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班级号数姓名：成绩：

一、单句改错：（每句最多两处错误）

1. His failure made his parents disappointing.

2. Little John listens to \nobody and his sister’s persuasion has no affect on him.

3. You should quit the bad habits as earlier as possible

4. After work two years, I am used to deal with the matters of this sort

5. The magazine which I like best is come out once a week.

6. In some way , I was wasting my time.

7. She is known as a great beauty and has had a great success in her life.

8. Mr. Brown, in his fifties, had to retire because ill health.

9. Sh e said she’d phone her parents at the moment she arrived in Beijing.

10.it’s so warm weather that I’d like to go to swim.

二、语法填空

1. Diets are most effective when __________( combine )with exercise.

2.The performances of the artists have made a deep _________( impress) on us.

3. They never remained ___________ (satisfy)with their achievement

4. Did you manage ______ (get) any sleep on the plane?

5. The newcomer is from Tibet, which I can tell from his _________ (appear).

6. All the goals ___________ (expect ) be reached by the year 2020.

7. Never make any changes on my article without my _____________ (permit)

8.We will all go there on time___________ some of us are very busy..

9. Jenny was made ______________ (repeat) the whole story a third time

10. I was wondering ___________ to come or not.

三、句子翻译：

1. 我所说的并不是针对你。（refer）

2. 虽然他过去（常常）抽烟，但现在戒掉了。

3.这部电影以事实为基础。(base)

4.这是如此好的一本书以至于我看了好几遍。。

5.这就是为什么你是一个失败者。

四、短文改错：

I like music very much, especial popular songs. I even get the habit of listening to them while do my homework. Those pleasant songs often make that easy for me to work out even the most difficulty problems. However, this is just in where my mother and I disagree. She insists that I turned off the recorder and pay attention to what I am doing.I really have hard time explaining my feeling to her.It is true that people of different ages understand things differently and that it is hard for people to hold different views to get on well.

五、晨读文章(根据语篇中的提示，完成语篇翻译)

孔祥东出生就与音乐同在，并且对音乐有天赋。他在全世界的比赛中获得许多奖，变得世界闻名。上周他举行了把古典乐和民族乐相结合的音乐会。这是如此成功的音乐会以至于观众都被深深感动了.无论孔改变了他的外貌还是改变了音乐他都是当今的音乐先锋。

Kong lives with music from ________and ___ ____ _____ _____it. He, who ____ ______ ______in competition ________the world,become famous worldwide. Last week he gave a concert __________classical music _______Chinese folk music.It was_____ ____ ____ ______ that the audience _____deeply_________ _____his concert. __________ Kong is changing his appearance ______ transforming his music,he is the pioneer in music today.

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