Two years ago, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn’t know of each others existence. Then they learned they had been switched at birth by mistake more than 20 years ago. The discovery didn’t bring bitterness. Rather, it led to the creation of a bigger family.
The chain of events started with Dimas, who was always wondering why he did not look like the four sisters he grew up with. He was 14 when his doubts grew after watching a TV news report on babies getting switched at birth because of mistakes at hospitals—He wanted to do a DNA test, but it was too expensive for the family.
A decade later, Dimas did it on his own. The DNA test showed that he was not the birth son of the man and woman who had raised him. The news was a shock for his parents. They at first refused to believe the results, but eventually decided to help him look for his biological parents.
The search began at the Madre Regina Protmann Hospital where records were checked. The hospital searched its records and found Elton Plaster was born there on the same day.
The records led Dimas to the 35-acre farm where Piaster lived, with his parents, Nilza and Adelson, in the town of Santa Maria de Jetiba, about 30 miles from the Aliprandi home in Joao Neiva. After tests, the Plasters discovered that Elton was the biological son of the man and woman that Dimas had been calling Mom and Dad for 24 years. Meanwhile, the couple Elton, had always regarded as his biological parents were Dimas’ parents.
About a year ago, Aliprandi and the parents who raised him accepted an offer from the Plasters to move to their farm, where they built a home. “This is the way it should be,” Adelson Plaster recently told Globo TV. “ We are all together and I now have two sons living and working here.
1.Who was the first to discover the baby switch?
A. Globo TV. B. The hospital.
C. Elton Plaster. D. Dimas Aliprandi.
2.Where do the Aliprandis now live?
A. In Sao Pauo. B. In Joao Neiva.
C. In Madre Regina Protmann. D. In Santa Maria de Jetiba.
3.What did the Aliprandis do when they knew about the baby switch?
A. They took another DNA test.
B. They switched the hospital s records.
C. They went to Globo TV for more information.
D. They helped Dimas find his birth parents.
4.Who are Elton Plaster’s biological parents?
A. The Aliprandis. B. The Plasters.
C. Dimas and Elton. D. Nilza and Adelson.
Last Friday, a couple decided that instead of hosting their friends and family for a traditional feast reception, they would feed the victims from an earthquake-stricken area. Michael and Linda stood behind large food trucks distributing meals to 4,000 homeless people for their wedding reception on the border town of Kilis. The idea came from the bridegroom’s father, Ted, who volunteers for a Turkish relief organization. For the past few years, the organization has distributed daily meals to thousands of people who’ve suffered from natural disasters. He approached a representative of the organization and suggested that the family cover part of the costs of feeding them for the day.
Then he told his son, who was surprised by the suggestion, but soon won over. When he told that to the bride, she was really shocked but finally accepted because in southeastern Turkey there is a real culture of sharing with people in need. They love to share their food, their table and everything they have. And afterwards she was quite amazed about it. So, they arrived at the distribution center on Thursday to spend the day serving food and taking photographs with their grateful recipients (接受者).
On that evening, the newly married couple were still pleased with their decision to quit a personal celebration for one with a greater good. “It’s like sharing a dinner with your friends and family who have this kind of thing on a daily basis or sharing something with people who don't even have the most basic things,” Michael said. “Hopefully, this will also give the start for other wedding dinners to be held here with our brothers and sisters in need.”
1.How did the couple celebrate their wedding?
A. They took photos with the grateful victims.
B. They afforded the entire cost of the day for feeding victims.
C. They shared their happiness with the homeless in Kilis.
D. They treated their friends and relatives to a big dinner.
2.Why did so many people crowd in Kilis?
A. To help distribute free daily meals.
B. To escape the damaging earthquake.
C. To support the organization.
D. To attend Michael and Linda's wedding.
3.What does the underlined word “approached” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. consulted with B. moved towards
C. came across D. took in
4.We can know from the text that ________.
A. Michael doubted if more new couples would follow him
B. Ted was a representative of the organization
C. Linda adapted the suggestion immediately she heard it
D. Kilis is a place which lies in southeastern Turkey
假设你是李华，为促进学生创新能力，你所在的学校将于6月19日下午三点在学校报告厅举办首届“微电影节”。为了把课内外活动更好地结合起来，届时将展出由学生自主拍摄的课本经典名篇的微电影。请根据上述内容写封信给你的外国朋友David，邀请他前来参加。
注意1.词数100左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：微电影节：the Micro－film Festival 报告厅：the Lecture Hall
Dear David，
How are you doing these days?
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下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号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
When I look at this picture of myself, I realize of how fast time flies. I had grown not only physically and mentally in the past few years. About one month after this photo was took, I entered my second year of high school and become a new member of the school music club. Around me in picture are the things they were very important in my life at that time: car magazines and musical instruments. I enjoyed studying difference kinds of cars and planes, playing pop music, and collecting the late music albums. This picture often brings back to me many happy memories of your high school days.
Charlie Chaplin was considered to be one of the most popular 1. (star) in the early days of films. He brightened the lives of people throughout the world 2. (use) his perfect acting.
Charlie was born in a poor family and lived 3. hard life in his childhood. His parents were both poor hall performers, 4. didn't make much money. Therefore, at a very young age, Charlie had to learn 5. (sing) and dance. By his teens, his subtle acting had become so entertaining 6. no one in England was ever bored watching him mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. In 1972, he won a special Oscar 7. his outstanding work in the films that he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. He made people laugh even when they felt depressed. And no one has done 8. (well) than him up to now.
Charlie lived in England and the USA but 9. (spend) his last years in Switzerland, where he died of 10. (nature) causes on December 25, 1977.
All kinds of people come in to have their shoes shined. Most folks are friendly. But this man was different.
“How much do you make a week, boy？” he asked me. I felt he was ______ at me. He kept giving a sharp ______ around every now and then. All the time I kept ______ where I'd seen his face. Suddenly I knew. I'd seen his ______ in the post office many times. He was the big robber ______ by the police in three states!
“You know，” he was saying, “it's imagination that people lack. You'll never get anywhere as a ______ boy.”
I kept brushing away on his shoes as ______ as I could. The sooner I finished, the better. He said, “When I was sixteen, I had ______ $2,500 of my own.”
That reminded me of something. Was it $2,500 or $5,000 or $7, 500? I wasn't ______. I knew a big reward was ______ for him.
But what could I do about it? ______ him with a can of shoe polish? A man of his ______ could grind (碾碎) me into the floor. If only someone would come in!
He kept talking away. “Along with ______， it takes courage. The courage to take a chance. Start something on a shoestring.”
Suddenly I saw Officer Dailey ______ across the street. Then, real fast, I began tightening the man's shoestrings.
The policeman was at the window when I cried out, “Officer Dailey, ______！ This man's a robber.”
“______，” the man shouted angrily. He started to jump off the stand. But he didn't go the way he ______. He fell flat on his face and knocked himself out cold.
“That was pretty ______ of you，” the officer said. “You'll get a reward of $7,500 for him.”
“Well, it really wasn't my ______，” I said. “It was his. He told me if you had courage and imagination you could start something big on a ______.”
1.A. staring B. looking C. laughing D. pointing
2.A. look B. walk C. word D. tongue
3.A. considering B. remembering C. caring D. wondering
4.A. notice B. picture C. mail D. warning
5.A. wanted B. searched C. caught D. shown
6.A. clever B. small C. shoeshine D. stupid
7.A. carefully B. slowly C. well D. fast
8.A. made B. stolen C. borrowed D. gathered
9.A. curious B. sure C. interested D. clear
10.A. afforded B. offered C. suggested D. shown
11.A. Injure B. Warn C. Hit D. Avoid
12.A. size B. age C. height D. kind
13.A. money B. support C. cleverness D. imagination
14.A. wandering B. looking C. coming D. speeding
15.A. help B. danger C. stop D. attention
16.A. Mind you B. Shut up C. Hurry up D. Hands up
17.A. asked B. knew C. noticed D. planned
18.A. clever B. brave C. helpful D. lucky
19.A. business B. idea C. reward D. praise
20.A. stand B. table C. shoe D. shoestring
