Dear Sir,
I am writing in reply to your article about homelessness in Ledchester as it raises questions about whether or how we should give money to charity.
There are now so many chances to give to charity in the UK these days that it can be difficult to know what is best to do. As your article said, if you go shopping in Ledchester city centre, there will be many chances to give money to charity, or to homeless people who look poor, tired and cold, but the solution is not as easy as you seem to think. Can I be sure that the person won’t spend the money on alcohol(酒) or drugs? You seem to have forgotten the research which showed that 9 out of 10 people begging on the street spend the money they are given on alcohol and drugs. Also, can I be sure that the person isn’t one of those “professional beggars” who simply pretend to be homeless and poor?
I think a more effective way to give money is to buy things in one of the many charity shops in Ledchester such as the Oxfam shop. This isn’t really charity as you are buying something, but you know the money is going to a good cause.
In recent years, as we all know, there have been a lot of big events organized to raise money for charity. Many will remember “Live Aid”. Lots of famous bands got together to hold a concert and make a record with all the money going to Ethiopia because of the food shortages there. The BBC also has a “Children in Need” day every year. In one sense you could say that these events are very successful as they raise a lot of money. However, I don’t believe that these events solve the real problems. In my view, these events just allow people to feel good about themselves for a day and then forget about charity and problems in the developing world for the rest of the year. My wife and I decided to support a child. We give a certain amount of money every month and this goes to pay for the education of a girl in Ethiopia. I would encourage your readers to support a child too. We don’t know if it is the best way to help, but at least it is something.
Yours faithfully,
Tom Blinson
1.From Paragraph 2, we know that __________.
A.big charity events can solve many problems
B.there are so many homeless people in the UK
C.beggars are pretending to be homeless and poor
D.money given to beggars may not be spent wisely
2.According to the writer, which can be a good choice to help?
A.To help organize charity events. B.To buy things in a charity shop.
C.To give money to homeless people. D.To cover the full cost of a poor kid.
3.According to the passage, what’s the writer’s attitude to money-raising charity events?
A.Positive. B.Objective.
C.Unconcerned. D.Negative.
4.The author wrote the letter mainly to _________.
A.present facts B.give advice
C.explain an idea D.offer encouragement
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Preschool girl lifts old man’s spirits
When Tara Wood brought her daughter to a grocery store to buy the four-year-old some birthday cupcakes, she had no idea that would be a life-changing _______.
As Tara pushed her daughter Norah around the store last month, she _______ an old man who was by himself. The old man looked cold, until Norah shouted to him, “Hi! It’s my birthday today!” The man stopped and his demeanor (举止、态度) changed from distant and serious to warm and _______. “How old are you today?” the man asked. After some time talking together, Norah asked her mom to take a _______ of her with her new friend “Mr. Dan”, Dan Peterson, 82 and then went their separate ways. That could have been the _______ of the story. But it was actually the beginning of a(n) _______ relationship.
Tara _______ the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan on Facebook. Someone who _______ him reached out to her with Mr. Dan’s contact information. It turned out that Mr. Dan’s wife died in March and he had been _______ from depression and anxiety ever since. The person on Facebook told Tara that it was the first time they had seen Mr. Dan ________ since the death of his wife. Knowing that, Tara contacted Mr. Dan, and ever since Norah and the 82-year-old have developed a ________ unlike any other. “She has shown me a depth of love, a depth that I didn’t know existed,” Mr. Dan told the reporter.
Mr. Dan told Tara that before meeting Norah, he hadn’t had one night of uninterrupted ________ Anxiety kept him up at all hours and ________ him restless. After meeting Norah, he said he now sleeps soundly. For Mr. Dan’s 82nd birthday on October 20, the mother and the daughter brought balloons and presents—and, of course, cupcakes. Mr. Dan will also spend a day around Thanksgiving with Norah and her family. “If you don’t take the time to ________ people, you will never know how you can ________ impact a life,” Tara Wood said.
1.A.question B.idea C.experience D.promise
2.A.passed B.stopped C.welcomed D.shocked
3.A.calm B.unpleasant C.rude D.friendly
4.A.look B.picture C.seat D.message
5.A.end B.clue C.scene D.truth
6.A.poor B.special C.ordinary D.strange
7.A.took B.drew C.sold D.posted
8.A.followed B.confused C.recognized D.cured
9.A.escaping B.benefiting C.suffering D.learning
10.A.talk B.smile C.walk D.eat
11.A.plan B.skill C.knowledge D.friendship
12.A.sleep B.chat C.meal D.view
13.A.found B.made C.watched D.regarded
14.A.notice B.award C.rescue D.attract
15.A.legally B.suitably C.responsibly D.positively
疫情期间，开展线上教学，青少年由于看电脑，用手机时间过长，眼睛近视问题越来越严重，成为学校、家长和社会关注的热点问题。请你就此问题，并结合自身情况，就如何改善青少年近视问题给出合理建议，以“How to Protect Our Eyes ”为题写一篇作文。
Nowadays more and more students are becoming short-sighted,
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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、删改或修改。
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。
It was Monday morning, and the writing class had just begin. Everyone was silent, wait to see who would be called upon to read his and her paragraph aloud. Some of us were confident and eager take part in the class activity, others were nervous and anxious. I had done myself homework but I was shy. I was afraid that to speak in front of a larger group of people. At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, "The classroom is a place for learning and that include learning from textbooks, and mistake as well." Immediate, I raised my hand.
Two weeks earlier, my son, Ben, had got in touch, he’d moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d _________ seen him. So imagine my _________ when he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me.
I was _________! I arrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to _________. The bay was _________ in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. Getting a little _________. I realized one kayak（皮划艇）was in _________. “Something’s not _________!” I took off my T-shirt and _________ into the water. I saw there were two instructors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was __________ violently. Linking arms with one of the instructors. I helped __________ the young man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something __________ to me. Those brown eyes were very __________. “What’s his name?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I __________. That stranger was my son!
The instructors called for an ambulance. __________, after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to __________ and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted about everything and then Ben __________ to me. “I just want to say thank you,” he said, “You __________ my life!”
I still can’t believe what a __________ it was. I’m just so glad I was there __________ to help my son.
1.A.also B.often C.even D.last
2.A.delight B.relief C.anger D.worry
3.A.scared B.shocked C.thrilled D.ashamed
4.A.talk B.stay C.meet D.settle
5.A.bathed B.clean C.deep D.formed
6.A.faster B.closer C.heavier D.wiser
7.A.trouble B.advance C.question D.battle
8.A.real B.right C.fair D.fit
9.A.stared B.sank C.dived D.fell
10.A.arguing B.fighting C.Shouting D.shaking
11.A.lead B.persuade C.carry D.keep
12.A.happened B.occurred C.applied D.appealed
13.A.sharp B.pleasant C.attractive D.familiar
14.A.agreed B.hesitated C.doubted D.knew
15.A.Fortunately B.Frankly C.Sadly D.Suddenly
16.A.return B.relax C.speak D.leave
17.A.joked B.turned C.listened D.pointed
18.A.created B.honored C.saved D.guided
19.A.coincidence B.change C.pity D.pain
20.A.on board B.in time C.for sure D.on purpose
