— What about ______ lecture you attended yesterday?
— To tell the truth, it was too boring．I can't stand ______ lecture like that．
A．a; the B．the; a C．the; 不填 D．the; the
最近的一份调查表明中国青少年的体质明显下降，青少年的健康问题日益受到社会的关注。请根据下列提示，以“The health of Chinese youngsters—a big concern”为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文。
1．现状：青少年体质明显下降，有许多诸如肥胖、近视等健康问题；
2．原因：作业负担过重，睡眠不足，缺乏锻炼；
3．建议：改革现行教育制度，减轻学生负担，使学生有更多睡眠和锻炼的时间。
参考词汇：肥胖 obesity 近视short-sightedness 改革 reform
The health of Chinese youngsters—a big concern
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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处错误，每句中最多有两处。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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（＼）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．每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Behind my apartment, there was used to be a dirty and messy corner．Bits of plastic bags hanged on the trees．Broken bottles were left laying here and there．There was a damaging car in the center．The whole corner gave away an unpleasant smell．One year ago, we decided to turn it in a beautiful park．Since then, great changes have been taken place in that corner．All the rubbish have been cleared away．Flowers and young trees have planted all over．Now birds come here to sing, children come here to play, and adults come here to enjoy our peaceful life．It has taken on a new look．
单词拼写 （共10小题；每小题1 分，满分10分）
1．Shanghai is the biggest c （商业的） city along the eastern coast of China．
2．He told me some a （趣闻） about our English teacher．
3．He had c （喝） a large quantity of wine before he died．
4．It’s not just what you avoid, it’s what you eat that c （很重要）．
5．Lifeguards are trained to deal with e （紧急情况）．
6．B （基本上） I agree with your plans, but there are a few small points I’d like to discuss．
7．You have always been o （着迷） with making money．
8．I think your child is a p （潜在的） singer．
9．In a library, books and magazines are usually c （分类） by subjects．
10．Owning a private car is the t （趋势） of modern living．
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Obtaining fresh water from icebergs
The idea of getting fresh water from icebergs that are moved to populated areas or places was once treated as a joke．Recently, scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food． 1.
Glaciers are a possible source of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently． 2. It contains fresh water so much that it could sustain all the rivers of the world for 1,000 years．
Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year． 3. However, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea．As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind．Because they melt more slowly than smaller pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean．
4. The difficulty exists such as its rapid melting in warmer climates． 5.
A．Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes．
B．Now it is being considered quite serious by many nations．
C．7,659 trillion metric tons of ice are floating on the sea every year．
D．But the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced．
E．To move them to try parts of the world would not be too difficult．
F．It is not a dream to get water from Icebergs．
G．Three-quarters of the Earth’s fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice．
Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made．Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects．Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages．I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic．
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary．I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys．Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door．But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects．
I am a naturalist, not a scientist．I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm led me into varied investigations．I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while reading about other people’s observations and discoveries．Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind．
Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together．This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research．
But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack．A scientist requires not only self-discipline, but hard training, determination and a goal．A scientist, up to a certain point, can be made．A naturalist is born．If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds．
1.The first paragraph tells us the author _____．
A．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
B．lost his hearing when he was a child
C．didn’t like his brothers and sisters
D．was born to a naturalist’s family
2.The author can’t remember his relatives clearly because _____．
A．he didn’t live very long with them
B．the family was extremely large
C．he was too young when he lived with them
D．he was fully occupied with observing nature
3.The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he _____．
A．has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic
B．lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
C．just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries
D．comes up with solutions in a most natural way
