短文改错

Dear editor,

　　I am a high school student.A few days before,　　1．________

one of my very good friend told me	2．________
that he was going to stop the school.	3．________
He said that he wanted to start his own business.
I tried my best to get him change his mind, but	4．________
I failed. I know it is difficult of him to change	5．________
his mind. He's not doing so good at his studies,	6．________
yet I want to insist that I give it a try.	7．________
The process (过程) is more important than the	8．________
results. Now there are only 90 days left before
the test. I am not sure that his decision is	9．________
right or wrong. I needed your advice.	10．________

Zhou Nan

短文改错

When I was 16 years old, I got a learner's permit to	(1) ________
learn drive a car. I got the permit just before my family	(2) ________
was going to the country for holidays , for I started	(3) ________
practising driving on country roads. It must have been easy,	(4) ________
since it wasn't much traffic on those quite little roads.	(5) ________
One thing wasn't easy about it was that my father proved to	(6) ________
be a very nervous teacher. “Not go so fast!”“Left!”“Right!”	(7) ________
…were ringing in my ear all with the time. Finally I was	(8) ________
ready to take my drive test. I started to put on my directional	(9) ________
signal (信号) since I moved out, and then ignored (忽视) a stop	(10) ________
sign at the first intersection (交叉路) I came to. Of cours, I
failed. I took a few driving classes after that and finally passed the test in London.

短文改错

Dear editor,

　　I am a high school student.A few days before,　　1．________

one of my very good friend told me	2．________
that he was going to stop the school.	3．________
He said that he wanted to start his own business.
I tried my best to get him change his mind, but	4．________
I failed. I know it is difficult of him to change	5．________
his mind. He's not doing so good at his studies,	6．________
yet I want to insist that I give it a try.	7．________
The process (过程) is more important than the	8．________
results. Now there are only 90 days left before
the test. I am not sure that his decision is	9．________
right or wrong. I needed your advice.	10．________

Zhou Nan

延伸探究题

Dear editor,
I am a high school student. A few days before,	(1)____
one of my very good friend told me that he was going	(2)____
to stop the school. He said that he wanted to start his	(3)____
own business. I tried my best to get him change his	(4)____
mind, but I failed. I know it is difficult of him to change his mind.	(5)____
He is not doing so good in his studies, yet I want to	(6)____
insist that he give it a try. The process is important	(7)____
than the results. Now there are only 90 days	(8)____
left before the test. I am not sure that his decision is	(9)____
right or wrong. I needed your advice.	(10)___
Yours
Li Ming

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意。然后从1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最 佳答案。

(A)

　　It must have been after two o'clock in the morning when the last　　 guests took their leave, and although we had enjoyed their arrival,　　 my wife and I were quite 1 to shut the door behind them. We left all　　 the dirty dishes and glasses 2 they were and, after opening a few　　 windows to let some fresh air in and the 3 of stale tobacco out, we　　 climbed into bed and fell 4.

　　I couldn't have been asleep for more than half an hour when I woke up with a 5 smell of smoke in my nose. Still half asleep, I walked　　 into the hall, and there, through dense clouds of smoke, I saw that　　 one of the curtains was 6. I should have closed the windows then 7　　 delay, but 8 I tried to beat out the flames with a newspaper. When　　 this failed I 9 into the kitchen to grab a bucket and fill it with　　 water. At the 10 time I shouted to Barbara, who hurriedly dialed 119 to ask the fire brigade 11 coming to my help. We had to work at 12　　 speed carrying buckets of water from the kitchen to prevent the　　 flames fanned by the wind from the windows, 13 spreading. We were　　 unable to put out the fire but we 14 to keep it partly in check until the arrival of the firemen. Fortunately, they arrived quickly and they had little difficulty 15 putting out the flames. For most of the rest of the day we worked hard.

1. A. thanks　　 B. thanking　　C. thankful　　D. awful　　［　　］ 2. A. as　　　　 B. like　　　　C. in　　　　  D. at　　   ［　　］ 3. A. smile　　  B. smell　　   C. ash　　　　 D. dust　　 ［　　］ 4. A. sleep　　  B. sleepless   C. asleep　　  D. sleeping ［　　］ 5. A. dense　　  B. heavy　　   C. lot　　　　 D. strong   ［　　］ 6. A. on burning B. in burning  C. on fire　　 D. in fire  ［　　］ 7. A. with　　   B. without　　 C. against　　 D. by　　   ［　　］ 8. A. in place   B. in stead　　C. instead　　 D. in time  ［　　］ 9. A. hurrying   B. hurried　　 C. worried　　 D. worrying ［　　］ 10. A. next　　  B. correct　　 C. right　　   D. same　　 ［　　］ 11. A. till　　  B. and　　　　 C. before　　  D. when　　 ［　　］ 12. A. height　　B. face　　　　C. top　　　　 D. bottom   ［　　］ 13. A. for　　   B. from　　　　C. out　　　　 D. to　　   ［　　］ 14. A. failed　　B. tried　　   C. managed　　 D. succeeded［　　］  15. for　　　　  B. to　　　　  C. in　　　　  D. on　　   ［　　］

(B)

　　One Sunday morning in 1959, a group of friends met for lunch after a 16 party the night before. They were pretending (假装) to watch TV, 17 most of them were half asleep. To 18 the others up, one of them 19 said, "I am going to 20 to fly." The speaker was Sheila Scott. She was already over thirty and she had a son and two daughters. She had been a nurse in the Second World War, now she was 21 in films and the theatre, but she did not 22 very successful(成功的). She could not pass her driving 23. Her friends laughed. Sheila could not 24 a car, she would never be able to fly 25. What a joke (笑话)!

16. A. early　　B. short　　C. late　　D. happy　　　　　　［　　］ 17. A. but　　  B. and　　  C.so　　   D. or　　　　　　   ［　　］ 18. A. put　　  B. take　　 C. get　　 D. wake　　　　　　 ［　　］ 19. A. bravely  B. suddenly C. only　　D. quickly　　　　  ［　　］ 20. A. learn　　B. teach　　C. want　　D. tell　　　　　　 ［　　］ 21. A. studying B. making   C. waiting D. working　　　　  ［　　］ 22. A. turn　　 B. become   C. feel　　D. get　　　　　　  ［　　］ 23. A. subject  B. test　　 C. work　　D. business　　　　 ［　　］ 24. A. buy　　  B. drive　　C. sell　　D. ride　　　　　　 ［　　］ 25. A. home　　 B. a kite   C. high　　D. a plane　　　　  ［　　］