假定你是李华，你校英国交换生Thompson邀请你去参观美术展览，但你已经看过。现在你邀请他参观另一个展览。内容包括：
1. 说明不去的理由；
2. 邀请他参加因特网科技展览；
3. 参观时间地点。
注意： 1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
My mother loves planting vegetables or she couldn’t do it without some land. Last month she bought the tiny piece of land for a peasant, who used to plant fruits and vegetables. Now he has divided his land into piece for sale, providing water for each piece of land. So it is very convenient grow vegetables. He also directs people how to farm.
My mother has already planted several vegetables. Various seeds came out, health and fast. I also love my mother’s garden. I often work with Mom, planting, watered and weeding, which bring much pleasure to us. We are sure to have safe vegetables to eat them this year.
Joris Hutchison, 10 years old, of Seattle, has worked hard all year to save cheetahs（猎豹）from the very real threat of extinction. He has raised more than $14,000 to purchase GPS devices, 1. follow and protect the animals. He earns money by selling lemonade, flowers and T-shirts, and by 2.(organize) skating parties and a garage sale. What moved the public 3.(be) that Joris donated all that he raised to a wildlife conservation organization and shelter in Namibia where he and his mother have volunteered for 4. past three summers.
As the group’s 5.(young) of all the volunteers, Joris prepares food, cleans enclosures（围场）, and creates improvement 6.(item) for the cheetahs that live there, all of whom 7.(injure) or raised by human beings in the past. The shelter protects cheetahs in the wild by convincing farmers not 8.(shoot) the animals and instead, to allow the ones accused 9. killing farm animals to be fixed with GPS devices. “I’ve learned that everyone can make a 10.(different), even if you’re just a kid!” Joris told Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. “You just have to start somewhere.”
Recently I was shopping in the local Walmart. There I _________ a former coworker. We started _________ about old times when we worked together at the store. Looking at her I could _________ that she was not in the best of health so I asked, “When are you going to _________?” She told me with tears in her eyes that she had _________ retired but had to come back to _________ because she couldn’t make ends meet with her retirement _________. I told her how sorry I was and left the store.
A week later, I was _________ to have a little extra cash and I was looking for someone to _________ it with. It wasn’t a ton of money __________ it was more than what I had and I wanted to show my __________ by giving a bit of it to someone else. I was __________ at Walmart again and I noticed the same __________ I had talked to a week earlier.
As soon as I __________ her I thought she could be one of the people I share my blessing with. I walked up to her. I __________ her by name and asked her, “If 1 __________ you something, will you keep it and not try to give it back?” She __________ at me, puzzled and said yes. At the same __________ I reached in my pocket and pulled out a $100 bill and put it in her hand. When she saw what it was she looked __________ and asked “Why me?” I saw her tears rolling down her face.
I walked away because I __________ myself about to cry.
1.A. ran into B. turned to C. cared about D. suffered from
2.A. complaining B. talking C. quarrelling D. thinking
3.A. debate B. doubt C. sense D. consider
4.A. retire B. change C. leave D. improve
5.A. exactly B. honestly C. hardly D. actually
6.A. wait B. work C. escape D. survive
7.A. time B. offer C. cost D. income
8.A. fancy B. certain C. confident D. fortunate
9.A. share B. keep C. count D. waste
10.A. for B. and C. so D. but
11.A. savings B. possession C. blessing D. congratulations
12.A. wandering B. resting C. shopping D. applying
13.A. stranger B. lady C. saleswoman D. customer
14.A. saw B. judged C. ignored D. encouraged
15.A. praised B. called C. introduced D. reminded
16.A. give B. return C. show D. borrow
17.A. glared B. looked C. shouted D. laughed
18.A. hour B. day C. store D. moment
19.A. terrified B. entertained C. shocked D. annoyed
20.A. calmed B. limited C. felt D. admitted
Compared to the history of China, the history of the United States is quite short. 1. In 1776, 13 colonies（殖民地）located on the eastern coast of North America declared independence and fought a revolution against the British. In 1783 the colonists won the revolution and gained their independence.
After the revolution, the United States bought a large section of country from Napoleon of France. This purchase doubled（加倍）the size of the United States. 2. If he hadn’t needed that money, the United States might have stayed a small country. Texas and most of what is now the southwestern part of the United States belonged to Mexico. The people of Texas fought a revolution against Mexico. 3. Later, the United States and Mexico went to war. If Mexico had defeated the United States in that war, California and New Mexico would have been part of Mexico today.
The British and the Americans both claimed the northwestern part of the country. They settled their differences with a compromise. South of the 49th parallel was the United States. North of the 49th parallel was Canada. In 1861 one half of the United States did go to war with the other half. 4. President Lincoln wanted to free slaves. He was supported by the North but opposed by the South. The South wanted to separate from the rest of the country and become independent. 5.
Following the Civil War, the United States bought Alaska from Russia. Today it is the largest state in the country and a very important one, too.
A. This was the Civil War.
B. It was controlled by England then.
C. It began little more than 200 years ago.
D. After 4 years of war, the South was defeated.
E. Napoleon needed money for his European wars.
F. They became independent and joined the United States.
G. At that time many people didn’t think Alaska was important.
You may be surprised to learn that English gets 30 to 45 percent of its words from French. The reason goes back to the year 1066, when Norman forces invaded（入侵）what is now Britain. The Normans were from northern France and spoke French. During the Norman occupation, French became the language of England’s rulers and wealthy class. This lasted for more than 300 years. Other people in England continued to speak English during this period.
Over time, the two languages combined and shared words. Some researchers believe that about 10,000 French words eventually entered the English language. However, although English took many French words, their meanings have not always stayed the same. Sometimes the differences in meanings can be very important, and lead to funny or strange situations if the words are used in the wrong way.
Take, for example, the French word college. In English, college can often be used in place of the word university, or sometimes as a school within a university. However, in French, college actually means “middle school”, or the level of schooling for students in grades five or six through eight.
There are many other similar words in the two languages with completely different meanings. In English, the word chat is a verb which means “to talk casually”; but in French, the word chat is the word for an animal: a cat.
If an English speaker says someone is jolly, that means they are cheerful or friendly. But in French, jolie means someone is good-looking or pleasant to look at. In any case, both are nice things to say to someone.
1.What does the author stress about the French words in English?
A. Their spelling forms. B. Their changes in history.
C. Their puzzles for English. D. Their different meanings.
2.What does a Frenchman mean if he says he likes a chat?
A. He likes a kind of pet. B. He wants to have a talk.
C. He hates to speak English. D. He prefers to chat in French.
3.What is the French word “jolie” used to do?
A. Replace “jolly” in English. B. Describe people's looks.
C. Refer to people’s happiness. D. Prove the change in French.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Comparison between two languages. B. Difficulty in grasping English.
C. French words in English. D. Development of English.
