Once a great boxer （拳击家）, Tom Brown, went to a restaurant（饭馆）for dinner. He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would take it. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it: “The great boxer, Tom Brown, left his bag here. He’ll come back in a few minutes. ” He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came back, his bag wasn’t there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground. It said: “A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back. ”

1.Tom Brown went to the restaurant ________.

A．for his bag                   B．to see the runner

C．to have his meal               D．for his pen

2.Mr Brown was afraid ________.

A．to put down his bag near the door 

B．he couldn’t find his pen

C．thieves would take his bag away

D．he couldn’t get enough food himself from the restaurant

3.Mr Brown wrote the words on the paper because he ________.

A．thought the thief would not steal （偷） his bag when he read the words

B．was a boxer                  

C．wanted to catch the thief

D．wanted to get to know the runner

4.When Mr Brown came back he ________.

A．found another piece of paper on the ground

B．found his bag wasn’t there

C．both A and B                  

D．saw the runner running after him

5.Which is not right?

A．Mr Brown was foolish．         

B．The runner was a thief.

C．The runner made a joke on Mr Brown. 

D．The boxer didn’t know the runner at all.

As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend in the US continues to grow.

“we needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $520. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I have finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-youselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

We can learn from the text that many newly married people_______.

  A. find it hard to pay for what they need

B. have to learn to make their own furniture

C. take DIY courses run by the government

D. seldom go to a department store to buy things

John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.

  A. run a DIY shop                 B. make or repair things

C. save time and money              D. improve the quality of life

Jim decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when______

  A. his car repairs cost too much 

B. the car repair class was not helpful

C. he could not possibly do two jobs

D. keeps house and looks after his children

短文改错题。

Yesterday my husband received a letter from a lady who had been her

student in middle school. She wrote it so she wanted to thank him for the greatly

influence he had on her life. She wrote, “You were the teacher who helped me

discovering my talent for maths. Before you taught us, I had never thought I

will love it. To my surprise, you magically showed the beauty of maths for me.

Gradually my interest in it was increased. Thanks to your teaching, I made

continuous progresses in maths, and finally made my mind to study it as my

major in university. Now I am an accountant of the big company. You played

an important part. Thank you!”

I know you don’t like her, but try not to make it so ______.

A. curious                          B. obvious                C. various                          D. previous

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，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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。
Yesterday I bought new coat in a shop. When I came back home,I found
it so big for me . This morning , I went to the shop  and change the coat
I bought . But the sales girl in the shop treated me cold .  Firstly ,
she didn’t admit that I buy the coat in her shop . Then ,  she said  I
made it be dirty . So I got very angry but quarreled with him , pointing
to the rules on the wall。  Just then , a manager turned up . He said
sorry  to me and they changed other one for me . At last , I said goodbye
to them and took the new coat home happily .