假定你是高三学生李华。你作为交换生要到英国学习，你的好友Peter要去机场接你，却因天降大雪，航班取消。请你给Peter写一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1. 说明原因；
2. 另约时间；
3. 表达感谢。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
On my way home from school last Friday, I saw a little dog looking hopelessly on the sidewalk. I was held it firmly up in my arms, took it home and feed some milk to it. However, my mom was unwilling to keep them, saying there was enough pets for us, two cats and a dog. I begged my mom not to let it go. Finally, we agreed that it would be deciding by my dad, whom didn’t return home from work. Just then the girl and her dad drove near, searching for their lost pets. When they thanked us caring the dog, I felt very happy.
Isn’t it amazing how you never have to water your weeds or nurture (培育) them and they still give you an unwanted crop?
I can remember as a young boy my grandfather showed me how to ____ this annoying weed called Bermuda grass. It was ____ stuff and it would really ____ if you didn’t get it out by the ____.
When my wife and I bought our first home about 8 years ago, what I had to deal with this is this certain part weeds ____ to the Bermuda grass, which would also spread wildly.
After getting the inside of our home ____, it was time to work on the outside. On my hands and knees I ____— attacked the weeds with a small hand spade getting each one ____ by the roots.
Just this Spring I realized that one particular weed was no longer ____ but another one was in full ____. So again, I got down on my hands and knees and got to work ____ them from my yard. When I was ____, my yard was better off.
Sometimes our life can be so similar. We all have weeds in our life. These weeds can be challenges, setbacks, or ____ beliefs, and the list can be ____.
When dealing with these weeds of ____, the ____ is to get to the root of them and remove them one by one out and eventually you will ____ this round. And when another crop of weeds ____, deal with them directly ____ they spread, because now that you know what to do with them by getting to the root of it, it will give you more courage and ____ the next time a problem arises up.
1.A. eat up B. dig up C. break up D. put up
2.A. powerful B. poisonous C. sensitive D. terrible
3.A. spread B. succeed C. withdraw D. compromise
4.A. leaves B. hands C. spades D. roots
5.A. attractive B. similar C. fundamental D. unknown
6.A. counted B. mended C. appreciated D. settled
7.A. energetically B. unsuccessfully C. curiously D. thankfully
8.A. inside B. out C. off D. across
9.A. useful B. dynamic C. different D. common
10.A. force B. length C. detail D. vain
11.A. collecting B. attending C. ridding D. distinguishing
12.A. worn-out B. accustomed C. finished D. introduced
13.A. familiar B. religious C. past D. negative
14.A. reasonable B. endless C. normal D. uncertain
15.A. life B. school C. house D. factory
16.A. progress B. solution C. disadvantage D. permission
17.A. interrupt B. memorize C. conquer D. recognize
18.A. shows up B. shows off C. takes up D. takes
19.A. unless B. even if C. before D. so that
20.A. impression B. motivation C. wisdom D. satisfaction
When it comes to the end of daylight savings time (DST), trying to remember how reset the time on the microwave might be the least of our worries. According to a review, a one-hour shift in your sleep cycle can affect you for up to a week. People are more likely to have trouble falling asleep, wake up more frequently throughout the night and wake up earlier than normal for up to seven days after daylight savings time starts. 1. Here’s how to battle the effects of DST.
● Dim the lights and your device
Light can inhibit the production of melatonin, a natural hormone that is associated with sleep onset. When we stare at the screen of a phone or television, or even read next to too bright a light, 2. Try dimming the lights and turning off your device at least thirty minutes before bed.
● Turn down the thermostat (恒温器)
When we sleep, our body temperature drops, reaching our lowest level at around 5 a.m. If the air in our bedroom is too warm, 3. The National Sleep Foundation says the ideal sleeping temperature is around 18 degrees Celsius. Experiment with what temperature range is best for you.
● 4.
According to researchers, there’s no bad time to exercise when it comes to improving your sleep. As long as you fit in physical exercise and, most importantly, stay consistent with it, you are less likely to have sleep problems. On the flip side, there is a good and a bad time for food. 5. Additionally, it’s best to avoid spicy (辛辣的) foods and caffeine before bedtime.
A. Exercise often and eat early.
B. Develop a bedtime routine.
C. But that doesn’t have to be you!
D. hat can interfere with our natural sleep cycle.
E. we essentially force our body into staying awake.
F. Eating too late in the day is a main cause of restlessness.
G. it only takes five minutes to put the temperature down.
While there are a few ways to make use of your old smartphone, one of the better ways is to convert into a dash cam (行车记录仪) that you can use on your bicycle. With the camera, you can record your rides, which is especially helpful if you are involved in a crash with another vehicle.
To use your smartphone as a dash cam on your bike, you will need to make sure it is properly secured to your bike. To do this correctly, you must take two strips of heavy-duty Velcro (a kind of cloth used as fastening) along with two pipe Clamps (管夹) and a flat corner brace (角撑) to properly attach it. You will start by attaching the comer brace to your smartphone.
Next, attach a Velcro strip to your phoned back. You will put the second strip on the end of the brace comer and cut any extra Velcro off and away from the brace. By using heavy-duty Velcro, you shouldn’t have to worry about the camera brace must be attached to the bicycle directly.
Take two pipe clamps so you can attach the part of the corner brace so the phone can be held up and used. The pipe clamps must be positioned near the center of the handlebar, which will enable you to get a better picture when videotaping.
To run a dash cam app on your old phone, you will just need to download a dash cam app onto the old phone. You will then just start the app at any time you head out on the road. There is always the chance of flaws, but you will be giving yourself a way to protect yourself in a friendly, eco-friendly manner that is much less expensive than purchasing a dash cam.
1.What is the purpose of building a dash cam on your bike?
A. To make full use of an old smartphone.
B. To record the scenery while travelling.
C. To reduce an unexpected crash on the road.
D. To avoid unnecessary arguments in an accident.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The bike. B. The pipe clamp.
C. The smartphone. D. The flat comer brace.
3.What can we learn about a Velcro strip?
A. It will fix the camera firmly.
B. It is better to keep it as long as possible.
C. It is important for the flat comer brace.
D. It is best put in the center of the smartphone.
4.What can be inferred about the DIY dash cam from the last paragraph?
A. It is a perfect alternative to a purchased one.
B. It is beneficial to environment in some way.
C. It is a much more demanding job for the user.
D. It makes its owner friendly to other people.
An autonomous vehicle designed for making local commerce deliveries was unveiled by Nuro. The vehicle is about the height of an SW but far narrower than a typical car. The electric car features four exterior compartments (暗格) — two on each side — to hold separate deliveries. Each compartment can be tailored to a specific use, such as cooking a pizza or refrigerating a package.
“We can use self-driving technology to deliver anything, anytime, anywhere for basically all local goods and services,” Nuro co-founder Dave Ferguson said. “Consumers used to be okay with two-week paid shipping. It became two-week free delivery, followed by one week, two days, and the same day. Now same-day delivery isn’t fast enough for some customers.”
Nuro isn’t alone in building robots for local commerce deliveries. Earlier this month, Toyota, a Japanese car company, unveiled a concept vehicle that could be used for package delivery. A handful of startups — including Starship Technologies, Marble and Dispatch — are testing small robots for deliveries on sidewalks.
Nuro’s vehicle will likely face legal hurdles. Fully autonomous vehicles without a test driver aren’t legal in California today, and many companies have shifted testing to states where regulators are more welcoming of autonomous vehicles, such as Arizona.
Nuro expects to face fewer challenges because it doesn’t carry passengers. Nuro’s narrow size may also be helpful when navigating streets and avoiding pedestrians. The vehicle isn’t equipped with any special features to communicate with pedestrians or other road users. Some companies have tested and patented solutions such as digital screens that signal the car’s next move. Ferguson said his team conducted studies and found that such techniques could confuse people. Nuro believes ifs better to make sure the car performs predictably, so that human drivers know what to expect from it.
“We feel by creating this new technology that’s going to enable this last mile delivery, we’re going to be creating new markets and doing things that previously weren’t possible,” Ferguson said. “This is not swapping out Jobs with robots. It’s creating new markets. There will definitely be new employment opportunities.”
1.What is the main characteristic of the Nuro’s self-driving vehicle?
A. It can cook delicious meals for customers.
B. It is a pioneer in the field of self-driving vehicles.
C. It is fur narrower and higher than other autonomous ones.
D. Its deliveries can be transported in the special compartment.
2.Which can best replace the underlined word “hurdles” in Paragraph 4?
A. Breakthrough. B. Dilemma.
C. Restriction. D. Protection.
3.Why is the Nuro’s vehicle not equipped with communicating features?
A. Its digital screens often break down.
B. People may be puzzled at the features.
C. The features have not been developed.
D. Its performance is usually hard to predict.
4.What can we infer about Ferguson’s opinion on this new technology?
A. Beneficial. B. Challenging.
C. Controversial. D. Ambiguous.
