"Bill, you never miss！"Joe said admiringly. "Unless I'm in a real game, "Bill complained. "Then I miss all the time. " Joe knew that Bill was right. Bill performed much better when he was having fun with Joe in the schoolyard than he did when he was playing for the school team in front of a large crowd. " Maybe you just need to practice more, "Joe suggested. "But I practice all the time with you！"Bill said. He shook his head. " I just can't play well when people are watching me. " "You play well when I'm watching, " Joe pointed out. "That's because I've known you since we were five years old, "Bill said with a smile. " I'm just not comfortable playing when other people are around. " Joe nodded and understood, but he also had an idea.

The next day Joe and Bill met in the schoolyard again to practice. After a few minutes, Joe excused himself. " Practice without me, "Joe said to his friend. "I'll be back in a minute. "

Joe hurried through the school building, gathering together whomever he could find-two students, a math teacher, two secretaries, and a coach. When Joe explained why he needed them, everyone was happy to help. Joe reminded（提醒）the group to stay quiet as they all went toward the school's basketball court. As Joe had hoped, Bill was still practicing basketball. He made five baskets in a row without noticing the silent people standing behind him.

"Hey, Bill" Joe called out finally. Bill turned. A look of surprise came over his face. "I just wanted to show you that you could play well with people watching you," Joe said. "Now you'll have nothing to worry about for the next game!"

【小题1】What would be the best title for the story?

A．Joe Joins the Team

B．Practice Makes Perfect

C．Bill Wins the Big Game

D．Bill's Basketball Problem

【小题2】Which of the following caused Bill to feel upset？

A．That he played better in practice than he did during games.

B．That the schoolyard is not a good place to practice.

C．That Joe watched him too closely when he played.

D．That his team had lost too many games.

【小题3】Why did Joe decide to gather a group of people？

A．Because he wanted more players for his team.

B．Because he wanted to help Bill feel less nervous.

C．Because he wanted to show them his talent.

D．Because he wanted more people to see the next game.

【小题4】What can we infer from the passage？

A．The group had to be quiet because they did not want Bill to know they were there.

B．Bill played well in front of Joe because he wanted to prove to Joe he was a good player.

C．Six people including his basketball coach were watching Bill playing in the end.

D．Bill made five baskets in a row after he saw the group of people behind him.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Hi Thomas,
How is everything with you recently? I'm very exciting because I have applied for a holiday job, taught English conversation in a teacher training college near Shanghai. I’m a bit of worried because I don't know if I should bring some present for the teachers I’ll meet. Should 1 shake hands when I meet people, or just smiling? What topics will my students want to talk then? Might I say or do something that will seem rudely? This may seem unimportant with you, but I want to plan everything in advance, or I'd love to know what you think. You had been to China before.
Looking forward to your reply.
All the best,
Bruno

Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being（安康）, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.
Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feeling.
Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.
The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers suggested. Faceless, bodiless “virtual”（虚拟的）communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationship formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
“But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology  per se; it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study’s sponsors. “It really points to the need for considering social effects in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.”
【小题1】The best title for this passage would be ________.

A．Internet may Cause Depression

B．The Dark Side of Internet

C．How to Use Technology Properly

D．The Importance of Psychological Well-being

【小题2】Internet use may cause a decline in psychological well-being because ________.

A．people who were already feeling bad spend more time on the Internet

B．Internet users thought the world was wider than it really was

C．people were too eager to turn the “virtual” communication into reality

D．people have less time for actual communication with their family and friends

【小题3】What does the underlined Latin word “per se” (in Para. 5) mean?

A．probably	B．absolutely
C．oneself	D．itself

【小题4】What’s the tone of the passage?

A．Optimistic.	B．Critical.
C．Objective.	D．Pessimistic.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ________at work in people of all _________. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about _______with their new toys. But their ________soon wear off and by January those_________toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of_________stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s _________interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child________bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the_______of caring the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescent enter high school with great_______but soon looking forward to________. The same is true of the young adults going to the college. And then, how many_________, who complain about the long drives to work, _________drove for hours at a time when they first_________  their drivers licenses? Before people retire, they usually  _______to do a lot of_____things, which never had _____while working. But ________after retirement, the golfing, the fishing , the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they _______. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new_________.

【小题1】

A．principle B．habit C．way D．power

【小题2】

A．parties B．races C．countries D．ages

【小题3】

A．working B．living C．playing D．going

【小题4】

A．confidence B．interest C．anxiety D．sorrow

【小题5】

A．same B．extra C．funny D．expensive

【小题6】

A．well-organized B．colorfully-printed C．newly-collected D．half-filled

【小题7】

A．broad B．passing C．different D．main

【小题8】

A．silently B．impatiently C．gladly D．worriedly

【小题9】

A．promise B．burden C．right D．game

【小题10】

A．courage B．calmness C．confusion D．excitement

【小题11】

A．graduation B．independence C．responsibility D．success

【小题12】

A．children B．students C．adults D．retirees

【小题13】

A．carefully B．eagerly C．nervously D．bravely

【小题14】

A．required B．obtained C．noticed D．discovered

【小题15】

A．need B．learn C．start D．plan

【小题16】

A．great B．strange C．difficult D．correct

【小题17】

A．time B．money C．skills D．knowledge

【小题18】

A．only B．well C．even D．soon

【小题19】

A．lost B．choose C．left D．quit

【小题20】

A．pets B．toys C．friends D．colleagues

   Smoking is harmful. But as soon as you quit the habit, everything will be OK, right? Wrong.

New research has found that even if you give up smoking, the damage it has done to your genes will stay there for a much longer time. In the research, a team of US scientists studied the blood of 16,000 people. Among them, some were smokers, some used to smoke, and the rest were non-smokers. Scientists compared their genes and found that more than 7,000 genes of smokers had changed--a number that is one-third of known human genes.

According to NBC News, both heart disease and cancer are caused by genetic changes. Some people may have had the changes when they were born, but most people get them in their day-to-day lives while doing things like smoking.

When you stop smoking, a lot of these genes will return to normal within five years.

This means your body is trying to heal (治愈) itself of the harmful effects of smoking. But the changes in some of the genes stay for longer. They can stay for as long as 30 years, It’s almost like leaving a footprint on wet cement (水泥)----it will always be there, even when you’ve walked away and when the cement becomes dry.

Although the study results may make people unhappy, there is a bright side: the findings could help scientists invent medicine to treat genetic damage caused by smoking or find ways to tell which people have heart disease or cancer risks.

【小题1】The function of Paragraph 1 is to_________ .

A．introduce the topic of the passage	B．give an example
C．make an argument	D．show the main idea of the passage

【小题2】Most genetic changes happen because of___________ .

A．people’s condition at birth	B．environmental pollution
C．people’s bad living habit	D．heart disease and cancer

【小题3】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to__________ .

A．the footprint	B．the cement
C．the harmful effect	D．the genetic change

【小题4】Which of the following statements is true?

A．The findings are the fruit of more than three years’ research.

B．The findings have prevented more people from starting smoking

C．The findings offer evidence that a damaged gene can heal itself.

D．The findings help to find cures for genetic damage caused by smoking.