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删除：把多余的词用斜线 \ 划掉。
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2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
In the village that I grew up , everyone knew an old man, who lived a simply life and spent all his time painting. The villagers used to admiring his works and he often gave his paintings to his friends. Whenever he was offered money, he would not take them. He said he painted for a pleasure. He once gave one of his painting to my father, who actually wasn’t interested in art. Years later I found it in our old house. By that time the old man has died and people started to recognize his paintings as great works of art, which was worth lots of money. An art gallery made me an offer of $5,000 for this painting and I nearly sold it, so then I decided not to. It always reminds me my childhood and of the old man who didn’t really want to make money by painting.
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, 1.(destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged 2. their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were 3. (serious) hurt and a number of other people were slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and 74. (last) for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “ 5. we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down 6. top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was7. (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe 8. very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong 9. husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of 10. flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.
Several decades of years ago, I ran a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide. One very cold, wet night at about 3∶30 a.m., there was a ___ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from ____ to toe, explained that he had ____ out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant wife and his two children ____ at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had ____ a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both ____ , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he ____ me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater ____ in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and ____ .While the little ones played and ran ____ , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the ____ .
It was about 5 a.m. before they ____ .The young fellow asked me how much he ____ me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had ___ $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a ____ from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to ___ to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It ____ out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most ____ person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and ____ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this ____ , a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
1.A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock
2.A. shoulder B. finger C. hand D. head
3.A. used B. driven C. run D. come
4.A. behind B. away C. out D. over
5.A. poured B. supplied C. filled D. equipped
6.A. crying B. sleeping C. fighting D. quarreling
7.A. ring B. allow C. follow D. lead
8.A. off B. on C. over D. in
9.A. hot B. neat C. attractive D. warm
10.A. inside B. around C. along D. nearby
11.A. guests B. drivers C. adults D. customers
12.A. arrived B. left C. disappeared D. ate
13.A. paid B. gave C. offered D. owed
14.A. exhibited B. appeared C. shown D. calculated
15.A. letter B. call C. notice D. check
16.A. force B. get C. hope D. requite
17.A. turned B. pointed C. found D. worked
18.A. successful B. generous C. powerful D. serious
19.A. persuaded B. praised C. convinced D. informed
20.A. business B. lesson C. case D. aspect
We’ve all heard about the power of our attitude, and it’s our attitude that determines how much we succeed in life.
All the things that you have been through, all the people you have met and interacted with can have an impact on your attitude. If you think that all these factors have molded you into a person with a poor attitude towards life, there is no need to worry. 1.
1.Identify and understand what you want to change.
The first step towards change is clearly understanding what needs to be changed. 2.When it comes to changing your attitude, you need to do an honest and in-depth self-evaluation so you could point out exactly which of your traits need to be improved or totally changed.
2. 3.
Find someone who has the kind of attitude that you want to have, and let his or her life give you inspiration and encouragement to move beyond your temporary failures in your journey towards becoming a better person.
3. Choose the right company.
As they say, “Bad company corrupts good character.” You don't expect yourself to be able to change if you go on surrounding yourself with people who possess all the negative traits that you want to change. Consider befriending new people, especially those who are optimistic and have a healthy attitude towards life. 4.
4. Believe that you are able to change.
5. If you don’t believe in yourself or believe that you or your life can change, it just won't happen—you will either never start, or give up quickly that you won't have even given yourself the opportunity to succeed.
A. Your effort to change will be easier with these people as friends.
B. Setting clear goals is the key to success in any endeavor.
C. The greatest obstacle is our inability to trust in what we can do.
D. Look for a role model.
E. Think about how your attitude change will affect your life.
F. There is always an opportunity for change.
G. Fix your mind on the things that would come as a result of your attitude change.
Tea，the most typical English drink，became established in Britain because of the influence of a foreign princess，Catherine of Braganza，the queen of Charles II．As a lover of tea since her childhood in Portugal，she brought tea-drinking to the English royal court and set a trend for the beverage in the 17th century．The fashion soon spread beyond the circle of the nobility to the middle classes，and tea became a popular drink at the London coffee houses where people met to do business and discuss events of the day．Many employers served a cup of tea to their workers in the middle of the morning，thus inventing a lasting British institution，the“tea break”. However，drinking tea in social settings outside the workplace was beyond the means of the majority of British people．It came with a high price tag and tea was taxed as well．
Around 1 800，the seventh Duchess of Bedford，Anne Maria，began the popular practice of“afternoon tea，”a ceremony taking place at about four o’clock．Until then，people did not usually eat or drink anything between lunch and dinner．At approximately the same time，the Earl of Sandwich popularized a new way of eating bread—in thin slices，with something like jam or cucumbers between them．Before long，a small meal at the end of the afternoon，involving tea and sandwiches，had become part of the British way of life．
As tea became much cheaper during the 19th century，its popularity spread right through all corners of the British society．Thus，tea became Britain’s favorite drink．In working-class households，it was served with the main meal of the day，eaten when workers returned home after a day’s labor．This meal has become known as“high tea”．Today，tea can be drunk at any time of the day，and accounts for over two-fifths of all drinks consumed in Britain-with the exception of water．
1.What is mainly discussed about tea in the text?
A. Its popularity in Europe．
B. Its development in Britain．
C. Its influence around the world．
D. Its traditional ways of drinking．
2.Why was tea unable to be accepted as a common drink in Britain in the 17th century?
A. It was merely served in London．
B. It was taxed as an alcoholic drink．
C. It was too expensive for most people．
D. It was forbidden in business settings.
3.How is the text organized?
A. In time order．
B. By comparison．
C. By cause and effect．
D. In frequency order．
Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people’s e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.
“The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don’t want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.”
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative, but that didn’t necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times’ website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times’ readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.”
1.What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?
A. Research papers. B. Private e-mails.
C. News reports. D. Daily conversations．
2.What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?
A. They’re socially inactive. B. They’re good at telling stories.
C. They’re careful with their words. D. They’re inconsiderate of others.
3.Which tended to Dr. B be the most e-mailed according to erger’s research?
A. Personal accounts. B. Sports news.
C. Science articles. D. Financial reviews.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks
B. Reading Habits Change with the Times
C. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide
D. Online News Attracts More People
