短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

下面短文中有10处语言错误。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（∧），并在下面加上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

I always wanted to be great scientist. I had a dream of discovering a new drug that would save hundreds of people’s life. Unfortunately, I was never very well at chemistry at school and the teacher was used to get angry with me. I decided to becoming an inventor and designed an amazing new product. My parents were encouraging, but told me to be a few more realistic. A few weeks late, I had an idea of designing a pen to write in water. In my disappointment, a friend of me pointed out that it was not a new invention.

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A．She had seven brothers.                  B．She felt herself a nobody.

C．She was too shy to go to school.            D．She did not have any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A．develop her writing style                 B．run away from her family

C．make a lot of friends                     D．work for a school magazine

3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A．Her early years in college.                 B．Her training in the Workshop.

C．Her childhood experience                D．Her feeling of being different.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A．It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.

B．It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C．It is quite popular among students.

D．It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项中, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The other day I decided to come home early because it was such a beautiful day. The   were outside playing in my apartment complex (公寓大楼) and the ice cream truck was whistling its tune. As I    slowly to avoid an accident, I noticed a little boy    at the ice cream truck. He didn’t get anything and he walked away with a    look on his face. I asked the ice cream seller what happened and he said the little boy had no   . I had no cash on me so I drove to my building and went upstairs to    some cash. When I found it, the ice cream seller was    waiting but the little boy had   .

I went in the    I thought he might have gone and I saw a    getting out of her vehicle. I asked her if she had a little boy and she said yes. She then told me that she and her son had gone to the grocery store the day before and had    ice cream but she did not have enough money to buy   .

She quickly went into the    to get her son, and when she    several minutes later, I realized that he was not the    little boy I had seen. This boy was a bit older and his sister came out with him. I took them both to the truck and let them    out what they wanted.

I    told the mom it was not the same boy I was talking about. I    myself to the mother properly and    my baby-sitting services free of charge if she ever needed them. 1 couldn't find the original boy    but 1 hope he gets some ice cream soon.

1.A. cats                           B. kids                                     C. dogs                                  D. students

2.A. walked                          B. ran                                    C. climbed                            D. drove

3.A. knocking                 B. shooting                             C. lying                                  D. looking

4.A. puzzled                         B. curious                    C. disappointed                   D. delighted

5.A. excuse                          B. money                              C. parents                    D. friends

6.A. put away                       B. look for                             C. borrow                    D. lend

7.A. still                            B. anxiously                           C. doubtfully                        D. nervously

8.A. left                                 B. appeared                         C. cried                                 D. escaped

9.A. station                           B. line                                    C. sight                                  D. direction

10.A. woman                        B. girl                                     C. granny                              D. conductor

11.A. chosen                        B. ordered                            C. wanted                    D. eaten

12.A. it                                  B. ones                                  C. them                                 D. those

13.A. house                          B. shop                                  C. truck                                 D. market

14.A. disappeared              B. returned                          C. waited                              D. stayed

15.A. lost                         B. strange                     C. short                                 D. same

16.A. look                    B. pick                                   C. speak                                D. make

17.A. never                          B. seldom                    C. often                                 D. ever

18.A. explained                  B. admitted                           C. devoted                            D. introduced

19.A. denied                        B. resigned                           C. offered                    D. operated

20.A. somewhere               B. everywhere                     C. anywhere                         D. nowhere

As a child, I was told that a wise person is the one who learns from everyone. It is a great way to live by this  1  ----One begins to look at people very  2  and he no longer puts others  3 in order to feel good about himself.

Living in China  4  me with many wonderful opportunities to put this theory (理论) into practice, China is quite   5  and as a Westerner, it’s easy for me to consider many of the local habits as “strange” and even “rude”. However, slowly I began to   6  a lot about the culture and about where many of their    7  came from. I decided to make an effort to meet people and  8  from them.

I am living in Harbin now, a city in the Northern part of China, near Russia. Yesterday I  9  to get money from the ATM and have a good cup of coffee after lunch. But I can’t speak Chinese yet and there are no signs in English   10  the nearest supermarket or coffee shop. There are signs in Russian.   11 “espaciba” which means thanks, I don’t know much else.   12  I decided to smile at my every attempt（尝试) to  13  and ask for information that would 14  me to an ATM and a coffee shop. It turned out that my efforts and my  15 were met with more smiles. I learned that   16  is to be found everywhere even17  I cannot communicate, and that people will  18  depending on what I give.

Look around you for opportunities to learn from the most   19  people. You will be surprised at what they can  20  you!

1.                A．principle        B．plan           C．strength  D．reason

2.                A．excitedly       B．doubtfully       C．anxiously D．differently

3.                A．up            B．down          C．away D．out

4.                A．helps          B．compares       C．impresses D．provides

5.                A．special         B．modern         C．beautiful  D．powerful

6.                A．ignore         B．forget          C．understand    D．create

7.                A．names         B．habits          C．behaviors D．beliefs

8.                A．escape         B．suffer          C．hear D．learn

9.                A．needed        B．refused         C．managed  D．failed

10.               A．heaving for      B．setting up       C．looking for D．pointing to

11.               A．Except for      B．As for          C．According to   D．Instead of

12.               A．Yet            B．Or            C．So   D．Besides

13.               A．relax          B．command       C．explain    D．discuss

14.               A．force          B．lead           C．transport  D．follow

15.               A．thanks         B．signs           C．questions  D．smiles

16.               A．illness          B．weakness       C．kindness   D．happiness

17.               A．before         B．when          C．because   D．after

18.               A．react          B．gain           C．doubt D．benefit

19.               A．famous         B．useful          C．unexpected    D．familiar

20.               A．charge         B．teach          C．lend  D．require

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband Roy and I were very   1. . “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   2. . “Please.” I had said no so many times in   3.  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could    4.  . To her   5.  I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and   6.  a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy   7. . My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some   8.  time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch   9.  out on the table, Roy arrived on the   10. . That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with   11. . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys   12.  rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table,   13.  God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and   14. what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest   15.  could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you   16. . Even though the kids have now grown up and   17.   from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to   18.  potato salad, call all of my   19.  kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a   20. .

21.               A．old            B．poor           C．busy  D．patient

22.               A．begged         B．asked          C．doubted   D．wondered

23.               A．coming         B．recent         C．following  D．late

24.               A．last            B．wait           C．relax D．approach

25.               A．disappointment  B．sadness        C．embarrassment D．surprise

26.               A．supplied        B．provided       C．compared D．filled

27.               A．off work        B．at home        C．at work    D．on business

28.               A．unhappy        B．quality         C．quantity   D．sad

29.               A．spread         B．taken          C．made D．cooked

30.               A．scene          B．view           C．sight  D．scenery

31.               A．communication  B．expectation     C．hope D．laughter

32.               A．missed         B．took           C．skipped   D．left

33.               A．praying         B．praising        C．thanking   D．trusting

34.               A．expected       B．realized        C．imagined  D．admitted

35.               A．lifestyle        B．time           C．world D．occupation

36.               A．enjoy          B．own           C．have  D．love

37.               A．left alone       B．left behind      C．ran away  D．moved away

38.               A．appreciate      B．cook           C．watch D．plant

39.               A．grown         B．little           C．young D．handsome

40.               A．salad          B．life            C．picnic D．purpose