假如你是李华，你在新高中学习已快一个月，最近收到你的澳大利亚朋友Tom的电子邮件，询问你的学校的基本情况以及你的高中生活。请根据以下提示，给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 学校给你的总体印象；
2. 老师对学生的态度；
3. 你所擅长的学科以及你目前所遇到的困难；
4. 期待回复。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Yours sincerely,
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(\)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。
When I was in the seventh grade, I was too naughty that I had difficulty behave myself. My heart was in the right place, and I couldn’t always follow the rules. I played many trick on my schoolmates. As the result, I repeatedly sent to the office of the headmaster. Although I hated going to there, I didn’t hate the headmaster, who was kind and patience. When I got called to the headmaster’s office for the sixth time, I have no idea what I had done. There he told me, “I’ve heard you’ve been behaving really well lately. I want you to know how proudly I am of you.”
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。
Twenty teammates dig the paddles into the water and then pull back in a quick, 1. (power) motion (动作). A drummer (鼓手) keeps time for 2.(they) from the front of the boat while another person controls and directs from the back. Together, these 22 people race a boat 3.(decorate) with the head and tail of a dragon. It is a scene 4. has been part of the Dragon Boat Festival in China for thousands of years. But over the last 40 years, this scene 5.(become) common on lakes and rivers around the globe.
The world outside Asia was formally introduced to dragon boating in 1976. That year the Hong Kong Tourist Association had a plan 6.(attract) tourists. Their first step was inviting a Japanese team to compete in the first Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races. The media (新闻媒体) sent pictures around the world, 7.(increase) international interest in the sport. Their next step was sending dragon boats to 8.(city) in North America and Europe. 9. their plan helped tourism or not, it did give rise to dragon boat clubs in many countries. When the International Dragon Boat Federation was founded in 1991, dragon boating had truly become 10. international sport.
At a young age, Darrius Simmons fell in love with the piano. As he watched others play, he was _________ by the joy the piano gave them. He wanted to experience that, too, but knew for him it would be a/an _________.
“I decided at age 10 that I wanted to learn how to play the piano, _________ it was going to take a little bit _________ work for me to learn,” Simmons says. “I knew most people had 10 fingers while I had four, yet I was pretty _________ I could make it work.”
The Warren, Ohio teenager was born with a genetic _________ called ectrodactyly (先天性缺指畸形). He has three fingers on his right hand and _________ finger on his left. But it didn’t _________ Simmons from following his _________. With no formal training, Simmons taught himself by ear how to play the piano. He practiced and practiced, finding a way to __________ the keys with four fingers while mastering the pedals with his prostheses(假肢).
Simmons knew he would have to __________ his own style of playing. “I couldn’t base it __________ the technique of somebody who has 10 fingers. It just wouldn’t __________.” He says. “That’s __________ it was hard for me to take piano lessons. It’s very __________ for somebody who has learned how to play with 10 fingers to adjust and teach me with only four.”
The now 18-year-old not only learned how to play and read music but also began composing.
His mother, Tamara Simmons, isn’t surprised by Darrius’ __________. She knows how focused and __________ he can be.
From mastering music to beating __________ challenges, Darrius Simmons sets out to __________ the world. “I like to be somebody’s __________,” he says. “If I play in front of a whole crowd and I see one person smile, that’s a job well done.”
1.A.frightened B.amazed C.interested D.disturbed
2.A.challenge B.opportunity C.fortune D.trouble
3.A.while B.but C.and D.therefore
4.A.more B.much C.fewer D.less
5.A.surprised B.worried C.sure D.glad
6.A.condition B.environment C.situation D.tendency
7.A.one B.two C.three D.five
8.A.encourage B.prevent C.remove D.change
9.A.actions B.roads C.instructions D.passions
10.A.reach B.repair C.remove D.clean
11.A.adopt B.abandon C.develop D.change
12.A.by B.in C.through D.on
13.A.support B.run C.operate D.work
14.A.why B.because C.when D.whether
15.A.easy B.tough C.funny D.stupid
16.A.ideas B.creations C.difficulties D.achievements
17.A.kind B.determined C.talented D.generous
18.A.spiritual B.mental C.physical D.emotional
19.A.please B.persuade C.inspire D.cheer
20.A.partner B.symbol C.aim D.motivation
How to make a vegetable garden for kids
Children love dirt! 1.! Ann Sanders of A Green Hand shared her step-by-step guide to creating a vegetable garden with your kid.
2..
Ensure (确保) it gets a lot of sunlight and is near a water source and has the best soil. You want to make sure that your kid’s garden has all the essentials (必需品) needed to make a successful vegetable garden.
You can set your kid’s vegetable garden near your own garden. The best location though is in his place where he can pick a vegetable to eat while playing.
Allow your kid to choose the layout (布局) for his vegetable garden.
3.. To add color and excitement to your kid’s vegetable garden, you can help him plant some colorful flowers such as sunflowers.
4..
To get your kid excited about his vegetable garden is to have him plant vegetables that are easy to grow. It helps a lot if you help him choose the right vegetables. Here are some easy-to-grow vegetables perfect for your kid’s vegetable garden: tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, and cucumber.
Allow your kid to use real tools and not plastic garden tools.
Small garden tools are not easy to find. 5.. However, by using real tools, your kid will feel that you are giving importance to his work and appreciating his vegetable garden.
A.Find an area that is suitable for your kid
B.Gardening is a perfect excuse to get dirty
C.Choose the right kinds of vegetables to plant
D.You should make sure these tools are safe plastics
E.Plant what they want to make the garden specially for their own
F.It may also be a challenge to find real tools that are safe for kids to use
G.Encourage your kid to use his creativity in designing his vegetable garden
Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits — including making your brain sharper.
Yes, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive (认知的) functions such as memory and attention. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad, assistant professor of psychology (心理学) at Kent State University.
Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits (缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 overweight participants, some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24% of the patients showed damaged learning and 23％showed signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteers who didn’t lose weight dropped even further.
The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he’s seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way — eating healthier and getting more active. He expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain. “If we can improve the condition with operations, then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well,’’ he says.
1.The result of Gunstad’s study shows that ___________.
A.losing weight has little effect on people’s memory
B.losing weight can improve people’s mental functions
C.overweight people are likely to have psychology problems
D.overweight people’s abilities of concentration differ greatly
2.What is Gunstad planning to prove next in his research?
A.Slim people are smarter than overweight people.
B.Healthy diet is better than exercise in losing weight.
C.Traditional ways of losing weight are better than operation.
D.Overweight people will get smarter by the traditional way.
3.Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A.Body Weight and Health B.Losing Weight by Operation
C.Ways to Improve Mental Functions D.Losing Weight to Sharpen Your Mind
