A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching ______kids dashing out from between parked cars and______ when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick____into the Jag's side door. He slammed on the brakes and spun the Jag back to the ____from where the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car, grabbed some kid and pushed him up against a parked car, ____, "What was that all about and who are you? What are you doing?" Building up a head of steam, he went on "That's a new car and that brick you threw is gonna ____a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

"Please, Mister, please, I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the youngster.

"It's my brother," he said. "He rolled____the curb (路邊) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't____him up.

____, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too ____ for me."

____beyond words, the driver tried to ____the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and____the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be okay.

"Thank you, sir. And God bless you," the ____child said to him. The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to his Jaguar... a long, slow walk. He never did ____ the side door. He kept the dent(凹痕) to ____him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your ____.

Life whispers in your ___and speaks to your heart. Sometimes, when you don't have the time to____... Life throws a brick at your head.

It's your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the ____!

1.A. in B. for C. up D. of

2.A. speed up B. moved off C. slowed down D. drew off

3.A. smashed B. threw C. rushed D. attacked

4.A. street B. house C. car D. spot

5.A. speaking B. shouting C. talking D. saying

6.A. cost B. take C. spend D. pay

7.A. off B. about C. on D. into

8.A. rise B. lift C. put D. drag

9.A. calling B. yelling C. sobbing D. shouting

10.A. heavy B. tall C. weak D. difficult

11.A. moved B. surprised C. annoyed D. persuaded

12.A. spit B. swallow C. vomit D. digest

13.A. scratched B. applied C. wiped D. drafted

14.A. grateful B. sorrowful C. naughty D. lovely

15.A. decorate B. repair C. crash D. remove

16.A. remind B. warn C. sense D. detect

17.A. understanding B. approval C. sympathy D. attention

18.A. spirit B. soul C .ghost D. memory

19.A. think B. feel C. look D. listen

20.A. moment B. idea C. brick D. chance

Sam was a greedy and selfish man. He never hesitated to cheat others to earn money. The selfish man _____1._____(actual) wanted to own everything in the world. One day, he lost a small bag ___2.________(contain) 50 gold coins. He searched __3.______ the bag day and night. He also sent his workers in search but none could find it.

After a couple of days, ______4.______ ten year old girl told her father that she found a small bag with 50 gold coins. The family was rather poor but the honest man decided to give the bag to its owner. He gave it back to Sam and asked him to check ___5.________ the bag had 50 gold coins. Sam, who was only happy to get the coins, decided to play a trick. He shouted , 'There were 75 gold coins in this bag and you gave me only 50! Where are the other coins? You ___6._______(steal) them!' The poor man was __7._____(shock) to hear this and they finally took the issue to court to get the right judgment.

The judge heard both the sides. He examined the daughter and the poor man about the number of coins they had found in the bag and they assured __8._____ was only 50! He asked Sam, 'Are you sure you had 75 coins?' Sam nodded his head. Then the judge made his decision, 'Since Sam lost a bag of 75 gold coins, the bag found by the girl ____9._____ had only 50 coins doesn't belong to Sam. In addition, there were no claims against the 10.__(lose) of 50 coins and I order the girl and his father to take those 50 coins as appreciation for their honesty!'

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假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處

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2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

My car just wouldn’t move any farther. It was complete dead, and I was a few miles away from my home in that cold, wet night. I decided walk around a little before accepting I’d have to spend the night in the car. Maybe I can find a telephone. Actually, I didn’t have to walk far before I found the small house standing in a field with a light shone from the sitting room. I knocked at the door and was delighting when a pleasant old man opened the door but listened to my story carefully. He said he had no telephone and that it wasn’t any within walking distance, but the old man who offered to go to repair my car.

最近，我們學(xué)校新校規(guī)規(guī)定禁止學(xué)生在校園內(nèi)使用手機(jī)，這引起了家長(zhǎng)和同學(xué)們的熱烈討論。有人支持這個(gè)校規(guī)，認(rèn)為使用手機(jī)會(huì)使學(xué)生分心，過(guò)度使用手機(jī)還會(huì)影響學(xué)生的健康。也有人反對(duì)這個(gè)校規(guī)，他們認(rèn)為手機(jī)不僅便于家長(zhǎng)和學(xué)生聯(lián)系，而且還有其他的功能。

請(qǐng)寫一篇短文反映出這些信息，并闡明自己的觀點(diǎn)或態(tài)度。可適當(dāng)增加內(nèi)容使全文通順流暢，字?jǐn)?shù)120左右。（開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)給出，不計(jì)入詞數(shù)。）

Recently, our school has drawn up a new rule that mobiles shall not be used at school, which provokes a heated discussion.

______________________________________________________________________________

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--I believe that more effective measures have to be taken before we can breathe cleaner air.

--______. Air pollution has become too serious a problem.

A. I don’t like it

B. I am with you on that

C. I dont care about it

D. I cant agree with you

My sister-in-law is the ______ of the information, so it cant be false.

A. resource B. source

C. birthplace D. data

The father, ready to retire at an early age, hoped that his eldest son would ______ the family business.

A. take over B. look into

C. take up D. look through

Was it through Mary, ______ was working at a high school, ______ you got to know Tom?

A. who; who B. that; which

C. who; that D. who; which

______ to smoking for a considerably long time, he has much difficulty quitting it.

A. Having been addicted B. Being addicted

C. To have been addicted D. Having addicted

______ strong and powerful China will certainly benefit ______ whole world.

A. A; a B. The; a

C. The; the D. A; the