_______ cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.  

  A. Except for      B. Rather than    C. Apart from     D. Instead of

-----I stayed up late last night preparing the speech.

-----__________ you look so tired today.

A. No doubt　　 B. No problem　　 C. No time　 D. No wonder

 Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s, but it cost ___________his.

A. as much twice as    B. twice much as     C. twice as much as   D. as twice much as

 You were charged________ignoring your duty. Who accused you_______such a crime?

  A.with; to          B.of; with        C.with; of           D.for; of

 I hope, first of all, that we shall never lose _____ heart in face of _____ failure.

A. the; a                 B. 不填; the       C. 不填; 不填          D. a; the

你的英语老师John既和蔼又严厉，帮助你在学习上取得了很大的进步，是你的良师益友，也是你生活上的榜样，教师节快要到了，你想给他写一封英文书信，表达你的感谢及难忘之情。

注意：1.字数100字左右

      2.可以适当增加细节，以使作文连贯

      3.开头与结尾以为你写好，不计入总字数。

Dear John,

Teachers’ Day is coming! It is the best time to show you my thanks.

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                                                                   yours truly,

LiHua

此题要求改正短文中的错误。如果有错误则按下列情况改正：此行没有错误，在该句右边的横线上打（√），此行多一个词：把多余的词用（∕）划掉，在该句右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉，此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个(^),在该句右边的横线上写出该加的词，此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该句右边的横线上写出该词。

luckily enough to be one of the students from many          

different country to visit the UK from Feb.16 to 28.         

We paid a visit to a good many of places, like London,               

Oxford or the Lake District. I learned much about British

culture and history in London, where was my favorite.

I also liked Oxford, in which I saw much more old buildings.

The Lake District was beautiful, but it was pity that it

rained heavily when I was there. The most excited thing

for me in Britain was that I made a lot of friends there.

    About 150 years ago, a German musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. They were playing for the first time a new symphony(交响乐) he had composed for the first time.. At the end he turned to face the people at the concert. They were clapping widely. 71_____The musician was Beethoven, one of the greatest composers in the world. Deaf people have a hard time. ___72__.

Even as a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father was a singer. But he was lazy and drank a great deal. When the boy was only four, his father decided to make a musician of him. ___73____ Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be hard on him.

It is a wonder that the boy did not hate music. ___74____ When he was 17, he won high praise from Mozart, a great Austrian composer. A few years later Beethoven went to Vienna to study under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Soon he was writing a great deal of music himself. But after one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only 31. What a blow it was to him!

But this did not stop Beethoven. He went on composing. __75___ During his life, he composed about 300 pieces. The surprising thing is that he wrote some of his best, his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. Many of them are known and loved all over the world.

A. But he could hear nothing for he was deaf.

B. However, his father didn’t come to listen to him play the beautiful music.

C. He learned so fast that he was able to go around and give concerts when he was only 11.

D. Beethoven left home and went out to practice his own music.

E. But it is even worse for a composer than for anyone else.

F. So Beethoven had to practice hour after hour on different musical instruments.

G. He wrote long pieces and short pieces, happy ones and sad ones,

One summer day as I was heading to the teaching building I heard someone call my name. I turned around and I saw Philip ,a counselor(顾问) at our admissions office(招生办公室)， standing with another young man, Philip introduced me to him, Stephen, and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes.

Stephen looked at me. With a somewhat painful expression, he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass. I introduced all the things that he would be expected to learn. As we talked, I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with fear.

I told him to do all of his assignments, and to hand them in on time. Rather than being overwhelmed(压倒) by all of the work, I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their workload.

As the fall semester went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people. Family members , including his mother ,kept reminding him that he was a failure. But he kept at it and didn’t take them to heart. He told me that before coming to our college, no one believed he could manage it.

Stephen didn’t become an A student. Still, he managed to pass all of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his study into bite-sized parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-esteem.

On his graduation day, he walked up to me, and said “Thank you.”

67. According to Stephen’s questions to the author, we know that Stephen_________．

A.      wasn’t very confident about himself.

B.      didn’t want to attend the author’s class.

C.      had never been an A student.

D.     couldn’t pass the author’s exam.

68. Compared with other students, Stephen____________.

A.      arranged his workload better.

B.      failed fewer times than them.

C.      spent more time on study.

D.     handed his work earlier.

69. According to the passage, the author__________.

A.      wouldn’t have met Stephen without the introduction of Philip

B.      told Stephen how to deal with his study.

C.      helped Stephen to get an A in his class.

D.     didn’t believe that Stephen could study in college

70. What lesson can we learn from the passage?

A.      A good beginning is a half done.

B.      One bite at a time

C.      Haste(n.急速) makes waste

D.     Look before you leap(v. 跳).

Recently, I took part in the first strategic planning meeting at school. I didn’t know what strategic planning meant when I was invited. So I set about trying to find out what it was. Later, I learnt it meant setting short and long term goals(目标).

The meeting took place in Ms Gallup’s room on Tuesday after school. I really didn’t know what to expect. I was very nervous ,but I felt very lucky to have been included. I really wanted to do the best I could.

The desks in the room were laid out into two circles so that the upper school and lower school could be divided. There were fifteen students in the room. We were directed to discuss how to advance the school, what we’d like to be taught, and what we thought could be improved upon. I felt this was a very important responsibility(责任) as I was representing the fourth grade. So I tried to do the best I could.

There were a lot of suggestions on how to improve our school. One student felt that the uniform sweater policy was really important and another student felt that building a paintable field would help improve the school greatly. I suggested that we should have Chinese classes because China is the most highly populated place on Earth with a growing industrial power. We should learn how to communicate with the Chinese .

We discussed a lot and sometimes the discussion became heated, but they were interesting. I think it is amazing that the teacher asked the students about their opinions and gave us a voice. It is exciting if they adopt(采纳)any of our suggestions.

63. What dose the strategic planning mean?

A.      It means inviting students to meetings.

B.      It means setting short and long term goals.

C.      It means helping students in their spare time.

D.     It means providing students with more activities.

64. The underline word “advance ” in Paragraph 3 means”____________”

A.      improve     B. change        C. explain           D. show

65. The writer suggests that the school should__________.

A.      have Chinese classes to help students learn Chinese.

B.      ask students to communicate in Chinese.

C.      carry out the uniform sweater policy.

D.     build a paintable field.

66. What dose the writer think of the discussions?

A.      They were useless

B.      They were too heated

C.      They were surprising

D.     They were interesting