I love the desert 1. it makes me feel spiritual. I especially like the orange and red sunset in the desert. When the night 2. (come), I lay my blanket, build a fire, and eat some dinner. Then I like lying on the sand and looking at the countless 3. (star) in the sky. At this time I can feel more relaxed. I’ll wait for another beautiful picture in the morning, the sunrise.
假如你是李华，负责你们学校”英语角”的招新工作。为了鼓励更多的高一同学加入，你将写一篇发言稿，向新生宣传英语角，内容要点包括:
1. 基本情况；
2. 参加人员；
3. 好处。
注意:
1. 词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使内容充实、连贯；
Hi, everyone. Welcome to our English Corner!
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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。
In the afternoon of May 20th, a charity sale activity held on our school playground. In order to organize a meaningful activity, we made fully preparations. Although it was a hard work, students actively take part. Some students brought various book, daily necessities, and others offered to design posters for the sale. The activity was a great success. The money raising from the activity would be donated to Project Hope. We may not have enough money or things to donate, but you all should take part in this kind of activity and do something to help others. More than one student whom took part in the activity think that the charity sale activity means a lot.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
As English learners, when you first meet a foreigner, you may find 1. hard to start a conversation. Here are some2. (tip) that will show you how to get started.
First, exchange a HELLO or HI with the foreigner, and see whether he or she feels like chatting. If he or she stares out of the window or keeps on 3. (do) what he or she is doing, it shows that he is unwilling to continue the conversation. If he stops what he is doing and looks back or smiles at you, he is interested 4. talking with you. To start a conversation, you should choose familiar subjects of a casual (轻松的) nature, 5.interest both of you, instead of serious topics or 6. (person) matters. Raise open-ended questions 7. (keep) the conversation going. Offer short comments (评论) on what the other person 8. (say) and listen 9. (careful) when what you say is being commented on. Follow these suggestions 10. you can have a lot of fun talking in English with foreigners.
Nicholas Rilling is a bright-eyed, active 5-year-old boy, normal in every way. What is ____ is that he’s that way today after three days’ ____ that happened because of his being underwater without ____ for some 8 minutes.
It was Oct， 17. The Maryland family were enjoying a vacation at a beach resort (旅游胜地) in Puerto Rico. The shallow (浅的) water suggested no ____ . But after a while when Kent Rilling ____ , he couldn’t find his son Nick!
The sunlight dancing on the water made it difficult for Kent to see where his son was. After an anxious and hurried ____ up and down, he suddenly found his son ____ face-up on the bottom, his eyes open, his body ____ .
“He just looked gray and his ____ black,” Kent said. “We picked him up, ran him up to the ____ and just started CPR (心肺复苏) at once.”
For three days in hospital, Nick ____ unconscious (无意识的), his breathing assisted by a breathing machine. The whole time, from the beginning when her husband brought Nick to the beach to give first aid (急救) as a crowd of other ____ gathered around, Cynthia Rilling kept taking pictures and videos of what was going on.
“ ____ as I was, I knew in my heart he was going to ____ . There was no way God was going to take our son from us. And I just said, ‘I am going to take pictures so he can see the ____ he went through when he grows older.’”
The family kept praying at his bedside, talking to him, hoping for a ____ . Finally, on the fourth day, when his parents asked him what ____ he liked, “Sponge Bob Square Pants,” he answered.
After five days, Nick was well enough to be discharged from hospital, showing no ill ____ from his ____ experience. The doctors and nurses organized a “____ party” for him, and Nick was happy to watch his Sponge Bob Square Pants on TV.
1.A. unusual B. frightening C. common D. obvious
2.A. illness B. unconsciousness C. coach D. treatment
3.A. help B. food C. care D. oxygen
4.A. danger B. interest C. difficulty D. fish
5.A. turned up B. looked up C. stayed up D. got up
6.A. search B. hike C. invitation D. rescue
7.A. swimming B. sinking C. floating D. flowing
8.A. rare B. fancy C. brief D. still
9.A. legs B. eyes C. lips D. hands
10.A. boat B. beach C. carpet D. hospital
11.A. remained B. became C. turned D. went
12.A. doctors B. couples C. friends D. vacationers
13.A. Angry B. Excited C. Sad D. Hopeful
14.A. pretend B. recover C. form D. appreciate
15.A. fun B. luck C. operation D. experience
16.A. speech B. response C. laugh D. look
17.A. book B. friend C. toy D. cartoon
18.A. effects B. evidence C. importance D. injuries
19.A. disappointing B. interesting C. near-death D. favorite
20.A. reunion B. birthday C. rebirth D. dinner
How to Improve Vocabulary Fast
Your vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are familiar with. We should learn some ways to expand it.
Read every day. 1. Choose reading material that is slightly above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words you do not know.
2.If you do not meet with an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one.
Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new word. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able to use it in speech.
Elaborate (详尽阐述) on the meaning of the word. If you have just learned the word “stubborn”, think about the neighbor who will not lend you his car. 3.
Use your new word in speech and in writing. Email your sister about how your cat is stubborn about sleeping on your pillow. 4.But the more you use it, the more fluent you will become in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active vocabulary.
Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary. Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is. 5. The more you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely you are to remember it.
A. Find a new word every day.
B. The vocabulary can be increased.
C. Your vocabulary contains the words you understand.
D. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow.
E. Or let them ask for the definition of a new word you have used.
F. The first time you use a new word in speech it may seem strange.
G. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as “stubborn in his refusal”.
