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。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。
While taking a walk with my pet dog this morning, I found the middle-aged man nearby was shouting on his phone. Obvious, he had a bad day. Before he left, I noticed his keys were on the ground. So I immediately picked up and ran away to find the man. Several minutes later, I found him, whom was still shouting on his phone beside his car. I walked to him and asked if he could hold on a little seconds. At first, he was angry about my interrupt. Then I showed to his keys and explained the whole thing. On heard my words, he immediately hang up his phone and apologized for his rudeness.
Stephen Hawking, who is one of the famous physicists, was born in Britain on January 8th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic about 1. (design) complicated toys but 2. (fortune), in his twenties, he suffered 3. a disease that was impossible to be cured,4. was a great challenge for him. However, he was not only positive about the misfortunes, and eventually he 5. (defeat) all the obstacles but also he was absorbed 6. his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time 7. (publish), in which he put forward the idea 8. time itself has a beginning, and that it will have 9. end. In 10. (conclude), he has made outstanding contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.
History has some very special qualities about it. It is a ______ of what has happened in the past, and the really interesting thing is that much of history has been ______ time and again. It allows us to learn from the past, both the ______ made and the successes achieved.
One of the ______ of history is that it allows us to know how famous people ______ when they were faced with challenges in their life.______ these challenges happened at a certain time in the past or in a ______ country or culture, all of them can always teach us something ______.
Take for example the ______ of Thomas Edison and how many times he ______ while on the road to finally inventing the light bulb. He could be held out as an example of a person who ______ stopped trying. I am sure he was ______ by those difficulties but he did not let them stop him. He had a ______ and he just kept trying until he reached success.
Or, think about the story of Abraham Lincoln who ______ to become President of the United States even though he suffered ______ losses. Most of us only know about his success.______, his life was not an easy one. His story makes us keep moving forward no matter what ______ we have in life.
These true history stories will make you stop to reconsider ______ or going after your dreams even though you may not think you have the courage or the ______ for now to get what you have always wanted. They could help you make decisions and ______ when you have no idea what to do. They could inspire you to be all that you can be.
1.A. note B. belief C. chance D. record
2.A. repeated B. expected C. reported D. corrected
3.A. agreements B. jokes C. mistakes D. challenges
4.A. events B. advantages C. problems D. periods
5.A. studied B. explored C. competed D. reacted
6.A. Unless B. Because C. Although D. Whether
7.A. different B. poor C. developed D. popular
8.A. clear B. useful C. special D. simple
9.A. name B. character C. position D. story
10.A. traveled B. watched C. escaped D. failed
11.A. never B. often C. still D. also
12.A. shocked B. discouraged C. beaten D. controlled
13.A. job B. duty C. dream D. power
14.A. happened B. prepared C. managed D. pretended
15.A. hearing B. weight C. slight D. personal
16.A. After all B. As usual C. In all D. In fact
17.A. difficulties B. improvements C. permissions D. directions
18.A. giving up B. passing by C. setting off D. calming down
19.A. habit B. ability C. goal D. choice
20.A. introductions B. conversations C. judgments D. impressions
As most of us know, talking and listening don't go smoothly every time.Will your parents take you seriously, believe what you say, listen to and respect your opinions？1.But some of what happens depends on you, too.Since communication is a two－way street, the way you talk can influence how well a parent listens and understands you.So here are some guidelines to consider when talking to parents：
●Be clear and direct.Be as clear as you can about what you think, feel, and want.2.They can listen better or be more helpful if they understand what you mean and what's really going on.
●Be honest.If you're always honest, a parent will be likely to believe what you say.If you sometimes hide the truth or add too much drama, your parents will have a harder time believing what you tell them.If you lie, they'll find it hard to trust you.
●Try to understand their point of view.If you have a disagreement, can you see your parents' side？3.Telling your parents you understand their views and feelings helps them be willing to see yours, too.
●Try not to argue or complain.Using a tone that's friendly and respectful makes it more likely that your parents will listen and take what you say seriously.4.If you think your emotions might get the better of you, do something to blow off steam before talking: Go for a run.Cry.5.Do whatever it takes to sound calm when you need to.
A．Hit your pillow.
B．If you can, say so.
C．A lot depends on your parents.
D．Think twice before you make a decision.
E．Your parents won't always see things in your way.
F．Give details that can help your parents understand your situation.
G．Of course, this is hard for any of us when we're feeling heated about something.
See a cell phone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you’ll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting "print" on your computer. You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an object as you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷) ink onto paper line by line, modem 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.
Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂) and certain metals. The thinner each layer is — from a millimeter to less than the width of a hair —the smoother and finer the object will be. This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3-D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.
Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3-D printing industry — printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost £20,000, while now they cost only about £ 1,000, according to the BBC. Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3-D printing can create just about anything you can think of --- flutes (笛子), bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3-D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one.
However, as 3-D printing becomes more common, it may bring about certain problems —such as piracy. "Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer, who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?", an expert in 3-D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3-D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?
1.According to the article, in the future, the 3-D printing technology will .
A. enable people to make better purchases online
B. change the way we make many products i
C. be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers
D. shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online
2.What happened in the 3D printing industry last year?
A. The 3-D printing technology was taken out of the factory.
B. The 3-D printer was used for medical treatment for the first time.
C. The 3-D printer became more affordable for consumers.
D. 3-D printing technology began to be used in various fields.
3.How is the last paragraph developed?
A. By giving examples.
B. By making comparisons.
C. By analyzing the cause and effect.
D. By using figures.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Online Shopping Disappearing
B. Technology in the Future
C. Printing out Everything
D. Great Demand for 3-D Printers
In 1863, the great novelist Jules Verne wrote a novel called Paris in the Twentieth Century. In the book he used the full power of his great ability to forecast the coming century. Unfortunately, the manuscript (手稿) was lost until his great-grandson happened to discover it lying in a safe where it had been carefully locked away for almost 130 years. Realizing what a treasure he had found, he arranged to have it published in 1994, and it became a bestseller at once.
Back in 1863, kings still ruled the ancient world in Europe, with so many poor people working in the fields. And steam power was just beginning to change the world. But Verne predicted that Paris in 1960 would have glass skyscrapers, air conditioning, TV, high-speed trains, gas-powered vehicles, and even something similar to the Internet. Verne descibed life in modem Paris almost without any mistakes.
Just two years later Verne made another amazing prediction. He wrote From the Earth to the Moon, in which he predicted the details of the task that sent several astronauts to the moon 100 years later in 1969. He correctly predicted the size of the space capsule, the number of astronauts who would carry out the task, the weightlessness that the astronauts would experience, and the final landing in the ocean.
How was Jules Verne able to predict 100 years into the future successfully? Although he was not a scientist himself, Verne often turned to scientists, asking them questions about their opinions of the future. He collected a vast amount of information about the great scientific discoveries of his time. Verne realized that science would make it possible for many amazing things to appear in the future. The secret of his successful prediction was his belief in the power of science to change society.
1.Paris in the Twentieth Century is a novel that .
A. was published long after it was finished
B. didn’t sell well when published at first
C. took Jules Verne five years to finish
D. people thought badly of at first
2.The third paragraph is mainly about .
A. the requirements of being an astronaut
B. how From the Earth to the Moon was created
C. what From the Earth to the Moon is about
D. the differences between the earth and the moon
3.According to the text, Jules Verne .
A. could predict what would happen to someone
B. was a great scientist and novelist
C. had Paris in the Twentieth Century published in 1994
D. showed strong interest in writing and science
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. The early life of Jules Verne
B. Jules Verne: A writer ahead of his time
C. Jules Verne’s opinions about science
D. Jules Verne’s inventions came true
