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。

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删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

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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。

I rode a bus to my office ten miles away in last month. I carried only a few cash to last each week. One night, as I walk to the usual bus stop, I met a beggar whom had no legs. I stopped and opened my wallet, but I was discovered that I had no money at all. I apologized to him immediate. I became worried so I had no way to get home. At my surprise, the beggar pulled out many coin from his broken bowl. Embarrassed, I took enough for his bus fare, and he said, “Good luck!”

     A study of English learning problems was carried out among a tolal of 106 foreign students.It shows that most students

considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficultties in writing

papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a significant problem.

     The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation, we  considered  it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind  of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may

help because it is different.

     Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining  or increasing motivation. Several years  ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers  lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it  into line with the expressed language needs of the students. 

24. What is the text mainly about? 

A. Foreign students have more problems.

B. Teaching should meet students' needs.

C. English learning problems should be studied again.

D. There are many ways to improve English.

25. Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students _____. 

A. became less interested in reading

B. became better at speaking

C. had to write their papers

D. had fewer problems with listening 

26. We may infer from the last two paragraphs that _____. 

A. teaching content should be changed halfway

B. grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging

C. English courses are necessary for foreign students

D. different teaching methods should be used

27. The word "it" underlined in the last paragraph refers to "_____". 

A. re-think  B. timetable  C. motivation   D. activity

   “Let’s have a journey. Why not fly out and meet me, Dad?” I say one day.

My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thoughts, and his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.

My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.

He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.

“What's our first stop？” asks my father.

“What time is it？”

“Still don't have a watch？”

Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.

“Unbelievable,” he says. “How was this done？”

A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.

We stare up and I ask myself, “Would I ever devote my life to anything？”

No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. Now I hear them in my own.

The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.

“Did you ever travel with your dad？” I ask.

“Only once,” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other — but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”

That last sentence — it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.

In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I've never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world. I can keep traveling, I realize — and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.

Weeks after our trip, I call my father.

“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “We've got to take another trip like that sometime.”

I tell him I've decided to settle down, and I'm wearing a watch.

21. We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _____.

A. was a very fashionable manager

    B. was unhappy with the author's lifestyle

    C. got bored with his job so he retired

    D. liked the author's collection of stamps

22. What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?

    A. He should pursue a specific aim in life.

    B. He should learn sculpture in the future.

    C. His father is as innocent as a little boy.

    D. His father is interested in sculpture.

23. From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author _____．

    A. wants his children to learn from their grandfather

    B. hopes to give whatever he can to his father

    C. learns how to communicate with his father

    D. comes to understand what parental love means

24. What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?

    A. They decide to learn photography together.

    B. They begin to change their attitudes to life.

    C. The call solves their disagreements.

    D. The Swiss watch has drawn them closer.

 Bob Stewart commanded the British peace-keeping force in Bosnia _______ home this month.          

       A. be returned             B. returned         C. to be returned    D. return

You might think that fitness and fun can hardly ever go together. Well, that is changing with the Color Run, or a 5km run (5k) where participants get colored dust thrown at them. Sounds crazy, right? Well, this is known to be a very fun activity in the US, and it’s getting more popular in China too.

     36   This is an ancient cultural festival that came from legends that talk about good beating evil,   37   Everyone throw colored dust at each other and yells“ Happy Holi!” This year Holi fell on March 24.

    The Color Run is called the “Happiness 5k on the Planet”. The race is not timed and there are no winners or prizes. The only rule is that runners must start the race wearing all white.   38 

    There is a color station once every kilometer. Each color station is associated with a different color and volunteers throw colored dust at runners when they pass each color station.   39   There is even a color dance party at the end!

       40   Well, it is made of corn that comes in your food, so it is safe and easy to clean off. But it’s best to try and keep it out of your eyes.

     Do you want to join in the fun race?

A. By the end of the race, runners are covered in all the colors of the rainbow.

B. An Indian festival called Holi inspired this colorful run.

C. The point is for everyone to forget about the competition and enjoy the unique experience.

D. It has therefore become the largest five-kilometer event series in the United States.

E. But today it’s all about having fun.

F. The first Color Run event took place in March 2011in Phoenix, Arizona.

G. You might think the dust would be dangerous to throw at people.

 His name was on the ______ of my tongue , but I just couldn’t remember it.

    A. end      B. edge   C. tip   D. side

Dear Chris,

I’m sorry to hear that you 61.________(be) in hospital for several days. 62.________(actual), it’s very easy for a person like you to get sick, 63.________ you aren’t used to the new environment. 64.________(bad) still, you don’t take enough exercise. Here are some tips for you:

First of all, it’s 65.________ good idea to take part in some social activities, 66.________will help you learn more about the local customs and cultures. 67.________ addition, I suggest you 68.________(try) to reduce the pressure of work by listening to music and making friends. Last but not least, you’d better exercise more instead of sitting 69.________(make) your body healthier.

I hope my 70.  ________(suggest) will help you lead a healthy lifestyle and you will recover soon.

His ________ directions puzzled us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.

A. concrete  B. ambiguous  C. explicit  D. consistent

请阅读下面一篇短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇 150 词左右的文章。

One day, a mother horse told her son, “My child, will you happily go and carry this bag of wheat to the mill (磨坊) to grind it into flour？” The little horse happily agreed without hesitation, and ran out of the house with a bag of wheat on his back.

After quite a long journey, the little horse came to a river, which blocked his path to the mill. He suddenly got confused. Looking around, he saw a cow. So he asked the cow, “Auntie Cow, can you tell me whether I can cross the river？” The cow answered, “Definitely you can. The water is very shallow.” When the little horse was about to cross the river, a squirrel shouted to him, “Little horse, don't cross the river. You will drown.” The little horse didn't know what to do, so he decided to go back to ask his mother.

After he told his mother everything that happened on his way, his mother said, “My child, it's not enough to only listen to others; you have to give it a try by yourself, and then you'll know the answer.”

With those words, he walked carefully across the river. The water was neither shallow nor deep. It was just fine for him. Finally the little horse crossed the river and completed his task.

【写作内容】

1. 用约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2. 用约120个词就“亲身实践”谈谈你的看法，内容包括： (1) 你读完这个故事后的感受。(2) 讲述一次你通过亲身实践学会一项技能的经历。(3) 你从这次经历中所体会到“亲身实践”的重要性。

【写作要求】

1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

We have a problem，and the strange thing is that we not only know about it, but also celebrate it. Just today, someone boasted (自夸) to me that she was so busy she’s averaged four hours of sleep a night for the last two weeks. She wasn’t complaining; she was proud of the fact. She is not alone.

Why are rational (理性的) people so irrational in their behavior? The answer is that we’re in the midst of a bubble (泡沫). I call it “The More Bubble”.

The nature of bubbles is that something is overvalued until—eventually—the bubble bursts, and we’re left wondering why we were so irrational in the first place. The thing we’re overvaluing now is the opinion of doing it all, having it all, achieving it all.

This bubble is being enabled by a combination of three powerful trends: smart phones, social media, and extreme consumerism (消费主义). The result is not just information overload, but opinion overload. We are more aware than at any time in history of what everyone else is doing and, therefore, what we should be doing. In the process, we have been sold a bill of goods: that success means being supermen and superwomen who can get it all done. Of course, we boasted about being busy—it’s code for being successful and important.

And our answer to the problem of more is always more. We need more technology to help us create more technologies. We need to move our workload to free up our own time to do yet even more.

Luckily, there is a solution to asking for more: asking for less, but better. A growing number of people are making this change. I call these people Essentialists.

These people are designing their lives around what is essential and removing everything else. These people arrange to have actual weekends (during which they are not working). They create technology-free zones in their homes. They trade time on Facebook with calling those few friends who really matter to them. Instead of running to different meetings, they put space on their plans to get important work done.

So we have two choices: We can be among the last people caught up in “The More Bubble, ” or we can join the growing community of Essentialists and get more of what matters in our one precious life.

43. When the woman said she only slept for four hours a night for two weeks, she       .

A. was unsatisfied with her lifestyle

B. was asking for suggestions

C. took pride in doing so

D. knew few people were like her

44. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. The cause and result of “The More Bubble”.

B. The advantages of “The More Bubble”.

C. The solutions to “The More Bubble”.

D. The value of “The More Bubble”.

45. According to the article, Essentialists are those who       .

A. give up certain things for what matters in life

B. prefer to change frequently

C. are tired of information and opinions

D. are eager to become successful and important

46. What’s the author’s attitude towards “The More Bubble”？

A. Supportive.    B. Undecided.

C. Disapproval.    D. Doubt.

Born in England in 1944, Ian Wilmut ______41______(know)as the leader of the research group that first cloned a female lamb ___42___(call)Dolly in 1996. Dolly became famous and pictures of her appeared on the ____43____(cover)of magazines all over the world. The ____44____(possible)of reproduction without a male and female being involved also made her the focus of a moral debate. For scientists, however, the cloning of dolly using the DNA of an adult cell was a breakthrough _______45_______showed the cloning of special animals was possible.

However, ____46____Wilmut thinks unlikely is human cloning. He says ______47______(undertake)the procedure with humans would require 29 surrogate(替代的)mothers and 300 eggs. Of those 29,28 would be bound _____48_____(experience)failure and suffer physically and emotionally. He says he is also concerned about the psychological and ______49______(society)consequences a cloned might have to go through. For these reasons, he is not _____50_____favor of it.

SM Card Cutter

Change regular SM cards to smaller SIM cards.

Did you know you can cut a regular size phone SIM card to a smaller size SM card and it will still work?This tool will help you do it.Just stick a SIM card in it,press it down like a stapler(订书机).A perfectly shaped smaller SIM is there.I've used it many times when swapping SIMs from one phone to another.

                                                       03/7/17-Mark Frauenfelder

Profi Cheese Slicer

Uses a thin wire to slice up to medium-hard cheeses in four inch sections.

I may own every cheese slicer ever made.I prefer a wire type cheese cutter so I can cut slices that work well on a piece of bread and sandwich.

This cheese slicer is great for both tasks.It even has adjustable tension on the two cutting wires.A point of information: I did break a wire cutting a very hard piece of cheese with black pepper.Good news,the wire is replaceable,and I was able to purchase new wires to fix it.Maybe best to use on softer cheeses.Lessons learned.But, highly recommended for every other use except for those extremely hard cheeses.

                                                            03/6/17-Kent Bames

Ash Bucket(桶子）

Bucket with lid keeps your fireplace(壁炉）clear of ashes.

I purchased this ash bucket recommended by my friend and have found it invaluable.Previously I had an old bucket that got left outside and usually filled up with rain and became a mess to clean.This ash bucket has a raised bottom and thermal insulation(隔热层）to prevent any accidental hot coals in your ash to damage your floor or cause a fire.You can store this bucket indoors since the lid is nice and tight.

                                                             03/3/17-Seth Wilson

21.What can SIM Card Cutter do?

A.Cut up a SM Card.                     B.Help store more information.

C.Delete the information.                   D.Make a SIM card smaller shape.

22.What kind of food is Profi Cheese Slicer most suitable for?

A.Cheese slices with cracked black pepper.      B.Very dry sandwich.

C.Medium-soft cheeses.                  D.Extremely hard cheeses.

23.Which is one of the characters about the Ash Bucket?

A.It is waterproof.          B.It is fire resistant.        C.It is useful outdoors.       D.It is of no value.

Jack and I went fishing yesterday morning. Jack                               

kept on catching fish, but I just sat there waiting ______                             61______

some fish to bite my line. After ______ had caught five                               62______

fish, I only caught a small fish. L____ at my fish, I didn’t                             63______

feel _______(舒服). But later on, I finally felt a fish was                          64______

biting my line. I t______ that it was going to be a big fish                            65______

for I had a hard t_____ bringing it up. Finally it turned out                          66______

to be an old ________(鞋)，which was pretty funny. Both                        67______

of us began to laugh l_____. Before we went home, I only                         68______

caught two fish _______ Jack had nine fish. Although we                           69______

were ________(疲倦) out, we felt very happy.                                          70______

The king was to pass by a beggar’s small poor house and the man was excited, not because he was about to see the king but because the king was known to part with expensive jewels and huge sums of money when moved by sympathy.
    He saw the king’s carriage just when a kind man was filling his begging bowl with uncooked rice. Pushing the man aside, he ran into the street, shouting praises of the king and the royal family.
     The carriage stopped and the king beckoned to the beggar.
      “Who are you?” he asked. “One of the most unfortunate of your people,” said the beggar. “Poverty sits on my doorstep and follows me about like a dog. I haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon!” “Have you nothing for your king except great sorrow?” said the ruler, putting out his hand. “Give me something.” The beggar, astonished, carefully picked up 5 grains of rice from his bowl and laid them on the king’s outstretched palm. The king drove away. The beggar’s disappointment was great. He complained and cursed the king again and again for his miserliness.
     When he returned home in the evening he found a bag of rice on the floor. “Some generous soul has been here,” he thought and took out a handful of rice from the bag. To his astonishment, there was a small piece of gold in it. He realized then that the bag had been sent by the king. He emptied the rice on the floor, feeling sure there would be more gold pieces in it, and he was right. He found 5, one for each grain of rice he had given the king.
       “It is not the king who has been miserly,” thought the man, sadly. “If I had been generous and given him the whole bowl of rice, I would have been a rich man today.”

21. From the passage, we know that the king___________.

A. was a kind man.                                B. was arrogant.  

C. was a miserly man.                        D. was very young.

22. Why did the king ask the beggar for something according to the text?

A. Because he was poor than the beggar. 

B. Because he wanted to make the beggar even poorer.

C. Because he had nothing to eat.

D. Because he wanted to give something to the beggar in return.

23. The real reason why the beggar got only five gold pieces is that________.

A. he complained and cursed the king again and again

B. the king was only generous to rich people

C. the king wanted to punish him severely

D. he himself was miserly  

 ---Those senior citizens cheated should have been warned of illegal fund-raising.

---       . But few could resist the temptation.

A. They were    B. They should

C. They must    D. They did

You did not let me drive. If we ____ (drive) in turn, you ____ (not get) so tired

 I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone.
    Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben’s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.
    Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food fest”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place. 
    By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o’clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty（收成）of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!
    Well, the point wasn’t so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another’s company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben’s garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!
9. We can infer that Happy and her husband Ben_______.
  A. don’t like spending time with others   
  B. sometimes quarrel with each other
  C. sold the food they grow in their garden  
  D. are a generous and warm-hearted couple
10. For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?
  A. To ask them to attend a birthday party
  B. To help them get to know each other.
  C. To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.
  D. To ask them to share some interesting stories.
11. What did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden?
  A. It was too long       B. It was wonderful.
  C. It was not as good as he thought.   D. It was too terrible.
                             

Last September, the public library at Saint-Omer near Calais in France was preparing an exhibit on English literature. While going through the library’s collections, Rémy Cordonnier came across a copy of Shakespeare’s plays, listed in their records as a reprint from the 18th century. It was missing close to 30 pages, including the title page.

       This is the first and most comprehensive collection of Shakespeare’s plays. As we know, Shakespeare became popular only much after his death in 1616 and his original manuscripts (手稿) never survived. About 20 of his works are available to us today only because of the efforts of John Heminge and Henry

       This was the first time a folio edition was used only for plays in England. Earlier folios were just used for influential works such as encyclopedias (百科全书) and reference books. Plays were frivolous, since they were considered “entertainment”. The original edition consisted of 750-800 copies, of which only a quarter are available today. When published, they were only sold for around 15 shillings to a pound (20 shillings) each. It was thought that the books were originally brought out for use by theatre groups.

       Evidence suggests that some copies available today were compiled (汇编) in the mid-19th century by owners who only then began to realize their importance. Several books are known to have been lost.  The British Library owns 4 copies. In the early 20th century, Henry Folger, President of Standard Oil, collected the largest number of 82 folios.

       The First Folio at Saint-Omer is believed to be the 233rd discovery and could be worth between $6-7 million. Meanwhile, Saint-Omer has made plans to digitize the book and make it available online. The original will be locked up in their safe along with other rare books in their library.

9. Last September, Rémy Cordonnier _____.

A. read a copy of Shakespeare’s plays         B. attended an exhibit at Saint-Omer

C. made an important discovery                  D. studied English literature

10. What can we learn about Shakespeare’s earliest folios?

A. Most of them can be found in the British Library.

B. Most of them were brought out for encyclopedias.

C. They were published at the request of Shakespeare.

D. Their importance was not recognized when first published.

11. The underlined word “frivolous” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____”.

A. unusual                     B. unimportant            C. uninteresting              D. unpleasant

12. The author’s purpose in writing the text is to _____.

A. ask people to visit the public library at Saint-Omer  B. introduce a new-found folio by Shakespeare

C. show the importance of the First Folio                  D. sing the praises of Shakespeare

Generally, the skills and attitudes you form as a student will be especially important to your development. The following tips can help you become an active student.

Don’t be satisfied with yourself. ___16___ Leave no room for the average of the ordinary. If you can do good things, try hard to become better. If you have become better, try to become the best.

Give yourself new challenges. ___17___ Any new things will give you the chance to understand yourself better. You should try anything. What you learn from these activities can be useful in the future.

___18___ One reason why a student is not active may be that he has a defeated(挫败的) attitude. As much as possible, you should face each challenge with the willingness to succeed.

Think over your mistakes, if there are any. Being active doesn’t mean you will always be successful. ___19___ However, they will never succeed if they don’t realize the meaning of failure.

Keep a to-do list. This can serve as a reminder when a student becomes lazy. ___20___

A. To achieve this, you have to desire to become excellent.

B. Have strong faith that you will succeed.

C. Try to take an active part in group discussions.

D. Don’t be afraid to attend activities you wouldn’t normally do.

E. There are students who would give up the moment they fail.

F. You can’t be active if you don’t know what is going on.

G. It can keep you on the right track and help you organize your tasks for the day.

Trust has been regarded as the basis of any relationship, including friendship. No relationship can last long with a lack of trust. Not many of your friends will have real faith in you as you would like to believe.   36   Sometimes, it takes years, even a complete lifetime, to trust someone. However, how do we know if our friends have faith in us?

   37   With whom will you share things that you don’t want everyone to know? It would be with a close friend, whom you trust as much as you trust yourself. While a few of your friend may be fiercely protective of their privacy and may not tell their secrets to anyone, those who do, surely find you trustworthy and reliable.

Whom do you look up to for advice when you need it the most? It has to be either your parents or your friends.   38   This is a shining example of trust. You only seek advice from people you hold in high regard and find dependable. The friends who trust you will never forget to include you in the important decisions of their life.

Arguments and heated discussions are a part of every relationship, and this is also true for friendship.   39   While some people find it difficult to forgive and forget, your friends will never have problems moving on. It is because they trust you and believe that you will never cause any pain to them on purpose.

There are times in life when you find yourself a lonely soldier.   40   Your friends will never let you down and will strongly stand for you when you need encouragement. You can determine that they trust you and believe in your beliefs, if they side with you when you need them the most.

A. If your friends share their secrets, there’s a good possibility that they have much

faith in you.

B. People can be extraordinarily jealous sometimes.

C. Two people cannot have identical reaction to a situation and different opinions do exist.

D. In fact, winning trust is, by far, the most challenging aspect of relationships.

E. No matter how close you are to your friend, you cannot take that comfort level for granted.

F. However, people who are fortunate to have been blessed with true friends are never alone in any battle.

G. You know they will never pass on a wrong suggestion.