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，请你修改你同桌写的一下作文。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。

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。

Dear Mrs Winthorp,

So my first week at college is over! No lectures this morning so think I’d email you and let you know what things are going.

I’m glad to say that anything has worked out fine in the dorm. I remember asking for a room as far away from the lifts as possible and they find me a comfortable one on second floor. There are two girls from my course here and I plan to make friend with them so that we can help each other on the course work. Everyone else seems very nice and warmly here.

Well, I had better to stop now. I’m going to attend mine first lesson this afternoon ,for I’ve got some preparation to make .Keep in touch.

              Best,

                                                 Carol

Let's go to ________ cinema — that'll take your mind off the problem for ______ while.

   A. the; the                       B. the; a

   C. a; the                         D. a; a

Do you know the tall girl_____in red？

wearing      B.wears       C.is dressed       D.dressed

 Since the epidemic appeared last winter, it ______ about a hundred lives.

   A. takes                  B. took                        C. has taken                 D. will take

Kingston-upon-Thames, as the name ______ , is situated on the banks of the Thames.

A. guides     B. proves      C. requests      D. indicates

If you leave this application form and go to another website, you will lose_____ you have already filled out on this form.

   A. whatever    B. no matter what   C. whichever    D. no matter which

_______ is the most useful invention?

   A. Do you think which of these     B. Which of these do you think  

   C. Which of these you think        D. You think which of these

I was at a loss what to do next when an excellent idea suddenly` _______ me.

A. knocked at     B. occurred to    C. happened to    D. knocked down

The headmaster could not go to the meeting; therefore, Mr. Smith _______ him.

ranked  B. represented  C. took the place  D. modelled

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-45各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

    I don’t think there is any one being as interested in food as I. We lived on a farm in Lincolnshire and had a good    36   . She made fantastic English food; her roast beef was out of this world. I used to love going down to the     37 _   and watching her work, and I learned a lot from her. I realized that I wanted to be a cook when I was about 12. When other boys  __ 38    to do sports after school, I helped with cooking at home. By the time I was 15, I had   _39    to be a cook. However, I knew my parents wouldn’t allow me to be a cook. I had to tell them about it    40.

I told them that I wanted to do a cookery course for fun, and stayed for a month in a hotel in Torquay. I enjoyed it so much that I couldn’t put off telling my parents any longer,   41   I brought the subject up one night over dinner.  42   there was silence, and then my father asked me why. I explained that cooking was   43   painting a picture or writing a book. Every meal was a work of creation. I could see that my father disagreed, but he was not   44  . He just looked at me and smiled. My mother kissed me. And now I have my own restaurant, and it goes well. I can see they are   45  me. However, my grandfather thinks I’m mad to give up farming.

A. farmer         B. painter          C. cook             D. nurse

A. restaurant      B. hotel            C. farm             D. kitchen

A. chose         B. refused          C. hated             D. failed

A. decided       B. agreed           C. managed          D. turned

A. easily         B. softly           C. slowly            D. quietly

A. but           B. so              C. or                D. for

A. At first        B. At last           C. At least            D. At times

A. with          B. like             C. about              D. above

A. patient        B. satisfied         C. quiet              D. angry

A. proud of       B. sorry for         C. friendly to         D. strict with