假定你是李华，疫情得到控制，现在你已经回校上课了。请你给你的外教Mrs. Smith写封感谢信，感谢疫情期间她对你的教导和帮助，内容包括：
1.感谢疫情期间老师对自己英语学习的帮助和信心上的鼓励；
2.表达对老师的想念以及衷心祝愿。
参考词汇：新冠病毒：the novel corona-virus.
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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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：
1.每句不超过两个错误；
2.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
3.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起不计分）。
Mistakes are unavoidable in life. But attitudes towards it may make difference. I still remember how my spoken English was improved. At the beginning, I always kept silent in our oral class to avoid make mistakes. Before long my teacher got to know about my situation, and he encouraged me to speak out that I thought. Whenever I made mistakes and felt discouraging, my teacher and my classmate would help me to find out my problem. I also joined in an English club to get more chances to speak. Practice makes perfect. Now I can talk fluent in English. Just as the saying went, “Every bean has its black.” Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Learning from mistakes, and success is just waiting for us.
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。
In your mind, what is school for? There are many answers 1. this question, and people in the USA have their own ideas. A poll ( 民意调查) 2. (name) "The Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools" is from a teaching group, PDK International. It asked Americans to name the 3. (big) purpose of school. PDK International said nearly 45 percent of people said the main goal was for students to make 4. (prepare) for exams. Around a quarter of people said it was to get kids a job. Just over 26 percent of Americans said the reason for school was to teach children about citizenship (公民权).
The CEO of PDK International, Joshua said the study questioned whether school 5. (do) the right thing at that time. He agreed with an author James Baldwin, 6. said in 1963 that the aim of school is "to ask questions of 7. earth and learn to live with those questions”.
Students had different 8. (idea) about school. Elena Brankov, 15, said it was necessary for school to teach students to be creative, share ideas and use technology 9. (make) the world a better place. Seth Godin said that school was to have students 10. （(train）)in the basic skills necessary for employment and create leaders who help us to complete on the world stage.
Mike a mountain climber was famous for his attempts to climb the big snowy mountain. He had tried it at least thirty times, but had always failed halfway.
For the sake of ________ Mike to try again, Jack, the town optician, who witnessed his ________, presented him with a pair of ________ sunglasses. "If it starts clouding over or if your feet start hurting, put on these glasses. They’ll help you.” Mike accepted the ________ without giving it much mind, but when his feet started ________ again he remembered his words and put on the glasses. Then ________ came as usual in the form of cloud cover, but seemingly not so thick this time. So Mike ________climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his ________, and finally arriving at the summit. It was ________ worth it. His feeling of triumph was ________, almost as magnificent as that wonderful ________. Splendid in its silence, the mountain below was surrounded by a dense sea of clouds. Mike didn’t remember the clouds being as _______ as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and _______ everything.
Jack had carved a light ________ on the lenses (镜片), in the form of the snow-covered summit. It was made in such a way that you could only ________ it if you looked upwards. Jack had understood that whenever Mike lost sight of his ________, he would similarly lose sight of his dream, and his ________ to continue would weaken.
Mike realised that the only obstacle to reaching the summit had been his own ________. When he could no longer see the top of the mountain, the problems _______. He thanked Jack for using that little ________ to help him see that his aims were not impossible, and that they were still there, where they had always been.
1.A.convincing B.educating C.entertaining D.inspiring
2.A.practice B.failure C.disadvantage D.growth
3.A.beautiful B.fancy C.particular D.expensive
4.A.challenge B.award C.gift D.request
5.A.aching B.breaking C.damaging D.swelling
6.A.danger B.misfortune C.adventure D.pressure
7.A.quitted B.accomplished C.kept D.abandoned
8.A.problem B.injury C.anxiety D.pain
9.A.certainly B.normally C.practically D.exactly
10.A.invisible B.undesirable C.incomparable D.unmeasurable
11.A.experience B.view C.attempt D.present
12.A.white B.thick C.thin D.dark
13.A.recognized B.believed C.acknowledged D.grasped
14.A.image B.photo C.spot D.message
15.A.see B.move C.feel D.change
16.A.power B.success C.objective D.journey
17.A.preference B.competence C.concentration D.will
18.A.discouragement B.mistake C.prejudice D.ignorance
19.A.set off B.set in C.cut in D.showed off
20.A.technology B.tool C.mark D.trick
If you have ever been in a school play or even made believe you were a doctor, detective, or a space traveler, you know the enjoyment that acting brings. Almost all of us have the wish to play the part of someone－or something else. 1.
In the ancient world, acting was often associated with religious ceremonies and other special occasions. As far back as 2200 B.C. trained Chinese actors performed ceremonial dances in costume and makeup at harvest festivals. 2. To the dance was gradually added pantomime－the imitation of movements and gestures－as well as the wearing of masks, the singing of chants, and finally the use of dialogue.
While acting was coming into its own in the ancient Chinese classical theatre, it was doing the same in the western world, in Greece. From about 500 B.C. on, acting became a highly specialized art in Greece. Greek actors, however, still wore masks, and their motions were largely fixed by custom. 3.
Modern acting, by contrast, gives the individual actor great opportunity to develop his or her personal talents for serious, comic, or musical drama. The names, faces, and styles of famous movie actors are known worldwide. 4. A special form of acting takes place in radio drama, which was highly popular before television. In radio drama the actors face a unique challenge. They are unseen by their audience. So they must rely on voice alone to make their characters real to the listeners.
5. Only forty percent of Broadway actors are employed, most of them for only part of the year. Those who become stars need not only talent, but determination. They must not be easily discouraged. Otherwise, they might give up before the opportunity for stardom presents itself.
A.The origins of acting are in the act of remembering.
B.Drama in Greece began with festivals honoring Dionysus.
C.It is believed that this was the first step in the development of acting.
D.Historical records indicate that this desire is as old as civilization itself.
E.Acting is not, as many people think, a quick, easy road to fame and riches.
F.Therefore, they had little opportunity to show their individual personalities.
G.Broadway and television provide other stages on which actors can display their talent.
“A lie can travel half way around the world before the truth can put its bots on.” That quote is attributed to Mark Twain. In today’s Internet world of “fake（假的）news”, lies spread even faster than the truth is having trouble finding its boots.
To make matters worse, most young people get news from social media sites where facts are mixed with rumors（谣言）, half-truths and complete lies. This has led to young people becoming confused. In the latest PISA, which tested 15-year-old worldwide on academic subjects, fewer than one in ten of the examinees were reported to be able to distinguish fact from opinion. A Stanford University study showed that students at all levels of education could not tell real news from fake news. In one instance, 80 percent thought that a paid advertisement was a real news story.
Fake news is spread by people who have a prejudice. They want to influence public opinion either for or against something or someone. It is important, then, for young people to recognize when they are being used and to be skeptical of online information.
Traditional media, such as newspapers and television, are still the more credible sources of information. Reporters are professionally trained to look for facts, and editors have the job of making sure those facts are correct. However, if you getting most of your information online, you have to be your own editor. In that case, the first thing to do is to look at the writer of a post. Is this person known to be credible? Does the site where you read the post have a prejudice? Next, look for other sources from mainstream media to confirm the information. In other words, by putting on your truth boots you won’t be fooled into chasing lies.
1.Why is the quote mentioned in paragraph 1？
A.To give a definition.
B.To introduce the topic.
C.To offer background information.
D.To highlight the wisdom of Mark Twain.
2.What will always happen to young people with news around?
A.They prefer a read news story.
B.They are easily taken in by fake news.
C.They can distinguish fact from opinion.
D.They get worried about their education.
3.What is the author’s suggestion from the text?
A.Fight against prejudices. B.Avoid traditional media.
C.Be an editor of your own. D.Believe in trained reporters.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.The truth about fake news. B.The influence of fake news.
C.Problems with online information. D.Sources of online information.
