第六节:短文改错(共1篇,10错误;满分10分)
假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\),并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词:
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Helen is one of my best friend. She had taught us English when I attended a training class two years before. Helen always made good preparations for the lessons, but she tried her best to make his class lively. I used to being poor in English, especially in writing English. But now I’m able to write English letters and reports correct. I still remember how she helped me for my English patiently. Teacher’s Day’s coming. I’m going to send to her a card and give her my best wishes.
“We can’t go out in this weather,” said Bob, _____ out of the window.
A. looking B. to look C. looked D. having looked
The meal over, the manager went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.
A. put away B. take down C. look over D. carry on
(You may read the questions first)
The fire,believed to due to illegal construction on the building’s roof, was brought
under control after an hour.
A.have occurred B.occur
C.have been occurring D.be occurring
. The report about the ______ surprised all the ______ at the Climate Change Summit in
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
A. present pollution; people present B. present pollution; present people
C. pollution present; people who present D. pollution present; presented people
______ I explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting.
A. When B. After C. As D. Since
Students often ______ a lot of difficulties when they communicate with foreigners for the first time.
A. meet with B. contact with C. faced with D. touched with
I feel it _____ that I can make a speech _____ my school.
A. honored; on behalf of B. an honor; on behalf of
C. honoring; on the behalf of D. honor; on the behalf of
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l~40的相应位置上。
Scientists have found “significant” amounts of water in a crater (火山口) at the moon’s south pole, a major 31 (discover) that will dramatically revise the description of the moon 32 a dead world and likely make it a more attractive destination for future human space missions.
“The moon is alive,” declared Anthony Colaprete, the chief scientist for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, 31 used a rocket on Oct. 9 to punch a hole about 100 feet across in the moon’s surface, and then measured about 25 gallons of water in the form of vapor and ice. 31 that’s not enough to swim in, it could indicate sufficient water in permanently shaded craters at the poles for future astronauts to live off the land.
NASA’s plans, currently under review by the Obama administration, call for 31 return to the moon at the end of the next decade, and 31 (construct) of a lunar base in which astronauts could live and work for months at a time.
The presence of large quantities of water would make that plan more 31 (practice), since water could be used for drinking, breathing and even making rocket fuel. 31 , a resource-rich moon could also serve as the perfect low-gravity launch-pad (发射台) for missions that would carry astronauts and 31 families elsewhere in the solar system, 31 (realize) the dreams of generations of science-fiction writers.