此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

 Dear Miss Brown,

We have received your application last week. We regret                 

to inform you that our company has hired other girl for                 

the job of secretary. Having careful studied your certificate,                       

we have decided that we need someone with more office’s                         

experience for this particular position. You have impressed             

us, but, with your desire to learn and your ability to work              

hard. We hope that you will apply for position with our                 

company some times in the future. We would like to                     

thank you for your interesting in our company. Please                    

contact to us if there are further questions.                                    

                                         Yours sincerely,

                                         John smith

In Hangzhou, Mr. Black was so struck ______ the beauty of nature that he stayed  

________ another night.

A. at ; on        B. with ; at                C. for ; in                    D. by ; for

– I rang you at about ten o’clock, but there was no reply.

   – Oh, that was probably ________ I was seeing the doctor.

   A. when          B. why         C. what        D. that    

---I have _______that he will continue to rise to the challenges ahead.

   ---Absolutely.

       A．no doubt   B．no wonder       C．no problem      D．no way

第二节  语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

There are fifty-two cards in an ordinary deck. A deck of cards can be arranged in just about 80, 660×100????ways. And if each deck,   31   (arrange) in different ways, weighed only as much as a single hydrogen atom( the lightest atom), all the decks together   32   (weigh) a billion times as much as the sun.

The design of the king found on all standard playing-card decks has, with slight changes, remained the same for three centuries.   33   is believed to be based on a painting of the English ruler Charles I (1600-1649). The picture of the queen is   34   more doubtful origin,    35   some think it was taken from   36   early painting of Queen Elizabeth I.

Over the centuries, cards have been put to strange uses, some of   37   sound incredible nowadays. Playing-cards, for example, became the first paper money of Canada  38   the French governor, in 1685, employed cards to pay off some war debts. In 1765, the year of the Stamp Act, the University of Pennsylvania used cards for class admission. The students without cards were kept outside. The French Revolution was well-known for the fact   39   the quantity of food was    40    (extreme) in short supply. During that period, Napoleon ordered that people could get limited food according to how many cards a family had.

 He stood last but one among the twenty interviewees, _________, he failed the interview.

       A．in other words    B．in this way   C．in general            D．in detail

 —— John wants to see you today.

  —— I would rather he ____ tomorrow instead of today.

    A. come              B. has come          C. should come      D. came

Modern forms of transportation and communication have done much to ________the isolation  of life in Alaska.

A. break through?         B. break down       C.break into?????  D. break out

There’s growing unrest among the poor and unemployed. The media points out that it’s the government that should have a lot to ________.

        A. answer for                     B. stand for                  C. go for                      D. care for

－Why are you so sweaty?

－I________football with my classmates and how I want to have a drink!

A was playing          B had been playing       C have played      D played