假定你是李华，为了促进学生健康成长，你校于上周五举办了一场由Smith教授主讲的以”We are what we eat”为专题的讲座。你的英国笔友Bill想了解该活动，请你用英语给他回一封信：
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bill,
I’m glad that you are interested in the speech.
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Yours,
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。
Dear Editor,
I’m a middle school student. I am writing to tell you something around us.
Nowadays, as the development of China’s urbanization, thousands of people move into cities, leave their children at home. However, many of these left-behind children have problems, which always feel lonely or stressed out and are more likely make mistakes. They even behave illegal due to lack of their parents’ love and care.
How can we solve a problem? In my eyes, our government should balance the economic develop in different area. Besides, we can organize “hand-in-hand” activities to call on more people to help them. It’s very important for us to pay more attention to these children if you want to build in a harmonious society.
Best wishes to you!
Yours,
Wang Qiang
Confucius is said to have lived about 2,500 years ago. He is honored 1. setting the tone for much traditional Chinese music for thousands of years. He 2. (think) to be a music teacher and a 3. (talent) musician who was able to play several instruments expertly. Perhaps for other people around the world, music was meant mainly for amusement. 4. during the time of the Zhou Dynasty about 500 BC, music had an important role in making society stable.
How music was used and performed is expressed in several main Confucian books. Confucius taught that 5. (educate) somebody, you should start with poems, emphasize ceremonies, and finish with music.
Musical knowledge was 6. matter of higher learning. It is said that he thought of the six most important 7. (subject) to study, ranking music higher than the other five necessary subjects like writing and mathematics.
Music was so important because the ideal society was to be governed by ritual (礼制) functions, but not by law. In a culture 8. people function according to ritual, music is used to help govern them. So music wasn’t really 9. (entertain), but a means for musicians to accomplish political and social goals. Music is 10. (eventual) a means for social happiness.
It was a hot day: the whole group was silting in the shade reading. Sitting beside me was six-year old Mylea, moving her _______ in time with mine. Then I noticed other students, each _______ a picture book for the first time.
In creating Racquet and Literacy League for Youth (RALLY), I hoped to _______ two of my passions: tennis and reading, with inner-city children. Throughout the year, I had advertised for campers and volunteers.
But on the first day of camp, _______ my careful planning, things did not go smoothly. Two boys _______ over the net, their noses bleeding. During the reading time, no one _______ a book. They would rather watch films at home. Eli told me, than learn _______ tennis and read boring books.
I _______ myself home that afternoon, feeling I had failed. Soon I realized that I should get to _______. That evening, I called my volunteers together for a meeting, and with their help, ________ the entire curriculum; each ________ would pair with a camper to help him / her during reading lime. To emphasize praise and progress, we gave out awards for most ________ reading, tennis and behavior weekly.
Mylea said she had a(n) ________ of taking the book home to read to her mom tonight, looking at her ________ face. I offered her a hug. Somehow, after the schedule changes, these children, who had been ________ during reading time, began to find joy in reading stories.
I’ve heard the expression, “a mind is a terrible thing to waste.” I witnessed its ________ firsthand at RALLY. Disadvantaged children lack no desire to learn, but the resources to ________ that desire. Solving this issue is a ________ task, but I saw much transformative power at RALLY. RALLY’s progress didn’t follow the straight road. ________, with creativity and efforts, I can overcome the twists and reach my destination, and help others reach theirs, too. I can’t wait to ________ the journey.
1.A. lips B. shoulders C. arms D. feet
2.A. needing B. writing C. reading D. describing
3.A. share B. form C. conclude D. comment
4.A. due to B. as for C. except D. despite
5.A. looked B. fell C. jumped D. stepped
6.A. owned B. opened C. published D. purchased
7.A. amazing B. stupid C. inspiring D. beneficial
8.A. hated B. dreamt C. dragged D. persuaded
9.A. work B. relax C. research D. abandon
10.A. reassured B. repaired C. recalled D. redesigned
11.A. tutor B. student C. volunteer D. parent
12.A. arranged B. improved C. consumed D. encouraged
13.A. habit B. advantage C. power D. intention
14.A. eager B. nervous C. ashamed D. grey
15.A. smart B. active C. slow D. impatient
16.A. truth B. change C. definition D. restriction
17.A. destroy B. foster C. preserve D. display
18.A. unique B. common C. meaningful D. huge
19.A. So B. Besides C. However D. Therefore
20.A. oppose B. advocate C. continue D. evaluate
One of the worst feelings in the world is trying your hardest at something but still fail. In the case of schoolwork, studying for hours and bringing home disappointing grades may make you feel hopeless, but this is far from the truth. If you are dealing with disappointing grades, change your study habits. 1..
·Act fast
2.. Don’t sit around, and definitely don’t ignore them. Instead, admit that you need help and go in search of it soon. The faster you face up to the problem, the faster you can find a solution and see some results.
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Remember, if you keep doing the same thing all the lime you’ll undoubtedly keep getting the same results. Mix things up by asking for help, whether from a friend or fellow student, your teacher or a private tutor.
• Set up a dedicated workspace
Sitting for hours at the kitchen table trying to ignore your family, or opening your books in front of the television does not make for successful studying. 4.. Get into the habit of settling into this workspace whenever you have schoolwork to do and soon you’ll be flying through your homework.
• Learn from your mistakes
If you are having trouble with a particular kind of question in the exam papers and homework, don’t be discouraged. 5.. Request an appointment with your teacher and use this time to discuss your work and get his / her advice as well.
A. Ask for Help
B. Find out the reasons
C. You’d better form a habit
D. You’ll be amazed by the results
E. It is time to figure out exactly where you are going wrong
F. Instead, find a quiet space away from the rest of your family
G. The most important rule about dealing with disappointing grades is to take immediate actions
Regrets are often painful. A study suggests that some people can overcome them, said Jia Wei Zhang, a psychology graduate at the University of California. But this isn’t the case for everyone, he said.
The researchers wondered why some people report feeling improvement from regrets but others don’t. Does it lie in how people approach their regrets?
In the study, the researchers focused on self-compassion (自我同情) as a potential factor in why some people have an easier lime leaving their regrets behind them.
400 people attended an experiment. First, they were asked to write about their biggest regret. Half wrote something they did but wish they hadn’t done; the other half wrote something they didn’t do but wish they had. Then, the participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: self compassion, self-esteem and a control group. The self-esteem group was asked to respond by “talking to yourself about this regret from the aspect of confirming your positive qualities”.
The control group was asked to write about their favorite hobby rather than their regret. Then, they were asked about their feelings of forgiveness, acceptance and personal improvement following the exercise.
They found that the self-compassion group reported greater feelings of acceptance, forgiveness and personal improvement, compared with the control group and the self esteem group. In other words, focusing on your best qualities is not what helps you feel better about a regret. Rather, being compassionate toward yourself is what may make a difference, the researchers found.
It’s possible that people who practice self-compassion are able to confront their regrets and see what went wrong, so they can make a better choice in the future, Zhang told Live Science. Self-compassion pushes people to accept their regret instead of running away from it.
The researchers used an example of this from a previous study on breast cancer patients who were asked to try thinking about their treatment in a positive light before it began. The women who did so reported greater feelings of personal growth later on.
1.What does the underlined word “confront” in Paragraph 7 mean?
A. Handle B. Forget.
C. Ignore D. Show.
2.What were the students in the self-esteem group asked to do?
A. Think of a way out. B. Write about their regrets.
C. Record their favorite hobbies. D. Treat their regrets in positive ways.
3.Why were the participants asked about their good qualities?
A. To cover up their regrets.
B. To see if they have weaknesses.
C. To see if they have self compassion.
D. To help them feel better about their regrets.
4.What was the aim of mentioning the researchers’ study on breast cancer patients?
A. To show the method of the research.
B. To show the value of the acceptance.
C. To show the truth of people’s feeling.
D. To show the difficulty of the research.
