题目内容
With my money ______, I went back home.
A. ran out of B. ran out
C. running out of D. running out
----What a beautiful picture!
----It’s years ______ I painted a picture as beautiful as this one.
A. that B. since C. when D. before
The living room is clean and tidy , with a dining table already ____ for a meal to be cooked .
A. laid B. laying
C. to lay D. being laid
I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I _____ the book from which it was made.
A. have read B. had read
C. should have read D. are reading
Food safety _____ to customers, which should be the minimum requirement for the food industry.
A. guarantees B. is guaranteed
C. is guaranteeing D. guaranteed
You may be surprised to see “making sure children never suffer” as a mistake. The following ____ may help you understand how rescuing children from all suffering ____ weakness.
A little boy felt sorry for a butterfly struggling to emerge from its chrysalis(蛹). He decided to ____ the butterfly. So he peeled(剥开) the chrysalis open for the butterfly. The little boy was so ___ to watch the butterfly spread its ____ and fly off into the sky. Then he was horrified ____ he watched the butterfly fall to the ground and die because it did not have the muscle ___ to keep flying. In fact, the butterfly’s struggle to ____ the chrysalis helps the butterfly become stronger.
Like the little boy, ____ too often want to protect their children from struggle in the ____ of love. They don’t realize that their children need to struggle, to experience ____, to deal with disappointment, and to solve their own problems. Only in this way can children ____ their emotional strength, become ____ and develop the skills necessary for the even bigger struggles they will meet throughout their lives. Children experiencing sufferings can ____ the ups and downs of life.
However, it isn’t helpful either in this case when parents ____ blame and shame to what the child is experiencing. Mothers ____ to say, “Stop crying and acting like a spoiled boy. You can’t always get what you want.” These ____ words should be avoided.
Instead, parents can offer loving support. You can say, “Don’t lose ____. Be brave! You will succeed if you try again.” Then comes the tough part — no ____ and no lectures. Simply allow him to discover that he can ___ his disappointment and carry out what he can do to get what he wants in the future.
1.A. saying B. proverb C. story D. experiment
2.A. appears B. creates C. burns D. works
3.A. kill B. feed C. rescue D. help
4.A. excited B. moved C. puzzled D. depressed
5.A. body B. feet C. wings D. feather
6.A. since B. as C. before D. until
7.A. power B. energy C. force D. strength
8.A. come up with B. break away from C. get along with D. do away with
9.A. teachers B. relatives C. parents D. friends
10.A. name B. charge C. case D. course
11.A. hardships B. friendships C. relationships D. scholarships
12.A. require B. lose C. strengthen D. fail
13.A. warm-hearted B. strong-willed C. absent-minded D. cold-blooded
14.A. survive B. predict C. expect D. avoid
15.A. reduce B. adapt C. devote D. add
16.A. pretend B. happen C. seem D. tend
17. A. interesting B. inspiring C. discouraging D. touching
18.A. sight B. face C. heart D. weight
19.A. parking B. rescuing C. drinking D. smoking
20.A. turn over B. get over C. come over D. take over
短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分)
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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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： 在错的词下画一横线, 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。
On a snowy winter night, a bus with 45 passenger had an accident because the wet road. And all of them were trapping in the bus and what is worse, the bus ran out of gas and it was very cold in it. They could do nothing but to wait for help. A man who lived nearby saw that had happened. He and some villagers succeeded in open the door and helped all of them out of the bus. He took them to his home but offered food and water and even some warm clothes to the children. They spent two days in their home and finally help came. All of them were thankfully for their help.
假设你是李华，你在美国的朋友David给你发来一封电子邮件，询问你在暑假期间除了做家庭作业以外，还进行了什么有趣、有意义的活动。请你给他回一封电子邮件，向他介绍你在暑假期间的主要活动。内容要点如下：
1．和同学及朋友观看世界杯足球赛；
2．上辅导课(学习数学、物理、化学)；
3．在餐馆打工两周，洗碗、洗菜；
4．到敬老院做义工(打扫卫生、为老人读报)。
注意：
1．不要逐条翻译，可适当添加细节，词数100左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2．参考词：辅导课training course 敬老院nursing home
Dear David,
Thanks for your email. Now I'd like to tell you something about my summer vacation.
________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
When we asked Oprah to pick the 10 books she‘s read in the past decade that have mattered to her most, she was momentarily stumped． For someone who describes herself as ―inspired, challenged, and sustained‖ by books, it was almost impossible for Oprah to stay within our limit of 10． Still, she offered up the following, but she emphasized that it was only a sampler of delightful titles that have also managed to teach her --- and all of us --- a few things．
1． Discover the Power Within You
By Eric Butterworth
256 pages; Harper One
Advice from the internationally known spiritual teacher．
2． A New Earth
By Eckhart Tolle
316 pages; Plume
There‘s a reason Oprah picked this for her Book Club in 2008 --- and that she gave audience members Post-it pens along with their copies． So much wisdom, so little time! A real-life guide to living your best life．
3． The Poisonwood Bible
By Barbara Kingsolver
576 pages; Harper Perennial
This novel is about a family involved in the political trouble of postcolonial Africa． It established Kingsolver as one of our wisest observers of history, politics, and human nature．
4． Night
By Elie Wiesel
120 pages; Hill and Wang
A memoir（回忆录） of a childhood suffered in concentration camps during the Holocaust． It‘s horrific but
uplifting． ―I gain courage from his courage,‖ Oprah says．
5． A Fine Balance
By Rohinton Mistry
624 pages; Vintage
A Dickensian novel about India during the Emergency． Like the aftermath of September 11, it teaches us about cultures we haven‘t understood． “It takes us out of our own little shell and exposes us to a whole other world out there．“ Oprah say．
6． East of Eden
By John Steinbeck
608 pages; Penguin
This classic is about good and evil as played out in a late-19th-century California ranch family． If you didn‘t read it in high school, read it now． If you did, reread it!
7． The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
By David Wroblewski
576 pages; Harper Collins
A kind of Hamlet on the prairie, this is the wrenching（令人痛苦的） story of a mute boy and his dog． Oprah compares it to East of Eden and To Kill a Mickingbird．
8． The Pillars of the Earth
By Ken Follett
973 pages; Penguin
About the challenges of building cathedrals in 12th-century England． This novel couldn‘t be more different in setting, time, and plot from the author‘s breakthrough success, Eye of the Needle． Oprah declares it simply
“great”．
9． The Bluest Eye
By Toni Morrison
224 pages; Penguin
How to choose among the great Morrison‘s novel? Start with this one about a girl who thinks she has to have blue eyes to be beautiful． Oprah considered it one of the best in a crowded Morrison field．
10． The Known World
By Edward P． Jones
400 pages, Harper Collins
When this book was published in 2003, it shocked everybody with its description of slave-owning blacks before the Civil War． A daring, unusual examination of race．
1.The passage is mainly about _______．
A． ten books that have made greatest difference to Oprah
B． an inspiring , challenging and sustainable woman
C． Oprah‘s picks from what has taught her a few things
D． the unwillingness of Oprah to share books within a limit of 10．
2. Why did Oprah add A Fine Balance to her list?
A． She gained courage from it．
B． It tells about wisdom of human nature．
C． It‘s a guide to living a best life．
D． Culture of a different world is exposed．
3. What makes Oprah declare The Pillars of the Earth great?
A． The advice on discovering the power．
B． The story of a mute boy and his dog．
C． The challenges of building cathedrals．
D． The good and evil in a California family．
4. In which book the story was set before the Civil War?
A． In The Bluest Eye B． In East of Eden
C． In A New Earth D． In The Known World
