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文中共有10处错误, 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。
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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 Jim,
I am so exciting that you will come to China．I will free from December 18 and will have a plenty of time to be together with you．I'll meet you at the airport and then you will take Bus No．8 for my home．You worry about the weather here in your email．In fact, the weather here is quite different from it in your city. It isn't very cold, but you needn't bring many clothes with you. During your stay here, I'll take you to some places of interests and you can taste some local snacks．I am sure we will have greatly fun together.
Looking forward to meeting you soon.
John
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More and more middle school students are going to various training classes or having family teachers at weekends. There are two different viewpoints (观点) about it.
Some think it is necessary. First of all, it’s 1. (effective) to study with a teacher than 2. students themselves. Secondly, it can strengthen 3. is learned in class. Besides, they can learn a lot more. Others think it is 4. (necessary). For one thing, students can 5. (easy) form the habit of dependence. For 6. , students need to relax from time to time. What’s more, the purpose of many training classes and family teachers is 7. (make) money.
In my opinion, whether a training class or family teacher8. (need) just depends on yourself. If you are really very weak at or interested in 9. certain subject, maybe it’s OK for you. But be sure to choose a good and suitable class or family teacher, 10. it would be a waste of time and money.
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根据所给首字母, 汉语提示或语境写出符合句意的单词或词组, 每空一词。
1.Middle school students chase after entertainment icons (偶像). That might _____ _____ _____ （与...情况相同）somebody else but not of my desk-mate.
2.I was unable to answer the test questions r_________ the Civil War.
3.She said the terrible weather s_______ harvests in Western Africa that year.
4.Sugar gives quick r_______ to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment (营养).
5.It appears the blue bed-cover_______ _______ (与...形成对比) the yellow curtains.
6.The aged man o______ a quality position in the morning market and began to sell eggs.
7.He ___ ____ ___ (与...一样) Sam in appearance, but somehow looked a little taller.
8.Some of the President’s advisers feared Hitler might _____ _____ _____ (向...宣战) the USA.
9.D______ his lack of experience, he got the job.
10.____ ____ ____ (突然) there was a terrific bang and a flash of smoke.
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Horror seized the heart of the World War І soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. _________in a trench (战壕) with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant _________he might rush out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his_________ comrade back.
"You can _________ ," said the Lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may _________ your own life." The Lieutenant's words didn't _________ , and the soldier headed there anyway.
Amazingly he _________ to reach his friend, lifted him onto his shoulder, and brought him back to their company's trench. As the two of them rolled over together to the _________ of the trench, the officer _________ the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead, and you are seriously wounded.”
"It was worth it, _________ , sir," the soldier said.
"How do you mean 'worth it'?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead!"
"Yes sir," the private answered. "But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still _________ , and I had the _________ of hearing him say, 'Jim, I knew you'd come.'”
Many a time in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really _________ how you look at it. Take up all your _________ and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not_________ not doing it later in life.
1.A. OccupiedB. CaughtC. EmployedD. Lost
2.A. asB. ifC. untilD. when
3.A. unconsciousB. deadC. fallenD. stricken
4.A. leaveB. stayC. goD. fight
5.A. throw awayB. put awayC. call offD. take off
6.A. respondB. botherC. affectD. matter
7.A. attemptedB. meantC. tendedD. managed
8.A. bottomB. topC. edgeD. side
9.A. checkedB. researchedC. watchedD. glanced
10.A. thereforeB. moreoverC. thoughD. otherwise
11.A. awakeB. aliveC. injuredD. refreshed
12.A. pleasureB. satisfactionC. honorD. privilege
13.A. concentrates uponB. contributes toC. deals withD. counts on
14.A. courageB. loveC. mindD. inspiration
15.A. forgetB. rememberC. regretD. admit
七选五
1. . Still, all flavors are based on just four basic tastes: sweet, bitter, salty, and sour. Some food experts argue there is a fifth basic taste called umami（a Japanese word that can be translated roughly as "tasty" or "savory"）, but this theory remains controversial. 2.
How can so few basic tastes give rise to the enormous number of flavors we experience? 3. Compare this to colors. There are only three basic colors—yellow, red, and blue—but when mixed in different ways and proportions, these three basic colors are sufficient to create the vast array of colors that we see every day.
Apart from being influenced by different combinations of the basic tastes, the experience of taste is also enriched by other sensations, such as odor (气味) and temperature. These functions together produce what we recognize as unique tastes. In fact, what we perceive as taste often involves smell more than the taste experienced through the tongue. 4. For example, cinnamon tastes quite mild to people who cannot enjoy its fragrant smell. The same is true of drinks, like hot coffee or tea, which taste best when they can be smelled and tasted.
5. The reason why hot, spicy foods like chili peppers are tasty is that they affect the lingual nociceptors. Nociceptors are small areas on the surface of the body that help protect us against injury. Nociceptors on the skin warn us of potential damage to the body. When we are pricked with a needle, for example, nociceptors represent that sensation as pain. A special kind of nociceptor called a lingual nociceptor is found on the tongue and, along with the other senses, helps us enjoy certain foods.
A. These are basic tastes that we are familiar with.
B. This is possible because the basic tastes combine in different proportions.
C. Each food we eat tastes different, and there are untold numbers of different tastes.
D. This is why foods with strong tastes often seem unattractive to people who, due to a stuffy nose, cannot smell them.
E. What can also contribute to the sensation of taste is our ability to feel pain.
F. So there are a small number of basic tastes that affect a big number of flavors.
G. Regardless of whether there are four or five basic tastes, the number is small.
A few days ago, I was sitting in a Thai restaurant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadn’t spoken to in a long time. In my enthusiasm and excitement, I talked quite louder than usual voice and in Spanish, my mother tongue.
A few minutes into the call, an old lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly offended, and asked the restaurant staff to relocate (重新安排) a table as far away as possible from this man who seemed to be impolite.
I sank in my seat out of embarrassment. I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to apologize. Before getting up, I looked around to see where she was and she was at the table farthest away from me. I noticed that the lady was alone and staring out the window. I found a tinge (气息) of sadness or anxiety and perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace. But I had obviously destroyed it minutes earlier.
Right then I abandoned my plan for a conventional apologetic gesture. Seeing those funny smile cards in my wallet, I took one out and wrote some words to express my apology. On signing my restaurant bill, I asked a waiter to secretly charge the lady’s meal to me and hand her the smile card instead of her bill.
Did she take it the wrong way, I wondered? Did she get confused? Did she refuse the anonymous (匿名的) offer? And so on. I just waited and felt nervous to learn the outcome. To my pleasant surprise, things turned out the best possible way.
The waiter approached me in a joy, telling me, “In the many times she had dined here before, I had never seen the old lady smile as she did when receiving the smile card and the $0 bill. She thanked me even though I explained that someone else did the job.”
1.The old lady changed her seat mainly because of __________.
A. her private phone call
B. the author’s loud voice
C. the views out of the window
D. the restaurant staff’s mistake
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. The author didn’t stop talking though he felt embarrassed.
B. The author went up to the old lady and apologized to her.
C. The old lady just moved to the farthest table to see outside.
D. The lady didn’t have a nice mood and liked to stay alone.
3.Feeling sorry, the author offered the old lady the following EXCEPT __________.
A. an apologetic gesture
B. a smile card
C. a free meal
D. some written words to apologize
4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A. A Misunderstanding Caused by Different Cultures
B. An Unpleasant Experience in Thailand
C. A Smile Card for a Sincere Apology
D. An Old Lady Who Never Smiles
