假如你是李晓华，住在太原，你的加拿大笔友Bob来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡太原的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信须包括以下内容。
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自然情况 |
位于汾河边，气候宜人，适合居住 |
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成就 |
经济发展迅速， 新建了不少工厂，住房，道路等 |
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存在问题 |
水污染，空气污染；交通拥挤 |
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对太原发展的看法 |
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注意：词数100左右。信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：经济 economy
假如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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。
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。
During the summer vacation I think I should do something meaningfully instead of touring. So I got a job at a fast food restaurant and worked there for a cleaner. I work 7 hours a day for three weeks. The job was bored and seemed endless, that made me so tired that I nearly stopped it halfway. After all,I stuck to it with determination. Every day I started off for work earlier in the morning and went to home late in the evening. Finally, I finished a job before the new school term. Now, I understand that hard work means. I think it is really a successful experience, which was worth remembering for ever
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1. Many students feel stressed around big moments in their lives like during final exams or when applying to college. Stress can be a pretty dangerous thing, because it can cause you to become sick.. Here are some ways to cope with stress:
Laugh Laughter is really one of the best medicines. When things get stressful, do things that make you laugh. Watch a funny movie. 2. Chat with friends and family.
Take a Deep Breath Breathing is a great way to reduce your stress. Taking deep breaths or doing breathing exercises may seem silly, but it do help you relax and clear up your mind.
Plan Ahead Most students tend to study hard when test time comes close or do their homework right before it is due. However, having a plan will do a lot to decrease your stress. 3.
Sleep Sleep is another great tool in reducing stress. 4. You should be getting at least 6 to 8 hours of sleep each night. As you know, a lack of sleep can be bad for your health.
Learn to Say “No” 5. So there are times when it is okay to say “no” to the requests of friends, families and teachers. If it is going to add too much to your stress level, just say so.
A．There are a lot of ways to deal with stress.
B．Sometimes life gets pretty stressful.
C．Read an interesting book.
D．Some stress comes from doing everything you’re asked to do.
E. It is essential that we allow our bodies to recover from daily stress.
F. Give yourself the appropriate amount of time to complete tasks, and break those tasks down into manageable portions.
G. You can lose yourself for a while in the music.
Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or less degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in “small talk”,usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countires--- like the UK or France--- people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected may speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realised that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural diffeerences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment (多元文化环境)will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
1.In some countires, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ___________.
A．develop closer relations B．share the same culture
C．get to know each other D．keep each other company
2.The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that ______.
A, the English prefer to make long speeches
B.too many words are of no use
C.people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature
D.even talk and silence can be culturally different
3.According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?
A．By sharing different ways of life
B．By accepting different habits.
C．By recognizing different values
D．By speaking each other’s language.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A．Multicultural Environment
B．Cross-Cultural Differences
C．How to Understand Each Other
D．How to Build Up a Relationship
My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.
My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president.” I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.
Once in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “That’s irrelevant (无关的). What’s important is the quality of your work.” Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker” dodge (诀窍), and I have come to some conclusions — all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.
If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the problem of “work” during that time. But, as my professor suggested, it’s not how hard one works but the quality of the product that’s important.
That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone’s office: “Don’t work harder. Work smarter.” There is a lot of sense in that idea.
If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression “work habits” should be read as “study habits”.
Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.
1.We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that we students still _____ .
A．have enough time B．can meet the president
C．get everything done well D．should accept the explanation
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The author’s students make good use of their time to do all their homework.
B．The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.
C．You can’t improve the quality of the work if you can’t get more time.
D．You’ll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you’re a clever student.
3.What’s the passage mainly about?
A．Students don’t have enough time. B．Don’t work harder; work smarter.
C．No one can get more time. D．Read better and write better.
I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan community.I wasted a lot of time looking for the “typical” village, yet no such thing exists. Conditions vary too widely.But the villages I stayed in had much in common—poverty, dirt, ignorance. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled, suspicious. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three quarters of the world’s people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life.In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began the climb into the Mils. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a magnificent view. After several hours’ walk the village came into view.
1.After the writer had arrived in India,________.
A．he spent a year writing about the place he lived in
B．he spent quite some time looking for a suitable place to live in
C．he stayed in an Indian village working for the poor
D．he lived in a Himalayan community for many months.
2.While looking for a typical village, the writer found__________.
A．he was searching for the impossible
B．all the villages were exactly the same
C．he was doing something enjoyable
D．the villagers were curious about him
3.Before coming to India, the writer________.
A．had been a successful politician
B．had made a decision to work for India
C．had studied India culture for some months
D．had worked for newspapers and magazines
