It would be very exciting to be a reporter on a newspaper．As soon as a reporter’s boss gives him a story to write，the reporter is on the job．He keeps his mind on what he is going to do．He does not begin writing the story until he knows what he should find out．He must know why he should write the story．
At times a reporter must search hard to find all of the facts he needs for a story．The facts may not be right under his nose．To find the facts，he has to recognize important details．While gathering information for a story，he asks himself questions：Should I use this information? Is this an important fact?
A reporter writes the story as fast as he can，so it can go right away into the newspaper．The story also needs a headline，which tells very quickly what the news story is about and is printed bigger and blacker than the rest of the news story．
Every big newspaper has many reporters，because many stories are needed in the newspaper．Would you like to be one？
【小题1】A reporter writes the story as fast as possible because       ．

—What do you think of Thomas?

—Well, he is good, warm-hearted, hard-working and intelligent; _______, I can’t speak too highly of him.

A. in a word     B. as a result

C. by the way    D. on the contrary

四、写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：请在答题卡上作答。
At the beginning of this term, we have a new classmate,                                  76．          
Fang Hua, from another school. At first I don't think much                                         77．          
of him. Therefore, after he got a seat beside me, I got to know                       78．          
him and we became friends. He isn't as proudly as I thought;                                    79．          
in fact he have very kind and friendly. He is good at physics.                             80．          
When I have trouble with it, I'll turn him for help. I also                                               81．          
find him humorous. He can even make up joke about things                             82．          
around us. While someone in my class is in low spirits, he is                             83．          
sure to making him happy. He is good at sports, too. Though                                    84．          
he isn't perfect, we look him as our good friend.                                                            85．          

请选出与所给句子或划线部分意思最接近的答案：（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Was it by accident or by design?

  A. Was it on purpose or not?          B. Was it designed by somebody?

  C. Was it an accident?           D. Did it happen accidently?

 Did I really hear a voice or was it only my fancy? 

  A. Did I really hear a voice or was it only my image？

  B. Did I really hear a voice or was it only what I like?

  C. Did I hear a voice or someone crying in my dream?

  D. Did I notice a voice or it is not the really one?

 He is above stealing.

  A. He is good at stealing.                B. He never steals.   

C. He likes stealing.                   D. He is forced to steal.

 He is a bad actor.                    

  A. He is not good at performance.                B. He is a little good at performance.

  C. He is a very dangerous person to do anything.   D. He is not fit for being an actor.

 He is lacking animal force.             

  A. His energy is not full enough.                 B. He is as strong as an animal.

  C. He can do something with his own force.        D. He has enough energy.

 He is anything but a doctor.

  A. He is only a doctor.               B. He is not a doctor.

  C. He is somebody else.               D. What he does isn’t like a doctor.

 Anything is at your service.

  A. Your work is to serve everything.  B. You can serve everybody with your own effort.

   C. We all want to get your service.   D. You can use everything you need as you like.

68. You’ve tried three times. Tony’s been standing for two hours; let the dog see the rabbit!

  A. let the dog run after a rabbit         B. ask the dog to watch rabbits

  C. it’s Tony’s turn to do something    D. it’s your turn to do something.

What price going for a walk?

  A. What about going for a walk?       B. How much do you need for going for a walk?

  C. How much could I get for a walk?       D. What is the price you’ll pay for a walking?

 He talked and talked but never came to the point.

   A. He talked a lot on the key point.  B. He talked a lot but didn’t focus on the key point.

   C. He talked less than he need to.    D. He talked more than he really needed to.

 He began to smell a rat in the matter.

   A. feel that there was a rat near him        B. feel something not going so good

   C. feel a rat would make something wrong D. smell a rat’s smell in the matter

 John is always reasonable.               

   A. John is open-minded and easy to get along with.

   B. John always has a reason to do what he wants.

   C. John is always good at reasoning in some case.

   D. John can reason something others couldn’t.

 I must pop off now.                   

   A. I must go now.               B. My pop music life is ended now.

   C. I am not popular.                     D. I must make my corn pop.

 He doesn’t care a pin for her.           

   A. He doesn’t like a needle for her.    B. He wasn’t a pin to her.

   C. He doesn’t care about her.           D. He doesn’t want to throw a pin on her.

 You mustn’t take everything so personally.

   A. You mustn’t want to take everything as his own.  

B. You may not think of everything as yours.

C. You couldn’t gain everything which doesn’t belong to you.

D. You mustn’t think that somebody is criticizing you when he is not.

 What a peach of a room!

   A. HhHHHHHHh HhhhWhat a wonderful room which holds so many peaches!

   B. What a big peach in the room!

   C. What a big peach room it is!

   D. What a nice room it is!

 Your number comes up.

   A. Your number becomes larger and larger.        B. Your number keeps going up.

   C. You are lucky.                            D. You are unfortunate.

 Somebody’s number is up / goes up.

   A. Somebody’s number is end.        B. Somebody’s number may keeps going up.

   C. It’s time for somebody to go west.  D. It’s time for somebody to add up his number.

It feels nice and soft.   

   A. It is nice and soft.              B. It is nice but soft.    

C. It is soft except nice.              D. It feels very soft.

We see more of Blair these days.  

   A. These days we can watch more about Blair.

B. We know more about Blair these days.

   C. We have seen Blair more times these times.

D. These days found we could see Blair.

Everyone here likes Mike because he is good at telling and _______ jokes.?

A. turning up  B. putting up  C. making up  D. showing up?