假设你是李华，最近你刚交的笔友Jonah要来北京旅游，但他来信想让你提前给他简单介绍一下北京。请你根据所给提示给他回信。
1. 中国的首都，是政治、经济、文化中心；
2. 主要景点有长城（世界上最长的人工建筑）、故宫（世界最大、最完整的木质古建筑）、颐和园（园林杰作）等，它们均被列入了世界遗产名录。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇：杰作masterpiece；世界遗产名录the World Heritage List。
Dear Jonah,
How is everything with you?
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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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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 summer, I got a part-time job like a waiter. I worked hardly and was very helpful. Everyone in the restaurant including some regular customer liked me. One day, a foreign couple, which were in their fifties, entered the restaurant. I was happy to have a chance to practice my spoken English. I went up to greet them warmly. After I took their order, I told them their food will be served quickly because us Chinese respect the elderly. Hearing my words, a look of displeasure was appeared on the wife’s face. Seen my confused look, her husband explained to me the westerners disliked the description “old”. I made a apology to them, keeping in mind the lesson cultural differences should never be ignored (忽视).
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.
My husband and I were paying a visit1.my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast﹣food restaurant for dinner together.My husband went to the counter2.(order) dishes and I stood with my parents.
My dad is 90years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was scanning the restaurant,3.(wait) to sit at the first table that was4.(convenient) than others.A woman who was sitting with her son made eye contact with me and asked me to come to her. With a5.(puzzle) look on my face, I pointed to myself and said, "Me?" She6.(nod) and said, "Yes,you." I walked to the table and she said," Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in7.hurry to leave anyway." My eyes8.(fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.
I always believe that there are9.(nature) kind people in this world.This woman has set a good example to her son,10.is a really lucky guy.
You’ve heard the saying: “Love is patient and kind.” If love is ______, it may be because love is truly understanding .
Much of our ______ is simply misunderstanding. As a new bride, Marge Piercy moved into the small home on her husband’s farm in the mountains .She ______ a shoe box on a shelf in her closet and asked her ______ never to touch it.
For 50 years he left the box ______ , until his life partner was ______ and dying. One day when he was putting their affairs ______ , he found the box again and ______ it might hold something important.
____ it, he discovered two doilies and $82,500 in cash. He ______ the box to her and asked about the ______.
“My mother gave me that ______ the day we married,” she explained. “She told me to make a doily to help me feel better every time I got ______ at you.”
Her husband was ______ that in 50 years she’d only been upset enough to make two doilies.
“What’s the $82,500 for ?”he asked.
She ______ , “Oh, well that’s the money I’ve made selling the doilies.”
A famous poet said, “Everyone will get three ______ in life. Life is the first gift, love is the second and ______ is the third,” But it is love that gives us life and understanding that brings about love.
____ doilies might take your mind off the problem, ______ it won’t change anything .The path from conflict to love is not by way of arts and crafts, but ______ the valley of understanding.
1.A. real B. patient C. remote D. romantic
2.A. conflict B. worry C. selfishness D. love
3.A. measured B. threw C. damaged D. put
4.A. child B. husband C. parent D. friend
5.A. on B. out C. alone D. abroad
6.A. loyal B. mild C. old D. young
7.A. in order B. on fire C. into practice D. on purpose
8.A. sold B. declared C. rejected D. thought
9.A. Destroying B. Opening C. Closing D. Finishing
10.A. took B. invented C. bought D. dug
11.A. structures B. colors C. contents D. materials
12.A. box B. shoe C. money D. doily
13.A. fearful B. mad C. strict D. shameful
14.A. amused B. disappointed C. moved D. confused
15.A. complained B. begged C. admitted D. explained
16.A. ideas B. messages C. gifts D. chances
17.A. kindness B. concern C. understanding D. consideration
18.A. Washing B. Making C. Discovering D. Collecting
19.A. but B. if C. and D. unless
20.A. in B. under C. behind D. through
For the love of reading
The importance of nurturing (培养) young children as readers has become more and more apparent. Here are four ways to help your child become a reader.
Read aloud.
A six-year study found reading aloud to children every day puts them almost a year ahead of children who do not receive daily read-alouds. 1._ Using texts above the children’s levels gives them the chance to hear high-level vocabulary and absorb complex language structures. Reading aloud below their levels also allows them to relax and enjoy beloved texts.
Encourage close reading from the youngest age.
2._ Use picture book illustrations to strike up deeper questions and conversations. Ask questions you don’t know the answers to so that children will be able to answer in ways that reflect their own ideas.
3._
Entering the world of stories and knowledge should feel like an exciting discovery process. Create visual ways to track the journey. From a reading minute tracker to a “words we learned” or “our big ideas” chart, we can use these visuals to pause for “hip hiphooray (欢呼)” moments.
Honor each child’s unique identity.
Children become great readers by finding connections as they read. 4._ “I notice you like books where animals are the main characters.” “I notice you like books where girls are strong characters.” Even the youngest child will begin to recognize that each person’s reading choices matter.
5._ A child who sees reading as a lifelong, constant companion is more likely to have a lifetime of success.
A.It is a way to bathe children in the power of the written words.
B. Name what you notice about why a child is drawn to a text.
C. Young children can read early and should be reading all year.
D. Hand them a pen when it is necessary.
E. We can do this by asking them questions.
F. Make the journey a celebration.
G. The child builds the knowledge that is necessary for being a reader.
In a partnership with the 5 Gyres Institute, Trash Free Maryland took to the Chesapeake Bay in November to study the presence of micropiastics in the water. Setting out from Deale, Md., the research team collected seven samples by dragging a trawl (拖网) for an hour at a time. The trawl was fitted with a cone-shaped (锥形的) net, whose holes measure 330 microns (微米) wide, about the width of two to three strands of human hair. Water flows through the main opening and the fine mesh (网眼) of net ensures anything suspended in the water is trapped behind.
In seven samples, the net picked up algae (海藻) trash, foam and plastic. According to the 5 Gyres Institute representative, the first sample collected contained almost 10 times the amount of plastic than would be collected in a typical ocean sample. The plastic found in the Chesapeake Bay samples included bits of bags, sheeting, fishing line and microbeads, which are small plastic scrubbers found in face wash, toothpaste and cleaning products. Microbeads in particular are a major source of microplastics pollution worldwide. They are small enough to bypass water treatment systems’ filters (过滤器) and end up in waterways. Scientists warn that chemicals and toxins (毒素) absorbed by microbeads and other microplastics could be passed on to organisms who mistake them for food and eat them, and could then be passed up higher and higher on the food chain, eventually reaching humans.
1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. The description of the trawl.
B. The basic data of the water samples.
C. The process of collecting water samples.
D. The introduction of Trash Free Maryland.
2.What does the underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Bits of bags. B. Chemicals.
C. Microbeads. D. Micropiastics.
3.How does the author prove plastics pollution can be harmful to people’s health?
A. By analyzing the data. B. By making comparisons.
C. By giving some examples. D. By referring to scientists views.
4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A. To explain some new scientific terms to people.
B. To let people learn more about plastics pollution.
C. To urge governments to make environmental laws.
D. To tell people some new findings in scientific research.
