英语是我们每天都在学习的一种外语，那我们为何要投入如此多的精力和时间去学习英语呢？请结合以下提示，写一篇关于我们为什么学习英语的文章。
1. 在全世界的每一个国家都可以使用英语，所以英语很重要；
2. 对于自己来说，很爱英语：听英文歌可以感受另一个世界；看英文电影可以享受语言魅力；说英语可以感受自信。
3. 学英语可以多交朋友，周游世界。
参考词汇：
国家country、 重要的important、 自信confident、交朋友make friends with sb.
周游世界travel the world、 听英文歌listen to English music、
享受魅力feel the pleasure
注意：1.词数100字左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使文章连贯。
此题要求改正所给句中的错误。按下列情况改正：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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：此题没有正确的题。
1.She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months before they discovered.
2.It’s no pleasure look through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.
3.It was the first time in a year and a half that I have seen the night face to face.
4. It was based more in German than the English we speak at present.
5.she said it would be a interesting experience.
6.It was my sister which first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River.
7. My sister insisted that she organized the trip.
8.Once she has made her mind, nothing can change it.
9.Although I know he is not perfect, but I do like the person.
10.Today the number of people learning English in China are increasing rapidly.
1.合计 ______________
2.故意_____________
3.记下 ______________
4.为了 _____________
5.投降 ______________
6.不再 _____________
7.经历 ______________
8.遭受 ______________
9.与…相处____________
10.改变主意 ___________
11.相爱________________
12.一连串的____________
13.join in ______________
14.come up _____________
15.have got to ___________
16.at dusk ______________
17.make use of___________
18.at present_____________
19.at midnight____________
20.as usual ______________
根据所给单词或括号内汉语提示，用其适当形式填空。
1.I have no (权力)to let you do the job.
2.We’re going to make a (航行)from Qingdao to Dalian during the summer holiday.
3.We are (感激的) to you for the help you have given us.
4.He is looking for a (伙伴)to do the business.
5.Please draw the (窗帘);the sunlight is too strong.
6.Jack (毕业) in physics from Stanford University last week.
7.Although I admit he has many (缺点)，I like him very much.
8.Although Ya’an was struck by the earthquake, the timely help from the government (add) to the confidence of the people in the area.
9.I told my decision to my father, but he _______(disagree) with it.
10.Many ______(teenager) today show special interest in playing computer games.
11.Mr. Smith (gradual) got much experience from his teaching.
12.Some foreigners enjoy (eat)with chopsticks.
13.He devoted himself (entire) to his research and it earned him a good reputation in this field.
14.Father is thankful to me for ______(persuade) him to give up drinking.
15.He lives three _____(block) away from here.
A thing happened me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my stopped. It was out of gas on a road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile 7 I finally found a house near the __ _. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair . She said, “I’ve been _ __for you here for a long time. Come in. is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You tea,” said she.
I quickly that my car was out of , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept me Alfred and talking about how long it had been she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I wanted to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I .
Fortunately（幸运地）, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange(奇怪的), but she wouldn’t anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
1.A. happy B. strange C. common D. bad
2.A. on B. in C. upon D. to
3.A. and B. so C. but D. that
4.A. car B. bus C. bike D. truck
5.A. narrow B. lonely C. crowded D. busy
6.A. what B. whom C. who D. how
7.A. before B. after C. while D. as
8.A. street B. path C. way D. road
9.A. came B. answered C. opened D. appeared
10.A. asking B. looking C. calling D. waiting
11.A. Gas B. Coffee C. Tea D. Lunch
12.A. consider B. understand C. accept D. think
13.A. like B. love C. used to like D. liking
14.A. answered B. explained C. refused D. promised
15.A. gas B. tea C. strength D. energy
16.A. calling B. call C. to call D. called
17.A. until B. before C. since D. when
18.A. could B. can C. would D. wanted
19.A. accident B. incident C. experience D. surprise
20.A. hit B. injury C. hurt D. frighten
Long long ago, there lived in England a king named Midas. He was a greedy(贪婪的) man and loved gold(金子) better than anything else in the world.
One day, he asked a god to give him more gold. The god decided to punish him and said, “Your wish is granted already. Everything you touch will turn to gold.”
Midas was very happy when he heard this. The next morning, he got up early to test his skills. When he touched his bed, it turned to gold. “Gold!” cried Midas, laughing like a little boy, “It works.”
Not only stones, flowers, and the furniture in his house turned to gold, but, when he sat down to table, so did the food he ate and the water he drank. He was unhappy now. Just then his daughter ran up to him. Midas touched her hand. At once she became a gold statue(雕像)！
A last, he begged the god to free him from his wish. “Go to the river and bathe in it.” said the god. So Midas did, and the water took away his golden touch.
1.Where did the king live?
A. Greece B. China
C. England D. India
2.The god decided to punish Midas because he was_______.
A. greedy B. proud
C. unhappy D. lazy
3.The unlined word “granted” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “_________”.
A. satisfied B. finished
C. discussed D. expected
4.Which is the correct order according to the story?
a. Midas became the king of the England
b. His daughter turned to gold
c. Midas was happy with his skill
d. The god freed him from his wish
e. Midas asked god for more gold
A. d-e-c-b-a B. a-e-c-b-d
C. a-e-b-c-d D. e-a-c-d-b
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. It is the early bird that catches the worm.
B. Do not put all your eggs in one basket.
C. God does not always bring happiness.
D. A bird in hand is worth two in the forest.
