短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

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（从第11处起）不计分。

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to our English Corner. This Corner was set up three years before. Every Sunday morning, students from different schools gather around here. Many college students or some foreigners often join us. We practise spoken English by talk about everything we are intrersted. We also exchange our experience in English study. We all have a good time here. Thousand of people have been here when it was set up.

We think that they have learned a lot by taking part in activities here. It is a really supplement to our English class and it is welcome by students, their parents and teachers.

I'm glad to see the rapid progress ______in science and technology in the past decade.

A .to make   B.making   C.made   D.having made

把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处（注意所填短语的形式变化）：

1 After a long walk we all __________.

2 __________ workers went on the strike(罢工), but I didn’t know the eaxct number.

3 Just wait for me on the spot; I will come ___________.

4 More than a dozen people ___________ of the avalanche(雪崩) alive.

5 When we arrived at the cinema, the film was nearly __________.

6 __________ people gathered on the square watching the fireworks.

—_______when has the country been open to international trade?

— 1978,I suppose.

A. Since               B. In                 C. From                 D. After

第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

“In addition to teaching here, I also teach at a smaller high school 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I was driving to that school when my car broke down just after I exited the freeway. I was only about a quarter of a mile away from the school so I grabbed my books, and started walking.”

“As soon as I got there I called a repairman to meet me at my car after class. One of my colleagues asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, smiling.”

“ ‘Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?’ She was puzzled. ‘What do you mean?’ ”

“I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the repairman to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.”

I once read somewhere before that every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day. And this is what I choose --- to be cheerful.

[写作内容]

最近你的很多同班同学感觉学习压力非常大。假设上文是你的外籍老师今天在课堂上所讲述的自己的亲身经历。听完老师的经历，为了鼓励大家正确面对压力，你决定向学校英文广播台投稿，内容要点如下（文章开头已给出）：

1．以约30个词概括老师所讲述的这个故事的内涵；

2．以约120个词表达你内心的感受，并包括如下要点：

(1) 你听完这个故事的感受；

(2) 你所了解到的你自己或他人用积极的态度去面对问题的某个经历；

(3) 激励同学们正确面对学习压力。

[写作要求]

1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．文章中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Tom was wild with joy _____the result of the exam.

A.to            B.as                 C.at               D.by

Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them; often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.

Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes. Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disasters or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries; however, the new rules came too late to protect the people who died or two became seriously ill.

Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers. In the U.S., for example, there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems. It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell. A third department looks at the places where people work, and then reports any companies that are breaking the laws which protect the health and safety of workers. Of course, new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness, but they are having some good results. Our work places are safer and cleaner than before. The planes and cars which we use for travel are better. Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products.

1．The main topic the passage is               .

       A．conditions in the work place  

       B．the freedom of industries in the past

       C．changes in industrial production    

       D．the safety and health of workers and customers

2．It can be inferred from the passage that in the past            .

       A．workers often got ill because of the poor working conditions

       B．companies were free to put out any products they wanted to

       C．many people were killed by dangerous products

       D．industries were as careful in management as they are today

3．It is implied in the passage that             .

       A．governments and companies had different opinions about the safety of products

       B．in the past no safety laws were introduced by governments

       C．government officials often did not listen to scientists

       D．governments paid no attention to the safety of products at all

4．From the passage, we know that some years ago safety rules           .

       A．were put forward due to scientists’ recommendations

       B．came into being as a result of the workers’ demands

       C．were introduced because quite a number of people were killed or seriously injured

       D．were effective enough to protect workers and customers

5．The special departments protect customers and workers in many ways EXCEPT by       .

       A．testing new products           B．controlling the sale of products

       C．designing new products   D．inspecting work places

.Please remain _____until the plane has come to a complete stop.

A. to seat     B. to be seated     C. seating     D. seated

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his ___36___ and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a ___37___ trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the ___38___ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place ___39___ him. The material between his bones became __40__.

In less than one week after his return, he could not ___41___. Every move that he ___42___ was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never __43___ over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up ___44___ Mr. Cousins thought that ___45___ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. ___46___, he felt that happy thoughts or ___47___ might cure his illness.

He began to ___48___ on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the ___49___ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. ___50___ the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could ___51___ his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping ___52___ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well ___53___ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for ___54___. After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to ___55___.

36. A. time     B. holiday      C. sleep   D. work

37 A. boring   B. tiring  C. dangerous   D. pleasant

38. A. top       B. degree C. problem     D. limit

39. A. from    B. around       C. inside  D. beside

40. A. weak    B. ill       C. false   D. painful

41. A. speak    B. breathe       C. stand   D. see

42. A. made    B. did     C. took    D. gave

43. A. look     B. get      C. turn    D. think

44. A. effort   B. hope   C. treatment    D. arrangement

45. A. foolish  B. unusual      C. funny  D. unhappy

46. A. Instead B. However    C. Therefore   D. Otherwise

47. A. sleep    B. travel  C. laughter     D. television

48. A. rescue   B. operate       C. try      D. experiment

49. A. day      B. week   C. month D. year

50. A. Promising    B. Deciding    C. Doubting    D. Recognizing

51. A. invent   B. begin  C. continue     D. prove

52. A. until     B. whenever   C. unless D. so that

53. A. soon     B. completely C. slowly D. enough

54. A. exercise       B. illness C. rest     D. pleasure

55. A. power   B. sense   C. health D. happiness

     The great Alaskan explorer John Muir once wrote that to have dinner with a glacier (冰川) on a sunny day is an excellent thing. It is better to sleep beside one, on an Antarctic island,  with just a sleepifig bag for warmth and the sky as your tent.

     Our camp-out was in early January of this year on Danco Island, along the Antarctic Peninsula.  Midway through a 10-day Antarctic journey, conditions were near perfect.  We started our voyage from the Akademik Ioffe in Zodiacs,  landing on the wide beach with its fist-sized rocks.  At the height of the Antarctic summer, the shore was clear of snow, with plenty of room for the 40 adventurers to spend the night.

     Danco Island was charted in 1898 by the Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache, who was the first to prove that you could overwinter in Antarctica and survive.  De Gerlache paved the way for Lt.  Robert Scott's first expedition in 1901.  De Gerlache mapped the archipelago (群岛).  He later named the island after his team member mile Danco,  a geophysicist who died that winter.  For one year in the mid-1950s, Danco was known as Base O by the British, who kept a scientific research station there, although all that. remains of it is a foundation and a pile of coal.

     Our expedition was organized by Australian tour operator Peregrine Adventures. The weather was extraordinary -- sunny with daytime temperatures of about 1't2.  The camping was easy and accessible to all ages.  Sleeping under the stars in Antarctica,  in just a sleeping bag is pretty amazing.

1. Whom did Adrien de Gerlache have a direct effect on?

    A. John Muir.           B. Lt. Robert Scott.

    C. The tourists.          D. The author. 

2. What was Danco Island named after?

    A. A place.             B. A glacier.

    C. A person.            D. An ocean.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that        .

    A. old people can't go 'camping in Antarctica

    B. the author went to the Antarctica in winter

    C. John Muir might have visited an Antarctic island

    D. Lt. Robert Scott built a station in the Antarctic

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

    A. Danco Island

    B. An expedition to Antarctica

    C. Explorers of Antarctica

    D. Sleep under the stars in Antarctica