A few weeks ago, I called an Uber to take me to the Boston airport for a flight home for the holidays. As I slid into the back seat of the car, the warm intonations（语调）of the driver's accent washed over me in a familiar way.
I learned that he was a recent West African immigrant with a few young children, working hard to provide for his family. I could relate: I am the daughter of two Ethiopian immigrants who made their share of sacrifices to ensure my success. I told him I was on a college break and headed home to visit my parents. That's how he found out I go to Harvard. An approving eye glinted（闪烁）at me in the rearview window, and quickly, we crossed the boundaries of rider and driver. I became his daughter, all grown up – the product of his sacrifice.
And then came the fateful question: “What do you study?” I answered “history and literature” and the pride in his voice faded, as I knew it might. I didn't even get to add “and African-American studies” before he cut in, his voice thick with disappointment. “All that work to get into Harvard, and you study history?”
Here I was, his daughter, squandering the biggest opportunity of her life. He went on to deliver the age-old lecture that all immigrant kids know. We are to become doctors (or lawyers, if our parents are being generous) – to make money and send money back home. The unspoken demand, made across generations, which my Uber driver laid out plainly, is simple: Fulfill your role in the narrative（故事）of upward mobility so your children can do the same.
I used to feel anxious and backed into a corner by the questioning, but now as a junior in college, I'm grateful for their support more than anything. This holiday season, I've promised myself I won't get annoyed at their inquiries. I won't defensively respond with “but I plan to go to law school!” when I get unrequested advice. I'll just smile and nod, and enjoy the warmth of the occasion.
— you buy a home from Lovell，the company promises to buy it back at the same price after three years.
—_____________. I guess.
At the start of nearly every doctor's visit, chances are that you will be asked to get your weight measured for that day's exam record - and you would be hard-pressed to find a person whose physician has not brought up his or her weight at some point, and doctors' recommendations to drop pounds are still extremely common. But many conversations around weight have become a barrier, not a help, in the campaign to make people healthier.
Higher body masses are associated with increased risk for hypertension, diabetes and coronary disease. Many studies have shown that heavier people are at higher risk for these illnesses. But the big picture is not the whole picture. Researchers have identified a smaller group of overweight people considered to be ''metabolically (新陈代谢地) healthy'' - meaning they do not exhibit high blood pressure or other diseases.
Research over the past two decades has shown that health professionals have negative attitudes toward fat people. Some refuse to see these patients at all, as the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported in 2011. Such practices keep people from regular annual exams and prevent the finding of serious underlying conditions. Not only that but doctors' appointments with fat patients are shorter on average, and they routinely use negative words in their medical histories of such people. And research suggests that the stress of being a heavy person may cause metabolic changes that may lead to more poor health outcomes.
To achieve better health outcomes, doctors should focus on behaviors that have proven positive outcomes for health instead of the weight-centric health care practice. And people of all sizes are entitled to evidence-based factors that empower them and keep them healthy. Lifestyle changes, such as eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains, along with increased physical activity, can improve blood pressure, levels and sensitivity - often independently of changes in body weight.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（＼）划掉。
修改：在错误的词下划一横线，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。
I went shopping with my wife. We have a lot of things to buy them. We drove to the center of the city and stopped our car in front of the shop. An hour late, we came back to the car. But it was stranger that we couldn't open the door. So we asked policeman for help. He was glad to help us. A few minute later, he got the door open. Just then a man came up and shouted angrily. "How are you doing with my car?" We were surprising and went to see the number of the car. What did you think we did then? We had to speak sorry to the man again and again.
放弃
假如你叫李平，你的英国朋友Clement来信询问你们学校开展“读名著”活动的情况。请你根据下表内容给Clement写一封回信。
| 大多数同学的意见 | 少部分同学的意见 |
| 帮助我们了解异域风情；陶冶情操；有借鉴作用 | 语言与今天大不相同，很难读懂； 读名著过时了，也很乏味。 |
| 你的观点…… |
注意：
1．语言连贯，符合逻辑；
2．合理添加你的观点；
3．词数：120左右。
参考词汇：classic n. 名著 cultivate v. 陶冶
Dear Clement，
How are you? I received your letter two days ago. Thank you for your letter.
Doris’s success lies in the fact that she is co-operative and ______ to learn from others.
A. interested B. nervous C. anxious D. eager
________，please give me a call this evening.
A．If you are convenient B．If it is convenient to you
C．If you are inconvenient D．At your convenience
When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practiced to have a delivery service.
Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊). Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
28. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ________.
A. to show his magical power B. to pay for the delivery
C. to satisfy his curiosity D. to please his mother
29. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?
A. He wanted to have tea there. B. He won the respect of the family.
C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was a respectable person.
30. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now. B. It has been driven out of the market.
C. Its service is getting poor. D. It is forbidden by law.
31. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?
A. He missed the good old days. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C. He needed it for his milk bottles. D. He planted flowers in it.
Linda Evans was my best friend﹣like the sister I never had．We did everything together：piano lessons，movies，swimming，horseback riding．When I was 13，my family moved away．Linda and I kept in touch through letters，and we saw each other on special time﹣like my wedding （婚礼） and Linda's．Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes，and we wrote less often．One day a card that I sent came back，stamped"Address （地址） Unknown．"I had no idea how to find Linda．
Over the years，I missed Linda very much．I wanted to share （分享） happiness of my children and then grandchildren．And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died．There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill．One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman﹣Linda's married name．"There must be thousands of Wagmans，"I thought，but J still wrote to her．She called as soon as she got my letter．"Mrs Tobin!"she said excitedly，"Linda Evans Wagman is my mother．"Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much，even after 40years，laughed and cried and caught up on each other's lives．
Now the empty place in my heart is filled．And there's one thing that Linda and I know for sure：We won't lose each other again!
6．The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans ．
A．at the age of 13
B．before she got married
C．after they moved to new homes
D．before the writer's family moved away
7．They didn't often write to each other because they ．
A．got married
B．had little time to do so
C．didn't like writing letters
D．could see each other on special time
8．There was an empty place in the writer's heart because she ．
A．was in trouble
B．didn't know Linda's address
C．received the card that she sent
D．didn't have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness
9．The writer was happy when she ．
A．read the newspaper
B．heard Linda's voice on the phone
C．met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D．wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman 4
10．They haven't kept in touch ．
A．for about 40years
B．for about 27years
C．since they got married
D．since the writer's family moved away．
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。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧，并在其下面写出该加的单词。删除：把多余的单词用\划掉。修改：在错的单词下面画一横线，并在该单词下面写出修改后的单词。
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。
The teenage year from 13 to 19 were the most difficult time for me. They were also the best and worse years in my life. At the first, I thought I knew everything but could make decisions by myself. Besides, my parents didn’t seem to think so. They always tell me what to do and how to do it. At one time, I even felt my parents couldn’t understand me so I hoped I could be freely from them. I showed them I was independent by wear strange clothes. Now I am leaving home for college. At last, I will be on their own, but I still want to have my parents to turn whenever I need help.
