of old masters inside the Hermitage．Prepare to come face-to-face with classic Western artists．
The Russian Museum
   The Russian Museum holds one of the largest collections of Russian art in the world．View Russian art creations through the ages，from Byzantine-style icons to the Socialist Realism of Stalin's times．
Kizhi Island
Kizhi Island is an open-air museum of wooden buildings from the Karelia Region of Russia．These impressive structures are made without any nails （钉子）-the wood fits together with joints（铆） and grooves （沟槽）．
Peterhof
Peterhof is beautiful and fun．You'll be charged for admission （门票），but go to Peterhof when the fountains are working-during the day in the summer．They are shut off in winter as well as in the evenings．
The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood
Love it or hate it，the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood is an attractive must-see sight．The beautiful look may make your eyes brighten，and the paintings inside the church will make you say"Wow!"
The Bronze Horseman Statue
  The Bronze Horseman is a part of Russian Culture and a symbol of St．Petersburg．This statue of Peter the Great sitting on his horse can truly show Peter the Great's influence on the Russian idea of greatness．It was made famous by Alexander Pushkin．

33. If you're interested in paintings，you'd better go to ______ ．

 The “Chinese Dream” is ______ dream to improve people’s well—being and ______ dream of harmony, peace and development.

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