—___________.

—Keep it, of course.

— New houses__________ recently over there.

    As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas 1for her father.

    She 2that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was 3satisfied with perfume(香水). 4, shopping at this time of the year was a most 5job. People 6on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost 7 you over in their hurry in order to 8 something cheap ahead of you.

    Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on 9. "They are 10silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to 11her to buy one. But Edith knew from past 12that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

    She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, 13where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the 14were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father 15 smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was 16 to please him.

    When she got home, with her small but 17present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already 18table. Her mother was in great 19. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so 20that she could not say a single word.

    "Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
    Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

    More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.

    One day the Prince wanted to go hunting with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed.

    When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head.

    "What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.

    "So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.

    The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf.

    The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.

    If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.

    Most people have flown a kite or have seen one ride and dip in strong spring wind. Not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient Chinese were making and flying kites even before they were writing.

    A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed so that they made strange sounds. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strange sounds were made by gods in the sky.

    The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings and hooks to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.

    The Chinese use sticks, strings and paper for their kites. Some of these kites look like animals or trees. Others look like birds or houses.

    We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

    Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.

    At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made "surfing" the Internet more convenient.

    Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.

    The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.

增加： 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把 多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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。

The English Corner in Zhongshan Park are where people go to practise their speaking English. Every Sunday afternoon they gather around, talk to each other in English. Among they are students, teachers, doctors, and so on. I first went to an English Corner when I was in Junior Grade Two. I went there on every Sunday and chat with some people in English. In the past three years I had never been absent. I'm sure I've made some progresses in my listening and speaking. And I have made many friends there. The English Corner is really good place. I hope that more friends will join in us.

注意：①短文应包括所给内容要点,可适当发挥,使文章连贯;

②词数100左右,短文开头已给出,不计入总词数;

③文中不得提及考生所在的学校及自己的姓名;

④参考词汇：行为、举止behave；吐痰spit；垃圾litter；垃圾箱dustbin；废物rubbish

                                                                          Behave well during the travel

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