As soon as I saw her, I understood I was in trouble. The tiny 10-year-old girl was staring at me with that specific facial expression which probably only dentists have to enjoy all day long!

Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教学大纲), with her peers teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.

I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly happy.

She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!

1.The writer is probably a teacher 　　　. 

A. in a language training center

B. in a private language school

C. in a state school

D. in a key public school

2.The writer’s first impression of the little girl was that she was 　　　. 

A. incredibly dull          B. hard to cope with

C. far too lovely            D. pretty confident

3.The girl came to the school because 　　　. 

A. she had some special skills

B. she was good at writing poems

C. she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school

D. she is poor at her pronunciation

   1.   People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

    Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.   2.    One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.

    The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre.    3.    Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money.   4.   Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.   5.   The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

    Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

A. The first coins in England were made of tin (锡).

B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.

C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.

D. People strung (串连) them together and carried them from place to place.

E. Money, as we know, is all made of paper.

F. They began to use paper money.

G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.

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。错误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：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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）不记分。

How are you getting on to your study?I hope that you will make great progress soon.It has been several month since I move here.I am very satisfied with the place.My new house is located at the foot of mountain.As there are not many vehicles on the street,so it is very peaceful over there.What’s more,the view is very beautiful.There has a big lake in the district with many trees surround it.I had gradually formed a habit of taking a walk along the blue lake after supper,it makes me feel relaxed after a day’s work.

假如你是李华，想参加中英交换生的活动，请根据活动要求写一封自荐信。内容包括：

1.英语水平

2.身体状况

3.沟通能力

注意：1.字数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear sir ,

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Yours sincerely,

Li hua

-----Did you enjoy your trip to the town?

   -----_________. We had driven more than 3 hours before we found the right way.

A. Absolutely   B. Go ahead    C. Not at all   D. Quite a lot

.There are over 58000 rocky objects in _______space，about 900 of which could fall down onto ______earth。

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

The cost of buying a house in Beijing is higher than ______in Luoyang。

A. it   B. one   C. that   D. this

_________, the experiment is sure to succeed.

A. If carefully doing     B. If carefully done 

C. If it done carefully    D. If it doing carefully

 He is the most suitable person _______the task.

A. to finish   B. finishes   C. finished   D. finishing

Whenever he was asked why he was late for class，he  would answer carelessly，______ the same thing.

A. saying    B. said    C. to say    D. say