阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I had spent five exhausting years on my essay for my Ph. D．and was anxiously preparing for my oral boards (口头答辩)which were to be held in California, and I hada flight through Minneapolis, where I was to change.My flight was very late, and I was soon in an all-out run tomy flight. I had to stop to catch myon a moving sidewalk when Ia woman in her fiftieswith a carry-on bag.

I don't know, but I looked at her face and blurted out, “Are you going on Flight 567 to California?”

She responded, “Yes.”

“So am I,” I responded. “Give me your bag. I'll runand tell them to wait for you.” I took her bag and began running again.

Ionto the plane and told a flight attendant that one more passenger was behind me and to pleasethe plane for her. Imyself with her bag, and a few moments later she

arrived and was the last person on the planethey closed the doors and it. After the plane leveled off, Ithe bag to her, and she smiled at me and thanked me.

I didn't sleep a wink in the hotel and arrived at theat seven o'clock in the morning. Thekept me waiting for an hour in a room. I walked into the boardroom and was initially frightened by all thein their robes（长袍）. As I slowlyat the faces of all the board members, I noticed the bright face of a woman. She gave me a smilea young schoolgirl. It was the same woman whose bag I had carried ahead the night before. , whenever I made a mistake on any question, she did a great job of relaxing me.

A．prepared      B．caught      C．scheduled  D．bought

A．trains     B．buses C．planes       D．directions

A．catch     B．run    C．get    D．hold

A．flight     B．breath       C．bag   D．companion

A．greeted  B．met   C．noticed     D．sought

A．walking B．struggling C．carrying    D．dashing

A．how       B．why  C．what  D．where

A．suddenly       B．immediately     C．fast   D．ahead

A．raced     B．got    C．solved      D．opened

A．leave    B．hold  C．remain      D．stay

A．found   B．took  C．seated       D．occupied

A．after    B．when C．while D．before

A．left out B．set off      C．took off    D．started off

A．presented     B．sent   C．proved      D．showed

A．place    B．university C．palace       D．museum

A．meeting       B．board       C．essay D．argument

A．professors B．assistants     C．teachers    D．employees

A．started  B．watched    C．glanced     D．glared

A．like      B．as      C．of     D．from

A．In the end    B．No matter how C．What's more     D．Needless to say

I don’t want the green coat. It is red and black colours that ______ me very well.

A. suit          B. fit   C. suits          D. fits

I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always _____ you _____ a careful driver.

   A．think;are      B. am thinking, are      C. thought, were         D. think, were

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，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。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。

    Never should I forget the first English lesson giving by Miss Liu. On that day, when she entered the classroom, we found out that she was a young and beautiful lady. Then she introduced her and said we shouldn’t call her Teacher Liu but Miss Liu. Late, she let us go to the blackboard and say something about ourselves in English on turn. When it was my turn, I felt so shy that I don’t dare to say anything before the class. She went up to me and said kind, “Don’t be afraid. I believe you can do well.” At last, I went to the blackboard. She praised me for that I had done.

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. “From that moment on, the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.

     The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mum,” I don't know how to use a computer,” she admits.

     Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says.” I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”

     But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up again and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

     Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”

Why did Mary feel regretful?

   A. She didn’t achieve her ambition.           B. She didn’t take care of her mother.

C. She didn’t complete her high school.        D. She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.

We can know that before 1995 Mary         .

   A. had two books published                 B. received many career awards

C. knew how to use a computer              D. supported the JDRF by writing

Mary’s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her _______.

A. living with diabetes                    B. successful show business

C. service for an organization               D. remembrance of her mother

When Mary received the life-changing news, she _______.

   A. lost control of herself                   B. began a balanced diet

C. had to get a treatment                   D. behaved in an adult way

What can we know from the last paragraph?

   A. Mary feels pity for herself.                B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

   C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible. D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.