假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符合(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词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。

The main purpose of newspapers are to provide news．If you examine newspapers

closely, you would find there are all sort of news: accidents, floods, fires, wars, sports,

books, etc．The news cover everything happens to people and their surroundings.

Sometimes there is some news which is very interested．A news report is usual short,

except when it is very important, but has a plenty of information．It is also writing in

short paragraphs．The first paragraph is in the fact a summary of the news．It gives all

the necessary information, what, when, where, how, and why.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

学生上学通常有两种方式：乘公交车与骑自行车。两种方式各有特点。请你以“Going to School by Bus or by Bicycle”为题，按照以下要点写一篇英语短文：

乘公交车：节省时间、节省体力

骑自行车：锻炼身体、灵活方便

我喜欢的方式及理由。

注意：词数100-120，文章的题目和开头已给出(不计词数)。

　　　　　　　 Going to School by Bus or by Bicycle

There are basically two ways to go to school．_____________________________　

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第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

As it came ___36____ the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly．The driver got out ____37____very puzzled．A big truck which had been ___38___ the taxi stopped too．The taxi driver was now standing at the corner looking up ___39___ the sky and the truck driver went and ___40___ him．A number of cars ___41___ were forced to stop as ___42___ and soon a large ___43___ of people had gathered at the corner.

　 　The ___44___ of all this trouble was very strange___45___．It ___46___ as if thousands and thousands of birds were singing together．The noise was quite frightening and many people looked anxious．The most ___47___ thing was that, apart from one or two pigeons, there was not a bird ___48___ sight．No one was able to tell what the mysterious noise was ___49___ two policemen arrived．They noticed a large advertisement for a film high up on a wall nearby．As the noise seemed to be coming from this ___50___ , they climbed up and found that a ___51___ had been hidden behind the advertisement．The noise made by birds’ singing was being broadcast over powerful loudspeakers so as to ___52___ the attention of passers-by．The police asked the advertisers to take the recorder ___53___ because it had drawn ___54___ much attention that it was impossible for a great many cars and buses to move___55___ in the street.

36．A．close　　 　　 B．near　　　　 　 C．closely　　　 　 D．nearly to

37．A．looking　　 　　 B．looked　　 　　 C．seeing　　　 　 D．looked at

38．A．followed　　　 B．follow　 　　　 C．following 　　 D．to follow

39．A．at　　　　　 　 　B．in　　　　 　　 C．above　　 　　 D．for

40．A．follow　　　　 B．passed by　 　 C．joined　　 　　 D．with

41．A．before　　　　 B．front　　　 　　 C．followed　 　　 D．behind

42．A．also　　　　　 B．either 　　　　 C．well　　　 　　 D．usual

43．A．group　　　　 B．team　　　　 　 C．crowd　　　　 　 D．line

44．A．cause　　　　 B．reason　　　 　 C．fact　　　　　 D．problem

45．A．something　　 B．person　　　 　 C．noise　　　　 D．voice

46．A．heard　　　　 B．listened to　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．sounded　 　　　 D．heard of

47．A．ordinary　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．surprised　　 C．common　　　 　 D．extraordinary

48．A．on　　　　　　 B．in　　　　　 　 C．at　　　　　 　 D．out of

49．A．until　　　 　 B．after　　　　 C．when　　　　 　 D．unless

50．A．direction　　　 　　　　　　　　 B．way　　　　 　　 C．road　　　　 　 D．path

51．A．person　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．radio　　　　 C．recorder　　　 D．policeman

52．A．pay　　　 　　 B．call　　　　 　 C．give　　　　 　 D．take

53．A．off　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．up　　　　　 　 C．down　　　　 　 D．away

54．A．very　　　　 　 B．greatly　　 　 C．so　　　　　 　 D．far

55．A．freely　 　　　 B．widely　　　 　 C．slowly　　　　 D．closely

35．--- Sorry indeed, I __________ to your birthday party if…

　　 --- Forget it; I know you were out on business.

　　 A．would have come　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 　　　　 B．should come

　　 C．could come　　 　　　　　　　　　 D．must have come