假定你是李华，你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登美国节日风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，要点如下：
1. 栏目介绍。
2. 稿件内容；
3. 稿件长度：约400词汇
4. 交稿日期：6月28日前天
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯的；3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
I'd like to ask you to write an article for our school’s English newspaper.
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。
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 can take No. 8 Bus to 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.
I’m look forward to meeting you soon.
Yours,
John
写出下列单词的适当形式
1.I play the piano for ______________.(放松)
2.He ___________ (惊恐) and ran as fast as he could to safety.
3.Mike___________ (与……相似) his mother in appearance while his personality follows his father’s.
4.She devoted herself entirely to her research and it earned her a good _____________ (名誉) in her field.
5.Everyone should keep discipline and you are no_____________(例外)．
6.Some parents are too protective. They want to___________ (庇护) their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
7.Now, even cars can _________________ (购买) on the Internet with just a few clicks of a mouse.
8.I’d prefer to ____________ (保留) my judgment until I find all the evidence.
9.The Great Wall is listed as one of the _____________(奇迹) of the world.
10.The audience was impressed by his amazing _______________(表演).
填入所给单词的适当形式
1.At times this balance of nature ___________ (disturb), which results in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
2. With his mind _____________ (focus) on the things not related to his studies, his marks have fallen rapidly.
3.When _____________(compare) with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.
4. Students should be encouraged_____________(present) their own opinions, whether right or wrong.
5. Walking along the river bank one day, I found a child ___________ (struggle) in the water.
6.The plan__________ (design) to encourage the employees to improve their work turned out to be a success.
7.The mobile phone _____________(guarantee) for at least five years, but it went wrong only one year later.
8. It’s high time someone ______________(protest) against human rights violations.
9.A sheep ___________ (feed) on this kind of special grass usually grows much faster than one on ordinary.
10.Some students have no idea of why they are studying, so they are _________ (aim) most of the time.
单句语法填空
1. Another new year is coming. It's up to all of us to fill it with things__________ promise progress and happiness.
2.Can Starbucks find a place in China, ________ tea has been the preferred drink for hundreds of years?
3.The World Wide Fund for wildlife is an organization ________ aim is to protect wildlife.
4.The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point ___________ he can walk correctly and safely.
5. _______________(suffer) such a heavy loss, the boss didn’t have the courage to go on with his business.
6.____________(ignore) the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.
7.Hot _______the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.
8.They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ____________ difficulty they might have.
9.What ______________ (require) in our team is that everyone should obey the rules to the letter.
10.When her mother came in, she ____________ (pretend) to have fallen asleep.
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。
World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It __1.___ (start) by the LitWorld. Org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries, ___2._ aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone __3._ (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write ___4._ (belong) to all people.
The website asks visitors to join in the movement to reduce the number of illiterate (不识字的) people in the world. It is ____5.__ (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, “It’s time to start by reading aloud to ___6.____ might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently __7._ someone else’s story as they share with you.” The United Nations says, “Literacy involves a variety of learning in ___8.__ (able) individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, _9.__ to participate fully in society.” In that way, World Read Aloud Day _10._ help make a difference.
