In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened(夷平) America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. A father _______ to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as_______as a pancake.
He remembered the _______ he had made to his son: "No matter what, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to _______ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked_______.
He began to direct his attention towards where he walked his son to class at school each morning. He started digging through the ruins.
As he was digging, other helpless _______ arrived, saying: "My son!" "My daughter!" Some well-meaning (善意的) parents_______to pull him off what was left of the school, saying: "It's too _______! They're all dead!"
To each parent he answered with one_______: "Are you going to help me now?" And then he ________ to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief ________ and wanted to pull him off the school's ruins, saying, "Fires are breaking out. You're in ________. We'll take care of it. "
But he still went on because he needed to know for himself: "Is my boy alive or is he ________?" He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's voice. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!"
"Dad? It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to ________. I told them that if you were alive, you'd come. You ________ it, Dad!"
1.A.passed B.rushed C.came D.went
2.A.strong B.high C.flat D.large
3.A.decision B.promise C.plan D.lie
4.A.ruin B.hold C.drop D.fill
5.A.hopeless B.familiar C.terrible D.hopeful
6.A.reporters B.teachers C.parents D.students
7.A.thought B.tried C.refused D.commanded
8.A.serious B.heavy C.difficult D.late
9.A.line B.doubt C.lesson D.problem
10.A.stopped B.continued C.remembered D.failed
11.A.gave up B.looked up C.showed up D.picked up
12.A.danger B.trouble C.dark D.surprise
13.A.happy B.frightened C.reliable D.dead
14.A.hide B.worry C.shout D.suffer
15.A.saved B.kept C.did D.said
假如你是李华，计划周末和同学去老年之家(nursing home)帮忙。请给你班留学生Tom写信，邀请他一同前往。内容包括：
1. 出发及返回的时间；
2. 活动过程；
3. 期待对方参加。
Dear Tom,
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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（\）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。
Garbage classification, whether you are accustomed to it or not, is making a change to the way how we live. Taking our community as a example, dustbins in different colors have been putting into use and most residents are clear about the rules of classification but willing to follow it. Though it takes a little more time for individuals sort out their own garbage, it saves the government a largely amount of time and allows more things to be recycled. By this way, we are shouldering our share of responsibility as citizen.
It pay to put garbage into different categories, for our own sake and the sake of nature.
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。
The driver, Zhang Sai, hesitated outside 1. apartment building in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak. He 2. (order) not to take food to customers’ doors in order to minimize the risk of 3. (infect).
But the woman on the phone was begging, he recalled. The food was for her mother, 4. couldn’t go down to meet him. Mr. Zhang finally agreed. He would drop off the order and rush away. 5. he placed the bag on the floor, Mr. Zhang said, the door opened. 6. (Frighten), he rushed away. Without thinking, he pressed the elevator button with his finger, touching a surface he feared could transmit the virus.
That was how Mr. Zhang, 32, found 7. (he) speeding back to his delivery station with one finger 8. (hold) high in the air, careful not to touch the rest of his hand.
For many people in China, delivery drivers like Mr. Zhang 9. (be) the only connection to the outside world. Once a common but invisible presence on the streets of nearly every Chinese city, the drivers are now being praised 10. heroes.
Madagascar was not the paradise I expected. A reporter and I were ______ there to find out who was helping with drought relief and the prevention of famine(饥荒).
After a three-hour ride in a van, we ______ in the small town of Ambovombe.Peter immediately headed over to the hospital to speak with a local ______ on our topics of interest. Since I didn't need to photograph the background ______ with the doctor, I wandered out to the road.
I raised my ______ to get some images before the sun went down. I've ______ been to Madagascar before, and until you've actually photographed in a place, you don't know how people will ______ to the camera.
I ______ a handsome man who was leaning against a wall in the golden light of dusk. No reaction. I took a breath. After a while, everyone within a 20-yard radius had ______ me. Some called out to each other, playfully teasing those I'd ______ .
Soon after, a mother encouraged me to photograph her young children.I ______ a moment. They were dressed in ______ clothes. One of them may not have even had any pants on---not because her parents were neglectful, but because they couldn't ________ them.
Their mother really ______ me to photograph them. This happens everywhere I go. Parents, ______ of their children, ask me to take a photo. I'd taken this photo of cute smiling children over and over. I don't usually save ________ ，but I saved this one.
Why? The children's _________ .It's something so powerful yet so ______ that we sometimes miss it. This mom, despite all the ________ obvious to an outsider's eyes, found in her children something she wanted a photograph to remember. That's because she saw a(n) ______ picture: She saw them with a mother's heart. As should we all.
1.A.expected B.assigned C.allowed D.persuaded
2.A.arrived B.explored C.searched D.camped
3.A.reporter B.nurse C.doctor D.patient
4.A.discussion B.interview C.program D.practice
5.A.paper B.hand C.head D.camera
6.A.just B.seldom C.never D.already
7.A.respond B.adapt C.return D.contribute
8.A.discovered B.greeted C.asked D.photographed
9.A.caught B.noticed C.found D.suspected
10.A.helped with B.stared at C.referred to D.focused on
11.A.watched B.regretted C.hesitated D.choked
12.A.beautiful B.funny C.dirty D.colorful
13.A.serve B.afford C.choose D.bring
14.A.wanted B.informed C.reminded D.paid
15.A.afraid B.sure C.aware D.proud
16.A.images B.cards C.gifts D.words
17.A.clothes B.kindness C.mother D.expectation
18.A.emotional B.changeable C.sensitive D.common
19.A.adventures B.disadvantages C.curiosity D.support
20.A.different B.natural C.broad D.interesting
How long does a year last? 1. But your parents might say that a whole year can pass “in the blink of an eye”. Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?
2. This physical change causes the rate at which we take in and process new information to decline. Babies, for example, move their eyes much more often than adults because they’re processing images at a faster rate. They take in a lot of information and do many things in a single day. 3. However, as people’s brains degrade over time, fewer images are processed in the same amount of time. Therefore, older people receive less information during a day than younger people. This causes things to seem as though they’re happening more quickly.
4. People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be recalled within a certain period. Have you ever noticed that when you recall your firsts (first day of school, first family vacation, first birthday party, etc.), they seem to be in slow motion? That’s because when something is a “first”, there are many exciting things to remember. Recalling these memories makes you feel like they took forever.
For many adults, life is routine. When they look back, they might feel like there are not many novel (新奇的) things to remember. 5.
A.Children might say that a year lasts forever.
B.Therefore, time seems to be moving faster to them.
C.Different people have different feelings toward time.
D.This makes them feel like a single day lasts for a long time.
E.As we grow older, we become less interested in new things.
F.According to scientists, our brains degrade and change over time.
G.In addition, people may also “feel” time differently due to psychological reasons.
