短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher’s office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn’t cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 1. these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 2. (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 3. rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 4. day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea 5. he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired 6. doing this for a whole day, 7. he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 8. (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 9. (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 10. (result) in the contrary to our intention.
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of things, but his promise to tell the truth _ _ him.
Once a man came to a prophet（预言家）and said, “Oh, prophet, I have many bad . Which one of them should I first？”The prophet said,“Give up telling first and always speak the truth. ”The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out , he thought for a moment about the he made with the prophet. “ tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say？Shall I say that I went out ？No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be for stealing.”
So the man not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day？I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will me, because a Muslim is not to drink wine.”And so he gave up the of drinking wine.
In this way, the man thought of doing something bad, he his promise to tell the truth. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very person.
1.A. hardly B. always C. sometimes D. never
2.A. time B. money C. energy D. trouble
3.A. bad B . great C. strange D. stupid
4.A. educated B. bothered C. saved D. tested
5.A. habits B. friends C. purposes D. collections
6.A. take in B. bring back C. depend on D. give up
7.A. stories B. truths C. lies D. reasons
8.A. plan B. promise C. secret D. mistake
9.A. Because B. Unless C. Since D. If
10.A. drinking B. stealing C. walking D. dancing
11.A. none B. someone C. anyone D. everyone
12.A. controlled B. admired C. killed D. punished
13.A. refused B. decided C. tried D. agreed
14.A. talked about B. felt like C. adapted to(适应) D. broke down
15.A. hate B. understand C. like D. respect
16.A. allowed B. encouraged C. invited D. advised
17.A. chance B. disadvantage C. adventure D. idea
18.A. wherever B. whatever C. whenever D. however
19.A. forgot B. remembered C. doubted D. regretted
20.A. attractive B. good C. practical D. generous(慷慨的)
A major source of teen stress is school exams，and test anxiety（焦虑）is not uncommon. When you recognize（意识到）your teen is under stress，how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?
Be involved（参与）. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work. 1.What they look for is your presence—to talk，to cry，or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears，but don’ t let them focus on those fears.
Help them get organized. 2.Together，you and your teen can work out a schedule in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test. Provide a calm environment. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy (隐私)．Give them a nutritious（营养的） diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy，balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best. 3.If this happens，encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet，rather than junk food，is best for reducing stress.
4.Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and/or do something active when she needs a real break from studying.Making time for relaxation，fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.
Show a positive attitude. 5.Your panic，anxiety and blame contribute to （促成，有助于）your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly，reassure (安慰) your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are.
A．A parent’s attitude will influence（影响） their teen’s emotions（情感）.
B．Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite (食欲)．
C．They will only make the situation worse.
D．Encourage your teen to relax.
E．The best thing is simply to listen.
F．Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.
G．Your teen may also make negative（负面的）comments about themselves.
Gift No. I
Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."
Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things ---many of which are "green" --- and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.
1.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits? ______
A. Take notes. B. Buy medicine.
C. Be with her D. Give her gifts.
2.What can be a gift of organization for your mother? ______
A. Keeping her medical information together.
B. Buying all gifts for her from one company.
C. Making a list of her medical check-ups.
D. Storing her medicines in a safe place.
3.Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep? ______
A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2.
C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4.
4.Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to ______
A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organized
C. get extra support D. give others help
Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .
Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.
Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step .
“What have I done wrong ?” Mr. Dodds asked himself . “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”
“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”
1.From the passage we know that his sister ______.
A. lives in the next town with her husband and son
B. is the only member of the family that he knows
C. never writes back to him
D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband
2.“He has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays” means ____.
A. he has not forgotten Mark’s seventeenth birthday.
B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday
C. he always sent a Christmas card on Mark’s birthday
D. he always sent Mark something on his birthday
3.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was ______.
A. driving home from the bank
B. parking his car
C. ready to make his evening meal
D. just about to shut the front door
4.The policeman was there _______.
A. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle
B. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars
C. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle
D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank
