假如你是李华，获悉你校英语学习社团准备创办一份中学生英文校刊以促进大家的英语学习。请你用英语给社团负责人Smith写一封信，一来表达你得知此事的喜悦心情，二来提出你喜欢的栏目（column）并简要说明理由。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.信的开头和结尾已为你写好。
Dear Mr. Smith,
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Yours sincerely,
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（ʌ），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。
One day, I was cooking in the kitchen when the telephone rings. I went to answer it immediately. She was my close friend, Lisa. When we were talking on phone, the fire alarm sounded. I ran back to the kitchen only to find the room full of smoke and the beef bad burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opening all the windows, but then went out of the house. In my surprise, two fire engine were outside my house. I was quite worry. I told the firemen that it was my careless cooking that it caused the heavy smoke.
All of us have read thrilling stories. In many of 1. (they) the hero had only a 2. (limit) and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, 3. we were always interested in 4. (discover) just how the dying man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.
Such stories set up thinking, wondering 5. we should do under similar circumstances. What 6. (happy) should we find in reviewing the past, and what regrets? Sometimes, I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day 7. if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would stress 8. (sharp) the values of life.
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being 9. (be) stricken blind and deaf for a few of days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him 10. (much) appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
Jenna had graduated from her middle school and was lucky enough to be admitted to Westwood College, She was ready for new ________ at the college and filled with confidence,________, she didn’t expect it that college life was quite ________. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be ________ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the ________ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart ________ as the list ended without her name. Feeling ________, she walked back to her dormitory carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving at the dormitory, she started with ________. She had always been a good math student, but now she was ________. She moved on to English and history, and ________ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to ________ math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school ________. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as enthusiastic as Jenna. “I’m sorry, ________ we have enough ________ for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled ________ and left. “Why is college so different?” she sighed.
Later in math class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much ________. By the end of the class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d ________ to try to fit in with her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d ________, but she knew she had to try. College was just as her mom had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond ________ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the ________ fish you can be.”
1.A. decisions B. challenges C. problems D. exercises
2.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
3.A. normal B. necessary C. different D. desperate
4.A. simple B. troublesome C. certain D. difficult
5.A. editor B. judge C. boss D. candidate
6.A. stopped B. jumped C. sank D. changed
7.A. awful B. lonely C. happy D. strange
8.A. English B. history C. science D. math
9.A. working B. struggling C. complaining D. improving
10.A. bothered B. ashamed C. pleased D. shocked
11.A. show up B. make for C. give up D. prepare for
12.A. committee B. team C. newspaper D. radio
13.A. and B. so C. or D. but
14.A. writers B. players C. speakers D. readers
15.A. brightly B. weakly C. widely D. happily
16.A. courage B. lack C. hope D. sorrow
17.A. hesitate B. refuse C. continue D. attempt
18.A. succeed B. complete C. agree D. accompany
19.A. in the hope of B. in honor of C. in case of D. instead of
20.A. tallest B. best C. hardest D. gentlest
How to Choose a Topic for Your Paper
No matter what research paper you write, the first and most important step is to choose the topic. 1. Here are some tips for you to follow.
To choose a good topic, you’ll have to ask yourself some important questions. Is there enough research available on this topic? Is the topic new and unique enough that I can offer fresh opinions? Is it related to my subject and future occupation?
2. Writing about something you enjoy certainly shows in the final product, making it more likely that you will be successful in writing a paper about something you enjoy.
If you are writing a research paper for a class, consider the other students. 3. How can you keep your paper unique and interesting if everyone is writing about the same thing?
Ask your professor or classmates for advice, if you’re struggling to come up with a “right” topic. 4. Sometimes asking professors for help may seem frightening, but if they are worth anything as a professor，they want you to be successful in your work，and will do what they can to make that happen.
If you choose a topic, begin researching，and realize that it isn’t the right decision for you for some reason, don’t worry! 5. Although it requires a bit more time, yet changing your topic will make your writing more efficient.
A. Have a clear picture of organization in mind.
B. Be courageous and change it.
C. Is it likely that they will also be writing about your topic?
D. However, many students are discouraged by this first step.
E. Take a trip to your local library or university library.
F. Choose a topic that you have very strong emotion in.
G. They are likely to have great ideas.
Our success, satisfaction and general happiness in life is not dependent on what happens to us but how we deal with it.
You will probably know from personal experience what a difference your attitude can make when, for example, you，re returning faulty goods or making a complaint. An open, polite and friendly approach，expecting a satisfactory result，normally results in one as people tend to respond with a similar attitude. If, however, you present an argument with an angry, accusing tone, expecting trouble, there is little doubt that this is what you’ll get!
Some people see the world through a filter of optimism and some through a filter of pessimism (悲观) which largely comes down to having a positive or negative (消极的) attitude. People who are suffering from a negative attitude primarily think that something can’t be done; they talk about problems, see all the difficulties, find fault with and criticize other people and focus on all the things they would like but haven’t got. On
the contrary, people blessed with a positive attitude think that anything is possible. They look for ways to solve the problems, they see the good in everybody，and they are grateful for all the good things in their lives.
Whether suffering from or blessed with your attitude, this is not something that is put on us from the outside. We are very much responsible for our own attitude. We all start out with a “clean” board but this can get muddied by our experiences in life. As children we are made fun of and even get bullied (欺侮) and rejected, start to experience doubt and lose our self-confidence. If this continues into adulthood, it can result in a bad attitude in later life.
1.It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that people are likely to treat others __________.
A. the way they are treated
B. better when they are satisfied
C. worse when they are in trouble
D. the way they consider appropriate
2.According to the writer, what affects people’s life attitude?
A. The situation they face.
B. The people around them.
C. Their expectations of life.
D. The way they view the world.
3.What is the purpose of the writer in writing this passage?
A. To show how to avoid a negative attitude.
B. To show the importance of a positive attitude.
C. To share his positive attitude with his readers.
D. To describe the effects of a negative attitude.
