It was a foggy day. My daughter Carolyn had insisted I come to see something at the top of the mountain, but I had ______ desire to drive up the mountain road to her house.
However, here I was, unhappy for the two-hour ______ through fog. By the time I saw how ______ it was, I'd gone too far to turn back. “ ______ could be worth this”, I said to myself as I ______ forward.
“I'll stay for lunch, but I'm ______ back before the fog lifts," I announced as soon as I arrived. “But could you drive me to the ______ , Mom? Or I drive—I'm used to it. "Carolyn begged. I was ______ finally. Ten minutes later we were on the mountain top. We ______ the car and got out. As we walked along a path with huge pines (松树) towering over us, the peace of the place began to ______ my mind gradually. Then we turned a comer, and I stopped in ______ . From the top of the mountain were ______ of various beautiful flowers in blossom running down and across the valleys! And western bluebirds played happily over the heads of them!
Who ______ such beauty? Why? How? Then I saw a sign, ______ ,“ One Woman—Two Hands and Two Feet; One at a Time; Started in 1978."I was so ______ by what we had seen that I could hardly speak for a while. Then I said, “When she started it was just the beginning of a(n) ______ ,but she kept at it for 40 years. And she made it ______ .She changed the world, one at a time!”
“If I'd had such an idea and ______ at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have ______ ?"I asked myself. Carolyn looked at me, smiling. "Start tomorrow," she said. “Better yet, ______ today.”
1.A. some B. any. C. no D. much
2.A. wait B. walk C. attempt D. journey
3.A. clear B. thick C. dark D. bright
4.A. Nothing B. Anything C. Everything D. Something
5.A. hurried B. marched C. inched D. climbed
6.A. heading B. coming C. moving D. looking
7.A. garage B. house C. top D. garden
8.A. told B. understood C. assisted D. persuaded
9.A. examined B. parked C. followed D. took
10.A. cross B. read C. change D. fill
11.A. surprise B. panic C. anger D. sorrow
12.A. markets B. bunches C. piles D. rivers
13.A. discovered B. created C. recovered D. changed
14.A. reading B. writing C. sharing D. printing
15.A. amused B. disappointed C. touched D. discouraged
16.A. question B. idea. C. promise D. struggle
17.A. casually B. instantly C. eventually D. normally
18.A. jumped B. worked C. grasped D. stared
19.A. achieved B. scored C. planted D. saved
20.A. calm B. seek C. quit D. start
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Taylor想在寒假期间来张家口游玩，发邮件向你询问有关情况。请你回复邮件，向他简单介绍张家口并给他一些游玩建议。
注意:
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Taylor,
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Yours, Li Hua
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。
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Pu’er is the hometown of Pu’er Tea. In Pu’er, there is ancient tea trees with the history of more than 1,000 years. Beside, the city has 3.25 million mu of tea gardens, included modern tea gardens, ancient tea trees and tea tree forests.
Between a variety of tea leaves,Pu’er Tea is known to be a “curio” (珍品) that we can drink it for its unique taste and special health care functions.
In recent year,Pu’er Municipal Party Committee has carrying out the “scientific Pu’er” plan. As a result, breakthroughs have achieved in research on other functions of Pu’er Tea. Under the help of the unique Pu’er Tea, Pu’er City has produced a beautiful business card.
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。
Sugar sculpture blowing is 1. Chinese folk art where artists blow and sculpt hot sugar to create 3D 2. (figure). The finished sculptures not only look good, but also have a good taste, 3. (make) them popular among children.
The main raw material for sugar sculpture blowing is malt sugar (麦芽糖). The malt sugar 4. (use) in sculpture blowing has to be heated to high temperatures. It can only be used after several processing procedures, 5. include the sorting and cooking of the malt sugar followed by the firing and melting of it.
“Blowing” can 6. (divide) into two methods — one uses molds (模子); the other does not, and involves sugar figures taking shape through a 7. (combine) of blowing air into the processed malt sugar and the artist’s flexible hand skills.
The complex process may explain 8. there are fewer people making sugar sculpture. To preserve and promote this9. (tradition) craftsmanship, the government of Hebei Province founded a sugar figure art organization in 2011, which 10. (consist) of over 50 artists recognized as the inheritors (继承人) of the technique.
Give a man a fish, they say, and he will eat for a day. ________ him to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime. When I ________ meals to the homeless, our charity (慈善组织) has ________ been the “teach a man to fish” variety. But a few fish dinners recently have ________ me of several times when someone gave me a fish ________.
In 1965, I was studying in Munich, Germany. ________ in line for the ticket for the opera, I ________ a man who seemed to have lost his way. When I ________ if he needed help, he told me he was an American who had been there for ________ a week. A Jew, he had not been ________ to find the synagogue (犹太教会堂), and I offered to give him ________. When he left Munich, he gave me some canned food. Inside was gefilte fish. Since I was feeling homesick, this old favorite was a real ________.
My parents once told me that many people would do favors for me that I could not ________. But if I watched ________, they added, 1 might pass the ________ along to another someday.
A gift of canned gefilte fish seemed a(n) ________ favor to return. But nearly 30 years later, I had a cousin working in Kenya. He wanted to organize an American-style ________ for his friends, but could not find American-style gefilte fish in Kenya. ________ it usually comes in glass bottles, I was able to find some packed in cans, and I ________ a box of canned gefilte fish to him from Memphis.
Give a man a fish, and ________ he may find a way to give a fish to someone else. Even 30 years later.
1.A. Treat B. Bring C. Teach D. Help
2.A. served B. lent C. awarded D. sold
3.A. seldom B. often C. hardly D. also
4.A. warned B. convinced C. informed D. reminded
5.A. freely B. helpfully C. generously D. randomly
6.A. Watching B. Standing C. Running D. Searching
7.A. noticed B. recognized C. helped D. greeted
8.A. explained B. wondered C. doubted D. asked
9.A. even B. already C. just D. still
10.A. able B. likely C. lucky . D. happy
11.A. fish B. advice C. tickets D. directions
12.A. fortune B. comfort C. shock D. reward
13.A. expect B. afford C. accept D. return
14.A. carefully B. curiously C. quietly D. calmly
15.A. saying B. forgiveness C. kindness D. understanding
16.A. special B. impossible C. generous D. unnecessary
17.A. meeting B. dinner C. performance D. celebration
18.A. In case B. Now that C. While D. Since
19.A. mailed B. donated C. introduced D. suggested
20.A. usually B. properly C. gradually D. eventually
How to Have a Birthday Party
Birthdays come and go with each passing year, so how do you have a party that will always be memorable? A little planning and inspiration can get you started.
Pick a suitable theme. 1. Then choose a theme that suits them perfectly. You can go “all out” and make every aspect of the party theme-related, or you can try a lighter touch by including just a little theme-related decoration or food.
Plan ahead. Get your guest list made and your invitations out at least 2 weeks before the party. 2.
Plan your music. Make sure you have a way to play your tunes — whether that be just a set of speakers with a phone or music player, or a whole DJ setup.
3. Make sure you have a range of fast, slow, soft, and quiet songs on hand to fit the mood (情绪) at different times of the event and get your guests feeling celebratory.
Keep guests entertained. Provide lots of opportunities for social mingling (particularly for grown-ups),as well as “free play” for kids. But to really keep the celebration going, games always seem to be the hit of the party! 4.
Depending on your number of guests and their ages, you can even have several games running throughout the event. Balance your levels of activity so that there’s plenty going on throughout the party.
5. With kids’ parties especially, it is almost a certainty that things will not go exactly ording to plan. Be prepared by having extra games and activities, extra goody bags, and a rain plan ready.
A. Plan extra activities.
B. Expect the unexpected!
C. Background music really helps set the atmosphere.
D. Just remember, finger foods are best, particularly for young guests.
E. This way, you’ll know your group size and decide on the best place.
F. Consider the age, gender, interests and hobbies of the guest of honor!
G. There are great websites where you can find activities that tie into a particular theme.
