（2010·海南临高二中高三第二次月考）   26. ____poet and _____writer is to give us a report tomorrow.

A. A; a      B. The; /    C. The; the      D. A; the

第二节 短文改错 （共5小题；每小题1分。满分5分）

     假定英语课堂上老师要求同桌之间交换作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

     增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

     删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

     修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

      2.只允许修改10处，多着（从第11处起）不计分。

My interest has been in books instead  in food since I went to high school. In the past I was real interested in all kinds of food. In summer day I liked to buy ice cream and cold drink, while in while I liked to buy sweets and some another food. Whenever I went for a walk with my parents I would ask them buy me something. However, after I went to the high school, I found I was putting on weight. So, I had to give up habit of eating my favorite foods. Now I like to spend money on all kinds of books, and my parents were always complaining that I am a money spender.

 根据情景对话和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。注意：若选E为答案是，则在答题卡上选涂A和B两选；若选F为答案时，则在答题卡上选涂A和C两项；若选G为答案时，则在答题卡上选涂A和D两项。

---Hello. Can I speak to Wu Min, please?

---______6_______

---Hello, Wu Min. This is Wang Hong. Sorry to ring you so late in the evening, but I’ve only just got home.

---______7______ What can I do for you?

---I’d like to ask you about some stamps. Do you still have the cock year stamp? You had it when I last saw you.

---I’m afraid I don’t have it. I sold it last week.

---_____8_______

---I’m sorry. I didn’t know you wanted it. ____9______

---Yes, please. Thank you. It’s very kind of you.

---______10_______

---Thank you very much.

---Bye-bye.

A.Do you like collecting stamps so much?

B.That’s all right.

C.Sorry, Wu Min is out.

D.Do you want me to find one for you?

E.Oh, what a pity!

F.Yes, speaking.

G.OK, I’ll ring you if I have any news.

Giving children pocket money as a gift during the Spring Festival is a common _____ in China..

     A. request           B. practice      C. promise          D. sense

______ when he was young, he would have a good job now.

A. had he worked   B. did he work  C. if he worked  D. if he has worked

 --- Nancy is not coming tonight.   

--- But she______!

A. promises    B. promised   C. will promised   D. had promised

I think you should complain —______,of course, you are happy with the way things are.

       A．if      B．unless       C．as      D．because

Do’s and Don’ts in Whale(鲸) Watching

       The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has developed guidelines for whale watching in Johnstone Strait, where killer whales are found on a daily basis each summer. It is strongly recommended that vessel(船只) operators follow these guidelines for all kinds of whales.

       · Approach whales from the side, not from the front or the back.

· Approach no closer than 100 metres, then stop the boat but keep the engine on.

· Keep noise levels down — no horns, whistles or racing of engines.

· Start your boat only after the whales are more than 100 metres from your vessel.

· Leave the area slowly, gradually moving faster when you are more than 300 metres from the whales.

· Approach and leave slowly, avoiding sudden changes in speed or direction.

· Avoid disturbing groups of resting whales.

· Keep at low speeds and remain in the same direction if traveling side by side with whales.

· When whales are traveling close to shore, avoid crowding them near the shore or coming between the whales and the shore.

· Limit the time spent with any group of whales to less than 30 minutes at a time when within 100 to 200 metres of whales.

· If there is more than one vessel at the same observation spot, be sure to avoid any boat position that would result in surrounding the whales.

· Work together by communicating with other vessels, and make sure that all operators are aware of the whale watching guidelines.

1. For whom is this text written?

   A. Tour guides.                             B. Whale watchers.       

C. Vessel operators.                            D. Government officials.

2. When leaving the observation areas, the vessel should ______.

   A. move close to the beach             B. increase speed gradually

   C. keep its engine running slowly   D. remain at the back of the whales

3. When going side by side with whales, the vessel should ______.

   A. keep moving in the same direction

   B. surround the whales with other boats

   C. travel closer and closer to the shore

   D. take a good viewing position

4. What is the shortest safe distance from the whales?

   A. 400 metres.         B. 300 metres.              C. 200 metres.              D. 100 metres.

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1. The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.

A. interest                                    B. distance

C. difference                                  D. separation

2. Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

B. Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

C. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

D. Parents share more interests with their children.

3. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

A. more confusion among parents

B. new equality between parents and children

C.1ess respect for parents from children

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents

4. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.

A. follow the trend of the change

B. can set a limit to the change

C. fail to take the change seriously

D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change

5. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

B. discuss the development of the parent—child relationship

C. suggest the ways to handle the parent—child relationship

D. compare today’s parent—child relationship with that in the past

—Would you like to go outing with me tonight?

   —Oh, with so much homework ________, I’m afraid I couldn’t afford the time.

  A. to finish          B. finishing           C. finished           D. finish