The girl spoke in such a low voice_____nobody could hear her.

It is _____ that I’d like to go on a picnic.

The manager has been in ___ lately that we have to put off the meeting till next Friday.

An annual report has listed the top companies in the USA to work for. It ranked the most suitable places to work in 2014 by 61. _____(ask) about employee satisfaction. Top of the list was Google, 62._____ is well known for its excellent working conditions. Google knocked Facebook off the number one position. A Google software engineer 63. _____(earn) an average of ﹩119,000 a year. He or she also goes to the gym 64. ____free and has a place which looks after pets when the employee goes on holiday. One ex-employee said Google staff are 65. _____ happy that it is unusual for anyone to take time off.

    Another survey shows a 66.______ (difference) picture. The careers website Glassdoor asked employees to rate their 67._____(happy) with their company, career opportunities, and pay, etc. It found that the consulting firm Bain and Company was 68. ____ best place to work in. A Bain and Co. spokesperson said he was very proud of 69._____(name) number one. He said that for over 40 years, the company has focused on a 70. _____(profession) work experience. This has made the company grow. He said the main goal of the employees was to make their customers around the world happy.

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。每处错误仅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。

Last week our teacher announced that a Chinese Character Dictation Competition will be held in our school. Many of us hoped to take part, so only one competitor was allowed for each class. Luckily, I got a chance.

In the following days, I busied myself prepare for the competition. My classmates all volunteered help me. As the competition was approaching, I felt more and more confidently. The day finally came. Some characters were such challenging that many of the competitors got stuck while I was able to write down all of them and had won first prize.

When I was standing excitedly on the stage, pictures of my classmates helping and encouraging me flashed into my minds. The victory and honor belonged with all of us.

There was a young flower in the desert   51   all was dry and sad looking. It was growing by itself,  52  (enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "   53 shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be  54  (patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased  55       she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.

  56  one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was  57  (die), but because she would   58  (ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.

The great spirit saw her and gave her  59   second life.

Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because  60  the little flower.

NCE-61 The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20, 1990 _____ _____ _____of over a billion dollars. ...The pictures it sent us were very disappointingbecause its main mirror was faulty! .... Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars.  

(For Class5-9)

98.NCE-35 Roy Trenton ______ ______ drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not ______ it. He is finding his new work far more ______. ... Roy acted quickly and drove the bus ______ at the thieves. The one with the money got ______ ______ ______ that he dropped the bag...Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were ______.

NCE-38 My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often ______ ______ retiring in England and had planned to ______ _______ in the country.

(1) 一种普遍为人们所接受的理论是：宇宙起源于一次大爆炸。

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(2) 没有人确切知道地球是怎样开始形成的，因为在很早很早以前它就形成了。

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(3) 地球变得激烈动荡，不知道这个固体形状是否会继续存在下去。

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(3) 更重要的是，地球冷却了下来，地球的表面就开始出现了水。