假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Peter对中国文化很感兴趣，来信询问重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival)的相关情况。请你给他写一封邮件，介绍重阳节，内容包括：
1.重阳节的时间；2.重阳节的活动；3.重阳节的意义。
注意：1. 词数100字左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours
LiHua
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。
I had a dream last night. I dreamed that I take part in a race in the sports meeting. At first, I could not run fast and fell behind. So I didn’t lose heart and kept running. My classmates on the playground were exciting and they all cheered me on, “Come on!” Thanks to their encouragement, it was not long after I caught up with all the other runner. In the end, I was the first to reach to the finishing line. I felt very proudly of myself. Many of my classmates threw me down into the air. Just at that moment we woke up and found myself still lying in bed. What interesting dream!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
What we eat every day does affect our health. As a result, we should try our best to change our bad eating habits and have 1. balanced diet. As we all know, fried food 2. (taste) delicious, but eating too much will probably lead to some illnesses. Worse still, a lot of money 3. (waste) on some junk food, which is not healthy at all.
As a matter of fact, our eating habits are changing for the worse. We used 4. (eat) more grains and vegetables, but less meat,5. is a good eating habit. However, things are 6. (real) different now. With our life becoming better and better, we are now eating a lot of food that is high in both sugar and fat. Some young people even make 7. a rule to eat out every month without 8. (consider) the balance of our diet.
The food we eat has a great effect 9. our health, so in order to have a healthy life, we must make right 10. (choose) and keep in mind that we are what we eat.
One Sunday morning I was running and noticed a person in front of me. I could ______ he was running a little slower than me and I thought, good! I shall try to ______ him. I had about a kilometer to go my path before I needed to ______.
So I started running faster and every block I was ______ near him just a little bit. After just a few minutes, I was only about 100 yards ______ him. So I ______ the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the ______ part of a marathon. I decided to catch him. Finally, I did it! I caught up with him and passed him by. On the inside I felt so good. I “beat” him,______ he didn’t even know we were ______.
After I passed him, I ______ that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had ______ my turn, had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turn around and go ______.
Isn’t that what happens in life when we ______ on competing with co-workers, neighbors, friends, trying to outdo them or trying to prove we are more successful or more ______? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss our own ______.
The ______ caused by unhealthy competition is that it is a never ending circle. There will always be somebody ______ you, someone with a better job, more money in the bank, more education, better behaved children, etc.
Take what life has given you, and you will be ______ by it. Stay focused and live a ______ life. After all, there is no ______ in destiny(命运). Run your own race and wish others well.
1.A. tell B. predict C. imagine D. suppose
2.A. fool B. greet C. stop D. catch
3.A. set out B. go away C. turn off D. come up
4.A. drawing B. calling C. holding D. turning
5.A. before B. around C. opposite D. behind
6.A. found out B. slowed down C. set about D. picked up
7.A. final B. long C. easy D. special
8.A. since B. but C. so D. if
9.A. racing B. running C. playing D. joking
10.A. wished B. doubted C. admitted D. realized
11.A. changed B. left C. missed D. chosen
12.A. away B. back C. alone D. on
13.A. live B. depend C. centre D. put
14.A. responsible B. optimistic C. sensitive D. important
15.A. path B. chance C. root D. heart
16.A. relation B. problem C. disagreement D. influence
17.A. more than B. instead of C. ahead of D. rather than
18.A. protected B. saved C. favored D. moved
19.A. successful B. healthy C. competitive D. colorful
20.A. difference B. competition C. point D. ending
How to Welcome Change in Your Life
Do you enjoy the road you are now on or resist and avoid change at all costs when a recent event has shaken you greatly? Here are things you can do while feeling uncertain to choose differently to change the way of your life.
Don’t react.
What do we do when we don’t know what to do? First, stop, take a deep breath and don’t do anything. 1. It is having faith and trusting what you do know in the unknown.
Reflect on the past.
Another activity is to recall times in your life when you were faced with an unknown. Then, think about how you dealt with the situation.2. Use your past experiences to bring you strength, and to remind you what you are able to do.
Make conscious (有意识的) decisions.
3. However, more possibilities open up when we are at peace. Go over your list of what ifs and make a more balanced list of the best and worst situations possible. Then talk to loved ones about what you would do in each situation and the choices you do have.
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We often see fears as our greatest enemy, yet they provide us with a great opportunity for self-growth. What if we were to see them as friends who want to help us become a better person? Let your fears help you instead of hurting you. Then, write down what comes to you.5.
A. Don’t panic.
B. Befriend your fears.
C. You may be surprised by the answers.
D. Our choices seem limited when we are fearful.
E. Then try to stay calm with the state of “not knowing”.
F. Learning from past failures helps you make better decisions.
G. Remembering the past will remind you that you’ve gone through difficult situations.
It may be common knowledge that what British people call “football” is known as “soccer” in the US, and “colour” in British English (BrE) goes without the “u” in American English (AmE). But according to a chart made recently by website Grammar Check, these are far from being the only differences between the two countries, use of English. The chart outlined 63 of the main contrasts (对照) between BrE and AmE, from the more well-known “lift/elevator” and “autumn/fall” to the lesser-known “garden/yard” and “petrol/gasoline”.
Some of the vocabulary mismatches are so different that two people in a conversation may fail to understand each other. For example, the two countries have different names for certain food. “Biscuits” and “sweets” in Britain are known as “cookies” and “candies”, respectively, in the US. But while getting food names mixed up only causes puzzle, some misunderstandings may lead to embarrassment (尴尬) if you’re not careful. If a British man in the US is asked to show up a party in “pants”, there’s a chance that he might get a lot of stares from other guests. “Pants” in the UK means underwear. “Trousers” are what you need to ask a British friend to wear if you don’t want them to cause a scene among your friends.
However, even if 63 is already a lot, there are still many differences that the chart failed to cover. If a US girl walks into a UK barber and says “I want to have my bangs fixed’’, for example, it could take a while before the hairdresser realizes what she means is actually her “fringe”.
1.By listing many examples in the first paragraph, the author mainly tells us .
A. BrE and AmE are different in spelling
B. BrE and AmE have a lot of similar words
C. there are many differences between BrE and AmE
D. people are much more familiar with “lift/elevator”
2.The underlined word “respectively” in paragraph 2 means .
A. separately B. both
C. respectfully D. similarly
3.If a British man is asked to attend a party in “pants”, he might .
A. feel uncomfortable or ashamed
B. be attractive among his friends
C. be puzzled at others’ dresses
D. ask for a pair of trousers instead
4.We can conclude from the last paragraph that .
A. the British are slow in understanding
B. the chart includes all the differences
C. the hairdresser doesn’t know “bang”
D. AmE differs quite a lot from BrE
