1）同情他的处境
2）给他提出几点建议
3）希望他情况好转。
注意：1）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
2）词数100左右。
3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数
Dear Peter,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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10处，多者(从第n处起)不计分.
On Tuesday evening, when I got out of the bus I realized a man had left his phones on the seat next to me. I picked it up and waited for the owner's phone call, that he gave me two hours later. I told him I have gone home and would give to him the following day. So in my way to work the next morning I returned the phone back to him. He was so delighted and wanted to give me the reward, and I refused it and told him it was okay. He was very exciting. I also felt gladly for having done a good deed.
The jobs of the future have not yet been invented By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.
Curiosity
Your children need to be deeply curious Ask kids, “What ingredients (配料)can we add to make these pancakes even better next time ?” and then try them out. Ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time?
Creativity
True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.
Personal skills
Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what's going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kid from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions“Why do you think she's crying?” “Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?” “If someone were to do that to you, how would you feel?”
Self Expression
there are many ways to express thoughts and ideas –music, acting, drawing, building, photography. You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another.
A. So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don't yet exist?
B. And we can't forget science education.
C. Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.
D. Encourage kids to cook with you.
E. Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill.
F. We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories.
G. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways.
Most people have a list of wishes—things that they think will bring them happiness. Happiness lists are easy to come up with. However, the mechanism behind them is somewhat complicated, since it involves what psychologist Daniel Gilbert calls the greatest achievement of the human brain—the ability to imagine. To imagine what will bring joy to our future selves requires mental time travel, which is a unique human skill resulting from two million years of evolution. We use this skill every day, predicting our future emotions and then making decisions, whether big or small, according to our forecasts of how they'll make our future selves feel.
Yet, our imagination often fails us. When we're lucky enough to get what we wished for, we discover that it doesn't come with everlasting happiness. And when the things we feared come to pass, we realize that they don't crush us after all. In dozens of studies, Gilbert has shown that we can mispredict emotional consequences of positive events, such as receiving gifts or winning football games, as much as negative events, like breaking up or losing an election. This impact bias(影响偏差) —overestimation of the intensity and duration of our emotional reactions to future events—is significant, because the prediction of the duration of our future emotions is what often shapes our decisions, including those concerning our happiness.
Just as our immune systems work tirelessly to keep our bodies in good health, our psychological immune systems routinely employ an entire set of cognitive(认知) mechanisms in order to deal with life's habitual attack of less-than-pleasant circumstances. Actually, our psychological immune system has an impressive feature of its own: the ability to produce happiness. Thus, when life disappoints us, we "ignore, transform, and rearrange" information through a variety of creative strategies until the rough edges of negative effects have been dutifully dulled. When we fail to recognize this ability of our psychological immune systems to produce happiness, we're likely to make errors in our affective forecasting.
Happiness, Gilbert points out, is a fast moving target. As passionate as we're about finding it, we routinely misforecast what will make us happy, and how long our joy will last. In reality, he adds that the best way to make an affective forecast is not to use your imagination, but your eyes. Namely, instead of trying to predict how happy you 'll be in a particular future, look closely at those who are already in the future that you're merely contemplating(冥想)and ask how happy they are. If something makes others happy, it'll likely make you happy as well.
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Judging Unwisely
Not many years ago a man rented a store upon a street appropriately named Market Street. While very busy getting barrels, boxes and other things inside, he happened to see a boy of eleven years standing by, and called to him, "See here, boy, if you help me today，I'll pay you well." The boy looked at him but made no answer. "Don't you want to work？" The boy made some sort of gesture, but remained silent. "Oh! You're some lazy, I guess. Well, if you don't work or even speak，just go away." He thought the boy's lazy attitude and continued silence meant disrespect and defiance (蔑视), and soon began to feel angry over it. "Some young thief, I guess, watching his chance to steal something and run，" thought he. Soon he advanced toward the boy with threatening look, when, to his amazement, the boy performed some strange gesture, and strange play of features, as he moved backward.
"I'll teach you how to make faces and mock(嘲笑)me; you've acted the behaviour long enough." And without further delay he raised his hand, when the boy，instead of running off, started, and fell in a heap (蜷缩)upon the sidewalk. Several persons went to the spot quickly and asked what was the matter. "Why! That lazy fellow refused to work when I offered him pay and hung around even when I ordered him off, and finally made faces and disrespectful gestures at me; so I was going to slap (掴耳光)him and he dropped like that. He is not hurt enough to even cry about it." "Sir, that is poor Danny, a deaf mute and cripple (跛子), perfectly harmless when you know him. We all humor him and let him stay around as long as he pleases, for his eyes are the chief blessings he possesses, and they can't injure anything." When they lifted Danny, they found a bruise (擦伤)upon his forehead, and tears were slowly creeping down his cheeks.
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
The boy was carried into a store, and one of his friends who understood how to communicate with him，explained the merchant's mistake.
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The patient mother was very grateful to the new friend—the merchant.
The Apple iPhone's impact was widely evident (明显的) at the Consumer Electronics Show, as new touch－screen devices could be found everywhere.
The consumer electronics industry came unbuttoned in Las Vegas this week. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show, companies from around the world unveiled many devices boasting (以拥有……而自豪) touch – sensitive technology, rather than traditional push-button controls.
Motorola, Sony, and LG Electronics all showed off touch-screen phones this week. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates praised and offered a touch-screen computer, the Surface, related to a flat panel TV for a tabletop. Even camera makers, such as Kodak, included touch-screen LCDs in their devices. Touch-screen tech has been in use for years, but the push to develop and weave it into consumer electronics gathered steam with the June introduction of Apple's iPhone. "The touch-screen industry is really getting hot," says Jennifer Colegrove, a senior analyst at iSuppli. "Since the iPhone came out, there are a lot of companies that did not have a relationship with touch screens before that decided, 'OK, I want to make a touch screen, too.'"
The touch－screen tech ecosystem now includes more than 100 companies specializing in everything from smudge-proof (防污的) screens to sensors (传感器) able to detect fingers before they even contact the screen. Sales of leading touch-screen technologies, such as those used in mobile phones and navigation (航行) devices, are expected to rise to $ 4.4 billion in 2012, up from $ 2.4 billion in 2006, according to iSuppli estimates.
—Yes, there are no exceptions.
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How to Get Your Child to Be Interested in Studies
One of the skills you need to know as a parent is how to get your child to be interested in studies．Studying is the key to the academic and overall development of your child, but unfortunately, most children are not interested in studies．Your children will prefer to watch television, play video games and do many other things other than studying, affecting their academic performance． 66
Provide a print-rich environment．
67 You can also have a small bookshelf for children, fill it with children books and place it in your child's room or anywhere your child likes to relax．
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It has been proven that children learn more from what others do than what they are told． __69 Read your books in your free time instead of watching movies or television, this will get your children interested in studies．They will always take books to read in their spare time instead of playing around．
Reward their efforts．
Children are motivated when their good actions are rewarded．When your children take steps to read, reward them with small gifts．Book gifts are the best gifts to give in this case． 70
Do all you can to get your children interested in studies: this is the path to success．
A．Be an example．
B．A good environment for studies is necessary．
C．Fill your home with all sorts of print materials ．
D．This is how to get your child interested in studies．
E．If you want to get your children to be interested in studies, read often．
F．Buy them puzzles and games that they can have fun with but be learning at the same time．
G．Congratulate them when their academic performance improves, take them to dinner or buy them lunch．
At the age of forty－five，my usually well－ordered life became full of changes. After twenty－two years of working in a __36____, a plan to use less staff __37____ the unemployment of over one hundred people, I being one of them．
My once secure future became __38__．However，I was not a single parent, _39___ the family did not depend only on my income. My motto has always been，“change is good，change is progress，”but when it __40__ my livelihood(生计)，I had to change it to，“__41___ change and make the most of it．”From the beginning，I __42___ to look at this matter not as ___43__ luck，but as a welcome chance．I refused to become sorry；___44__，I actively planned to do something new and different.
Having a positive attitude made all the __45__ in the way I pursued (追求)the future．First，I decided to __46__ to college and graduate many years later than I should. Doing this at my age took more than a little__47___．Not being a graduate had__48__ held me back in my career in the bank，but now it was a personal goal I longed to__49___ ．With a lot of determination，I went to evening classes and became an adult __50____ ．In the class, I became more and more confident. During this time，I _51___ that no matter what life throws our way，personal growth never stops. The second thing I did to improve my inner self was to reevaluate my __52__ life．It used to be filled with endless，and sometimes meaningless events．But now，my heart and life are completely around people I__53___ ．
The loss of my job led to some __54___changes in my life．Revisiting the past made __55___ for the future．I realize that I have accepted the change，and am making the most of it．
36. A. factory B. company C. bank D. school
37. A. set aside B. led to C. made up D. took off
38. A. clear B. bright C. boring D. uncertain
39. A. so B. or C. if D. but
40. A. destroyed B. improved C. affected D. offered
41. A. Make B. Accept C. Bring D. Collect
42. A. chose B. considered C. happened D. pretended
43. A. special B. rare C. bad D. good
44. A. besides B. instead C. anyway D. however
45. A. difference B. decision C. effort D. use
46. A. attend B. turn C. return D. admit
47. A. time B. risk C. chance D. courage
48. A. sometimes B. ever C. always D. never
49. A. find B. arrive C. achieve D. discover
50. A. student B. teacher C. manager D. monitor
51. A. hoped B. realized C. believed D. suggested
52. A. new B. daily C. future D. past
53. A. care for B. join in C. stand for D. look at
54. A. normal B. positive C. confident D. unsure
55. A. change B. progress C. room D. promise
— The food looked bad, but it ________ OK.
— So we can’t judge a man by his appearance.
A. is tasted B. tasted C. was tasted D. taste
Do you want to improve your quality of life? Here is some advice.
1．Make it a point to do something brave every day. 36 This might mean talking to someone that you generally wouldn't talk to or starting a project that you feel afraid of. There is no need to plan it in advance.
2．Learn something new. Pick a topic, especially something you know nothing about and learn something about it. 37 It helps to keep it if you have time to make a note of what you learned.
3．Debate something. If you think you know about something, nothing will prove it like arguing(辩论)it with someone who's smarter than you. 38 This is easier said than done, but it can provide you with some of the best possible ideas.
4．Spend time with a child. 39 If you don't, I'm sure you have friends who would be happy to let you borrow theirs for a few minutes. It doesn't matter what age they are, children see the world entirely different. Look at it from their eyes. Enjoy the simple things again.
5．Recognize what makes you happy. 40 Everyone is working towards something, but what makes you happy now? Think of it and try to add more of what made you happy yesterday to today.
A．If you have one, consider yourself lucky.
B．Talking with little children keeps you young.
C．Actually, happiness is a true feeling from our heart!
D．Find a friend you can debate with who has different ideas.
E．Look back to the parts of your day that bring you real happiness.
F．A good source of new information for this can be the newspaper.
G．Step out of your comfort zone and leave the routine(惯例)for a second.
—May I use your electric juicer?
— .You can return it tomorrow.
A. You’ve got it B. It’s your turn
C. That depends D. Sure, go ahead
