下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加上一个漏字符号（∧），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，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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11处起）不计分。
例如：
It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was
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completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in NY in around 8:00 clock.
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I’m very glad to have received the letter you sent me two weeks before. I have been thinking about the question you ask me. In my opinion, you should come back after finished your studies abroad. For one reason, that you are studying is badly needed nowadays in our country. It will be quite easily for you to find a good job. In fact, I know a few big company in our city hope to hire people like you. For other reason I think it will be too more convenient for you to look after your parents as they are getting old. And this is only my point of view. It is up to you to make right choice.

Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a stricter nationwide health standard for smog-causing pollutants that would bring substantial benefits to millions of Americans. With a final rule expected by the end of this month, some opponents, mainly from industrial and oil-producing states, are pushing back. They say investments required to produce cleaner air are too expensive and not scientifically justified.
Lisa Jackson, the E.P.A. administrator, needs to stick to her guns. This is only the first of several political tests to come this fall, as she also seeks to tighten rules governing individual pollutants like mercury and global warming gases like carbon dioxide.
The health standard she is proposing covers ground-level ozone, commonly known as smog, which is formed when sunlight mixes with pollutants from factories, refineries, power plants and automobiles. Ozone is a major health threat, contributing to heart disease and various respiratory (呼吸道的) problems.
Ms. Jackson’s proposal—to reduce the permitted level of smog in the air from the current 75 parts per billion to between 60 parts per billion and 70 parts per billion—is sensible, no matter what industry’s defenders may claim. It had been recommended by the agency’s independent scientific panel but rejected by the Bush administration, which proposed a weaker standard.
Industry will have to make investments in cleaner power plants, and new technologies may be required. As it is, about half the counties that monitor ozone levels are not yet in compliance with current standards, let alone the proposed standard.
Fears about burdening industry raised by critics like George Voinovich, a Republican of Ohio, and Mary Landrieu, a Democrat of Louisiana, cannot be dismissed out of hand, especially in the middle of a recession (萧条). But the health benefits, E.P.A. says, far outweigh the costs, and the time frame for compliance (服从) is generous.
【小题1】Why are some people strongly against a stricter limitation of smog-caused pollutants?

We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(把……按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all，it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade！

Besides, it is rather unreal to grade pupils just according to their intellectual(智力的) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively in order to have the ability to become leaders. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs；sometimes they work on individual tasks , and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is suitable. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work：it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.

1.We can know from the passage that the author’ s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching”  is______.

A. approving     B. disapproving         C. questioning   D. inactive

2.The underlined words “held back” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.  

A. drawn to their studies                          B. forced to study in the lower classes

C. made to remain in the same classes               D. prevented from advancing

3.Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?

A. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.

B. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities

C. Group work gives pupils the chance to learn to work together with others.

D. Group work supply pupils with the chance to learn to be good organizers.

4.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ______.

A. offer advice on the proper use of the library

B. recommend pair work and group work for classroom activities

C. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class

D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching

第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Spiders are actually useful. They do not harm plants, as some people think. Instead, they protect plants by controlling insects. If you see spiders in a garden, it doesn’t mean the garden is unhealthy. It means the spiders are helping the garden stay healthy.

If you spend some time watching spiders, you may be surprised by what you see. There are many wonderful webs. They may perform skillfully on their thin silk threads. However, some spiders spin (织) no webs at all. They follow insects on the ground with all the skill and cruelty of a tiger hunting big game.

Scientists have named about 30,000 species of spiders, but they think this is only one-fourth of all the different kinds of spiders in the world. In most species, people can easily tell the female spider from the male because the female is much bigger. For example, the female black widow (黑寡妇) weighs about one hundred times as much as the male.

Female spiders lay eggs. After hatching (孵), most spiders live less than a full year, but some don’t. Tarantulas (狼蛛) do not become adults until they are 10 or 11 years old. Female tarantulas often live an extra 10 years! The baby spiders that hatch from the eggs are called spiderlings.

56. The underlined in Paragraph 2 part “a tiger hunting big game” refers to “______.”

A. laying eggs                  B. hatching baby spiders

C. spinning webs               D. catching insects

57. How many kinds of spiders are there in the world according to the passage?

A. About 30, 000.      B. About 60, 000.    C. About 90, 000.    D. About 120, 000.

58. What can we know from the passage?

A. If there are spiders in your garden, it means it is unhealthy.

B. All spiders can spin webs.

C. Normally, a male spider is smaller than a female one.

D. All spiders can live 10 or 11 years after hatching.

59. What will be probably talked about after the last paragraph?

A. The way spiders spin webs.                   B. Something about spiderlings.

C. How the spiders protect plants.                 D. The way spiders stay healthy.

 _____ this is only a small town, it’s crowded tourists who come here all year round.

A.. Since         B. Unless           C. Once               D. Although