閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（不多于3個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。

Crying marriage? 1. (surprise), isn’t it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 2. (remain) in fashion 3. the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 4. (necessary) to marriage procedure.

It is very much 5. same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 6. , the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 7. as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 8. which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.

In a word, crying at wedding is a 9. by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 10. (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第l1處起）不計分。

I am writing to ask for whether you are able to do me a favor. I want to have a pen friend, hopeful a girl in her early twenty, and with interests similar to mine. In my mind, she is someone interesting in traveling, swimming, and playing table tennis. Beside, it would be better for her to have a pet dog as I have been keeping that at home for some time. With such a pen pal, I hope I can share her my experiences in traveling, taking care of pets, or whichever we have in common. I believe I would improve my English by doing so and learning more about her country. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

短文寫作

請觀察所給的圖畫并根據你對該圖畫的理解寫一篇英語短文，內容包括：

（1）簡要描述圖片，并說明該圖片所揭露的現(xiàn)象；

（2）分析造成該現(xiàn)象的原因（至少兩點）；

（3）提出自己的看法。

要求：1. 詞數150左右。開頭已經給出，不計入詞數。

2. 文章中不得提及考生所在學校及本人姓名。

The Internet has long been regarded as a wonderful tool that allows students to gain insight to useful resources and information. However, this is not always the case.

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—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.

—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.

A. arbitraryB. artificial

C. compulsoryD. conventional

Our TV set sell well, but ten years ago no one could have imagined such a big share in the market that they______.

A. were to haveB. had had

C. were havingD. had

How could I lie to her ________ she lived for the truth, whether it was found in music or people?

A. unlessB. whenC. whileD. though

Tony always works out development schemes faster than others. Is it ________ he graduated from a top university ________ counts?

A. because, thatB. that, which

C. that; thatD. why, what

It is ________ his tremendous enthusiasm and devotion that the old teacher is respected by all his students.

A. on account ofB. with regard to

C. in terms ofD. in reference to

________ toothache, the old man felt very bitter, having no good sleep.

A. Not being rid ofB. Not ridding of

C. Not rid ofD. Not having rid of

The doctor suggested that I keep away from oily food, because it ________ easily.

A. isn’t digestB. doesn’t digest

C. isn’t to digestD. won’t be digested