Ⅶ.短文改错（每小题1.5分，共15分）

When tea and coffee were introduced to Europe in 18 th                  1.        

century, people thought they were harmful. But the King of                    2.        

Swede decided to find out whether it was true .It was                       3.        

happened that there had two brothers in prison                                4.        

at the time. The King ordered one of them drink tea                         5.        

every day and the other coffee. Both of them have lived                   6.         

many years with no problem. At the end the one who                       7.        

drink coffee every day died at the age of 83 and the                         8.        

other lived even long. Because of this, Swede is                              9.        

one of the countries which much tea and coffee are drunk today.              10.        

Ⅷ.书面表达（共17分）

假如你正在爱尔兰学习，你的朋友对于爱尔兰这个国家很感兴趣，请你根据下面提供的信息介绍一下Republic of Ireland 的基本情况。词数：120左右。

______ the traffic jam, he didn’t catch his plane, which was reported to have crashed soon after it took off.

A. Because of    B. On account of    C. Due to    D. Thanks to

 You have to learn how to be a ______ first, and then to be a student.

A. human being   B. people   C. person   D. man

 Measures have to be taken to teach young people how to ______ themselves both in family and in school. They don’t know the basic manners.

    A. do      B. perform    C. behave   D. work

 Before my father moved off, he told me again and again that I should ______ the rules and regulations of the school.

    A. make     B. watch     C. remain     D. observe

 Stop _______me and do what you have been told.

    A. to argue with   B. arguing with   C. arguing  D. to argue

After meeting the beautiful young girl, the young man lay on his bed, wide awake, with wonderful ideas ______ into his mind.

    A. crossing     B. entering    C. crowding   D. reaching

There is no need for you to look up every new word you ______ when reading. You have to learn how to guess the meanings of new word according to the context.

   A. come up with     B. come out   C. come along with   D. come across

 As a laid-off worker, it is hard for her father to ______ the family, let alone send his children to key schools.

    A. bring up      B. raise      C. support    D. supply