— I'm mad at what Jack said yesterday．

    —________! He was just making a joke．

   A. Take your time   B. Lighten up      

C. Enjoy yourself    D. Not at all

. He was just about to give up and return to his bedroom for a good rest ________ he had a bright idea.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

By midday the sun was very strong. Jim was so tired                                         1．      

to walk. There was no trees near the road, so he rested                                        2．      

under a big rock. After drinking some water, he took his                                         3．      

shirt, lying down on the ground and fell asleep at once.                                            4．      

He was very tired that he didn’t wake up until the evening.                                    5．      

He was just about to jump while he felt something moving                                   6．      

near his feet. He looked up and saw a long black snake.                                          7．      

Jim was so frightening that he didn’t dare to move. The                                        8．      

snake began to crawl(爬) across his legs. It crawled on and                                  9．      

on until it was disappeared under the rocks, Jim jumped                                        10．     

to his feet, picked up his shirt and ran down the road. 

 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When I was in primary school, I got into an argument with a boy in my class．I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson learned that day．

I was convinced that "I" was right and "he" was wrong --- and he was just as convinced that I was wrong and "he" was right．The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson．She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other．    

In the middle of her desk was a large, round object．I could clearly see that it was black She asked the boy what color the object was．"White," he answered．

I couldn't believe he said the object was white, for it was obviously black! Another argument started between my classmate anytime, this time about the color of the object．

The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy had been standing and told him to come to stand where I had been．We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was．I had to answer, "White．" It was an object with two differently-colored sides, and from his viewpoint it was white．Only from my side was it black

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must stand in the other persons' shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective（观点）．

1.What is the main idea of the text? （No more than 10 words）

2.What is the meaning of the underlined words "was convinced" in Paragraph 2?

（No more than 3 words）

3.What did the teacher ask the students while changing positions?

（No more than 8 words）

4.Why are both of their answers right? （No more than 10 words）

5.What do you think of the teacher? And why? （No more than 20 words）

Lang Lang is a famous young pianist from Shenyang. He went to a ___16___ school in Beijing when he was just eight years old. “You need fortune, but if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come,” his father said.

What made him sad was ___17___ his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You don’t have a ___18___ for playing the piano. You will never be a pianist.”  As a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly ___19___. He didn’t want to be a ___20___ any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano. ___21___, his father didn’t say anything about it. He waited.

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to ___22___ some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he ___23___ that he could show others that he had talent. That day he told his father that he wanted to study with a new ___24___. His father had been waiting to the very words for ____25_____ . From that day on, everything turned around.

He started win competitions（比赛）. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was ___26___ that Lang Lang had won the first prize, he was too ___27___ to hold back his tears. From 1997 to 1999, Lang Lang spent two years practicing hard in Philadelphia, U.S.. In 1999 he gave a ___28___ performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. He was invited to play at gigs（特邀演出）in Lincoln Center ___29___. Lang Lang finally managed to win ___30___ with his self-confidence and hard work..

16. A. football    B. piano    C. middle    D. actors

17. A. whether    B. why    C. when    D. that

18. A. story    B. picture    C. idea    D. talent

19. A. hurt    B. puzzled     C. encouraged    D. terrified

20. A. singer     B. pianist    C. dancer    D. athlete

21. A. So    B. Because    C. However     D. If

22. A. play    B. sing     C. write    D. make

23. A. apologized    B. told a lie    C. chatted    D. realized

24. A. teacher    B. classmate    C. minister    D. waiter

25. A. two years    B. two weeks    C. two months    D. two hours

26. A. told    B. shouted    C. announced    D. smiled

27. A. excited    B. sad    C. shocked    D. satisfied

28. A. successful    B. cheerful    C. respectful    D. meaningful

29. A. eastwards    B. towards    C. upwards    D. afterwards

30. A. food    B. fortune    C. knowledge    D. money