假定你是李华，自制了一些中国结（Chinese knot）。给开网店的美国朋友Tom写封信，请他代卖，要点包括：1.外观（尺寸、颜色、材料）
2.象征意义
3.价格
注意：1.词数100左右；
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。
Last week, I learned a lesson about being honesty. It was Friday, early on the morning, I did not want go to school, so I told my mother that I got the fever. I pretended to be seriously ill. My mother went out quickly, looked worried. I thought she went to work, but after a while, she returned back with some medicine. She told me that she asks for a day off to look after me. Afterwards, my teacher heard from my sickness and came to visit me withsome of my classmate. I wasted others’ time，because I felt very regretful for telling lies. At last, they admitted my mistake and promised not to lie any more.
A Michigan man, named Bob, was alone when he left his farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood. Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was just ___________ long johns (秋裤), a shirt and slippers (拖鞋) when he went outside, ___________ the temperature being around -4℃. ___________, he fell down and broke his neck. He_______ for help but his nearest neighbor is about a quarter mile _________ and it was 10:30 pm.
_______ , Bob’s Kelsey, a five-year-old Golden Retriever (金毛寻回犬) came. She kept Bob warm by _______ on top of him, and kept him ___________ by licking (舔) his hands and face. She kept barking for ___________ but never left his side. Bob said: “With Kelsey keeping ____________ with me, I knew I had to ____________ this and that it was my choice to stay alive.”
By morning Bob’s voice was gone, but Kelsey didn’t ______________ shouting still. Bob’s neighbor ________ discovered him after hearing Kelsey’s shouts and called 911. When Bob arrived in hospital, his temperature was________ 21 ℃. Normal body temperature is 37 ℃, so Bob was ____________ to find out that he didn’t have any injury________ cold. “I’m sure it was because of Kelsey’s __________ to keep me warm and aware,” said Bob.
And to the surprise of doctors, Bob made a quick ____________ from his neck injury. “I think animals can help and his ____________ hero did keep Bob alive and really make a big ____________ ,” said Chaim Colen, MD, Neurosurgeon (神经外科医生) at McLaren.
1.A. removing B. decorating C. wearing D. collecting
2.A. in charge of B. in spite of C. in search of D. in case of
3.A. However B. Anyho C. Otherwise D. Instead
4.A. explained B. screamed C. ordered D. complained
5.A. around B. forward C. nearby D. away
6.A. Probably B. Generally C. Fortunately D. Especially
7.A. waiting B. lying C. laying D. watching
8.A. asleep B. alone C. alike D. awake
9.A. help B. comfort C. escape D. action
10.A. pace B. track C. promise D. company
11.A. give up B. live through C. find out D. turn down
12.A. stop B. imagine C. continu D. try
13.A. gradually B. immediately C. suddenly D. finally
14.A. beyond B. within C. below D. above
15.A. surprised B. serious C. satisfied D. nervous
16.A. as a means of B. as a kind of C. as a result of D. as a matter of
17.A. curiosity B. effort C. skill D. ambition
18.A. contribution B. development C. change D. recovery
19.A. little B. proud C. famous D. hopeful
20.A. requirement B. excuse C. difference D. expression
When you got sick, did your parents and doctors make you drink a “terrible soup”?1., but it can really make you feel better in several days. The “soup” is actually a kind of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
In recent years, TCM has become more popular around the world.2.. China has 10 TCM centers abroad, such as in France and the United States. Doctors give TCM treatment to local people there. They also teach TCM knowledge to local people. Now, there are over 100,000 TCM clinics, with about 300,000 TCM workers around the world.
TCM came from China thousands of years ago. It is based on the Chinese philosophy (哲学) of yin and yang.
Humans should follow the natural rules to stay healthy. Old Greece and Egypt created western medicine.3.. Western doctors check people’s height, weight, blood pressure and body temperature.
4.. “Bringing together western medicine and TCM can use collective knowledge, rather than create competition between them. It can develop the great effects of both of them,” said Bernhard Schwartlander, a World Health Organization representative in China.
On Dec 6, a government document reported that 86 countries and regions are now developing TCM together with China. In 2015, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize.5. . Today, with more and people paying attention to TCM, it will definitely have a bright future.
A. Let’s see some facts and figures
B. It might be a bad drinking experience
C. It is difficult to compare which one is better
D. Then the idea took shape in Europe in the 19th century
E. There are many women of great achievements in history
F. Many people believe western medicine is more effective than TCM
G. It’s because she made an important drug using traditional Chinese medicine
You can see a sea turtle named Herman, an octopus ( 章鱼) called Octavia, and a seal named Lidia at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Rather than real animals, they are actually artworks made out of plastic trash from the ocean.
These artworks are part of a traveling exhibit called “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea”. The Washed Ashore project, led by the artist called Pozzi, works to raise awareness about plastic pollution in Earth’s oceans.
More than 315 billion pounds of plastic litter the world’s oceans today. Most of the plastic is garbage from towns and cities, as well as trash that people leave on beaches. Rainwater, winds, and high tides bring the trash into the ocean or into rivers that lead to the ocean. Once it is under the waves, the plastic begins to break up into smaller and smaller pieces.
Thousands of sea animals die each year from eating plastic bags and other things. Each year, millions more pounds of plastic end up in the ocean. A recent study found that if that continues, by 2050 the total weight of plastic will be more than that of all the fish in the ocean.
The Washed Ashore project is working to stop that from happening. Since 2010, Washed Ashore volunteers have collected 38,000 pounds of plastic trash from more than 300 miles of beaches. They helped Pozzi create more than 60 artworks of sea creatures harmed by plastic pollution.
“These artworks are a powerful reminder of our personal role and global responsibility in preserving biodiversity (生物多样性) on land and in the sea,” says Dennis Kelly, director of the National Zoo.
1.What is the purpose of the artworks shown at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo?
A. To let people know about animals in the ocean.
B. To introduce one way of recycling plastic trash.
C. To warn people of plastic pollution in the ocean.
D. To show Pozzi’s great gift for creating artworks.
2.According to the passage, what is the source of plastic pollution in the ocean?
A. Garbage from towns and cities. B. Trash left on beaches by people.
C. Plastic bags broken up by waves. D. Litter created by human activities.
3.The data in Paragraph 5 is given to prove that .
A. plastic pollution will be more serious in the ocean
B. more and more artworks of sea creatures will be made
C. the Washed Ashore project has made great achievements
D. volunteers can solve the ocean pollution successfully by 2050
4.What’s Dennis Kelly’s attitude towards the artworks?
A. Worried. B. Supportive.
C. Doubtful. D. Unconcerned.
5.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Turning Trash into Art B. Working for Washed Ashore
C. Collecting Plastic Trash D. Stopping Environmental Pollution
Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at the place where you can relax—your hotel room. Now you throwyour bag on the bed, turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA.
The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN. With an audience of over 1.5 billion people, these are popular channels that offer good-quality news programmes. In both companies, the journalists are experienced writers that produce journalism of a high standard.
However, there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or non-Western view on world events. Russia Today and Al Jazeera International, an Arabic company, are international channels that broadcast in English. Both companies say they give a fresh view on big stories, and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work, and so they give us stories that we don’t normally see.
The Internet offers more variety. OneWorldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights, rather than the usual stories about US politics and business. The writers for this company are often local people who write the stories for free. This non-professional journalism is increasing, and it certainly offers more choices.
This increase in citizen journalism means that you can write the news, too. Main news broadcasters often use photographs and stories that members of the general public send to them, especially when there is a dramatic breaking news story. Besides this, some blogs are popular sources of news, and the website NowPublic lets you write stories using information you can get from anywhere, including sites like Youtube, Flickr and Twitter.
1.The first paragraph is meant to .
A. offer a suggestion B. give a warning
C. explain a reason D. introduce the topic
2.It can be learned from the text that more and more people will .
A. prefer to read local news B. pay more attention to world news
C. start a career in citizen journalism D. give up watching TV news programmes
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Latest Local News B. More Choices for News
C. The End of TV News D. Traditional World News
