What is the weather probably like now?
A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Fine.
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友David对你校开设的一些选修课（optional course）非常感兴趣，来信向你询问有关事宜。请根据以下内容提示给他写封回信。
1.选修课程包括：英语戏剧(English drama)，模型制作（model making）等；
2.每门课程的优点；
3.你希望增加的课程及理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数
Dear David,
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Last weekend, I went to visit my English teacher, who was already in his fifty. He gives me a lot of help when I was a junior middle school student. Delighting to see me, he asked my senior middle school life. Then he advised me to make fully preparations for the coming entrance examination. It was so a pleasure to see him again that I didn’t notice it was pretty later. I had to say goodbye to each other.
He is not only a good teacher but my close friend. Wherever I will go, I will always treasure a time that I spent with my teacher.
语法填空。
I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking1.nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then,2.Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man3.(dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I4.(see) many like him before.
But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad5.(express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing6.(merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing7.he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought8.,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t9.only important things. We need happiness, too.”
“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life.10.it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!
Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was _______ for a non-IT student to pursue a master’s degree in IT and graduate from a US university.
I had never taken courses ________ to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a _________, but things changed. Computers became my companion and I ________how dependent on them I was. I _______ imagining the backend processes happening inside the CPU and they amazed me. That’s why I ______ to pursue a master’s degree in IT.
At first, it was way too _______. Coming from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big _______. My English accent was terrible. Most _______ , the course seemed impossible at first. But I never _________
I got a few offers, but I decided to choose my university _______ it promises students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the American’s ______ and finish my assignments. But I never gave up. I walked two miles to the _______ every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for _______ and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.
I took it as a(n) ______ , and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after _______
If you think you can never achieve something, you need to ______ yourself and start working on your _______. Hard work always pays off. To be ______, you need to start from somewhere and always question yourself about the limits of how far you would go to ______ your goals.
1.A. interesting B. hard C. important D. practical
2.A. adjusted B. limited C. related D. tied
3.A. teacher B. programmer C. designer D. master
4.A. wondered B. believed C. judged D. realized
5.A. started B. stopped C. considered D. avoided
6.A. learned B. refused C. decided D. agreed
7.A. difficult B. exciting C. different D. boring
8.A. mistake B. problem C. event D. question
9.A. probably B. surprisingly C. importantly D. regretfully
10.A. kept up B. gave up C. turned up D. picked up
11.A. because B. but C. so D. though
12.A. fashions B. opinions C. accents D. manners
13.A. shop B. university C. hotel D. restaurant
14.A. jobs B. places C. goals D. friends
15.A. decision B. task C. advantages D. challenge
16.A. celebration B. operation C. discussion D. graduation
17.A. Speak to B. believe in C. know about D. stand for
18.A. degrees B. dreams C. adventures D. hobbies
19.A. successful B. grateful C. cheerful D. thoughtful
20.A. set B. change C. achieve D. rebuild
Before you begin studying English, ask yourself one question: “1.” Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to? Like every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do. Here are some tips to help you learn English well.
● Set goals.
If you know why you want to study, setting goals is easy. For example, maybe you want to travel to an English-speaking country. Great! 2. Perhaps you have already known many useful phrases, but you want to improve your listening skills and pronunciation. Whatever your goals are, you should write them down,
● 3.
How long do you need to study to achieve your goals? This answer is different for every student. 4. If you work 40 hours per week，don’t plan on spending another 5. hours a week studying English. Start off slow, but study regularly. Use material that is challenging, but not too difficult. Find out what works for you. After you have studied for a few weeks, adjust your study schedule accordingly.
● Make a commitment.
Learning English requires a lot of motivation. Nobody is going to take your attendance when you aren’t in class. If you are sure that you are ready to begin studying, make a commitment.
● Have fun learning English.
If you aren’t having fun learning English, you’re not studying the right way! You can be a serious student who has fun at the same time. Make up your own reward program to give yourself encouragement to stay on a task.
A. Make an arrangement.
B. Why do I want to study English?
C. Your goal might be to learn “Survival English”.
D. The important thing is to be realistic and reliable.
E. What is the most effective way of learning English?
F. The things we do best in life are what we enjoy doing.
G. Make every moment of your English learning meaningful.
