Last year, he wrote to tell me that he ______ his new dance. But I ______ of him ever since.

A. practised; didn’t heardB. has practised; haven’t heard

C. was practising; hadn’t heard    D. was practising; haven’t heard

One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away ____ my daughter heard cries for help.

A. after           B. while            C. since                D. when

Picasso’s paintings, which are among the greatest, are reported _______ in Chengdu right now.

A. to showB. to be shown   C. to be being shown     D. to have been shown

The kids all rushed into the room, ______. 

A. breathing        B. breathless        C. breathlessly      D. breathed

Traffic jams         loss of time – and loss of health, according to a recent research.

A. benefit from    B. keep away         C. make up         D. result in

Li Keqiang, ______ head of the Chinese government, said in his report on March 5,2014 that the government would try every ______ to deepen the reform further.  

A. the; meansB. a; mean    C.不填; means  D. the; mean

It was in 1945______ World War II ended. 

A. that      B. when      C. since      D. Before

—Hot news! Obama has won the presidential election again. —______ I’m not American.

A. So what?B. How come?      C. So much!   D. How nice!

假定你是李华, 你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写回信。

要点:

1. 参加中文学习班;

2. 看中文书刊、电视节目；

3. 学唱中文歌曲；

4. 交中国朋友。

注意: 1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2. 开头语已为你写好；

3. 词数100左右。

Dear Peter,

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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 Sunday I was walking to the Green Lake Park while I met a foreign visitor who seemed to be losting. I tried to help him but I found we had troubles in understanding  each other because my poor English. Just at that moment, a young lady came to help. She spoke well English. The foreigner was unable to find the way with her help, and I learned some English, either. Before the foreigner left, he said he was thankful for their kindness. It was at that time that I decide to work harder at English. This experience has been made me realize that English is really useful.