假如你是某国际学校学生会主席李华，你校将举办英语书法比赛，请根据所给提示用英语以短文形式写一份书面通知。
1. 报名截止日期：9月13日；
2. 比赛时间：9月15日上午8:00；
3. 地点：四号教学楼501室；
4. 比赛内容：抄写一篇文章，文章届时发放（纸张及笔由学校统一提供）。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
Every time my mother and I started to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something so simple as dinner plans. Sudden, my mother will push the conversation into the topic of her best friend's son, that graduated from Tsinghua University last year. He is now earning 100,000 yuan a year as the engineer. In fact, I don't want to do any job related science like him. I don't know what to explain my plan to my mother. I'm the type of person who love to help out in the community. I even want to make a career of it because of I love it so much. I'd rather following my dreams and create my own future.
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。
Pedestrianism, an early form of racewalking, was a(n) 1. (extreme) popular sport in 18th- and 19th-century Britain, 2. (attract) huge crowds of spectators (观众). Individuals would either aim to walk a certain distance within a(n) 3. (limit) period of time or compete against other pedestrians.
Perhaps the most famous 4. (walk) was Captain Robert Barclay Allardice, whose extraordinary (非凡的) achievements earned 5. (he) the title of the “Celebrated Pedestrian”. The Scotsman's most memorable performance 6. (take) place in 1809, when he walked 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours for a bet of 1,000 guineas (an old British unit of money). Many considered 7. unlikely that he would complete the challenge, 8. required him to walk a mile an hour, for forty-two days and nights. He proved them wrong, though the task was so physically demanding that by the end of the walk he had lost nearly fifteen kilos 9. weight.
Since the 20th century, interest in walking as a sport has dropped. Racewalking is still an Olympic sport, but fails 10. (catch) the public attention as it did.
The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall was the part of the Great Wall I liked to visit. ____, one day in May 2000, I chose something wilder, more ____: Simatai. This section of the Great Wall has far fewer visitors than most other sections of the wall.
At the entrance to Simatai was a group of vendors (小贩) trying to ____ postcards. One tiny old lady seemed to ____ me wherever I went, and I was becoming increasingly ____. “How many times does it take for ‘No!' to sink in?” I thought. I finally ended up running away just to ___ this tiny woman.
Once I caught sight of the Great Wall, ____ overtook me, and the tiny old lady with the postcards ____ from my thoughts. I raced up the Great Wall ____. Then, halfway up, I stopped and suddenly realised I was rushing along a ____ “path” no wider than a meter. There were ____ “walls” — only steep drops on either side. I remembered then that ____ had fallen to their deaths in this section. I was so fearful that I ____ there completely stock-still.
Suddenly, I felt a small hand on my back and a ____ voice telling me, in Chinese, not to be ___, that she would slowly lead me to the top. Half an hour later, we ____ a section that had a few remnants (剩余的小部分) of the wall. I was able to turn around to see who had given such ____ to me in my hour of greatest ____. It was the tiny old lady I'd told a dozen times — eventually shouting at her — that I didn't want any ____. I felt really ____ of myself. I gave her a big hug, and then later bought every one of her postcards.
1.A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Besides
2.A. pleasant B. important C. popular D. challenging
3.A. sell B. count C. write D. collect
4.A. support B. follow C. need D. protect
5.A. puzzled B. upset C. lonely D. active
6.A. meet B. help C. escape D. greet
7.A. doubt B. surprise C. nervousness D. excitement
8.A. learned B. benefited C. disappeared D. suffered
9.A. recently B. impatiently C. secretly D. immediately
10.A. familiar B. dangerous C. correct D. crowded
11.A. no B. some C. enough D. many
12.A. shoppers B. owners C. vendors D. tourists
13.A. hid B. sat C. lay D. stood
14.A. silly B. female C. sleepy D. childish
15.A. afraid B. sorry C. lazy D. shy
16.A. left B. crossed C. avoided D. reached
17.A. friendship B. experience C. kindness D. imagination
18.A. pain B. fear C. anger D. regret
19.A. guides B. routes C. postcards D. foods
20.A. proud B. certain C. careful D. ashamed
Tips to stay safe and make smart choices
Even if you’re a genius (天才) at school, you still might be lost when it comes to getting from point A to point B. Don’t get caught in a strange place without these basic safety tips.
★Know where you’re going.
Before you set out in an unfamiliar area, go to Google Maps to plan your journey and print it out. 1. Make sure that the location services are turned on on your phone, just in case you get lost.
★Know where your stuff is.
Never leave your backpack or shopping bags out of your sight. Carry your wallet in your front pocket or keep it close to your body. 2. A fun day out can turn into the worst headache ever if you realize you’ve left something behind.
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If you have the choice between a busy street and a deserted one, always pick the busy one. You are more likely to be attacked on dark, empty sidewalks than on ones with a crowd.
★Travel in packs.
Don’t go anywhere — especially an unfamiliar place — without a friend or two. 4.
★Don’t let your music drown you out.
There’s nothing wrong with listening to your iPod as you walk around town, but keep it at a low enough volume (音量) so you can still hear passing cars. Losing concentration puts you at risk from accidents, attacks and getting lost. 5. Don’t do it. Keep your head up and pay attention to the people and things going on around you.
A. Pick your streets smart.
B. Always choose your own ways.
C. Be sure you’ve got everything at all times.
D. Take out your phone and call the police.
E. This also goes for texting while walking.
F. You can also use your phone’s GPS to map the route.
G. If you must go out alone, be sure to tell someone where you’re going.
Dressing against the cold is hard when you're a 6,000-pound elephant. But thanks to some generous knitters (编织者) in Mathura, India, a group of elephants have giant handmade sweaters to help them stay warm during the cold winter. When worn with their bright red leg coverings, their new outfits look like comfortable nightclothes for them!
The huge sweaters were made for elephants at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center. It takes care of 20 blind, lame, or injured elephants. They were saved from abuse (虐待). Some lived in circuses, some were bought and sold illegally, and some were not receiving enough care. In India, elephants are sometimes kept in crowded inner cities and used in street performances or for begging. This causes physical and emotional harm to the wild animals. Wildlife SOS provides food, care, and medical attention to those animals.
Because most of the elephants housed at the center are recovering from injuries or are elderly, “it is important to keep our elephants protected from the bitter cold during this extreme winter,” explains Kartick Satyanarayan, the co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS. “They are weak and vulnerable (脆弱的), having suffered so much abuse, making it easy for them to catch diseases such as pneumonia (lung infection). The cold also worsens their arthritis (关节炎), which is a common issue that our saved elephants have to deal with.”
At first, Wildlife SOS made giant jackets out of tarp (防水帆布) for the elephants to wear. Then they asked people in nearby villages to help out by making colorful knitted sweaters. Knitting the sweaters is a big undertaking. Each one takes about four weeks to create, with volunteers working together on the very large sweaters. Wildlife SOS hopes to save 50 more elephants this year — which means there could be a lot more knitting to do!
1.What can we learn about the knitted sweaters for elephants?
A. They are made of tarp.
B. They are all in bright red.
C. They are made entirely by hand.
D. They are designed for the elderly.
2.What do the 20 elephants who dress in huge sweaters have in common?
A. They are all good at street performances.
B. They all weigh over 6,000 pounds.
C. They were all found in the wild.
D. They were all badly treated.
3.What does Kartick Satyanarayan mainly explain?
A. The current situation of elephants in India.
B. The possibility of better protecting elephants.
C. The necessity of making sweaters for elephants.
D. The reason why Wildlife SOS rescues elephants.
