假设你是某中学高二学生李华，你发现学校图书馆的书籍数量少，并且大都非常陈旧，由此导致图书借阅率不高。 请你就此事给外籍校长汤姆（Tom）写一封劝告信，希望学校能购置一些新书。
注意：1. 词数：100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
I am Li Hua in Senior 2 _____________________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
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。
Garbage is a seriously problem in my town. We throw away from too much paper and too many soda sans, and there isn’t enough space to put it in. This is a small town and we have too few land for more garbage dumps (垃圾场). Many people throwing their garbage everywhere, and they don’t think about the pollution this cause. So I think we need a better recycling system. Now, there are too few recycling station so It isn’t convenient to us to use them. If more and more people are able to recycling their waste, our town become clean and attractive.
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.
Li Qiang was transported safely into the year AD 3008 in 1. time capsule. At first, he found his new surroundings were difficult 2. (tolerate) and his head ached for a lack of fresh air. Just as he tried to make the necessary 3. (adjust) to the new situation, Wang Ping, his friend and guide, appeared and handed him a mask. After putting on it, Li Qiang felt better 4. no time. Soon he was back on 5. feet again and following Wang Ping to collect a hovering carriage 6. (drive) by computer. Then they flew it to the future of 7. was still Li Qiang’s hometown. Arriving at a strange-looking house, he 8. (show) into a large, bright dean room, 9. nearly everything would appear just by flashing a switch on a computer screen. After having a brief meal and a hot bath. Li Qiang slid into bed and fell sound 10. (sleep).
“The biggest obstacles (阻碍) in our lives are the barriers our mind creates...” The quote I saw in an old friend’s house when I was about eleven has got me through the ____ parts of my life, which has actually been based on it. When I ____ for the basketball team, not ____ it became what I was worried about most. I went to the tryouts but simply sat on the sidelines and ____. I missed out on making the team, not for lack of ____, but because of the rather too big barriers I bore in my head preventing me getting around and then ____ the ball.
The year continued, and at that age I hadn’t overcome the fears ____ in my mind. Football season came and yet again I had to try out for the team, ____ to display myself to the full. Once again the barrier in my head kept me from doing something I loved.
From that moment on I knew that God wouldn’t make barriers if somebody could ____ them. I started training, mentally, ____, and emotionally.
I went to a small ____ in the county where the teachers didn’t care whether you succeeded. I went to practice daily and competed as if it was my ____ day outing on a helmet. Later that week I made the football team. But it was simply ____. In my eyes this wasn’t good enough, and I could do much better. In the middle of the season, the coaches said I was ____ to play with the big boys, and before I knew it I was starting as a(n) ____.
I’d come a long way from the little boy that was scared from his own ____ I had ____ in whatever I did. I tried out for wrestling and made the team, the AAU basketball team and made that ____. I then realized I was a(n) ____ athlete, and that the obstacle course started to become smaller. I chose to ____ myself and let nothing get in the way.
1.A. slowest B. largest C. toughest D. easiest
2.A. dropped out B. set off C. showed off D. tried out
3.A. making B. playing C. helping D. challenging
4.A. shouted B. watched C. cheered D. remarked
5.A. skills B. courage C. support D. fame
6.A. chasing B. rolling C. kicking D. shooting
7.A. lacked B. selected C. created D. handled
8.A. falling B. spoiling C. planning D. failing
9.A. turn down B. go over C. get over D. put down
10.A. patiently B. physically C. excitedly D. hopelessly
11.A. school B. farm C. courtyard D. shelter
12.A. dull B. last C. own D. free
13.A. informal B. contemporary C. junior D. passive
14.A. energetic B. willing C. strong D. ready
15.A. freshman B. grown-up C. champion D. graduate
16.A. shyness B. shadow C. figure D. shade
17.A. freedom B. wisdom C. achievement D. confidence
18.A. too B. instead C. together D. either
19.A. professional B. all-around C. ordinary D. curious
20.A. hide B. protect C. better D. limit
Time is on your side
How frequently do you say “I don’t have time”? Quite often, I guess. Every time we say those words, they make us feel weak and out of control. You are in control of your hours and your life. 1.
I know it’s not as easy as simply turning off the TV. But here are two steps that will help you take back control and get time on your side.
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Be honest: do you spend an hour or two visiting Weixin and QQ every day? Are you spending time with people that you don’t really like just to please them? Are there meetings you attend that you can politely refuse?
It’s time to get real about the hours that add up to a lot of dissatisfying nothing. Think how you can cancel daily activities that are not useful. 3.
★Change your language.
Words matter. They have power. Saying “I don’t have time” is an excuse for not wanting to do something. Here are some good, empowering alternatives (选择):
“I choose not to start that project until next year.”
“4.”
“I’d love to go out this weekend but have important work I need to do first.”
Get better at saying no. 5. Use little pockets of time (friend running late, car stuck in traffic, meeting ending 10 minutes early) to do some productive thinking. All these things can add up over time more than you believe!
A. Identify your blocks.
B. But you are likely wasting a lot of it!
C. I really don’t have enough time to do it.
D. Replace them with things that satisfy you.
E. Take no notice of all those unimportant messages on your phone.
F. I’d love to read that book — I’ll get to it after my homework is complete!
G. When you don’t have a plan for your life, someone else will plan it for you.
Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle —named the Transition – has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don’t expect it to show up in too many driveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000.And it won’t help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.
Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.
Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft, which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.
1.What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The basic data of the Transition.
B. The advantages of flying cars.
C. The potential market for flying cars.
D. The designers of the Transition.
2.Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways?
A. It causers traffic jams.
B. It is difficult to operate.
C. It is very expensive.
D. It burns too much fuel.
3.What is the government’s attitude to the development of the flying car?
A. Cautious B. Favorable.
C. Ambiguous. D. Disapproving.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Flying Car at Auto Show
B. The Transition’s First Flight
C. Pilots’ Dream Coming True
D. Flying Car Closer to Reality
