假如你是学生李华，请告诉你的好友Paul你的暑假计划----准备去中国的北方旅行，并告诉他原因。根据下面提示给Paul写一封信。
内容要点：
1.8月初乘火车；
2.了解当地风俗；
3.品尝美食，购买纪念品，认识朋友。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Paul,
_____________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。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，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。
I was reading an article in a book while I came across a word I didn’t know. “Dad, what is the meaning of the word?” My dad, as he usual did after work, was watching his most favorite show. “You have the dictionary, don’t you?” he shot back. He didn’t even look up my face. I went back my room, and there on my study table is that dictionary. I looked it up and found it’s exact meaning. Ten year have passed and I still use that dictionary, along with the lesson I received earlier in life from my old man: to be independent.
I had just visited my best friend in hospital with my mum, 1.hadn’t seen my friend since she’d gone into hospital six months earlier.
I knew where she was coming from as she was2.(grave) ill, but as I’d been visiting her every week I had stopped seeing the obvious; my friend3.(lose) most of her body weight and her hair was falling out, it wasn’t looking good.
After the visit I took my mum to the station4.(see) her off on her train; the mood was understandably bleak but I stayed positive as well you do, don’t you? I went to get 5. (we) some coffee and my mum some food for the journey. I misread the amount of my purchase and didn’t have enough money.
6.some reason, this was the straw that broke the camel’s back; I burst into uncontrollable7.(tear) as a massive queue was gathering behind me. A woman came up to me and offered to pay, putting an arm round my shoulder, no questions8.(ask).
I could barely say thank you through the confusion and the flood of emotion that was pumping through me 9. running off in embarrassment. After composing myself I ran round the station 10.(try)to find this kind lady to thank her properly but never did.
When my grandma fell ill just a few days before Christmas, I felt shocked and sad that she wasn’t going to be at able for Christmas with the people she loved around her. Mother said, “If she can’t come here for Christmas, we’ll take Christmas to her !” She was very _______when we all arrived at the ward with a lot of_______, full of bustle(喧闹)and chatter.
Afterwards, the idea for Secret Santa started to _______in me. The following year, I decided to put my thoughts into action and _______a request on Facebook and Twitter asking people to donate presents to those who were in hospital at Christmas. The _________was incredible.
The first year, in the week _______up to Christmas, I put on a red Santa’s hat and pushed a trolley(手推车) full of presents _______the hospital wards and the local children’s hospice(收容所) handing out some Christmas _______. I made sure those who weren’t _______ also received a present.
And, of course, the nurses and carers were________big boxes of Chocolates. I also took presents into care homes for the __________. Often it was just something little, but I think they were just ________to see a friendly face. It felt good doing something for other people.
________my grandma died last year, I was still determined to keep the ________running for a second year. This time I was overwhelmed(征服)by the response. There were twice as many presents__________as there were the previous year.
We’ll be________presents right up to the Christmas Eve before going to Midnight Mass(子夜弥撒), so it takes a lot of energy and time. But it’s ________ worth to see the looks on the children’s faces when they get their presents, and to see how happy the older folk are with a (n)________and a chat. I love being a real-life Santa Claus.
My grandma always told me Christmas was about giving, not________. “That’s the real spirit of Christmas!” she used to say. ________, I can pass on that message to others.
1.A. positive B. awkward C. greedy D. delighted
2.A. presents B. fruits C. flowers D. foods
3.A. mix B. push C. grow D. check
4.A. cut out B. put out C. make out D. leave out
5.A. honor B. response C. proof D. model
6.A. leading B. turning C. adding D. looking
7.A. beyond B. around C. under D. opposite
8.A. origin B. trust C. guide D. cheer
9.A. rich B. lonely C. well D. outgoing
10.A. treated B. devoted C. invited D. sent
11.A. young B. elderly C. deaf D. blind
12.A. curious B. pleased C. generous D. confused
13.A. Since B. Unless C. If D. Although
14.A. appeal B. fortune C. gesture D. identity
15.A. bought B. created C. donated D. used
16.A. decorating B. delivering C. wrapping D. carrying
17.A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than
18.A. report B. praise C. outcome D. visit
19.A. gathering B. misunderstanding C. receiving D. celebrating
20.A. Generally B. Appropriately C. Consequently D. Hopefully
Some Ways to Have an Amazing Day
Here are a few tips for making sure you can answer the pop quiz of life confidently:
Be kind.
1. How often do you stop to talk to the people you encounter every day? Do you know the names of the people at the bank, the grocery store, or restaurant? One great way to get more out of your day is to fill it with people you know. The best way to know more people is to be kind to everyone you meet. Take a moment to learn a little about them.
2.
I avoided saying “Stay Busy” because sometimes we can fill our day with meaningless activities and feel busy but then at the end of the day we look back and realize we accomplished nothing. A great way to stay productive is to look at the things you would like to accomplish today, this week, this month, etc. and then plan some time to work on each of them.
Look for ways to serve.
I truly believe that giving meaningful service to other people is the greatest key to our personal happiness. It may be just a smile and a “hello”. 3. It may be just a phone call to tell them “thank you for being a friend.” When we serve other people, we develop personal joy.
Find a purpose.
The happiest people have one or more big “life goals”. 4. When we have a big goal that we feel passionate about we become more excited to work on that goal every day.
5. When you give yourself the pop quiz at the end of the day, you will be ready to say you did everything you
could.
A. Keep learning new things
B. Make the most of every day
C. Stay productive all the time
D. Try to do more in your everyday life
E. It may be helping them with their work
F. It has been said that you can measure a person by how they treat the people who can do nothing for them
G. It may be to run a marathon, write a book, start a business, develop a product or learn a new hobby or profession.
Artificial intelligence keeps defeating human, it is making countless victories against human in different fields of life and trying to push human to the corner.
Google’s DeepMind has defeated the world’s number one player Ke Jie. Human brain somehow has been replaced by a machine and scientists are working very hard on developing a human brain by implanting a chip and connecting it to the thick neuron that connects the two hemispheres of the brain. Well, who doesn’t want to get his brain upgraded to be as smart as the brain of Albert Einstein or Charles Darwin?
Humans will probably one day invent a brain that can be implanted in the human skull and reprogram all the human thoughts, but this invention doesn’t seems to be happening in the foreseeable future since human brain took millions of years to evolve. Some scientists believe that human will defeat death in the next twenty hundred years but they can’t really predict how long it’s going to take to develop a human brain that can completely replace the natural brain.
Despite of this accomplishment in the field of artificial intelligence, it couldn’t crease people from believing that science can’t stand alone. For instance, AI can imitate human brain and most of the time outperforms it, but there are still a lot of hidden secrets. AI outsmarted Ke Jie has consciousness unlike the AI, Ke Jie felt sad when he was defeated and buried his face in his hands but the AI didn’t feel happy and celebrate his victory.
The computer of 1960 is the same as the computer of 2017 in terms of consciousness, there is no signs so far telling us that there is an algorithm(运算)that can make a conscious computer and decipher (译解) its feelings. We can predict what the future will look like according to the past, especially from scientific point of view but the development of human brain seems unpredictable and unknown.
1.What is the possible meaning of the underlined word “neuron” in Para. 2?
A. The tube through which blood flows in your brain.
B. The kind of cell that carries information.
C. The soft fatty substance in the hollow center of bones.
D. The bony part of one’s head which encloses his/her brain.
2.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. It took millions of years for human brain to evolve.
B. Humans wish to get their brains upgraded to be as smart as possible.
C. Humans will probably invent a brain that can reprogram all the human thoughts.
D. It is hard to develop a human brain that can completely replace the natural brain.
3.“Ke Jie felt sad when he was defeated” is mentioned in Para. 4 to ________.
A. show that the AI has no human emotions
B. explain that AlphaGo is virtually unbeatable in the board game
C. tell us the accomplishment in the field of artificial intelligence
D. analyze Ke Jie’s psychological characteristics when playing the game
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. World Top Go Player Ke Jie Challenges AlphaGo
B. AlphaGo Teaches To use AI To benefit Humans
C. Google AI Defeats Human Go Champion
D. AI Can Imitate Human Brain And Most Of the Time Outperforms It
