I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.
“Mom, come here! There’s this lady here my size!”
The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, “It’s okay.” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, Mickey, I’m Darry Kramer. How are you?”
He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”
“Yes, I have a son,” I answered.
“Why are you so little?” he asked.
“It’s the way I was born,” I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids laughed at me.. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality.
I’m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older. People are amazed when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have---a great family, nice friends.”
It’s the children’s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers (a person of the same age, class, position, etc.), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
【小题1】Why did the mother apologize to the author?

A．Because the boy ran into the author.

B．Because the boy laughed at the author.

C．Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.

D．Because the mother thought the boy’s words had hurt the author.

【小题2】When did the author realize that she was too short?

A．When she grew up.

B．When she was 47 years old.

C．When she began to go to school.

D．When she met the boy in the supermarket.

【小题3】How does the author feel about people’s stares?

A．Angry.

B．Calm.

C．Painful.

D．Discouraged.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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：在缺词处下加一个漏子符号（/\），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. 每处错误仅限1词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Joe was late to school this morning. He looked a little tiring when he met his maths teacher Miss Hunt. He apologized her for being late. Miss Hunt asked him if there was something wrong with him. The boy said he was OK, but he did not have much more sleep last night. He went to a football game and took some pictures. After they got home, he was busy developing them. He stayed till midnight. Miss Hunt told him to get more sleep in night. Joe promised don’t to do that again. Then he showed Miss Hunt with his pictures.

 

 

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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：在缺词处下加一个漏子符号（/\），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. 每处错误仅限1词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Joe was late to school this morning. He looked a little tiring when he met his maths teacher Miss Hunt. He apologized her for being late. Miss Hunt asked him if there was something wrong with him. The boy said he was OK, but he did not have much more sleep last night. He went to a football game and took some pictures. After they got home, he was busy developing them. He stayed till midnight. Miss Hunt told him to get more sleep in night. Joe promised don’t to do that again. Then he showed Miss Hunt with his pictures.

1.I had a very happy day today because we had no school though it is Tuesday today. I played football with my friends on the playground in our school. Then we had a big dinner with a lot of our friends.

2.Today was a special day. After the bell rang for the lesson, we all sat up straight, waiting for our maths teacher. Today in former years we would place something on the top of the door so that when someone entered, it would fall onto that person. But this year, we put nothing on the top of the door. But as our maths teacher was entering, we all shouted “Take care”. The teacher got a surprise and raised his head but saw nothing. We all laughed and said “April fool”.

3.Early this morning I got up and woke up my sister Jane. Together we went from door to door to call on my friends. It was a day for us to play. We gathered on the square of the town with our New Year’s gift. We exchanged our gifts and played all kinds of games on the square. How happy we were!

4.This evening we had a Halloween party in the open. We were all dressed in witch’s outfit and wore masks. We sang and danced happily. We couldn’t figure out who was who though we were all such close friends or neighbors.

5.Today I gave a kiss to the girl I love most in front of all my classmates. I didn’t say anything before. But today I was brave enough to kiss her on the face with my classmates and my history teacher near at hand.

A．Near Year’s Day

It falls on the first day of the year. The year should begin happily, they say, so that it will end happily. And on the first morning of the New Year, children in Scotland, Wales and the English border countries rise early so that they may make the round of their friends and neighbors. “On January 1^st,” writes a 13-year-old Scottish girl, “I always go New Year’s Gifting with my sister and friends, about four of us. I get up about 7 o’clock and call for my friends and go round the houses and farms.”

B．Shrove Tuesday

For centuries Shrove Tuesday has been a day of high festival for apprentices (学徒) and schoolchildren. It has been a day of feasting, and cock fighting, a day for football , and rowdiness (吵闹). And it is pleasing to find that it is still a special day for children in some parts of England, where “Pancake Day (薄煎饼日),” as they call it, is kept as a school holiday.

C．Kissing Friday

A teacher writing to the Yorkshire Post tells how after Ash Wednesday, comes Kissing Friday. A few days ago, when she arrived at a country school and was taking a mixed class of 13-year-old children in country dancing, she saw the leading boy suddenly lean across and kiss his partner, who showed no sign of embarrassment. When, as teacher, she expressed her surprise, the boy said, “It’s all right, Miss. You see, it’s Kissing Friday”. And he explained that on Friday following Shrove Tuesday any boy had the right to kiss any girl without being resisted.

D．April Fool’s Day

The first day of April ranks amongst the most joyous days in the juvenile (青少年) calendar. It is a day when you hoax (愚弄) friends of yours with jokes like sending them to the shop for some pigeon’s milk, or telling them to dig a hole because the dog has died; when they come back and ask where the dead dog is, you say “April fool” and laugh at them.

E. May Day

On the first of May, in country districts, young maidens (少女) rise early and go out into the dawn, as they have done for centuries, to wash their faces in the May dew (露水). In Somerset children call this “kissing the dew”. In most places, the girls do so to ensure that they shall have a beautiful complexion (肤色) for the rest of the year.

F. Halloween

It falls on October 31. Many children attend Halloween parties. “The best thing about the party is that you should go in fancy dress, ” says a girl. The most popular dress is a Witch’s outfit, or something to do with lucky charms. It is said that one of the luckiest things at a Halloween party is for a person to come in with a lump (块) of coal.

 

Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength．       the story of this boy for example．He decided to study judo(柔道)       he had lost his left       in a car accident．

The boy began lessons        an old Japanese judo master．The boy was doing well，      he couldn’t understand why，after three months of training，the master had      him only one move．

“Sensei，”the boy       said to his master，“shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you’11 ever      to know，”the sensei replied．

Not quite understanding，but believing in his teacher，the boy       training．

Several months later，the sensei       the boy to his first tournament．

To his      ,  the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more        ，but after some time，his opponent(对手)became impatient and charged；the boy skillfully       his one move to win the match．Still amazed by his       ，the boy was now in the finals．

This time，his opponent was bigger，stronger，and more       ．For a while，the boy appeared to be defeated．       that the boy might get       ，the referee called a timeout(暂停)．He was about to stop the match when the sensei       ，saying，“No，let him continue．”

    Soon after the match began again，his opponent made a big       :he dropped his guard．The boy won the tournament．

When asked，“how did I win with only one move ? ”，the sensei answered, “First，you’ve  almost      one of the most difficult throws in all of judo．Second，the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grasp your left arm．”

1.A．Take           B．Give            C．Tell             D．Make

2.A．because        B．though           C．before           D．until

3.A．1eg            B．eye             C．arm             D．hand

4.A．with           B．as               C．beneath         D．1ike

5.A．for            B．since             C．so             D．or

6.A．promised       B．taught            C．allowed         D．delivered

7.A．honestly        B．finally           C．impatiently       D．rapidly

8.A．need           B．fail              C．agree            D．demand

9.A．avoided        B．stopped           C．kept             D．regretted

10.A．applied         B．kept             C．carried           D．took

11.A．embarrassment   B．encouragement    C．disappointment     D．astonishment

12.A．difficult         B．awkward         C．frightening        D．unique

13.A．sacrificed        B．suggested        C．quitted           D．used

14.A．competitor       B．master           C．success          D．challenge

15.A．responsible       B．experienced       C．casual           D．stressed

16.A．Concerned       B．Threatened        C．Disappointed      D．Delighted

17.A．tired            B．defeated          C．hurt              D．fined

18.A．sighed          B．added            C．approved          D．interrupted

19.A．discovery       B．difference         C．mistake           D．decision

20.A．created         B．mastered          C．exposed           D．watched