阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。

The Internet is an1.________ (amaze) information resource. Students，teachers，and researchers use it as 2.________ investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the 3.________ (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it4.________ shopping，banking，bill­paying，and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from 5._______ countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments6._______ (associate) with the Internet，there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over7.________ appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programmes，and with television there are8._______ (restrict) on other aspects，for example，what kinds of programmes can9._______ (broadcast) and at what time of the day. With the Internet，parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable for their children 10._______ (see).

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之问交换修改作文，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。

I am Corn — a delicious food favoring by people and animals. More than 450 years ago, I am introduced into China. And in 17th century, I was grown a lot in Tibet and Sichuan so I did not need much water like rice. Today you can see me nowhere around the world. People living in the west prefer to boil and eat my fruits with salt or butter. Therefore, people in each other places often make my fruits into powder, that will later be mixed with water and other things. In this way, many different kind of food can be made. So now you see, people can not live in the absent of me.

If you miss this chance, it may be years __________ you get another one.

A. after B. when C. before D. since

Mum pretended ________ what happened yesterday at school, but in fact, she has been told about every detail.

A．not to hear about

B．not to have heard about

C．not to be hearing about

D．to not hear about

Sam _____ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.

A. picked up B. looked up

C. brought up D. set up

His son will _________him as chairman of the commission after his retirement.

A. continue B. succeed

C. follow D. learn

---Why are you still here? Everybody has gone to attend the lecture by the president.

---Oh, I ___________ about it!

A. wasn’t informed B. hadn’t been informed

C. haven’t informed D. didn’t inform

A mother is devastated, crying, yelling all she can in that dark corner. There was nobody tohear her yell and not a soul to calm her, because outside her house is a long winding lonely road.The wind was at rest and the leaves didn't rustle, silence filling the air. Loneliness was alreadykilling her，but no one knows what made her cry.

Losing something you love with all your heart isn't really the pain you can ever overcome.Radha lost her baby, her only means to live. She saw her child getting killed and the accidentwas terrible. One lonely night, she was walking down the street to get a breath of fresh air withher child hugged tight in her arms.

The whole time she walked with her child in her arms. The only thing that worried her wasAryan's future. She was imagining and feeling every day of the child’s growth, and figuringwhat she would have in store for him. But who knows what's in store for us tomorrow? Life canchange in a second.

On that deserted road, were a few streetlights barely enough? It was this one light that couldbe seen from a distance, but as it came closer it got brighter and brighter. That light changedRadha's life into darkness forever. A speeding car came down that road. The driver came at aspeed of 110 kmph throwing beer bottles out of his half open window. He was definitely drunk,and the speed took everything in its path. Just then, there was a loud cry, and silence set in again.

But the mother wasn’t hurt. She opened her eyes, unable to focus her eyes, and didn’t seeAryan. After a few minutes when her sight cleared up she looked all over in a panic for her baby,but alas! ... The child hadn’t even seen life.

Simply, don't drink and drive. You could take a life, but kill a number of people.

1.The word“devastated” in Paragraph 1 would probably mean____________ .

A. worried B. scared

C. heart-broken D. weather-beaten

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE of Radha?

A. She had expected much of Aryan.

B. She got her eyes injured in the accident.

C. She was hit by one bottle on the arm.

D. She had everything ready for Aryan's future.

3.The last sentence underlined implies that __________.

A. drunk driving is absolutely forbidden

B. drunk driving is certain to kill a lot of people

C. the driver killed Aryan and his mother

D. there is more than one victim (受害者) in a car accident

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Death of a Miserable Child

B. The Price for Another Man's Mistake

C. A Sad Mother on a Windy Night

D. Overspeeding from Drunk Driving

Hayao Miyazaki, the 72-year-old Japanese master of fantasy animation (奇幻动画), one of the most respected animation directors in the world, announced his retirement on September 6, after the recent release of his new film The Wind Rises.

Miyazaki’s vision(视野) has remained unique throughout his many films over the past thirty years. The worlds he creates—the valley of the wind, the castle in the sky, and so many—are so special, so attractive. Here are some key words about his films.

Good and evil (邪恶) Miyazaki rarely tells stories in simple good and evil. The worlds he creates tend to be complex (复杂的) and unclear. The bad figures often don’t seem so bad once you get to know them. Miyazaki has explained that the lack of clear good and evil is because he sees the 21st century as complex time, in which old ideas need to be re-examined, even in children’s films.

Children The heroes in Miyazaki’s films are usually children or teens, more often young girls. Sometimes they can see the spirit world; they are curious and friendly, even to strange creatures. The stories often deal with growing up.

Sky and water Two of Miyazaki’s great loves are the sky and water, and he uses them in related ways. Flight is a forever theme—Miyazaki has never done a film without flying of some kind. His imagination seems to fly and leave behind the pull of gravity (重力), a force and control that he feels a bound (束缚) from setting him free. Water is another way for Miyazaki to fight gravity. In his films he likes the unexpected floods with crystal-clear water, and objects floating on the surface seem to be supported by magic.

Peace Miyazaki’s negative view of the war goes far more than surface deep. Violence is usually seen as wrong and painful, and Miyazaki’s heroes are often peacemakers.

1. What can we know about good and evil from Miyazaki’s films?

A. The complex time tends to turn good into evil.

B. He uses his films to show good finally defeats evil.

C. The figures cannot be simply judged as good or evil.

D. Children should learn to clearly tell good from evil.

2.Miyazaki’s love for flight may come from ______.

A. the relation between sky and water

B. his hate for gravity since his childhood

C. his desire to be free from gravity

D. his love for water that can flood the world

3.In Miyazaki’s films we may NOT see ______.

A. the attractive castle in the sky

B. a world left in ruins in the end

C. objects magically floating on the water

D. children with the problems of growing up

4.The purpose of writing the article is to ______.

A. show the writer’s sadness for Miyazaki’s retirement from the animation industry

B. help readers to know about Miyazaki’s life and his great achievements

C. praise Miyazaki’s contribution to the development of the film industry

D. introduce Miyazaki’s retirement and the features (特点) of his animation films

根据句意从方框中选出合适的短语, 用其适当的形式完成句子。

1.In addition to _________________ the e-mails, the secretary was also asked to finish writing a speech for the manager.

2. Ever since her parents ___________________, Jane has become extremely depressed and upset.

3.I don’t think Jack is a man to ________________when we are in trouble, for he cares nobody but himself.

4.A young man entered the office, wanting to see the manager _________________ sales department.

5.Lang Ya Bang was a big TV hit last year, which was ____________________ by both audience and critics.

6.The sofa can _________________ a temporary bed when we need to put up a guest for the night at home.

7.A healthy life is frequently thought to __________________ the homegrown food.

8.They had wanted to give her a surprise on her birthday but the plan didn’t _____________.