1、选 做 题.短文填空根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。_1_ They decorate (装饰) the walls of homes and are used in stores for sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things close that are far
2、 away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. _2_Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. At other times, they use a group of pictures to tell
3、a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. _3_Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis believed that poverty (贫穷) caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his poin
4、t. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hines pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken in order to get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come o
5、ut clearly and art to make a photo that has a good design and expresses feeling. Photojournalists make an actual record of what they see. _4_ It can record an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture._5_Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. Th
6、ey also publish (发表) them in books and on the Internet.AIt can also be a strong force for social changes. BPhotos help people improve.CA photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record.DPhotos are also works of art.EPhotos also tell stories.FPhotographs are everywhere.GAs historical a
7、nd artistic documents (文献), photos can become more important over time.答案：1.F2.E3.A4.C5.G.阅读表达(2009天津)阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chromeplated_contraptions many mil
8、es. But few will knowor even think to askwho it was that invented them.Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.One day Goldman suddenly had the
9、idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.On June 4, 1937, Goldmans first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He
10、 couldnt wait to see them using his invention.But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they werent using his carts. “Dont you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shoppin
11、g basket？” one shopper replied.But Goldman wasnt beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gr
12、adually began copying the phony(假冒的) customers.As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people comethose who came bought more. With larger, easiertohandle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number
13、of items than before.Todays shopping carts are five times larger than Goldmans original model. Perhaps thats one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937before the coming of the shopping cart.1The underlined words “chromeplated contrap
14、tions” in Paragraph 1 refer to_.(No more than 3 words)2What was the purpose of Goldmans invention? (No more than 10 words)_3Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (No more than 10 words)_4Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (No more than 10 words)_5What do you think of Goldm
15、an? Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)_答案：1.shopping carts2It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.3Because few customers used his carts.4Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts.5He was a smart businessman. He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by
16、 customers.Or: He was smart but he shouldnt have used tricks to attract customers.补全对话根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。M：Our firms going to hire a new sales person. _1_ W：OK, sir. So whats your requirement for the new staff?M：Well, first of all, _2_W：Yes, honesty is the essential quality. M：
17、Besides, _3_ because a qualified sales person should have the ability to deal with personal relationship with others. W：Exactly. _4_M：College degree is a must. But theory or book knowledge is not the only thing. W：_5_ M：Right.W：Ive got that, and Ill put the want ad in the newspaper as soon as possib
18、le. M：Thanks a lot.AI think he or she should be honest and reliable. BPlease prepare a want ad for me.CWhat do you think of honesty?Dhe or she should be easygoing.EYou mean book knowledge is not important?FWhat about the educational background? GYou mean practical working experience should be taken
19、into consideration? 答案：1.B2.A3.D4.F5.G.新短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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。Dear Jin Jing，Your problem is common one among middle school stude
20、nts.Maybe the following advices can help you.First in all，believe in yourself.Your greatest problem is that you lack selfconfidence.The first thing you must do is to smile at your classmates.One smile speaks loud about your wish to make friends than any word.Your smile will show that you are friendl
21、y to him.Next, trying talking with a student who is as shy as you or who share the same interest as you.You can discuss your studies with a classmate and you can also talk about your hobbies as well.Unless anyone is in trouble, you should be ready to help him or her.Once you have confidence, you can
22、 make as many friends as possibly.Yours，Lily答案：Dear Jin Jing，Your problem is common one among middle school students.Maybe the following can help you.First all，believe in yourself.Your greatest problem is that you lack selfconfidence.The first thing you must do is smile at your classmates.One smile
23、speaks about your wish to make friends than any word.Your smile will show that you are friendly to .Next, talking with a student who is as shy as you or who the same interest as you.You can discuss your studies with a classmate and you can also talk about your hobbies as well. anyone is in trouble,
24、you should be ready to help him or her.Once you have confidence, you can make as many friends as .Yours， Lily.短文改错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：
25、原行没有错的不要改。ADear Jim，Id like to tell you something more about our school 1._sports meet. It was holding on Oct. 6, which was a 2._fine day. There were over 1,000 students and teachers 3._attend it. Wang Lin, a student from my class won the 4._100metre race. He finish the race in 12.6 seconds 5._and b
26、roke in the school record. The sports meet 6._was really success. That was because we were 7._all trying to do my best. 8._Although I was not one of the winner, 9._I was proud of that we had done. 10._Looking forward to receiving your letter. Yours，Li Ping答案：1more去掉more是“再，又”的意思，根据短文内容，more多余。2holdi
27、ngheld本句是被动句，被动句由“be过去分词”构成。34attendattendingattending it是现在分词短语作后置定语，相当于定语从句who attended it。5finishfinished这里是讲运动会的事情，要用过去时。6in去掉break the record意思是“打破纪录”，break在这里是及物动词。7在success前加asuccess在这里是可数名词，意思是“成功的人或事”。又如：The experiment turned out a Success.(这项实验终于成功了。)8myour物主代词与句子的主语不一致。9winnerwinners“one
28、of复数名词”表示“之一”。10thatwhatthat引导名词性从句时本身无意义，只起连接词作用，在从句中不作成分；what引导名词性从句时本身有意义，并在从句中作一定的成分。BWhen a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay his food, his clothes，1._or his room, but he has to work till he wants to live2._comfortable. If he spends most of his time
29、playing3._about in the way that he used to as a child, they will go4._hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society that he used5._to break the laws of his parents, he may go to the prison.6._If, therefore, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has7._better health, he can have the great happiness o
30、f seeing8._himself to make steady progress in his job and of9._building up for himself his own position in society.10._答案：1pay后加 forpay for sth. 为支付(金钱)。3till ifif 在此表示假设性条件含义。3comfortable comfortably用副词形式修饰动词live。4they he文章论述的对象是the young man, 故用he。5that asas在此表原因。6去掉prison前的 thego to prison 入狱。7therefore however此处应是转折含义。8better good这里并无比较的含义。9去掉tosee sb. do sth. 看某人干某事。10. 正确
