阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Crying marriage? 1. (surprise), isn’t it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 2. (remain) in fashion 3. the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 4. (necessary) to marriage procedure.

It is very much 5. same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 6. , the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 7. as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 8. which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.

In a word, crying at wedding is a 9. by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 10. (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

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。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l1处起）不计分。

I am writing to ask for whether you are able to do me a favor. I want to have a pen friend, hopeful a girl in her early twenty, and with interests similar to mine. In my mind, she is someone interesting in traveling, swimming, and playing table tennis. Beside, it would be better for her to have a pet dog as I have been keeping that at home for some time. With such a pen pal, I hope I can share her my experiences in traveling, taking care of pets, or whichever we have in common. I believe I would improve my English by doing so and learning more about her country. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

短文写作

请观察所给的图画并根据你对该图画的理解写一篇英语短文，内容包括：

（1）简要描述图片，并说明该图片所揭露的现象；

（2）分析造成该现象的原因（至少两点）；

（3）提出自己的看法。

要求：1. 词数150左右。开头已经给出，不计入词数。

2. 文章中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

The Internet has long been regarded as a wonderful tool that allows students to gain insight to useful resources and information. However, this is not always the case.

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—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.

—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.

A. arbitraryB. artificial

C. compulsoryD. conventional

Our TV set sell well, but ten years ago no one could have imagined such a big share in the market that they______.

A. were to haveB. had had

C. were havingD. had

How could I lie to her ________ she lived for the truth, whether it was found in music or people?

A. unlessB. whenC. whileD. though

Tony always works out development schemes faster than others. Is it ________ he graduated from a top university ________ counts?

A. because, thatB. that, which

C. that; thatD. why, what

It is ________ his tremendous enthusiasm and devotion that the old teacher is respected by all his students.

A. on account ofB. with regard to

C. in terms ofD. in reference to

________ toothache, the old man felt very bitter, having no good sleep.

A. Not being rid ofB. Not ridding of

C. Not rid ofD. Not having rid of

The doctor suggested that I keep away from oily food, because it ________ easily.

A. isn’t digestB. doesn’t digest

C. isn’t to digestD. won’t be digested