It was a cold day, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the ________ of the mountain.
So here I was ________ to make the two-hour journey through ________. By the time I saw how thick it was near the top, I’d gone too far to turn back.
“I’ll stay for lunch, but I’m heading back down as soon as the fog lifts,” I ________ when I arrived.
“But I need you to drive me to the garage to pick up my car,” Carolyn said. “Could we at least do that?”
“How ________?” I asked.
“About three minutes,” she said. “I’ll drive—I’m used to it.”
After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her ________. “I thought you said three minutes.”
She smiled. “This is a different route.”
Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and ________ out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black-green pines ________over us. Gradually, the peace and silence of the place began to ________ my mind.
When we stopped, I took a deep breath in _______.
From the top of the mountain were rivers of flowers in bloom. A mix of _____from white to lemon to red — unfolded like a carpet before us. At the center was a waterfall of purple flowers and here and there were coral-colored ones. And western bluebirds flew ________ the heads of the flowers happily.
A series of ________ came to my mind. Who created such beauty? How? When?
As we approached home, we saw a sign that read: “I ________ Answers to Your Questions.”
The first answer was: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “One at a Time.” The third: “________ in 1958.”
As we drove home, I was so ________ by what we had seen, I could hardly speak. “She changed the world,” I ________ said, “one flower at a time. She took her first step almost 60 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, but she kept at it.”
“Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a(n) ________ like her and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have ________?”
Carolyn looked at me, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “ ________ yet, start today.”
1.A. back B. bottom C. top D. corner
2.A. unwilling B. unable C. unlucky D. unfit
3.A. rain B. snow C. storm D. fog
4.A. announced B. criticized C. suggested D. complained
5.A. much B. many C. fast D. far
6.A. excitedly B. calmly C. nervously D. anxiously
7.A. checked B. looked C. got D. dropped
8.A. floated B. streamed C. towered D. skipped
9.A. empty B. fill C. disturb D. control
10.A. embarrassment B. amazement C. disappointment D. amusement
11.A. materials B. patterns C. colors D. shapes
12.A. over B. through C. within D. along
13.A. predictions B. decisions C. imaginations D. questions
14.A. Understand B. Know C. Doubt D. Forget
15.A. Started B. Continued C. Finished D. Quitted
16.A. troubled B. moved C. encouraged D. confused
17.A. frankly B. seriously C. frequently D. finally
18.A. promise B. story C. idea D. challenge
19.A. gained B. required C. regretted D. remembered
20.A. more B. better C. harder D. later
More Chinese senior citizens 1. (become) active users of WeChat in recent years, according to a recent study. The study aims to learn about the digital life of people above the age of 55. The report showed that elderly users spend around 1.37 hours 2.WeChat every day and have 104 WeChat friends on average. The report said 50.3 percent of elderly users learned how to use WeChat from their children or grandchildren, 3. (suggest) that family members should be more 4. (patience) when they introduce new technology to elderly people.
We are calling on people around the world to create a “Million Acts of Blue” — actions to push retailers, corporations and businesses to reduce single-use plastic. That is, we are going to take actions to deal with the current plastic pollution. Every action to reduce single-use plastics 1. (send) a message to the industry that it’s time to change. We can no longer allow products that 2. (use) for a few seconds to pollute 3. (we) planet for a lifetime.
One of my favourite1. (hobby) is hiking. When I go hiking, I wil1 wear proper clothing and hiking shoes for the current weather conditions. And I will let my family and friends know where I will go and when I will return. Also, I will carry a compass and GPS unit,2.can guide me and locate my position. What's more, I will take enough food and water3. (keep) me energetic, and emergency supplies to survive dangerous situations.
最近，董卿主持的《朗读者》掀起一股全民读书热潮．你校决定也借此机会鼓励同学们开展读书周（Reading Week）活动．假如你是某学校学生会主席李华，为配合学校的这次活动，你打算倡议同学们多读书，读好书．根据以下提示给同学们写封倡议信．
1读书周活动的目的； 2． 读书的好处； 3． 你的建议．
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯．
Dear friends，
I'm Li Hua，president of the Students' Union.____________________________________________________
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Yours，
Li Hua
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。
With the development of science and technology, intelligent robots will be wide used in the future. In families, robots will help people do some housework and taking care of the elderly, babies and patients. In addition to these task, robots will even be able to play the chess and do exercise with people. In factories, robots will be used to perform some dangerous jobs avoid accidents.
Robots will change our future life by many ways, what will make it more colorful and comfortable. Therefore, we shouldn’t depend on intelligent robots too much, for they were made to help humans rather than replace us. As helpers of we humans, robots should be used properly.
