我校高二年级正在举办主题为“A personal habit I’d like to change”的英语演讲比赛。请你根据该主题要求写一篇演讲稿来参与此活动，具体要求如下:
1.简述你想改变的这一行为习惯；
2.说明你想改变这一习惯的理由及措施；
3.词数100左右。
Good morning, everyone. Standing here, I feel extremely honored to deliver a speech to all of you. The topic of my speech is
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Thank you for your listening!
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。
During the last Spring Festival, I get lots of money by snatching(抢)the red envelope through WeChat. But now I am losing in thought --- whether it really does good to people, especial young children, since the smartphone is now so popular. From his point of view, it will do more harms than good to young children unless they are addicted to snatching the red envelope. On the one hand, they will think it’s such easy to get much money. Just by snatching they can get it. On other hand, spending too much time on the things that they have nothing to do with their studies will never benefit them. It’s bad for either young people’s mental health but physical health.
At first glance, SoFi looks exactly like a real fish. But if you look 1.(close), it’s not hard to spot the truth: SoFi is a robot, or as 2. (it)MIT developers call it, “ a soft robotic fish”, according to BBC news.
SoFi 3. swim, turn and change speeds just like a real fish, and more 4. (importance), it can take high-resolution photos and videos with a camera 5.(build) into its nose. The robot’s “ soft artificial muscle” is made of a type of rubber, it has two side fins(鳍)for waving, 6. its nose also hides important electrical components(组成部分).
The team at MIT developed SoFi to swim among real fish to explore where few other robots or humans can, reported the Los Angeles Times. It 7.(operate) with a waterproof video game controller by someone 8. can be up to 21 meters away.
According to its leading 9.(create) Robert Katzschmann, SoFi, pronounced like the girl’s name “Sophie”, is an abbreviation(缩写)of soft fish--- and was named 10. a girl he had a crush(暗恋)on in high school.
The rosebushes were finally in full bloom on that spring morning.
The sight of roses always brings to________Wanda' s childhood memories. Then the family had no _____to buy extra things , so even a tired rose was something to ________ .
Currently, to have a backyard full of different roses is pure ________. And her husband, Dale, devotedly ________the roses. ________that she loves the very first blooms, he picked some on this particular morning.
But as Dale returned, he came across a neighbor who had________ for a quick visit. As the woman turned to go, Dale generously gave the ________ to her. And even though their visitor ______ she didn' t want to take them, she was_______ assured(确信)that the flowers were hers to keep.
Seeing her precious first blooms go out the door________Wanda with regret, and a bit of ________. She knew it was " better to give than to receive. " ________, she wished she could have kept the roses for herself.
Later that day, the couple headed to the post office, where Wanda waited outside in the car.
Then, without_______, an older woman suddenly appeared at the open window, and gave her a bunch of fresh roses ! " These are for you. They ' re my first blooms this spring. "
Completely ________,Wanda thanked the woman and_______ for a moment to breathe in the rich fragrance. When she looked back, the mysterious visitor was gone.
That special______changed Wanda. It made her understand the true meaning of_________gifts. Now, she always_______her first blooms to others , as a(n)________that someone is thinking of them.
1.A. mind B. thought C. mood D. head
2.A. energy B. desire C. courage D. money
3.A. value B. raise C. desert D. water
4.A. business B. enjoyment C. imagination D. memory
5.A. lays B. tends C. studies D. serves
6.A. Anxious B. Aware C. Afraid D. Ashamed
7.A. turned out B. settled down C. stopped by D. broken into
8.A. roses B. wishes C. greetings D. bushes
9.A. recommended B. insisted C. cried D. complained
10.A. hardly B. temporarily C. secretly D. repeatedly
11.A. covered B. supplied C. charged D. filled
12.A. tension B. selfishness C. gladness D. pride
13.A. Instead B. Thus C. Still D. Otherwise
14.A. delay B. thinking C. effort D. warning
15.A. amazed B. confused C. shocked D. relaxed
16.A. waited B. bent C. shook D. nodded
17.A. apology B. discovery C. delivery D. smell
18.A. influencing B. receiving C. giving D. buying
19.A. gives away B. puts away C. takes away D. throws away
20.A. reminder B. duty C. routine D. example
Homework
Do arithmetic problems 15 through 25. State the different forms of the verbs on page 50 of your French workbook. Read pages 12 through 20 of the Shakespeare play, and don't forget to fill in the missing chemical symbols on the worksheet.
Sound like a list of your homework for the next few nights － or maybe even just for tonight? 1. It's your teachers' way of evaluating how much you understand what's going on in class. And it helps strengthen important concepts.
2. It's inviting to start with the easy things to get them out of the way. However, you'll have the most energy and focus when you begin, so it's best to use this mental power on the subjects that are most challenging. Later, when you're more tired, you can focus on the simpler things. If you get stuck on a problem, try to figure it out as well as you can － but don't spend too much time on it because this can mess up your homework schedule for the rest of the night. 3.But don't pick someone whom you'll be up all night chatting with, or you'll never get it done!
Most people's attention spans aren't very long, so take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without relaxing will make you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people. 4.
Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack － there's nothing worse than having a completed assignment that you can't find the next morning or that gets ruined by a careless brother or sister. 5. Now you're free to hang out.
A. Homework is a major part of going to school.
B. Luckily, you can do a few things to do less homework.
C. When you start your homework, deal with the hardest tasks first.
D. But if you're really concentrating, wait until it's a good time to stop.
E. If you need to, ask an adult for help or call or email a classmate for advice.
F. And no teacher still believes that "chewed by the dog" line － even when it's true!
G. In conclusion, no one is expected to stay long, and people have very different learning styles.
I start every summer with the best of intentions: to attack one big book from the past, a classic that I was supposed to have read when young and ambitious. Often the pairings of books and settings have been purely unthinking: "Moby Dick" on a three-day cross-country train trip: “The Magic Mountain” in a New England beachside cottage with no locks on the doors, no telephones or televisions in the rooms, and little to do beyond row on the salt pond. Attempting "The Man Without Qualities" on a return to Hawaii, my hometown, however, was less fruitful: I made it through one and a quarter volumes (册), then decided that I'd got the point and went swimming instead.
But this summer I find myself at a loss. I’m not quite interested in Balzac, say, or “Tristram Shandy.” There’s always War and Peace, which I've covered some distance several times, only to get bogged down in the "War" part, set it aside for a while, and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again, having forgotten everyone’s name and social rank. How appealing to simply fall back on a favorite once more into “The Waves” or “Justine,” which feels almost like cheating, too exciting and too much fun to properly belong in serious literature.
And then there’s Stendhal’s “The Red and the Black,” which happens to be the name of my favorite cocktail of the summer, created by Michael Cecconi at Savoy and BackForty. It is easy to drink, and knocking back three or four seems like such a delightful idea. Cecconi's theory: "I take whatever’s fresh at the green market and turn it into liquid." The result is a pure shot of afternoon in the park, making one feel cheerful and peaceful all at once, lying on uncut grass with eyes shut, sun beating through the lids...
1.What can we infer about the author from the first paragraph?
A. He enjoys reading when traveling. B. He shows talents for literature.
C. He has a cottage in New England. D. He admires a lot of great writers.
2.What do the underlined words "get bogged down" in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Get confused B. Make no progress.
C. Be interrupted D. Be carried away.
3.Why does the author say reading his favorite books feels like cheating?
A. He finishes them quickly. B. He has read them many times before.
C. He hardly understands them. D. He is reading something serious.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. To Read or Not to Read B. My Summer Holidays
C. The Books of Summer D. It’s Never Too Late to Read
