近年来，各地媒体不断推出各种选秀节目，电视选秀非常流行，同时不少年轻人，甚至高中生也参加了这类节目。请以“电视选秀节目（TV talent show）之利弊”为主题，用英文写一篇100个词左右的短文。要点如下：
1.简述电视选秀节目的现状；
2.你对选秀节目利弊的看法并说明你的理由。
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假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，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 Jack,
Welcome to my school! Upon your arrival, there will be a party for you organizing by my classmates. You may attend to English classes to feel a differently learning style. After that, you can go to your host family that you can experience the Chinese way of life. you can have meals together chatting about anything that interest you.
The host family will also show you off some famous scenic spots. You can see people selling kites everywhere because our city was home to kites. There are varieties of kites to choose. So isn’t that a good idea to buy some for your friends Write to me unless you have any questions about the schedule.
Yours,
Li Hua
Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat1.(prepare)to cross a river, when he accidentally dropped his sword into the water. 2.he ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great3.(anxious)too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he 4.(immediate) took out a knife and made a notch(刻痕)on the side of the boat5.his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help6.(get)his sword back. Shortly after the 7.(arrive)at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though8.(spend)rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became9.well-known joke in China.
Today the idiom 10.(relate)to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.
If you have a little child, who hates sitting in a child car seat, then the FreedomRide is the answer to your problem.
Would you want to be ____in an unchangeable position every time you’re in the car. No.
You Wouldn’t!
When a ____sits in a car for any length of time, we stretch, we change the position, we move our legs, and shift ____. We do this automatically, and without ____. But kids in a traditional car seat can’t do this. They are stuck in one position, and they ____move. We move because the ____of blood needs to be restored in our legs as we sit in the ____position for any extended length of time.
In a traditional car seat, the child can’t move to ____the pain, so it ____them in a bad mood.
The Freedom Ride lets them have a little ____, and still be safe. The 5-point Harness gives them additional safety ____a traditional child car seat.
I am the Webmaster for islandbreeze.com, and ____Joey Safe asked us to redo their web site, I was ____by this system. That is because I have two small children, and we obviously ____car seats. I live in Southern California, and every ____of months, my wife, the girls and I, go to see grandma who lives in Nevada. It’s a 5-hour drive, so the Freedom Ride ____well. Our trips are so much better now, especially, since there is ____room in the car without the car seats.
The Freedom Ride really did ____it easier to go on trips. The only thing you need when you use the Joey Safe ____your old child seat is a pillow. ____, my kids want to take a pillow anyway! As a dad, I feel safe driving with the kids in the Freedom Ride.
1.A. stricken B. driven C. stuck D. hidden
2.A. woman B. grown-up C. kid D. man
3.A. suddenly B. constantly C. smoothly D. strongly
4.A. saying B. stopping C. thinking D. moving
5.A. can’t B. daren’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t
6.A. supply B. transport C. circulation D. pressure
7.A. same B. soft C. old D. hard
8.A. sharpen B. remove C. suffer D. reduce
9.A. takes B. holds C. puts D. gets
10.A. rest B. activity C. time D. freedom
11.A. above B. over C. under D. around
12.A. when B. before C. until D. unless
13.A. puzzled B. astonished C. attracted D. satisfied
14.A. like B. ate C. refuse D. use
15.A. second B. other C. couple D. several
16.A. works B. runs C. sells D. washes
17.A. much B. many C. more D. some
18.A. find B. feel C. let D. make
19.A. apart from B. instead of C. as well as D. no longer
20.A. However B. Though C. Besides D. Therefore
Some Most Common Senior Year Mistakes
1.You’d better find out how to avoid these common mistakes. Finding a balance between having fun and studying for your courses is a great way to start preparing for college, since you will be called upon to do this during your college years.
Here we’ve listed some top mistakes students make so that you can make sure you don’t make them.
Skipping Classes
Skipping classes could mean missing valuable information for the coming tests. 2. As is known to all, information you’ll need for your major in your college program may be covered during a high school lecture you miss.
Forgetting to Study
When you feel less motivated to study, remind yourself that every good grade gets you closer to finding a college that offers a great program in the major you want. Keep your eyes on the prize!
3. To stay on top of your assignments, calculate how long you think something will take you, and then double it. That way you’ll have ample time to get your work done.
Daydreaming about Your Future Too Much
Your mind now might be wandering, thinking around about degrees, majors, possible careers, study abroad and many other things. These are all exciting future possibilities, but don’t forget the here and now.4.
Failing to Use Available Resources
Teachers know about fall the challenges you’re facing.
5.This help can be in the form of extra office hours, a review of topics covered, study guides, sample exams, or other tools to help you improve your grade. Take advantage of them.
A. Start preparing for college
B. Mismanaging Your Time
C. Your senior year of high school is a busy time
D. And don’t forget to think ahead to university classes
E. Almost every high school senior makes some mistakes.
F. Spending too much time daydreaming could seriously limit those future plans You
G. And many of them are nice enough to offer extra help.
Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship(学徒期)as a union painter and dry waller(筑墙工). On Friday morning, she was thanking God she had it.
On Thursday night, while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter, nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment, she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4-year-old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying, “We’re going to die, ”she knew she had to act.Pina,39, first sealed the door, and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911, she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said, ‘OK, we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game,’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited, and a few minutes later, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina, Ilean,8yearold Gabriel Parga,5-year-old Aubreyana Parga and 4-year-old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story. Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children, one-by-one, into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said.“I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window, firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke, but nobody was seriously injured.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. A big fire without serious injury
B. A babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire
C. A brave babysitter
D. How to save children in a fire
2.What did Lisa Pina do before she called 911, in order to prevent the fire?
A. He sealed the door
B. She opened the window of the second floor
C. She had children start singing
D. She let children get on the floor
3.What do we know according to the passage?
A. The fire didn’t cause any injury
B. Lisa Pina was not the last one to be rescued
C. The children were sent to hospital after the fire
D. During the fire Lisa Pina pretended not to be afraid at all
