(01)
Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came
sudden and went on for over three hours. After lunch, I 1. _____
went into my room to have a rest. The air was hotter, and 2. _____
all is quiet. Then a strong wind started to blow into my 3. _____
room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air 4. _____
and some flew out the open window. As I ran out to catch 5. _____
them, big drop of rain began to fall. When I came back 6. _____
into house, it was raining harder and harder. I tried 7. _____
very hard to close the window. Then I heard a loudly 8. _____
crashing(碰撞的)sound from the back of the house. When I ran 9. _____
out to find that a big tree had fallen down and broke the 10. _____
top of the back room.
(2)
I have been planning to join in our college basketball team 1. ______
next year, so now I am spending as more time as I can 2. ______
with other people who likes to play. They are teaching 3. ______
me the most important rules and technologies of the game, 4. ______
and I am getting the better all the time. We have a 5. ______
neighborhood team that play against other teams in the area. 6. ______
One of my neighbors is helping rest of us 7. ______
improved our skills. Tonight we are playing against 8. ______
one of the best teams in the city, and I think we can 9. ______
beat them if we won't make any mistakes. 10. _____
(3)
Fang Tong is 34 years old, an actor, director and teacher of
Beijing Opera Theatre. Most of his students are from other part of 1. ______
China and have come to Beijing at a very young age of sixteen 2. ______
or seventeen. He hopes create an environment for his students 3. ______
that it is much more relaxing than the one he used to 4. ______
study in. He thought that an actor should relax himself when 5. ______
performing. Yet his students deep respect him and he 6. ______
never needs to raise his voice in order to be hearing. 7. ______
For his opinion, actors should go on even when they 8. ______
feel they have made a mistake in their performances 9. ______
because the moment is already gone but people can never 10. ______
be back to it. . . So art is always changing and developing.
(4)
Today is Sunday, I have been studying all day long. On the 1. _____
morning, I had a dry breakfast. We have no water to drink because 2. _____
the water supply had cut off. The water had come back in 3._____
the evening. I did math then. I didn't stop after 12 o'clock. After a 4. _____
short lunch I had the break. Then I went to my Sunday English Class. 5.______
After a long and tired class for more than two hours, I got 6. _____
to home. Some work had been done but some hadn't. I must 7. _____
review all my subject such as the Sciences, the Humanities, 8. _____
which include Chinese, English, Politics and History as 9. _____
well. That's terribly! Especially when there was no water. 10. _____
(5)
I was recent told that listening to loud music is gradually 1. ______
making people hard of hearing. I'm sure it has already been 2. ______
happened to my neighbor. For years she has turned a deaf 3. ______
ear to my requests to turn her radio down. When she gave a 4. ______
party she isn't have to invite the rest of the street. Everyone 5. ______
can dance in her music in his own room. Now a scientist has 6. ______
discovered a certain electronic sounds have strange effects on 7. ______
rats. He declares they break down, almost paralyze(瘫) with 8. ______
legs trembled. Then it is simply a matter of throwing them 9. ______
out by their tail. I wonder if the same thing will happen to 10. _____
my neighbor someday.
(6)
Dear Ralph,
I'm a senior student. I have be in love with a boy for three 1. ______
years. But he is a shy boy, so I wrote him a letter firstly 2. ______
to express my feeling. And he wrote back. In his letter 3. ______
he said, "We are students. Our task is study. Let us wait 4. ______
to see until we have any chance after graduation." So 5. ______
after graduation I telephoned to him, asking him about 6. ______
go out . But he said he didn't want to. He just 7. ______
wanted to sleep and watched TV. 8. ______
What do you think I should do? Do you think 9. ______
I should continue to love him and give up Sheila? 10. ______
(7)
Before leaving the class, the teacher, Miss White,
said to her class, "Don't leave your
seats. Read your books on yourselves. You 1. _____
would study hard and be good students. " As soon 2._____
as the teacher went away, the classroom becoming 3._____
noisy. One boy drew a picture of the teacher 4._____
on the blackboard. Another boy began to make face 5._____
just to make the other students to laugh. The boy 6._____
put his finger close to his mouth and tell the 7._____
class that Miss White is coming back. All the 8._____
students sat down their seats and the classroom 9._____
became quiet again. The door open and in came Miss White. 10.____
(8)
Once there lived a boy was very fond of 1.______
reading. But he was so poor to buy any 2.______
books. So he had to borrow them from a rich man 3.______
lived far away. The boy always tried 4.______
hard to finish read the books and returned 5.______
them to the owner within the giving time. So 6.______
the rich man was ready lending him any of the 7.______
books he wanted them. In this way he read a lot 8.______
and late became a well-known writer of his time. 9.______
However, the rich man's son who didn't like to study
remained a man with a little knowledge. 10._____
(9)
Our four-years-old son came into the house 1.______
proudly to showed me a caterpillar(毛毛虫)that was 2.______
crawling up his arm. Trying hard to hiding my 3.______
nauseating feeling(掩饰我的恶心), I said, "Mark, 4.______
why don't you take them back outside Its mother 5.______
will be looking for it, but it will miss its mother. " 6.______
I was feeling rather pleasing at the way I had 7.______
handled the situation. And a few minutes 8.______
later Mark returned back to the house with two caterpillars 9.______
and said excitedly , "Look, I founded the mother!" 10._____
(10)
Like most of my schoolmates, I have neither brothers nor 1._____
sisters---in any other words, I am an only child. My parents 2._____
love me dearly of course and will do all they can make sure 3._____
that I get a good education. They did not want me to do 4._____
any work at family; they want me to devote all my time to 5._____
my studies so that I'll get good marks in all my subject. We 6._____
may be one family and live under a same roof, but we do 7._____
not seem to get much time to talk about together. It looks 8._____
as if my parents treat me as a visitor and a guest. Do they 9._____
really understand their own daughter What things are in
other homes, I wonder. 10._____
(11)
March 22nd , Tuesday , cloudy
I watch TV until nearly 12 o clock, so I could not 1.______
go over my lessons. This morning I got up very late 2.______
that I had to hurry school without breakfast yet I 3.______
was late of the first class. When I entered the 4.______
classroom, the maths teacher had to stop explaining 5.______
an important problem, and all the eyes fixed upon 6.______
me. My face turned to red. Something even worse 7.______
happened to me in the English class. The teacher asked
me to recite the text, but I could speak nothing but 8.______
sorry, as I did not spend any time preparing my lessons. 9.______
The teacher looked at me with his coldly eyes, I stood 10.______
at my bench without daring to raise my head. What
a terrible day I had! I will never do anything like this.
(12)
A king liked to write stories. One day,
the king showed some his stories 1.______
with a famous writer. The writer said that 2.______
these stories were bad. The king get angry 3.______
with him and sent him to the prison. After 4.______
some time the king felt pity for the writer 5.______
and set him freely. When the writer was 6.______
out prison, again the king showed him 7.______
some stories and asked how he thought them. 8.______
The writer turned into the soldiers and said, 9.______
"Take me back prison. " 10.______
(13)
At beginning of term I introduced 1.______
my teacher for my parents. Our teacher 2.______
Mr. Wang asked my parents of my 3.______
summer holiday. To my parents' opinion 4.______
I have a good time with my classmates. 5.______
I told my teacher that I had finished 6.______
homeworks at home. Then I helped 7.______
my father in the farm. We went on 8.______
work by the lights of the tractors. 9.______
Father had only two and three young men 10.______
working for him at harvest time.
(14)
Time flies as an arrow. I'm already in the second half 1.______
of senior grade 3 before I realized it. It is only a little more 2.______
than three months before I graduate middle school. At 3.______
the present, I'm busy reviewing my lessons in order to 4.______
take the college entrance examination. I hope to go to 5.______
Beijing University, that is one of the best universities not 6.______
only in China but also in the world. I'll try my best to turn 7.______
my dream to reality. Most of my classmates are also 8.______
studying very hard to realize our wishes. I do believe everyone 9.______
will be able to enter a very good university and college. 10.______
(15)
Once, lately at night, an Englishman came out 1.______
of his room into a passage of the hotel and ask 2.______
the servant to bring her a glass of water. The servant 3.______
did as he asked. The Englishman returned his room, 4.______
and a few minutes later he came into the passage again 5.______
and once more asked the servant a glass of water. 6.______
Every a few minutes the Englishman would come out 7.______
of his room and repeated his request. After half an hour 8.______
the astonishing servant decided to ask the man what 9.______
he was doing with the water. "Nothing," answered he 10._____
calmly. "It's simply that the room is on fire.
(16)
I gave my housekeeper an old pair trousers to wash 1.______
and went in the study to read. My housekeeper usually 2.______
looked through my pocket before wash my clothes, 3.______
but for some reasons she failed to do so this 4.______
time. As I was reading, I suddenly remember that 5.______
there was a five-pounds note in the back pocket of 6.______
the trousers I had told her to wash it. I dropped 7.______
my book and rushed into the bathroom, but it is too 8.______
late. My housekeeper says that my trousers had been 9.______
in the washing machine for fifteen minutes already. 10._____
(17)
One afternoon on April, 1912 , a new ship set off from 1.______
England to America on it first trip. It was one of the 2.______
largest and first ship at that time. It was cold, 3.______
but the ship was pleasant and people are 4.______
enjoying themselves. The next day was even cold. People 5.______
could see icebergs here or there. It was night, suddenly, 6.______
the man on watch shouting "Look out! Iceberg!" 7.______
It was too late, a ship hit the iceberg and came to a 8.______
stop, there that was a very big hole in the ship and water 9.______
began to come. Slowly the ship started to go down. 10._____
(18)
I've a friend who has a big police dog is named Jack. 1.______
Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack a long walk in 2.______
the park. Jack likes these walks in the park very well. 3.______
One Sunday a young man dropped in my friend. He stayed 4.______
a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was the time for my 5._____
friend to take Jack for his walk, but the visitor still sat talking. 6.______
Jack became worried his walk in the park. He walked 7.______
around the room several times but then he sat right in 8.______
front of the visitor and looked him. But the visitor paid 9.______
none attention. He continued talking. Finally Jack could 10._____
stand it no longer. He hold the visitor's hat in his mouth.
(19)
June 12,Sunday Fine
Today is Sunday, I didn't get up early as usually. In the 1.______
morning after I finished my homework, I do some washing. 2.______
Then I telephoned one of my classmate and invited him 3.______
to see a film. And unfortunately, when we got to the cinema 4.______
at 3:00 p.m. we found all the tickets had sold out. 5.______
Then we went back to school and played the football. 6. ______
After this, when we were about to go home ,we saw our 7. ______
English teacher, Mr. Wang, coming into the school gate.
He told us we have made great progress in English. this term 8.______
He also suggested that we should read more and wrote more. 9.______
We promised him that we would listen his advice. 10._____
(20)
In autumn of 1935,when I was a young man, I was 1._____
traveling in the north of Indian. One evening, 2._____
after hunting in the forest all day, I was returning 3._____
to the place which I had put up my tent. It was getting 4._____
dark, but I was walking along a road. Suddenly I saw 5._____
two eye glaring at me from among the trees. 6._____
What can I do? Should I jump into the river 7._____
to save my life? Then I looked at the right. 8._____
In the river there had a big crocodile waiting to 9._____
welcome me with its mouth was wide open. 10.____
(21)
Cats are animals of habit. They like to go to sleep 1._____
about same time every day and for a certain length of time. They 2._____
seem to have natural clock inside them that tells them 3._____
when sleeping. Besides their regular sleep, cats take naps(打盹). 4._____
Some scientists think that people should also take cat nap. The 5._____
habit would do good for people's health. 6._____
Cat naps helped build up energy in the body. 7._____
Since cats have moods(情绪) like these of people, 8._____
scientists believe that people can improve their moods with 9._____
cat-napping. People might become more happier and more active. 10.____
(22)
A man shot two students died and wounded 1.______
five other at an Australian university on Monday, 2. ______
after he was overpowered by classmates of the victims 3. ______
(受害者). The two dead were both male of 4. ______
Asian appearance in his early 20s. The others 5. ______
have being treated for minor(未成年的)injuries. 6. ______
The man, in his mid-30s and of Asian appearance, 7. ______
was seized several students in 8. ______
classroom at Monash University, Melbourne 9. ______
and was late arrested. 10. ______
(23)
When I first learned to write in English , I ran into 1.______
much difficulties. The main problem was that I always thought 2.______
in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. 3.______
My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her 4.______
advice and should put down 100 words or so each day. 5.______
Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself as I was 6.______
learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote 7.______
a story and showed to my teacher. He liked it very much 8.______
and reads it to the class. All said that the story was 9.______
a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me . 10.______
(24)
Dear Xiaohua,
It is four days since Mother accepted the operation. 1. ______
She is feeling much more better. The doctors told me 2. ______
the operation was successful, but because her old age 3. ______
she had to stay in hospital for other two weeks. The 4. ______
doctors also say it was quite necessary for her to 5. ______
do so. We expect to get a full report in two and three 6. ______
days. Please tell the good news to the rest of family 7. ______
as soon as possible. You needn't to come here. I'm 8. ______
able to look after Mother by myself. You'd better 9. ______
send flowers to Mother. She will feel happily. 10. ______
Yours, Xiaohui
(25)
Tom had retired and lived lonely a long 1.______
way from town. He hardly never left his home. But 2._______
one day he went to town buy some things in the 3._______
market, and after he had bought it , he went 4._______
into a restaurant and sit down at a table by himself. 5._______
When he looked around, he saw several old peoples 6._______
put on glasses before reading their newspapers. So 7._______
after the lunch he decided to go to a store to buy 8_______
himself a pair of glasses, either, He walked 9._______
along a wide street and fast found a store. 10.______
(26)
My parents were all standing there, shouting at each other. 1.______
The word "divorce(离婚)" was repeated and broke my heart each time.
I had trapped between them and didn't know what to do. 2.______
A million thoughts rushed into my mind, but nothing of them could 3.______
ease my feelings. I rushed back to my room, seated down in 4.______
silence and stared out of the window. The leaves were floating in air. 5.______
They struggled trying to catch the wind and finally they had to fall 6.______
on the ground.I knew I was not the only one had gone through this. But 7.______
I must learn to fight against this. Later in the day I took up with a pen 8.______
and wrote down "It is until I take a step back and look at my family 9.______
that I can really appreciate this thing has helped me grow strong and 10._____
mature(成熟)."
(27)
Dear editor,
In the past my hometown was used to be a beautiful place. 1.______
Thick trees and green grass could be seen in everywhere. In 2.______
order to build house and grow more crops, people cut down 3.______
more and more trees. With time went on, the whole forest was 4.______
almost destroyed. Gradually the green hills have changed into 5.______
wasteland. As a result, sandstorms struck us now and then, from 6.______
which we suffer a lot. However, I do hope all the people should 7.______
realize the terribly result of not caring about our environment. 8.______
What's more, they should take good care of the forests and plant 9.______
trees instead cutting them down to improve our living conditions. 10._____
(28)
When I found out that my train would three hours 1.______
late, I changed my idea and would get a bus instead. 2.______
I was about to rush out of the train station while a 3.______
well-dressed old man took me by my arm, "Young 4.______
lady," said the gentleman, "Shouldn't you find out 5.______
the bus schedule (时刻表) before you rush out catch the 6.______
bus ". I stared at him with my mouth opened. How did 7.______
he read my mind? Before I can say a word, he added, 8.______
"You see, my train is also running late. A same idea 9.______
came to me. But I think a good conversation that can 10.______
help pass the time. Before you know it, your train will be there."
(29)
Dear Kang Li,
I haven't heard you for a long time. How 1._______
are you? I had just finished the exams. Now I'm 2._______
glad I have time to write for you. Our teacher 3._______
tells us that China is a big country has the 4._______
most population in the world. It's on the other 5._______
side of the world. Now the sun is shining bright 6._______
here and perhaps you're sleeping in the dark 7._______
night. I wish to know anything more about the 8._______
Chinese way of living. I wonder at if you can 9._______
tell me about it in your next letter. Please write soon. 10.______
(30)
I visited the zoo yesterday, and I was very 1. _____
unhappy and angry about the things what I saw. 2. _____
The large animals were in small cages. The lion 3. _____
was walking back and forth. It was completely
bored. The tiger fell asleep all the afternoon. I see 4. _____
people feeding the fish. They were throwing
rices and meat into the pond, which could 5. _____
kill the fish, but no one tried stop them. 6. _____
When I had the drink at the zoo restaurant, 7. _____
the waiter served me rude. Outside the restaurant, 8. _____
the rubbish bins were full and rubbish was
blowing everywhere. It seems that the zoo 9. _____
doesn't look the animals or the visitors very well. 10. _____
(31)
Once a man got on a bus for New York. He
hid in toilet, because he did not want to pay. 1.______
But a passenger saw her. She tapped the person in 2.______
front of her on the shoulder and say, "There's a 3.______
bum(流浪汉) in the toilet. Tell the bus driver."
The message was past from person to person. 4.______
But anywhere along the way, it changed. The bus 5.______
driver was told that there was a bomb in the toilet.
He immediate stopped the bus and telephoned the 6.______
police. When the police came in, they told the 7. ______
passengers to get off the bus or stay far away. Then 8. ______
they closed the highway. This soon caused a 15-miles-long 9. ______
traffic jam. Under the help of a dog, the police 10. _____
searched for two hours. Of course they found no bomb!
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1. sudden--suddenly 2. hotter---hot 3. is--was 4. √ 5. out--out of 6. drop—drops 7. house前加the 8. loudly---loud 9. 去掉when 10. broke—broken
2
1. 去掉in 2. more → much 3. likes → like 4. technologies → techniques 5. 去掉the 6. play → plays 7. rest前加the 8. improved → improve 9. √ 10. won't → don't
3
1. part- parts 2. a-the 3. hope∧to 4. 去掉 it 5. thought-thinks 6. deep-deeply 7. hearing-heard 8. For-In 9. √ 10. but-and
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1. On→In 2. have→had 3. 在cut前加上been 4. after→until 5. the→a 6. tired→tiring 7. 去掉to 8. subject→subjects 9. 正确 10. terribly→ terrible
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1.recently 2. 去掉been 3. 正确 4. gave---gives 5. isn't---doesn't 6. in---to 7. 去掉a 8. with后加their 9. trembled---trembling 10. tail---tails
6
1. be--been 2. firstly--first 3. feeling—feelings 4. study前加to 5. until-- if / whether 6. 去掉to 7. go--going 8. watched--watch 9. 对 10. and—or
7
1. on-by 2. would-should 3. becoming-became 4. √ 5. face-faces 6. 去掉第二个to 7. tell-told 8. is-was 9.down-down on 10. open-opened
8
1. boy后加 who 2. so-too 3. √ 4. lived-who lived 5. read-reading 6. giving-given 7. lending-to lend 8.去掉them 9. late-later 10. 去掉第二个 a
9.
1.years-year 2. showed-show 3. hiding-hide 4. √ 5.them-it 6. but-and 7. pleasing-pleased 8.And-But 9.去掉 "back" 10. founded-found
10
1. √ 2. any 3. can后加to 4. did-do 5. family-home 6. subject-subjects 7. a –the
8. 去掉about 9. and-or 10. homes-families
11
1. watch--watched 2.very---so 3.hurry后加to 4.of--for 5. √ 6.eyes后加were 7.to 去掉 8.speak—say 9.as--for 10.coldly--cold.
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1.some→some of 2. with →to 3. get →got 4. the 5. √ 6. freely →free 7. out→ out of 8. thought→ thought of 9. into→ to 10. back→ back to
13
1. At→ At the 2. for→ to 3. of→ about 4. To→ In 5. have→ had 6. √ 7. homeworks→ homework 8. in→ on 9. work→ working 10 and→ or
14
1.As—like 2.realized-realize 3.graduate∧ from 4.去掉the
5. examination---examinations 6.that—which 7. √ 8. to—into 9. our—their 10. and—or
15
1. lately-late 2. ask-asked 3.her-him 4.he asked---he was asked 5. and-but
6. servant-servant for 7. 去掉a 8. repeated-repeat 9. astonishing-astonished 10. √
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1. pair-pair of 2. in-into 3. wash-washing 4. reasons-reason 5. remember-remembered
6. pounds-pound 7.去掉 it 8.is-was 9. says-said 10. √
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1. on→in 2. it→its 3. ship→ships 4. are→were 5.cold→colder 6. or→and 7. shouting→shouted 8. a→the 9.去掉 that 10. come→come in
18
1. 去掉is 2.Jack→Jack for 3. well→much 4. in→in on 5. He→They
6. right 7. worried→worried about 8.but→and 9. looked→looked at 10.none→no
19
1. usually---usual 2. do→did 3. classmate ---classmates 4. And ---But 5.had∧ been 6. the 去掉 7. correct 8. have---had 9. wrote---write 10. listen---take/follow
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1. In-In the 2. Indian-India 3. right 4. in ∧which 或which改为where 5.but-and 6.eye –eyes 7. can –could 8. at –to 9. had-was 10.去掉was
21
1. right 2. same-the same 3.have-have a 4. sleeping-to sleep 5. nap-naps 6. for –to 7. helped-help 8. these-those 9. with-by 10. 去掉more
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1. died-dead 2. other--others 3. after--before 4. male--males 5. his--their 6.have—are 7. √ 8. seized后加by 9. ∧a 10. later
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1.√ 2.many—much 3.anything--everything 4.my—a 5.去掉should 6.talk--talking 7.me--myself 8.to前加it 9.reads--read 10.word—words
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1. accepted ---received 2. 去掉more 3. of 4.other---another 5. said 6. or 7. family前加 the 8. 去掉to 9. √ 10. happy
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1. Lonely→alone 2. never→ever 3.buy前加to 4. it→them 5. sit→sat 6.peoples→people 7. √ 8.去掉 the 9. either→too 10. fast→quickly
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1.all→both 2.had→was 3.nothing→none 4.seated→sat或后加myself 5.air前加the 6.and→but 7.had前加who 8.去掉with 9.until前加not 10.√
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1.去掉was 2.去掉in 3.house→houses 4.With→As或went →going 5.√ 6.struck→strike 7.However→So 8.terribly→terrible 9.they→we 10.instead后加of
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1. would后加 be 2. get→ take 3. while → when 4. my→ the 5. √ 6. catch前加 to 7. opened →open 8. can→could 9. A→The 10. 去掉 that
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1. heard后加 from 2. had---have 3. for---to 4. has前加that 或which;has---with
5. most---largest 6. bright---brightly 7. and---but 8. anything---something 9. 去掉at 10. √
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1. in → in the 2. her → him 3. say → said 4. past → passed 5. anywhere → somewhere
6. immediate → immediately 7.去掉 in 8. or → and 9. miles → mile 10. Under → with
Americans this year will swallow 15000 tons of
aspirin, one of safest and most effective drugs 1.__________
invented by man. The most popular medicines in the 2.__________
world today, it is an effective pain reliever. Its bad
effects are relatively mild, and it is cheap.
For millions of people suffered from arthrities, 3.__________
it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is
truly the 20th-century wonder drug. It is also the
second largest suicide drug and is the leading cause of
poisoning among children. it has side effects that, if 4.__________
relatively mild, are largely unrecognized between users. 5.__________
Although aspirin was first sold by Germam company
in 19, it has been around much longer than that.
Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value
of the leaves and tree bark which today is known to 6.__________
contain salicylates, the chemical in aspirin. during the
19th century, there was a great number of experimentation 7.__________
in Europe with this chemical, and it led in the introduction 8.__________
of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were available
in the United States.
A small quantity of aspirin(two five-grain tablets)
relieves pain and inflammation. It also reduces down 9.__________
fever by interfering with some of the body's reactions.
Specifically, aspirin seems to slow down the formation
of the acids involved in pain and the complex chemical
reactions that cause fever. The chemistry of these acids
is not fully understood, and the slowing effect of aspirin 10.__________
is well known.
参
1. of ∧ safest → the
2. medicines → medicine(or: drug)
3. suffered → suffering
4. if → though(or: although)
5. between → among
6. is → are
7. number → deal(or: amount,quantity)
8. in → to
9. down → /
10. and → but
Only a generation ago, Mauritania's capital city was
many day's walk from the Sahara. Today it is in the Sahara. 1.__________
The sand blows through the city streets and piles up in 2.__________
walls and fences. The desert stretches out as far as the
eye can see.
In some parts of the Amazon rain forest in brazil, all
the trees have cut down. The earth lies bare and dry in the 3.__________
hot sun. Nothing grow there anymore. 4.__________
Over vast areas of every continent, the rainfall and
vegetation necessary for life is disappearing. Already 5.__________
more than 40 percent of the earth's land is desert and 6.__________
desert-like. About 628 million people--one out of seven--
live in these dry regions. In the past, they have managed to
survive, but in difficulty. Now, largely through problems 7.__________
caused by modern life, our existence is threatened by the 8.__________
slow, steady spread of the earth's deserts.
Many countries first became concerned in 1970s after 9.__________
a terrible drought and famine destroyed Africa's Sahel,
the fragile desert along the south edge of the Sahara.
Thousands of people died even though there was a worldwide
effort to send food and medicine to the starved people. 10.__________
参
1. day's → days'
2. in → against
3. have ∧ cut → been
4. grow → grows
5. is → are
6. and → or
7. in → with
8. our → their
9. in ∧ 1970s → the
Americans this year will swallow 15000 tons of
aspirin, one of safest and most effective drugs 1.__________
invented by man. The most popular medicines in the 2.__________
world today, it is an effective pain reliever. Its bad
effects are relatively mild, and it is cheap.
For millions of people suffered from arthritics, 3.__________
it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is
truly the 20th-century wonder drug. It is also the
second largest suicide drug and is the leading cause of
poisoning among children. it has side effects that, if 4.__________
relatively mild, are largely unrecognized between users. 5.__________
Although aspirin was first sold by Germam company
in 19, it has been around much longer than that.
Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value
of the leaves and tree bark which today is known to 6.__________
contain salicylates, the chemical in aspirin. during the
19th century, there was a great number of experimentation 7.__________
in Europe with this chemical, and it led in the introduction 8.__________
of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were available
in the United States.
A small quantity of aspirin(two five-grain tablets)
relieves pain and inflammation. It also reduces down 9.__________
fever by interfering with some of the body's reactions.
Specifically, aspirin seems to slow down the formation
of the acids involved in pain and the complex chemical
reactions that cause fever. The chemistry of these acids
is not fully understood, and the slowing effect of aspirin 10.__________
is well known.
参
1. of ∧ safest → the
2. medicines → medicine(or: drug)
3. suffered → suffering
4. if → though(or: although)
5. between → among
6. is → are
7. number → deal(or: amount,quantity)
8. in → to
9. down → /
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例一
Americans this year will swallow 15000 tons of
aspirin, one of safest and most effective drugs 1.__________
invented by man. The most popular medicines in the 2.__________
world today, it is an effective pain reliever. Its bad
effects are relatively mild, and it is cheap.
For millions of people suffered from arthrities, 3.__________
it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is
truly the 20th-century wonder drug. It is also the
second largest suicide drug and is the leading cause of
poisoning among children. it has side effects that, if 4.__________
relatively mild, are largely unrecognized between users. 5.__________
Although aspirin was first sold by Germam company
in 19, it has been around much longer than that.
Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value
of the leaves and tree bark which today is known to 6.__________
contain salicylates, the chemical in aspirin. during the
19th century, there was a great number of experimentation 7.__________
in Europe with this chemical, and it led in the introduction 8.__________
of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were available
in the United States.
A small quantity of aspirin(two five-grain tablets)
relieves pain and inflammation. It also reduces down 9.__________
fever by interfering with some of the body's reactions.
Specifically, aspirin seems to slow down the formation
of the acids involved in pain and the complex chemical
reactions that cause fever. The chemistry of these acids
is not fully understood, and the slowing effect of aspirin 10.__________
is well known.
参
1. of ∧ safest → the
2. medicines → medicine(or: drug)
3. suffered → suffering
4. if → though(or: although)
5. between → among
6. is → are
7. number → deal(or: amount,quantity)
8. in → to
9. down → /
10. and → but
例二
Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported
some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
for five years from over 2400 cities and towns show
a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________
crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has varied very little
over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high
during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________
attacks.Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________
weekend crime. It is also a hightime crime: 62 percent
of members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm,
burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely
to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________
night in December, January,or February. The most
uncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange
statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month
than in an other month of the year. 6.__________
Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________
completely different from our criminal tendencies.
professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study
of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the
seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific
meetings, make the highest scores on examinations,
and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________
instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
separated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________
huntinton's studies indicated that June is the peak
month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________
June is also a peak month for marriages!
参
1. before → ago
2. surprised → surprising
3. does → do
4. however → moreover
5. being → be
6. an → any
7. apparent → apparently
8. to(1) → /
9. On ∧ other → the
10. in → to
例三
Personal relationaships are very important. They
are the key of doing business in Arab countries. Try 1.__________
to identify the decision-maker regarding as your 2.__________
product or service immediatelyand get to know him
on a friendly basis. Do your homework. Be prepared to
discuss detial of your product or proposal. Be ready 3.__________
to answer technical questions.
Familiarize yourself to the Moslem and national 4.__________
holidays. Avoid a visit during Ramadan, the Moslem
month of fasting. Most Arab countries have a six-day
workweek from Saturday through Thursday. When matching 5.__________
with the Monday to Friday practice in most Western
countries, it leaves only three and a half workdays
shared.Remember this in planning your appointments.
Moslems do not eat pork. Some are strict about the
religion's prohibition for alcoholic beverages. If you 6.__________
are not sure, wait your host to suggest the proper 7.__________
thing to drink
Only a generation ago, Mauritania's capital city was
many day's walk from the Sahara. Today it is in the Sahara. 1.__________
The sand blows through the city streets and piles up in 2.__________
walls and fences. The desert stretches out as far as the eye can see.
In some parts of the Amazon rain forest in brazil, all
the trees have cut down. The earth lies bare and dry in the 3.__________
hot sun. Nothing grow there anymore. 4.__________
Over vast areas of every continent, the rainfall and
vegetation necessary for life is disappearing. Already 5.__________
more than 40 percent of the earth's land is desert and 6.__________
desert-like. About 628 million people--one out of seven--
live in these dry regions. In the past, they have managed to
survive, but in difficulty. Now, largely through problems 7.__________
caused by modern life, our existence is threatened by the 8.__________
slow, steady spread of the earth's deserts.
Many countries first became concerned in 1970s after 9.__________
a terrible drought and famine destroyed Africa's Sahel,
the fragile desert along the south edge of the Sahara.
Thousands of people died even though there was a worldwide
effort to send food and medicine to the starved people. 10.__________
参
1. day's → days'
2. in → against
3. have ∧ cut → been
4. grow → grows
5. is → are
6. and → or
7. in → with
8. our → their
9. in ∧ 1970s → the
新英语四级改错练习题及答案(精选二)
Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported
some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
for five years from over 2400 cities and towns show
a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________
crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has varied very little
over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high
during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________
attacks.Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________
weekend crime. It is also a hightime crime: 62 percent
of members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm,
burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely
to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________
night in December, January,or February. The most
uncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange
statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month
than in an other month of the year. 6.__________
Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________
completely different from our criminal tendencies.
professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study
of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the
seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific
meetings, make the highest scores on examinations,
and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________
instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
separated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________
huntinton's studies indicated that June is the peak
month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________
June is also a peak month for marriages!
参
1. before→ ago
2. surprised→ surprising
3. does→ do
4. however→ moreover
5. being→ be
6. an→ any
7. apparent→ apparently
8. to(1)→ /
9. On∧ other→ the
10. in→ to
Most people work to earn a living and they
produce goods and services. Goods are either
agricultural (like maize) or manufactured (like
cars). Services are such things like education, 1._________
medicine, and commerce. These people provide 2.__________
goods; some provide services. Other people provide
both goods or services. For example, in the same 3.__________
garage a man may buy a car or some service which
helps him maintain his car.
The work people do is called as economic 4.__________
activity. All economic activities taken together make
up the economic system of a town, a city, a country,
or the world. Such economic system is the sum-total 5.__________
of what people do and what they want. The work
people do either provides what they need or provides
the money with that they can buy essential 6.__________
commodities. Of course, most people hope to have
enough money to buy commodities and services which
are essential but which provide some particular 7. __________
personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits 8. __________
the cinema, and books.
The science of economics is basic upon the facts 9. __________
of our everyday lives. Economists study our everyday
lives and the general life of our communities in order
to understand the whole economic system of which we
are a part. They try to describe the facts of the
economy in which we live, and to explain how it
works. The economist methods should of course be 10. __________
strictly objective and scientific.
参:
1. like → as
2. Those → Some
3. or → and
4. called as→ call
5. Such → Such an
6. that → which
7. essential → nonessential or +not
8. visits → visits to
9. basic → based
10. economist → economist’s