When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob（烤肉串）hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything less.
Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack.
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming.
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking.
A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, an reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled with food.
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordable but practical as well.
The food, especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill （烤肉架）.
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat.
One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grille chicken pieces served with cither rice or bread. Another great kabob is the Cbelo Kabob, kabob consisting of grilled beef.
Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a place that should not be overlooked.
【小题1】
When first entering the restaurant, one can find that it ________.

When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob（烤肉串）hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything else．

Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack．

The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming．

Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking．

A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, and reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plate piled with food．

The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large．Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordable but practical as well．

The food especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill （烤肉架）．

The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat．

One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grilled chicken pieces served with either rice or bread．Another great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, a kabob consisting of grilled beef．

Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious．It is a place that should not be overlooked．

1.When first entering the restaurant, one can find that it ________．

    A．is splendidly decorated                            B．has pleasant smells of kabobs

    C．is crowded with dining tables                      D．looks like a common restaurant

2.What activity is also mentioned apart from dining in the restaurant?

    A．Watching news events on TV．                       B．Drinking a kind of black coffee．

    C．Reading local English newspapers．                 D．Discussing world topics in low voices．

3.The food of the restaurant ________．

    A．is served in small amounts                         B．is rather expensive

    C．is rich in variety                                 D．is very healthy

4.What is the dish Joojeh Kabob mainly made of?

    A．Rice           B．Chicken            C．Bread            D．Beef

5.It can be inferred from the passage that the restaurant ________．

    A．occupies a large space       B．owns a favorable location

    C．is popular for its special food     D．has a quiet environment inside

Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after __36__ thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head __37__ his walking stick．McKay’s wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a __38__ person, he had been __39__ to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often．

       Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a __40__ collector．Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay’s, or too often, on the McKays __41__．

       “For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our __42__,” said Laurene．She added that it wasn’t so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant __43__ bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks．“We’d be __44__ there happily reading our newspapers, when __45__ so much water would come from above that we’d be as wet as if we’d __46__ with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the __47__ of fish!”

       And on Saturday evening it was just too __48__．“It was James’s birthday,” explained Laurene, “and I’d made him a birthday cake．The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn’t get to blow them out．” __49__, Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet __50__．Rarely had Laurene seen McKay move so fast．“I couldn’t __51__ him．He was up there in a flash．It was the fastest I’d seen him move since 1964．”

       Smith is not going to take things further with the police．He has also promised to change his__52__ from now on．And what of James McKay? __53__ he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”．“__54__ the most exciting birthday __55__!” said the cheerful old man．“The best since my adolescence I’d say!”

1.A．hitting         B．tapping     C．pushing    D．touching

2.A．by          B．with        C．through    D．via

3.A．quiet         B．sensitive   C．stubborn   D．peaceful

4.A．accustomed   B．driven      C．taken       D．attracted

5.A．fish          B．seed      C．plant        D．newspaper

6.A．themselves    B．itself        C．herself      D．himself

7.A．bathroom      B．balcony    C．bedroom   D．kitchen

8.A．which         B．what        C．that         D．whether

9.A．sitting        B．exercising C．sleeping    D．eating

10.A．regularly     B．suddenly   C．precisely   D．unconsciously

11.A．swum       B．watered    C．showered  D．drowned

12.A．taste        B．smell       C．feeling      D．sense

13.A．little        B．soon        C．late         D．much      

14.A．Otherwise   B．Besides     C．Instead     D．Consequently

15.A．over        B．across       C．through    D．down

16.A．stop         B．blame       C．ignore      D．stand

17.A．views       B．attitude     C．mind       D．ways

18.A．While      B．Since     C．Until       D．As

19.A．Sincerely    B．ImpossiblyC．PreviouslyD．Definitely

20.A．before       B．already     C．ever        D．since

The English language is changing fast, thanks to the rapid progress of technology. We all have a rapid choice: we can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well. Or we can embrace (拥抱) the new English, enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.

       “You can’t avoid it, for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along, it inevitably (不可避免的) impacts（冲击）on the language as a whole.” says Dr. David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics（语言学）at the University of Wales in Bangor, whose book Language and the Internet has just been published.

       The trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did. In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cave. These days, it is probably because they use a Mac (which is a computer, not a rain coat). Spam is as disliked as it ever was ,but it once meant an unappetizing（引不起食欲的）canned meat. It now stands for unwanted “junk” email. Spellings are changing, too. Not only is text-messaging playing “hvc wth vrbs” (havoc（混乱）with verbs), but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on “perfect speaking”.

       Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs (“please bookmark this site”), and verbs become nouns (“Send me the download”). Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives (e.g. dial-up, logon, print-on-demand, pull-down, upload), while others are created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace, Etl, hyperlink, netspeak.

1.The best title of this passage would be ______.

A. Keep Up with the Latest Weblish      B. Keep Up with the Latest Development      

C. Newly Invented English Words        D. Technology and English

2.We can infer（推断）from the first paragraph that ______.

A. Some people wish Shakespeare were still alive

B. people may have different attitudes towards Weblish

C. all people welcome Weblish

D. Weblish is not popular among people

3.The author thinks the main difficulty for people in keeping up with Weblish is that ______.

A. old words have new meanings

B. there are so many new words

C. the technology is changing too fast

D. Weblish words are full of spelling mistakes

4.Dr. David Crystal would probably agree that ______.

A. people should not accept Weblish

B. Weblish can cause misunderstandings among people

C. Weblish will destroy the English language

D. people should know something about Weblish

下面短文中有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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：在错的词下面画一横线，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。
There are different train ticket for people to choose from when traveled by train.
They may want to buy a single ticket and a return ticket. A single ticket allows them
enjoy more freedom at their destination while a return one not only is cheaper but
also save them the trouble of buying the ticket when they decide to return. Some
people prefer hard seats to soft one. Young people like to have hard seats because
enjoy the company of other passengers is what they need during a journey.
Businessmen would not like to have soft seats. They want to have a good rest. When
they get off the train, they were still energetic and can rapid go on to do their jobs.