1、语言朋友(98)阅读理解There was a famous temple on a high hill in Assam.The priest (神父) of this temple was widely respected.When he grew old, he started searching for a younger priest to replace him after his death.However, much to his disappointment, he could not find any suitable person.As the priest lay on
2、 his deathbed, he called his assistant and told him, “After my death, make sure that only a human beingreplaces me as the priest of this temple.” As soon as he said these words, he died.Information soon travelled far and wide.A day was set for the selection of the successor (继任者)That day, many peopl
3、e started coming to the temple.The route to the temple was full of thorns (荆棘) and stones.By the time most people reached the temple, they had had cuts on their feet and hands.By afternoon, as the selection process was about to end, one young man walked slowly into the temple.The assistant noticed h
4、im and said, “Young man, you are very late.” The man replied, “I know I am late, so I will not participate in the competition.” But the assistant was curious to know about this man.He asked again, “But how did you hurt yourself so badly? Didnt you follow the same route as the others？” “I did，” repli
5、ed the man, “but I thought I must remove the thorns and sharp stones from the path so that when people come to pray in this temple they wont get hurt.”Hearing this, the assistant smiled and said, “Congratulations, you have been chosen.” This greatly annoyed the other participants.“How can you choose
6、 him as he has not gone through any of the tests？” they demanded.The assistant replied, “Our old priest used to say that only a human beingknows how to watch for other peoples interests.All of you climbed the same path.But only this man thought about the others and cleared the path so that no one wo
7、uld get hurt.By this definition(定义), only he qualifies as a human beingand therefore only he should be the successor to the great old priest.”解题导语：一位为他人斩除荆棘的年轻人被选为牧师继承者，因为他才是老牧师心中真正的“人”。1What happened immediately after the old priest died?AThe assistant took the old priests position.BMany people cli
8、mbed to the temple to say goodbye to him.CThe assistant shut the temple and started mourning for the old priest.DWord spread that there was an urgent need for the old priests successor.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“Information soon travelled far and wide.A day was set for the selection of the successor (继任者)”可知选D。
9、答案：D2Why was the young man late for the competition?AHe had forgotten his way and thus had taken a longer route to the temple.BHe removed all the sharp stones and thorns from the path leading to the temple.CHe offered water to the other participants on their way to the temple.DHe had forgotten all a
10、bout the competition in the morning.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段“I thought I must remove the thorns and sharp stones from the path so that when people come to pray in this temple they wont get hurt.”可知选B。答案：B3Who got hurt when the participants came to the temple?ANone of the participants.BAll of the participants.
11、CThe man who was late.DThe other participants.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“By the time most people reached the temple, they had had cuts on their feet and hands.”可知选B。答案：B4How did the other participants react to the assistants decision?AThey took it easy and learnt a lesson from the incident.BThey praised the ass
12、istant for being so wise and fair.CThey got angry and opposed the assistants decision.DThey felt ashamed of themselves and left immediately.解析：细节理解题。根据第四段“This greatly annoyed the other participants.”可知其他的人都很生气，故选C。答案：C5What was the old priests definition of a “human being”？ASomeone who cares about
13、other peoples interests.BSomeone who succeeds in life and earns a lot of money.CSomeone who removes sharp stones that block the path.DSomeone who knows how to make other people enjoy life.解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段“Our old priest used to say that only a human being knows how to watch for other peoples interest
14、s.”可知选A。答案：A短文改错 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：在错的词下划一条横线，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。 Last week my parents and I take a twoday trip to Emei Mountain in Sichuan.As everyone kno
15、ws, its famous mountain with all kinds of plants and animals.The weather was fine.It was about noon we arrived at the foot of the mountain.The three of them were very excited.As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, visiting temples and told stories.On the way up I was busy taking picture since t
16、he scenery was so beautiful.The time passes quickly.Evening came down.We spent the night in a hotel at the top of the mountain.The food was expensive and the service was good.I was so tired that I fell asleep at the moment my head touched the pillow.答案：Last week my parents and I a twoday trip to Eme
17、i Mountain in Sichuan.As everyone knows, its famous mountain with all kinds of plants and animals.The weather was fine.It was about noon we arrived at the foot of the mountain.The three of were very excited.As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, temples and told stories.On the way up I was busy taking since the scenery was so beautiful.The time quickly.Evening came .We spent the night in a hotel at the top of the mountain.The food was expensive the service was good.I was so tired that I fell asleep the moment my head touched the pillow.