下面短文中标有题号的十行中均有一处错误，请先用底线标明，然后将改正后的答案写在相应题号后的横线上。

Dear Henry,

I’m glad to receive your letter.

It’s a pleasure for me to tell your my plan of this                             1. _________________

coming summer holidays after the exam.                                        2. _________________

First of all, a good rest is need because                                          3. _________________

I feel very tired after the hardly work of all these years.                    4. _________________

Of course, I’ll do some reading for funny.                                      5. _________________

I’ll spend some time stay with my parents,                                      6. _________________

talking with them but doing some housework.                                 7. _________________

They’ve done so many for me, you know. If possible,                            8. _________________

I’ll take part for some social activities so that                                  9. _________________

I can knew more about the society.                                                       10. _________________

Best wishes！

从方框中选择单词，带入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺，再将其适当形式填入短文后相应题号的横线上。（每词限用一次）。

       Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroad. It had a “Slow” sign, so he slowed down    1    he came to the main road, looked to both    2    to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without   3    completely.

       At once he heard a police whistle（口哨声）, so he    4    his car to the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and    5    in his hand and said, “You didn’t stop at the crossing.”

       “But the sign there doesn’t say ‘Stop’,”    6    Mr. Williams. “It just says ‘Slow’, and I did go slow.”

       The policeman looked    7    him, and a look of surprise came over his    8   . Then he   9    his notebook and pencil away, scratched（搔）his head and said, “Well, sorry! I am in the   10    street!”

1. _________________                              2. _________________

3. _________________                              4. _________________

5. _________________                             6. _________________

7. _________________                              8. _________________

9. _________________                              10. _________________

       A few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn’t much but, as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what seemed to be a dime（十美分硬币）.

       The sound of a coin dropping on the street catches everybody’s attention. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores（忽视）the sound of it. It got me thinking about sounds again.

       There are so many sounds that catch the most attention. People in New York City seldom turn to look when they hear the siren（警报）of a police car or an ambulance（救护车）.

       When I’m in New York, I’m a New Yorker. I don’t turn either. I hardly hear a siren there.

       At home in my little town in Connecticut, it’s different. The faraway high sound of a police car, an ambulance or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I’m sitting and brings me to the window if I’m in bed.

       It’s the quietest sounds that catch our attention most easily, not the loudest. In the middle of the night, I can hear water dropping a hundred yards away through three closed doors. I’ve been hearing little creaking（吱嘎）noises and sounds in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house. Why do I never hear those sounds in the daytime?

1. The sound of a coin dropping made people _______.

   A. think of money                                              B. shout aloud

   C. pay attention to it                                    D. look at each other

2. People in New York _______.

   A. are used to sirens                                    B. don’t hear loud noises

   C. are interested in sounds                           D. don’t care about quiet sounds

3. The writer _______.

   A. has a bad hearing                                    B. stays up late at night

   C. comes from a little town                         D. sleeps next to the window

4. The last paragraph（段落）tells us that _______.

   A. the writer thinks a lot at night                   B. water should be turned off at night

   C. the sounds at night make the writer afraid  D. the quietest sounds at night are easily heard

       As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let’s look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have negative（消极的）meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive（积极的）actions. For example, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day” means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The word “dog-tired” means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel（冷酷的）. There are many other examples of how “cat” is used differently as well.

       The rose is regarded as a symbol（象征）of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose stands for（代表）love, peace（和平）, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.

       The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.

1. The word “dog” in Chinese usually _______.

   A. shows peace                                                 B. stands for friendship

   C. has a negative meaning                                   D. has a positive meaning

2. “Every dog has its day.” means “_______”.

   A. Everybody in the world is lucky.

   B. Each person lives his own way of life.

   C. If one works hard, he’s sure to succeed.

   D. Everybody has a time in life to be lucky.

3. Western people usually use “cat” to refer to（指代）“_______”.

   A. a tired person                                                B. a brave man

   C. a homeless person                                          D. an unkind woman

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. Words show differences in culture.

   B. Chinese people prefer dogs to cats.

   C. Western people think cats to be good friends.

   D. Rose is the national flower of all western countries.

5. What’s the best title(标题) for the passage?

   A. Negative or Positive

   B. Different Countries Have Different Culture

   C. Rose Means the Same in Chinese and English

   D. What Dog and Cat Mean in English and Chinese

       A wise（有智慧的）woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a small river. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone in the wise woman’s bag, admired（羡慕）it, and asked the wise woman to give it to him. The wise woman did so happily.

The traveler left, excited with his good luck. He knew the stone was worth（值……）enough for him to live on for his whole life.

       But a few days later he came back, searching for the wise woman. When he found her, he returned the stone and said, “I have been thinking. I know how valuable（有价值的）this stone is, but I give it back to you and hope that you can give me something much more precious. If you can, give me what you have within（在……里面）you that made you give me the stone.”

1. Where did the woman find the stone?

   A. In a bag.                                                       B. In a village.

   C. Under a tree.                                                 D. In a small river.

2. How did the man feel when he met the woman?

   A. He was sorry.                                                B. He was sad.

   C. He was hungry.                                             D. He was excited.

3. What does “precious” mean in this passage?

   A. 古老的                     B. 珍贵的                    C. 坚硬的                    D. 新奇的

4. We know from the passage that _______.

   A. the man lived happily since he got the stone

   B. the man got the stone after he paid a lot of money

   C. the man wanted to have the same good feeling as the woman

   D. the woman and the man were travelling together in the mountain