Many people have tried to simplify (简化) the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways. For example, there is "light" but "white", "loan" but "phone", and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing "ough": "though", "through", "bough"," cough", "enough", "ought" and "thorough"．
The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling. In 1906,Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board. He was one of the richest men in the United States of America. The board's plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound. For example, the word "though" would be spelt "tho" and "through" would become "thru"． Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They explained their idea to President Roosevelt, who thought that it was indeed logical. He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters.
But people didn't like the change, even if it made life easier. So the new simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either.
Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he changed his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling.
Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However,people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see "tonite" instead of "tonight" and "thru" instead of "through"．
1.Many people have tried to simplify English spelling because________.
A.English words are too long to remember
B. there are many mistakes in English words
C. lots of words are spelt in many different ways
D. sometimes the same sounds have different spellings.
2.Who is NOT a member of the Simplified Spelling Board?
A.Andrew Carnegie.
B. Melvil Dewey.
C. Theodore Roosevelt.
D. Brander Matthews.
3.What was Theodore Roosevelt's attitude towards simplified spelling?
A .Worried.
B. Supportive.
C. Uncertain.
D. Doubtful.
4.According to the passage, simplified spelling________.
A. was welcomed by the US politicians
B. changed the way the words sound
C. has been used widely for over a century
D. was first used in US government letters.
An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could
easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn't go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel (争执).
"Bring me the bill," he said. "The bill, sir?" said the waiter in surprise. "There isn't any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket," said the waiter.
1.The story happened _____.
A. in England
B. on a ship from Norway to England
C. in Norway
D. on a ship from England to Norway
2. The traveler didn't go to the dinning room first because _____.
A. he had no money
B. he didn't feel very well
C. he didn't want to eat anything
D. he didn't hear the sound of the bell
3.The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _____。
A. his friend had given him some money
B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind
C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship
D. he was too hungry.
4.After the traveler finished eating, _____.
A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill
B. he drank a lot
C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)
D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals
假如你是李华，因为你将忙于准备后天的一门重要考试，不能赴约去你朋John家共进晚餐。请有英语写一封致歉信，要点包括：
感谢对方邀请；
2．遗憾地告诉对方你无法赴约并说明理由；
3．祝对方度过一段愉快的时光，并约时间联系。
注意：1．字数：100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开关和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
Thank you for your invitation to dinner at your home tomorrow evening. _________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Your sincerely,
Li Hua
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。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：
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。
Of all my teachers, Mr Moore is the one who impress me most. He is 34, so he looks young for his age. And he's one of the most popular teacher in our school. Mr Moore pays more attention to his way of teaching, comparing with other teachers.
He tries different ways to make his classes actively and lively. On his opinion, we should not only know "what", but understand "why". So, instead giving us answers immediately, he encourages us to think by myself whenever he puts forward questions. With his help, we've learned from how to settle problems. He leads us to such a wonderful world of "why" as we all admire and respect him.
There was a woman who went to the airport 1. (hurry).She was so absorbed 2. her own thoughts that she was not aware they were going on a different route．Suddenly，a man went inside the cab and took her handbag 3. she placed her visa，passport，and all her money for the trip．She kept on thinking how unlucky she was to be in that situation．That very same night，she heard a piece of 4. (shock) news．Flight 230 crashed！It was the plane that she was supposed to board into. 5. she had not lost her precious belongings，she could have lost something far 6. important--her life！
Sometimes bad things really happen．We fail in our exams，or get rejected by others．There are times when nothing seems to go our way．So what do we do about it？We must take all these 7. (frustrate)out of our chest and start all over again with the consistent faith that we 8. (get)what are deserved(应得的)．
If you failed in the exams，maybe you'd be more successful and much happier in 9. field. If you were rejected by your friend，there are plenty of others out there who are much more deserving of(值得的) your love and affection．Don't waste your time and energy 10. things that can't be changed．
A few years ago my husband，my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning，when it became clear that we were lost. The country seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.
Finally we a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.
A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue."
Since she was not , I looked around at the customers．There，sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains．Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).
I immediately thought of my in the car and what these characters might do to us.
"We know you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that，but we'll take you there."
I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles，gesturing,“ us!”
We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads. After a few minutes, my son decided it was all for us. "They're taking us to a place, and that will be the end," he said . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How you do this to me?"
I whispered to my husband，"I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit . It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the thing."
"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right."
About an hour later, after through endless back roads deep in the woods，they to us to go left. We looked up, and there was the for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they good-bye and disappeared from view. If I've learned anything on this
journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of .
1.A. music B. roads C. days D. school
2.A. found B. called C. missed D. left
3.A. time B. gas C. water D. directions
4.A. helpful B. careful C. beautiful D. hopeful
5.A. maps B. bags C. family D. gifts
6.A. how B. what C. why D. where
7.A. If B. Since C. Because D. Before
8.A. Invite B. Show C. Follow D. Give
9.A. over B. right C. alone D. around
10.A. cool B. lonely C. safe D. new
11.A. uneasily B. cheerfully C. curiously D. uncertainly
12.A. should B. can C. would D. must
13.A. annoyed B. excited C. frightened D. amazed
14.A. same B. bad C. funny D. wrong
15.A. winding B. looking C. walking D. climbing
16.A. greeted B. connected C. gestured D. hurried
17.A. label B. notice C. poster D. sign
18.A. kissed B. waved C. shook D. blew
19.A. tiring B. crazy C. interesting D. fancy
20.A. angels B. friends C. partners D. relatives
