Barcelona December 22,2007.

Spain’s “El Gordo,” the word’s biggest lottery （彩票）, gave out 2.2 billion euros （歐元） （1.6 billion pounds） in Christmas prizes on Saturday.

El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall. The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 06381.

Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize.

The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region.

The draw lasts three-and-a-half hours and is carried live on national television with children from the San Ildefonso school, a former orphanage in Madrid, in turn chanting the winning numbers and the amount won.

Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain. The country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs. Eight out of ten Spaniards bought tickets for the lottery, spending on average 64 euros. Spaniards often choose lottery numbers matching significant dates although there was no particular favorite in 2007. In 2006, one of the most sought-after series was 22105, the date on which Fernando Alonso became Formula 1 world champion for the second year running.

1．The underlined word “windfall” in paragraph two probably means         .

       A．fat gift                                                B．unexpected fortune

       C．big feast                                             D．wind and snow

2．Who is likely to win the full prize in El Gordo?

       A．People who paid 200 euros for the whole group of series.

       B．People who bough tickets with the magic number 06381.

       C．People who lived in a town in the northwestern Asturias.

       D．People who chose lottery numbers matching Alonso’s date.

3．According to the text, children from the San Ildefonso School in Madrid will         .

       A．host the draw of lottery live on TV

       B．offer a show of three – and – a – half hours

       C．perform with the lottery draw as Christmas celebration

       D．help make some declarations for the draw as invited guests

4．What can we learn about the history of lotteries in Spain?

       A．Most of the money people spent on lotteries goes in the cost.

       B．The majority of Spaniards have the experience of buying lotteries.

       C．Lottery numbers matching significant dates help people win every year.

       D．As the biggest in the world, Spanish lotteries have a history of two centuries.

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤.對標(biāo)題號的每一行做出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊的橫線上劃（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

Einstein was an ordinary and simply man in my                           1．       

eye, I once gave him a toy, a bird that stood on the edge                      2．       

of a howl of the water and again and again put its head                       3．       

from the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to                        4．       

find out its mystery, but be couldn’t. Text next morning,                      5．       

he began his long exploration. So he suddenly stopped,                        6．       

realizing a problem in it. “No, I guess that’s not it.” He tries                  7．       

many different ways to explain it for days until he suggested               8．       

we take the toy apart to see what it worked. However,                         9．       

he against my suggestion. He never worked it out.                               10．       

最近，你校有人建議高薪聘請外教擔(dān)任英語教師，作為經(jīng)濟(jì)條件一般的中學(xué)，此事在你校引起了爭議�，F(xiàn)在，請根據(jù)下表提示寫篇英語短文，介紹討論情況并發(fā)表你的觀點。

注意：

1．詞數(shù)：100左右，短文的開頭已為你寫出（不計入總詞數(shù)）

2．不能逐字翻譯，但可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，使行文連貫；

3．參考詞匯：

促進(jìn) promote v.  和……攀比 vive with v.

Recently, we’ve had a heated argument about the suggestion that our school should employ a foreign teacher to teach English. Some of us think                                       

Although        motor ear has been with us for almost a century, I have never been able to drive      American one.

A．a(chǎn), the         B．a(chǎn), /         C．the, an         D．the, the

Between the now rows of trees          the teaching building.

A．stand       B．stands         C．standing           D．a(chǎn)re

He was always the last to leave in order to clean up the workroom and        the tools.

A．put away       B．take away           C．push aside         D．look after

After the war, a new school building was put up        there had once been a theatre.

A．that          B．where        C．which        D．when

--- You ought to have given them some advice.

---         , but who cared what I asked?

A．So ought you       B．So I ought       C．So it was         D．So I did

Water will continue to be         it is today next in importance to oxygen.

A．how        B．which        C．what           D．a(chǎn)s

--- Would you have called her up had it been possible?

--- Yes, but I      busy doing my homework.

A．was       B．were        C．had been         D．would be