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How to Be Healthy and Happy

    We all want to be healthy, happy, free of stress and more productive in life.

    ⒈Get enough sleep. It not only keeps you healthy but also you will be happier. It is said that “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

    ⒉Drink plenty of water.  The benefits of water are amazing. Water helps keep your skin clear, leaving you feeling happier and better about your body. Water is just simply an amazing source in itself for your overall health. Try to drink 8 glasses a day.

    ⒊Smile and laugh. Don't get sad over small problems or take any joke seriously which hurt you. Instead, if you feel so hurt, you prefer to stay away from that friend.  Respect your friend from a good perspective. Smile and laugh all the time and you will be happy.

    ⒋Help your mom do the dishes, help out your dad in the kitchen, clean your room, or do anything that could help your family. It will not only make them love you more, but you will feel happy knowing you have done good even if you moved out twenty years ago and are a father yourself.

    ⒌Have goals. Always believe you can achieve. If you can dream it, you can achieve it, no matter what.  Organization plays a very important role in achieving goals, so organize yourself.

A. Help out your family. B. Don't get in touch with him/her. C. So make sure you go to sleep earlier. D. Of course keep goals and dreams realistic. E. Water is good for everything in your body. F. The majority of our body is made up of water. G. However, don't show him that you don't like him.

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( )，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l0处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    I used to going to the countryside to draw animals and plants. One day I was walking across a field, looking rabbits to draw. Losing in thought, I hadn't noticed a bull to running towards me. About 100 meters ahead was a tree under that I would sit and draw. Suddenly, I heard the noise behind me. I turned and saw the bull. Knowing a bull can run more faster than a man, I quickly reached the tree and climb up. From there I saw the bull kicking my food bag with it feet. It kept doing this for 15 minute and moved away. But I was quite nervous in the tree.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

    One day, I was comfortably waiting for my flight with a good book to read when elderly lady was wheeled to our waiting area. I noticed the trouble she was having (try) to open a packet of nuts with her shaking hands. No one else was willing to meet her gaze (目光), so I (offer) to help. The lady was very grateful. We sat and chatted. The time came to board the plane. She could walk but needed some (assist), so I volunteered to help her and carry her bag.

    As I helped her get (settle), I noticed her “seat mate”, a businessman, looked a bit horrified at having to make the flight with her. He offered to change (seat) with me — and I agreed. We had a long chat. As we were entering another country we needed to fill out forms. I offered to fill (her) out because of her shaking hands. We landed and I needed to change planes, but I helped her first. The wheelchair she ordered was nowhere to be seen so we slowly walked to the gate her daughter was waiting.

    As a result, I had to run to catch my connection but, as I thought about the experience, I saw her my airport angel, a chance for me to hope that in the future when I'm in my eighties and traveling, someone will take the time (connect) with me.

threat/ threaten; threatening

The attacker them with a gun.

These ancient woodlands are under from new road developments.

New Yorkers used to see the graffiti on the walls of poor neighborhoods and subway trains as something and as an example of urban decay.

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    If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven't you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

    According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

    The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of "early bilinguals" who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

    Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.

    "Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language," said the scientists.

    It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

    Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. "Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的)," he said. "You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas."

    The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. "Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world," explained the scientists.

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。

    In May 2018 my friend and I visited Brazil and decided to enrich our travel experience by volunteering. We were coming from Bolivia and had long ride towards the beach with not many interesting tourist spots in between. Therefore, we chose one of the biggest agriculture regions(be) the first destination of our volunteer experience. I found several(choose) on the Work- Away website and finally decided for was presented as a small farm run by a guy called Pedro.

    We agreed on staying for one week. Eventually, we stayed a few days longer, becoming good friends him. Life on the farm was much (nice) than we originally thought, and we liked to put our hands in the soil of his little garden. It(turn) out that Pedro' s small farm was part of a bigger farm with 600 cows and loads of fields of corn and soya (大豆). We(introduce) to the products of the bigger farm as well and we were free to eat anything from the farm. The volunteering was(honest) the best experience from our time(spend) in Brazil.

假定你是李华，清明节期间你随父母回老家给去世的祖父扫墓，请根据以下提示给你的笔友Tom写一封电子邮件。要点如下：

1）清明节的意义；

2）日期：4月5日；

3）活动：6点乘车，距离120公里，10点到达墓地，扫墓，踏青。

参考词汇：清明节Qingming Festival或Tomb-sweeping Day

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The newly-­founded chess club formally________us to attend the opening ceremony.

She has been (故意地) ignoring him all day.

The (origin) castle was probably built about AD 860.

你能帮我照看一下我的孩子吗？(watch over)

How much should the woman pay?

How does the man feel about the test?

This year,  was hard to tell whether my prize or the one chosen by my 14-year-old brother, Jason, was the winner.