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。
Jimmy is one of my closely friends. Two months ago, his mother bought a computer to him as a birthday present. She hoped Jim will study hard with the help of the computer. To his surprise, Jimmy just wasted plenty of time play computer games every day. Now she regrets buying the computer. As matter of fact, a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs for us. It is wide used in factories, hospitals, banks and so on. Many computers scientists are now trying to make the computer to “think” like a man. In my opinion, the key is what we should use it wisely.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In less than fifty years, English 1.develop) into the language most 2.(wide) spoken and used in the world. English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak 3..
Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. English is also the language of 4.(globe) culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs 5. the radio 6. use English to communicate 7.people around the world through the Internet. With so many people 8.(communicate) in English every day, it will become more and 9.important to have 10.good knowledge of English.
One night Robert was on his way home from the railway station. When he turned round a ______ he heard footsteps behind him and he thought ______ was coming near. He began to walk ______. The footsteps became faster, too. He slowed down. The footsteps also _____` down. Now he was ______ that he was being followed. He tried to hide. ______ the steps followed him. He didn’t know ______ to save himself, so he jumped over a fence and found `_____ in a cemetery (墓地), throwing himself down on one of the tombs.
The man ______ followed. Robert could hear the man jump over ______. Thoughts of thieves or murderers filled his ______. Robert stood up and ______ the man who was _____` him. “What do you want?” he asked. “______ are you following me?”
“I say,” asked the stranger. “Do you ______ go home like this, ______ are you taking some special exercise ______? I want to go to the Mr. Brown’s and don’t know ______.” The station master told me to follow you as you ______ next door. ______ me for asking, but is there much to go before we get there?”
1.A. street B. park C. corner D. away
2.A. no one B. everyone C. anyone D. someone
3.A. faster B. more slowly C. fast D. slowly
4.A. put B. became C. slowed D. turned
5.A. sorry B. glad C. afraid D. sure
6.A. Sometimes B. Still C. Often D. Seldom
7.A. when B. Where C. how D. why
8.A. him B. the thief C. the man D. himself
9.A. ahead B. behind C. nearby D. beside
10.A. a bridge B. a wall C. the yard D. the fence
11.A. head B. mind C. heart D. brain
12.A. hit B. beat C. faced D. told
13.A. stealing B. following C. robbing D. meeting
14.A. What B. Why C. How D. When
15.A. never B. always C. hardly D. seldom
16.A. and B. so C. or D. but
17.A. tonight B. at night C. at the night D. every night
18.A. him B. the way C. the house D. the partner
19.A. work B. play C. study D. live
20.A. Answer B. Show C. Tell D. Excuse
Do you know how to be realistic? It is important to be realistic.In order to be realistic, you must understand yourself and the world around you. 1. You still need to challenge yourself, but if you have tried something several times, then you need to accept that maybe you can’t do it. Keep yourself firmly on the ground and read on.
2. Try new things and do your best at them, but if you find that it is something you can’ t do after many tries, accept the failures and be realistic.
Explain to others that you are being realistic in your approach. When you hit the wall, back off. You can’t continue to bang your head against the wall. 3. Some people don’t accept them, but they are there.
Challenge yourself. You need to try before you can be realistic and say, “I can’t do that.” No one ever got anywhere without trying. 4. Sometimes you need to find the one that works for you.
Follow what you believe. People may tell you that you can do something if you try hard enough, and sometimes they are right. But if you know that you can’t do it, follow what you believe.
See what is there. You don’t need to analyze everything. Don’t look below the surface. 5. Always expect what you know to be realistic. Don’t look for miracles.
A. Everyone has limitations.
B. Approach life realistically.
C. Just take everything at face value.
D. You can be realistic and just go with the flow.
E. Many things can be achieved in different ways.
F. Understand what you can do and what you can’t.
G. You must be able to see exactly what you are capable of.
Mr. Parker was born in a poor family and his father couldn’t send him to school. The boy had to help his parents to do some farming and learned English and maths by himself when he was free. Later on he was made to leave his home village and hoped to find a job in a city. And as soon as war broke out, he joined the army. He couldn’t forget his terrible past and fought with the enemies bravely. So he became a general when he was fifty. He was honest and friendly to his soldiers and often punished those who tried to pocket a portion of the soldiers’ pay (克扣军饷). And his soldiers liked him very much.
Once Mr. Parker heard from a soldier. In the letter the young man said the food in their military camp was very bad and he wished the general could go to find out the reasons, the old man went there at once, without telling anybody. He went in the kitchen and examined everything carefully and found it was very dirty. Then he went in the soldiers’ bedrooms and found there were a lot of fleas. He became angry and asked the soldiers, “What do you think of your food, young men?”
The soldiers saw their officer standing by the general and said nothing Only a new soldier said, “Very bad, sir!”
“What did you have for lunch today?” asked Mr. Parker.
“A fried chicken, some fish and pork, a cake, six eggs and I had three cups of wine.”
“Really?” Mr. Parker called out in surprise. “It’s the King’s lunch, I think!”
“So do I, General,” said the young man. “But it’s my birthday today. I paid three hundred dollars for them all in the restaurant!”
1.Mr. Parker was respected because .
A. he was friendly to everybody
B. he cared about his soldiers
C. he was strict with the officers
D. he paid attention to the soldiers letters
2.Mr. Parker went to the military camp to .
A. look for the soldier who wrote to him
B. find out if the matter in the letter was true
C. inspect the kitchens
D. punish the cooks
3.The soldiers didn’t say anything because .
A. they were afraid of the general B. they thought their foods were good
C. the officer followed the general D. the general didn’t agree with them
Have you ever heard about Ramadan?Ramadan is one of the most important festivals for Muslims. The name of the festival comes from the Arabic month‘in which it is celebrated. Ramadan is celebrated in countries all over the world, especially in Africa and the Middle East. The time for celebrating Ramadan varies each year. People celebrate it in the ninth month of the Arabic lunar calendar. During Ramadan, people must not eat during the day: from when the sun comes up to when the sun goes down, people celebrating Ramadan will not eat or smoke. When the sun has gone down, however, the celebration begins. People often stay up all night eating singing and dancing.
In late spring, many people around the world celebrate Easter. The festival is a celebration of spring and it is also a religious holiday. It is the time for Easter bunnies and egg hunts, and of course for eating lots of delicious foods. Easter is celebrated in late March or early April but the exact dates are different form year to year. People celebrate Easter in different ways: in some countries, the Easter Bunny—a big rabbit—will visit and children will go on egg hunts, looking for eggs and candy that have been hidden by their parents. In other countries, Easter is a time for children to dress up like witches and go from door to door asking for candy—much like Halloween in the US. The Easter Bunny and the Easter Egg are popular symbols of the festival.
1.Ramadan and Easter are .
A. festivals celebrated in Asia and Africa
B. the only festivals that people like to celebrate during the day.
C. two names of the year
D. festivals celebrated by people all over the world
2.During Ramadan, people do not during Easter.
A. talk B. sing
C. eat D. sleep
3.In some countries, children will go on during the day.
A. picnics B. egg hurts
C. trips D. fighting
4.The two main popular symbols of Easter are the and the .
A. Easter Man, Easter egg B. Easter Bunny, Easter tree
C. Easter Man, Easter tree D. Easter Bunny, Easter egg
