请你根据所给背景材料、建议以及要求写一篇英文短文。
背景材料
编者按：本期刊出Henry的来信，欢迎读者就信中谈到的问题提出建议并给出理由。
Dear editor,
The summer holidays come to an end and a new school year begins. Although school is all about getting knowledge and learning is a part of our life, it's not only exciting but also exhausting, boring and stressful. I am worried about the coming duties.
建议1.心态乐观 2.课后活动3.健康饮食。
要求l、词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3.开头语和结尾语已为你写好
Dear Henry,
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Yours ,
Mike
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仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was just a very young boy，that was my responsibility to milk several cow each morning and evening.My father worked away during the week making it absolutely necessarily for me to accomplish this task with little outside help except from my mother in the mornings.I alone have to do the evening milkings.To get to barn(牲口棚; 谷仓) in the evening，I had to pass through the area in which the chickens was located.There was a rooster who seemed to establishing its selfesteem by flogging me as I walked through its territory.Having a rooster flogging would be a horrified experience even if for an adult.Words cannot describe the impact it would have in a child.
1.His father has made a full_______(康复) after the operation.
2.The achievements the city has achieved has been widely r_____ (认可) by the public.
3.Traffic in cities is becoming increasingly heavy. People should be encouraged to use public _______(交通工具).
4.If you can’t keep your pet, you can give it to an animal _________(庇护所)
5.Children should learn and obey the ________(原则) of the school first.
6.There was a lot of e__________(证据)that could prove that the young man had stolen the car.
7.We have the r_______(责任) to teach the single-child generation about the importance of friendship and love for their families.
8.They have made great progress in machine translation and artificial _________(智能).
9.After the incident, children finally ______(理解，感谢) the importance of learning first aid.
10.Your encouragement made me more ________(有信心的) of my future.
I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball.I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.She seemed so_____,but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net.The boys always tried to stop her______nobody could.
I began to notice Sally at other times,basketball in hand,playing_____.She practiced dribbling(运球) and______over and over.
One day I asked Sally why she______so much.Without a moment of hesitation she said,“I want to go to college.The only way I can go is to get a ____.I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one.I believe that if I am______enough,I will get one.My father has told me that if the dream is big enough,the facts don’t ____.”
I _____her through those junior high years and into high school.Every week,she led her team to_____.One day in her senior year,I saw her sitting on the grass,her head______in her arms.Slowly and quietly,I____and sat down beside her.“What’s wrong?”I asked.“Oh,nothing,”came a soft reply,“I am just too short.”The______told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team—still less she would be______a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.
I felt she was extremely_____.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She told me that her father said those coaches were ____.They didn’t understand the ____ of a dream.
The next year,Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game.She was____ offered a scholarship and _____to the college team.She was going to get the college education that she had ____and worked toward for all those years.
It’s true:if the dream is big enough,the facts don’t count.
1.A. silent B. small C. strong D. huge
2.A. but B. and C. so D. for
3.A. still B. again C. well D. alone
4.A. passing B. running C. shooting D. struggling
5.A. studied B. practiced C. expected D. improved
6.A. title B. prize C. scholarship D. reward
7.A. good B. brave C. careful D. active
8.A. lack B. talk C. appear D. count
9.A. encouraged B. respected C. watched D. helped
10.A. victory B. confidence C. responsibility D. profession
11.A. dropped B. buried C. covered D. sunk
12.A. walked off B. walked out C. walked around D. walked up
13.A. coach B. teacher C. captain D. leader
14.A. suggested B. sent C. promised D. offered
15.A. worried B. excited C. disappointed D. surprised
16.A. great B. wrong C. strict D. cruel
17.A. pressure B. value C. cause D. power
18.A. exactly B. naturally C. really D. normally
19.A. taken B. admitted C. introduced D. appointed
20.A. dreamed of B. picked up C. benefited from D. carried out
Tips for Starting Your Own Travel Blog
Travel stories always make for very interesting reads.It’s great to know what’s happening elsewhere in the world.We bring some great advice on travel writing and some great ways to start your own travel blog.
1.1.
Why is it that you want to start a travel blog?Maybe you want to keep your friends updated about your travels,to help fellow travelers to travel smarter,or to discuss the beauties of this world.Writing down the reasons will give you clarity of thought,a direction,and a purpose.
2.Decide what you want to write and for whom.
Now that you know why you’re starting the blog,make a list of things you want to cover in your writing.2.Do you want to give your readers stories?Do you want to tell your readers about places?This way you’ll be telling your readers what to expect from your blog.
3.Name your blog intelligently.
Now that you have a clear picture about why and what you want to write,think of a name for your blog.3. A long,confusing name will not only be difficult to remember but also lead to you losing out on potential repeat visitors.
4.Don’t let the numbers get you down.
4. Maybe only your friends,family,and a few colleagues.You might feel a little depressed seeing shallow figures,but your efforts will pay off in the long run.Keep at it and stick to the plan.Slowly and steadily your readers will grow in number.
These tips for starting your own travel blog will not only help you to work smarter,but also ensure that your readers get the very best from you.5. Best of luck.
A.Post consistently and regularly.
B.Every blog MUST have a focus.
C.Write down your reasons for starting the blog.
D.Initially,not many people will visit your blog.
E.The name should be easy for people to remember.
F.You need to have some concrete experience in traveling to start a blog.
G.It is a good idea to start now and make a name for yourself and your blog.
They may be teenagers,but 17-year-old Brittany Bull and 16-year-old Sesam Mngqengqiswa have grand ambitions—to launch Africa’s first private satellite into space.They are part of a team of high school girls from Cape Town,South Africa,who have designed and built equipment for a satellite that will orbit over the earth’s poles scanning Africa’s surface.
Once in space,the satellite will collect information on agriculture,and food security within the continent.Using the data,“we can try to determine and predict the problems Africa will be facing in the future”,explains Bull,a student at Pelican Park High School.“Where our food is growing,where we can plant more trees and vegetation and also how we can monitor remote areas,”she says.“We have a lot of forest fires and floods but we don’t always get out there in time.”Information received twice a day will go towards disaster prevention.
It’s part of a project by South Africa’s Meta Economic Development Organization(MEDO) working with Morehead State University in the US.
The girls (14 in total) are being trained by satellite engineers from Cape Peninsula University of Technology,in an effort to encourage more African women into STEM(science,technology,engineering,mathematics).
Scheduled to launch in May 2017,if successful,it will make MEDO the first private company in Africa to build a satellite and send it into orbit.
Mngqengqiswa comes from a single parent household.Her mother is a domestic worker.By becoming a space engineer or astronaut,the teenager hopes to make her mother proud.“Discovering space and seeing the Earth’s atmosphere,it’s not something many black Africans have been able to do,or get the opportunity to look at.I want to see and experience these things for myself,”says Mngqengqiswa.
Her team mate Bull agrees,“I want to show to fellow girls that we don’t need to sit around or limit ourselves.Any career is possible—even aerospace.”
1.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. Information provided by the satellite.
B. The benefits brought by the satellite.
C. Problems African agriculture faces.
D. The way the satellite collects information.
2.Why are the experts teaching the girls satellite technology?
A. To turn them into good farmers.
B. To help African women to live better.
C. To train employees for a private company.
D. To attract more African women to sci-tech fields.
3.What do you think of the girls in the text?
A. Ambitious and pioneering. B. Generous and considerate.
C. Independent and modest. D. Brave and tolerant.
