It is called a leap year because hundreds of years ago in England, the extra day wasn't __3__ (legal)recognized. There is a well-known tradition in the U．K. __4__ (associate)with 29th February, introduced many centuries ago. Women are allowed to break with tradition and propose (求婚)to their boyfriends on this day. This all started back to the __5__ (five)century, when a famous Irish saint made a __6__ (complain) that women had to wait too long for men to propose. According to the legend，Saint Patrick said any female dreaming of a proposal could ask her boyfriend to marry her on this additional day in February. This so-called tradition was__7__ (write )in law in the thirteenth century.Scotland passed a law allowing women to propose to men in a leap year. It was said that if the men refused, they had to pay a fine!
Now in 2016, there are calls __8__ February 29th to become a public holiday.Some people believe that it should be an __9__ (office)day off, because no one gets __10__ (many) payments for working an extra day in a leap year for the moment, though the British still have to go to work on this day.
答案与解析
本文介绍了闺年的2月29日英国的有趣传统：在这一天女子可以向自己的男朋友求婚，如果男方拒绝，需要支付罚款。
1．what 考查表语从句。句意：这是因为它就是我们称做闰年的日子。从句中call缺宾语，所以填what。
2．it 考查代词。指代前文中the year，作介词in的宾语。句意：每四年，这一年就有366天而不是365天。
3．legally 考查副词。recognized 是实义动词，所以要用副词legally来修饰。
4．associated 考查过去分词。associate 是前面名词tradition的后置定语，与tradition 是被动关系，所以用associated 形式。
5．fifth 考查序数词。在第五世纪，要用序数词形式。 6．complaint 考查名词。此空前面有a，所以complain用名词形式complaint。
7．written 考查过去分词。句意：这个所谓的传统被写进十三世纪的法律当中。tradition与write之间为动宾关系，所以用过去分词结构written。
8．for 考查固定搭配。call for对……的呼吁。
9．official 考查形容词。day是名词，前面用形容词official作定语。
10．more 考查比较级。句意：有人认为这一天应该成为一个官方假日，因为没有人因为在闰年里多工作一天而得到更多的报酬。所以根据文章意思用many 的比较级more。
Ⅳ.短文改错
(2017·哈尔滨师范大学月考)
Two people were arrested yesterday at Paris airport for bringing animals into Europe from South America illegal. One customs officer saw a woman walking in front of a group. Then he saw feather falling under her coat. Having seen this, the customs officer ask the woman to come over to his desk. He was surprised to find ten birds inside his coat. There was a short, fat gentleman followed her. Another customs officer called him over when it was seemed that he had a moving stomach. On taking down his jacket, they found a tortoise. He had traveled on the plane as this, keeping the tortoise hiding in a blanket.
答案
Two people were arrested yesterday at ∧ Paris airport for bringing
a
animals into Europe from South America illegal. One customs officer
illegally
saw a woman walking in front of a group. Then he saw feather falling
feathers
under her coat. Having seen this, the customs officer ask the woman to
asked
come over to his desk. He was surprised to find ten birds inside his coat.
her
There was a short, fat gentleman followed her. Another customs officer
following
called him over when it was＼ seemed that he had a moving stomach. On taking down his jacket, they found a tortoise. He had traveled on the
off
plane as this, keeping the tortoise hiding in a blanket.
like
hidden
Ⅴ.书面表达
(2017·阆中中学检测)
假如你是李华，你的好友Jim因不擅长与别人交流，感到非常痛苦。最近，他来信向你求助。请你根据以下提示给他写一封回信。主要内容应包括：
1．我们周围不擅长交流的人挺多的，劝他不必为此事苦恼； 2．告诉他与别人有效地交流是很重要的；
3．与他人搞好关系，可以有助于我们的学习，还能增加成功的机会；
4．就如何改变目前的情况给他提出至少两点建议。 注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim，
I know you are feeling annoyed these days because ______________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the best.
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
答案
Dear_Jim， I_know_you_are_feeling_annoyed_these_days_because you are not able to communicate with others effectively. It is my pleasure to offer you some advice on it.
As a saying goes, every man has his faults. I notice some people around us are also not good at communication. So you don't have to worry too much about it. Of course, good communication is of great importance for us to create a pleasant relationship with others, which can not only be helpful to our study but also increase our chance of success. That is why I would like to make a few suggestions to you.
First of all, be honest and frank to those whom you talk to so as to be understood easily by others. Second, be aware of what you want to say and express yourself clearly. What's more, you'd better try to understand others when they talk so that you can exchange ideas with them freely.
I hope my advice will be of great help to you.
All_the_best.
Yours_sincerely，
Li_Hua
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