Directions : After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word, for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
One of the first questions young children ask is “Why?” It is human nature to want 1.(find) out why things are the way they are. You can find out “Why” by turning the question into a hypothesis (假设) for 2. experiment.
3. example, suppose you have been trying to grow tomato plants, but insects keep destroying 4.. Someone tells you that 5. (put) large strips of colored cloth around the plants will keep insects away. Your question might be “Do certain colours of cloth keep insects away?” Then you’d begin your experiment. The first step would be to place different-colored strips of cloth around all of the plants except one. Then, as regular intervals, you would observe and record and note6.the plant had any insect damage or not.
This experiment may prove that the answer to your question is “No, it is not different-colored strips of cloth 7. keep away insects.” Or you may find that answer is “Yes, certain insects are kept away by blue cloth, but not yellow cloth.” ...... 8. you have found, you are well on your way to understanding how you can use scientific thinking to solve a problem in you own life.
假定你是李华，请你给在美国孔子学院任教的英语老师刘老师写封邮件，内容包括：
1.询问他在美国的生活和工作情况；
2.告诉他你的学校情况；
3.希望他来信介绍美国学生的生活。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇：孔子学院 the Confucius Institute
Dear Liu ,
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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.
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(1)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。
Dear friends,
How time flies! We had a wonderful times together. You’ve joined various activities, such as paper cut, folk dance, music and kungfu. And you also had had a better understanding of Chinese cultures. Of course, with your help, we’ve also improved your oral English and become more confident in express ourselves.
On behalf of my school, I would like to thank you for teaching us English. Now you are going back to England, so I wish you joy and happiness in the new stage of life.
I sincere hope your stay in China will be a unforgettable experience in life. Wish you a pleased and safe journey to home! Hope to seeing you again! Thank you！
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A small town in England is teaching the world that it is important 1.(grow) your own food. Any open space 2.(use) to grow fruit and vegetables. There are apples, pears, peaches, strawberries, cabbages and carrots, here and there. Everyone can pick them 3. free. Eight years ago, a woman named Pam in Todmorden dug up her rose garden. She planted vegetables, knocked down the garden wall and put up a sign 4.(say), “Help yourself?” Today, Pam has 5.(complete) changed the town. A new town has been born, 6. is called “Incredible Edible Todmorden”. Pam explained why she thought the idea was popular. “It’s possible and positive. Many people know we have to change, 7. how we do that is a question. So one day, she gathered all the 8.(villager) together. They decided to do something different at once. They didn’t write reports. They didn’t ask for permission. They just did it. Only a short time 9.(late), Todmorden became a big garden of fruit vegetables. In Todmorden, there is a motto: If you eat, you are in. But that’s not all. There are 10.(many) than 700 edible towns popping up around the world, from Canada to Mali. People there think about food and protect environment at the same time.
Today, caring people across the country are finding creative ways to improve the lives of the homeless. These efforts _______ mental health services, and _______ haircuts — a service offered by the Nashville Street Barbers.
The Nashville Street Barbers is a group of hairdressers _______ are “trying make their community a _______ place one cut at a time.” The inspiring group was _______ in 2017 by hairdresser Caroline Lindner, who created the _______ to help the homeless.
Since then, the Nashville Street Barbers has _______, thanks to a $10.000 donation from the Hardee’s All Stars program and, most importantly, thanks to a growing group of _______ visitors. Linder _______ that the barbers have seen such a success because of the connections they’ve made with their visitors, who they treat just like paying(付费的) customers. “I know most people are particular about their ________ and our ________ are not different”, she told. “We had to prove and gain trust which ________ people to come back every Monday ________. What started as a one-person effort has become a city-wide ________ that now provides up to 80 free haircuts a week. Lindner even has plans to ________ the program, bringing the Nashville Street Barbers to locations beyond the city. Until then, the team hopes to make a ________ through their ________story. “Our final goal, ” they say, “is to ________ others around the world to start their own barbering communities and ________ their communities. “And now, we can see in fact there are many people ________ their steps.”
1.A.include B.start C.finish D.doubt
2.A.expensive B.free C.timely D.cheap
3.A.who B.which C.whom D.when
4.A.healthier B.colder C.better D.stronger
5.A.released B.honoured C.sold D.founded
6.A.school B.group C.family D.society
7.A.grown B.decreased C.disappeared D.stopped
8.A.careful B.thankful C.generous D.faithful
9.A.forgets B.manages C.believes D.sighs
10.A.hair B.clothes C.shoes D.dress
11.A.members B.neighbours C.workers D.friends
12.A.let B.made C.got D.took
13.A.successfully B.importantly C.especially D.finally
14.A.activity B.festival C.argument D.dream
15.A.reach B.arrive C.enlarge D.improve
16.A.mistake B.promise C.decision D.difference
17.A.Inspiring B.surprising C.embarrassing D.damaging
18.A.force B.invite C.encourage D.refuse
19.A.find B.help C.organize D.donate
20.A.changing B.following C.loving D.measuring
Earthquakes often happen suddenly without warning, and they can often cause damage, injuries and even deaths. 1..
If you are outdoors:
Move away from buildings, streetlights, something dangerous and stay in the open. 2.. If you are driving when an earthquake hits, pull over to the side of the road and stop quickly as safety allows and stay in the car. Avoid stopping near or under buildings, trees. Even if the earthquake has stopped, avoid roads, bridges that might have been damaged by the earthquake
If indoors:
3.. Then hold on until the shaking stops. If there isn’t a table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and bend in an inside corner of the building. Stay away from glass windows, and anything that could fall.
Get communication and necessities ready:
4.. There is a real possibility during the day when adults are at work and children are at school. Ask a relative not in this area or friend to serve as the “family contact(联系).” Make sure everyone in the family knows the name, address, and phone number of the contact person.
It is also important to have necessary things on hand, such as water, food, medicine, a flashlight and so on. 5..
A. Most earthquake-related injuries result from falling objects(物体) or walls.
B. They help people to recognize what action to take during the earthquake and what planning to make before.
C. Drop to the ground; take cover by getting under a strong table or other pieces of furniture.
D. As far as safety is concerned, it is wise to know what to do during an earthquake and make enough preparations.
E. Make sure that all the family members know the best place to hide themselves.
F. If possible, take a class to learn what to take for a possible disaster.
G. Making a communication for getting together after the disaster in case family members get separated from one another during an earthquake.
