请根据上面两幅图写一篇短文，写作时要注意以下几点：

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2． 第二段写你自己对此幅漫画的感受和观点；适当地发挥，使语言连贯。

词数：100~120

参考词汇：扶起瓶子straighten the bottle up

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 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,并在改词下面写上修改后的词.

      注意: 1. 每次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.

Dear Ralph,

I’m a college student and I’ll graduating in half a year. I’m very confused about my future, because find an ideal job is so difficult. At the moment, my parents want me to be a teacher, and I don’t like that idea. During my holiday break, I work part-time as a tour guide in my hometown. I liked a job very much. But my parents didn’t agree to me. They thought the work was difficulty, even though one could    make a lot of money. That is the most important to me is that being a tour guide won’t take me far from home. I always consider what your parents say, but it’s hard for me to make a decision. Could you give me some advices?

John

How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends.  Good friendship has many benefits.  It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health.  There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools.  Such changes often leaves us without a friend.    61   .  But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

1.   Associate with others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people.  You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

2.      Start a conversation

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.     62     You can always start the conversation.  Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people. 

3.         63    

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

4.      Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.    64   .  The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5.      Enjoy your friendship

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.     65     Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A.  Be cheerful.         

B.  Do things together.        

C.  Do not wait to be spoken to.         

D.  Try not to find fault with your friends.

E.  Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F.  For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G.  So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

   The opening scene of The King’s Speech was, in a word, terrifying. The moment King George VI—wonderfully played by Colin Firth—stepped up to the microphone at Wembley Stadium, a rush of nervousness came over me. It took me back to my school days, standing at my desk, having to read aloud to the class. I whispered to my wife, Jill, “A stutterer(口吃者) wrote this screenplay(剧本).”

   I grew up with a stutter, really afraid of trying to get through simple sentences—knowing that I would then, or later, be laughed at. I still remember the reading when I was in 7^th grade at St. Helena’s: “Sir Walter Raleigh was a gentleman…” I remember reciting, “Sir Walter Raleigh was a gentleman.” The school teacher said, “Master B-B-B-Biden! What’s that word?” She wanted me to say gentleman. But by then, I had learned to put my sentences into bite-size pieces and I was reading it: “gentle”｜breath｜“man”.

   Ninety-nine percent of the time, the teachers were great. I never had professional treatment but a couple of teachers taught me to put a regular rise and fall in my tone of speaking, and that’s why I spent so much time reading poetry. But even in my small, boys’ prep school, I got nailed in my class with the nickname Joe Stutterer. You get so desperate, you’re so embarrassed. I actually went and stood by the side of my house once, with a small round stone in my mouth, and tried to talk. Jill always thought I was kidding until she saw the movie and saw King George did the same thing.

   King George relied on the support his wife and the help of Lionel Longue, who, in describing working with other stutterers, said, “My job was to give them confidence in their voices and let them know that a friend was listening.” I was lucky enough to have more than a couple of Lionels in my life. Nobody in my family ever—ever—made fun of me or tried to finish my sentences. My mother would say, “Joey, you cannot let stuttering define you.” And because of her and others, I made sure it didn’t.

   Through hard work and determination, I beat my stutter in high school. I even spoke briefly at my graduation ceremony in 1961—the most difficult speech of my life. My fight against shyness and embarrassment at my early age has developed my ability to understand others’ feelings as Vice President of the country in public life. I still mark up all of my speeches the same way Firth’s character does in the movie, pencil-marking every line to remind myself to stop, to breathe, to pause—to beat back my stuttering as best as I can. I don’t stutter anymore, and most people who know me only late in my life are shocked that I ever did.

   By capturing exactly how a stutter feels, The King’s Speech has shown millions of people how much courage it takes for a stutterer to stand up and speak. Equally important, it has shown millions who suffer from the pain that it can be overcome, we are not alone, and with the support of those around us, our deepest fears can be conquered.

55.        The writer whispered to his wife, “A stutterer wrote this screenplay”, because ______.

     A. he desired to release his secret to his wife

     B. he was reminded how it was as a stutterer on such occasions

     C. he thought Colin Firth had a wonderful performance in the film

     D. he wanted to make his wife realize why the film was so popular

56.        What can we learn from the example in Paragraph 2?

     A. Kids with a stutter could be made fun of at schools.

     B. “Gentleman” was very difficult for a 7^th grader to pronounce.

     C. It was impossible for a stutterer to pronounce even very simple words.

     D. The teacher had a clever way to teach how to pronounce the word.

57.        Which word can best replace “nailed” in Paragraph 3?

A. attached             B. uncovered                  C. hammered           D. tricked

58.        What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 imply?

     A. The writer would have a good fortune to get help from many people.

B. The writer should realize he had to stand up from his pain and defeat it.

C. The writer could get enough confidence under his mother’s help.

D. The writer must be happy that everyone in his family did not laugh at him.

59.        To give a speech as well as he can, the writer reveals the fact that __________.

     A. he tried to talk with a small round stone in his mouth

B. his wife keeps encouraging him to practice

C. he still marks up all his speeches[

D. his teacher helps him to put a rise and fall in his tone

60.        What message is conveyed in the passage?

     A. Whatever pain and fear we have, we can defeat them if we try hard.

B. The similar stories of the writer and King George VI gains great admiration.

C. The suffer we had at our early age will have a heavy influence on our future life.

D. Stuttering is such a pain for children that we should give help and encourage them.

       Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle (航天飞机)Challenger, in June, 1983. The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable. Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.

       Norma didn’t travel alone. She brought about 100 companions along with her. Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subject, made up the first ant colony(群体) to travel into space. The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.

       The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip. The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened. The problem didn’t occur in space, but on the ground after challenger had landed. The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved. The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture(水分).

       The project was tested success because it did provide useful information. Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint (精确找到)what went wrong. They will try to prevent the same difficulties from recurring on future missions. They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.

50.  What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.      Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut.

B.      How to keep ants alive in space.

C.     How to make equipment for insects in space.

D.     An experiment with ants in space.

51.  According to the passage, we know that the underlined word “demise” is another word for “__________”.

A. death                      B. colony                     C. insect                            D. moisture

52.  We don’t think the project was a failure. This is because ___________.

A. everything went as smoothly as expected

B. the students had pinpointed exactly the reason

C. something important had been learned

D. the students had succeeded in the experiment

53.  The ants were not able to live because __________.

A. no one fed them in space                          B. they dried out in the desert

C. weightlessness damaged them                 D. space caused too much pain

54.  We can conclude that ants __________ on the next space trip.

A. will have to be kept alive in a container full of water             

B. will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut

C. should be put into a container where there is enough food

D. should be put into a container which is not too dry

Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.

   Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day this news appeared on Page Two of the town’s newspaper, The Beldon Post.

                             FIRE AT SEABREEZE

   Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors, "Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed."  This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years.

   The canfield times gave the news in these words on Page One:

                 ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

   Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “ An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I turned the bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.

   What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel 1^st August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.

46.         The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______.

A.  this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

B.  hotels in Beldon often catch fire

C.  hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

D.  Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

47.         The Canfield newspaper gave a report just opposite to The Beldon Post by saying that ______.

A.  the bedroom lamps were very old at some of the Seabreeze’s hotels

B.  the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C.  the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D.  such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past five years

48. The “angry holiday-maker” ______.

A.  lived in the room which had caught fire

B.  was talking about the lamps in seabreeze Hotel

C.  caused the fire when he turned on a lamp

D.  did not actually tell what had caused the fire

49. Which of the following BEST gives the main idea of this passage?

A.  A fire broke out one night in Seabreeze Hotel

B.  It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers

C.  Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter

D. Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer

How I Turned to Be Optimistic

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

41.  How did the author get to know America?

     A. From her relatives.                       B. From her mother.

     C. From books and pictures.                D. From radio programs.

42.  Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.

     A. confused           B. excited                    C. worried             D. amazed

43.  For the first two years in New York, the author _________.

     A. often lost her way                         B. did not think about her future

     C. studied in three different schools         D. got on well with her stepfather

44.  What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

     A. She worked as a translator.             

B. She attended a lot of job interviews. 

     C. She paid telephone bills for her family. 

D. She helped her family with her English.

45.  The author believes that______.

     A. her future will be free from troubles     

B. it is difficult to learn to become patient

     C. there are more good things than bad things    

     D. good things will happen if one keeps trying

In 1956, Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my  21  Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky   22  the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then,  23  to my horror, Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue   24   and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to   25  me. With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure （安慰）me that Perky would find a new   26  . But I was far too clever to   27  that such a thing was possible. Decades later, I watched my own  28   growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the   29   of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the   30   of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed to  31   the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog.   32   Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor(发言) and  33   that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing   34  Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the   35   we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just dived down and   36   on my finger."

When I was  37  able to speak, we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all   38  . It seems our two families had been   39    long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were   40   ! Perky lived!"

21. A. niece                B. sister                    C. friend                    D. aunt 

22. A. what                  B. which                    C. how                     D. where

23. A. many                B. much                      C. great                     D. very

24. A. pleasure           B. sadness                  C. treasure                 D. sense

25. A. forgive                     B. comfort                   C. help                        D. delight

26. A. parent               B. home                      C. house                     D. life

27. A. imagine             B. suppose                 C. doubt                      D. believe

28. A. birds                 B. happiness               C. worries                   D. children

29. A. parents             B. birds                       C. interests                 D. games

30. A. first                   B. best                        C. last                       D. happiest

31. A. catch                 B. find                         C. buy                       D. have

32. A. But                   B. Fortunately           C. Then                    D. However

33. A. announced              B. argued                   C. told                         D. hoped

34. A. in                      B. about                      C. from                     D. on

35. A. day                   B. place                      C. way                        D. story

36. A. fell                    B. flew                        C. landed                  D. went

37. A. firstly                B. finally                      C. exactly                   D. even

38. A. came up            B. turned up                C. turned out                     D. matched up

39. A. known               B. joined                     C. connected                     D. introduced

40. A. right                  B. wrong                            C. silly                         D. mad

       At times the balance in nature is _________, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

       A. troubled                   B. confused                  C. disturbed                  D. puzzled

What’s the __________, in your opinion, of helping him if he doesn’t make an effort to help himself.

       A. sympathy                 B. point                        C. object                      D. theme