假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，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：把缺词处叫个漏字符号（∧），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
John Brown is a London taxi driver who love going to the theatre. Last week his mother
gave her two tickets for a play. The tickets were on Sunday evening. But John read some
reviews of the play, that all said was a terribly one! He wouldn’t go to see a play that no one
liked it .So two hours before the play started, he left the ticket on the back seat of his taxi.
Perhaps someone who wanted see the play would take them. However, while John went back home, the tickets were still there. In the fact, there were four tickets on the seat. Someone has placed another pair of tickets on top of them!
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated (复杂的) .
My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’re so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier.
Happiness isn’t about what happens to us—it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but enjoying what we do possess.
28.As one grows older, one ______.
A. tends to believe responsibility means happiness
B. associates his/her happiness less with others
C. will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D. feels it harder to experience happiness
29.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A. She cares little about her own health.
B. She is easily satisfied by things in daily life.
C. She enjoys the freedom of traveling.
D. She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
30.People who equal happiness with wealth and success ______.
A. pay too much attention to their right to happiness
B. consider pressure something blocking their way
C. are at a loss to make correct choices
D. are more likely to be happy
31.Which of the following can best explain the main idea of the passage?
A. God helps those who help themselves.
B. Each man is the master of his own fate.
C. Happy is he who is content.
D. Success leads to happiness.
What would work be like if you had no boss?Imagine you could make all your own decisions and no one told you what to do.
A Swedish software company,Crisp,decided to get rid of their CEO.First,they needed to find out what a CEO actually did.Then they shared those duties among staff and board members,which is exactly what they did.And the employees believes it's been a good change.An employee named Heinrik Kniberg says the company can now act faster,"If you want to get something done,you stand up and start driving that.Workers are also more active and satisfied."And any big decisions are made during the all-member meetings several times a year.
So,if it's working well for Crisp,could this model become more widespread? Online retailer（零售商）Zappos tried out a similar plan but had unpleasant results.Almost a fifth of its staff decided to leave,and CEO Tony Hsieh admitted that "self-management is not for everyone".Mr Houston,founder of file-sharing service Drew Dropbox,says that total freedom doesn't always feel good,because you no longer know what you're supposed to do,what is important and you're bumping up against other people."
Would you like to work somewhere with no boss?
13. Why can the software company Crisp act faster now?
A. Because workers feel more satisfied.
B. Because workers can get things done directly.
C. Because things are decided by all members.
D. Because workers share CEO's duties.
14. The passage mainly talks about .
A. whether a company can go without a boss
B. whether workers can work independently
C. whether people can accept a no-boss company
D. whether people can enjoy total freedom
15. What's the author's attitude towards the no-boss model?
A. Positive. B. Negative.
C. Objective D. Subjective.
In Canada, volunteering is extremely common among people of all ages. They believe that being helpful is one of the most important____41____(quality) to have. There are many forms of voluntary work and opportunities to help are everywhere,____42____(include) schools or people’s gardens.
I’m volunteering for a foundation to assist the teacher there. I’m in charge of____43____preschool class, where students are aged from 3 to 6. When I first started, I was quite nervous as I’d never worked with little kids before. As time went on, I____44____(become) more familiar with them. One teacher asked me to help the____45____(young)girl in the class draw a picture_____46_____(base) on the word “grateful”. As I was drawing and talking with her, I___47___ (gradual) felt warm and peaceful, and I realized____48____was not that difficult to work with children. When the class was over, I felt really excited and even a bit proud of ___49___ had been done.
Volunteering gives us not only an opportunity to change someone’s life but also the satisfaction of helping others. It is also a great way to develop social skills and____50____(value) experience for our future.
Alexandra Scott was born to Liz and Jay Scott in Manchester, Connecticut on January 18, 1996, the second of four children. Shortly before her first birthday, Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer.
On her first birthday, the doctors informed Alex’s parents that if she beat her cancer it was doubtful that she would ever walk again. Just two weeks later, Alex slightly moved her leg at her parents’ request to kick. This was the first indication that she would turn out to be a courageous and confident child with big dreams and big accomplishments.
By her second birthday, Alex was able to stand up with leg braces (支架）.She worked hard to gain strength and to learn how to walk. She appeared to be overcoming the difficul-ties, until the shocking discovery within the next year that her tumors (肿瘤)had started growing again. In the year 2000, the day after her fourth birthday, Alex received a stem cell transplant (干细胞移植）and informed her mother, “When I get out of the hospital I want to have a lemonade stand.” She said she wanted to give the money to doctors to allow them to “help other kids，like they helped me.，，True to her word, she held her first lemonade stand later that year with the help of her older brother and raised an amazing $ 2,000 for “her hos-pital,”
People from all over the world, moved by her story, held their own lemonade stands and donated the earnings to Alex and her cause. In August of 2004, Alex passed away at the age of 8, knowing that, with the help of others, she had raised more than $ 1 million to help find a cure for the disease that took her life. Alex’s family—including brothers Patrick, Eddie, and Joey—and supporters around the world are committed to continuing her inspiring cause through Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (基金会）.
12. It can be learned from the text that Alex____________ .
A. couldn’t walk until she was four
B. was the only daughter of the Scotts
C. held her first lemonade stand in 2001
D. was born with cancer
13. Why was Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation founded?
A. To promote her lemonade.
B. To set up a children’s hospital.
C. To attract public attention to her disease.
D. To collect money to help children with cancer.
14. What did the public do to support Alex and her cause
A. They helped her sell lemonade.
B. They provided free stands for her.
C. They donated money to her foundation.
D. They donated stem cells for her operation.
15. Which of the following can best describe Alex
A. Stubborn. B. Determined. C. Innocent. D. Energetic.
In 1452 one of the (1)________(great) painters and inventors , Leonardo da Vinci, was born. His family was very poor and he (2) _________(grow) up in the Italian countryside. But his drawing ability allowed him to study under the famous painter (3)________ Florence, called Verrochio. Leonardo gradually learned the skills (4)_________(need) to be a great artist and by the 1480s he (5)__________ (begin) to produce paintings of his own. (6)_________(fortune) at this time painting did not always provide (7)__________ steady income, so the young Leonardo developed his drawing skills to earn money in (8) __________ways. He learned to design (9)________ his employer wanted: cities, canals, bridges (10)__________weapons.
It is 7 am and the alarm is going off. You know you have to be out of bed to catch the bus. But the urge to bury yourself in the bed is ever so strong. Sounds familiar? Why is it that teens find it difficult to get themselves out of bed in time every morning or stay sharp and focused during the first couple of hours of school?
During adolescence, the body goes through many changes and these include a shift in sleep patterns. Researchers from MIT have been tracking the body’s need for sleep in teenagers. They found that though adolescents need as much as 9.5 hours of sleep a day, they get to bed later and later with each passing year. In fact, the sleep cycle shifts later by as much as 12 to 18 minutes each year between the ages of 10 and 20! So by the time a 10yearold who sleeps at 8 pm grows to be 17 or 18, his body naturally wants to stay up till 10：30 pm or 11 pm.
According to researchers, this is because of a hormone called melatonin (褪黑激素) that is secreted (分泌) by the pineal gland — a tiny structure deep inside the brain. Melatonin regulates the body’s natural daynight rhythms. It causes a person to become sleepy by lowering his body’s core temperature. In teens, melatonin is secreted much later in the evening and continues to increase throughout the night. This makes it difficult for teens to fall asleep earlier as they did in their younger years. Likewise, the effect of melatonin continues until much later in the morning, making it hard for them to wake up early.
A study found that at least one in four teens is tired and falls asleep in school at least once a week. During sleep, important body functions and brain activities happen. So how can teenagers get their sleep enough? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that middle and high schools should start later — not before 8：30 am. This should give teens some more time to sleep at night.
24．From Paragraph 2, we can learn that if you sleep late, the next day you should ________.
A．stay sharp B．skip breakfast C．get up late D．stay up late
25．What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The students want to stay up. B．The shifts of the sleep cycle.
C．The pineal gland secretes melatonin. D．The adolescents sleep late.
26．The teens go to sleep later than before because ________.
A．melatonin is secreted much later
B．melatonin regulates the sleep time
C．they sleep a lot in the daytime
D．they need to finish their homework
27．According to AAP’s recommendation, middle and high schools should ________.
A．let teens sleep in the day B．let the students be active
C．delay the start time D．start later at 8 am
The first selfie stick(自拍杆) was 61 (definite) invented by Hiroshi, 62 photographer at a camera company. He made it due to being 63 (able) to take pictures of themselves during a trip to Europe with his wife. When he asked a boy to take pictures of them, the boy ran off with the camera. Frustrated, he invented something 64 would allow him to take a picture of himself.Since the iPhone really had not been invented yet, a small camera 65 (attach) to one end of the stick. 66 a small mirror in its front, users could see 67 they would look in the photo. He patented(获专利) the “extender stick” in 1983. But the product turned out 68 (be) a commercial 69 (fail). A research showed the women back then were embarrassed by the idea of taking pictures of themselves. The selfie stick was then reinvented by Wayne Fromm in 2000. Fromm believes he is the inventor of today’s selfie sticks. When 70 (ask) about Hiroshi’s selfie sticks, he said they were “Old-fashioned Art.”
Once there lived a rich man 31 wanted to do something for the people of his town. 32 first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 33 very large stone. Then he 34 (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 35 man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 36 . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 37 (say) to himself: “The night 38 (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 39 (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 40 the stone, he found a bag of money.
Without the Internet, these people ________ fewer avenues to meet people.
A. shall have B. will have C. would have D. must have
A man, whose ability to walk was threatened after a car accident in his teens, completed a 200-mile cycle across Baffin Island in the Arctic. It took him eight days to complete the 36 . This man was Ben Rockett, aged 26 and from Taunton, England.
He battled 37 temperatures of minus 27℃ and winds up to 100 knots to raise more than $1,000 for the charity Action for Children. Ben had to cycle in 38 conditions, but was helped with a(n) 39 designed bike. He spent months 40 for the challenge with David Hempleman-Adams, who was the first person to reach the geographic and magnetic North and South Poles.
Ben said, “I’ve always loved to cycle in 41 places and this was an amazing experience. When I first arrived, it was nearly minus 30℃, but the wind was the most 42 thing ---it was extremely strong and made 43 on the bike extremely difficult.” He 44 , “ Any part of the skin that wasn’t covered ran the 45 of getting frostbite(冻疮). I had to cycle with my face covered and I wasn’t able to 46 any clothing for more than a minute at the most. I 47 had to keep changing the distribution of weight on my bike to stop it from 48 into the deep snow!” Despite the great risk involved, he remained optimistic about his surroundings saying, “The 49 was breathtaking and impressive. My 50 part was cycling on top of a river that was frozen 51 , it was so clear that it was like hovering(盘旋) above the ground!”
Ben decided to 52 his Arctic adventure after completing a PhD at the University of Bath, where he studied the _ 53 of long-term foster care placements (寄养安排) on children and careers. It was then that he knew about the 54 of Action for Children, and wanted to 55 money and raise awareness about the charity.
36. A. evolution B. challenge C. survey D. connection
37. A. on B. with C. against D. at
38. A. tough B. specific C. actual D. present
39. A. officially B. recently C. comfortably D. specially
40. A. pushing B. applying C. preparing D. searching
41. A. unusual B. public C. proper D. unknown
42. A. surprising B. worrying C. disappointing D. tiring
43. A. sleeping B. standing C. balancing D. resting
44. A. advertised B. reported C. added D. contradicted
45. A. expense B. center C. start D. risk
46. A. remove B. change C. wear D. buy
47. A. again B. even C. also D. thus
48. A. bumping B.skiing C. springing D. sinking
49. A. display B. scenery C. flood D. fantasy
50. A. bitter B. valuable C. favorite D. abnormal
51. A. shut B. mixed C. black D. solid
52. A. take on B. take over C. take down D. take in
53. A. regulations B. agreements C. effects D. comments
54. A. component B. work C. arrangement D. authority
55. A. collect B. save C. invest D. distribute
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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. 每句不超过两个错误；
2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词；
3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Ms. J. K. Rowling，
It is great pleasure to write to you. I like reading all of your Harry Potter book. A few days before, I listened to a radio programme about you. Now I know that you teach English at home and in others countries before you started writing books. I also know that you could only write the first book while your baby daughter was asleep, so you worked on them for five years. That was a very much difficult job. Your son David and your daughter Jessica must be proud for you. I hope I can become as successfully as you when I grow up. Thank you for spending time read my letter.
Yours sincerely，
Michele
假设你是李华，你校的英文报纸最近开设了“我最喜欢的校园活动（My Favorite Campus Activity)”专栏，请你给你的美国朋友Tom写一封电子邮件，向他约稿，介绍他最喜欢的校园活动。要点如下：
1.专栏内容介绍；
2.向Tom约稿。
参考词汇：专栏column
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom，
Yours，
Li Hua
High school plays a major role in shaping up your future and your whole development. Extracurricular (课外的) activities along with the studies can be very helpful. Make yourself take part in various activities and at the same time try to stand out in your studies. When you move out to college these efforts that you put in may count for a lot.
High school is not just about books or classes. Schools always provide opportunities for students to socialize (社交). There are various group tasks designed which allow the students to learn to work together.
High school is the right time for you to discover yourself and bring out some of your hidden talents. In your lessons, you may find that you are better at English than you were earlier or have grown an interest for Math. High school also provides many other opportunities for students to take part in. These help develop leadership skills and management skills at an early age, which in turn is a way of preparing students to manage and plan their careers (事业) better.
Balancing all activities is an experience in time management. If you have taken up a part-time job along with your high school you would have to arrange your time for studies, and extracurricular activities. Such management can go a long way in teaching you to manage things better when you take up a job. Moreover, they help build your character. You would be better prepared for additional stress that you may feel sometimes.
When at high school you should pick up your classes wisely. Depending upon what you like and your career plan you should choose suitable classes. Doing something that you hardly like may get you very low grades as well as lose valuable time. Take up interesting and challenging classes that would allow you to put in those extra efforts.
12. What does the author advise us to do at high school?
A. To devote all of our time to learning our lessons.
B. To try to get full marks in the final examinations.
C. To learn our lessons well and socialize frequently.
D. To make good friends as many as possible.
13. The author considers high school the time for us to______________ .
A. take up more part-time jobs. B. develop our qualities that exist
C. plan our careers better D. take up more sports outdoors
14. What is the author's attitude towards a part-time job at high school?
A. Supportive. B. Negative. C. Active. D. Doubtful. .
15. At high school we ought to choose courses that_______________ .
A. have a good future B. we know little about
C. we are good at D. we take interest in
The problem of global warming has caused a lot of people to try their best to protect the environment. Unluckily, there are still many people who think it is hard to go green. In fact, it is very easy to be green in our daily life.
You can make a great start by learning to recycle. While this looks really simple, there are many people who still throw glass bottles into their common garbage. Almost all cities offer a recycling bin (垃圾箱) for these items. If you put them in the recycling bin instead of throwing them away, you will be on the path to save the earth.
One good thing to recycle is newspaper. But there are still some people who just put their newspaper in the garbage when they finish reading it. As we know, there are many other things we can do with an old newspaper. For example, we can use it to clean our windows.
Another thing that could help you to start to live green is to begin walking a bit more. Many people think nothing of getting in their car and driving one mile to get drinks at the local store. If you walk to the store, not only can it take less time, because you won’t have to try to find a parking place, but you will be saving money on gas and helping to protect the environment. If you wish to save even more on gas, take the opportunity to car pool (拼车) each time you can, which has become popular in many countries.
There really are many means by which people can start living green. You only have to make some changes in their lifestyle to improve our environment.
13. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To tell readers that many people are living green.
B. To advise people to learn to live green.
C. To express worries about global warming.
D. To show the importance of living green.
14. According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many people can’t recycle glass bottles properly.
B. Newspaper is being recycled by some people.
C. Car pooling is not allowed in some countries.
D. Driving can cause trouble sometimes.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Why do we need to live a green life?
B. Going green is much simpler than we think
C. Global warming is becoming worse
D. What is causing global warming?
据调查，现在不少中学生存在不吃早餐、睡眠不足和缺乏锻炼等不良生活习惯。请你以Forming healthy habits为题，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你的看法。短文主要包括以下内容：
1．摒弃不良习惯，养成健康的习惯的重要性；
2．如何养成健康的习惯：
※吃健康早餐，多吃水果蔬菜；
※充足睡眠，早睡早起；
※经常锻炼。
注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2．文章开头已给出，但不计入总词数；
3．词数：100左右；
4．参考词汇：维生素vitamin。
Forming healthy habits
A recent survey shows that many students have got into some bad living habits，which do great harm to their health.
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Based on a study in 40 countries over 23 years, a group of researchers found that if the basic needs are covered, wealth does not lead to more happiness. They explained that with an increasing income, demands and expectations are rising as well.
In Germany, for example, real income rose from 20, 000 euros in the 1980s to today's 34,000 euros, without an exact rise on happiness. My mother was born in the 1950s. She worked in a factory for more than 20 years without annual holidays for an income of 1, 500 yuan per month. 11 It’s unthinkable today for most of the young people in China. Even if wealth is rising in China, it doesn’t necessarily mean you will be happier. So what can we do to contribute to our happiness?
Set meaningful goals for yourself. Take a good long look at your life, your values, and the person you want to be. Set goals that are meaningful to you. 12
Face the world around you openly with a smile and in a good mood. A great way to train your brain to be happier is to actively acknowledge the beauty of small moments and turn them into memorable “experiences.” Notice a gorgeous sunny day or a compliment from a friend, then take a photo, write a journal or Facebook entry or make a short video.
13 Researchers compared people who had the same number of close friends and found those who had similar interests were more satisfied with their lives.
Stay close to family. We live in a mobile society, where people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. Why is it so? 14 But in fact our relationships with family members have a far greater impact on happiness.
Look for the positive in all your experiences. It works like an echo：you get back what you send. 15 There’s always something we can worry about, but with the positive attitude “I will make it” you have made the first step.
A. But she felt happy and contented.
B. Make friends with those who share similar interests.
C. We should smile to friends who are ready to help others.
D. It isn’t important for people to do things in a positive way.
E. We do this because we think salary increases make us happier.
F. To be positive can help you experience more positive things.
G. Research suggests you’re more likely to achieve these goals and feel happier having done so.
I have offered to paint the house ______ a week’s accommodation.
A. in exchange for B. with regard to C. by means of D. in place of
假定你是李华，你在国外购物网站ebay.com购买了一双Salomon S-Lab牌子的鞋子。结果发现有如下问题：鞋号发错了；鞋子其中一只颜色偏暗；到货时间晚。
请向售货卖家客服投诉并提出解决方案。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语和结语已为你写好。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m writing to complain about the shoes bought from your store.
Yours,
Li Hua
