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假如你是中学生李华，你的外教John 想推荐你去参加一次以环保为主题的英语演讲比赛，但是最近你母亲生病了，需要你照顾，所以你不得不谢绝。但是你向他推荐了你的好朋友张明参加。请根据以下要点给John写一封信，说明情况：
1.谢绝John的推荐；2.说明你的理由；3.推荐张明参加并说明原因。
注意：
1. 词数120左右（新的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your recommendation. ___________________________________
短文改错
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11处起）不计分。
After school, I was about to enter into my apartment when I saw a little dirty dog lie beside the dustbin. He looked extremely weak. Immediately the homeless dog filled me of sympathy. So I decided to take him home. I gave him some food and a bath. After the bath he looked energy and refreshed. What a lovely dog!
When my parents got home, I asked that I could keep the dog. To my surprised and joy, they agreed. Up to now, he has become member of our family and everyone had enjoyed his company.
Looked at the cute, happy dog today, I realize that I was right to help him. I offered him a shelter but he has brought ourselves great happiness and laughter.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mary：I 1. (tell) that you've just been back from the USA．Will you tell me something about 2. the students there spend their summer vacation?
Jack：OK, In the United States, summer is the season of swimming pools, barbecues, camping and road trips．Road trip vacations are 3. (particular) popular with college students, and 4. like to explore the country on wheels． 5. best part about car trips is that you can stop and explore if you are 6. (interest) in things you see along the way. And you don't have to plan 7. advance．You can just get into a car and drive．
Mary：What about the expense?
Jack：Even with high gas prices, driving with friends is 8. (cheap) than flying．
Mary：But what can one do 9. he or she doesn't have a car?
Jack：Though many college students don't own a car, most have access to one. I once used a 10. (borrow) car traveling from New York to New Orleans．
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I had not seen my parents for a long time. Last Saturday I drove a long way to visit them, ____ neither of them was at home. So I waited patiently at their home ____ their return. Not seeing them made me really____ .
As I was walking around their bedroom, I ____ little reminders of them. Some Christmas gifts were still ____in boxes. There were ____ on the wall, which I guess must have a ____ meaning to them. What took my breath away was seeing my dad’s emblems（徽章）from his military service of our country ____ he was young. My father never____ to us about the Korean Wars. As I looked at those emblems hanging ____ with all the photos that he treasures, I ____ that this was an important 
part of his life, but I never spent the ____ in talking with him about them. The photos of my mom with her close ____ made me realize her life before she was my mom. I had been so____ running my business to raise my own family that I ____ the chance to know about their past and experience.
We sometimes don’t realize something is ____ for us until we have lost it, so it’s not too late for us to talk to our parents about their past. I am writing my story to____ everyone who is fortunate to still have their parents____ to invest some time to learn about them. I am grateful to have ____ of my parents. So I still have time to talk with them. I hope that readers will ____ from my story and find the time to talk about those things in their life that mean so much to their parents.
1.A．andB．butC．orD．so
2.A．forB．toC．ofD．in
3.A．frightenedB．embarrassedC．upsetD．excited
4.A．soughtB．tookC．neededD．saw
5.A．keptB．foldedC．hiddenD．covered
6.A．Santa ClausB．family treesC．family photosD．old clothes
7.A．simpleB．realC．pastD．special
8.A．ifB．whenC．thoughD．until
9.A．talkedB．explainedC．showedD．referred
10.A．finallyB．clearlyC．proudlyD．openly
11.A．promisedB．declaredC．admittedD．realized
12.A．courageB．timeC．chanceD．energy
13.A．friendsB．teachersC．studentsD．children
14.A．strictB．eagerC．busyD．blind
15.A．rejectedB．avoidedC．delayedD．missed
16.A．hopefulB．importantC．carefulD．original
17.A．encourageB．demandC． requireD．warn
18.A．awayB．awakeC．aroundD．alone
19.A．oneB．neitherC．eitherD．both
20.A．makeB．benefitC．changeD．recover
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。
A lot of people live their lives having no
clue what they want. If you ask me, I’d like to point out that you have only one life.____ 1.___You should start right now!
If you don’t want to spend your life wandering aimlessly, you can use the following four tips to find out exactly what you want in life.
1.Regret nothing
It’s your life. It’s time for you to live it exactly the way you want to. If you constantly regret things you did or didn’t do in the past, then you won’t be able to move forward. Don’t live in the past. __2.___
2. Figure out what you need
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what you need. ___3.___ Is it your family? The freedom to express yourself?Love?Financial security?Something else? If it helps, you can make a list of priorities. Also think about the kind of legacy (遗产)you want to leave behind.
3. Let people around you know what you’re trying to achieve
___4.___Voice them all out! If you tell people what you’re trying to accomplish, they will most likely support you and give you new ideas.
4. Stay positive.
Life doesn’t always go the way you want it. Don’t feel discouraged as your plans stray(偏离). Take control. ___5.___You will get there someday. You’re just taking a little detour. Sometimes a positive attitude is all you need to keep going.
A. Live in the present and the future!
B. Don’t keep your goals and desires to yourself.
C. Sit down and think about what you need the most.
D. Instead of going crazy, try your best to deal with the changes.
E. Setting a goal can help you experience everything you want in life.
F. You should get the most out of it and do things that make you happy.
G. Once you find the thing that makes you happy the most, you will have a clear idea of what you should strive for.
Want to live longer? Win an Oscar.
A new study says that actors who received the award earn more than larger paych
ecks.
So when 94-year-old Katharine Hepburn once remarked that she was respected internationally “like an old building”, she had no idea that her four Oscars directly influenced her longevity(长寿).
The study says winning actors will live 3.9 years longer than their losing counterparts (对手). Actors who have won more than once, like Hepburn, live up to six years longer than those who were nominated (提名) but never won.
“We found that they died from the same things we all die from—cancer, heart disease, but they fought them a bit longer and diseases came a bit later,” says Dr. Donald Redelmeier, the leading author of the study. Redelmeier says the sense of success and satisfaction makes one’s soul become more full of life.
“We are not saying that you will live longer if you win an Oscar,” explains Redelmeier, “or that people should go out and take acting courses. Our main conclusion is simply that social factors are important.” The study’s implied conclusion, he says, is that doctors should ask about their patients’ personal feelings because mental well-being is related to physical health.
Redelmeier says he got the idea for the study when he watched a glowing Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar in 1999 for her role in Shakespeare in Love. Redelmeier says, “She looked more full of life than anyone I had seen.”
“We found, too, those that had multi-nominations and no win had the same life expectancy as those with just a single nomination and no win,” Redelmeier adds.
1.The longevity of Oscar winners mainly has something to do with___________.
A. the big money that was awarded
B. mental factors
C. rich and colorful lives
D. respect from others and better treatment
2.Tom had five Oscar nominations but win no Oscar and Peter had only one nomination and won no Oscar either. We can tell__________.
A. Tom probably will have a longer life than Peter.
B. Peter probably will have a longer life than Tom
C. Both Tom and Peter probably will have the same life expectancy
D. Both Tom and Peter probably will have a long life.
3.According to the passage, we know __________.
A. When Katharine Hepburn was 94, she knew her long life had something to do with her 4 Oscar prizes
B. In general the number of Oscar prizes has nothing to do with a person’s life expectancy.
C. That Gwyneth Paltrow’s full of life made Redelmeier decide to do the study.
D. If you want to live a happy and long 
life, you should take acting courses and win Oscars.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Most Oscar Winners Live Longer Lives
B. How to Get a Long Life
C. A New Study about Long Lives
D. An Amazing Finding
