假如你是李华，你校将举办中学生文化艺术节，请给你的英国朋友Peter写信，邀请他参加这次艺术节并请他表演一个节目．信的内容包括：
1．演出地点、时间及参加人员；
2．介绍艺术节主题：弘扬传统文化，促进文化交流．
注意：1．词数：100左右
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
参考词汇：中学生文化艺术节the Middle School Art Festival
承办 host 弘扬 carry forward
Dear Peter，
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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。
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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
This morning, Li Lin and I went to see Mr. Wang, he used to be our English teacher.
On arriving at Mr. Wang’s, we presented our gifts to him, which he liked them very much. He talked about some interested things and persons he remembered. When he began to teach us, I was quite poor with English. Learned about this, Mr. Wang offered lots of help to me. Without his help, I wouldn’t have made so rapid progress. Mr. Wang is retired now. He leads active life and does some voluntary works. Before we leave, he impressed upon us the importance of knowledge and inspired us to study hardly. We wished him a happy life forever.
People release (放) balloons for special occasions like memorial services and grand openings. It is fun and exciting. But it really causes great destruction to the environment and threatens the 1. (life) of our wildlife.
When a balloon 2. (fly) into the sky, it doesn’t end up 3. (stay) there. It eventually bursts and returns to the earth as ugly litter. Balloons can even travel thousands of miles and pollute the most remote and pure places. More 4. (sad), they can present a threat to many animals. Birds, whales, turtles and other animals often mistake balloons 5. food, which can do damage to them because balloons contain 6. (harm) chemicals. Balloons even kill animals. When an animal swallows a balloon，it can block its intestinal tract (肠道), resulting in starvation.
Part of the reason why releasing balloons 7. (permit) in so many places is that some balloons do break down eventually. However, it takes about four years 8. (break) down completely.
Watching hundreds of balloons slowly going up into the sky might give you a five-second thrill, 9. is it worth a bunch of dead animals and so many places full of rubbish? Absolutely not. 10. we should do is to get creative and come up with alternative ways to celebrate.
13-year-old Madison was studying at home when her mother burst in. She said a boy had fallen into a septic tank (化粪池) and made an urgent ____ for Madison’s help.
They ran to a neighbor yard, where the ____ adults surrounded the septic tank opening ____wider than a basketball. The boy, aged only 2, had slipped in and was ____.
Madison quickly ____ the situation. She was the only one who could ____ through the small opening. Without ____, she got close to the opening and said, “____ me in.”
Some people held her waist and ____. She wiggled (扭动) arms and shoulders until she ____ the opening. Inside, the tank was dark and the air smelly. When she stuck her arms into the dirty water, she jammed her left wrist against a hidden stick, ____ it severely.
____ tend to her injury, Madison scanned the surface of the dirty water, hoping to ____ the underwater boy. Suddenly she saw his little toes stick out. When spotting the vague ____ of his foot again, Madison shot out her ____ hand, grasped the foot tightly and shouted, “Pull me up!”
As they nearly reached the surface, the boy’s other foot got stuck. She wiggled his foot until it was ____. Eventually they were lifted out.
____, the kid wasn’t out of trouble. Having suffered from lack of ____ that long, he wasn’t breathing. He was then given hard hits on the back until he coughed up water. At the sight of this, Madison sighed with ____.
Madison received months of treatment for her wrist, which made her ____ actions more impressive.
1.A. appointment B. attempt C. choice D. request
2.A. anxious B. curious C. annoyed D. merciful
3.A. partly B. previously C. slightly D. dramatically
4.A. floating B. weeping C. trembling D. drowning
5.A. controlled B. examined C. took part in D. gave up
6.A. look B. jump C. fill D. fit
7.A. time B. permission C. hesitation D. judgment
8.A. Throw B. Lower C. Force D. Push
9.A. legs B. arms C. head D. hands
10.A. adjusted to B. got through C. tore down D. held on to
11.A. touching B. trapping C. injuring D. striking
12.A. In an effort to B. Rather than C. Likely to D. Ready to
13.A. feel B. smell C. follow D. attract
14.A. skin B. gesture C. picture D. outline
15.A. left B. single C. good D. clumsy
16.A. frozen B. free C. flexible D. bare
17.A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Personally
18.A. protection B. oxygen C. gravity D. energy
19.A. fright B. cold C. relief D. respect
20.A. unselfish B. thoughtless C. unconscious D. random
Culture shock is the emotional and mental reaction to being in a completely new cultural environment. 1. it generally consists of several stages of feelings.
The “honeymoon stage” is usually, the first stage that people go through when surrounded by different cultural values and lifestyles. During this stage, people have positive images of their new cultural surroundings. They tend to view these in an idealistic way and ignore problems. 2. This stage is usually quite short and quickly replaced by the second stage called “the frustration stage”.
During the “frustration stage”, newcomers begin to act negatively. 3. Visitors tend to exaggerate (夸大) problems in the new culture. They may feel isolated (孤立) during this stage. Depending on one’s situation, this stage can last days, months, or even years.
With the frustration stage ending, the adjustment stage begins. This marks the time when newcomers try their best to accept the differences of the new culture and the challenges of everyday life.
4. Some newcomers enter the “mastery stage” and are completely accustomed to the values and beliefs of the new culture. They are able to handle the new culture like a native while keeping some of their own original cultural values. Some choose the “rejection stage” and decide against fitting in with the new culture. 5. _ Other newcomers completely adopt the identity of the new culture and give up the values and beliefs of their home culture.
A. Meeting new people is seen as fascinating.
B. The new cultural surroundings are no longer novel.
C. They regain their sense of balance and become confident.
D. This process opens the door to three possible outcomes.
E. For many people this is often a very difficult experience.
F. A person experiencing culture shock may display many symptoms.
G. They usually permanently withdraw from the culture through isolation or returning home.
A Japanese company is developing a pair of smart glasses that can help those with visual or comprehension problems to read written text more easily. Called the Oton Glass, the glasses are meant to translate text into sound using two cameras and an earpiece, both fitted to its frame.
Half of the lens (镜片) is a mirror that reflects the wearer’s eyes back to the first camera, which tracks eye movement. The other camera captures the text. Wearers use the glasses by staring at the text they can’t read and blinking (眨眼) to trigger the glasses. Then the captured words are sent to a cloud system, which processes the text and turns it into sound played through the earpiece. If the system is unable to identify the words, the images are sent to a remote worker who can deal with them.
The Oton Glass lead designer, Keisuke Shimakage, started working on the glasses in 2012 to aid his father, who had developed dyslexia, a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell. While his father eventually recovered, Shimakage continued his development in order to help others with the disorder.
Currently, the Oton Glass is seeking funding. Backers can get a pair of the glasses for 5,000 yen (roughly $47).
Smart glasses aren’t a new concept, but it’s difficult to point to any single pair of smart glasses that people have reviewed favorably. It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive. That’s why Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses stripped out some features, like its camera, LCD screen, and speakers. The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price could make it more appealing to those who want an affordable way to understand the text around them.
1.What was Keisuke’s original purpose in designing the Oton Glass?
A. To treat his father’s disease.
B. To translate text into sound.
C. To assist his father to read.
D. To make written text easier to read.
2.What is the right order how the Oton Glass works?
a. The camera captures the words.
b. The wearer stares at the text.
c. The wearer hears the sound via the earpiece.
d. The cloud system turns the text into sound.
e. The wearer blinks to get the glasses working.
A. a, b, e, c, d B. e, b, c, d, a
C. b, d, a, e, c D. b, e, a, d, c
3.The underlined part “stripped out” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.
A. improved B. removed
C. increased D. invented
4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. The advantages of the Oton Glass.
B. The characteristics of smart glasses.
C. Consumers’ evaluation of the Oton Glass.
D. The target audiences of various smart glasses.
