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。错误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仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mary,
I receive your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me. I’m getting on well with my research work in the lab. But to my greatly surprise you say you will give up learn English. The reason is because you have not done well in it recently and you have lost interests. I’m afraid I couldn’t agree with you . I know it is difficulty to learn English, and English is widely used in the world today. It will be important tool in our future work. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, you will be succeed. Do remember that where there is a will, there is a way. I’ m looking forward to hearing good news from you.
Yours,
Li Hua
1.We are living in an age ________many things are done on computer.
2.The Science Museum, ________we visited during a recent trip to Britain, is one of London’s tourist attractions.
3.________makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services.
4.What the doctors really doubt is ________my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.
5.As it reported, it is 100 years________Qinghua University was founded.
6.________scientists have learned a lot about the universe, there is much we still don’t know.
7.He was sitting there, ________ (lose) in thought.
8.When_________(complete), the museum will be open to the public next year.
9.With the help of high technology, more and more new substances________________(discover) in the past years.
10.We haven’t moved into the new office building---it _______________(decorate) right now.
1.My grandfather is as _________(energy)as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.
2.Our bodies are strengthened by exercise and________ (similar), our minds are developed by learning.
3.As you know, at a _________ (distant) of six miles we can’t see much, still less on a foggy day.
4.I was late, but ________ (fortune) the meeting hadn't started.
5.With the final－term exams_________(approach), the students are busy preparing for them.
6.If you have a ________(balance) diet, you are getting all the vitamins you need.
7.The United States__________(consist) of fifty states, one of which is separated from the others by the Pacific Ocean.
8.—It was ________ (embarrass) that I made several pauses in my speech.
—Forget it. After all, it was your first speech.
9.I often take exercise, so I am fit and ________(rare) catch a cold.
10.You will be ________(addict) to the drug if you keep on taking it.
1.印象n._______________________
2.欣赏，感激v. _______________________
3.被遗弃的adj. _________________
4.买得起，支付得起v. _________________
5.结论n. _______________________
6.尊敬，尊重v.&n. ____________________
7.许可n. _______________________
8.太胖的，超重的adj. __________________
9.疼痛的adj. ___________________
10.联系，关系n. _______________________
In many countries,1. is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space.2., in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd.
But this type of housing,3.(call) co-housing, is gaining4.(popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes are popping up across the country. For many people, this way of life is a relief to the busy modern lifestyle. A co-housing community has5.(private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house” with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities6.(build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.
A co-housing complex is a place 7. residents shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play8., 9. many families like. Other residents like the feeling of living in a “ village”. Residents also say that they can live in co-housing for10.money than they would pay for nearby apartments.
During the course of a lifetime, we all make mistakes. And, often we take for granted what we have. We think that we surely_________what we already have. We also believe that we will never need anyone to_________us out from difficult and changing times. Cecilia, not her real name, had a great job, a nice house and everything she________. She was,________, not a kind person for several reasons that became obvious_________you got to know her.
It was very clear that she_________pity for others who were not as fortunate as she was. She would not help anyone, nor would she even begin to express any_________for anyone in trouble. Her_________was that they were just lazy or that they were deserving because they had personal problems.
But, then_________the fateful day. Her husband got into financial difficulty, to the point, where he was_________to declare bankruptcy（破产）. Now, she found that she was the one who had________. She was desperate for help. She found out that even her_________were unwilling to help her but,_________for her, her husband’s family was willing and able to help them through these difficult times despite the fact that she had_________them from her life. I wish I could give you a beautiful ending to this story of help but I_________cannot. Even though Cecilia was assisted
______challenging times, once over, she_________her true self.
As we all know, we all need help somewhere along life’s_________whether we think we will or not. If you have remained_________you should try your best to help those that need your hand. If you_________through life helping, caring, forgiving, you will always have your own special fan club — it is those who always love and respect you.
1.A. decrease B. abandon C. deserve D. evaluate
2.A. help B. drive C. pull D. knock
3.A. borrowed B. needed C. offered D. donated
4.A. thus B. still C. just D. though
5.A. once B. until C. because D. before
6.A. enjoyed B. adjusted C. controlled D. lacked
7.A. viewpoint B. satisfaction C. sympathy D. potential
8.A. purpose B. view C. plan D. promise
9.A. happened B. appeared C. existed D. came
10.A. forced B. persuaded C. encouraged D. ordered
11.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
12.A. servants B. secretaries C. parents D. employers
13.A. fortunately B. surprisingly C. strangely D. curiously
14.A. protected B. predicted C. supported D. avoided
15.A. happily B. quietly C. sadly D. luckily
16.A. beyond B. through C. among D. within
17.A. gave up B. agreed with C. believed in D. returned to
18.A. path B. track C. way D. pavement
19.A. confident B. wealthy C. strong D. attractive
20.A. skip B. move C. float D. climb
