近年来，随着网络的普及，学生的汉字书写能力下降。为了保护传统民族文化—汉字，校学生会提出倡议。请你根据以下内容提示，以学生会的名义为你校的同学们写一封英文倡议书。
1. 少上网，多读书；
2. 养成练书写和写日记的习惯；
3. 少发电子邮件，尽量动手给亲朋好友写书信。
注意：短文词数不少于100（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
参考词汇：汉字 Chinese characters
Dear friends,
In recent years, many of us have spent a lot of time on the Internet with its popularity. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(Λ)，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 month, I had a unpleasant holiday. Having visited the Australian mainland before, I planned to going to the Solomon Islands. With my disappointment, the guide cut my holiday shortly by 2 days. He also sent me to the same places I had visited them the year before. In addition, the holiday I go on included none of the activities mentioned in the travel plan. To make matters bad, I had to share a double room with someone I did not know, despite the fact I had paid for a single room. Last but not least, my luggages arrived a week late because of the delay causes by the travel agency.
读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
China is a big old country and it has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of1. (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world 2. (great), for example, the thought of Confucius. As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays 3. important role in the world, more and more 4. (foreign) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter 5. kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country’s future. Today, many young people lose 6. (faithful) in traditional culture and they are crazy 7. the western culture. They follow the western fashion, 8. (think) we are the old style. But someday, they 9. (realize) they are wrong 10. (abandon) traditional culture.
There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they ______ Socrates (苏格拉底) for advice on where happiness ______. But ____ giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a _______ first. The group of guys had to ______ the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, digging out the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then ______ together in it, singing with ______.
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We ______ be happier!” Socrates ______ , “That’s it! _______ you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness ______ hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through ______ work and creativity. We may have to ______ pain in our daily life and in the process of ________ happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in ______ things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long-term happiness, ________, comes from within our _______ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into ______ life, and turn tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of _______ , and I ________you all a life of happiness.
1.A. pointed to B. turned to C. referred to D. returned to
2.A. stood B. belonged C. lay D. laid
3.A. instead of B. apart from C. other than D. regardless of
4.A. house B. boat C. bridge D. school
5.A. set out B. set down C. set about D. set up
6.A. sat B. lay C. rowed D. got
7.A. hope B. sorrow C. curiosity D. joy
8.A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
9.A. added B. thought C. declared D. assumed
10.A. Unless B. However C. Until D. Whenever
11.A. always B. never C. ever D. seldom
12.A. cautious B. endless C. hard D. simple
13.A. experience B. avoid C. enjoy D. deny
14.A. searching B. looking C. seeking D. improving
15.A. spiritual B. material C. new D. nice
16.A. therefore B. however C. furthermore D. moreover
17.A. body B. part C. soul D. head
18.A. praising B. blaming C. ending D. cursing
19.A. time B. method C. fact D. choice
20.A. promise B. wish C. request D. require
Small talk is the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not well. Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers. 1. Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.
1. 2.
If you have seen a really good movie or have read a really good book, you can talk about that.
When you are sharing the same experience with someone, it’s easy to start a conversation. You simply notice and comment on what’s going on around you. For example, if you are at a party and a song comes on that you like or that reminds you of something, you can talk about that.
2. Ask open-ended questions
These types of questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer. 3., the conversation will go on longer.
3. Become a student
Nobody knows everything. So, as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions, they bring up something about which you know nothing. So, tell them! This lets the other person become the teacher. 4.. It’s a win-win situation.
Like anything, getting good at making small talk takes practice. 5., you might become happier. If you are making small talk using English, you will most definitely improve your speaking and listening skills.
A. Have some conversation starters ready
B. If you make small talk in your native language
C. However, some people are not good at small talk
D. If you ask questions that need more details to answer
E. You can talk about something that you recently learned
F. Many people find these small conversations about random topics easy
G. They feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something
The world’s first robot police officer has started working. Its name is ‘RoboCop’ and it went into service for the Dubai Police earlier this week. Robocop’s first official duty was to greet guests at the opening of a security conference in Dubai. Apart from greeting visitors’ its job was to answer questions and give directions. RoboCop has a built — in tablet for people to interact with. People can use the tablet to pay traffic fines and use other smart police services. The tablet is linked to a police station, so people can talk to human police officers. In addition, RoboCop can speak six languages, including English and Arabic. The 170 - centimetre - tall robot can also shake hands, salute people and recognize people’s emotions and facial expressions.
Dubai Police says RoboCop is the first of many robot police officers for the city. A spokesman said that by 2030, 25 per cent of the Dubai Police force will be robots. He said: “We are looking to make everything smart in Dubai Police. By 2030, we will have the first smart police station which won’t require human employees.”
“The RoboCop is the latest smart addition to the police force and has been designed to help us fight crime, keep the city safe and improve happiness levels,” He added. He also said that RoboCop would, “assist and help people in the malls or on the streets”. An official at the security conference commented that the future is here now, saying: “The age of the robots is no longer coming. It has arrived.”
1.What was Robocop’s first official duty?
A. To spot criminals in the crowd.
B. To serve guests at a meeting.
C. To organize a secure conference.
D. To offer help to the people on the street.
2.What has made Robocop “smart”?
A. Its social skills.
B. Its built - in tablet.
C. Its language talent.
D. Its ability to recognize people.
3.What can we learn from the spokesman?
A. Human police will become smarter.
B. RoboCop has done a good job at the meeting.
C. Robots will soon take the place of human police.
D. Robots will help Dubai Police do dangerous work.
4.What do the underlined sentences mean in the last paragraph?
A. The age of robots is now on the way.
B. Robots will change the world.
C. Scientists are making smarter robots.
D. The age of robots is already here.
