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，每处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。
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。
Dear Peter,
I’m very glad to receive your e-mail asking for information about the host family we have arranged you to stay with.
Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own. Apart from the convenient public transportation, our private car will make your visit easy. Because all the family members can speak fluently English and have many outgoing personality, I’m sure you will have no trouble to communicating with them. Above all, they hosted the American student last year, through that they gained lots of experience. In addition, the hostess’ cooking will guarantee you a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food. Hope you enjoy you stay here.
A group of robbers dug their way into to basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes. They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building __1.__ (equip) to dig holes and destroy walls __2.__ Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent the next nine hours__3.__ (rob) the bank.
One investigator described the robbery__4._ a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday and _5.__ (leave) at 7:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighboring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80cm thick to get into the bank, __6.__ was having building works at the time.
When they left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, __7.__ (switch) on the anti-fire system and flooding the building. __8.__ (fortune), the guard escaped unharmed. __9._ is difficult to estimate the total value of what __10._ (steal) as only the bank’s clients know the content of their private safes.
It was 6 p. m. on 24 January 2001, the first day of Chinese New Year. As I drove along the road, a small car flew across the centre double amber lines(双黄线) from the ____ direction and crashed into my car head-on. I was ____ and was awakened by the ringing of my mobile phone. It was a travel agent, asking me ____ I had arrived at the Mandarin Oriental for my work.
I was ____ to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. But the hospital staff was too ____to attend to me, so I called a friend and told him about the ____. Some friends arrived very soon after and sent me to a private hospital nearby.
I was given ten months’ medical leave and then I was ____. My heart ____, knowing that it meant I couldn’t work. As a tour guide and tour leader, I only got paid if I took on more work. I felt completely ____, but a lot of unexpected blessings came my way. Friends and relatives ____ me with my banking, insurance or simply came to cheer me up.
But I was only 30, and wanted to see the world. When the casts were removed, I did not let the sight of my weak legs ____ me. I worked hard at my physiotherapy(物理疗法) with only one aim: I must ____ again. ____five months of tiring therapy up to three sessions a week, I was back on my feet. After eight months, I was walking ____ the aid of walking stick. By February the following year, I ____ my job again.
The accident made me____ how lives can change in a split second. I recall the Chinese family drove me to the hospital ____ my bloodied condition on Chinese New Year. The kindness I’ve experienced taught me never to ____ hope. I value life ____ , not only my own but also everyone I know, and will always try to help when I know of someone ____.
1.A. same B. opposite C. right D. left
2.A. unhappy B. unbelievable C. unconscious D. uncertain
3.A. why B. when C. if D. how
4.A. driven B. arriving C. walking D. going
5.A. sad B. angry C. excited D. busy
6.A. hospital B. staff C. travel D. accident
7.A. hired B. fired C. employed D. missing
8.A. sank B. flew C. disappeared D. beat
9.A. hopeless B. valueless C. meaningless D. careless
10.A. laughed at B. left C. helped D. talked
11.A. cheer B. excite C. discourage D. shock
12.A. work B. drive C. lead D. walk
13.A. Before B. After C. since D. until
14.A. without B. by C. on D. under
15.A. lost B. looked for C. gave D. returned to
16.A. discuss B. realize C. study D. follow
17.A. in spite of B. although C. as D. despite of
18.A. give in B. give off C. give out D. give up
19.A. less B. better C. more D. worse
20.A. in hospital B. in trouble C. out of work D. in poor health
Today, roller skating is easy. But a long time ago, 1. . Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instrument. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. 2. .
One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. 3. .As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room..
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. 4. . Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. But there was just one problem. 5. . He rolled on and on. Suddenly he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time.
A. He was very pleased and excited.
B. Only people from rich families could afford roller skating.
C. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates.
D. it wasn’t easy at all.
E. People called him a dreamer
F. One of his wheels suddenly broke down.
G. These were the first roller skates
I was never neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her projects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both get tired of each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “ take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled under her covers, sobbing. Obviously, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together; giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1.How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?
A. By listing facts. B. By doing comparison
C. By giving examples D. By drawing a conclusion
2.What made Kate so angry that evening?
A. She got the news that her grandmother was ill.
B. She couldn’t find her shoes.
C. She heard the author shouting loud.
D. She saw the author’s shoes under her bed.
3.What was the author’s attitude to Kate but for the call?
A. Annoyed B. Envious
C. tolerant D. Sympathetic
4.What might be the best title for the story?
A. How to be organized B. My Friend Kate
C. Learning to Be Roommates D. Hard Work Pays Off.
Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart－we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity.
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is shown in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not－kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, Dominique. She takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey finding Mary, even if that means embarrassing them.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern-day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson, “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”
1.The first paragraph is mainly to
A. raise a question on poverty
B. remind us of a fairy tale inform us of the importance of dream
D. build our interest about the following movie
2.What can we infer from the passage .
A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class
B. Mary’s mother used to be a singer
C. The MP3 player helps Joey find Mary
D. Another Cinderella Story is just another copy of Cinderella
3. What does the underlined word “obscurity” probably mean?
A.being popular B. being unknown
C. being famous D. being silent
4.The passage is mainly about
A.An advertisement of Another Cinderella Story
B. An essay about dreams
C. A review about a movie
D. A fairy tale
