The reason he gave for his absence was made up by his elder brother. In fact, the reason he was absent is he went to the zoo.
A. which; because B. why; that
C. for which; because D. that; for which
Only when you stay and live with local people for a period of time will you have better understanding of life here.
A. a; / B. the; a C. /; the D. the; the
请给自己的英语老师写一封信，讲述自己的英语学习情况。
要点：1. 开始接触英语时，觉得英语很难。
2．每天很早就起床背单词，听磁带，做了很多练习。
3．向同学和老师请教学习方法。
4．现在英语上有很大的进步，上次考试获得第二名。
5．准备在元旦去南京拜访老师，估计在那天早上8：00到火车站，到时电话联络。
收信人：北京市一中王老师 你的名字：小明 字数： 100 左右
短文改错（10分）
I like riding my bike. Though it is not very new, but it is my best friend. I find very convenient to go anywhere with a bike. Riding gives me not only exercises but also pleasure. I use my bike almost in summer when the weather is warm and dry. It can be very pleasant in winter when it is cold and rain is pour down. It can also be very dangerous. Of course I will be very carefully on my bike. In fact, accidents are not the only problem. Once I went to bookstore on my mother’s bike to buy some books and come out to find the bike missing. Now I have two strong lock.
Once there lived a rich man 1. wanted to do something for the people of his town. 2. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 3.very large stone. Then he 4.(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 5. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6. . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7.(say) to himself: “The night 8. (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9. (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 10. the stone, he found a bag of money.
There were two lazy men who did any work at all. They spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping talking about what they would do when they were .Many years went in this way and the two men poor. One summer’s day as they were sitting on a bench in the sunshine, one of the men jumped his feet without warning and exclaimed, “We can’t go on this. We’ve got to do something to some money.”
“ for instance?” asked his friend in a voice.
“We’ll go to the mountains and snails（蜗牛）,” said the first man.
The second man didn’t want to go out at first. But in the end his friend him. They each took a bucket（桶）and set for the mountains. They walked extremely slowly. When they reached the hill, they looked it might have a lot of snails on it. The first man said, “Let’s work . I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side with , we’ll meet at the top.”
They snails all day and in the evening they met on top of the hill. “How many did you get?” asked the first man. “Two,” said the second man. “I got three, but one got away.”
1.A. always B. never C. often D. seldom
2.A. used to B. was used to C. got used to D. became used to
3.A. or B. and C. but D. with
4.A. old B. ill C. rich D. poor
5.A. on B. with C. by D. down
6.A. appeared B. proved C. continued D. remained
7.A. calmly B. quietly C. nervously D. nearly
8.A. up B. down C. off D. to
9.A. as B. like C. with D. about
10.A. steal B. rob C. exchange D. make
11.A. How B. However C. What D. Whatever
12.A. tireless B. tiring C. tired D. tiresome
13.A. catch B. take C. get D. fetch
14.A. advised B. persuaded C. agreed D. forced
15.A. up B. about C. down D. off
16.A. as B. though C. that D. as though
17.A. lonely B. separately C. alone D. together
18.A. mine B. ours C. yours D. yourself
19.A. hunted B. found C. searched D. caught
20.A. nearly B. finally C. mainly D.already
