Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.

  One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

  Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

  On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. But nobody forgot Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.

The story tells us that people began to enjoy roller-skating _______.          

   A. before the year 1750                               B. before the invitation

 C. because of Joseph Merlin                            D. because it was dangerous

People called Merlin a dreamer because ___________.        

 A. he slept and dreamed a lot                          B. he was full of different ideas

 C. he was a talented violinist                          D. he always made people’s dreams come true

___________ made Merlin think of skating on wheels.

 A. Merlin’s work  B. Merlin’s violin          C. A huge mirror           D. An important party

What was Merlin’s problem after he rolled into the room?

   A. He couldn’t stop his roller-skating.                  B. He couldn’t attract a lot of attention.

 C. Everyone was surprised at him.                           D. He couldn’t play the violin while rolling.

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

文中共有10处错误，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： 在缺词处加上一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。?

删除： 把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。?

修改： 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。?

注意： 1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；?

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

   I had a interesting dream last night. I dreamed that I took part in a race. At first, I could

not to run very fast and fell behind. So I didn’t lose heart and kept running. All the students

on the playground cheer me on, “Come on! ’’ I was so encouraged that I ran faster and fast

till I caught up all the other runners. I felt as if flying like a superman. In the end , I got to

the finished line first. I won the race. I felt very proudly of myself. Many of my classmate

threw me up into the air. Just at that time I woke up and found me still in bed!

-----An ant has two stomachs --- one for itself, one for others.

-----Really? Quite interesting. I ____ anything about it.

A. don’t know    B. have known      C. haven’t known    D. didn’t know

—People in Southwest China have never experienced _____ natural disaster．

       —Exactly．Let's do our bit to help them．

       A．a more severe            B．the most severe   

       C．the more severe             D．a most severe

In order to make up for the lost time, they are working ______.

   A. like crazy    B. as crazy    C. like crazily   D. as crazily

Several months later, he found his deskmate very difficult _______.

   A. to get along with           B. getting along with

   C. to get along                D. to be gotten along with

It was early in the morning and the traffic was _________.

   A. fluent           B. free             C. light             D. little

–Mr. Smith is no longer ________he used to be.

   --So he is. Success and wealth have _________ his character.

A. what; trained     B. who; transferred     C. what; transformed   D. who; transformed

If you ask people to name one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare,” “Samuel Johnson,” and “Webster,” but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn’t even speak English—William the Conqueror.

Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major language groups. In the west-central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon (or Old English), a Germanic language. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.

But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction (区别) between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.

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. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man’s ambition.

The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were

 ________.

A. Welsh and Scottish              B. Nordic and Germanic

C. Celtic and Old English            D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic

Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?

A. president, lawyer, beef            B. president, bread, water

C. bread, field, sheep            D. folk, field, cow

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.

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 the Conqueror.     

D. The French influences on the English language.

—Did you enjoy yourself yesterday?

—Yes. As you know, ________ party went on in ________ most pleasant atmosphere.

A. the…a    B. the…the    C. a…the    D. a…a