短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误没。对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如有错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾；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：在却此处加一个漏字符号(∧) ，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

In Grand Eight I took physics. In one test I get                 56. __________

only___36___percent of the answer correct. I failed the     57. __________

next one, either. I started to think that maybe I was           58. __________

not good at it. However, I was not lucky enough to           59. __________

have a teacher which didn’t take my bad grades as a          60. __________

judgement of my abilities, but simply like an indication        61. __________

how I should study harder. He pulled me aside and told      62. __________

me that he knew I could do better. He permitted to retake   63. __________

the test, and I was pulled my grade to an A. This is what   64. __________

I discovered: just because a subject is difficulty to learn.    65. __________

It doesn’t mean you are not good at it.

— Could you turn the TV down a little bit?

— ________. Is it disturbing you?

A. Take it easy.     B. I’m sorry.        C. Not a bit           D. It depends

____ worries me the way he keeps changing his mind.

A. This          B. That                  C. What         D. It

---How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?

   ---It ________ be, but it is now heavily polluted.

   A. will         B. would        C. should       D. must

TIJUANA, Mexico – A powerful earthquake swayed （摇动） buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities and forcing the evacuation （疏散） of hospitals and nursing homes．One California city closed off its downtown due to unstable buildings．

       The 7．2-magnitude quake centered just south of the US border near Mexicali was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit region in decades．

       "It sounds like it's felt by at least 20 million people," USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said．"Most of Southern California felt this earthquake．"

       Sunday afternoon's earthquake hit hardest in Mexicali, a commerce center along Mexico's border with California, where authorities said the quake was followed by at least 20 smaller aftershocks, including ones of magnitudes 5．1, 4．5 and 4．3．

       "It has not stopped trembling in Mexicali," said Baja California state Civil Protection Director Alfredo Escobedo on Monday．

       Escobedo said one man was killed when his home collapsed just outside of Mexicali and another died when he rushed into the street in panic and was struck by a car．At least 100 people were injured in the city, most of them struck by falling objects．Power was out in virtually the entire city．

       Susan Warmbier was putting away groceries in the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista when her husband asked, "Is the house moving?"

       Elsewhere in San Diego, there were reports of shattered windows, broken pipes and water main breaks in private buildings, but no reports of injuries, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque said．Coronado Bridge over San Diego Bay was briefly closed as a precaution．

       Across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, the quake caused buildings to sway and knocked out power in some areas．No tsunami warning was issued, but hundreds of people on Tijuana's crowded beach feared the worst and fled when they felt the ground shake．

What's the best title of the passage?

       A．A strong quake in Mexico, but no tsunami

       B．A strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, frightens US states

       C．A strong quake, downtowns closed off

       D．A strong quake, buildings collapses

The 7．2-magnitude quake         ．

       A．centered just south of the Mexico

       B．was felt by 20 million people in Mexico

       C．was felt by most of Southern California

       D．was the strongest earthquakes to hit region in centuries

Which is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．Some cities had power failure after the quake．

       B．One of the cities closed off its downtown because of the swaying buildings．

       C．Many smaller quakes happened after the 7．2-magnitude one．

       D．Hundreds of people on the beach died because of the tsunami．

People got injured mostly         ．

       A．because they were in panic

       B．because the power was out in the whole city

       C．because of the falling objects

       D．because they were buried under the falling objects

Coronado Bridge over San Diego Bay was briefly closed         ．

       A．to avoid further dangers

       B．by the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

       C．as a reminding of the quake

       D．to prevent the bridge from destroying

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）

A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald's one cold winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cash register(收银台) to order. After a short while he got the food back and they began to unwrap it.

There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully cut the hamburger in half and divided the French fries in two piles. Then he neatly placed the half of the food in front of his wife.

He took a sip(啜) of the drink and his wife took a sip. “What a poor old couple!” The crowd thought.

As the man began to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there watching him and took turns to drink. A young man came over to the old couple. He             . But they refused politely and said that they got used to sharing everything.

Then a young lady asked a question of the little old lady. “Madam, why aren't you eating? You said that you share everything. What is it that you are waiting for? ”

“The teeth,” she answered.

61. What's the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words.)

62. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Both the old man and his wife drank a little of the drink.

63. Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

64. What do you think the couple also share besides the food and drink? (Please answer within 5 words.)

65. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.

In face of _____failure, it is the most important to keep up _____ good state of mind.

A. /; a      B. a;/    C.  the; /  D. / ;the

How _____ I was when I heard the ______ news!

A. disappointing; disappointed    B. disappointed; disappointing

C. disappointing; disappointing   D. disappointed; disappointed

四、阅读理解 （本题有18小题，共25分）

第一节： 阅读下列短文并做每篇后面的题目。从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（本节有14小题，每小题1.5分，共21分）

                                Early rising is helpful in more than one way. First, it helps us to have good health. We all need fresh air. It makes our health better to take morning exercises. The air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easy to learn something by heart.

Early rising makes people able to plan the work for the day. We can’t work well without a good plan. Just as the plan for the year should be made in the spring, the plan for a day should be made in the morning. Early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and eat our breakfast. So the popular saying says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

51. What does “early rising” mean in the passage?

A. waking up     B. getting up      C. have breakfast     D. making a day’s plan

52. Why does the passage advise us to take exercises early in the morning？

A. Because we can save much time.       B. Because we are not busy in the morning.

C. Because air in the morning is very fresh. D. Because we don’t need to prepare for breakfast.

53. We can work well with _____.

A. enough time    B. a good reading   C. clean hands       D. a good plan

 I don’t think she is a nice woman; I am     her empty talk.

A. grateful for                 B. tired of                C. crazy about        D. concerted about