假如你是新华中学的学生李华，不慎遗失校图书馆的书籍Adventurers in Desert, 对此深表歉意。请根据以下要点给校图书馆写一封电子邮件。
1.表示歉意。
2.给予解释。
3.你的打算。
注意：
1、词数100左右；
2、适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、格式已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Not only do our parents give life, but also gave us endless love and support. I’m very grateful to my parents. They give me so many love and spare no effort to support me. Once I was seriously ill, they were so worried and almost were kept me company the whole night. Now I’m in Senior 3. Luckily for myself, my parents can understand my stressful condition and often communicate with me with encouraged words. However, they give me enough personal space, that I appreciate so much. What I should do now is to study hardly. When I grow up, I will try my best make my parents live the very happy life.
What would you do if you failed? Many people choose to give up. 1., the most effective way to succeed is 2.(keep) your direction and stick to your goal. On your way to success, you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp guiding you in 3.(dark). It helps you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise you will4. (easy) get lost or hesitate to go ahead. Having direction 5.(mean) having a goal. You can get nowhere6.it in life. You can try to make practical plans to achieve it, with your plan and the steps 7.(write) on paper. In this way you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. You can also share your goal with your friends and family members. Whenever you feel like 8.(quit), they may offer you some9.(spirit) support to keep you going. Most importantly, you should always hold the belief 10.you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.
It was the last day of final examination in a large Eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors_______, discussing the exam due to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was_______. This was their last exam—then on to graduation ceremony and _______. Some talked of jobs they already had; others _______jobs they would get. With all this assurance of four years of college, they felt ready and able to _______the world. The approaching exam, they knew, would be quite _______. The professor had said they could bring any books or notes they wanted, _______only that they should not talk to each other during the test. Then they filed into the classroom. The professor _______the papers. And smiles _______their faces as the students noted there were only five essay-type questions. However, when the professor began to collect the papers three hours later, the students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened ________. No one spoke as, ________ in hand, the professor faced the class.
He surveyed the worried faces before him, then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” Not a hand was ________. “How many answered four?” Still no hands. “Three? Two?” The students shifted ________in their seats. “One, then? Certainly ________finished one.” But the class remained ________. The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I________,” he said, “and I just want you to________ that. These questions you could not answer are relatively________in everyday practice.” “Then,” smiling, he added, “you will all________this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education has just________.” The years have obscured(模糊)the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
1.A. united B. gathered C. surrounded D. played
2.A. doubt B. confidence C. anxiety D. satisfaction
3.A. study B. rest C. exams D. jobs
4.A. of B. for C. at D. to
5.A. defeat B. conquer C. crash D. fight
6.A. tough B. confusing C. easy D. exciting
7.A. requesting B. expecting C. forbidding D. asking
8.A. gave out B. turned away C. brought in D. prepared for
9.A. improved B. lit C. changed D. broadened
10.A. smile B. expression C. color D. sense
11.A. books B. papers C. pens D. lists
12.A. presented B. discovered C. raised D. noted
13.A. carelessly B. restlessly C. hopelessly D. eagerly
14.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
15.A. calm B. silent C. disappointed D. worried
16.A. put B. throw C. expected D. strike
17.A. know B. school C. knowledge D. exercise
18.A. abstract B. popular C. common D. complex
19.A. fail B. lose C. attend D. pass
20.A. begun B. completed C. advanced D. succeeded
How to Write an Effective Summary
The goal of writing a summary of an article, a chapter, or a book is to offer as accurately as possible the full sense of the original, but in a more condensed(缩减的) form. A summary restates the author’s main point, purpose, intent, and supporting details in your own words.1.
Read the passage carefully.
Determine its structure. Identify the author’s purpose in writing. After you finish reading, write down in one sentence the point that is made about the subject. 2.
Reread, label and underline.
Once you clearly understand the writer’s major point(or purpose) for writing, read the article again, underline the major points supporting the thesis. 3. In addition, underline key transitional(过渡的) elements which show how parts are connected. Omit specific details, examples, description, and unnecessary explanations.
Write, revise and edit
Now begin writing your summary. 4.Then write your summary, omitting nothing important, eliminating repetition, disregarding minor details, or generalizing them, using as few words as possible to convey the main ideas and striving for overall coherence through appropriate transitions. Conclude with a final statement reflecting the significance of the article.
Revise your summary. After you’ve completed a draft, read your summary and check for accuracy. Keep in mind that a summary should generally be no more than one-fourth the length of the original.
5.Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors, looking particularly for those common in your writing. Write a clean draft and proofread for copying errors.
A. Edit your summary.
B. Do not insert your own opinions or thoughts.
C. A suitable thesis may already be in the original passage.
D. Writing an effective summary requires you to focus on the series of steps.
E. These should be words or phrases here and there rather than complete sentences.
F. In other words, write down a thesis statement which expresses the central idea.
G. Start with a sentence naming the writer and article title and stating the essay’s main idea.
He wrote that the “human mind is capable of excitement without the application of unpleasant and violent stimulants(兴奋剂，刺激物)”. And it appears that simply reading these words by William Wordsworth proves his point.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and the like had a beneficial effect on the mind, making it active and excited by catching the reader’s attention and leading to moments of self-reflection.
Using scanners, they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their original form and in a modern translation. And, according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more challenging writing and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the simple readings.
The research also found poetry, in particular, increased activity in the right brain, an area concerned with “autobiographical memory”, which helped the reader to reflect on their own experiences in light of what they had read. The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.
The brain responses of 30 volunteers were monitored in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in its original and modern form. In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the simpler, “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged”. Shakespeare's use of the adjective “mad” as a verb caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward translation.
The next part of the research is looking at the extent to which poetry can affect psychology and provide benefit, Volunteers’ brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “translate” lines were also provided. The result showed that the first version caused a greater degree of brain activity.
“Poetry is not just a matter of style. It is a matter of deep versions of experience that add the emotional and biographical to the cognitive(认知的),” said Professor Davis, leader of the researchers.
1.The words by William Wordsworth in Paragraph 1 are used to ________.
A. prove the poet’s point B. introduce the topic
C. serve as an example D. stress the importance of reading
2.What is the beneficial effect of reading classics on the mind?
A. It activates the reader’s mind B. It reflects the reader’s experience
C. It catches the reader’s attention D. It monitors the reader’s brain activity
3.What method is mainly used in the experiment?
A. Comparing responses. B. Analyzing data.
C. Observing activities. D. Testing ability.
4.According to Professor Davis, poetry can affect the mind mainly because of ________.
A. its style B. its meaning C. its depth D. its writer
