5．去掉should　　　　　　　　　　 6．talk→talking

3．anything→everything　　　　　　 4．第二个my→a

1．√　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2．去掉in

9.How→What　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10.for→as

When I first learned to write in English, I ran into many　　　　 1.__________

difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought　　　　　 2.___________

in Chinese end tried to translate anything into English.　　　　　　　 3.___________

My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her　　　　　　 4.___________

advice and should put down 100 words or so each day.　　　　　　　 5.___________

Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was　　　　　　　 6.___________

learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote　　 　　　7.___________

a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it　　　　　　　　 8.___________

very much and reads it to the class. All said the story was　　　　　　 9.___________

a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me.　　　　　 10.__________

[答案]

7.√　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8.went 后加to

5.or→and　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6.去掉was

3.第一个the→a　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4.out of 后加it

1.In→On　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2.It改为They

4. What is the subject discussed in the text?

A. The history of Great Britain.

B. The similarity between English and French.

C. The rule of England by William Conqueror.

D. The French influences on the English language.

[解析] 这是一道主旨题。通读全文可知，短文主要讨论了法语对英语的影响。

[答案] D

短文改错

In Wednesday morning, Tom was walking along　　　 　 1.__________

the street. Suddenly he heard two shots .It came　　　 　　　 2.__________

from the bank. He ran to the bank and saw　　　　　　 　　　 3.__________

a man coming out of. The man was short and　　　　　 　　　 4.__________

fat with red hair. He had a bag of money or a　　　　 　　　　　 5.__________

gun in his hands. The man ran away and was　　　　　 　　　 6.__________

disappeared behind a bus. That afternoon Tom　　　　 　　　 7.__________

went a film. He saw the thief again and phoned the　 　　　　　 8.__________

police. They caught the thief. How an exciting day　 　　　　　 9.__________

for Tom!. The bank gave him $100 for a reward.　　　 　　　 10.__________

[答案及解析]

3. Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?

A.　　 Most advertisements in France appear in English.

B. They know little of the history of the English language.

C. Many French words are similar to English ones.

D. They know French better than German.

[解析] 这是一道推断题。从第四段第一句话“When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more’foreign’ than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does.”可知法语单词与英语单词比较相似。

[答案] C