As a young girl, Margaret “Mattie” Knight never played with dolls, preferring to make toys for her brothers instead. In 1849, Knight went to work in a cotton factory where she witnessed a “shuttle,” a device that carries thread back and forth across a textile loom（纺布机）, fly off the machine when the thread broke, striking and killing a young boy about her own age.
The 12-year-old Knight developed a safety mechanism that made it impossible for a shuttle to leave the loom. The design was so effective, soon virtually every new power loom carried her invention, saving countless workers from injury or death. Being so young, she didn’t bother to patent the device, so she never received payment.
Knight wouldn’t make the same mistake later in life when she invented a machine that could produce flat-bottomed paper bags. Knight had built a small wooden model in her home, but she needed a metal version to show it could hold up to the stress of mass production. So she hired Charles Annan to make the full-sized machine for her, only to have him try to claim the patent for himself. When Knight sued（起诉）, Annan’s argument was that the design had to be his, because no woman could possibly understand the complex mechanics. Knight proved him wrong when she brought back her wooden prototype and explained how every part worked. She won the case in 1871, making her the second woman to hold an American patent. Over a hundred years later, her design is still used as the basis for many modern flat-bottom bag machines.
But that wasn’t the last the world heard of Mattie Knight. During her lifetime, she made about 90 inventions and received 26 patents, becoming one of the most productive female inventors of the 19th century.
【小题1】We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ________.

A．Knight behaved like boys	B．Knight had an unhappy childhood
C．Knight did a poor job of making toys	D．Knight liked inventing things as a child

【小题2】What do we know about Knight’s first invention?

A．It is still used today.	B．It brought her great profit.
C．It was made when he was 20.	D．It reduced injuries at textile plants.

【小题3】Knight sued Charles Annan because he _______.

A．stole the wooden model for the machine she invented.

B．failed to make the full-sized machine for her

C．tried to patent her invention for himself

D．kept the metal version for himself

【小题4】What would be the best title for the text?

A．Mattie Knight’s fight for her patent	B．A great woman in the 19th century
C．“The female Edison”, Mattie Knight	D．Great inventions, great woman

下面短文中有8处语言错误，请在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在漏字符号下边写出应加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下边写出改正后的词。

注意：1改错格式错误或改在试卷上一律不给分。 2 只允许修改8处，多者（从第9处起）不计分。

My interest has been in books instead in food since I went to high school. In the past I was real

interested in all kinds of food. In summer day I liked to buy ice cream  and cold drinks, while in winter I like to buy sweets  and some another food. Whenever I went for a walk with my  parents I would ask them buy me something. However, after I went to high school, I found I was putting  on weight. So, I gave up habit of eating and began to spend money on all kinds of books, and my  parents are always complaining that I am a money spender!

 

下面短文中有8处语言错误，请在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在漏字符号下边写出应加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下边写出改正后的词。

注意：1改错格式错误或改在试卷上一律不给分。 2 只允许修改8处，多者（从第9处起）不计分。

My interest has been in books instead in food since I went to high school. In the past I was real

interested in all kinds of food. In summer day I liked to buy ice cream  and cold drinks, while in winter I like to buy sweets  and some another food. Whenever I went for a walk with my  parents I would ask them buy me something. However, after I went to high school, I found I was putting  on weight. So, I gave up habit of eating and began to spend money on all kinds of books, and my  parents are always complaining that I am a money spender!

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写上该加的词。

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（从第11处起）不计分。

 

例如： It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily the I was completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8 p.m. am in Friday evening. on

 

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。

I was only 12 when we moved to California. I remember that I enjoyed flying non-stop

 

across a whole country and that I wasn’t very happy about leave my friends. But Dad think it’d

 

be good for we all to live in a suburb (郊区) instead in the middle of a city. And Uncle Jeff, his

 

brother, who’d been living in California for about 20 years, were always telling us how wonderful

 

California it was. He said it would be easily for Dad to get a job driving a taxi, that had been

 

Dad’s job in New York. But we all agreed to try it for one year.

 

Now we’ve been here for four years, and we all love it.

 

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写上该加的词。
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（从第11处起）不计分。

例如： It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily the I was completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8 p.m. am in Friday evening. on

 
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。
I was only 12 when we moved to California. I remember that I enjoyed flying non-stop
across a whole country and that I wasn’t very happy about leave my friends. But Dad think it’d
be good for we all to live in a suburb (郊区) instead in the middle of a city. And Uncle Jeff, his
brother, who’d been living in California for about 20 years, were always telling us how wonderful
California it was. He said it would be easily for Dad to get a job driving a taxi, that had been
Dad’s job in New York. But we all agreed to try it for one year.
Now we’ve been here for four years, and we all love it.