最近，你班同学就“太空探索是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下表提供的信息，用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况。
注意：
1. 词数：120左右；
2. 参考词汇：短缺 shortage (n.); 太空探索space exploration
3. 文章开头和结尾已给出
Dear David,
I’m glad to receive your letter asking me about our discussion on whether space is worth exploring. Now I’m writing to tell you our opinions.
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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。
3. 改错格式错误不给分。
Nowadays more and more parents paid great attention to which school their children should be sent. The more famous the school is, the great desire the parents have it to send their children there. This also gives the school authorities great pressures on meeting the need of academic levels. On the one hand, the school wants very much to maintain it's popularity of high academic achievements, when on the other hand, they have to face the reality of the differences in their pupils. In this case, some schools choose to stream our pupils into different types according to their grades. And most schools still teach students in a traditional way, mixed-ability teaching methods, what has aroused some interest in education researchers.
1.I ____________ ________________ ________________ her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore.
我从书店出来时看见她上了公共汽车。
2.Jane’s mother has just ____________ ______________ _____________ twins.
简的妈妈刚刚生了一对双胞胎。
3.You have to ____________ _____________ losing such a large sum of money.
丢了这么一大笔钱，你务必解释清楚。
4.Why are you ____________ _____________ the girl? You are making her more and more nervous.
你为什么盯着那女孩看？你让她越来越紧张了。
5.We ____________ _____________ ____________ when listening to her song.
我们屏息听她唱歌。
6.The workers are doing all they can to ____________ _____________ the accident rate.
工人们正在尽一切努力降低事故率。
7.____________ _____________ risk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything.
他唯恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告诉了妻子。
8.He is not selfish; ____________ _____________ ____________, he is very noble and generous.
他并不自私，恰恰相反，他是一个非常高尚而又慷慨的人。
1.The school is widely a______________ for its excellent teaching.
2.After a while she w______________, and her tears brought some relief.
3.Some effective m_______________ have been taken to reduce the crime in this area.
4.We are doing our best with the l__________ resources available.
5.I s_____________ my friend at once among the crowd at the party because he was the tallest one.
6.We _____________(寻找) long and hard but found no answer.
7.Children should not be allowed to watch ________________ (暴力的) movies.
8.Pakistan came into _______________ (存在) as an independent country after the war.
9.Her mother lived in a ______________ (附近的) town.
10.Sunshine and moisture are _______________ (有益的) to living things.
"I have used all my prehistoric powers 1.(swim)," Fu Yuanhui said in an interview after she qualified for the women's 100m backstroke final. When asked 2. her hopes were for the final. she said: "No expectation! I'm very satisfied now!"．
That’s how she began to rock China’s internet and social media. Add her exaggerated 3. (face) expressions and humour, and she quickly became an online celebrity．She eventually won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke final, not gold. 4. that hasn’t reduced the affection from her fans．
Young Chinese social media 5.(user) have been drawn to her straight-forward character, her sincerity and her attitude towards competition．
Joanna Zhan, a fan in Chongqing, said she liked Fu because she is "so cute，and she is as powerful 6. a mudslide (泥石流）"."Fu interpreted the Olympic spirit of challenging 7.(she) and enjoying the game," she added．
One fan, Feng Zhu, told the BBC she liked Fu because she always said 8. (exact) what was on her mind．
JingYingLi, a female entrepreneur in Sichuan province, said she heard about Fu from her friends. “Almost everyone 9.(talk) about her,” she said．But it seems Fu is part of a generational change in attitude towards 10. (compete)．
Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives(高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now __________ on their way to impressive careers. By society’s __________, they seem to have it made.
On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a _____________ drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with long time roommates, and __________out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine____________a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.
The thing is, a number of them have _________that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some _____________ about unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they ______________. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and ___________. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the___________to which they have so quickly become ___________
People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and _____________ the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they _____________ or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it’ s _____________ . They have loans, bills, a mortgage（抵押贷款）to ___________, retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something _____________ in their lives, but it’s _____________ to step off the track.
In a society that tends to ___________everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our ________ in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs ____________ in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.
1.A. much B. never C. seldom D. well
2.A. policies B. standards C. experiments D. regulations
3.A. last B. least C. second D. best
4.A. cycled B. moved C. slid D. looked
5.A. shared B. paid C. equaled D. collected
6.A. advertised B. witnessed C. admitted D. demanded
7.A. complain B. dream C. hear D. approve
8.A. distribute B. hate C. applaud D. neglect
9.A. calm B. guilty C. warm D. empty
10.A. family B. government C. lifestyle D. project
11.A. accustomed B. appointed C. unique D. available
12.A. yet B. also C. instead D. rather
13.A. let out B. turn in C. give up D. believe in
14.A. fundamental B. practical C. impossible D. unforgettable
15.A. take of B. drop off C. put off D. pay off
16.A. missing B. inspiring C. sinking D. shining
17.A. harmful B. hard C. useful D. normal
18.A. measure B. suffer C. digest D. deliver
19.A. disasters B. motivations C. campaigns D. decisions
20.A. assessed B. involved C. covered D. reduced
