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假设你是李华，前天你收到英国笔友Kathy发来的电子邮件，说她很想报名参加即将在当地举办的“汉语民歌演唱比赛 （Singing Chinese Folk Songs Contest）”活动，但信心不足。请你给她回复一封邮件，内容包括：

鼓励她报名参加；2. 帮助分析参加的意义； 3. 给她提几点建议

注意：1. 字数100字左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头已经给出，不计入总字数。

Dear Kathy,

I’m glad to know that _______________________________________________________________________

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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（Λ），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l1处起）不计分。

I have always dreamt returning to my childhood. Just as many people say, childhood is the happier time in one’s life.

I grow up in the countryside. There are many high mountains, colorful flowers and different kind of trees. Often my parents took me to go hiking and caught insects. My grandma, whose seemed to be full of vivid memories, always shared his stories with me. She told me that I was such gentle and quiet that she never felt worrying about me. Now it is 5 years since that she passed away. I still miss her very much!

    I used to abandon(放弃）myself to despair（绝望）. Last year, my mother _______from a stroke(中风）and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no _______what I could do to help her to relieve her _______. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

Last month I _______a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt _______about the loss.

There have been many _______like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things _______I read “ If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.

“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What _______can I get from this? How can I_________my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” He wrote.

I suddenly ________that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay________all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things ________. When my mother was fighting for ________, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of________and crying.

Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t ________a prize. If I had not ________the article, I would definitely have felt ________again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage ________.

Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺) as well, but these thorns help us become ________ and strong. When life ________us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.

1.A.suffered B.defeated C.survived D.escaped

2.A.hope B.wonder C.idea D.doubt

3.A.anxiety B.pain C.fear D.pressure

4.A.received B.sold C.fixed D.lost

5.A.unbelievable B.shameful C.angry D.terrible

6.A.diseases B.memories C.incidents D.difficulties

7.A.when B.until C.though D.since

8.A.lesson B.lemonade C.decision D.possibility

9.A.control B.arrange C.improve D.reject

10.A.predicted B.thought C.discovered D.realized

11.A.healthy B.independent C.severe D.positive

12.A.exactly B.differently C.easily D.practically

13.A.recovery B.life C.freedom D.delight

14.A.shouting B.hiding C.quarreling D.regretting

15.A.expect B.miss C.win D.refuse

16.A.left out B.made sense C.come across D.broken down

17.A.embarrassed B.discouraged C.excited D.concerned

18.A.performance B.experience C.progress D.challenge

19.A.brave B.calm C.great D.clever

20.A.shows B.makes C.sends D.gives

    Did you take part in a camp this summer ? 1. To choose which camp is best  for you, first you must do a bit of research.

Maybe you've never thought about it before, but every great summer camp has the same  main goals — opportunity, challenge and growth.

Opportunity means you are given a chance to do something special. 2. For  example, if you are interested in writing, then you can choose to join a journalism camp. You may even have the opportunity to meet famous journalists there.

3. You    must    finish    the    task    and succeed in overcoming the challenge. Then   you will have a sense of accomplishment. For example, you could take a lifeguard course at some summer camps. If you pass the exam, then you will receive a certificate (证书）to become a real lifeguard.

This also leads to the third and most important goal of every great summer camp personal growth. It doesn’t mean growing taller and stronger or more beautiful. It means seeing yourself improve, learning something new and doing something you didn’t know you could do before. 4..

So in the future, when choosing your next summer camp, remember to ask yourself: Is it a special opportunity? Is it a challenge? Will I grow?

5. These will all happen naturally when you have the right goals at summer  camp.

A.Challenge means you are given a task.

B.It also means becoming more confident in yourself.

C.Some camps focus on developing a certain skill or ability.

D.But what about friendship, fun and joy?

E.There are so many summer camps and not all of them are the same.

F.Of course, summer camps aren't all about adventure or study.

G.It also makes you special because other kids don't have the same opportunity.

    Did you know that the color of uniforms can influence the performance of an athlete? It may sound strange, but a study suggests this might be true.

Two British scientists studied the results of four sports in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where the athletes had been given either a red or a blue uniform. They discovered that when there was a big difference in the score, color had no influence on the result. But if it was a close match, the athlete in a red uniform was more likely to win. Then they looked at the uniforms of the soccer teams at the Euro 2004 tournament. Again, teams wearing red won more games.

The two scientists got their idea from earlier studies of wild animals. It had been discovered that when a male show red on its body, it sends a signal of its power and strength. For example, in many kinds of monkey, the more the male shows off its red scare, the more females it can attract

Based on this fact, the British scientists thought that the idea might work for humans, too. According to them, when an athlete sees a competitor in a red uniform, he gets a feeling that his competitor could be stronger than him. And that kind of feeling may have a bad influence on the player’s performance in the actual game.

Although the idea is Interesting, most people don’t accept that color signals in the animals world can really be useful to humans in sports. They think that it is unreasonable to develop an Idea based on such a small number of examples. Much more research has to be done to prove the influence of uniform colors on the performance of athletes.

1.What did the scientists find out about the 2004 Athens Olympic Games?

A.Athletes played equally well in four sports.

B.Game results had a big influence on the athletes.

C.Athletes dressed in red scored more in a close match.

D.There was a big difference in read and blue team’s scores.

2.What may the red scars of a male animal suggest?

A.It is quite strong. B.It is a failure.

C.It has power over other males. D.It has attracted a lot of females.

3.The underlined part “that kind of feeling” in the text refers to a feeling of       .

A.weakness B.pride

C.danger D.shame

4.what is most people’s opinion to the scientists’ idea?

A.Interested B.Satisfied.

C.Doubtful. D.Thankful