Ⅰ.语法填空
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was thought 1 (be) one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.He also wrote plays and some important essays about literature.
He was born in St.Louis,Missouri,and went to college in Harvard. 2 (spend) most of his adult life in London,England,he 3 (become) a British citizen in 1928.
One of his books 4 (write) for children is called OldPossum’sBookofPracticalCats.The 5 (song) in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats are based 6 poems in it.He also wrote a famous poem,TheWasteLand,and helped start a new style called Modernism.His friend,Ezra Pound,another modern poet,helped 7 (he) finish it.His poem TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock and his play MurderintheCathedral were also very 8 (success).
He was married twice.He worked at a bank in England and later as the head editor of a famous publishing company in London 9 is now called Faber and Faber.In 1948,at 10 age of 60,he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.He died in London in 1965.
Ⅱ.短文改错
On 1st Oct.2019,we gathered in Beijing for a grand rally to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.Be the capital of the PRC,Beijing is the nation’s political and culture center.Located in North China,close to the port city of Tianjin and partly surrounding by Hebei Province,it also serves the most important transportation port of entry.As a ancient city in China,Beijing has been the heart and soul of politics throughout their long history.So there are a large number of discovery to excite travelers as they explore into the city’s past and exciting modern development.Now it had become one of the most popular travel destinations in the world,that attracts about 140 million Chinese tourists and 4.4 million international visitors every year.
