Besides the national papers, there is, however, another branch of the British press which sells almost as many copies. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and county area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own financially (财政) and many of them are very profitable (赚钱的).

These papers are written almost entirely for readers interested in local events—births, weddings, deaths, council (地方会议) meetings and sports. Editors prefer to rely on people who know the district well. A great deal of local news is regularly supplied by clubs and churches in the neighborhood and it does not get out to date as quickly as national news.

The editors must never forget that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising (广告). He is usually anxious to keep the good will of local businessmen for this reason. But if the newspaper is well written and the news items have been carefully chosen to draw local readers, the business men are grateful for the opportunity (机会) to keep their products in the public eyes.

【1】Visitors to Britain are surprised to learn that ________.

A. there are so many local newspapers there

B. local papers should have a circulation of four million

C. the “Daily Mirror “ and “Daily Express” sell as many as 4 million copies every day

D. British newspapers are so widely read

【2】Local newspapers have ________.

A. a circulation as large as that of national newspapers

B. a daily circulation of 13 million

C. a slightly smaller circulation

D. an even larger circulation

【3】In the writer’s opinion, no paper can possibly succeed without ________.

A. advertisements B. interesting reports

C. a great deal of national news D. an excellent sales manager

【4】Which of the following is true?

A. All the local newspapers are very profitable.

B. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 14 million.

C. Local readers are much interested in local news.

D. Each British family buys three newspapers on Sundays.

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。

A terrible storm took place in a Friday night. The wind was so strong that many trees were brought down. It is eleven o’clock. Li Ming, one of my best friend, was still not back and his parents were very anxious about them. Half an hour late, the wind stopped，but it was still raining hardly. Li Ming’s parents were about to look for him then he came home. Li Ming explained that the storm pushed over big trees as well as electricity poles, blocked the roads and that the bridge had washed away by the floods. Therefore, Li Ming and his classmates had to find another way back. What was even more worse, one of his classmates had a arm hurt. So they took him to the hospital.

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood. When I was a boy of 12, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. It's the most beautiful sound in the world.
I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day, my new pet's mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my pet bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries(浆果). She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
（1）Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?
A.He had just got a new cage.
B.He liked its beautiful feather.
C.He wanted a pet for a companion.
D.He wanted it to sing for him.
（2）The mockingbird died because it ______.
A.ate the poisonous food its mother gave it
B.was frightened to death
C.refused to eat anything
D.drank the poisonous water by mistake
（3）An ornithologist probably means ______.
A.a religious person
B.a kind person
C.an expert in birds
D.a headmaster
（4）What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?
A.Freedom is very valuable to all creatures.
B.All birds put in a cage won't live long.
C.You should keep the birds from their mother.
D.Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。Welcome to Adventureland!
Everyone loves Adventureland! The parks and exhibitions were built for you to explore(探索), enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?
The Travel Pavilion
Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle(丛林)village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…
The Future Tower
This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we'll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator(模拟装置)for the Journey to Mars!
The Nature Park
This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to theOcean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see…
The Pyramid
This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps?
For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.
（1）If you are interested in knowing about what people's life will be, you may visit _____.
A.the Travel Pavilion
B.the Safari Park
C.the Future Tower
D.the Pyramid
（2）The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors _______.
A.realize the importance of travelling
B.become familiar with mountain countries
C.learn something about different places in the world
D.learn how to make things such as fishing nets
（3）If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely to go?
A.The Nature Park
B.The Future Tower
C.The Travel Pavilion
D.The Pyramid

【题目】阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Spending two days wondering if your father will live or die brings you many things. It allows you to1 every moment of life. It fills you with good memories, and it fills you with pain. It2 you of something that can easily be forgotten as you run around in your 3 life：life is incredibly fragile(脆弱的), and can be4in an instant.
I sat there in this hospital room, feeding the man I've seen as 5 and capable in my entire life. It felt like the full circle of 1ife had come around us. It was both6and frightening. It felt7to support him, yet part of me wanted to tell him to “be8 ” again. I wasn't sure if I was ready to9the full meaning of it: that my father may10 be that powerful and capable person again.
Pain and suffering have visited my family, 11 it will visit all families. And while we hesitate to12 pain and suffering, it has great lessons to13 us. Pain and suffering are well outside of the boundaries (界限) of our everyday life. When it14, it broke these boundaries and turns our world upside down. We become a15 with all of the others who have known pain and suffering. And we have another chance to tell what's truly 16 in our lives.
This crisis(危机) will pass, and we'll all be changed by it. The 17 hands of time will do their work. I'm thankful that I've told my18 everything I've wanted to say to him. And I'm thankful to have my family to19 during this difficult time. We'll all be 20 by this to show more support, care, and love. This is as it should be.
（1）A.understand B.change C.believe D.appreciate
（2）A.tells B.reminds C.informs D.suspects
（3）A.happy B.free C.busy D.poor
（4）A.taken away B.burned down C.set aside D.used up
（5）A.proud B.powerful C.cruel D.serious
（6）A.surprising B.disappointing C.worrying D.satisfying
（7）A.bad B.lucky C.good D.strange
（8）A.normal B.common C.ordinary D.special
（9）A.learn B.accept C.express D.explain
（10）A.always B.seldom C.often D.never
（11）A.as B.because C.so D.since
（12）A.find B.enjoy C.face D.catch
（13）A.punish B.blame C.teach D.follow
（14）A.comes B.leaves C.exists D.stays
（15）A.class B.family C.teacher D.party
（16）A.positive B.difficult C.negative D.important
（17）A.healing B.cooking C.cleaning D.working
（18）A.father B.brother C.sister D.mother
（19）A.suffer from B.write about C.build up D.depend on
（20）A.supported B.challenged C.expected D.examined

【题目】单句改错,每句只改一处错误。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
①John Snow was interested in the second theory which was probably correct.
②It would be difficult to find a man to take place of the manager.
③Dollywood has one of the best old wooden roller coaster in the world.
④That interested her most in London was the longitude line.
⑤He announced with the certainty that polluted water carried the virus.
⑥John Snow thought about helping ordinary people exposing to cholera.
⑦The questions raised by the students is very important.
⑧Every area of the park is modelled of life in the days of King Arthur.
⑨You must keep your eyes opened if you are going to make your trip enjoyable.
⑩Copernicus only published his theory as he laid dying.

A. take over B. hand over

C. turn over D. trip over

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Once upon a time, there was a man was very wealthy. He wanted to do something for the people in his village. that, he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the center of the main road into the village, he placed very large stone. Then he (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his horse.
“Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, (say) to himself, “The night (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! the stone, he found a bag of money.

A. weren’t there B. didn’t there

C. haven’t there D. hadn’t there

【题目】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 Sir/Madam,
I'm one of your customer, I ordered a set of books on your website two weeks ago, but I didn't received it until yesterday. And much to my disappointment, the books were too poorly packed up that the cover of one book were torn. To make matters worse, it is not a complete set, as I found one book missed.
I'm sorry to have received such poorly service, and I believe I have every right ask you to deal with this problem. I hope you either return my money back or deliver a new set of books to me. Beside, I'd like to be informed of the process of your deal with my complaint.
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Li Hua