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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。每次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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

The first person I met in my high school was my deskmate, with that I fell in love at first sight.

She was warm-hearted and always wore a honest smile on her face. I was homesick in the first few days, unable to adjust the new school. It was with her help which I got familiar with the school. However, what impressed me most was her diligence and determine. When faced with a challenge in study, she would try out her best to solve it. Whenever I was in trouble, she would encourage myself and help me out. But for her encouragement, I wouldn’t have progressed so fast and steady.

Have so nice a girl as my friend is great luck for me. May our friendship lasts forever.

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。

If you always hate certain vegetables, you may be more than a picky eater. Instead, you might be a “super-taster”, a person 1. bitter genes (苦味基因). Those people who have the “bitter genes” are 2.6 times more likely to eat 2. (few) vegetables than others, according to a new study 3. (present) at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association.

“We don’t get the taste of food equally,” said professor Duffy, an expert in the study of food taste. “It could explain some of the differences in our food 4. (prefer).”

About half of us can taste bitter and sweet, so we are not especially sensitive to bitter food. Another 25% are called “non-tasters”, to 5. bitter food might actually be a bit sweeter. The rest of us are 6. (extreme) sensitive to the bitterness that some 7.(plant) develop to keep animals from eating them.

Food scientists are trying to develop ways 8. (reduce) the bitterness in veggies, in the hope that we can keep super-tasters from rejecting vegetables. In fact, some vegetables we grow today 9. (be) much sweeter than before.

We might also try to use various cooking methods, either by adding some fat, sweetness, strong flavors like garlic 10.roasting them, to improve the taste of the vegetables.

    When I was young, my understanding of life was simple. This made it _______ for me to deal with the world around me. As I grew up, things seemed more _______, which made life more challenging. Now, middle-aged, I find my_______ of the world is returning to the simple.

When I try to teach my daughter important _______ about life, I will break complicated things _______ into small pieces. One of those basics is ______, for yourself, and for others. I teach my daughter to _______. To fail feels bad, _______, but not to have tried feels worse, because you can't respect yourself for it. And as the saying _______, if you don't respect yourself, no one else will.

When I was seven or eight, I played at my cousin's house with his toys. His family was better off than mine, and he had many more toys. There was one ________ that I'd always wanted, and I ________ it into my pocket. But a moment later, I ________, even at that age, that I would never enjoy playing with the toy. I would always know I had ________, and my opinion of myself would ________. When his mother dropped me off later that day, I shamefacedly ________ out the toy and gave it back. She knew, I'm sure, what had happened, ________ she thanked me and never spoke of it again.

I hope to help my daughter avoid similar ________. She first has to gain self-respect ________ she can start respecting others. I believe in respect, because ________ it we're all enemies. I'm not ________ in this regard, far from it. But I try my best, and I respect others for trying their best in this changing world.

1.A.funnier B.easier C.safer D.deeper

2.A.important B.awkward C.fragile D.complex

3.A.view B.experience C.aim D.expectation

4.A.basics B.facts C.subjects D.choices

5.A.away B.off C.down D.out

6.A.passion B.love C.respect D.desire

7.A.forgive B.accept C.share D.try

8.A.certainly B.eventually C.personally D.willingly

9.A.runs B.goes C.writes D.follows

10.A.for fun B.in particular C.with care D.at random

11.A.fetched B.arranged C.slipped D.fitted

12.A.doubted B.promised C.questioned D.sensed

13.A.lied B.stolen C.changed D.cheated

14.A.suffer B.improve C.fade D.spread

15.A.gave B.left C.pulled D.handed

16.A.so B.or C.for D.but

17.A.accidents B.mistakes C.results D.habits

18.A.before B.until C.in case D.now that

19.A.upon B.beyond C.without D.despite

20.A.honest B.casual C.curious D.perfect

    Helicopter parenting refers to a style of parents who are over focused on their children.

1. For example, it can increase feelings of love and acceptance.However, helicopter parenting may be harmful to children’s development in the following ways.

Decreased confidence and self­esteem (自尊)．The message the parents’ over­involvement sends to kids is “my parents don’t trust me to do this on my own”．2.

Increased anxiety.A study from the University of Mary Washington has shown that overparenting is associated with higher levels of child anxiety and depression.

Undeveloped problem­solving skills.If parents are always there to clean up a child’s mess or prevent the problem in the first place, how does the child ever learn to deal with loss, disappointment, or failure？3.

Strengthened sense of entitlement (权利)．Children who have always had their social, academic, and athletic lives adjusted by their parents to best fit their needs can become accustomed to always having their way and thus they develop a sense of entitlement.

4. Parents who always tie shoes, clear plates, and pack lunches, even after children are able to do the tasks, prevent their children from mastering these life skills themselves.

So, parents should let children struggle, allow them to be disappointed, and when failure occurs, help them to work through it.5. Remember: taking one step back from solving children’s problems will help build the independent, and self­confident kids.

A．Weakened life skills.

B．Damaged life experiences.

C．And this distrust leads to a lack of confidence.

D．Helicopter parenting has many benefits for children.

E．Parents should also let children do tasks they are physically and mentally able to do.

F．Making your 3­year­old’s bed sounds reasonable, while making your 13­year­old’s bed doesn’t.

G．Studies found helicopter parenting can make children feel less able in dealing with the stresses of life on their own.

Are you content with the shape of your nose? If not, the climate may be to blame, not your parents.

According to a recent study carried out by scientists from Pennsylvania State University, US, climate played a key role in shaping our noses.The findings were based on an examination of the size and shape of noses of 476 people from four regions — West Africa, East Asia, South Asia and Northern Europe, using 3­D facial imaging technology.

“People have thought for a long time the difference in nose shape among humans across the world may have arisen as a result of natural selection because of climate，” Arslan Zaidi, one of the lead authors of the study, told The Guardian.But while previous studies were based on measurements from human skulls, Zaidi and his team looked at nose shape itself.

The result showed that wider noses are more common in warm and humid climate, while narrower noses are more common in cold and dry climate.That, Zaidi said, could be because narrower nasal passages help to increase the moisture (潮湿) content of air and warm it, which is easier on our lungs.This, in turn, led to a gradual decrease in nose width in populations living far away from the equator.

More studies are still needed to test the link between climate and nose shape, but Zaidi believes the current findings are valuable in understanding potential health issues.“As we become more of a global community, we are going to come across climate that we do not adapt to，” he told The Guardian.This means moving to a very different climate might increase the risk of breathing problems.

However, he added, “This may not be necessarily true for various reasons such as of modern medicine and the fact that our current climate is very different from what it used to be.”

1.From the passage we know most people from Singapore have         noses.

A. wider    B. narrower

C. smaller    D. larger

2.Narrower noses are helpful to         .

A. cool the air    B. warm the air

C. take in more oxygen    D. dry the air

3.What can be learned about the study?

A. Zaidi’s team measured human skulls using 3­D technology.

B. The shape of our noses is determined by our parents.

C. Nose shape helps people adapt to the environment.

D. It’s certain that people will suffer from more breathing problems.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. What factors shape noses?

B. How to make your nose attractive?

C. Nose shape causes breathing problems

D. Climate shapes noses