假定你是李华，高中毕业10年后，从报纸上获悉母校将要举行100周年校庆。请给远在美国的同桌Peter写一封电子邮件，相约一起回母校参加活动。要点如下：
1. 回忆高中快乐生活。
2. 校庆活动介绍。
3. 捐设奖学金。
参考词汇： 百年校庆 100th anniversary celebration; 奖学金 scholarship
Dear Peter,
How is everything going recently?
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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。
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（
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修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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Last week I noticed Jack coughing on our math class. See this, I offered to take him to a clinic. There the doctor asked Jack how he had coughed sometimes for long time. Jack nodded his head immediate. The doctor then wrote a prescription with instruction on how to take the Chinese medicine. When Jack tasted the medicine, he almost brings it up. I comforted him with an old saying “Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth”. Jack managed to swallow them unwillingly. But when he had recovered three days later, he felt amazing at the effect of the Chinese medicine.
I got laid off at 53 from a senior management position in a restaurant. And I knew it was going to be hard to find another job in the 1. (competition) working market. My age put me at 2. disadvantage. But I also knew it was time for me 3. (realize) my lifelong dream of owning a restaurant.4. was most difficult was that in order to make this happen, I needed to find an 5. (exist) café that wasn’t doing well. It couldn’t be better if its owner was ready to quit his business. With great 6. (lucky) I found just what I wanted eight blocks from home. Since I had never financially planned for this day, I had to borrow money from friends as well as 7. (relative). I, together with my wife,8. (be) ready to start off. We changed the name to Black Dog Coffee, the menu, the recipes and the look of the cafe, and my wife did great job of designing. Eighteen years later, we’re still here and doing 9. (well) than ever. I’m grateful 10. the layoff and the opportunity to pursue my dream.
There’s a song by the great Jamaican singer Bob Marley called So Much Trouble In The World. Marley understood that part of the reason why there are so many problems in the world is the lack of tolerance between people. The UN understands this too––– that’s why it made Nov 16th “International Day for Tolerance”.
But first of all, what is tolerance? According to French philosopher Voltaire, tolerance is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty (脆弱) and error; let us pardon each other’s fool––– that is the first law of nature.”
Very often, people don’t realize that they’re intolerant. This is because intolerance has a lot to do with ignorance. For example, the UN’s campaign is in part about the treatment of females by males. But often, the behavior of men toward women is intolerant because men don’t put themselves in the shoes of women.
It’s worth thinking a little about the words “tolerance” and “intolerance”. Are they the best words to describe the evils of which we’re speaking here? To agree to be “tolerant” of someone isn’t necessarily a very respectful thing. When someone is tolerated, it implies that there’s something wrong with them.
Still, what Voltaire said stands: We humans are not perfect and this weakness is something that we all share. That’s the reason we should be tolerant. It’s a little like generosity. We can give things to another person, and we can also give our forgiveness.
1.What’s the purpose of the UN “International Day For Tolerance”?
A. To arouse people’s awareness of tolerance among people.
B. To celebrate the founding of the UN.
C. To solve the problem of global warming.
D. To change peopled opinion towards globalization.
2.Why do men behave intolerantly towards women?
A. Because men don’t realize the purpose of the UN.
B. Because men are physically stronger than women.
C. Because men don’t appreciate the shoes of women.
D. Because men are not willing to understand women.
3.Why is it meaningless to use the words “tolerance” and “intolerance”?
A. Because they are hard to pronounce in English.
B. Because they don’t express the exact meaning people refer to.
C. Because they can’t be translated into other languages.
D. Because they can’t be used in a respectful way.
4.In what sense is “tolerance” similar to “generosity”?
A. Humans are advised to treat others better.
B. Humans leant to find faults in others.
C. Humans need to give something to others.
D. Humans will change their attitudes to others.
Most people know that listening to music when they are feeling down or depressed can encourage their spirits.
However studies have also shown that music, especially certain tones can reduce stress. Music can change brainwave patterns, deepen breathing, and bring on a totally stress-free and more open mindset（心态）. Using music to relax when considering a particular problem may not only raise your mood, but also could help you reach that "a-ha"moment and find a solution.
Music has also been shown not only to make you feel good, but also, to be a great motivator. For example, during exercise, listening to music can keep you going, or get you to exercise more by helping you to ignore negative feelings of tiredness and focus on the pleasurable feelings you get from being absorbed in the music.
Music is mainly used to record emotion. When we listen to a piece of music we share the artist's feelings on a visceral（本来的）level. That can be sad, and who among us hasn't put on a painful love song to share in the misery after a bad break-up? On the contrary, we can share in the delight of songs of joy and happiness, or any song or piece of music that reminds us of a particular happy time in our past.
So next time you are feeling down, put on Beethoven' s Ode to Joy, I bet you will feel a lot better about whatever it was that was bothering you!
1.We can infer from the first paragraph that music can .
A. benefit you in many ways
B. promote you to find more questions
C. change the patterns of your lifestyle
D. influence your attention to a problem
2.The author wrote the second paragraph mainly to .
A. tell us a story B. make some comments
C. give us an example D. list some facts
3.When we enjoy a piece of sad music, .
A. we'll share the artist's feelings deeply
B. we may recall our miserable past
C. we may be reminded of particular joy
D. we'll show mercy on the artist' s life
4.What's the best title of the text?
A. What music means to a music lover B. Why people love happy music
C. What kind of music is popular D. How music changes your life
April 4th was just another day on a Western Australia farm for Zac Mitchell, until it suddenly wasn’t. In an unexpected accident, the cattle worker was feeding the animals in his charge when one bull cleaned him up and kicked his hand up against the rail, resulting in the thumb on his right hand being cut off. “My thumb was still hanging on the rail... when I got up off the ground,” Zac Mitchell says.
His co-workers tried their best to preserve the thumb for reattachment, placing it on ice in a cooler, but two surgeries to put Mitchell’s thumb back in place failed. That’s when doctors came up with another suggestion: Remove one of his big toes to where his thumb used to be.
Mitchell’s lead surgeon, Sean Nicklin, understood the man’s dilemma at first, calling it a “bit of a crazy idea”. After all, Zac Mitchell did not want to be injured in another part of his body. But as the thumb is incredibly important function-wise, Mitchell eventually gave in. Nicklin explains that the big toe is surprisingly fit for a thumb switch: Nerves sync up (同步) nicely, and it looks more like a thumb, though a giant one, than any other alternative they may have come up with. He added that big toes aren’t as necessary for balance and walking as people believe. As far as the foot goes, occasional “fine balance” activities like surfing might be difficult, but most people without a big toe function fine in everyday tasks like walking and even competitive sports.
The eight-hour surgery went well, and Mitchell is expected to have a year or so of recovery in front of him before he heads back into the fields.
1.What happened to Zac Mitchell on April 4th?
A. He cleaned up a bull. B. He was badly hurt.
C. He started his farm. D. He lost his thumbs.
2.What suggestion did the doctor give to Mitchell after the unsuccessful surgery?
A. Recreating a new thumb in place.
B. Replacing the thumb with his toe.
C. Transplanting his co-worker’s thumb.
D. Putting back the cut-off thumb again.
3.What is Mitchell’s first attitude to the doctor’s another suggestion?
A. Optimistic. B. Insignificant.
C. Hesitant. D. Rejective.
4.According to Nicklin, after the surgery Mitchell is able to .
A. surf on the sea B. do daily activities
C. only stay at home D. work on wheelchair
