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高三英语强化训练 16 组题人：刘文婷 Test contents: reading comprehension, cloze test and proof reading. Test objectives: 1.To improve reading ability. 2. To train reading speed. 错题重现(5分，每空1分) We __________(learn) 30 lessons by the end of last month. All ____________ he did caused her much _____________(convenience). __________(Expose) students to good art and music is a good thing. ________ is no wonder that the firm makes a loss; the office is terribly overstaffed. 一．阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 ?（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分） A In March 1987, I started a new magazine called Creating Excellence. It was a very proud moment for me. I’d worked hard for over a year to create it, and the premiere issue (首次发刊) was a real success. Shortly after we mailed 25,000 copies, I received one in the mail. But this one wasn’t as beautiful as the ones we’d sent out. It was marked in red ink correcting the grammatical errors in it. A talented editor had read the issue carefully and found more errors than I could have imagined.  I felt abashed. A magazine called Creating Excellence should be perfect in its content (内容). The stories were good, but the errors this woman had found showed that we were far from being excellent. At first, I was upset with my editor for not having caught more mistakes, and also upset with the woman who seemed to have taken pleasure in pointing them out. Later, I was upset with myself for not having employed a better editor. Then I realized that I had to face up to my mistakes. I called the woman who had shown me that we were not so excellent. I thanked her for taking the time to read our magazine so carefully. As painful as it was, I accepted responsibility for it. Then I offered her the job of editing our publication. The result was a great improvement in it; we could now be very proud of our magazine. From this I learnt that an upsetting moment could be an opportunity to see the truth, and accepting r