1 . 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．每处错误仅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．
注意：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）不计分．

One rainy day while I was walking home with one of my friend, a truck came to a stop besides us. The driver put the window down and offered us a umbrella because he found we were wet through. I stood there and couldn’t believe in that a complete stranger is so thoughtful. The man insisted, so I grateful accepted the offer, thanked him and watched the truck disappear down the road. This man might need the umbrella himself, and he preferred to give them to someone else. It was a lesson to us that it was possible give without expect anything in return.

2 . Mom was a teacher most of her life. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she was educating her children or grandchildren; correcting our grammar; starting us on collections of butterflies, flowers or rocks; or inspiring a discussion on her most recent “Book of the Month Club” topic. Mom made learning fun.

It was sad for my three brothers and me to see her suffering in her later years. At eighty- five, she suffered a stroke and she went steadily downhill after that.

Two days before she died, my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her for a short ride in a wheelchair. While we waited for the staff to lift her limp body back into bed, Mom fell asleep. Not wanting to wake her, we moved to the far end of the room and spoke softly.

After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming from across the room. We stopped talking and looked at Mom. Her eyes were closed, but she was clearly trying to communicate with us. We went to her side.

“Whrr,” she said weakly. “Where?” I asked. “Mom, is there something you want?” “Whrr,” she repeated a bit stronger. My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly. Mom opened her eyes, sighed, and with all the energy she could gather said, “ Not ...was. Say were!” We suddenly realized that Mom was correcting Brother Jim’s last sentence. “If it was up to me…”

Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Thanks, Mom,” he whispered. We smiled at each other and once again shook our heads.

1. What do the underlined words “went steadily downhill” mean in the 2nd paragraph?

A．went lower and lower	B．went worse and worse
C．went down the hill	D．went downstairs

2. When Mom said, “Whrr”, what did she really want to do?

A．She wanted to tell her sons her will.

B．She wanted to have something to eat before she died.

C．She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking.

D．She wanted to give her sons something before she died.

3. Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the passage?

A．Mom was a good teacher and never gave up her teaching.

B．Mom was always making her teaching fun.

C．Mom didn’t forget her teaching until she died.

D．Mom stopped teaching when she was at home.

4. What does the writer think of his mother?

A．He loved her but was tired of his mother’s teaching.

B．His mother should have forgotten her teaching and enjoyed the rest of her life.

C．His mother was great because she devoted herself to teaching.

D．His mother was an excellent teacher before she was retired.

3 . Years ago, I was working in a French cosmetics（化妆品）company. One day, we had a discussion about the package of the newly-designed product. One of my colleagues ________ the picture of his design. The director asked us to ________ on it.

I found the pattern well-designed but didn’t match the French style. ________ it has no feature to reflect the French fashion. ________,I stood up and expressed my opinion, “The package is beautiful and the colors are harmonious. But as the Chinese marketing manager, I know ________ what concerns the customers. They’d like to see some traces of French ________ from the design. Since this product mainly ________ the Chinese market, I suggest we add something familiar to our ________.For example, we can attach our company logo to the picture; ________,it can’t highlight our company image.” But some of my workmates ________ with me. They believed the design was good enough and ________ the manager of our department was on their side.

The argument was so ________ that eventually I said in a trembling voice, “I insist on some changes in the design, because I can't bear to see you ________ the reputation of our company.”

The meeting ended with the problem ________. However, the next day the director of the company came to my office and told me, “I thought twice about the new _______ last night and I had o admit that your plan was more practical. So we’ll adopt your plan and thanks for your ________ to persuade others. Without you advice, our company might ________ great losses.”

I was very happy that I had stuck to my opinion ________ following others. Sometimes, people lack the ________ to insist on the right choices. But a small step further can make a big ________.

1.

A．presented

B．removed

C．measured

D．discovered

2.

A．act

B．experiment

C．comment

D．put

3.

A．In turn

B．In public

C．In common

D．In particular

4.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Instead

5.

A．frequently

B．exactly

C．rarely

D．correctly

6.

A．campaign

B．painting

C．civilization

D．style

7.

A．aims at

B．imports from

C．holds back

D．consists of

8.

A．companies

B．customers

C．colleagues

D．managers

9.

A．hopefully

B．afterwards

C．consequently

D．otherwise

10.

A．disagreed

B．stuck

C．traded

D．mixed

11.

A．only

B．even

C．again

D．hardly

12.

A．amazing

B．fierce

C．official

D．successful

13.

A．promote

B．maintain

C．risk

D．defend

14.

A．overcome

B．observed

C．covered

D．unsettled

15.

A．theory

B．advertisement

C．design

D．goal

16.

A．group

B．promise

C．warning

D．effort

17.

A．avoid

B．announce

C．predict

D．suffer

18.

A．but for

B．next to

C．instead of

D．due to

19.

A．ambition

B．courage

C．motivation

D．strength

20.

A．difference

B．sound

C．fortune

D．mistake

4 . I believe in miracles(奇迹) because I’ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. "There’s a_______in my upper jaw, " she said. "I told my own dentist it’s nothing, but he _______I come to see you."

Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would _______ to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the _______of her mouth. A careful examination later _______ that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer. During her next appointment, I explained to her the _______of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, "I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just _______."

I thought otherwise(不同). After considerable _______ on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to _______ me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected, __________ treatment. About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and ____________.

“How are you?” I asked.

“I’m just fine, honey, ” she responded__________ high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”

Surprised to see her at all, I answered __________, “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”

I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had __________ nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness __________.

I had read of such things happening, but had __________ seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I’ve seen many others, because they keep getting __________ to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, __________ through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to __________ the miracles of one another.

Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the place for a miracle is__________we choose to find it.

1.

A．cut

B．wound

C．pain

D．cancer

2.

A．declared

B．suspected

C．promised

D．insisted

3.

A．refuse

B．continue

C．manage

D．attempt

4.

A．corner

B．roof

C．bottom

D．surface

5.

A．considered

B．convinced

C．confirmed

D．concluded

6.

A．possibility

B．seriousness

C．importance

D．resolution

7.

A．old

B．sick

C．glad

D．fine

8.

A．permission

B．support

C．effort

D．approval

9.

A．please

B．persuade

C．encourage

D．astonish

10.

A．provided

B．refused

C．received

D．required

11.

A．healthy

B．optimistic

C．elegant

D．humorous

12.

A．to

B．with

C．in

D．by

13.

A．confusedly

B．excitedly

C．impatiently

D．confidently

14.

A．spread

B．reached

C．covered

D．grown

15.

A．cured

B．faded

C．remained

D．expanded

16.

A．ever

B．also

C．already

D．never

17.

A．rarer

B．easier

C．happier

D．closer

18.

A．or

B．so

C．for

D．yet

19.

A．read

B．see

C．keep

D．write

20.

A．whatever

B．whoever

C．wherever

D．whichever

5 . I was wandering around the Albuquerque airport. My flight had been _______ , and I heard a(n) _______ : “If anyone near Gate A-4 _______ Arabic? please come to the gate immediately. ” Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.

An older woman was _______ , sitting on the floor. In her _______ Arabic dress, she reminded me of my grandmother.

“ _______ to her,” the flight agent urged. “We told her the flight was going to be late, and she did this.”

I spoke to the woman _______ in Arabic while putting my arm around her. She _______ crying. It turned out that she thought the _______ had been canceled. She planned to be in New York for some medical treatment the next day. I comforted her and suggested __________ her family.

We telephoned her son. In English, I told him that I would __________ with his mother until we got on the plane. Then his son was __________ Next we called my dad. They spoke for a while in Arabic and __________ that they had ten shared friends. After that, I called some Arabic friends I __________ and let them talk to her.

She was in a __________ mood by then and took some homemade __________ — little cakes stuffed with nuts and topped with sugar—from her bag and __________ them to the people near the gate. To my amazement, no one __________ It was like a party. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo — we were all smiling, enjoying the same __________

I looked around and thought, this is the world I want to live in. One with no __________ Everyone can be happy anywhere.

1.

A．booked

B．bought

C．canceled

D．delayed

2.

A．announcement

B．noise

C．argument

D．dialogue

3.

A．likes

B．accepts

C．understands

D．studies

4.

A．reading

B．weeping

C．thinking

D．begging

5.

A．traditional

B．long

C．strange

D．expensive

6.

A．Write

B．Sing

C．Apologize

D．Explain

7.

A．quickly

B．suddenly

C．softly

D．loudly

8.

A．started

B．stopped

C．kept

D．avoided

9.

A．flight

B．plan

C．performance

D．meeting

10.

A．saving

B．calling

C．showing

D．punishing

11.

A．live

B．work

C．play

D．stay

12.

A．in action

B．in charge

C．in relief

D．in trouble

13.

A．made sure

B．found out

C．agreed with

D．gave up

14.

A．knew

B．missed

C．helped

D．met

15.

A．serious

B．changing

C．confident

D．cheerful

16.

A．chocolates

B．wine

C．bread

D．cookies

17.

A．offered

B．sold

C．lent

D．returned

18.

A．wasted

B．refused

C．ate

D．saw

19.

A．custom

B．language

C．apple

D．sugar

20.

A．war

B．argument

C．worry

D．quarrel

6 . Treasure hunts (寻宝) have excited people’s imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues (线索) found in a book when he wrote a children’s story, Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare, and a month before it came out, Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire. The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of “red herrings”, or false clues, to mislead them.

Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic, not by luck. His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the words: “One of Six to Eight” under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII’s six wives. Even here, however, Williams had succeeded in misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.

Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there. Williams encouraged him to continue, and on February 24th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth ₤3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable.

1. The underlined word “them” (paragraph 1) refers to __________.

A．readers of Masquerade

B．treasure hunts

C．Henry VIII’s six wives

D．red herrings

2. What is the subject discussed in the text?

A．An exciting historical event.

B．The importance of logical thinking.

C．The attraction of Masquerade.

D．A modern treasure hunt.

3. Which of the following describes Roberts’ logic in searching for the hare?
a. Henry VIII’s six wives
b. Katherine’s burial place at Kimbolton
c. Williams’ childhood in Ampthill
d. Katherine of Aragon
e. stone crosses in Ampthill Park

A．a -b- c- e- d	B．d- b- c- e- a
C．b- a- e- c- d	D．a- d- b- c- e

4. What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare?

A．Katherine of Aragon.

B．Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

C．Two stone crosses in Ampthill.

D．Williams’ hometown.

7 . I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the _______ of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was _______. He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of _______. Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had _______ forgotten him, but I had _______ his life. My friend was quite _______ and asked him how I had done this.

He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the _______. I asked the group what their number one _______ was and most of them said it was from their bosses.

I listened to everyone, then _______ a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from ________ there. After that, I asked the group to think about how the room looked ________ when they changed their perspective (角度).

Then I asked them to ________ their bosses. Was this the same person who had ________their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how ________ they were to be chosen for the job?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the ________ to earn a living and ________him new skills and to be a better employee.

He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his ________. He learned to ________ stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to ________life from different perspectives and to express ________.

1.

A．waiter

B．manager

C．cook

D．owner

2.

A．satisfied

B．excited

C．surprised

D．moved

3.

A．familiarity

B．understanding

C．importance

D．dignity

4.

A．hardly

B．rarely

C．specially

D．probably

5.

A．changed

B．planned

C．built

D．noticed

6.

A．patient

B．anxious

C．curious

D．doubtful

7.

A．Employers

B．students

C．organizers

D．teachers

8.

A．joy

B．stress

C．danger

D．pride

9.

A．removed

B．broke

C．held

D．took

10.

A．down

B．outside

C．up

D．inside

11.

A．natural

B．different

C．funny

D．strange

12.

A．consider

B．ask

C．visit

D．watch

13.

A．seen

B．predicted

C．chosen

D．improved

14.

A．puzzled

B．touched

C．Happy

D．calm

15.

A．ability

B．chance

C．process

D．luck

16.

A．allowing

B．advising

C．encouraging

D．teaching

17.

A．colleague

B．customer

C．boss

D．parent

18.

A．leave behind

B．deal with

C．suffer from

D．bring about

19.

A．look at

B．talk about

C．work on

D．take over

20.

A．apology

B．regret

C．appreciation

D．sympathy

8 . I clearly remember the day when my little brother was born: January 1, 1994. One of my favorite family photos shows me lying with my mother in the hospital bed, happy but unaware of the small, sleeping baby in the background.
I stayed with my grandparents for the weekend of my brother’s birth, excited about my new brother but not yet aware of what having a little brother would mean. I didn’t truly realize what was going on until we were in the hospital room at Duke University----coincidentally (碰巧地), the same room in which I had been born two years earlier.
When I looked at my brother for the first time, I felt a mixture of fear and interest. Little did know that small, pink creature would grow up to be one of my favorite people in the world.
In reality, though I am two years older than my brother, I am more often than not the real baby in the family. I am very lacking when it comes to common sense. Instructions constantly confuse me and I frequently find myself totally puzzled by things like knowing how to start the washing machine or manage the storage settings on my iPhone.
That’s where Gibson comes in. The poor kid has had to guide me through more tasks than I would care to admit, but he never complains. Though I should probably be told to figure it out myself, he always comes through.
I’m envious of his ability to readily answer the ever-present, “What do you want to do with your life?” question at family gatherings. “Be a doctor,” he says----a solid answer, completely opposite to my shaky one, “Well, I’m an English major, so...”
My brother truly is my best friend. No one understands me better, and there isn’t anyone else I would want to be stuck with in our family. I may not have a clear idea of where I’m headed, but he is stuck with me.
1. How did the author feel when he saw his brother for the first time?

A．Angry and sad.

B．Excited and moved.

C．Curious and scared.

D．Happy and interested.

2. What does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph mean?

A．My brother is the real baby in the family.

B．In fact, I seem to be less mature than my little brother.

C．My brother gets more love from the family than I do.

D．I am growing more slowly than my brother.

3. What does the brother often help the author do?

A．Help him deal with many daily tasks.

B．Help him with his studies.

C．Give him advice on how to choose a major.

D．Comfort him when he is in a bad mood.

4. What is the best title for this text?

A．My Strange Family Gatherings

B．The Real Baby in the Family

C．Stuck with Me----My Not-So-Little Little Brother

D．The Feeling of Having a Brother

9 . Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles, I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s   ____ to recover.
Mom had a two-week ____ in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike ___ cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7^th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more ____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand.
In the early hours of September 11^th, some neighbors were planning to ____the storm in their homes, ____ others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more ____ side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our ____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had ____, and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17^th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky. Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!” My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes ____ crying, but ____ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.1.

A．observe

B．appreciate

C．explore

D．improve

2.

A．intention

B．distribution

C．motivation

D．affection

3.

A．vacation

B．journey

C．meeting

D．schedule

4.

A．must

B．might

C．should

D．would

5.

A．closely

B．constantly

C．warningly

D．differently

6.

A．adventure

B．equipment

C．supplies

D．reports

7.

A．basic

B．high

C．pure

D．neat

8.

A．get through

B．put away

C．test out

D．suffer from

9.

A．since

B．when

C．until

D．while

10.

A．dangerous

B．abundant

C．peaceful

D．awesome

11.

A．available

B．concrete

C．priceless

D．valuable

12.

A．set out

B．headed for

C．settled down

D．watched out

13.

A．provided

B．reduced

C．produced

D．lost

14.

A．garden

B．house

C．pool

D．yard

15.

A．clearer

B．wilder

C．lower

D．higher

16.

A．passed

B．stood

C．gone

D．followed

17.

A．leaving

B．digging

C．filling

D．kicking

18.

A．by

B．before

C．until

D．after

19.

A．in spite of

B．instead of

C．apart from

D．in terms of

20.

A．faith

B．will

C．strength

D．laughter

10 . Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children lay hidden in the leaves of a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.

They watched as she took a broomstick to clean the dirt from her stone steps. But, much to their disappointment, she did not mount the broomstick and take flight. Suddenly, the old lady's work was interrupted by the cackling of her hen-a signal that an egg had been laid in the warm nest on top of the haystack.

The old broomstick was put aside as she hobbled off towards the haystack followed by Sooty, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap some time back. With only three legs, it was hard for Sooty to keep up with the old lady. The cat provided proof-the children were sure that only a witch could own a black cat with three legs.

There, standing on a wooden box, was Mrs. Tailor, stretching out to gather her precious egg. Taking the egg in one of her hands, she began to climb down when, without warning, the box broke and the old lady fell.

"We have to got and help her," whispered Amy.

"What if it is a trick?" replied Ben.

"Don't be silly, Ben. If she were a witch, she would have turned us into frogs already," reasoned Meg. "Come on Amy, let's go." The girls climbed down the tree and ran all the way to the haystack.

Approaching carefully, they could see a wound on the old lady's face. She had knocked her head on a stone and her ankle was definitely broken. "Go and get Dad," Amy yelled to her brother. "Tell him about the accident."

The boys did not need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as they could for help, hoping that Mrs. Tailor would not wake and turn the girls into frogs.

1. Why were the children hiding in the tree?

A．They wanted to watch Mrs. Tailor do her housework closely

B．They were playing a hide-and-seek game

C．They wanted to find out if the story about Mrs. Tailor was true

D．They were pretending to be spies

2. Mrs. Tailor stopped sweeping when     .

A．her front steps were clean

B．she noticed the children in the tree

C．she was ready to take a flight

D．she heard the hen cackling

3. Ben did not rush to help Mrs. Tailor because     .

A．he thought that she could be tricking them

B．he knew that they could not have been in the tree

C．he did not see the old lady fall down

D．he was afraid of the three-legged cat

4. Which of these old sayings best suits the story's lesson for us?

A．Make hay while the sun shines

B．Never judge a book by its cover

C．People in glasshouses should not throw stones

D．A bird in the hands worth two in the bush