假定你是李华，你的纽约笔友Matt对下面这句话非常赞叹：“In every challenge lies an opportunity and a challenge solved would be an opportunity gained-Xi Jinping” (危与机总是同生并存的，克服了危就是机) 他发来邮件跟你分享。请你结合今年高考形势，给Matt回封信。要点如下：
1. 感谢Matt分享习主席的话；
2. 你现阶段的“危”与“机”；
3. 你对Matt的鼓励或安慰。
注意：词数100左右，可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：the COVID-19 pandemic(新冠疫情)；self-discipline(自律n.)；reassure(使安心vt.)
Dear Matt,
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Yours truly,
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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误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。
My secret of staying young is simple: Keeping your mind awake and you will stay young all over. Take an interest in the world around you, and learn at least a new thing every day. Don’t think that you are ever too older to go back to school. I know a man entered a medical college at 70. He got his degree with honors and became famous doctor. Other man, with his children encouragement, went to a law school when he was 71 and is now an active lawyer. You may never say that staying young is easy only for those living in the future. In fact, you could do it if you care enough to try to keep your mind awake and active, what is the only way to be always young.
Crossword puzzles and exercise are just a few of the habits that improve memory best. But to 1. (true) give your brain a push, you might want to take a simple tip to heart-and it’s nothing you learned in school.
So far, researchers from Waterloo University in Canada 2. (discover) what may be the easiest way to improve your memory ever. Their research, recently 3. ( publish) in the journal Memory, suggests that reading out loud to yourself can increase your recall skills 4. up to 15%.
In the study, scientists asked 95 participants to test four 5. (method): reading, silently, hearing someone else read, reading aloud and listening to a recording of oneself reading. Their result? The people 6. read the information out loud showed the best retention(保持)rates—about 15% 7. (high) in learning speed, in fact. You may want to add these brain-boosting foods that can improve memory to your diet, too.
“Read 8. needs to be remember out loud, and you’ll remember it better. Yes, it’s shat simple!” psychologist and study co-author Colin Macleod said.
So next time when you ‘re preparing for a big exam, spend some time 9. (read) loud. Trust us. It might make you 10. genius.
Reverend Karen Onesti and Rabbi Andrew Bossov, both in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, knew each other from a monthly meeting. On this evening ten years ago, however, Onesti could_______something was up with Bossov. So she_______him in the parking lot and asked him how he was doing.
“Not so well,_______,” Bossov replied. “I need a new kidney(肾).”
Bossov’s kidneys were failing, the_______of an experimental drug he’d taken more than a decade earlier for his colitis (结肠炎). Facing dialysis(透析), Bossov had already_______the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) registry, but 70,000 people were in front of him. He’s also been_______close friends and relations to find a live donor, but so far, he hadn’t found a(n)_______.The statistics are_______for people in Bossov’s situation: in the U.S.,20 people die every day waiting for a(n)_______donation.
Onesti didn’t________: “I’ll give you one of mine,” she told Bossov.
Writing in a journal, Bossov________that “ that year that________had many twists and turns as we navigated the hard path toward donating and________an organ. Being accepted for transplant was one thing, but being________for surgery was another, and there were no guarantees.” Bossov began dialysis. However, Onesti________discovered she needed major surgery of her own, an hysterectomy (子宫切除术), before she could be able to________an organ.
But________, both Bossov and Onesti were cleared, and their surgeries were a(n) ________. More than a decade later, the kidney is functioning perfectly, and Bossov is ________“beyond words” every single day. Today, both Bossov and Onesti lead happy and healthy lives, and their ________has deepened over the years.
1.A.admit B.declare C.tell D.imagine
2.A.persuaded B.challenged C.employed D.approached
3.A.deliberately B.unfortunately C.conveniently D.uncertainly
4.A.purpose B.evidence C.result D.advantage
5.A.inspected B.joined C.organized D.introduced
6.A.competing with B.connecting with C.fighting with D.debating with
7.A.match B.mistake C.remark D.explanation
8.A.inaccurate B.meaningless C.comparable D.awful
9.A.blood B.organ C.cash D.food
10.A.hesitate B.participate C.swear D.interrupt
11.A.warned B.guaranteed C.predicted D.reported
12.A.began B.followed C.marked D.changed
13.A.describing B.examining C.preserving D.receiving
14.A.suggested B.complained C.approved D.paid
15.A.unexpectedly B.unsurprisingly C.cheerfully D.cautiously
16.A.select B.find C.donate D.feel
17.A.eventually B.disappointedly C.irregularly D.generously
18.A.joke B.accident C.success D.thought
19.A.amused B.regretful C.scared D.grateful
20.A.friendship B.situation C.conflict D.knowledge
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia (百科全书), is the largest encyclopedia ever. An encyclopedia is a collection of informative articles about various things. Encyclopedias used to be printed as books. 1.
“Wiki”is an internet term that means”a website that can be edited by the public. “It comes from”wikiwiki”，a Hawaiian word for”quick”. Two Americans, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, created Wikipedia in 2001.2.It has about 6 million articles in 300 languages and is visited by billions of people each day,who want to find information on just about anything-science, math, languages, art, cultureand company histories. There are articles on sports stars, too, and even long-forgotten soap operas from the 1970s.
3.Except for a small number of pages, anyone can edit articles, anonymously (匿名地) or with a user account, and registered users can create their own articles. Editing is unpaid, although Wikipedia does employ a small staff. Wikipedia is freely available to anyone with an internet connection. Its founders hoped that the model would make use of humanity’s collective knowledge.
4.Many Wikipedia pages contain errors, although the organization has a content review system that works to fix this problem. Several studies have concluded that Wikipedia is as accurate as most print encyclopedias. Indeed, a 2005 report in the journal Nature found it to be only slightly less reliable than Encyclopedia Britannica.
Today Wikipedia faces many challenges. It does not rely on advertising. 5.Perhaps more importantly, the number of its volunteer editors is shrinking.
Despite these difficulties, Jimmy Wales says he will still stick to his dream. He has big plans for the future. He wants Wikipedia available in all of the world’s languages.
A.Instead, all of its funds come from donations.
B.Wikipedia employs an open editing model.
C.It allows users to get information within seconds.
D.It is now the fifth-most visited website on the Internet.
E.Most of its editors are volunteers.
F.Now,they are mostly found online.
G.However,some people doubt the accuracy of Wikipedia's content.
Ever walked to the shops only to find, once there, you’ve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old friend? For years we’ve accepted that a forgetful brain is as much a part of aging as wrinkles and gray hair. But now a new book suggests that we’ve got it all wrong.
According to The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain, by science writer Barbara Strauch, when it comes to the important things, our brains actually get better with age. In fact, she argues that some studies have found that our brain hits its peak between our 40s and 60s — much later than previously thought.
Furthermore, rather than losing many brain cells as we age, we keep them, and even produce new ones well into middle age. For years it’s been assumed that brain, much like the body, declines with age. But the longest, largest study into what happens to people as they age suggests otherwise.
This continuing research has followed 6,000 people since 1956, testing them every seven years. It has found that on average, participants performed better on cognitive (认知的) tests in their 40s and 50s than they had done in their 20s. Specifically, older people did better on tests of vocabulary, verbal memory (how many words you can remember) and problem solving. Where they performed less well was number ability and perceptual speed — how fast you can push a button when ordered. However, with more complex tasks such as problem-solving and language, we are at our best at middle age and beyond. In short, researchers are now coming up with scientific proof that we do get wiser with age.
Neuroscientists are also finding that we are happier with aging. A recent US study found older people were much better at controlling and balancing their emotions. It is thought that when we’re younger we need to focus more on the negative aspects of life in order to learn about the possible dangers in the world, but as we get older we’ve learned our lessons and are aware that we have less time left in life: therefore, it becomes more important for us to be happy.
1.Barbara Strauch probably agrees that ______.
A.the young are better at handling important things
B.wrinkles and gray hair are the only symbols of aging
C.aging leads to the decline of the function of the brain
D.people’s brains work best between their 40s and 60s
2.The continuing research has found older people perform better on ______.
A.vocabulary tests B.number ability
C.perceptual speed D.body balance
3.People are happier with aging because ______.
A.they know how to share feelings B.they learn to value the time left
C.they cannot focus on negative aspects D.they do not realize the possible dangers
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.People get happier with age. B.People get more forgetful with age.
C.People get wiser with age. D.People get more self-aware with age.
