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。

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds__1.__(hold) everywhere since ancient times．Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, _2.__ (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn．At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.

Today's festivals have many __3.__ (original), some religious , some seasonal, and some for special people or events．Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm．For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in__4.__ (memorize) of their ancestors．People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music __5.__ they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth．In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November．__6.__ this important feast day, people eat food in __7.__ shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them．They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead． The Western holiday Halloween also had __8.__ origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people．It is now a children's festival, __9.__ they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets．The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan．India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's __10.__（depend) from Britain.

短文中共有10处语言错误，每句话最多两处错误。错误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(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词;

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉;

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。

Everyone has a dream．We are on the way to achieve it whether the way is smooth or toughly．As senior 3 student, I have the same dream as my classmates that I can be admitted to an ideal university．In the past three years, I have done everything I can to equip myself with that I have learnt from my teachers．Not only have I enjoyed the pleasure of study but also I have got closer to my dream．Anxious and pressure did discourage from me at times．Besides, with the encouragement of my teachers and classmates, I think I’ll make it.

I’m sure that there has still a long way to go to achieve my dream．No matter how challenged it is, I’ll make it come true．As the proverb said,” Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

During the 20th century there has been a great change in the lives of women．A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century probably has been in her middle 20's and would be likely to have seven or eight children．By the time the youngest was 15，the mother would have been in her early 50's and would expect to live a further 20 years，during which chance and health made

it hard for her to get paid work．

Today women marry younger and have fewer children．Usually a woman's youngest child will be 15 when she is 45 and she can be expected to live another 35 years and is likely to get paid work until 60．

This important change in women's life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position．Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a fulltime joB． However，when they married they usually left work at once and never returned to it．Today the school-leaving age is 16，many girls stay at school after that age，and though women marry younger，more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born．Many more return to work later．Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage，with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties of family life．

1.We learn from this passage that in the 19th century ．

A． there were more children in the world than there are today

B． women spent a greater part of their lives raising

C． there were more women in poor health than there are today

D． women married younger than they do today

2.One reason why a married woman of today may take a job is that ．

A． she is young when her children can look after themselves

B． she is obliged to help her husband support the family

C． she feels lonely at home when her children grow up

D． she hopes to change the world a bit

3.Many girls are now likely to ．

A． give up their jobs after they get married

B． leave school as soon as they can

C． marry early so that they can get better jobs

D． continue working until they are going to have a baby

4.According to the passage，it is now quite usual for women to ______．

A． stay at home after leaving school

B． find jobs when they reach the age of 16

C． start working again later in life

D． marry and have children while still at school

5.Now a husband probably ．

A． plays a greater part in doing housework

B． does almost all of the housework

C． feels unhappy about his wife's going out to work

D． takes a part-time job so as to help at home

Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 8:30A． m．—10:00A． m．，10:30A． m．—12:00A． m．，1:30p．m．—3:00p．m．

The Language Center is open Monday to Friday．Each class has one afternoon free per week．On the first day，go to the lecture hall to check your timetable．

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p．m．to 5:00p．m．for all full-time students．

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）．There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English．Go in and ask the teacher to show you．If you plan to take public examinations，there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with．There are cloze exercises on the computers．Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays．Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days．

ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required． Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS．Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses．It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa．

BOOKS: If students are given course books，the books are their responsibility．If a book is lost，the student will be expected to pay for it．

If students wish to buy books，there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520)．

1.When do classes begin and end on a full day?

A． 8:30A． m．—1:30p．m．

B． 8:30A． m．—3:00p．m．

C． 8:30A． m．—3:15p．m．

D． 3:15p．m．—5:00p．m．

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A． No teachers are in the language laB．

B． 90% attendance is required for the students．

C． Books can’t be taken out of the center．

D． Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes．

3.Timetable can be seen in _____．

A． the lecture hall

B． Room 3520

C． the classroom

D． Room 1110

4.Where can students buy books?

A． Room 1110

B． Room 3520

C． the language lab

D． OSS

5.Which of the following is wrong?

A． Each class don’t have lessons for one afternoon every week

B． Students can learn to use computers to learn their language

C． Students can’t take tapes back home

D． All the students should attend the required classes

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My car and my best friend For most，getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want，whenever you want．Getting a car did this for me，and it also brought my best friend and me ．But then it tore us apart (分开)．

My best friend lives three minutes from my ．Since her is in late summer，

seven months behind mine，I basically became her when I turned 16 in December．

And so I her up for school and took her home．We made ice-cream ，went shopping and to the movies―all in my car．I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed，read magazines and have a good laugh．I went to her house so that she gave me a key her house．

A week after I got my license（驾照），she was with me I had my first accident．She was there and me and we kept it a ，since I didn’t want people to ．From then on，through thick and thin (共患难)，it was just me ，my car and my best friend．

High school is a time of ，but I couldn’t for a long time we became so distant（疏远） after being so close．My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle．With its ，the passenger seat of my car became ．Our car trips became less frequent (频繁的) I didn’t even drive down her street．

It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much．I had wanted her to get a car，but once she did，I it．I wanted her friendship back，even if it couldn’t be the same．

1.A． some B． any C． none D． all

2.A． closer B． farther C． luckier D． happier

3.A． neighbor B． school C． home D． family

4.A． holiday B． birthday C． course D． job

5.A． guide B． follower C． partner D． driver

6.A． picked B． woke C． called D． hurried

7.A． parties B． trips C． plans D． classes

8.A． happily B． often C． hardly D． seldom

9.A． to B． on C． of D． for

10.A． while B． but C． when D． after

11.A． saved B． suggested C． advised D． comforted

12.A． favorite B． secret C． pride D． joke

13.A． help B． see C． know D． laugh

14.A． change B． disappointment C． friendship D． excitement

15.A． believe B． answer C． imagine D． understand

16.A． when B． where C． ho D． what

17.A． arrival B． dream C． return D． beauty

18.A． broken B． crowded C． empty D． different

19.A． however B． until C． as D． before

20.A． lost B． received C． enjoyed D． Regretted

根据下列句子语境、所给单词首字母及中文提示，在横线上写出正确的单词及形式。

1.He was asked to d _______ evening dresses for many movie stars．

2.My _________(以前的)English teacher has gone to the USA．

3.The laptop on the teacher’s desk is not yours．It b________ to Harry．

4.(身体的)_________ health is more important than anything else．

5.A _________ are training hard for the coming sports match．

6.I have to hand it to him __________(亲自)．

7.While shopping，we always b_________ with the shopkeeper in order to reduce the price．

8.Our school gave a r________(招待所)to the visitors．

9.My sister was lucky to be a ________ to Peking University．

10.The __________(表演)we saw last night was really wonderful．It was worth my time and effort．

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。作文中共有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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：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。

As a high school students，I like to talk with foreigners to practise my oral English but learn more about other cultures．There were two foreign teachers in our school in this term．They often go to the English corner so that we can have a chance to practise a language．I seize every chance to talk them．However，I sometime find they are not so interesting in what I say，and it’s hard for I to choose a suitable topic． I would like some advices about how to communicate proper with foreigners，and what topics to pick．

Our plan was to drive into Cambridge, catch the 7:34 train to Liverpool Street Station, then to separate and meet again for lunch．We should have arrived at Liverpool at 9:19, but due to a typical London fog, the train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30 that it got there．In spite of our late arrival, Joan, my wife’s sister, decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while we went shopping．It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn’t decided where we should meet for lunch．Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket, this was indeed a problem．There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower of London, and try to find her there．Needless to say, we didn’t find her．

It was now one o’clock, and the concert began at 2:30．“Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,” suggested my wife hopefully．By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop, and the only way to get there was by underground railway．Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be．An hour later we were still trying to find it．Just as I was about to lose my temper completely when we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog．With his help we found Tower Hill tube station just fifty yards down the road．

By now it was far too late even to try to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2:30, so we decided to return to Cambridge．It took seven long hours instead of the usual two to make that journey．Nor were we able to get any food and drink on the train．Tired and hungry we finally reached home at ten, opening the door to the sound of the telephone bell．It was Joan; she had seen the Crown Jewels, had managed to get another ticket for concert, and had had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant near the hotel where she decided to stay for the night．Now she was ringing to discover whether we had had an equally successful day．

1.Why was Joan separated from her sister and her brother-in-law?

A． they could not see each other because of the fog．

B． Joan had not seen Crown Jewels．

C． They planned to do different things until lunch time．

D． The writer didn’t want to go to the concert．

2.What did the writer plan to do in the afternoon?

A． Go to the concert．

B． See the Crown Jewels．

C． Return to Cambridge．

D． Go shopping．

3.The reason why they didn’t all meet for lunch was that _______．

A． They lost their way in the fog

B． they forgot to make necessary arrangement

C． they waited at different places and didn’t meet each other

D． the couple couldn’t find the underground station

4.It’s quite clear that for Joan the trip to London had been ________．

A． spilt by the fog

B． quite tiring

C． rather disappointing

D． very enjoyable

The scientist from the Lockheed Space Company work in Felton, California, with the help of a computer．But the computer is placed in Sunnyside, about 80 kilometers away．What scientists input (输入) is sent by telephone lines to the computer, and after a time, copies of the designs are needed back in Felton as quickly as possible Lockheed people have tried several ways of sending the prints, but the most effective seems to be by pigeon．Are pigeons really used to carry messages in these days? They are, and they send the prints faster and cheaper than any other way．

Human messengers are much more expensive and slower than the pigeons．The road to Felton goes through the mountains, and the driving is not easy．An electronic printout (电子打印输出) system could do the work in Felton, but at a cost of 10 dollars a print．Pigeons carry the designs for about 1 dollar each．

Now Lockheed people have ten pigeon messengers．The pigeons do the work, and they have made Lockheed more famous．You can often read the news about pigeons in the newspapers around the world．

1.The passage is mainly about ___________________．

A． Felton, California

B． the scientists

C． how to work with computers

D． sending prints by pigeon

2.This story is unusual because pigeons ____________________．

A． don’t like carrying things

B． are often expensive to keep

C． seem out of place in the space age

D． aren’t friendly to the scientists

3.Something that’s effective ________________________．

A． usually costs more

B． is something that works

C． is often unhappy

D． is often done by animals

阅读下面短文， 从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A Different View

At age 1, 11 and 16, the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us．My friends and I wanted nothing less than perfection．

In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our became even more important to us．We had no fat, only muscle．On the weekends, we would go to the beach, of our flat stomachs．

One summer day, all my friends were at my house ．At one point, I was running back to the pool．I on a bee, and while it was dying under my foot, it stung (蛰) me．I instantly started to feel ．That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red, hot and swollen．I couldn’t walk．I could barely ．

When my foot started to go numb, everyone became more ．My foot was not getting enough blood． I had to go to the , and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken．I couldn’t move．All I could do was think about how soft my middle was becoming．That me more than any concern over my leg．

That would all when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot．It was still not getting the supply it needed． The doctors would have to speed up their treatment．

Never before did I have such great for my foot．And walking seemed like a from the gods．Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about and who was wearing what．More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends．

One girl came to visit me ．Every time she came, she brought flowers．She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and the other patients．

She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking．I would not have given this girl a second before．I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her ．

Finally, I was improving and soon I went home．My leg was still swollen, I was walking, and I had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend． She was still visiting people and good cheer．I thought if ever there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her．

1.A． grades B． brains C． bodies D． clothes

2.A． ashamed B． proud C． sure D． tired

3.A． dancing B． chatting C． jogging D． swimming

4.A． stepped B． focused C． held D． took

5.A． upset B． fearful C． sick D． anxious

6.A． jump B． run C． stand D． rest

7.A． concerned B． relieved C． surprised D． interested

8.A． beach B． hospital C． gym D． school

9.A． blamed B． impressed C． shocked D． troubled

10.A． change B． bother C． help D． happen

11.A． nutrition B． blood C． time D． air

12.A． observation B． devotion C． appreciation D． evaluation

13.A． gift B． hand C． promise D． treat

14.A． homework B． appointment C． movies D． gymnastics

15.A． suddenly B． regularly C． eventually D． recently

16.A． advise B． encourage C． serve D． instruct

17.A． choice B． thought C． glance D． chance

18.A． words B． ideas C． flowers D． visits

19.A． but B． then C． so D． for

20.A． enjoying B． gaining C． discovering D． spreading