题目内容
I begin as a calculating machine in 1642. I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. On 1936, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made work as a “universal machine”. By the 1940s, I had grown as larger as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. But, this reality also worried about my designers. As time went by, it was made smaller. These changes only became possibly as my memory improved. But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until later they gave me family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledges with others through the World Wide Web.
begin—began
On—In
make后加to
larger—large
But—However
worried后删除about
it – I
possibly – possible
family 前加a
knowledges ---knowledge
【解析】
试题分析:
时间是in 1642.动词用过去时:begin—began
在某个年代用介词in:On—In
make sb do sth的被动式:be made to do
as…as….中间接形容词副词原形:larger—large
But是连词, However是副词,这里有逗号隔开,应该是副词
worried是及物动词,后面直接接宾语,删除about
这篇文章是以第一人称描述的
became后面接形容词作表语:possibly – possible
family这里是可数名词,前加a
knowledge是不可数名词
考点:考查各种语法的综合运用
点评:短文改错对考生的语法和上下文串联的要求最高。考生要非常细心的串联上下文进行语法分析,再提出修改。
It’s often true that jobs for students sometimes lead to employment after graduation, so it’s a good idea to think carefully before you begin working during your college years.
During my entire college life I worked as a bartender (酒吧招待). I have to say that I really enjoyed that job, and was fond of the idea of making money without doing too much work. I also had the opportunity to socialize ( 交际) while working. I came to be known among the upper class, and gradually became popular on campus because of my job. However, working as a bartender can have the negative side that people tend to think that you enjoy drinking.
All in all, I wish I had thought more carefully before deciding to take that job. I got a Bachelor’s degree (学士学位)in English, qualifying(使···有资格) me to work as a writer, but so far I have only been able to use the skills I learned from that part-time job.
It would be different if I had searched for jobs related to writing or editing(编辑) instead of bartending. It’s commonly accepted that employment for students is only temporary (临时的),but we should never forget that it can connect to the work we get after we graduate. After all, employers not only look at the degree, but also your previous experience.
So before getting a part-time job while you’re at school, consider what you want to do for the rest of your life.
【小题1】Which of the following is a benefit(好处)of working as a bartender for the author?
| A.He had a good time after school. |
| B.He made connect with many people. |
| C.He satisfied his curiosity about others. |
| D.He had learned how to make wine. |
| A.bad | B.same | C.wrong | D.bright |
| A.describe his part-time job during his college life |
| B.tell students to be careful with their part-time jobs |
| C.convince(使确信)students that bartender is the part-time job |
| D.advise students to look for their future jobs in the college |
I cheated on a unit test in math class this morning during second period with Mr. Burke. Afterward, I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it.
I came straight home from school, went to my room, and lay on the floor trying to decide whether it would be better to run away from home now or after supper. Mostly I wished I was dead. It wasn't even an accident that I cheated.
Yesterday Mr. Burke announced there'd be a unit test and anyone who didn't pass would have to come to school on Saturday, most particularly me, since I didn't pass the last unit test. I did plan to study just to prove to him that I'm plenty smart—which I am mostly—except in math.
Anyway, I got my desk ready to study on . Just when I was ready to work, Nicho came into my room with our new rabbit and it jumped on my desk and knocked the flashcards all over the floor. What a mess! Nicho and I finally took the rabbit outside but then Philip came to my room and also Marty from next door and before long it was dinner.
After dinner my father said I could watch a special on television if I'd done all my homework. Of course I said I had. That was the beginning. I felt terrible telling my father a lie about the homework.
It was nine o'clock when I got up to my room and that was too late to study for the unit test so I lay in my bed with the light off and decided what I would do the next day when I was in Mr. Burke's math class not knowing the 8- and 9-times tables. So, you see, the cheating was planned after all.
The next day, I'd go into class as usual, acting like things were going just great. I'd sit down next to Stanley Plummer—he is so smart in math it makes you sick—and from time to time, I'd glance over at his paper to copy the answers.
Lying on the floor of my room, I begin to think that probably I've been bad all along. It just took this math test to clinch it. I'll probably never tell the truth again. I tell my mother I'm sick when she calls me to come down for dinner. She doesn't believe me, but puts me to bed anyhow. I lie there in the early winter darkness wondering what terrible thing I'll be doing next when my father comes in and sits down on my bed.
"What's the matter?" he asks. "I've got a stomachache," I say. Luckily, it's too dark to see his face. "Is that all?" "Yeah." "Mommy says you've been in your room since school." "I was sick there too," I say. "She thinks something happened today and you're upset." That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother. She knows things sitting inside my head the same as if I was turned inside out.
"Well," my father says. I can tell he doesn't believe me. "My stomach is feeling sort of upset." I hedge. "Okay," he says and he pats my leg and gets up.
Just as he shuts the door to my room I call out to him in a voice I don't even recognize as my own. "How come?" he calls back not surprised or anything. So I tell him I cheated on this math test. To tell the truth, I'm pretty much surprised at myself. I didn't plan to tell him anything.
He doesn't say anything at first and that just about kills me. I'd be fine if he'd spank me or something. And then he says I'll have to call Mr. Burke. It's not what I had in mind. "Now?" I ask surprised. "Now," he says. He turns on the light and pulls off my covers. "I'm not going to," I say.
But I do it. I call Mr. Burke, and I tell him exactly what happened, even that I decided to cheat the night before the test. He says I'll come on Saturday to take another test, which is okay with me, and I thank him a whole lot for being understanding and all.
"Today I thought I was turning into a criminal," I tell my father when he turns out my light. Sometimes my father kisses me good night and sometimes he doesn't. I never know. But tonight he does.
【小题1】After the author cheated on the math test, he felt ____________.
| A.frightened because he might be caught |
| B.excited that he had succeeded |
| C.pleased that nobody knew it |
| D.unhappy because he had done something wrong |
| A.he had planned not to study before the test |
| B.he decided to cheat when he knew there was going to be a test |
| C.he decided to cheat after he had wasted the whole evening |
| D.he had planned to cheat with Plummer before the test |
| A.She really knows what he is thinking |
| B.she was very strict with him |
| C.she doesn’t believe him |
| D.she asks him to come down for dinner |
| A.scolded the author severely |
| B.didn’t say anything and left |
| C.called Mr. Burke immediately |
| D.let the author make a call to Mr. Burke |
| A.he had done something unusual |
| B.he promised to study math harder |
| C.he was willing to take a make-up test |
| D.he realized his mistake and had the courage to admit it |