I’m ________ of country music. I often listen to its CDs.
A. fondB. tiredC. afraidD. interested
The salesman spent two hours trying to persuade my mother ________ their products.
A. buyingB. buyC. to buyD. bought
美国某刊物向你约稿，请你用英语写一则笑话，字数100-120。笑话大意：有人穿错一双靴子，一只底厚一只底薄，走路一瘸一跛。他想：“奇怪，我今天怎么一条腿长一条腿短呢？可能是路不平吧。”有人说：“你是把靴子穿错了吧？”他低头一看，果然如此。就叫仆人回家另取一双，一会儿仆人空手而归，说：“家里那双也是一样，所以我没有拿来。”
参考词汇：1. 靴子 boot；
2. 瘸或跛 limp（n./vi）; lame (adj./ vi.)
3. (鞋)底 bottom-pad
4. (路)不平 not even / uneven
短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处错误，各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（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。
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。
We all enjoy read short stories by O. Henry, such as “The last leaf” and “The Gift of Magi”.
Fewer writers in the world have ever put into prison. And even fewer took great success in prison. While O. Henry, the famous short story writer, was one of him. O. Henry, his real name was William Sidney Porter, was born on September 11, 1862.
In 1884, O. Henry entered the First National Bank as teller (出纳). On February 10, 1896, Henry was said to have something to do with the disappearance of $1,150 from the bank. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment
In order to make money support his family, O. Henry began write stories to magazines. These stories became quiet popular with readers.
O. Henry died in New York in January 5, 1910. He was buried in North Carolina, the state where he was born.
July 20, 1969 was an important day. Two 1.(美国) astronauts planted the first human footstep on the moon. 2. (他们的) names were Armstrong and Aldrin. They went into a spaceship whose name was Apollo. As Armstrong reached his left foot 3. （touch） the moon’s surface, he said, “That’s one small step for a man, but one big leap for mankind.”
4. two hours and twenty-one minutes, the man carefully at first and then 5.(勇敢), walked on the moon, 【小题6（take）photos and picking stones.
After eight 6. (day) stay in space, Apollo returned to the earth successfully. People everywhere were 7. (excite) by this moon trip. “This is the 8. (伟大) week in the history of the world since the Creation(创世),” President Nixon told the travelers. “9.（多亏，由于）what you have done, the world has never been closer together before.”
English seems ________ the passport(护照) to our modern society. About half the world’s newspapers and 75 ________ of the world’s mail is ________ English. Many countries have special shortwave radio broadcasts in English and some have ________ English-language newspapers. Most scientific books and magazines ________ first in English. Many jobs ________ a reading or speaking knowledge of the ________.
English has a large ________ of speakers. Even ________ there are more ________ speakers of Chinese ________ English, the use of English is ________ widespread. It is spoken ________ a native language in ________ seven countries, and there are more than 35 countries ________ have English as one of their official languages. That ________ that the government publishes laws and information in ________, and sometimes classes at schools ________ in English. In countries that ________ speakers of many languages, English is sometimes the unofficial language. In these countries English is used ________ in business, education, and government.
1.A. to haveB. to have becomeC. beD. being
2.A. peopleB. numbersC. percentD. pieces
3.A. forB. inC. withD. about
4.A. one or moreB. fewC. one by oneD. no
5.A. are printedB. are producingC. are makingD. are made
6.A. haveB. getC. requireD. take
7.A. EnglishB. magazinesC. booksD. language
8.A. dealB. amountC. manyD. number
9.A. throughB. thoughC. thatD. because
10.A. nativeB. foreignC. people’sD. good
11.A. thanB. withC. whichD. as
12.A. muchB. veryC. moreD. many
13.A. asB. to beC. beingD. for
14.A. moreB. at leastC. above allD. in the end
15.A. whereB. whoseC. whomD. that
16.A. saidB. meansC. followsD. thinks
17.A. languagesB. ChineseC. EnglishD. words
18.A. gaveB. had givenC. teachesD. are taught
19.A. becomeB. areC. isD. have
20.A. manyB. a great dealC. littleD. less
