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　　Former US. Vice President A1 Gore, who came close to winning the presidency two years ago, said he will not run in 2004, and probably will not have another opportunity to seek the White House.

　　Though Gore would have been a frightening Democratic(民主党的)main runner, his decision to give up the 2004 race probably helped his party' s chances in the general election against President George W. Bush, Democrats said.

　　Many did not want to see Bush－Gore Ⅱ.

　　“The last campaign was an extremely difficult one,” Gore told CBS TV show “60 Minutes”. on Sunday.

　　While saying he still had the energy and drive to run again, Gore recognized, “There are a lot of people within the Democratic Party who felt exhausted (by the 2000 race)… who felt like, OK, ‘I don't want to go through that again.’ And I'm frankly sensitive to that feeling.”

　　In nearly two dozen interviews after Gore announced his plans, Democrats dutifully claimed their party had lost a top candidate, but one after another, they praised Gore for taking an early exit from a primary race he could have won, sparing them a repeat.

　　Gore, 54, said he was making his decision “in the full understanding that it probably means that I will never have another opportunity to run for president.”

　　Party activists(激进主义分子)blamed Gore for losing despite a booming economy and eight years of a Democratic administration. Gore even lost his home state of Tennessee; a victory there would have given him the White House.

1．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

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A．Gore Was Criticized

B．Gore Decides Not to Fight Bush in 2004

C．Former US. Vice President Al Gore

D．Al Gore and Gorge Bush

2．Why do you think Gore has decides not to run in 2004 according to this passage?

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A．Because he is quite old

B．Because many people are against him

C．Because he quite understands the feelings of a lot of Democratic members

D．Because he doesn't want to be President of US

3．What was Gore's feeling when he made his decision?

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A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist (拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s.
【小题1】The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______.

If you exhibit positive characteristics such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances are that you will be thought as a good-looking person, for a new study has found that the perception （认知） of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality．
The study, which was led by Gary W．Lewandowski, has found that people who exhibit negative characteristics, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically attractive to observers．In the study, the participants viewed photographs of opposite-sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their personalities．
After personality information was received, participants also rated the probability of each individual' s becoming a friend and a dating partner．Information on personality was found to significantly change the probability, showing that cognitive （认知的） processes modify （修改） judgments of attractiveness．
"Thinking a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind," said Lewandowski．
The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater expectation of becoming friends, which leads to greater expectation of becoming romantic partners and, finally, to being viewed as more physically attractive．The findings remained consistent regardless of how "attractive" the individual was formerly thought to be or of the participants' current relationship status．
"This research provides a positive outcome by reminding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness; it can even change people's impressions of how good-looking you are," said Lewandowski．
【小题1】In the study the participants were required to _____．

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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

该行多一个词: 把多余的词用斜线划掉（\），在右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一词：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。

该行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边的横线上写出改正后的词。

注意： 原行没有错的不要改。

My aunt lives in a village far from my town.

Last year she came to visit us brought me a           1.             

little dog for my birthday present. It was a little black2.              

dog with white spots on. It was so lovely that I      3.              

liked it at once. Every day after school I played the 4.              

dog and it gave me much more pleasure. I was glad     5.             

to have it as my company. One day the dog went away   6.              

and never came back again. All my families were out searching     7.              

for it but it was nowhere to found. How I worried     8.              

about it all those days. A week later a letter came about w.w.w.zxxk.c.o.m    9.              

my aunt saying that the little dog had returned       10.             

根据下列句子所给汉语意思，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

1.Grandfather, father and sons belong to three different                 (辈).

2.After supper many people go to the Central Square just for e               （娱乐）.

3.---Tom, look at your papers. How did you do your homework?

--Sorry, sir. You have c       me with my twin brother. I’m Jim

4.Yesterday was our open day. Many children came into our school looking around        (好奇).

5. Don’t be in such a hurry; you’d better eat a few m_____ of food before you go shopping.

6. I saw some girls were talking about something in w       . But when I got closer they all ran away.

7. The painting in the flag of our class r        unity, strength and effort.

8. As the teacher         (走近) the dormitory of his students, the rooms became quiet.

9. If bright sunlight is         (聚焦) on dry wood with a glass, it will start burning.

10.The sports reporter was watching the football match,         (评论) all the time.