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选 做 题 Ⅰ.短文填空 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 For the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. __1__ Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate. The disease, known as “March Madness”， refers to the yearly 65-team US mens college basketball tournament (锦标赛). __2__ Teams compete against each other in a single-elimination (单局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion. Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basetball festival madness. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends. __3__ Colleagues against bosses. Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities. This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3, 000 students beat a team from a school with 30, 000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little-known George Mason College basketabll players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. __5__ About $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (赌) on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post-season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA. A．Husbands against wives. B．the players will go all out for the games. C．But that doesnt mean money isnt involved. D．College students will ignore piles of homework. E．People are willing to spend more money on watching it. F．Colleges usually pay much attention and spend much money. G．Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament. 答案：1－5　DFAGC Ⅱ.新短文改错 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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。 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. 每处错误仅限1词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 Obama said, “This time