3. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to_______.

　 A. impress the party guests　　　 B. arrive at the party sooner

　 C. test his invention　 　　　　 D. show his skill in walking on wheels

2. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he________.

　 A. often gave others surprises　　　 B. was a gifted musician

　 C. invented the roller skates　 　　 D. was full of imagination

1. The text is mainly about_________.

　 A. a strange man

　 B. an unusual party

　 C. how roller skating began

　 D. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century

第二节： 书面表达(满分25分)

假如你是李华，请就本校食堂服务(canteen service)的状况给校长写一封信。内容包括：

　　　 词数：100左右；开头和结尾已为你写好。

Dear Mr. Principal.

　　　 I am a senior student of our school. I'd like to say something about the canteen service in our school. _____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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第一节：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横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每一行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正。该行多一个词；把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线(\)划掉。该行缺一个词；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。该行错一个词；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。

One day, I was cooking in the kitchen as　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 76．_______________

the telephone rang. I went to answer immediately.　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 77．_______________

She was my close friend, Lisa. When we were talking　　　　　　　　　 78．_______________

on a phone, the fire alarm sounded. I ran back to the　　　　　　　　　　 79．_______________

kitchen. The room full of smoke and beef was badly　　　　　　　　　　 80．_______________

burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opening all the　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 81．_______________

windows, and then went out of the house. With my　　　　　　　　　　　 82．_______________

surprise, two fire engines were outside my house. I　　　　　　　　　　　 83．_______________

was rather worried. I told about the firemen that it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 84．_______________

was my careless cooking which caused the heavy smoke.　　　　　　　 85．_______________