阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

Paul Frederic Simon is a famous musician, singer and songwriter. He was born ___1.___October 13, 1941 in the USA. It's been more than half a century since he wrote his famous song The Sound of silence with his partner Art Garfunkel. They also adapted the old English folk song Scarborough Fair,___ 2.__is still popular all over the world now.

Recently Paul Simon released his latest album Stranger to Stranger and received excellent reviews. And Wristband, which is one of the __3._(song) from the album, is often played on college radio.

___4.__, Simon is ready to hang up his guitar and stop ___5.___(make) music. “Show business doesn’t hold any interest for me,” said the 74-year-old man.

Simon is planning __6._(begin) a month-long tour of Europe on October 17, shortly after his 75th birthday. After that, he’s going to travel for a year, perhaps with his wife. “It’s 7. act of courage to let go,” said Simon. “I am going to see 8. will happen if I let go. Then I’m going to see who I am.”

If he does quit music, Simon____9.___(bring) a great career to a close, which has spanned sixty years. He has won more than a dozen Grammys and produced a lot of ____10.__ (amaze) songs. Paul Fredric Simon has been named by Time Magazine one of the “100 People Who Shaped the World”.

文中共有10处错误，每处错误仅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. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

I am Li Bing and studying in Guangming Middle School. I want to be the member of the Youth Volunteer Organization. I like all sport very much, especially basketball. I’m also interested in read and I am good at English. I thought friendship is very important to us, though I like making friends.

At school, I’m a member of the “one helps one” study project in that I help others and get help others. I was used to give books and money to the children in poor areas. I hope you can get the opportunity to serve others and develop my abilities. So I will do that I can to help others.

你校准备组织来自英国的交换生参观中国国家博物馆。假设你是学生会主席，请你根据以下要点用英语起草一篇口头通知稿。

参观地点： 中国国家博物馆(National Museum of China)，位于天安门广场东侧，占地面积大约7万平方米；

参观时间： 星期六，12月10日上午8:00-11:00；7点半在校门口集合。

注意事项： 带笔记本和笔，参观时保持安静。

注意： 1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear friends, may I have your attention, please?_______________________

_________________________________________________________________

That’s all. Thank you.

On Friday, May 16, our class will take a field trip to North Park Zoo. The zoo has lions, elephants, and other interesting animals. Many of the animals we have been studying will be there for us to closely examine.

Our class will be divided into six teams. Each team will have five students and one leader. The leaders are listed in the table.

What You Need to Know

The cost is $1.00 for students to enter the zoo. We will leave the school at 9:00 a.m. and return at 2:30 p.m.

On the morning of the trip, the students will be divided into teams. One student from each team will receive a camera. The cameraman will take pictures of the team, the animals, and other fun sights at the zoo.

All members should wear blue shirts. Be sure to war comfortable shoes because we will be walking all day. Please bring a bag lunch and a drink. We will have a picnic at the park inside the zoo. Bring a healthy snack, such as a piece of fruit and a drink, for later in the day.

When we are at the zoo, always remain with your team. Do not leave the team without asking permission from the team leader.

Feeding the Animals

The ONLY animals that students are allowed to feed are those in the children’s Zoo. Special food can be bought at the zoo for 25 cents and given to these animals. Do not feed your lunch to them. It is not food for the animals.

1.Any student taking part in this field trip should ________.

A. spend at least $1.00

B. carry a camera

C. draw pictures of the animals

D. arrive at the zoo at 9:00 a.m.

2.In the Children’s Zoo, students can ________.

A. move freely

B. feed the animals

C. enjoy their lunch

D. get special food for free

3.What type of writing is this text?

A. A news report.

B. An announcement.

C. An introduction to a zoo.

D. A photo competition guide.

About 12 years ago, I began making a series of dolls called “Wee Mountain Folk.” At first, I made them from cloth but then began using a kind of polymer clay（软陶）called cernit. The cloth dolls were beautiful, but it was impossible to get the level of detail（细节）I can get with clay.

First, I use wire（金属丝）to build the shape of the doll. Then I cover the head, hands, and feet around the wire using the cernit. Then I make the doll’s clothes myself, using lots of different materials. The completed dolls are fixed onto hardwood bases made by my father, Jim Logan.

Generally, the dolls I make show older people taking part in traditional activities. I’ve always had a great respect for the older generation.

Inspiration for the dolls often comes from people I know. Once I was caught looking too closely at the wrinkles（皱纹）on the face of one of my mom’s friends. But I explained that her laugh lines made her more attractive.

Now I work as a teacher’s assistant, and while I was raising my two daughters, Keri and Sheryl, I could work on the dolls only late in the day. The girls loved to come downstairs the next morning to see who’d arrived in the night.

It’s the detail that I enjoy working on the most. I once made a fisherman doll for a lady to give her father, including a tiny creel — a basket used by fishermen for carrying fish. When the man got the doll, he immediately opened the creel to see what was inside. Luckily, I’d made a small fish out of cernit and placed it in the basket.

Hopefully my story will inspire others to try their hand at doll making — I find it very relaxing and interesting.

1.The dolls called “Wee Mountain Folk” were ________.

A. totally hand made

B. mainly made of cloth

C. usually small kids

D. often designed by the author’s father

2.Why did the author look closely at her mother’s friend’s face?

A. To guess her age.

B. To get creative ideas.

C. To give her a surprise.

D. To find out why she was so attractive.

3.The author’s daughters ________.

A. thought doll making was a waste of time

B. thought the dolls’ styles were too old

C. showed great interest in the dolls

D. paid little attention to the dolls

4.The author tells the story of the fisherman doll to show that ________.

A. it takes much effort to make a doll

B. it is difficult to satisfy everyone

C. the old also love her dolls

D. her dolls have fine details

Catalin Baciu from Romania wanted to make money in Germany. So, he and his wife, Oltita went to Bucharest, the capital city of Romania to get legal papers to move to Germany. However, when they arrived, they were surprised by what they saw. “Hundreds of street children were living in a busy and dirty city of two and a half million people. Many of them were using drugs. They all seemed lost. Most of them were under ten years old. Oltita had tears in her eyes,” Catalin said.

Many of these streets children were orphans(孤儿). They had grown up in the government orphanages, but had run away. They thought any place would be better than the orphanages. But the streets were cold and hard. The winters were freezing. The children had to sleep in warm sewers (下水道) under the ground. Many of the children even became involved with crime and violence (暴力).

The Baciu’s did not like the sight of so many pitiful children in Bucharest. They wanted to leave immediately and go to Germany. However, that night, Catalin and Oltita stayed with a friend in Buchares. “The friend we were staying with was working with street children. I was deeply touched by what he and his fellows were trying to do…they were sacrificing (牺牲) their jobs and lives to save street children, ” Catalin said.

After that visit, the Baciu’s completely changed their life plan. Instead of moving to Germany, they began working with street children in Bucharest. They started by opening a home called House of Hope, which provided a warm and loving place for children who needed to get away from the streets. Many hospitals and business workers called House of Hope when they found troubled kids. Everyone knew the House of Hope would help.

1.Oltita had tears in her eyes because ________.

A. she felt pity for the street children

B. she almost lost her Way in Bucharest

C. she didn’t get legal papers

D. she would leave Romania

2.We can infer that the orphans in the orphanages ________.

A. liked to run around

B. lived a very busy life

C. didn’t receive good care

D. were under ten years old

3.Which of the following can best describe the couple’s friend?

A. Kind-hearted.B. Short-sighted.

C. Hard-working.D. Self-confident.

4.The Baciu’s opened House of Hope ________.

A. at the risk of losing their home

B. under the influence of their friend

C. in support of the local hospital

D. with the help of the Germany government

What if you arrived home to find a delicious hot meal waiting for you, prepared by your own kitchen robot? It might sound like science fiction, but professors at the University of Tokyo have taken the first steps toward making that a reality. The team recently introduced a human-shaped kitchen robot that can pour tea and other drinks into cups and serve them to guests. When teatime is over, the robot can also wash the dishes and put them away.

In California, another interesting kitchen robot has been developed, called Readybot. It can pick up objects and either store them in cabinets (橱柜) or put them in the trash. It also carries a separate floor-cleaning robot that can operate by itself. Unlike the Japanese robot, Readybot just looks more like a large box with arms and wheels.

Readybot was created by engineers and designers who established a club called the Readybot Challenge. They believe that in the future millions of robots will be needed in homes to perform ordinary household tasks. Readybot is just the first step in their plan to create a robot that can do jobs not only in kitchens but in other rooms of homes and in offices as well.

Clearly there are technological difficulties to solve before robots can cook a complete dinner, and there are also many safety concerns (忧虑). Not everyone (especially parents) would be comfortable with the idea of robots in their house, manipulating hot pans and sharp knives. The European Commission recently funded(资助) a project to study these concerns. According to lead researcher Professor Chris Melhuish, “Enabling robots to work safely with humans is a key need for the future development of robotics.”

1.Compared with Readybot, the Japanese robot ________.

A. is more popularB. performs more jobs

C. moves more quicklyD. looks more like a person

2.Readybot can now be used to ________.

A. drive you aroundB. clean your kitchen

C. prepare food for youD. work for office workers

3.The underlined word “manipulating” can best be replaced by ________.

A. inventingB. avoidingC. controllingD. making

4.In the last paragraph the author says that parents ________.

A. have shown great interest in kitchen robots

B. can’t wait to use kitchen robots in their homes

C. might think that kitchen robots could be dangerous

D. found out how to operate robots safely

短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

We all wish we had just a bit more time. Just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine(常规), or clean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on. 1. But I can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.

1. Get Out of Bed Earlier

If you normally get up at 7：30 am, try getting up at 7：00 am. That half-hour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book you've been planning to finish. 2.

2. Do the Important Tasks (任务)First

Once you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy ones, or even the urgent(紧急的) ones). You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important things rather than on all those little urgent ones.

3. The urgent tasks will still get done, and you won't miss the important ones.

3. Reduce Interruptions(干扰)

If colleagues（同事） have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple thing like writing a letter. Frequent interruptions don't just eat up time, they also break your concentration.

When you've got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemaill(语音信箱). 4. Wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to start a conversation.

4. 5.

A few minutes' chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day. When you're working, work. If your concentration is slipping, it is better for you to go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. And if you're facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that it's easier to deal with.

A．Stay Focused on Your Work

B．Take Breaks When Necessary

C．If you have an office door, close it.

D．If you work like this, you'll usually save time.

E．Would you want me to make your day longer?

F．I can't magically make all your days 25 hours long.

G．Or simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A few years ago when my daughter was about two years old, I went through a difficult time. My marriage was ________, I was pregnant (怀孕的) and not particularly well and I didn't ________ much money. Looking back I think I was also a bit ________, but I had to get on with taking care of my ________ the best I could.

One day I thought I would take my daughter for a nice day ________ at our park as she liked it there, and I thought it was a nice thing to do. I ________ to walk because the bus was ________, so it took us a long time to get there. When we ________ got there, immediately my daughter began to cry. She was cold, she was ________, and she wanted to go home. ________, I had not prepared properly. I didn't even have any money to buy a drink or to ________ the bus back home. I was so frustrated and my dream of a nice day ________.

I started ________ back home (it was nearly 2 miles), and my daughter would not ________ crying. I felt so miserable and angry with myself and my ________ that I started crying too.

At that point a car stopped and a gentleman ________ us a lift. He took us home, and seemed so ________ that he even offered me all his change(零钱)! The ________ of this stranger to a stranger like me really made me feel better. I ________ saw him again and I don't know who he is but he really helped me out that day, so I am just ________ to him.

1.A. in troubleB. in dangerC. at workD. on business

2.A. receiveB. acceptC. wantD. have

3.A. pleasedB. depressedC. worriedD. surprised

4.A. friendB. strangerC. gentlemanD. daughter

5.A. awayB. behindC. overD. out

6.A. decidedB. guessedC. realizedD. seemed

7.A. cheapB. generousC. expensiveD. serious

8.A. fairlyB. simplyC. convenientlyD. finally

9.A. hungryB. fullC. thirstyD. warm

10.A. To be honestB. On the contraryC. As a resultD. In addition

11.A. getB. passC. takeD. carry

12.A. succeededB. ownedC. enjoyedD. failed

13.A. drivingB. walkingC. ridingD. flying

14.A. preventB. keepC. stopD. avoid

15.A. homeB. familyC. loveD. life

16.A. offeredB. suppliedC. showedD. required

17.A. concernedB. strictC. movedD. embarrassed

18.A. weaknessB. strengthC. kindnessD. imagination

19.A. everB. seldomC. alwaysD. never

20.A. cheerfulB. gratefulC. carefulD. hopeful

使用与句意相符的单词或短语的适当形式填空。

1.The doctor has __________(规定…的饮食) the patient strictly.

2.It is the walking and ___________(慢跑) that got his weight down.

3.The famous orchestra is on a five-day_________(巡回演出) in Europe.

4.The ________(交通) in this city is always busy on all roads.

5.Tom asked his ________ (助理), Brown, to take over while he went out.

6.My first i________ of him was that he was a kind and thoughtful young man.

7.Laughing and talking loudly, the audience left the s________ after enjoying the football match.

8.I would a__________ it if you could offer me help in time.

9.Don’t b________ to carry the bag for me. I can manage myself.

10.He was sent to the hospital to receive t_________.

11.I _________(过去常常) play the piano when I was free, but now I have no time to do that.

12.The young girl __________（沉迷于，对…上瘾）reading, from stories to political books gradually.

13.The father was so tired that he quickly ________ (入睡) after lying in the sofa.

14.I sent an application to the company but have received no reply from it ________(到目前为止).

15.In nature, many kinds of materials can_________(与…发生反应) each other under certain conditions.