1.我昨天收到了纽约的姐姐的来信。
I ________ _________ my sister in New York yesterday.
2.患难之交才是真朋友。
A friend ________ ________ is a friend indeed.
3.I’m sure that you will p_________ __________（参加）the basketball match.
4.Our leader called on everyone to ___________ (捐赠) money to the victims in the earthquake-hit area.
5.Gone are the days when HongKong was ____________ (统治) by Britain.
6.The students from Senior 3 ____________ (占用) most of the seats in the library.
7.They had enough money to live in ____________ (舒服) in their old age.
你校校报的英语专栏正在开展以“健康的生活方式”为主题的英语征文活动，你打算参加。请根据以下提示信息写一篇英语短文。
1. 营养均衡的膳食； 2. 经常参加体育锻炼； 3. 乐观的人生态度。
注意：1.字数100左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
All of us want to live a healthy life. The following are some useful tips.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，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：把缺词处叫个娄子符号（∧），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。
We took a 20 - kilometer hike last Friday. Early in the morning, we get together and set out on foot. We all carried backpacks with water and food. Upon arrival, we were impressing with the impressive scenery and had a great time. Gradual, we started to sweat a lot. Some of us became out of the breath and some fell behind, but we encouraged each other to keep going. Suddenly one of my classmate fell down. All of us ran up to help her, forget about our own tiredness. We finally managed to walk school. We were such pleased and proud.
What a unforgettable experience! It’s a journey of hard work and challenge, in that we’ve learned to be more determined and strong-minded.
Tower bridge is one of London’s most striking attractions that you shouldn't miss when 1.（visit）the capital. This extremely attractive and impressive piece of Victorian architecture dates back to the late 1880s, and until the mid -1970s the main bridge 2. (operate) by a steam engine.
Today tower bridge is a splendid landmark typical of London, surrounded by cafes and bars 3. tourists and locals alike can sit and enjoy the 4. (beauty ) bridge , which
looks like two small castles hovering over the Thames, just like something out of a fairy tale.
It is free to admire Tower Bridge and walk on it at any time; it’s striking to look at during the day and magical when 5. (light ) up at night, so don’t miss out on this wonderful scene !
If you would like 6.(step) inside the towers of the famous bridge , you can book Tower Bridge Exhibition tickets. During the exhibition , you can visit the famed engine rooms and impressive towers and find 7. how the bridge came into 8.(exist) through the digital displays and animations(动画片). You can also pay 9.visit to the glass room of Tower Bridge on the high-level walkways. There 10. (be) even yoga classes available on the glass floor of Tower Bridge.
In 2005, I had a stroke and was taken into hospital. I was paralyzed down one side, with only a pad and a pen to ______ . But on my first day, after writing a note to the nurse, I found my right _______ wandering across the page. It was so ______ because I just copied a cartoon as a child, and I hadn’t drawn since then. The act was ______; ______ when a nurse asked me what I was doing did I look down to see patterns all over the paper.
From then on I woke up every night at 2 a.m. And kept drawing until dawn. It didn’t feel _______. I’d never drawn before in my life but now couldn’t _______.
The _______explained that very occasionally, following a stroke, a patient’s brain rewired itself to avoid the damaged area. Sometimes this can ______ a new ability in a patient: in my case, _______.
I’d never had the ______ interest in art in my life. I was an engineer by trade, and now, ______, memories and thoughts appeared to me as abstract ______ . It was just something that happened. Drawing had become like breathing: something I did instinctively and without _______.
In 2007, I heard about Second Life, the online virtual world. Inside, I _______art galleries selling digital art for real ______ and I decided to ______ my work for the first time. Two months later, someone ______ me saying he had bought two of my pictures online and wanted one in real life.
Now I’m a ______ artist—in my first year I’ve earned around ￡30,000. I’ve been featured in some art exhibitions, ______ many of my pictures appeared on the cover.
1.A. remember B. touch C. communicate D. grasp
2.A. leg B. arm C. foot D. hand
3.A. annoying B. comfortable C. boring D. strange
4.A. unconscious B. powerful C. useless D. stable
5.A. merely B. only C. just D. hardly
6.A. valuable B. normal C. complicated D. fascinating
7.A. ignore B. stand C. insist D. stop
8.A. artist B. scientist C. actor D. doctor
9.A. forbid B. adjust C. expose D. arrange
10.A. drawing B. writing C. singing D. thinking
11.A. deepest B. slightest C. strongest D. hardest
12.A. actually B. fluently C. logically D. suddenly
13.A. images B. ideas C. methods D. affairs
14.A. change B. style C. choice D. reaction
15.A. suggested B. enjoyed C. avoided D. discovered
16.A. money B. life C. interest D. program
17.A. show B. buy C. quit D. record
18.A. commanded B. praised C. contacted D. impressed
19.A. gifted B. hard-working C. professional D. wealthy
20.A. so B. but C. while D. through
Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basis, there’s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.
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The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don’t worry; this happens to all.
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The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice, Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slope every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort.
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Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed．While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling(滑浆), that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke(滑动)．Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process．Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling．Now, try the same thing using the other foot．Again keep doing this till you are confident enough．
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Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed．Try some of your own tricks now．Scull with either foot or with both at the same time．
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While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other．You can do that simultaneously with both feet．Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going．If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone．
A. Find Another to Practise with You
B. Increase Your Speed Now
C. Gain Your Courage
D. Stand Straight
E. Maintain Speed
F. Scull and Be Aware
G. Confidence is What You Need
