(A)
Believe it or not, a rain check is not a weather report. A rain check is a small piece of paper. When can you get a rain check? Well, if you are going to a ball game or some other open-air activity and it is called off because of rain or some other reason, you may receive a rain check. With it you may go there again without paying.
You may also receive a rain check at a shop. As you know, sometimes when you go to a shop to buy something which is on sale, it is sold out. You may ask the assistant to give you a rain check and with it you can go again next time to buy what you need at the sale price.
Here’s another way to use this word. If someone invites you to go somewhere, you would like to go very much but cannot, you may say “May I have a rain check?” This means, “I will come next time.” But you can never say “May I take a rain check?” when your teacher gives you some homework.
True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文， 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）：
( ) 1. A rain check is a piece of paper with whether report on it.
( ) 2. When a ball game is called off because of rain, we can get a rain check.
( ) 3. We can also get a rain check at a shop.
( ) 4. We can buy something we need without paying with a rain check.
( ) 5. Sometimes a rain check means “I will come next time.”
( ) 6. Teachers will be glad to give their students a rain check when they ask them to do some homework
(B)
The United States is one of the greatest fruit-growing countries in the world. Fine red apples come from Washington and New York. Golden oranges come from Southern California and Florida. Fruit grows in all parts of America. The kind of fruit that is grown depends on the weather in each place.
Orange trees cannot be grown where temperatures drop below freezing. Southern California and Florida are far away from each other, but their weather is much the same. They do not often have freezing temperatures.
In Washington, apple trees are planted near the Atlantic Ocean. In New York, they grow near the Great Lakes. Apple trees are often planted near water. Water temperature changes more slowly than land temperature. Near water the temperature does not drop so fast. There is less change of frost（霜冻）in later spring or early autumn. Frost can kill apples.
America has many kinds of weather. It has many kinds of soil. Because of this, we grow and eat more fruit than any other country in the world.
Choose the best answer （根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）：
( ) 1. Near water, the temperature changes _______.
A. faster B. slower C. not at all D. the same as elsewhere
( ) 2. The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that___
A. most fruits grow anywhere in the United States B. freezing temperatures are good for fruit
C. the same fruit can be grown in different places D. fruits can only be grown near water
( ) 3. How fast does water temperature change?
A. Water temperature does not change so fast as land temperature does.
B. Water and land temperatures change almost at the same speed.
C. Water temperature changes faster than land temperature.
D. Water temperature seldom changes.
( ) 4. Which of the following is not true?
A. There is less change of frost in later spring or early autumn in Washington.
B. Orange trees must be grown where temperatures are above freezing.
C. In winter California and Florida have few freezing temperatures.
D. Americans eat more fruit because of the weather.
( ) 5. The main idea of the whole story is that _______.
A. orange trees usually grow where it is cold B. different fruits grow in different weather
C. the cold cannot kill oranges and apples winter
D. apple trees cannot live through cold
( ) 6. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
A. The fruit we buy comes from many places in the country.
B. Orange trees are often planted near water.
C. The soil is about the same in all the states of the country.
D. Frost is good for growing apple trees.
(C)
Mr Jackson lived in the centre of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn't know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. ① Sometimes he had to use the body language to “talk” with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who learned a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn't easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so
that he could use them when necessary. ② He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the diningroom. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was walking around there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr Jackson thought to himself, “The man wants to eat something but he doesn
t know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry”.
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Mr Jackson knew only English because____ .
A. he was an English student B. he had never been abroad
C. he couldn't learn by himself D. he hadn't studied any foreign languages
2. As not all foreigners understood his gestures, sometimes Mr Jackson ____ to communicate with them. A. succeeded B. feared C. failed D. gave up
3. The Japanese thought ____ , so he gave him two pounds.
A. Mr Jackson was a beggar (乞丐) B. Mr Jackson was a translator
C. Mr Jackson could help him D. Mr Jackson could ring his wife up
难句注释
① He didn't know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. 他除了英语其他什么语言都不懂，而且他发现自己很难听懂外国游客说些什么。
(D)
Comera is the only place in the world which has a whistle (口哨) language.① We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys (峡谷) on the island. A person on one side of a valley can not easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. Some of the best whistlers can be heard from four miles away and the record is seven miles. The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town, people pass the message from one to another. A boy guarding cattle (放牛) on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help one another in the same way when a car breaks or a cow is lost.
The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country.② But on Comera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, the people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. If a person on Comera island is ill, ____.
A. others will phone the doctors in town B. the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor
C. his family will take him to the hospital D. people will take him to town by carriage
2. From this passage we know radio and TV ____ at that time.
A. killed the special way of speaking B. whistled all the news and opinions
C. helped Comera people to communicate D. did not appear on Comera island yet
3. Comera island is special in that____ .
A. many visitors go there every year B. no visitors have ever been there
C. people there have special ears to hear whistles
D. people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. It is not easy for a person to live on Comera island if he cannot whistle.
B. The whistle language can only be found in Comera.
C. The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not be used any longer.
D. The record shows that one best whistler can be heard by others seven miles away.
难句注释
① Comera is the only place in the world which has a whistle language.
Comera是世界上惟一使用口哨语言的地方。
② Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country.
收音机和电视机的使用常常会使一个国家的不同地区的特殊讲话方式彻底消失。
II. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage （选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文）：
A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry (珠宝) shop one day. He 1 to buy a pearl (珍
珠) for his wife’s birthday. The 2 didn't matter, since business had been good for him that year.①
After 3 a number of beautiful and expensive pearls, he chose 4 black one. It would 5 5,000 dollars. He paid, took the black pearl, shook hands with the salesman and left.
A few days later, the man 6 and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like this. It 7 be exactly the same size and quality (质量), 8 she wanted to have a 9 of earrings.
The salesman seemed 10 . Then the man suggested that the salesman advertise (登广告) in the newspaper to 11 S｜25,000 for such a pearl.② So the salesman did.
Many people 12 the advertisement (广告), but nobody 13 a pearl which was just the right size and quality. Just when the jeweler had given up, a little old lady came into his 14 . She took out one such black pearl 15 her purse.
“I don't like to 16 with the pearl,” she said sadly. “It was given to me by my mother, who had received it from her 17 mother. But I really need the 18.”
The salesman was very glad and quickly paid her for the pearl. Then he called the 19 to tell him the good news. However, the man could never be 20 . Clever readers, can you guess why?
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. reported B. said C. wished D. knew
2. A. color B. design C. price D. size
3. A. examining B. checking C. testing D. watching
4. A. a big B. a good C. an expensive D. an unusual
5. A. cost B. pay C. worth D. buy
6. A. arrived B. came C. returned D. stopped
7. A. could B. might C. should D. had to
8. A. as B. if C. though D. when
9. A. box B. lot C. number D. pair
10. A. jobless B. homeless C. helpless D. careless
11. A. ask B. give C. offer D. pay
12. A. answered B. liked C. read D. saw
13. A. bought B. had C. sold D. wanted
14. A. room B. house C. office D. shop
15. A. from B. of C. off D. with
16. A. deal B. go C. part D. talk
17. A. dear B. poor C. old D. own
18. A. price B. money C. pound D. interest
19. A. old lady’s office B. rich man’s hotel C. his neighbor’s house D. television station
20. A. found B. bought C. paid D. heard
III. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词， 使其内容通顺， 每空格限填一词， 首字母已给）：
We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a n________ for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey or the year of the tiger. Before New Year’s Day, people are busy s_________ and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to w________ the New Year. On the f________ day of the New Year, people put on their new c_________ and go to visit their relatives and friends. They say “Happy New Year” and some other greetings to each other. People u________ have a very good time d________ the festival.
VI.名词单句改错专题训练
A级
1. What a lot of works I have to finish today! 2. Both Marx and Engels were Germen.
3. What a beautiful weather we are having recently! 4. Most of them are woman doctors.
5. He wrote a three-hundred-words report. 6. There are four baskets of apple in that room.
7. This computer cost me eight thousands yuan. 8. Mr. Zhang looks very happy today. He has got many good news from here 9. This hat of my father's is rather old.
10.He made many mistakes in his composition because of careless.
B级
1. Will you please make a room for the lady outside? 2. The number of the students in our school are increasing. 3. She has made some progresses in English. 4. His work is better than anyone else. 5. We've missed the last bus. I'm afraid we have no way but to take a taxi.
6. He dropped the coffee's cup and broke it. 7. He gained his wealths by printing works of famous writers.
8. I spent last weekend with the Palmers. 9. My brother has had one of his tooth taken out.
10.You'll find this map of great valuable in helping you to get round London.
11.If you have interests in it, reply to me soon. (06 福建)
12. Your knowledges of Greece can help the whole class.（06浙江）
13. They have all sorts of course. I’m sure you will find one you like. (06陕西 )
14.He had no ideas that the kitchen was not for guests. (06 全国II)
15. In summer, the sea under the blue skies is even more beautiful. (06重庆 )
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