第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

   此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（╲）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

   此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 

   此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

   注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Peter,

I’m very much delighted that you are coming here for       76.______

the holiday. But I’ll be able to meet you at the airport       77.______

as we planned, as I will be hosting a speech contest at        78.______

that time. I’m terribly sorry about that. But I had asked     79.______

my best friend to go to an airport at 6:00 on Saturday       80.______

afternoon to meet you. He will be the airport while you     81.______

arrive, hold a board with your name on it. Then he    82.______

will take you by taxi to the hotel that we have booked       83.______

a room for you. I will call you late. Wish you a pleasant    84.______

journey. And I’m looking forward seeing you soon.    85.______

Yours, truly,

LiHua

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40的相应位置上。

How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)?   31   (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man,  32  a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways   33   (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects   34   the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks,   35   I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.

I sometimes wonder   36   a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth   37   (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face   38   twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it   39   (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go   40   are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”

第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

   此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（╲）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

   此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 

   此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

   注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Peter,

I’m very much delighted that you are coming here for       76.______

the holiday. But I’ll be able to meet you at the airport       77.______

as we planned, as I will be hosting a speech contest at        78.______

that time. I’m terribly sorry about that. But I had asked     79.______

my best friend to go to an airport at 6:00 on Saturday       80.______

afternoon to meet you. He will be the airport while you     81.______

arrive, hold a board with your name on it. Then he    82.______

will take you by taxi to the hotel that we have booked       83.______

a room for you. I will call you late. Wish you a pleasant    84.______

journey. And I’m looking forward seeing you soon.    85.______

Yours, truly,

LiHua

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
In social life, time plays a very important part．In the U．S．A．guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation  31    a dinner party is extended only three or four days  32    the party date．But it is not true in all countries．In       33     areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make  34    appointment too far in advance because plans that are made for a date more than a week away tend   35          (forget)．The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world．Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures  36    time is treated differently．Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example．If people are not punctual, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully   37       (responsibility). In the U.S.A. no one would think of keeping a business associate   38     (wait) for an hour;   39       would be too impolite．A person who is 5 minutes late will say a few words of explanation,   40       perhaps he will not complete the sentence．