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。

作文中共有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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出改加的词。

删除：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11处起）不计分。

One evening after work John drove away his secretary home because she fails to her car .Not Want to bother his wife,Maureen, he decided not to mention it to her.Later that night, John and Maureen were driving out to eat while John spotted a high-heeled shoe hid under the passenger seat. Pointing to anything out of the passenger window to distract his wife, she picked up the shoe and tossed it out of his window . They arrived in the restaurant a short time later.When they were about to get out of car,Maureen enquired,”John,have you seen my other shoes.” 

The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert （警觉）. Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze starts to lose its focus — until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?
     Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise （同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.
13. Babies are sensitive to the change in______.
   A. the size of cards                                          B. the colour of pictures
   C. the number of objects                                 D. the shape of patterns 
14. Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?
   A. To reduce the difficulty of the experiment.   B. To see how babies recognize sounds.
   C. To keep the babies’ interest.                             D. To carry their experiment further.
15. Where does this text probably come from?
   A. Science fiction.                       B. A science report.   

C. An advertisement.                          D. Children’s literature. 

“A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website” is the definition of “selfie” in the Oxford English Dictionary. In fact, it wasn’t even in the dictionary until August of last year. It earned its place there because people are now so obsessed with (对……痴迷) selfies ─ we take them when we try on a new hat, play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven’t seen in a while.

But is there any scientific explanation for this obsession? Well, you should probably ask James Kilner, a neuroscientist(神经系统科学家) at University College London.

Through our lifetime we become experts at recognizing and interpreting other people’s faces and facial expressions. In contrast, according to Kilner, we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them ─ we just feel them most of the time.This has been proved in previous studies, according to the BBC.

Kilner found that most people chose the more attractive picture. This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are. To further test how we actually perceive our own faces, Kilner carried out another study. He showed people different versions of their own portrait ─ the original, one that had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive ─ and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like them. They chose the more attractive version.

But what does it say about selfies? Well, isn’t that obvious? Selfies give us the power to create a photograph ─ by taking it from various angles, with different poses, using filters (滤色镜) and so on ─ that better matches our expectations with our actual faces.

“You suddenly have control in a way that you don’t have in non-virtual(非虚拟的)interactions,” Kilner told the Canada-based CTV News. Selfies allow you “to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you’re happy with”, he explained.

8．What is the passage mainly about?

A. The definition and fun of taking selfies.

B. A study of why people love taking selfies.

C. How taking selfies influences people’s daily lives.

D. How to interpret people’s facial expressions in their selfies.

9．The underlined word “perceive” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “______”.

A. interpret      B. choose        C. beautify       D. explain

10．What did Kilner discover from his researches?

A. People tend to believe they look more attractive than they actually are.

B. People tend to spend more time looking at their faces than at others’.

C. People interpret others’ facial expressions worse than their own.

D. People who like taking selfies know more about their facial expressions.

11．According to Kilner, people like taking selfies probably because they think ______.

A. it is a good chance to learn more about their actual faces.

B. it allows them to satisfy their expectations with their appearances.

C. it enables them to interact with their friends in social media.

D. it is a way to respond to others’ facial expressions correctly.

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28. This advertisement aims at calling on people to ________.

 A. attend full-time universities

 B. work part time to further their education

 C. improve their education at home to get better jobs

 D. earn their degrees in different ways that suit them

29. Which of the following is NOT clearly mentioned in this advertisement? 

 A. The way how you will get your degree. 

 B. Tuition price. 

 C. The hot fields you will be preparing yourself for.

 D. The length of time it will take you to get a degree.

30. What does the writer of this ad intend to say by naming General Electric, IBM, Ford, etc.?

 A. To show that their training is widely used in the country. 

 B. To show that the training program is fully supported by famous companies in the U. S.

 C. To prove the value of their training in every area.  　

 D. To show the importance of getting recognized by the most famous companies.

31. It seems to the writer that the greatest attraction for people to take their training is________.

 A. its convenience

 B. the degree’s nation-wide recognition

 C. the economic benefit it will bring about

 D. the hot fields the training will help people to enter

The letter below is from Antoine Leiris, whose wife Helen died in the terror attack in Paris on November 11th. He wrote the letter to her killers. It was   41   written as a Facebook post and has been   42   thousands of times on social media.

On Friday night you   43   the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the  ___44  of my son, but you will not have my   45  . I don’t know who you are   46   I don’t want to know -- you are dead souls. I will not give you the gift of hating you. You have obviously   47   it, but responding to it with anger would be to give in to the same ignorance that has made you what you are. You want me to be   48  , to cast a mistrusting eye on my fellow citizens, to  49   my freedom for security. You  50  . I saw her this morning, finally after nights and days of waiting. My wife was   51   as beautiful as she was when she left on Friday evening, as beautiful as when I fell madly in love with her more than 12   52   ago. Of course, I am heart-broken with   53  , but I know that she will join us every day and that we will find each other again in the paradise of free souls which you will never have   54__   to. We are only   55  , my son and I, but we are more   56    than all the world’s armies.   __57   any case, I have no time to waste on you. I need to go back to Melvil, who is   58__  from his afternoon nap. He is just 17 months old. He will eat his snack like every day and we are going to play like we do every day. In every day of his life, the little boy will   59   you with his   60   and freedom, because you don’t have his hatred either.

41. A. occasionally      B. originally      C. accidently            D. frequently

42. A. shared          B. written              C. printed             D. praised

43. A. came across      B. stole away            C. argued with         D. turned into

44. A. teacher        B. friend               C. sister              D. mother

45. A. anger           B. mercy               C. sympathy           D. hatred

46. A. but             B. if                   C. once             D. and

47. A. hated           B. abandoned           C. sought             D. found

48. A. afraid            B. brave              C. concerned                D. crazy

49. A. value          B. attach              C. sacrifice          D. respect

50. A. won            B. hesitated          C. lost              D. warned

51. A. ever            B. just                C. even               D. never

52. A. days            B. weeks              C. months             D. years

53. A. sorrow        B. depression          C. enthusiasm          D. passion

54. A. access                B. companion          C. devotion            D. desire

55. A. none            B. one                C. two                D. three

56. A. successful       B. thankful            C. powerful           D. merciful

57. A. On             B. In                 C. With                D. Of

58. A. cheering up      B. packing up          C. sending up          D. waking up

59. A. insult           B. threaten           C. control                   D. complain

60. A. happiness        B. sadness           C. forgiveness        D. awareness

The woman burst into tears ________she was announced the winner.

A. that         B. instantly    C. unless       D. in case 

--- Jack fell off the ladder yesterday, but he is all right now.

---What a lucky dog! He _______ himself badly.

A． could injure               B． must have injured

C． should injure             D． might have injured

今年是“向雷锋同志学习”49周年。大家在讨论新时代要不要学习雷锋精神——“全心全意为人民服务”。校学生会将就此举办一次英语演讲比赛,要求大家谈谈在新的形势下如何继续向他学习。请你根据以下内容要点写一篇英语演讲稿。

1.世界需要雷锋精神:志愿者、帮助他人、传承爱心;

2.号召同学们努力学习,培养社会责任感,发扬雷锋精神。

注意:

1.不要逐条翻译,可根据内容要点适当发挥;

2.词数:120左右;

3.开头与结尾已写好,不计入总词数。

4.参考词汇:whole-heartedly全心全意地　harmonious和谐的

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning!

What we are going to talk about today is really meaningful, since some people have raised doubt about learning from Comrade Lei Feng. Should we still need to learn from him?

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Thank you for listening!

It is sad but true that people die in earthquakes   55．   falling furniture and bricks. Earthquake   56．     (safe) is very important and there is more to it   57．    just keeping buildings from falling down. So if your home is in an earthquake area, you should prepare carefully before the earthquake  58．    (come).

First, make sure you buy a house which is earthquake safe. All pipes should be fixed to the walls and all walls should be  59．   (especial) thick and strong. Make sure the building has no  60．   (break) windows and is well repaired.

Second, look at the objects in your house. Objects   61．   computers, televisions and lamps can be tied to tables or    62．    (stick) to them so they won’t easily move around. The cupboards,   63．    many small things are stored, should have strong doors. Always remember,   64．    (good) safe than sorry.

假设你是银川一中学生李华。近日，你的英语笔友John听说你们学校正在开展“建设节约型社会(Construction of an energy-saving society)”主题活动，发来邮件请你介绍一下你对活动的看法和建议。请你结合以下要点，用英语给John回复邮件。

1.不浪费粮食和纸张;

2.尽量不使用方便筷（disposable chopsticks)、塑料袋;

3.毕业生将书赠给低年级同学循环使用;

4.其他建议（如绿色出行等）

5.只有我们共同努力……

 注意:
1. 不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节;
 2. 词数：120左右。开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数;

   Dear John,
     Glad to receive your E-mail.
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A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk. That is all—milk. At the same time, a woman enters the same grocery store also to buy milk. She buys it. But, she also buys chicken and lemons to make dinner that night. She also gets a bottle of wine for drinks with friends and a birthday card for her husband’s niece. And that is the difference between the female and male brains simply explained in a grocery store. Generally speaking, men do one thing at a time. Women do many. Doing many things at one time is often called “multi-tasking,” a very popular word these days.

Now scientific research supports this theory about male and female brains. A recent study has confirmed what we have known all along—men and women think differently.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old. They found that male brains have more connections on one side of the brain, or hemisphere. In the female brain, they found more activity and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason”. The right hemisphere is known as the “creative” side.

Regina Verma is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She co-wrote the report. She says when women are asked to do something complicated they might use different parts of the brain. But men generally use just one.

As a result, men generally deal directly with a problem. There is a strong connection between the “understanding” and the “action” parts of their brains. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, like the part connected with “reason” and the part connected with sensitivity when solving a problem. Women take a less direct path to find a solution.

Thanks for your listening. I’m your announcer Anna Matteo.

28. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that women _____________.

A. are more hard-working than men            B. are more multi-tasking than men

C. are more careful than men            D. go shopping more than men

29. When asked to do something complicated, men __________.

A. only use the “reason” side of the brain B. only use the “creative” side of the brain

C. use different parts of the brain           D. use one part of the brain

30. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Men like doing something difficult.          B. Men take a less direct path to find a solution.

C. Women usually deal with a problem indirectly. D. Women brains have more connections on one side.

31. The main purpose of the passage is to tell us ______________.

A. that men and women really do think differently   B. who want to go shopping more, men or women

C. why women want to do many things at one time   D. that men and women all like to drink milk

假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华，近日你班同学参加了世界自然基金会WWF组办的“我为哥本哈根减斤碳”活动，大家开始在日常生活中减少能源、纸张等的消耗。请根据以下四幅图提供的信息，给某英文杂志写一篇以“Low – carbon Living”为题的英文稿件，介绍你们参加此次活动第一天的具体做法。

注意：1．信的开头已为你写好。     2．词数不少于60。

Low – carbon Living

Recently, my classmates and I participated in the activity of Low – Carbon Living organized by the WWF. On the first day …                                                                                                                                           

I had a quarrel with my drunken husband and left home with my little daughters. Not knowing where to 　1　 for the night, I called 911 for help. The officer came up and 　2　 a shelter center for us for the night. However, when we got there, we had to leave as it was too crowded to find a bed. 　3　, the woman at the center helped us find a hotel which would 　4　 us up for three free nights.  

On our way to the hotel, the driver, who was an African American, was very 　5　 and easygoing. 　6　 my experience, she expressed her 　7　. When asked if I had any money, I told her I wasn’t allowed to bring my 　8　.  

When passing a grocery store, she went in and came out with a bag full of groceries, and told me that the food and milk was for the girls and me to eat over the next three days. I don’t 　9　 a time in my life when I ever felt more 　10　. She comforted me and the 　11　 in her eyes was like an angel.  

At 2:00 am the telephone in our room rang. I was told to 　12　 a suitcase in the lobby (大堂). The hotel clerk, who stood there holding a suitcase, told me that an African American woman had 　13　 it off about thirty minutes ago and wanted to be sure I 　14　 it.  

I unzipped the suitcase and found a 　15　 that read, “I came back home tonight and 　16　 to all of my friends and neighbors 　17　 goods for you and your children. God bless you!” 

I never got the 　18　 to see or meet her again, and I didn’t even know her name. But to this day, I still call her my guardian angel. How lucky and 　19　 I was to have met someone with such a loving and 　20　 heart.  

1. A. turn                    B. stay                 C. look                D. search

2. A. called                 B. discovered           C. inspected             D. provided

3. A. Obviously          B. Strangely              C. Fortunately    D. Actually

4. A. send                  B. hold                C. put                  D. bring

5. A. decisive                   B. energetic              C. reliable          D. talkative

6. A. Hearing             B. Sharing          C. Analyzing       D. Judging

7. A. sympathy           B. tolerance              C. amazement   D. generosity

8. A. phone                B. car                  C. purse                    D. account

9. A. spare                 B. remember     C. enjoy                     D. survive

10. A. lonely               B. grateful          C. enthusiastic        D. content

11. A. honesty           B. puzzle            C. will                  D. look

12. A. obtain                    B. take                      C. fetch               D. examine

13. A. brought          B. left                C. laid                 D. dropped

14. A. received        B. witnessed           C. opened        D. handled

15. A. passage                 B. note              C. warning          D. mail

16. A. hanged about B. came across  C. worked out    D. went around

17. A. buying                    B. picking         C. collecting             D. begging

18. A. permission             B. chance         C. access                  D. strength

19. A. exhausted              B. determined   C. amused          D. blessed

20. A. giving                     B. encouraging        C. inspiring              D. convincing

What looks like an angry old man and lives at the bottom of the ocean? It’s the world’s ugliest animal---the blobfish(水滴鱼).

Its strange skin is shaped by its habitat. It lives 800 meters below the ocean’s surface, a depth where very few other creatures can survive.

Most fishes have a swim bladder(鱼鳔), which is filled with gas and helps them stay afloat. At the depth that the blobfish live, water pressure is 80 times higher than that at higher sea levels and any swim bladder wouldn’t be able to serve its purpose.

The blobfish don’t have a swim bladder because their skin works the same way. It helps them stay afloat without having to use any energy.

The blobfish have a pretty relaxed attitude towards eating. All they do is stay and wait for crabs or lobsters to come by.

Since the blobfish like to eat crabs and lobsters, they often get caught in nets that are used to catch lobsters or crabs and end up dying or being killed. They are not suitable for eating so they are useless for fishermen.

There’s a purpose behind the blobfish’s new title; it has become the new mascot for the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, an organization whose purpose is to preserve endangered ugly animals.

“We’ve needed an ugly face for endangered ugly animals for a long time and I’ve been amazed by the public reaction,” said the Society’s Simon Watt. “For too long cute animals have taken the limelight(风头) but now the blobfish will be a voice for those who always get forgotten.”They hope this new face will help the world know that we need to help preserve the populations of ugly animals too.

25．The biggest difference between the blobfish and most other fishes is that the blobfish_____ .

A. cannot be eaten by people

B. don’t have a swim bladder

C. only live at high sea levels

D. aren’t active in catching food

26．What makes the blobfish stay afloat?

A. Their skin.       B. Their tail.

C. Their mouth.      D. Their swim bladder.

27．We can learn from what Simon Watt said that _____ .

A. most ugly animals are in danger

B. the population of the blobfish is increasing

C. the blobfish have attracted the public’s attention

D. people knew nothing about the blobfish in the past

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. I’ve always tried to keep my  41  from people who are rude, aggressive and mean. But sometimes we  42_  become tied to people who might not have our best  43  at heart.

Last summer, I became involved with a(n)  44  coworker who was at a bad spot in his life. I had a lot of  45  for him and decided to help him  46  this tough time, so I tried my best to   47  his rudeness when he lost his temper. However, just like a swimmer drowning in a pool, he grabbed on and ended up drowning me when I reached out and tried to  48  him. His rudeness gradually was out of  49 . One night, when I got up to get a glass of water, he started yelling at me to get back into my bedroom. I did as I was told but I was not happy about it. He  50  my shift in mood and asked what was wrong. But when I told him his behavior toward me was  51  and that I was very hurt by the way he had treated me, he was  52 . He could not understand his actions had  53  impacted me. He told me he didn’t have anything against me that there was no need for me to  54  it. I used examples from his life of things that had hurt him and then tried to make the  55  that the same things also made me  56 . I said, “ I always treat you with compassion, patience and understanding, but you haven’t treated me with  57   respect.” He was silent after listening to my words. What I had said might  58  him.

People only change if they want to change. I didn’t know whether he would shift his  59  or not in the future, but I would continue to  60  him through my patience, understanding and kindness.

41. A. difference          B. distance                 C. pressure                  D. absence

42. A. luckily                B. expectantly         C. unwillingly        D. unavoidably

43. A. decisions          B. performances      C. interests            D.consequences

44. A. co-operative       B. kind-hearted           C. easy-going            D. bad-tempered

45. A. advice               B. sympathy               C. permission            D. selection

46. A. get across          B. get out of               C. get through              D. get off

47. A.control                B.tolerate                   C. criticize                D. explain

48. A.rescue                B. persuade                C. entertain              D. drag

49. A. practice             B. action                    C. control                     D. danger

50. A. forgave          B. ignored                  C. understood            D. noticed

51. A. unacceptable      B. appropriate            C. unnecessary         D. traditional

52. A. surprised           B. scared                   C. anxious                 D. shamed

53. A. properly             B. directly                  C. deliberately              D. equally

54. A. accept               B. doubt                    C. refuse                         D. mind

55. A. summary           B. analysis                 C. comparison              D. expectation

56. A. upset                 B. unfriendly              C. puzzled                 D. selfish

57. A. promised            B. deserved                C. proven                     D. intended

58. A. annoy                       B. satisfy                   C. touch                      D. inspire

59. A. ambition             B. involvement           C. requirement             D. perspective

60. A. convince            B. trust                   C. praise                   D. comfort

How often do you let other people like a bad driver, a rude waiter, or an angry boss, change your mood?

Sixteen years ago I learned a lesson. I got in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver used his brakes, the tires made a loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just 3cm from the back of the other car.

I couldn’t believe it. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head around and he started shouting at us. I couldn’t believe it!

My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy could have killed us!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. He said, “Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you.”

So I started thinking how often I let Garbage Trucks run right over me and how often I take their garbage and spread it to other people.

I began to see Garbage Trucks. I see the load people are carrying. I see them coming to dump it. And like my taxi driver, I don’t take it personally. I just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.

21. What happened to the author on his way to Grand Central Station?

A. He was caught in a traffic jam.

B. He had a fight with his taxi driver.

C. His taxi almost ran into another car.

D. His taxi suddenly got a flat tire.

22. When the author saw his taxi driver smile and wave at the driver of the black car, he_______.

A. got very angry                      B. was deeply impressed

C. felt quite disappointed                  D. praised him for his manners

23. The underlined part “the load” in the last paragraph probably refers to _______.

A. the bad mood                              B. poor habits

C. waste materials                    D. great pressure

24. How did the author learn to deal with Garbage Trucks?

A. Fight back immediately.           B. Call the police for help.

C. Dump it on someone else.               D. Smile and move on.

 My 　　　of this weekend’s activity is going out with some friends. 

A. idea　         B. opinion                    C. view            D. thought

 Every man has his faults. We should, therefore, learn to be____of others. 

A. tolerant            B. ignorant          C. conscious         D. jealous

The reason why he _________ his post was that there was a more attractive and challenging

  job for him.

    A. re   mained      B. removed     C. replaced     D. resigned

 —Excuse me, would you mind answering a few questions?

—Well, I don’t know. I’m in a hurry 　　　. 

A. seriously    B. actually    C. immediately     D. anxiously