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加的词。

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。

The finally event in the Olympics is the                           1_____________

marathon, which name comes from a battle                           2_____________

in Ancient Greece. One of the most famous                       3____________

marathons is in New York , watch by                             4____________

two million people. Great Wall Marathon,                        5____________

which most competitors find the toughest course                  6____________

to be run. There are marathons around the                       7____________

world today and most of people can run one                      8____________

if you train for it. As time passes, many                       9____________

changes have happened the marathon.                              10_____________

One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Most of people went to bed. Quietly they came to a house. There were no lights in the house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front door gate, one said in English in a low voice, “You wait here. I’ll go round to the back door and then get into the house…” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. They dare not stop until they got into a lonely place. The man said: “It’s too bad. I hadn’t expected that the dog could understand English.”
【小题1】The two young men were ________.
A. workers     B. doctors      C. thieves
【小题2】There were no lights in the house because _______.
A. the people in the house had been out
B. nobody lived there.
C. It seemed that everyone was asleep.
【小题3】“One said in English to the other in a low voice.” Here means _______.
A. he knew English
B. he didn’t want to let anyone else understand what they would say
C. both A and B
【小题4】“Did the dog understand English really?” _______.
A. Yes, it did.   B. No, it didn’t.   C. No, but it wanted to understand.
【小题5】The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because ________.
A. it understood English    B. it heard them talking    C. the two men frightened it

English is a language spoken all round the world.There are more than 42 _56___ where most of people speak English. Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom,the United States of American ,Canada, Australia, South Afiran, Ireland and New Zealand. In total,for more than 375 million people. English is their __57__language.These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country_58____with their family, but the language of the government ,shool, newspapers and TV is English. We find this situation in countries,_59__ India,Pakistan,Nigeria and the Philippines.

Howerer ,a lot of of people learn English as a foreign __60__.They are more than 750 million, Everywhere in the world children go to school __61___English.Most people learn English for five or six years at high schools. In China students learn English at school _62__a foreign language.

In only fifty years English has developed into the language _63____spoken and used in the world. English is the _64__language of the most international organizations(组织),international trade( 贸易 ) and tourism. Business and tourists often come to China_65__being able to speak Chinese. English is also the language of global(全球的) culture,such as popular music and Internet.

9.A watching  B.developing  C.working  D.playing

用所给单词的适当形式填空

1.In the past, most of people here___________(ride) bikes to work.

2.If you answer the questions    ___    (correct), you won’t get the present.

3.He finished his homework by __________ (ask)his sister for help.

4.Millions of trees _____________(plant) in the west of China so far.

5.All of us clapped and shouted with   __    (excite) when we saw the film star.

6.The goal of Project Hope is _________(help) students and schools in poor areas.

7.My friends _________(wait) for me at the entrance when I got to the station .

8.The parade was so wonderful that I couldn’t stop_________(take)photos.

9.The old man should _________( speak) to politely by the young people.

10.This kind of computer is _________(wide) used in our country.

11.I have less money ,but my life is much __________(meaning) .

12.The little girl is often heard ____________ (sing) in the room.

13.We are often told _________(not play) computer games all day.

14.The terrible noise sounds     ___      (please).

15.The singer Zhang Guorong __________(die) for ten years.Many fans miss him very much.