假定你是李华,你的美国朋友David作为交换生曾在你家居住。近期你校要举办以“Foreigners Tell Chinese Stories”为主题的英语征文活动。请写一封邮件邀请他参加。要点如下:
1.截稿时间:2017年2月1日;
2.词数要求:500左右;
3.投稿邮箱:chinesestory2017@126.com。
注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.开头结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear David,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last winter vacation, my parents and l went back to our hometown, where I spend my childhood. Walking slow in the quiet small town reminded me of the good old day. I went from street to street, in the search of my childhood footprints. Suddenly, I found me at the gate of the primary school on which I studied for six years. As I entered, I was surprised find that the old classroom building was gone. But it was filling with my childhood memories! I felt such sad that tears ran down my checks. It was just like the feeling I had while a good friend left me forever.
Young people1.(bear) in 1995 or later have another name in English一Generation Z.
Now entering adulthood and soon to join the workforce, Generation Z grew up in a special period of time when technology developed fast and the Internet became2.(universe).
It 3.(believe) that Generation Z is the generation that is going to shape our future,4. is why policy makers are trying5.(he) best to understand these young people. Most people agree that biggest difference between Generation Z and other generations is how connected they are. This is a group of people who have been familiar6.social media as soon as they came to the world. It may be true that Generation Z-ers have a shorter attention span(持续时间)7.a goldfish does, but since they grew up among social changes, they are more active in8.(political).
Generation Z-ers are also culture creators.9.(grow) up with the Internet has freed this generation from traditional cultural expression. These young people never10.(willing) let their creativity be limited by their parents or traditional rules.
It's not unusual to be caught in your life. When you get caught in a moment, you should remember that somewhere out there, someone always comes along with a pocket full of____
Yesterday I spent all my coins and dollar______on little deeds. I had ____ breakfast because I got up late. Because of the mad rush, I forgot my______.When I was on my way to______my lunch, a person in need asked me if I could______him some cash, so I decided to lend him first.
So, then later in the evening, I was heading home______waiting for dinner.______，I got a call from my mum saying that she was to work______and wouldn't be able to prepare dinner for me.
____there was no food in the house, I told my mum not to worry______I would surely find myself something to eat.
While I was still______this sudden set of changes in my food options for the day, I passed a young man with a______smile handing out samples(样品)of cookies at a supermarket. He gave me a packet and said, "How about you_____ some more for school tomorrow?"______that, I returned a warm smile to him and______my bag. He gladly filled it with twenty packets. I was
____Whether you call it luck or fortune,______wanted to say that somewhere out there somebody came along carrying a pocket of hope in his______and shared a piece of it with me! Somebody out there will one day do______for you.
1.A. hope B. chance C. fortune D. food
2.A. checks B. bills C. cash D. change
3.A. refused B. ignored C. wasted D. skipped
4.A. packet B. keys C. purse D. lunch
5.A. serve B. cook C. buy D. prepare
6.A. give B. spare C. donate D. show
7.A. disappointedly B. gratefully C. anxiously D. willingly
8.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Instead
9.A. well B. late C. hard D. alone
10.A. Since B. As if C. When D. Even though
11.A. because B. so C. before D. after
12.A. making B. introducing C. processing D. seeking
13.A. surprised B. broad C. awkward D. strange
14.A. adopting B. exchanging C. supplying D. taking
15.A. In response to B. Opposed to C. Owing to D. Contrary to
16.A. opened up B. put up C. set up D. pulled up
17.A. confused B. worried C. excited D. puzzled
18.A. seriously B. nearly C. normally D. simply
19.A. coat B. body C. heart D. pocket
20.A. a lot B. the same C. much D. some
Choosing the Right Path to Be a "Better" Person
Life is a constant exercise in self-improvement. In the rush to achieve, the idea of being "better" can become lost sometimes.1.Here are some tips for you.
Explore your talents.
Everybody has some outstanding skills or interests. So it's often necessary to be patient and try
many things before you find one that suits you.
2.For example, people loving adventure may not be interested in the quiet chess club, but someone who enjoys other quiet activities might be. Determining who you enjoy being around may help you know what you'll enjoy.
3.
No matter how much money you make, you will not be happy if you spend your entire life doing something you hate. It's important to at least devote some of your time to what makes you happy. If you're particularly unhappy at your job, consider why.4.If you feel your job isn't meaningful, or isn't in line with your values, consider finding another job
Experience something new.
Research has shown that when we're in our comfort zone, we aren't as productive as we are
when we step just beyond it.5.Because of that, we may react slowly to our own positive
experiences and interactions with others, even when those are little scary. Doing so can help you
achieve more.
A. Do what you love.
B. Devote yourself to your job.
C. Humans adapt very quickly to positive events.
D. It's possible that some changes may change your feeling.
E. Similar types of people may be attracted to the same activities.
F. Try not to allow yourself to focus so much on a certain aspect of your life.
G. You may wonder how to improve yourself and fulfill your dreams in an easier way.
According to a team of researchers, an animals' ability to perceive(感知)time is linked to their pace of life.
"Our results lend support to the importance of time perception in animals where the ability to
perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving
creatures." commented lead author Kevin Healy from Trinity College Dublin.
The study was done with a variety of animals using a phenomenon based on the maximum speed of flashes of light an individual can see before the light source is seen as constant. Dogs, for example, have eyes with a refresh rate higher than humans.
One example of this phenomenon at work, the authors say, is the housefly and its ability to avoid being hit. The research showed flies "observe motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve," which allows them to avoid being hit.
Professor Graeme Ruxton of the University of St Andrews in Scotland, who worked jointly(共同地) on the research project, said in a statement, "Having eyes that send updates to the brain at much higher frequencies than our eyes do is of no value if the brain cannot process that information equally quickly. Thus, this work highlights the impressive abilities of even the smallest animal brains. Flies might not be deep thinkers, but they can make good decisions very quickly."
In comparison the tiger beetle(虎甲虫)runs faster than its eyes can keep up, basically becoming blind, which requires it to stop periodically to re-evaluate its prey's(猎物)position.
Our results suggest that time perception offers an as yet unstudied dimension along which
animals can specialize and there is considerable range to study this system in more detail.
1.What is the research mentioned in the passage mainly about?
A. Pace of life of animals. B. Time perception of animals.
C. Lifetime of small animals. D. Impressive abilities of animals.
2.Why can houseflies avoid being hit?
A. They can think very deeply before they act.
B. They can fly much faster than their eyes can keep up.
C. They can process the information as quickly as they receive it.
D. They can send information to brain more quickly than to their eyes.
3.What will a tiger beetle have to do to catch a moving prey?
A. Try to run as fast as it can. B. Prevent itself from becoming blind.
C. Slow down to gain its time perception. D. Stop occasionally to spot the prey again.
