All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping.For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised.It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods.This May Be Your Lucky Day!”
For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer.Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping.The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need.Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed.She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day.Everything in your basket is free.”
One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea.She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk.As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her.“Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!”
1.The housewives learnt about the free goods _______.
A.on TV B.at the supermarket
C.from the manager D.from the newspaper
2.Mrs. Edwards ________.
A.is always very lucky
B.had no friends
C.hoped to get free shopping
D.gets disappointed easily
3.Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________.
A.make her unhappy B.cheer her up
C.buy things with her D.stop her buying things
4.Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to _______.
A.buy another thing B.talk to the manager
C.pay for her shopping D.find her shopping
5.Mrs. Edwards must have been ________.
A.pleased B.delighted
C.proud D.disappointed
It is hard work rather than luck that brings people success.Those who __1.__ (consider) to be successful must have been working hard _2.___ (achieve) their goal and their success can also benefit others.
Some people argue that one can not succeed ___3._ he works very hard.There are many examples to show that success comes from hard work.One example is __4.___ Madam Curie had been working all day and all night ___5.__ she made the great discovery of radium.
Other people think that luck and opportunity are __6.___ (importance) than hard work.They argue that even if one works hard, he can not succeed __7.__ luck and opportunity.For instance, ___8.__ film star, Zhang Ziyi, could never be famous if she was not given a chance to play a role in the film.
I think that __9.___ hard work and good luck are important.If one wants to be successful, he has to work hard on one hand and he has to seize the opportunity and luck on the ___10.__.These two factors are essential for one’s success.
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.
“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing.Please ________ there at once.With an ambulance, too.A man is badly _________.” said an anxious voice of a young woman.“ And you know I am the ….”
“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ________ though the line was cut off.Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off.Before long they got to the crossing, but they _______everything was fine.No accident, no wounded man.
“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman _______.“We must find out that bad________ and …..”They were just talking about the ________when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly.All of a sudden, a truck appeared.It came _______towards them, too.When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly _______ to move on.Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen _________, the train hit the truck heavily and _______it dozens of meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ________ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone.As he was taken to the _________ in time, his life was saved.
Later the police did whatever they could to _______the man who had telephoned them.It turned out that the young man was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand _______ of this crime as described above.
1.A.call B.come C. go D.notice
2.A.beaten B.treated C. needed D.injured
3.A.talking B.laughing C. crying D.shouting
4.A..realized B.found C. proved D.wondered
5.A.nervously B.disappointedly C. angrily D.surprisingly
6.A.man B.woman C. child D.driver
7.A.trial B.warning C. program D.punishment
8.A.passing B.turning C. running D.rolling
9.A.refused B.stopped C. continued D.began
10.A.above B.below C. alive D.present
11.A.struck B.met C. caught D.missed
12.A.pushed B.helped C. let D.asked
13.A.company B.house C. station D.hospital
14.A.meet B.punish C. find D.arrest
15.A.information B.result C. advice D.news
观察下面四幅图,以图中小女孩为第一人称,写一篇100词左右的日记。
注意:1.日记须包括所有图画的内容,可稍增加细节,使日记通顺连贯;
2.日记格式已写好,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:希望工程the Hope Project;零花钱pocket money

Tuesday, July 3rd Sunny
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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。
Dear guests,
On behalf of our school, I would like to express our warm welcome to you. We are luck to have you here in middle of our English Week Activities.
As planning, we have English Talent Show today. The purpose of this program was to develop our interest in English learning and practically abilities in listening and speaking. The program consist of the following activity: recitation, singing, word spelling, story telling and so on. The show will begin at two o’clock in this afternoon at the Student Centre. Dear guests, we are welcome to take part in some activities. I hope we students will benefit from your presence but I sincerely wish you a pleasant time with us. Thank you.
When I was 19,I got a job in my local bookstore. 1. (live) in the large city,I usually saw many strange customers,most of 2. were teenagers. They didn't come often;I forgot all the customers 3. two. One night a 15-year-old girl came in looking for a book with a boy. They seemed to find 4. they wanted to buy. But when they came to the counter, the girl found she was a dollar or two short to buy the book,and she took 5. all her money to prove it. She looked so 6. (disappoint). Just then I remembered my discount card and it was still active,so I told the girl not 7. (worry). I put in my code,being happy that I could help them with this card. With the book 8. her hand she gave me a thankful smile,and then she and the boy got out of the store happily,leaving me 9. (feel) content,too. This experience 10. (influence) me deeply every day since then. In fact, sometimes a little thing can also make one's world beautiful.
