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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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

I can't quite believe what happened today. I was on my way home as usual, dreaming about which I was going to do at the weekend, when I had heard shouts coming from the road. I looked around and saw I was the only persons there. 1 walk over to the entrance to the road. There in front of me was a young girl struggle with a man of about forty. I judged the situation quite quickly but was deciding whether to stop them. The man shouted angry in a loud voice. He tried to push the girl against the wall, screaming at him to give him her bag. Without hesitation, I called police. They arrived for a minute and look the man away.

    I moved to Arizona about two weeks before the start of my junior year of high school. Not only was this a new school for me but also a new state, ______ I did not know anyone.

During lunch on the first day of school, I sat down at a(n) ______ table in the canteen. As I began to eat, I looked around and saw a girl who was also sitting alone. I decided to ______ with her, thinking there was no reason for me to have a whole table to myself, and maybe I could ______ a friend. I walked to her and said, “Excuse me, do you ______ if I sit with you?” She was ______ at first, but then smiled and said, “Sure!”

After that, we became close friends throughout the next two ______. In our senior year, she told me that she'd been ______ by a college and would be moving away after graduation. I was sad, and I knew I would ______ her. But at the same time, I was really ______ for her.

She then shared a(n) ______ with me. “Do you remember the first day of school when you ______ and sat down with me during lunch?” she asked.

“I want you to know how special you are and how much of a ______ you made.”

“I was very ______ that day and even made detailed plans on how I was going to ______ myself I was bullied(欺凌) for the whole first half of the day, and it had just ______ me down. But when you reached out, it   ____ me. If you hadn't done that, I would have probably killed myself when I got home. I might be hard to   ____, but you saved my life, and all it took was being a friend,”

It has been almost 15 years since this incident. Isil chat with her occasionally on Facebook. I can't help but ______ every time. It showed me that a simple kind act has the incredible ______ to change lives.

1.A.if B.but C.and D.though

2.A.old B.big C.clean D.empty

3.A.sit B.work C.play D.study

4.A.help B.see C.make D.meet

5.A.care B.mind C.wonder D.think

6.A.surprised B.excited C.nervous D.disappointed

7.A.days B.weeks C.months D.years

8.A.accepted B.drawn C.allowed D.sent

9.A.lose B.forget C.miss D.leave

10.A.anxious B.concerned C.hopeful D.happy

11.A.lesson B.explanation C.secret D.case

12.A.dropped by B.came over C.settled down D.checked out

13.A.difference B.decision C.mistake D.change

14.A.weak B.sick C.tired D.upset

15.A.introduce B.kill C.prove D.control

16.A.put B.broken C.turned D.calmed

17.A.touched B.attracted C.taught D.warned

18.A.realize B.tell C.believe D.trust

19.A.cry B.admit C.notice D.smile

20.A.possibility B.power C.chance D.result

    Speed reading is a skill with which a person can increase the rate of words read a minute. Generally speaking, a person can read between 200 and 250 words a minute. 1. Here are some ways that can help you read fast.

◆Have a general idea about the topic before reading. If you’re reading a book, it’s a good idea to read the introduction or preface before reading the main text. 2..

◆Increase your eye span. Your eyes can take in several words at a time and this is known as eye span. To increase your eye span, avoid reading word by word, but try reading blocks of words in a sentence. 3.. Even if you ignore them, you’ll still understand the main idea of the sentence you’re reading.

◆Do not reread. The most common mistake made by readers is frequent going back to think about some sentences they’ve read. 4.. In other words, cover each line once you've finished reading it.

◆ 5.. Some people move their lips and speak out while reading, which will lead to a low reading speed. The best way to break this habit is to pay attention while reading and if you catch yourself moving your lips, just place a finger on your mouth.

A.Avoid reading out loud

B.Give your full attention to your reading

C.You can also leave out words such as the, a, it, to, etc

D.We can’t judge what to read and what part to leave out

E.This will give you a guide to what you’re going to read

F.One way to avoid this is to place a piece of paper over the text you read

G.But with speed reading tips, a person can increase his/her speed from 500 to 600 words a minute

    In this modern age, most of us have forgotten to be patient and get angry very quickly over minor things like a traffic jam, a baby crying and such things. It often seems so easy to get what we want right away that when we have to wait even a little while, it seems like we are waiting for ages. We used to be happy to wait 10 - 15 minutes it took to reheat food in the oven(烤箱)，but now we’re impatient when waiting two minutes it takes in the microwave.

With the convenience provided by modern society, is patience still a virtue(美德) in the fast-paced world? To begin with, I'd like to share the meaning of the word “patience”. Generally it means being able to tolerate delay without getting impatient. However, it isn't necessarily a passive activity. It takes an active behavior, knowing when to take action and when not to.

So I would argue that patience is still -and always- a virtue. Sure, I used to be one of those who often stared at the microwave for the full two minutes it took to heat my food. And in the end， the food tasted bad. If I had had the patience to heat the food properly in the oven, I would have enjoyed a delicious meal.

Actually the benefits of patience go beyond just heating up our food. Patience is an exercise in self-control which shows that we can exercise good judgment. Lack of patience can cause us to make wrong decisions that negatively affect our health and happiness, waste our time, put us under a lot of stress and affect our relationships in a very negative way.

Everything in life happens for a reason. Sometimes we face an obstacle(障碍) because we need to grow in ways we didn't realize. It's not always obvious when that was happening, but with patience we will soon see clearly why it occurred and what we were meant to learn from it.

Taking time to think about our actions and being patient are a small price to pay when we determine the best possible solution to any problems.

1.The author uses the example of reheating food to show that_______.

A.more people lack patience now B.high technology brings more benefits

C.people have no time to enjoy the meal D.the fast-paced life makes people stressed

2.What could be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A.People under stress are more likely to get angry.

B.Patient people are less likely to meet difficulties.

C.People with self-control are easier to succeed.

D.Patient people tend to make better decisions.

3.What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 5?

A.A wise man learns from experience.

B.A brave man is not afraid of challenges.

C.A man should be patient to deal with difficulties.

D.A man should find out reasons for things occurred.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.The causes of impatience B.Is patience really a virtue?

C.Ways to exercise patience D.What does the word patience mean?

    Many people especially children, do not have good handwashing habits. Children may think that it is a tiresome thing to do. To help solve this problem, two entrepreneurs (企业家) from India created a product to tum handwashing into a fun activity. Amanat Anand and Shubham Issar created a device called the SoaPen. Issar said, “The SoaPen is a soap that kids can draw with. It's a fun way to teach kids how to wash their hands.”

AS the name suggests, the SoaPen is a pen made out of soap. The children draw on their hands with the soap pen and then wash it off. If they do not spend enough time washing it off, the colors remain on their hands.

To get their product on the market, the two women joined a business development program in Washington D. C. called Halcyon Incubator. Mike Malloy is the program manager at Halcyon Incubator. He said turning a great idea into a product that can help others is not easy. “There is kind of an up-and-down- roller coaster ride in the journey of being an entrepreneur. One day things are going great; the next day things are terrible. And if you' re doing that alone, it can be really, really difficult.”

Halcyon connects what it calls “social entrepreneurs” with business professionals. These experts help the entrepreneurs sell their products. Anand said that with this business help, they were able to do more than they would have by themselves.

Anand and Issar said their goal is to donate one SoaPen to children of poor families for every three they sell at full price. The product could have a real influence on public health. The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, reports that 1.5 million children die each year as a result of diarrhea (痢疾). UNICEF says good handwashing could decrease that number by 40 percent.

1.Why did the two entrepreneurs create the SoaPen?

A.To teach kids how to draw. B.To help kids have some fun.

C.To get kids to wash their hands quickly. D.To encourage kids to wash hands carefully

2.How did the two entrepreneurs try to market their product?

A.They turned to Halcyon Incubator. B.They created a development program.

C.They asked other entrepreneurs for help. D.They employed some business professionals.

3.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Being an entrepreneur is full of surprises. B.Being an entrepreneur is very painful.

C.Being an entrepreneur is a cool thing. D.Being an entrepreneur is really hard.

4.What does the author want to tell us about the SoaPen in the last paragraph?

A.Its price. B.Its value. C.Its popularity. D.Its quality.