She set out soon after dark _______ home an hour later.
A. arrived B. to arrive
C. having arrived D. and arrived
--- May I have _______ honor of dinning with you?
--- Sure, I find quite honored, because you are _______ honor to our city.
A. an / the B. the / an
C. the / the D. an / an
一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”、请根据下列要求和你的想象完成短文。
1、家庭
2、工作
3、业余生活
注意：1、字数100左右；2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头语已为你写好
I often imagine what my life will be like in the future.
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. 每次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。
I will cost this summer holiday in the countryside. Although the city is
modern, but there are still some problems, such as air pollution and noisy. In
the countryside I can enjoy a comfortable and quietly life. Where, the air
is fresh and the water is clean. Trees are green and birds are singing. I can go boating, fishing and swimming in the lake. I can also climb the hills. Both of these will interesting and good for your health. Above all, I can learn more about the nature. So I want to go to the countryside for a change. Now, I am looking forward to leave.
Jonny: Hey! I’m just practicing Tai Chi(太极). Would you like to join me?
Peter: I know nothing about it. Is it difficult?
Jonny: It seems easy, but you need a lot of practice. You just follow me like this.
Peter: OK. Don’t laugh 1. me. I may look funny.
Jonny: Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturally and 2. (soft). Try to keep your body straight. Move slowly, then be sure to keep your balance and don’t let your body shake.
Peter: I cannot control my body well. My legs become 3. (pain).
Jonny: Keep 4. (hold) your position for a while. It helps develop your strength and flexibility. Raise your leg and let 5. stay in the air for seconds.
Peter: I feel my legs shaking. I cannot do this any longer.
Jonny: Be patient! Tai Chi 6. (call) “shadow boxing” in English. It asks you to act like water: to be flexible as well 7. strong. In real competition, a Tai Chi master borrows the strength of the competitor and uses this energy to fight back. The 8. (hard) you try to beat him, the more likely you will get hit. He controls you!
Peter: Unbelievable! Oh..., 9. you don’t mind, I’ll stop and take a deep 10. .
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the of the ten people who have saved the life of others.
John had been studying in his room when he heard . When he and his father rushed outside, they that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed（刺） with a knife by her ex-boyfriend（前男友）. The man ran from the and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
It was John’s quick and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the people for bandages（绷带）, but when nobody could put their hands on anything, his father got some tea towels（毛巾）and from their house. John used these to dress the most severe to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the and ambulance arrived.
“I’m of what I did but I was just doing what I had been ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When John, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “ is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid that he had learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of the first aid can make a real .”
John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before their awards last night.
1.A. show B. attack C. work D. defend
2.A. bravery B. life C. thinking D. progress
3.A. quarrelling B. arguing C. laughing D. screaming
4.A. realized B. believed C. thought D. discovered
5.A. repeatedly B. quickly C. frequently D. gradually
6. A. home B. place C. scene D. house
7.A. shaking B. struggling C. bleeding D. crying
8.A. action B. answer C. experience D. request
9.A. several B. nearby C. familiar D. curious
10.A. water B. tape C. bandages D. scissors
11.A. damages B. pains C. injuries D. arms
12.A. neighbours B. children C. doctor D. police
13. A. proud B. fond C.sure D. tired
14.A. expected B. taught C. encouraged D. educated
15.A. thanking B. RecognizingC. admiring D. congratulating
16.A. There B. It C. He D. She
17.A. skills B. instructions C. key D. history
18.A. discovery B. harm C. difference D. choice
19.A. recent B. secret C. private D. special
20.A. giving B. offering C. announcing D. Receiving
