I recently gave up driving. I passed my test last year, but I stopped ________ when I turned 90. I thought that it was finally the right time.
Needless to say, my family was relieved（放心的）—they didn’t have to have “that talk” with me. My doctor was relieved too. ________ diagnosing（诊断）a serious illness, taking away a senior’s driving license is probably one of the hardest things to do. I knew I couldn’t move as well as I used to, ________ my vision was getting worse. It hurt to ________ my head when backing up the car, and, after lengthy shopping trips, I was very ________.
As I handed over the keys of the car to my son, I thought of all the cars my wife and I had owned over the years. A ________ is freedom, independence, and an extension of your personality. ________ one, you feel like less of a person.
I have a son who lives close by and we shop together at least once a week My neighbors also offer me ________, but the idea of being dependent on other people after a lifetime of independence is hard to ________.
I’ve learned to ________. With my own car, I could go anywhere at a moment’s notice. But now, my life is different and I must ________ ahead for everything. No more going out for milk or bread or last-minute afternoon drives.
However, I found a solution to some of those ________. Last year, I decided to buy a nice new four-wheel electric scooter. At a top speed of 12 km/h, it takes 20 minutes to get from my house to the store. But now, my route is ________ from traffic and noise, with trees and greenery ________ cars and street signs.
Giving up driving is hard, and some of us never ________ the loss. For me, however, it was just the end result of a long and lucky life. Life in the slow lane（车道）turned out to be so much fun.
1.A. voluntarily B. quickly C. suddenly D. seriously
2.A. Thanks to B. Next to C. According to D. As to
3.A. so B. but C. yet D. and
4.A. hide B. raise C. shake D. turn
5.A. tired B. pleased C. ashamed D. amused
6.A. job B. house C. child D. car
7.A. Besides B. From C. Without D. Beyond
8.A. rides B. advice C. drinks D. chance
9.A. pick up B. get used to C. give up D. rely on
10.A. recover B. agree C. change D. ignore
11.A. keep B. get C. plan D. stay
12.A. risks B. problems C. routes D. drives
13.A. free B. different C. removed D. made
14.A. leaving B. stopping C. replacing D. admiring
15.A. suffer B. accept C. cover D. report
假如你是李华，为加强旧书的循环利用，最近你校学生会准备建立面向学生的“图书库”，请根据下面的提示写一篇倡议书，面向高三同学征集旧书。
1. 活动的目的与意义；
2. 号召高三学生参与。
注意：1. 词数100左右,开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:图书库: book bank
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The Student Union
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。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。
Chess is a game for people of all ages. It develops our memory and logical thinking, encourage us to be inventive. It also teaches us to look all ways before crossing the street.
When I was a little boy, there are some old men in my village, that often got together playing chess. Although I was only eight, I liked watching them to play. From then on, I became interested in it.
Time goes on but I have become chess fan. I often play chess with my classmate and neighbours in hours on Sunday. When I win a game with a very close score, I will jump with joy wild. Playing chess can make me clever, brave and careful.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
All of the employees in my company helped raise money for a girl who worked in a company 1. (compete) with us. A few weeks ago she was diagnosed with cancer. She lost her father while she was studying in Grade 6; she is 2. mother of a 3-year-old daughter Lily. With no one 3. (look) after her kid, she lives on a small income and 4. is difficult for her family to handle the expenses of her treatment.
When we came to know of her diagnosis, we wrote a report to the top management and to our HR Department, in 5. we expressed our hope to help. We decided to contribute from all the employee’s 6. (salary). The employees from her company had each paid 2 days’ salary for her 7. (medicine) expenses, and many charity members had 8. (generous) donated for her treatment. From our hotel, we raised about $1333 for her post-operative care expenses.
Now she is back from the hospital and her health is getting better day by day. Today we 9. (go) to meet her at home and to hand over the fund that 10. (raise) for her treatment. She was very thankful to all the people who helped in her treatment.
I was sitting at the dinner table on a summer evening. Dinnertime ______ told me I should eat everything on my plate and then ask to be ______ from the table. As I took a(n)______ of meat, a tiny voice seemed to ______ into my ear: take that pork bone to Reds.
Reds was a neighborhood dog not ______ to anyone, but he went into our yards on a daily ______ for love and handouts. I had no ______ whether Reds was in our yard at the time, yet the voice was ______.
There was instant ______ inside my young head as to whether I should risk the ______ of getting up from the table before my plate was empty. Yet the voice continued,______ me to get up and look for Reds.
____ back my chair despite my parents’______ expressions, I walked through the kitchen and out of the back door. I did not see Reds, but I saw our garage, about twenty feet away, was on fire.
I ______ as I rushed back into the kitchen, pork in hand. “______ the fire department now---the garage is on fire!”
It seemed that one of my brothers had ______ into a minor fight with some older boys in the neighborhood that day. Although the boys never admitted to it despite a police ______, we believed they set the garage on fire after ______ oil around its walls.
____, we lived two blocks from the fire station, and the fire was ______ in time.
What was the whispering voice that told me to get up from the table and go outside? I will never know for sure, but I will always believe it was all because of a whispering angel.
1.A. conditions B. suggestions C. guides D. rules
2.A. kept B. put C. excused D. refused
3.A. inspection B. bite C. step D. picture
4.A. knock B. look C. turn D. whisper
5.A. belonging B. going C. sticking D. holding
6.A. nature B. point C. basis D. schedule
7.A. choice B. demand C. intention D. idea
8.A. primary B. insistent C. innocent D. weak
9.A. explosion B. connection C. conflict D. understanding
10.A. incidences B. functions C. purposes D. consequences
11.A. urging B. holding C. experiencing D. requesting
12.A. Carrying B. Dating C. Pushing D. Taking
13.A. excited B. surprised C. nervous D. considerate
14.A. terrified B. sighed C. screamed D. sniffed
15.A. Go B. Call C. Operate D. Challenge
16.A. stepped B. taken C. brought D. fit
17.A. introduction B. investigation C. knowledge D. performance
18.A. pouring B. picking C. recording D. lifting
19.A. Hopefully B. Desperately C. Regretfully D. Thankfully
20.A. put out B. sent out C. held up D. kept up
Words are the tools through which we can heal or destroy. They are weapons that hurt people as well as magical sticks that repair everything.1.
Good words are encouraging words, caring and loving words, powerful words etc. To fill someone’s wound, the good words should be used. So, just say, good things are going to happen. I am always with you. You can make it.
Good words have healing power.2. The author uses healing and powerful words, which affects the core of our heart. Don’t use painful words which hurt people. Your words can lift or drop anyone.
3. Bad words are discouraging words, painful words, fearful words, and words can destroy the future and our relationships. Therefore, we should learn to take words seriously, because they can determine whether we have good feelings or bad feelings, and decide how we get along with the others.
To avoid hurting others with your words, you’d better speak the way you want others to speak to you. Whatever you say and whoever you’re speaking to, be aware of your words.4. While they are speaking, they never take any time to reflect on what effect their words are putting on others. How we speak to others decides how far our relationship will go. So be aware of your words.
5. Therefore, we must learn to use words properly to explain what we mean to say.
A. Now what are bad words?
B. The same sentences apply for other purposes as well.
C. But sadly, nowadays people speak without thinking.
D. All in all, a proper word says a lot than to speak lots of words uselessly.
E. When we read motivational books, the book motivates us by its words.
F. So in our language words need to be good because our •words tell about us.
G. When you involve in an argument, remember that no one has won in argument.
