I’m sorry, but I didn’t mean to keep you waiting here for a long time. Can you _______ me?
A. gain B. satisfy C. apologize D. forgive
We had a party to ________mother’s silver wedding.
A. congratulate B. celebrate C. win D. defend
书面表达
近些年来，随着人们生活水平的日益改善，饲养宠物的人们的数量与日俱增。饲养宠物给人们带来快乐的同时，也随之带来了一些问题。主要有：（一）、宠物发出的噪音非常扰民；（二）、动物的粪便会污染环境；（三）、当主人带着宠物去公共场所时，有些宠物会吓着孩子甚至咬人；（四）、 某些宠物会传播疾病，已经引起了人们的广泛关注。
假如你是李华，请你就上面提到的人们饲养宠物带了的问题给报社编辑写一封信，寻求帮助， 并期待媒体能够就解决该问题做一些事情。
注意：
1. 字数：100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear editor,
I’m sorry to occupy your precious time, but _____________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，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处不计分。
As is known by all, with the improvement of people’s living standards, cars have become a popular means of transport, bring great convenience to our life. However, they have also caused some problems such as air pollution and traffic jam.
How can we solve these problems then? As far as I am concerning, riding bicycles is a good solution. For one thing, bicycles don’t need any petrol but they are energy-saving. For another, bicycles are environmentally friendly because of they won’t give off waste gas. Beside, riding bicycles is a good way for us to exercise and it is beneficial to our healthy.
As result, let’s take the responsibility to build up a low-carbon city by riding bicycles. Come on and join them.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
My grandfather is a 1. (retire) worker. On summer evenings, we often sat together outside the house 2. (enjoy) the cool air. It was the time that he told me lots of his experiences before liberation.
When my grandfather was fourteen years old, he worked in a coal mine. One day, when he and his two workmates were working in the tunnel, an 3. (fortune) thing suddenly happened. A part of the tunnel fell down, and they were shut in it. They had no food 4. (eat). When they were hungry, they only drank some water there. It was very cold in it. In order to keep warm, they hugged one another. In the darkness, they didn’t know whether it was day 5. night, they only felt they had stayed there for a very long time. They were too hungry to speak or move, and thought they 6. (die). At last, the tunnel 7. (dig) through. They were saved. They had been there for fourteen days! My grandfather said they weren’t let out at once. If 8. , they would have died. They were kept at the entrance to the tunnel 9. it was very dim, and they were fed 10. some thin porridge. After a day or two, they had recovered a bit, and they were helped out.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、 B、C和D）中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
We have a small back garden with several trees，so bird nest in abundance. Therefore, it is ________ year after year to find many young birds don’t________ .
One morning two years ago, I found a young blackbird sitting still, very cold, in a corner. I ________ it up and moved it to a raised warmer spot, ________ it with tissue and made silly bird noises in the hope that it would ________ . It was breathing, though very weak and wouldn’t open its beak (喙). I knew it had ________ and was dying but it did start to feel warmer so there was________ .
I kept coming to check on it, keeping our three ________ inside the house, as I didn’t want them to ________ it, as Toby, my cleverest dog had already spotted it. One time, I went to see the bird, it had ________ down, legs outstretched (伸直), so I placed it ________ back onto the tissue. Its eyes opened ________ and it seemed to look in my direction, ________ at times its head also moved round, which was not a good sign. I kept making bird noises and ________ it, saying “Come on, be strong.” I just felt so ________ , but I wanted it to know that there was someone who ________ . Unfortunately, it died. I did feel so regretful because I tried my best but I ________ .
To my ________ , last year I spotted two young blackbirds keeping each other company in one of our trees, and I’m ________ one of them had at least survived as one has been visiting ________ since and helping itself to seed from our feeders.
1.A. obvious B. strange C. usual D. special
2.A. leave B. survive C. fly D. adjust
3.A. picked B. put C. hung D. held
4.A. provided B. connected C. hid D. covered
5.A. play B. reply C. breathe D. wake
6.A. kept up B. made up C. given up D. turned up
7.A. hope B. life C. luck D. fun
8.A. birds B. dogs C. cats D. boys
9.A. visit B. annoy C. bother D. attack
10.A. fallen B. pulled C. lain D. showed
11.A. quickly B. happily C. gently D. carelessly
12.A. in vain B. in return C. in time D. in response
13.A. since B. although C. while D. unless
14.A. encouraging B. saving C. amusing D. calming
15.A. excited B. curious C. moved D. desperate
16.A. counted B. preferred C. cared D. differed
17.A. stopped B. failed C. declined D. missed
18.A. delight B. disappointment C. sorrow D. amazement
19.A. proud B. afraid C. sure D. grateful
20.A. casually B. unexpectedly C. suddenly D. regularly
