I used to be ashamed of my grandma.I know that’s a ____ thing to say，but it was true until today，so I have to ___ it.

The ____ started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink.I was so used to seeing them that I ____ took notice of them.But Katy shouted，laughing and ___to talk to them.I had to get down on my knees and ___ her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t ___ and get hurt.

After that happened，I ____ there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing.

Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King.____ ordering our hamburgers well?done，she told the person behind the counter，“They’ll have two Whoppers(巨无霸) well?to?do.” Jill burst out laughing，but I almost ____.

After a while，I started wishing I could ___ Grandma in a closet.I even complained to my parents.Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel ____ in our home.

Then last Wednesday，something happened that ____ everything completely.My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and ____ them about their ____ for a big Oral History project.I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.

“Volunteer your grandmother，” she whispered.“She’s ___ and rich in experience.”

That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.

This is how I ended up on ____ today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly(集合)．All my friends and teachers were listening to her ____ she was a great heroine.I was ____ of my grandma and hoped she would ____ know that I had been ashamed of her.

1.A.funny? B．common

C．terrible? D．clear

2.A.admit?? B．receive

C．refuse? D．show

3.A.quarrel? B．accident

C．trouble? D．adventure

4.A.already? B．always

C．simply? D．hardly

5.A.enjoying? B．pretending

C．imagining? D．continuing

6.A.warn? B．demand

C．advise? D．beg

7.A.mind? B．hear

C．see?? D．fall

8.A.expected? B．declared

C．realized? D．doubted

9.．A.Because of?? B．Except for

C．Such as? D．Instead of

10.A.died? B．cheered

C．disappeared? D．suffered

11.A.meet?? B．avoid

C．arrange? D．hide

12.A.independent? B．inconvenient

C．unwelcome? D．unfamiliar

13.A.changed? B．finished

C．stopped? D．prepared

14.A.interview?? B．report

C．tell? D．write

15.A.news? B．lives

C．advantages? D．achievements

16.A.free? B．popular

C．interesting? D．embarrassing

17.A.show? B．stage

C．duty? D．time

18.A.and then? B．even if

C．so that?? D．as if

19.A.sure? B．proud

C．ashamed? D．afraid

20.A.never? B．even

C．still? D．once

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该

行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

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，并也用斜线划掉。

    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：原行没有错的不要改

Dear Sally,

Now I’d like to tell you something about my part-time job in this                1.___________

summer vacation, in which I worked like a guide in a travel agency.         2.__________

The work was interesting but tired. I think it was helpful to work this       3.___________

holiday. This was the first time that I have earned money on my own.      4.___________

I’ve come to understand how hard my parents work to support for          5._________

the family . I used to keep on ask them for money, but now I’ll never       6.__________

waste money and learn to share worry with my parent. I’ve learnt how 7. ___________

to get along well with others. What’s worse, I’ve gained some working 8._________

and social experience and I have learnt something can’t be learnt from      9.___________

textbooks. All this will be good for my future. In the word, I had a            10.__________

wonderful and valuable summer vacation.

I fell in love with England because it was quaint (古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.

Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.

I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.

As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.

The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.

1.The writer doesn’t like London because she ______.

A．has lived there for seventeen years

B．prefers to live in an old-fashioned house

C．is not used to the life there now

D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there

2.Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

A．In a pub.          B．In a cafe.          C．In a restaurant.     D．In a nightclub.

3.The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ______.

A．had never been to France                 B．was from a typical French family

C．didn't like the British idea of family          D．felt lonely in England

Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she ways. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”

    Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.

    Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hepburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.

    Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don’t have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.

   What is mainly discussed in this passage?

    A. The use of sunglasses.                   B. The history of sunglasses.

    C. The sunglasses wearing.                  D. Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

   Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

    A. She was a movie star.                        B. She wanted to follow a movie star.

    C. Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes.     D. It was good wear sunglasses when watching TV.

   Early actors’ eyes hurt because _______.

    A. they wore sunglasses.                        B. they went out in the sun too much

    C. the lights on movie sets were too bright     D. their scripts were written in very small writing

   We may know from this passage that _______.

    A. Audrey Hepburn was a famous film star       

B. Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker

    C. sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986     

D. Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses

I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard (果园)，looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are already ripe(成熟的).Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother’s apple pie，and how I used to make it with her. She died last year，before the apple harvest，and I have not had her pie since. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about，visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes. Above me，big white clouds race across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week，and time seems to have slowed down.
“Sophie！” calls my grandfather. “Is that you？”I stand up，take his hand，and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples，and bees，and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too.
He puts his rough，brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. “You know，Sophie，”he says，“I spent the morning in the attic(阁楼)，and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe (烹饪法) for Grandma’s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can’t do it all alone，but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us，we can work it out. Want to try？”
“But it won’t be the same without Grandma，” I tell him.
“That’s true，”he says，“but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still，I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say？” I nod yes，and we walk towards home...towards an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen，making Grandma’s famous apple pie.
【小题1】We learn from the passage that Sophie          .