—Shall we go for a drink at one o'clock this afternoon?

—________.Will two o'clock be OK?

A．Sure，it's up to you

B．Sure，no problem

C．Sorry，I can't make it

D．Sorry，I'm not available today

    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。

I’d like to give you some advices on how to learn Chinese well.

First, it was important to take a Chinese course, as you’ll be able to learn from the teacher and practising with your fellow students. Then, it also help to watch TV and read books, newspapers and magazines in the Chinese whenever possible. It will make you familiar to Chinese characters and enlarge your vocabulary even before you notice it!

Besides, it is a good idea learn and sing Chinese songs, because by doing so you’ll learn and remember Chinese words more easy. You can also make more Chinese friends, they will tell you a lot about China and help you learn Chinese. Try to speak Chinese as many as possible.

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. 36   The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.   37    The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition.  38   Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill.   39    There were about 300 sheep coming towards us down the path. 40    After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

A. The government has made enough laws to fight pollution.

B. We took a lot of photos of the flowers.

C. Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.

D. Australia is big, but its population is not large.

E. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could .

F. There we saw a large number of flowers we had never seen before.

G. Sheep blocked our way and we had to stop our car.

A. enhanced   B. obvious   C. feedback   D. primarily   E. head  

F. increasingly  G. shared    H. consistent   I. capacity   J. impact   K. interact

Our world is changing, and the business world is on an evolutionary path that is virtually unstoppable. Knowledge base management is a very good example of such developments. With time the need to bring the customers closer has become even more

  41  , and this has further resulted in companies taking measures to respond better to their customers.

When discussing trends in knowledge management systems, it is almost impossible to ignore the   42   that cloud computing has had on it. The application of cloud computing has not only   43   efficiency, but has further improved productivity. Through cloud computing, virtual offices are being operated almost everywhere around the globe. All it takes is the click of a button! As for companies, it is vital for them to hire professionals from all over the world.

For businesses that rely greatly on customer satisfaction and approvals,   44   on their services is very important. Customers in particular are able to   45   with the staff on the other end, and provide their feedback as to the quality of services that they have received. The role of most knowledge managers is to ensure that information is kept current, accurate and   46  . Significant developments in the database management systems have made it easier to achieve this goal, and there can only be so much to look forward to as we   47   into the future.

At the moment,   48   information that passes through these systems can be run through different forms. There was a time when such information was   49   document-

based. Today however, reports and other relevant information can be presented to the seeker through different media.

The most efficient knowledge base management systems in the market at the moment are built with the   50   to handle all kinds of information. One of the other things that we cannot forget to mention is the mobile functionality of these programs. They are compatible（兼容的）with users across all platforms, and this makes them even more convenient than before.

假如你是李华，是校刊记者。请你为校刊写一篇英语短文，介绍最近在我国很多城市发生的雾霾（haze）天气。请参考以下要点：

1. 危害；

2. 原因；

3. 如何自我防护。

注意：   

1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Recently haze pollution has happened in many cities of China.                                    

It was time for Mr. Rocco to shut up shop when I hurried into the florist’s (花店). “Now, what is it that you want?” Mr. Rocco turned to me. “I want the most beautiful flower you have.” I replied. “And just how much do you have to pay for this most beautiful flower?” I held out a wet hand showing a quarter and a dime. He nodded, and then showed me a plant on the counter. “I can give you this one for 35 cents.” he said. “Aw, gee,” I protested, “it looks like a weed!” About 18 inches high, the plant was in a small pot covered with faded red paper. “Now trust me, boy — I promise that tomorrow morning when you get up, you will find your most beautiful flower.” said Mr. Rocco. I knew him to be a good honest man, so I agreed to take it.

It was almost midnight when I arrived home. Mom was seriously sick and using the front bedroom. I looked in to see if she was asleep, and then quietly tiptoed in and set the plant on the table beside her bed. I wanted her to be surprised when she woke on Mother’s Day. The next morning, I dressed and hurried downstairs. The sun was shining through kitchen window as I looked into Mom’s room. She motioned for me to come in, and then glanced over at the table where the plant was. Holy mackerel! There were three big yellow trumpet-shaped blooms. It was just like Mr. Rocco said — the most beautiful flower I ever saw! When I looked at Mom, she was smiling as tears streamed down her cheeks. She held out her hand for me to come near, and then pulled me close and hugged till it hurt. Then, remembering her contagious condition and that she wasn’t supposed to touch me, she quickly let me go.

My dear Mom died the next night. The moment she hugged me turned out to be the most wonderful moment of my life. Not only had that beautiful plant helped show just how much I loved her, but I’d always know how much she loved me.

56. The author didn’t like the plant recommended by Mr. Rocco at first because________.

  A. the packing of the plant was shabby

  B. the plant was actually a weed

  C. the plant appeared too ordinary to be the most beautiful

  D. he thought Mr. Rocco was reluctant to do the deal with him

57. Mother’s condition was “contagious” (Line 9, Para 2) for ________.

  A. she was at the death’s door                              

  B. she suffered from the illness

  C. others were sick of her appearance                   

  D. virus might spread from her to others

58. When mother hugged the author tightly, she was showing that________.

  A. she liked being given gifts

  B. she valued what the author had done for her

  C. she was aware of the approaching death

  D. she was touched by the beauty of the flower

59. The story is mainly developed by ________.

  A. time                     B. cause and result               C. comparison                     D. logic  

60. Which may be the best title of the passage?

  A. Flowers of Love                                              B. A Son’s Love for Mother

  C. Low Price, High Value                                      D. A Special Mother’s Day

假定你叫李华,是我校高三（8）班的学生。你在校报英语专栏看到了学校“英语文化节”的一则招聘启事，请阅读启事，并根据写作要点和写作要求写一封应征邮件。

写作要点：1.表明意图；

2.陈述应征目的；

3.说明应征条件（性格、能力等）。

写作要求：1.词数:100词左右；

                 2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾部分已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Mrs. Zhan,

I’m a student from Class 8, Grade 3.                                      

Looking forward to your reply. 

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：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出增加的词；

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。

只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

One day a lady saw a mouse running across his kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mice, so she ran out of the house, getting on a bus and went to a nearby shop. Here she bought a mousetrap and was advised to put any cheese in it. The lady went home with her mousetrap, and could not find any cheese. She had no choice but cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put it in the trap. Surprising, the picture of the cheese is quite “successful”! When the lady came down to the kitchen in the next morning, she found a picture of a mouse in the trap besides the picture of the cheese!

---Did Jack come back early last night?

  ---Yes. It was not yet eight o’clock____he arrived home.

A. before               B. when              C. that               D. until

Do’s and Don’ts of Donating

Giving up your unused or unwanted stuff is a great way to make space in your home for the items that you do enjoy on a regular basis. Not sure where to start? Here are some do’s and don’ts of donating your belongings.

Do Prepare Your Clothes

You’ve thoroughly cleaned out your closet and drawers, and have a mountain of clothing waiting to be donated. ______16______ Make sure all buttons are accounted for, and that you can’t see any dirty marks, or damage.

______17______

The number one rule of donating your stuff is to make sure that it’s in good, usable condition. Don’t pass along old clothes or furniture, chipped dishes, books that are missing pages, or toys with lost pieces. Nobody wants to accept your damaged belongings. Find a local company that will recycle these items instead.

Don’t even think of donating these items

With a little common sense it’s easy to figure out items that are ideal for donations.______18______As a gentle reminder, it’s never a good idea to donate car parts, dangerous waste, construction materials and weapons.

Don’t donate large appliances

Major appliances such as stoves, fridges, freezers, washers and dryers typically reside on the ‘do not donate’ list due to health and safety reasons. All items accepted for donation must be thoroughly clean and in good working order. With secondhand appliances, it can be difficult to guarantee that they fit the bill.______19______

Don’t donate recalled items

Every so often a product recall hits the news headlines. Highchairs, toys, holiday lights for Christmas trees—the list of recalled items due to safety concerns is endless. ______20______ A dangerous product should be thrown away, and not passed on to an unsuspecting person. Think of the well-being of others before dropping off something that’s viewed as a hidden danger in your own home.

A. They’re all acceptable items for donation, too.

B. Instead of donating an unwanted large appliance, call your local trash collection company and arrange for their safe disposal.

C. But unfortunately some people will throw away the contents of their home without a second thought.

D. Before you bag up these pieces, inspect each one to ensure that they’re in good condition and ready to be owned by someone else.

E. Don’t donate damaged items.

F. Clothes aren’t the only household items that can be donated.

G. Never donate recalled items!

 Traditionally, the church and the pub are the heart of any village or town in Britain, ________ the local people gather together to socialize and exchange news.

A. which        B. when                C. where       D. whose

_{Nearing the age of 101 has not slowed down one Japanese woman．In fact，in the swimming pool—she is only getting faster．
　　Recently，a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the world’s first centenarian to complete a 1，500-meter freestyle swimming competition in a 25-meter poo1．
　　Her name is Mieko Nagaoka．Ms．Nagaoka set a world record for her age group at a recent Japan Masters Swimming Association event in the western city of Matsuyama．She swam the race in 1hour，15 minutes and 54 seconds．
　　By comparison，the overall female world record holder completed the same distance in just under 15 and a half minutes．But that swimmer，Katie Ledecky，is only 17 years old．And Ms．Nagao．ka was not competing against her．In fact，Ms．Nagaoka was the only competitor in the 100-104 year old category．Her race was not a race of speed but of endurance，or not giving up．
　　Breaking swimming records is nothing new to Ms．Nagaoka．So far she has broken 25 records．But she began competing when she was much younger—at 88.
　　Ms．Nagaoka sufferred a knee injury in her 80s，so she began swimming to help her body recover．Since her first international swimming competition，she hasn’t looked back，except maybe to see if her competition is catching up．
　　In 2002．at a masters swim meet in New Zealand，Ms．Nagaoka took the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke．In 2004，she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meet.
　　Masters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming to promote health and friendship among participants．Swimmers compete within age groups of five years.
　　Japan has a large number of people who live beyond 100 years old．Until she passed away this month，the oldest person in the world was also from Japan．Misao Okawa was born in 1 898．She said her secrets for longevity，or long life，were good genes，regular sleep，sushi and exercise.
1．The underlined word“centenarian”refers to someone who is____．
　　A．from Japan
　　B．100 or older
　　C．an old competitor
　　D.a new swimmer
2．Which is possibly the age category of the masters swimming competition?
　　A．82 to 87 years old．
　　B．93 to 97 years old.
　　C．95 to 99 years old．
　　D．106 to 110 years old.
3．It can be inferred from the passage that_____．
　　A．some people are born with longevity genes
　　B．people who like swimming live longer
　　C．the Japanese are interested in swimming
　　D．woman usually live much longer than men
4．Which can best explain the spirit of Ms．Nagaoka?
　　A．Not to advance is to go back．
　　B．After a storm comes a calm.
　　C．The early bird catches the worm．
　　D．Keep on going，never give up.}

At 26, Jane Goodall had no college education or science training. But since childhood, she had been dreaming of working closely with animals in Africa. “All through my childhood people said you can't go to Africa. You're a girl.” Goodall says. “But my mother used to say, if you really want to, there's nothing you can’t do.”

      In 1957, the 26-year-old Goodall went to Kenya to work as a secretary. She also arranged to meet the famous scientist Louis Leakey, who was so impressed by her enthusiasm that he hired her as his assistant. She went with him on many trips to the African jungle and in 1960 Leakey sent Goodall to live among chimpanzees in a remote animal preserve, recording the animals’ behavior and interactions.

For three months Goodall made little progress. But she says, “I never came close to giving up.” Her breakthrough came one day when she saw a male chimpanzee stick a piece of grass into a termite (白蚁) hill, then put the grass in his mouth. Afterward she came to the hill and did the same. Pulling the grass out, she discovered dozens of termites on it. The discovery — that some animals use tools — was unknown to most scientists at the time.

Goodall saw chimpanzees exhibit human-like emotions, such as jealousy and love. But she also discovered they were capable of violent attacks against each other.

Goodall received her Ph.D. in the study of animal behavior at England's Cambridge University. Now she travels around the globe raising money to preserve wildlife. “I love being in the forest with the chimpanzees,” she says. “I’d much rather be there than traveling around from city to city.”

46. What was Goodall's childhood dream?

A. She dreamed of going to college.

B. She dreamed of studying animals in Africa.

C. She dreamed of becoming a famous scientist.

D. She dreamed of traveling all around the world.

47. What did Goodall’s mother think of her dream?

   A. As a girl she should not go to the African jungle.

   B. Her dream would remain a dream unless she got the right training.

   C. As a girl she should stay away from violent animals.

   D. She could make her dream come true if she was determined.

48. Goodall's most important discovery is that       .

A. some animals use tools

B. like humans animals have emotions

　 C. chimpanzees could attack each other violently

　 D. termites are chimpanzees’ favorite food

49. Goodall’s success is chiefly due to       .

A. her exceptional talents

　 B. scientific training

C. determination and patience

　 D. her enthusiasm and good luck

50. What is Goodall doing now?

A. Studying animal behavior at Cambridge University.

　 B. Raising funds for the preservation of wildlife.

　 C. Observing chimpanzees in African jungles.

　 D. Working hard for a PhD degree.

假定你是李华，贵校在学生中征集意见，询问学生是否赞成开设iPad课堂（iPad classrooms）。你支持开设iPad课堂；请给校长写一封建议信，要点如下：

1. 资源丰富；

2. 促进交流；

3. 利于环保；

4. 其他理由。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好。

Dear Headmaster,

We have been asked about our opinions on opening iPad classrooms.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

   __41   one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to  42  a couple of New York friends to dinner. They   43  in at a comfortable East Side café and within minutes, another customer was  44  their table.

  “Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired  45  remembered being asked by the stranger. “I’m from Mississippi too.”

Without a second  46   , the woman  47  the Welty party. When her dinner partner  48  , she also pulled up a chair.

“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.”

Taxis on a rainy New York night are  49   than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately  50  a waiter to find a cab.  51  back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the  52  of events that had changed their Big  53  dinner into a Mississippi state reunion(团聚).

“My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added. “And I said: ‘Now you know. These are the people that make me  54  them.’”

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

“I don’t   55   them up,” she said of the  56  in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “I don’t have to.”

Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets, from  57   overheard on a bus. It  58   Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now  59  out.  60  , sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.

41. A. At                   B. In               C. On               D. Beyond

42. A. bring                B. treat                C. send             D. ask

43. A. paid                 B. watched              C. settled              D. seated

44. A. approaching          B. coming               C. reserving            D. leaving

45. A. farmer           B. reporter             C. writer           D. waiter

46. A. idea                 B. feeling              C. mind             D. thought

47. A. joined           B. attended             C. ignored              D. arranged

48. A. took up              B. showed up        C. put up           D. got up

49. A. cheaper              B .rarer            C. warmer           D. brighter

50. A. begged           B. allowed              C. sent                 D. agreed

51. A. driving              B. running          C. heading              D. crossing

52. A. turn                 B. number           C. theme            D. name

53. A. Banana           B. Pear             C. Apple            D. Orange

54. A. love                 B. write            C. hate                 D. envy

55. A. take                 B. pick                 C. set                  D. make

56. A. characters           B. voices           C. manners              D. tunes

57. A. lectures             B. conversations        C. quarrels             D. songs

58. A. confuses             B. interests            C. excites              D. annoys

59. A. set                  B. let                  C. given            D. run

60. A. In time              B. At no time       C. On time              D. At times

_{At a gathering，we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments．It came around to Frank．}

_{Frank began to tell us of his childhood．"I   1    in San Pedro．My Dad was a fisherman，and he loved the sea．He had his own boat，but it was    2  making a living on the sea．He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to   3   the family．"}

_{He looked at us and said，"I   4   you could have met my Dad．He was a big man，and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the   5  ．When you got close to him，he   6   like the ocean．He would wear his old coat and his overalls．No matter how much my mother   7   them，they would still smell of the sea and of fish．"}

_{Frank's voice dropped a bit．"When the weather was bad he would  8  me to school．He had this old truck that was older than he was   9   he would drive toward the school，I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear．He would  10  right in front of the school gate，and it seemed like everybody   11  be standing around and watching．Then he would  12  over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy．It was so   13   for me．I was twelve years old，and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"}

_{He  14   and then went on，"I remember the day when I said 'No' ”
    It was the first time I had ever talked to him that   15   ，and he had this surprised look on his face．}

_{I said，'Dad，I'm too   16   for a goodbye kiss．'}

_{My Dad looked at me for the longest time，and his eyes started to tear up．I had never seen him  17  ．He turned and looked out the windshield(挡风玻璃)．'You're right，' he said．'You are a big boy．．．．a man．I won't kiss you anymore．'”}

_{Frank got a sad look on his face，and the tears began to  18  in his eyes，as he spoke．"It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back．”}

_{Tears were running down Frank’s cheeks．He spoke again．"Guys，you don't know what I would   19  to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek．．．．to feel his rough old face．．．．to smell the ocean on him．．．．to feel his arm around my neck．}

_{I wish I had been a man then．If I had been a  20   ，I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss．"}  

_{1．A．kept up          B．grew up          C．came up       D．started up}

_{2．A．hard             B．absurd           C．easy          D．necessary}

_{3．A．remove           B．reach            C．feed          D．urge}

_{4．A．prefer           B．request          C．suggest       D．wish}

_{5．A．fish             B．favorite         C．benefit       D．glory}

_{6．A．sounded          B．looked           C．smelled       D．felt}

_{7．A．processed        B．washed           C．handled       D．managed}

_{8．A．drive            B．limit            C．adapt         D．devote}

_{9．A．Before           B．After            C．Since         D．As}

_{10．A．back up         B．pick up          C．pull up       D．speed up}

_{11．A．could           B．would            C．should        D．might}

_{12．A．lean            B．hold             C．run           D．watch}

_{13．A．frightening     B．challenging      C．embarrassing  D．entertaining}

_{14．A．recovered       B．paused           C．requested     D．admitted}

_{15．A．day             B．time             C．aspect        D．way}

_{16．A．old             B．delighted        C．anxious       D．proud}

_{17．A．sigh            B．shout            C．cry           D．yell}

_{18．A．break down      B．hold back        C．well up       D．start off}

_{19．A．demand          B．give             C．rush          D．infer}

_{20．A．boy             B．seaman           C．backbone      D．man}

Bringing up children is hard work, and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of your children. If so, Judith Rich Harris has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important long -term effects on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and neighborhood. Ms. Harris takes to hitting the assumption, which has dominated(支配) developmental psychology for almost half a century.

Ms. Harris's attack on the developmental psychologists’ "nurture" argument looks likely to reinforce(加强） doubts that the profession was already having. If parents matter, why is it that two adopted children, brought up in the same home, are no more similar in personality than two adopted children brought up in separate homes? Or that a pair of identical twins, brought up in the same home, are no more alike than a pair of identical twins brought up in different homes?

Difficult as it is to track the clear effects of parental upbringing, it may be harder to measure the exact influence of the peer(同龄人) group in childhood and adolescence. Ms. Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak. But acquiring a language is surely a skill, rather than a characteristic of the sort developmental psychologists hunt for. Certainly it is different from growing up tensely or relaxed, or from learning to be honest or hard -working or generous. Easy though it may be to prove that parents have little impact on those qualities, it will be hard to prove that peers have vastly more.

Moreover, mum and dad surely cannot be ignored completely. Young adults may, as Ms. Harris argues, be keen to appear like their peers. But even in those early years, parents have the power to open doors: they may choose the peers with whom their young associate, and pick that influential neighborhood. Moreover, most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age. So the balance of influences is probably complicated. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example, parents are not completely off the hook

28．According to Ms. Harris,______.

A．parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children

B．children's personality is largely shaped by their friends and neighbors

C．nature rather than nurture has a significant effect on children' s personality development

D．parents will affect greatly the children's life in the long run

29．The developmental psychologists think    .

A. children are more influenced by their peers

B. identical twins raised in the same home are different in personality

C. twins raised in two separate families are different in personality

D. upbringing has a less significant effect on children’s personality development

30．According to Paragraph 3, we know that    .

A. it is easier for children to gain a language at home

B. it is harder to follow the effects of parental upbringing

C. immigrant children avoid speaking the same way as their parents at school

D. it is proved that peers have a greater effect on children’s qualities

31．What does the author mean by saying parents are not completely off the look at the end of the passage？

A. Parents should control the situation.

B. Parents should give their way to children.

C. Parents should spend more time on children.

D. Parents should take on their responsibility.

How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest:

36. _________

Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N.Y. was once painfully shy and she seldom laughed. Then she married a circus clown (小丑). “I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls,“ One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.” 37. _________ To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing. 

38. _________

It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life.“Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper. 

Laugh when you need it most.

“39. _________” says comedian Bill Cosby.“And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it,” he insists. 

Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain—because it comes naturally. 40. _________ Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs. 

A. You can soften the worst blows through humor.

B. Mix with people who laugh.

C. Practise the art of laughing.

D. Keep a laughter file.

E. He who laughs last laughs best.

F. But it’s also something that has to be developed.

G. People’s joy can affect those around them.

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 schoolmates，

    In order to get high school students to attaching importance to the environment and raise our awareness to protect the environment, and China Daily is planning to hold an interest knowledge contest. A contest starts on October 14th and end on 31st. Remember，you can take the contest in China Daily newspaper, that is very popular among high school student. The answer sheet must cut from the newspaper and sent to China Daily after the deadline.

    Please pay more attention to the related information of the contest and take an active part in them on time.

                                                                      Students’ Union

Mrs. Packletide intended to shoot a tiger. Not that the desire to kill had suddenly come to her, or that she felt she would leave India safer with one wild beast less. It was because Loona Bimberton had recently taken a plane to the forest and killed a tiger, and the newspapers showed photographs of Loona Bimberton with a tiger-skin on. In a world supposed to be moved by hunger and by love, Mrs. Packletide’s movements were largely governed by dislike of Loona Bimberton.

Circumstances proved favorable. Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees (印度卢比) for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without risk or effort, and it happened that an old tiger was frequently coming to a neighboring village at night. He was so old that he couldn’t kill animals in the wild and just satisfied his appetite to the smaller household animals. The villagers were eager to earn the thousand rupees; children were posted night and day in the jungle to watch the tiger, and the cheap goats were left about to keep him from going elsewhere. The one great fear was that he should die of old age before the day of Mrs. Packletide’s shoot.

The great night arrived. A platform had been built in a tree, on which sat Mrs. Packletide and her paid companion, Miss Mebbin. A goat with a loud bleat (咩咩叫) was tied down at the correct distance. With an accurate gun, they waited for the coming of the tiger.

“I suppose we are in some danger?” said Miss Mebbin.

She was not actually nervous about the wild beast, but she was unwilling to perform a bit more service than she had been paid for.

“It’s a very old tiger. It couldn’t spring up here even if it wanted to.” said Mrs. Packletide.

Their conversation was cut short by the appearance of the old tiger. He saw the goat, and lay on the earth for a short rest before attacking.

The gun fired very loudly, and the great yellow beast jumped to one side and then rolled over in the stillness of death. In a moment a crowd of excited villagers appeared on the scene, and their shouting carried the glad news to the village.

It was Miss Mebbin who found that the goat was dying from a bullet-wound, while no wound could be found on the tiger. Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the tiger had died of heart-failure, caused by the sudden loud noise of the gun. Mrs. Packletide was annoyed at the discovery; but anyway, she owned a dead tiger, and the villagers, anxious for their thousand rupees, gladly accepted the fiction that she had shot the tiger. And Miss Mebbin was a paid companion. Therefore Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictures appeared on the newspapers of England and America. As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at a newspaper for weeks, and was in a depressed emotion for quite some time.

Mrs. Packletide’s tiger-skin was inspected and admired by the neighbors, and Mrs. Packletide went to the Costume Ball in the character of Diana (狩猎女神).

“How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened,” said Miss Mebbin a few days after the ball.

“What do you mean?” asked Mrs. Packletide quickly.

“How you shot the goat and frightened the tiger to death,” said Miss Mebbin, with her unpleasant laugh.

“No one would believe it,” said Mrs. Packletide, her face changing color rapidly.

“Loona Bimberton would,” said Miss Mebbin.

Mrs. Packletide’s face settled on greenish white. “You surely wouldn’t give me away?” she asked.

“I’ve seen a weekend cottage near Dorking,” said Miss Mebbin, “six hundred and eighty. Quite a bargain, only I don’t happen to have the money.”

Miss Mebbin possessed the pretty weekend cottage. Mrs. Packletide lost interest in animal-hunting.

“The extra expenses are so heavy,” she said to inquiring friends.

21．Mrs. Packletide planned to shoot a tiger because she ________.

A. would leave India safer

B. hated the wild animal

C. admired her good friend

D. disliked a certain person

22．What did Mrs. Packletide want the villagers to arrange for her?

A. A platform in a tree. B. A paid companion.

C. An accurate gun.      D. A safe shooting.

23．What was the result of Mrs. Packletide’s shooting?

A. The old tiger was shot to death.

B. Neither the tiger nor the goat was shot.

C. The old tiger missed being shot.

D. Both the goat and the tiger were shot.

24．What is the message conveyed in the story?

A. Life is hard for one to predict.

B. Everything comes for a reason.

C. It’s unwise to keep bad company.

D. False pride costs more than expected.