过生日互赠礼物在中学生中似乎成为一种时尚，甚至有的学生还去饭店搞生日聚会。对此同学们有不同的看法。假设你是王平，请你根据下表提示，给某英语报社的编辑写一封信，并谈谈自己的观点。
赞成 | 为同学们提供交际机会；利于增进同学之间的友谊；学习之余可以放松心情。 |
反对 | 容易造成对时间和金钱的浪费；导致攀比；对青少年学习和成长造成不利影响。 |
你的观点 | ...... |
注意：1. 词数：100左右（信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。）
2. 短文须包括表中的全部内容，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 参考词汇：攀比：keep up with the Joneses
Dear Editor,
I'm a middle school student named Wang Ping. Recently, we often have to buy
presents for our
文中共有10处错误, 每句最多有两处。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（^），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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者从第11处起不记分。
Dear Jim,
How is everything going? Today I'd like to tell you something about our school sports meeting. It was holding on Oct.6, when was a fine day. There were over 1,000 students and teachers attend it. Wang Lin, a student from my class won the 100-meter race. He finish the race in 12.6 seconds and broke in the school record. The sports meeting was really success. That was because we were all trying to do my best. Although I was not one of the winner, I was proud of that we had done. Looking forward to receive your letter.
Yours,
Li Ping
Li Daiyu and Lin Qian made 1._____ trip across Canada . First they flew to Vancouver, which is Canada’s most beautiful city with mountains and the Pacific Ocean 2._____ (surround) it. There are many tall trees , some of 3.____ measure over 90 meters
Then they chose to take a train rather than a plane to travel from east to west . During the journey they managed to admire many things . When crossing the Rocky Mountains , they 4.______ (catch ) sight of some mountain goats, a bear and an eagle . They were amazed to find Canada so empty . Such a big country only has a population of5._____ (slight ) over thirty million !
完成句子（共5小题；每题2分，满分10分，错一空该题不得分））
1.我把这好消息告诉她，想使她高兴起来。
I tried to _____ her _____ by telling her the good news.
2.明天轮到汤姆值日。
It will be _____ Tom’s _____ to be on duty tomorrow.
3. 外面的噪音使我无法定下心来工作。
The noise outside stopped me _____ _____ to my work.
4.家长可以向老师询问孩子们的情况。
Parents can _____ the teachers _____ their children.
5. 既然你长大了，就不应该依靠你的父母了。
_____ _____ you have grown up , you should not rely on your parents.
单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（每空一词）
(用Book 3 单词表中的单词)
1.It has been ______( 确认) that he is the murderer.
2.The situation was more ______ (迷惑不解) than ever.
3.My kid ______ (聊天) on the phone with his friend for hours yesterday.
4.Fruit juices can be ______ ( 有害的) to children’s teeth.
5.He ______ (道歉) to her for not going to her party.
6.The new hospital will be of great ______ (好处，益处) to the town .
7.We’ll discuss both questions if time ______ ( 许可) .
8.His words are strongly ______ (使印象深刻) on my memory.
9.His heart is beating ______ (猛烈地) in his breast.
10.The ability to keep calm is one of her many ______ (长处)
We are often warned by our teacher not to waste precious time, because time _____ will never return. I think it quite _____. What does time look like? Nobody knows for we can’t see it or ____ it and no amount of money can ____ it. Time is abstract, so we have to ____ about it.
Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have ____ time to review all their lessons. It is because they don’t know how to make ____ of their time. They waste it in going to theatres, cinemas and parks, and doing ____ things. Why do we study every day? Why do we ____? Why do most people would rather ____ buses instead of walking? The ____ is very simple. We wish to save time because time is ____.
Today we are living in the 21st century. We look upon time as ____. When a person dies, his life ___. Since life is short, we must ____ our time and energy to our study so that we may be able to ____ the people well in the future. Laziness is the ____ of time, for it does not only bring us failure but also ____ us other harm. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, let us do it today and not ____ it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more ____ than money.
1.A. lost B. found C. expected D. made
2.A. false B. true C. abstract D. valuable
3.A. get B. have C. see D. touch
4.A. find B. buy C. sense D. realize
5.A. worry B. discuss C. advise D. think
6.A. enough B. little C. valuable D. useful
7.A. up B. light C. use D. fun
8.A. other B. another C. some D. any
9.A. drink B. eat C. think D. work
10.A. borrow B. get C. make D. take
11.A. question B. answer C. problem D. method
12.A. valueless B. precious C. endless D. fast
13.A. money B. life C. gold D. water
14.A. comes to B. begins C. ends D. lives
15.A. waste B. devote C. put D. value
16.A. ask B. remember C. save D. serve
17.A. friend B. maker C. mother D. thief
18.A. brings B. does C. takes D. sends
19.A. leave B. forget C. remain D. stay
20.A. useful B. cheap C. heavy D. valuable
