Barcelona December 22,2007.

Spain’s “El Gordo,” the word’s biggest lottery （彩票）, gave out 2.2 billion euros （欧元） （1.6 billion pounds） in Christmas prizes on Saturday.

El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall. The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 06381.

Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize.

The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region.

The draw lasts three-and-a-half hours and is carried live on national television with children from the San Ildefonso school, a former orphanage in Madrid, in turn chanting the winning numbers and the amount won.

Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain. The country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs. Eight out of ten Spaniards bought tickets for the lottery, spending on average 64 euros. Spaniards often choose lottery numbers matching significant dates although there was no particular favorite in 2007. In 2006, one of the most sought-after series was 22105, the date on which Fernando Alonso became Formula 1 world champion for the second year running.

1．The underlined word “windfall” in paragraph two probably means         .

       A．fat gift                                                B．unexpected fortune

       C．big feast                                             D．wind and snow

2．Who is likely to win the full prize in El Gordo?

       A．People who paid 200 euros for the whole group of series.

       B．People who bough tickets with the magic number 06381.

       C．People who lived in a town in the northwestern Asturias.

       D．People who chose lottery numbers matching Alonso’s date.

3．According to the text, children from the San Ildefonso School in Madrid will         .

       A．host the draw of lottery live on TV

       B．offer a show of three – and – a – half hours

       C．perform with the lottery draw as Christmas celebration

       D．help make some declarations for the draw as invited guests

4．What can we learn about the history of lotteries in Spain?

       A．Most of the money people spent on lotteries goes in the cost.

       B．The majority of Spaniards have the experience of buying lotteries.

       C．Lottery numbers matching significant dates help people win every year.

       D．As the biggest in the world, Spanish lotteries have a history of two centuries.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；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词，并也用斜线划掉。

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。

Einstein was an ordinary and simply man in my                           1．       

eye, I once gave him a toy, a bird that stood on the edge                      2．       

of a howl of the water and again and again put its head                       3．       

from the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to                        4．       

find out its mystery, but be couldn’t. Text next morning,                      5．       

he began his long exploration. So he suddenly stopped,                        6．       

realizing a problem in it. “No, I guess that’s not it.” He tries                  7．       

many different ways to explain it for days until he suggested               8．       

we take the toy apart to see what it worked. However,                         9．       

he against my suggestion. He never worked it out.                               10．       

最近，你校有人建议高薪聘请外教担任英语教师，作为经济条件一般的中学，此事在你校引起了争议。现在，请根据下表提示写篇英语短文，介绍讨论情况并发表你的观点。

注意：

1．词数：100左右，短文的开头已为你写出（不计入总词数）

2．不能逐字翻译，但可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3．参考词汇：

促进 promote v.  和……攀比 vive with v.

Recently, we’ve had a heated argument about the suggestion that our school should employ a foreign teacher to teach English. Some of us think                                       

Although        motor ear has been with us for almost a century, I have never been able to drive      American one.

A．a, the         B．a, /         C．the, an         D．the, the

Between the now rows of trees          the teaching building.

A．stand       B．stands         C．standing           D．are

He was always the last to leave in order to clean up the workroom and        the tools.

A．put away       B．take away           C．push aside         D．look after

After the war, a new school building was put up        there had once been a theatre.

A．that          B．where        C．which        D．when

--- You ought to have given them some advice.

---         , but who cared what I asked?

A．So ought you       B．So I ought       C．So it was         D．So I did

Water will continue to be         it is today next in importance to oxygen.

A．how        B．which        C．what           D．as

--- Would you have called her up had it been possible?

--- Yes, but I      busy doing my homework.

A．was       B．were        C．had been         D．would be