阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

As is known to us, the year 2016 has one extra day in it — February 29th. This is because it’s 1. we call “a leap year”. Every four years, the year has 366 days in 2. instead of 365.

It is called a leap year because hundreds of years ago in England, the extra day wasn’t 3. (legal) recognized. There is a well-known tradition in the UK4. (associate) with 29th February, introduced many centuries ago. Women are allowed to break with tradition and propose(求婚）to their boyfriends on this day. This all started back in the 5. (five) century, when a famous Irish saint made a 6. (complain) that women had to wait too long for men to propose. According to the legend，Saint Patrick said any female dreaming of a proposal could ask her boyfriend to marry her on this additional day in February. This so-called tradition was 7. (write) in law in the thirteenth century. Scotland passed a law allowing women to propose to men in a leap year. It was said that if the men refused, they had to pay a fine!

Now in 2016，there are calls 8. 29th February to become As is known to us the year 2016 has one extraa public holiday. Some people believe that it should be an 9. (office) day off, because no one gets 10. (many) payments for working an extra day in a leap year. For the moment though, the British still have to go to work on this day.

短文改错

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。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并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。

Last Friday,1 was standing near a subway exit, tried to call a taxi. But no luck.

Then I thought of the taxi-booking app my friend has recommended and I booked a taxi through my cell-phone. Soon it came, and l stepped in, feeling pretty proudly of my high-tech way and satisfied with the convenience brought by the app. So later,1 was upset to find that the driver was busy looking his cell-phone to get the next order. It was just then when I began to worry about my safety. What’s bad, the driver’s informations might be unreliable. How can we passengers' legal rights be protecting if something bad happens? So be careful when you use the taxi-booking app the next time.

书面表达

假定你是王华，目前正在英国做交换生。你的英国朋友Debbie送了你一张Ceilidh Dance舞会票。现在，请给她写封邮件致谢，并询问有关情况（箭头所指内容）。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Don’t take it seriously, Alice. I wasn’t making _____ fun of you — it’s nothing but _____ joke.

A. /; the B. the; theC. the; a D. /; a

Jack is late again. It is ______ of him to keep others waiting.

A. normal B. ordinaryC. common D. typical

This winter, one of the largest ______ snowstorms hit many areas.

A. recordingB. recorded

C. being recordedD. to record

—It’s too complex, I think.

—______. So we’d better make it easier for students to get involved.

A. That’s ridiculousB. That’s the point

C. That’s settledD. That’s all right

Male nurses are difficult to hire as many men reject this______ out of the long-existing discrimination.

A. conceptB.responsibility

C. identityD. personality

Opposite our school ______, where a lot of people play or take exercise at any time.

A. does a park lieB. is a park lie

C. a park liesD. lies a park

It suddenly occurred to him ____ he had left his keys in the office.

A. that B. what C. whereD. which