刚刚进入高中的你，一定发现了很多与初中不同的地方，包括学习，生活，交友等方面，有令你兴奋的地方，也有令你困惑的地方，请用英语写一篇120字左右的短文，谈一下你进入高中一个月以来的感受以及对未来的希望和打算。题目自拟。

The guest does not       the argument but watches a volleyball match on TV.

A. join         B. attend      C. take part      D. join in

Three hundred firemen raced to the hotel after a smoke detector(检测器)_____ the alarm soon after midnight.

A. set out   B. set off    C. give away    D. give off

Was it the third time that she          to this mountain village to see the children?

    A. has come      B. came            C. comes                  D. had come

There are countless ________ leaves as if they were a red blanket_______ the ground.

A. fallen; covering B. falling; covered

C. fallen; covered D. falling ; covering

—I don’t suppose Jimmy could have done well in the mid-term exam last week,______?

       `--- ______ he almost failed in the exam．

       A．had he; Yes   B．did he ; No     C．do  I ;  Yes         D．could  I ; No

Funny English Errors and Insights

Laugh..．And Learn!

Welcome to the website for Funny English Errors and Insights (2010), a new book of unconscious humour published by the National Library of Australia．

Funny English Errors and Insights will be launched at the National Library in Canberra on 29^th, October 2010.

In the meantime, explore this website for other collections of real-life English language mistakes, including funny answers to exam questions, media misprints, and silly signs.

See Funny English Errors: The B List for more than a hundred examples of funny English gaffes（失言）．For more funny English errors, read author Troy Simpson's blog．For still more examples, join this website to download a free PDF version of English As She Is Taught, which lists our top 250 funny English language mistakes from that classic howlers book.

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Features

   Follows in the tradition of the runaway best-seller Howlers books of the 1920s and 1930s

Includes quotes(引文) that have never been published before in this way

Includes more than 30 carefully selected funny photos

Topics include English, science, history, geography, religion, mathematics, and more

A perfect gift for students, teachers, parents, grandparents, public speakers, doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergy and religious, and anyone with a sense of humour!

The word launched in the second paragraph is closest to the meaning:

A．sent up for the first time．        B．written for the first time．

C．for sale for the first time．      D．printed for the first time．

On the website, you can do the following things except      ．       

       A．read some funny news

       B．know something about this book previously

       C．find a lot of examples about English errors

       D．express your opinions freely

About this book, you know that      ．

       A．it only includes English, science, history

       B．it is quite different from Howlers books

       C．all the quotes in it are familiar with us

       D．it is intended for people all walks of life

The text is aimed at introducing   

       A．a popular website         B．some selected funny photos

       C．a new book              D．some funny English errors  

假设你是一名记者，要写一篇文章。内容为：

 1.每个人都想快乐生活，讲笑话是最好让人发笑和快乐的方法。这就是为什么喜剧和喜剧演员很受欢迎的原因。

2．我们喜欢喜剧演员，他们通过讲开心故事和拿日常生活开玩笑来让我们发笑。3．笑有助于保持身体健康，甚至帮助你战胜疼痛，所以笑对你的健康有好处。

It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood_____ to her mother.

A. close       B. closely    C. closed       D. closing

–Peter, I’d like to have a talk with you tonight.

   – ______. Have what with me?

A. You’re welcome.     B. Thanks.           C. Yes, please.             D. Sorry?