In the past 5 years a great deal of money _____ improving the environment of the school.
A. is spent B. has been spent C. was spent D. had been spent
China has been working very hard to stop the endangered animals ______ .
A. dying out B. dying away C. dying down D. dying hard
I ______their method of making the machine .
A. adopted B. voted C. elected D. commanded
The blues has been _____part of African-American culture since then, and it is still ______ important part of American culture.
A. a; a B. / ; an C. the ; a D. / ; a
写作（满分 25分）
4月22日是“地球日”，沈阳市将举办主题为“Protecting Mother Earth”的中学生英语作文比赛，你准备根据下列四幅图写一篇“Story of a Tree”的英语小故事参赛。
注意：1.词数：100左右；
2.开头已为你写好。
3.可以适当发表自己的观点
Story of a Tree
Once there was a family living in a cabin（小屋） under a huge tree._____________________
短文改错 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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。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：把多余的词作斜线（\）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 Jim,
I am so exciting that you will come to China．I will free from December 18 and will have a plenty of time to be together with you．I'll meet you at the airport and then you will take Bus No．8 for my home．You worry about the weather here in your email．In fact, the weather here is quite different from it in your city．It isn't very cold, but you needn't bring many clothes with you．During your stay here, I'll take you to some places of interests and you can taste some local snacks．I am sure we will have greatly fun together.
Looking forward to meeting you soon.
John
