A Writing Fool
In the seventh grade I realized I was dyslexic, which made it difficult for me to read and spell. I did really badly in my history course, so my mother said to me, “I’ll work with you for a full week. I’m going to show you what you can do if you put in the right amount of effort.” So we did. We worked on history for a full week, an extra hour every day. Then I went to school and failed the test, as always. It was really upsetting.
By the time I got to college I came to know that I couldn’t spell no matter how hard I tried. So I would sign up for extra courses. I’d be in registration lines all day. Then I would go around the first day of class and ask each professor: “What’s your policy on misspelling?” If he said, “Three misspellings is a fail,” I’d drop it.
Although I was an academic failure, I had a great time. I had many friends and I was always popular. I was a good football player, which was important in those years because I could read my name in the newspaper. I never had a day when I would think, “People don’t like me.”
In spite of my obvious weaknesses, I became successful in my career, so much so that people say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.” No. I don’t overcome it. I just learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are hard for me. Most people read 500 words a minute. I only read 200. I try not to dial a phone because I sometimes have to dial three times to get the number right. I owe my successful career to my writing instructor, Ralph Salisbury. He looked past my misspellings and gave me encouragement. So I always feel confident. When I write my books, I’m seeing everything in my imagination. I write quickly and go like the wind.
The real fear that I have for dyslexic people is not that they have to struggle with their reading skills or that they can’t spell correctly, but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school.
1.When the author did badly in the course, his mother thought that .
A. he needed a better teacher
B. he did not work hard enough
C. he was probably too ill to study
D. he was not as smart as other children
2.In college, the author was in registration lines all day to .
A. choose most interesting courses
B. become friends with new classmates
C. stay distance from language teachers
D. avoid courses that require correct spelling
3.Which of the following best describes the author in college?
A. Happy and active.
B. Shy and unhappy.
C. Successful and funny.
D. Quiet and unsuccessful.
4.According to the author, it is important for dyslexic people .
A. not to get out of school
B. not to give up so easily
C. to learn to spell correctly
D. to develop reading skills
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假定你是李华，准备与新西兰的朋友Rosy去参观中国园林博物馆。现收到该馆暂时闭馆通知，请写一封信告知她，内容包括：
1. 表示遗憾；
2. 推迟原因；
3. 新的安排。
提示：中国园林博物馆：the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改伤！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。
I have been learning English since I am in primary school, but the truth was that I was not so good at listening. No matter how hardly I tried, I couldn't understand clearly which my English teachers or native speakers said. One day, I was surfing the Internet while an advertisement for English listening drew your attention. To my amaze, it was a website where recording of some well-known books were provided. When see the website, I fell in love it, which turned out to be that useful. Now I have made a progress in listening.
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。
Culture conflicts can occur anytime you travel, but every once in a while they happen in some truly unexpected ways. From shopping with many coins to 1. (light) up a cigarette outdoors, these are strange and embarrassing travel mistakes 2. (travel) would do their best to avoid. For example, 3. is illegal to feed pigeons on the streets of San Francisco. The city 4. (know) for the Golden Gate Bridge blames the common birds for spreading disease and damaging property. Anyone 5. is caught providing food to San Francisco's pigeons could face a heavy fine. Moreover, citizens 6. (encourage) to report pigeon feeders to the city's police department. For another example, you'd better think twice before you smoke in Singapore. Singapore has 7. (serious) smoking penalty（处罚）in the world. Smoking in public will earn a tough fine. More 8. (surprise), if you' re shopping in Canada, don't expect cashiers 9. (accept) many coins as your sole method of payment. According to Canada's Currency Act, stores can legally refuse excessive amounts 10. coins. With pennies, for example, customers' payments may be rejected if they try to use more than 25 0ne-cent coins at a time.
About a year ago, I had to spend a week in a hospital, because of the deadly food poisoning. There I met an elderly woman, who _______ to be a professional musician. That time when I met her, the idea of learning to sing didn't _______ my mind. I thought it was something _______ and not meant for me, like being an airplane pilot.
And only recently, I suddenly decided to learn singing.1 was _______ my dog early in the morning. I sang _______ to myself and it made me feel so wonderful. At that moment I _______ I had known more good songs and how to control my _________ better. And then I thought, why didn't I take some singing lessons? Of course, it was not a (n) _________ skill that I could use at work, but not everything in this life is about actual _______ and income.
It was easy to find that woman. I remembered her name and there was only one ______________ college in our city. I was ______________ she would reject me because l was a terrible ______________. But she took my request very ______________. She understood how important music was ______________ one's soul. In my first lesson, she sat at the gorgeous big piano and ______________ some rising notes that I had to repeat. At first I was terrified to ______________ because I feared being judged and criticized. But my teacher was kind and professional.________________, she was strict when she knew I could do better.
Learning to sing was like learning to walk. It was like ________________ that all your life you had some superpower but were not aware of its ______________. Singing taught me more than just being able to take some high or low ______________. Most importantly, it taught me to be braver about expressing myself and my opinions.
1.A.turned out B.ran out C.went out D.called on
2.A.lose B.cross C.change D.slip
3.A.realistic B.fashionable C.unavailable D.worthless
4.A.sorting B.owning C.evolving D.walking
5.A.jokingly B.painfully C.lightly D.properly
6.A.planned B.wished C.heard D.regretted
7.A.sound B.hope C.talk D.voice
8.A.practical B.different C.interesting D.accurate
9.A.benefit B.damage C.habits D.dates
10.A.literary B.architectural C.medical D.musical
11.A.angry B.afraid C.surprised D.pleased
12.A.citizen B.patient C.amateur D.friend
13.A.casually B.seriously C.rudely D.uniquely
14.A.from B.under C.for D.during
15.A.wrote B.left C.played D.kept
16.A.make a sound B.take a walk C.write the song D.tell the truth
17.A.Instead B.Therefore C.Moreover D.However
18.A.giving out B.admitting to C.belonging to D.finding out
19.A.existence B.contents C.purpose D.forms
20.A.words B.notes C.noises D.spirits
