假定你是李华，你于10月5日到达纽约，然后去找你的美国朋友Tom，但他不在家。请按以下内容给Tom写一封短信。

1．火车晚点5分钟，在车站未找到来接你的Tom；

2．在火车上认识的定居美国的华人夫妇Taylor把你带到Tom家；

3．现去Taylor夫妇家并拟定明天和Taylor夫妇去Californis度周末

4．务必今晚打电话给你：64611128

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节，使全文连贯

3．信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

I’m in New York!                                                                

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

       修改：在错词的下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改后的词。

       注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jim,

       I am so exciting that you will come to China. I will free from December 18 and will have a plenty of time to be together with you. I’ll meet you at the airport and then you will take Bus No.8 for my home. You worry about the weather here in your email. In fact, the weather here is quite different from it in your city. It isn’t very cold, but you needn’t bring many clothes with you. During your stay here, I’ll take you to some places of interests and you can taste some local snacks. I am sure we will have greatly fun together.

       Looking forward to meeting you soon.

Yours,

John

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中多余选项。

       For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans．  1  Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today．Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world．

       Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829．  2    He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847．Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention．After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes．

       Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals．Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth．  3  When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more．

       In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）．This made the pants last a long time．Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent．  4  ．

       By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion．

        5   The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world．

A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States．

B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable．

C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since．

D．However, he did not get much business for those products．

E．He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry．

F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture．

       G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it．

In bringing up children，every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition（学会）of each new skill—the first spoken words，the first independent steps，or the beginning of reading and writing．It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate，but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child．This might happen at any stage．A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early，a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads．On the other hand， though， if a child is left alone too much，or without any learning opportunities，he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself．

       Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children．Some may be especially strict in money matters，others are sever over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals．In general，the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child‘s own happiness．

       As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child，consistency is very important in parental teaching．To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality （道德）．Also，parents should realize that “example is better than precept”．If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach （说教），their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves，and realize they have been to some extent fooled．A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parent’s principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment．

1．Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills          ．

       A．should be avoided

       B．is universal among parents

       C．sets up dangerous states of worry in the child

       D．will make him lose interest in learning new things

2．In the process of children’s learning new skills, parents         ．

       A．should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read

       B．should expect a lot from the children

       C．should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own

       D．should create as many learning opportunities as possible

3．The second paragraph mainly tells us that        ．

       A．parents should be strict with their children

       B．parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the community

       C．parental restrictions vary，and are not always for the benefit of the children alone

       D．it’s parents’ and society’s duty to control the children

4．The word “precept” in Paragraph 3 probably means“        ”

       A．opinion                B．punishment         C．behavior             D．instruction

5．In terms of （在……方面）moral matters, parents should       .

       A．follow the rules them selves

       B．be aware of the huge difference between adults and children

       C．forbid their children to follow book teachings

       D．always ensure the security of their children

I’m seventeen．I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles．People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them．And carried things to their cars．It was hard work．

       While working, you wear a plate with your name on it．I once met someone I knew years ago．I remembered his name and said,“Mr. Castle, how are you?”We talked about this and that．As he left, he said,“I t was nice talking to you, Brett．”I felt great, he remembered me．Then I looked down at my name plate．Oh no．He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate．I wish I had put“Irving”down on my name plate．If he’d have said,“Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?”I’d have been ready for him．There’s nothing personal here．

       The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders．One of these was：you couldn’t accept tips（小费）．Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car．For a lot of people, the natural reaction（反应）is to take a quarter and give it me．I’d say,“I’m sorry, I can’t”They’d get angry． When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite．You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say,“Oh, thanks a lot．”When you say,“I’m sorry, I can’t”they feel a little put down． They say,“No one will know．”And they put it in your pocket．You say,“I really can’t”It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically（身体上）to prevent him from tipping you．It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly．Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good．I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas．One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away．I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something．

       I had decided that one year was enough．Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed．I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up．

1．What can be the best title for this text?

       A．How Hard Life is for Box Boys           B．Getting along with Customers

       C．Why I Gave up My Job                      D．The Art of Taking Tips

2．From the second paragraph, we can infer that________．

A．the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

B．with a name plate, people can easily start talking

C．Mr. Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D．Irving was the writer’s real name

3．The box boy refused to accept tips because_______．

A．customers only gave small tips

B．some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C．the store didn’t allow the box boys to take tips

D．he didn’t want to fight with the customers

4．The underlined phrase“put down”in the third paragraph probably means_______．

       A．misunderstood        B．defeated   C．hateful   D．hurt