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．
One rainy day while I was walking home with one of my friend, a truck came to a stop besides us. The driver put the window down and offered us a umbrella because he found we were wet through. I stood there and couldn’t believe in that a complete stranger is so thoughtful. The man insisted, so I grateful accepted the offer, thanked him and watched the truck disappear down the road. This man might need the umbrella himself, and he preferred to give them to someone else. It was a lesson to us that it was possible give without expect anything in return.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I’m now a good student in my class. But you don’t know that when I1. (start) senior English in the beginning, I found it difficult and quite 2. (differ) from what I had learned in junior school. Now I still remember a teacher who taught me at that time. 3. teacher is a good teacher because she always tried to be the one4.classes were made active and lively with some stories and examples.5.the help of the teacher, I realized the6.(important) of English, so I decided to learn English well. My teacher suggested that we7.(read) more if we wanted to improve our English,8.every day I would do some reading. She also told us lessons in class could help us deal with exams, but even more valuable were the lessons9.(learn) in extra-curricular activities in school. I like my English teacher very much.
Now I have made 10.great progress in my English study that I am more interested in learning it than before.
One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor______ the question papers，with the text facing down as usual. ______ he handed them all out, he asked his students to _______ the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no ______, just a black dot in the center of the page.
The professor, seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told them the following：
“I want you to write what you ______ there.”
The students, ______, got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.
At the end of the class, the professor ______ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no ______, described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ______, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to explain：
“I’m not going to grade (打分) this. I ______ wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the ______ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our ______．We have a white paper to observe and ______, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ______ given to us with love and care, and we always have ______ to celebrate：nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ______ our livelihood and the miracles we see every day.
______, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots：the health issues that bother us，the lack of money, the ______ relationship with colleagues, the ______ with a friend, and etc.
The dark spots are very ______ compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.”
1.A. wrapped up B. handed out C. referred to D. pointed at
2.A. Since B. After C. If D. Until
3.A. turn B. fold C. open D. use
4.A. exercises B. questions C. choices D. scores
5.A. see B. imagine C. study D. remember
6.A. surprised B. curious C. confused D. displeased
7.A. finished B. collected C. marked D. selected
8.A. exception B. doubt C. excuse D. explanation
9.A. said B. answered C. read D. returned
10.A. also B. finally C. even D. just
11.A. white B. black C. beautiful D. big
12.A. classrooms B. lives C. colleges D. studies
13.A. send B. keep C. show D. enjoy
14.A. burden B. lesson C. pressure D. gift
15.A. time B. reasons C. freedom D. festivals
16.A. threatens B. ruins C. changes D. provides
17.A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Moreover
18.A. close B. special C. complicated D. strong
19.A. stay B. contact C. disappointment D. satisfaction
20.A. dark B. small C. round D. dirty
We all wish we had just a bit more time. Just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or spring-clean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on.
1. But I can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.
◆ Get Out of Bed Earlier
If you normally get up at 7：30 a．m., try getting up at 7：00 a．m. That half-hour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book you've been meaning to finish. 2.
◆ Do the Important Tasks First
Once you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy ones, or even the urgent ones). You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones.
3. The urgent tasks will still get done, and you won't miss the important ones.
◆ Reduce Interruptions
If colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter. Constant interruptions don't just eat up time, they also break your concentration.
When you've got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemail. 4. Wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation.
◆ 5.
A few minutes' chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day.
When you're working, work. If your concentration is slipping, take a proper break: go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. And if you're facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that it's easier to deal with.
A．Or simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.
B．I can't magically make all your days 25 hours long.
C．Take Breaks When Necessary
D．Would you want me to make your day longer?
E．If you have an office door, close it
F．If you work like this, you'll usually save time.
G．Stay Focused on Your Work
Having a learning disability doesn’t mean you can’t learn, but you’ll need somehelp and need to work extra hard. Ifyou have a learning disability such as dyslexia ordyscalculia, remember that you are not slow or stupid.
Learning disabilities can be genetic. That meanstheycanbepasseddowninfamilies through the genes. But kids today have an advantage over their parents. Learning experts now know a lot more about the brain and how learning works, andit’s easier for kids to get the help they need.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that means a kid has a lot of trouble reading andwriting. Kids who have trouble with math may have dyscalculia. Other kids may havelanguage disorders, meaning they have troubleunderstanding languageandunderstanding what they read.
It can be confusing, though. What qualifies as “trouble" enough to be diagnosedas a learning disability? Reading, doing math, and writing letters may be tough forlots of kids at first. But when those troubles don’t fade away and it’s reallydifficult tomake any progress, it’s possible that the kid has a learning disability.
Finding out you have a learning disability can be upsetting. You might feeldifferent from everyoneelse. But the truth is that learning disabilities are prettycommon. And if your learning specialist or psychologist has figured out which oneyou’re facing, you’re on the right track. Now, you can start getting the help you needto do better in school.
But for this special help to really work, you’ll need to practice the new skillsyou’re learning. It may take a lot ofefforts every day.That can be a challenge, but youcan do it soon, you’ll enjoy the results ofall your hard work: more fun and success atschool.
1.Children are likely to have a learning disability __________.
A. if they don’t get help in time
B. ifthey are not interested in a subject
C. if their parents have the same problem
D. if they don’t work hard
2.How can you know ifyou have a learning disability?
A. Your teacher says you are a slow student.
B. Your learning style is different from others.
C. You have trouble with some lessons at first.
D. You can’t make progress after hard work.
3.What’s the main purposeof the text?
A. To find out the reasons for the learning disability.
B. To get parents to know more about their children.
C. To askteachers to help students with learning disability.
D. To help people know and handle learning disability.
My teenager son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as a head teacher, “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences (缺席).” Before he could say another word I choked up (哽咽). And said sadly, “I love my son. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The head teacher seriously said, “Thank you for your time.”
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. He was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I took part in a parent-teacher meeting. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the head teacher last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but I heard you said, It really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
1.Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “withdrawn”?
A. Quiet and lonely.
B. Relaxed and excited.
C. Active and lively.
D. Happy and easy going.
2.According to the first report card, Karl ________.
A. often went to school late. B. didn’t do well at school.
C. did a good job at school. D. failed in the exams.
3.When the mother said“it’s out of my hands” to the head teacher, she meant that she _________.
A. would have to hang up.
B. would drive her son away from the house.
C. had no money to support the family.
D. didn’t know what to do about her son.
4.Who telephoned Karl’s mother that day?
A. The head teacher. B. The school adviser.
C. The passage doesn’t tell us. D. Karl himself.
5.From the passage we can learn that ________.
A. mother’s love is important to teenager’s life.
B. children in single-parent families always have mental problems.
C. parents should give their children everything that they need.
D. school education still works well without the support from parents.
