John once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame (羞耻) on his family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.

When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal (信号) for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven (原谅) him, they were to put up a white ribbon (丝带) in the big apple tree near the railway. If they didn't want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go far away.

As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put his hand on the young convict’s shoulder, "There it is," His eyes was filled with sudden tears. "It’s all right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."

1.According to the passage, the white ribbon in the big apple tree means ________.

2.The word "suspense" underlined in the last paragraph can best be replaced by ________.

3.Why was Michael asked to watch for the apple tree?

4.Why did Michael cry at the end of the story?

根据英语或中文提示，写出汉语或英语。(共10分,每题1分,满分10分)

1.right away______________

2.burst into tears______________

3. persuade somebody to do something ___________________________

4. attitude ___________

5. _______ ________(三分之一）of the students live in the school.

6.After the fire, most of the houses were ______ ______(严重受损，破败不堪，成废墟）

7.________ _________(在午夜），I saw flames burning in the sky.

8.If you _______ _______ your mind(下决心)to do something successfully, why not persist on it?

9..In the old days, people used to get water from _________(井）.

10. People were ____________(很震惊）at the news.

单句改错。每句有一处错误，请按要求改正。(共5分,每处1分）

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ＾), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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:：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；每句超出一处的改正记零分。

1.I'm fond of wash my clothes.

2.Two millions students go to collage for their further study every year.

3.The boys who is working on the school newspaper are expected to be reporters.

4.The classroom who windows face the south is as big as that one.

5.He passed the examination, it made his mother happy.

假如你是李华，请你给父母写一份感谢信，表达你对父母的感激之情，并表示好好学习，快乐    生活。

信的主要内容应包括：

感谢父母无微不至的照顾；  感谢父母体谅你的苦衷； 希望父母照顾好自己的身体；

将与父母进行更好的交流和沟通;  将更努力学习，快乐生活

注意  1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear father and mother，

_______________________________________________________________________________

The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities ______ rising steadily since 1990.

I was out of town at that time, so I don’t know exactly how it ______.

---- Ann is in hospital.

---- Oh, really? I ______ know. I ______ go and visit her.

---- Did you watch the football match yesterday?

---- Yes, I did. You know, my brother ______ in the match at that time.

Jane was dressed in red ______ Joe was dressed in blue.

Smoking pollutes air. You ______ smoke here.