从所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案

　One day a man was walking along the bank of the River Sarwan．He saw 　1　 in the water．It was a small 　2　 of gold ... and there were 　3　 pieces like it in the water．Some were big, 　4　 were small．The man who found these pieces of gold in the 　5　 became a rich man at 　6　 ．But that was not the end of the 　7　 ．In a little time 　8　 was talking of only 　9　 thing: Gold!

　Everyone wanted to be 　10　 , like the man who 　11　 the pieces of gold in the river, 　12　 came from everywhere to look for gold．They 　13　 all the ground near the 　14　 of the river．They made big 　15　 in it, trying to find 　16　 gold．Some men found 　17　 ; others found 　18　 at all．

　Many of those who came here were 　19　 men．They had guns．When they were 　20　 or had too much to 　21　 , they made a lot of trouble．Good men were afraid of them 　22　 they could do nothing．Our town was not the 　23　 place as before．It became 　24　 and richer but for a long time it didn't have a good 　25　 because of the bad men who came there to find gold．

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中有10处错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、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11处起)不计分。

Dear Linda,

We have some excited news for you. Maria is going to have a baby! We don’t tell you right away. At first the doctor said she might have some trouble of the baby. Now he said she is just fine. She still works on her paintings every day. But she stopped from teaching her art classes.There is going to have another big change in our life.We’re moving back to New York! It’s very much nicer to be near the families for something important like a baby. Maria grew up in the Mexico, and she doesn’t have a family here. So that makes even more important to us.

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中有10处错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、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11处起)不计分。

Dear Linda,

We have some excited news for you. Maria is going to have a baby! We don’t tell you right away. At first the doctor said she might have some trouble of the baby. Now he said she is just fine. She still works on her paintings every day. But she stopped from teaching her art classes.There is going to have another big change in our life.We’re moving back to New York! It’s very much nicer to be near the families for something important like a baby. Maria grew up in the Mexico, and she doesn’t have a family here. So that makes even more important to us.

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。

Dear Linda，

We have some excited news for you. Maria is going to have a baby! We don’t tell you right away. At first the doctor said she might have some trouble of the baby. Now he says she is just fine. She still works on his paintings every day. But she stopped from teaching her art classes.  There is going to have another big change in our life.  We’re moving back to New York! It’s very much nicer to be near the families for something important like a baby. Maria grew up in Mexico，but she doesn’t have a family here. So that makes even more important to us.

                                                            Yours，

                                                             Dick

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从l～20各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　Millions of people in Britain struggle out of bed each morning, fumble(乱摸) into some clothes, and __1__ their way to a cup of coffee and the morning __2__. They need something cheerful to remind them that rest of the day will be __3__ difficult than getting up. This need may be __4__ that many of them turn their __5__ eyes to the cartoons section of the newspaper as they sip (呷) their first cups of coffee of the day.

　　Cartoons reflect (反映) the times and the troubles and __6__ of people. They give people an opportunity (机会) to laugh at __7__ and at familiar (常见) situations. In times of prosperity (繁荣), for example, cartoons show people __8__ the good economic (经济上的) situation. They also make fun of the __9__ that people make for themselves--like making a problem out __10__ type of car to buy. In hard times--times of economic troubles--people want someone or __11__ to blame (责备) their troubles on. Cartoons provide scapegoats (替身). They also help people to see the humor in a __12__ situation. For example, a cartoon might say that the government of a country is responsible for the bad economy and __13__ show the government leaders as a group of ridiculous (可笑的) people. Being able to use the leaders as scapegoats and to laugh at the leaders somehow makes people feel __14__ about their situation.

　　Cartoons also make people __15__ their own personal worries. Young people who are not always sure of how to act can smile at their awkwardness (尴尬). Old people __16__ grown children pay little attention to them can chuckle (暗笑) at their neglect (疏忽) and loneliness. Students who have studied too little before an examination can laugh at their worries. __17__ problems are made bigger-than-life in the cartoons. Perhaps the problems __18__ funny because there is humor in something that is real being made unreal.

　　A cartoon combines (结合) art and humor. When it is skillfully __19__, a simple line drawing and a few words can make people laugh. Their troubles seem less __20__ and they enjoy life more fully.

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