What time does Bill usually get up?
A. Around 7:00. B. Around 6:30. C. Around 6:00.
你准备参加国际中学生英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿，谈谈你学习英语的目的、学习经验或者教训以及继续外语学习的规划。
注意：1.词数 100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
When I was young, my mother work at a hospital far away from my home. In the morning, she got up early than anyone else in my family to prepare breakfast for us, and then sent me and my brother to school. This went on for 18 year. She was never complained about it. No matter how tiring she was, she always had enough energy to be my mom. However, during holiday seasons, she had to work, that damaged my spirit because she was most important person to me. Last Christmas Eve, I went to the hospital to visit him. Seeing her devotion to care for the patients, I began to understand her job but feel proud of her.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
With so much information available in books and online, it’s easy 1. (learn) a few new facts each day. But how much of that do you 2. (actual) remember? 3. your answer is ―not much, here is the good news. Scientists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, recently designed a new typeface (字体) 4. was invented with read-it-and-forget-it people 5. mind. Very appropriately, it’s called Sans Forgetica.
The idea behind Sans Forgetica is simple. The typeface is a tiny bit 6. (difficulty) to read, which 7. (mean) your brain has to work twice as hard to understand what it says. Because of that deeper focus, you’ll have a better memory for whatever you’re reading. That’s not just a theory, either. The typeface was created by a team of 8. (researcher) from RMIT University’s School of Design and its Behavioural Business Lab. The group worked with a famous typographer Stephen Banham to test and improve 9. (they) product.
The typeface uses principles of cognitive psychology to create an effect 10. (know) as desirable difficulty, the researchers note, ―which causes the brain to take part in deeper cognitive processing. The result is improved memory.
Everyone should go to his or her 50th high school reunion. There was a time I thought I’d never go even if the opportunity _______. But now I feel _______for people who don’t go.
I went to the _______of my high school on a Saturday evening, and I am glad I did. It was a gift to recognize some _______classmates right away — and to be recognized. _______, we had name tags and our _______photos on our clothing to help identify us. I recognized one woman immediately!
The most memorable and moving experience of the night was _______by a schoolmate and neighbor to whom I was once close. Unfortunately, we had a falling out in the high school. I never saw her after _______, but this time, I saw her name on a place setting. At first, I feared that I would _______her. But my better self won over, and I __________ her out. I kept looking until I got a(n) __________on my shoulder. There she was __________. We hugged as if nothing had ever __________and exchanged affectionate words. When the party __________, my old-new friend walked towards me, __________me again and wished me well. I returned her good wishes. All the bad __________melted into thin air.
I am grateful I had this __________to reunite with old classmates. After all, we are almost __________the final lap of our lifelong journeys. Some classmates had already left this __________, and their names were deleted from the list. Sometimes we have to walk back into the past because time does heal old wounds. We’re not the __________people. We are better people.
1.A. came down B. came up C. came through D. came off
2.A. sorry B. happy C. excited D. moved
3.A. competition B. reunion C. exhibition D. concert
4.A. latter B. former C. present D. future
5.A. Unluckily B. Unwillingly C. Normally D. Thankfully
6.A. old B. recent C. modern D. new
7.A. described B. provided C. promised D. ordered
8.A. graduation B. invitation C. retirement D. punishment
9.A. stare at B. turn to C. run into D. rely on
10.A. let B. drove C. sought D. pushed
11.A. instruction B. blow C. kiss D. tap
12.A. reading B. singing C. smiling D. dancing
13.A. happened B. changed C. disappeared D. mentioned
14.A. began B. ended C. continued D. lasted
15.A. encouraged B. praised C. hugged D. judged
16.A. news B. scores C. excuses D. memories
17.A. qualification B. situation C. talent D. chance
18.A. missing B. destroying C. nearing D. wasting
19.A. world B. city C. school D. class
20.A. important B. serious C. successful D. same
How the Elderly Are Treated Around the World
How cultures view and treat their elderly is closely linked to their most prized values and qualities. 1.
In the US and UK, Protestantism (新教) is at play. Western cultures tend to be youth-centric, stressing qualities like independence. 2. It ties a person’s value to his or her ability to work – something that becomes weaker in old age. As their health becomes worse, the elderly in these cultures often move to old people’s homes and nursing homes.
In France, parents are protected by law. It is difficult to imagine an Elderly Rights Law being a focus in the laws of many Western cultures. France did, however, pass a similar law in 2004. 3. One was a group of official statistics showing France had the highest rate of pensioner suicides in Europe, and the other was the aftermath of a heat wave that killed 15,000 people, most of whom were elderly and had been dead for weeks before they were found.
4. Native American cultures traditionally accept death as a fact of life. In many Native American areas, elders are respected for their wisdom and life experiences. Within Native American families, it’s common for the elders to be expected to pass down their learning to younger members of the family.
The way to care for Chinese elders is changing. Chinese families traditionally view respect for one’s elders as the highest virtue, according to the Confucian tradition. Adult children are generally expected to care for their parents in their old age. 5. Nursing homes are beginning to become a more socially acceptable option for elderly care.
A. However, this tradition is beginning to break down due to rising lifetime and an aging population.
B. In the African-American area, death is seen as an opportunity to celebrate life.
C. Here’s what we can learn from other cultures about treating the elderly.
D. But China faces the unique problem of tending to an increasingly elderly population.
E. Native American elders pass down their knowledge.
F. It was only passed following two disturbing events, though.
G. This relates back to the Protestant work rules.
