假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Tom给你来信说寒假就要到了，但他不知道在寒假期间做些什么有意义的事，希望你给予建议。请你根据以下要点给Tom回信：
寒假建议：1.合理休息，补习差科；
2．结交新朋友，发现新事物等；
3．游览参观，看书等开阔眼界。
注意：词数100左右(开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数)
Dear Tom，
From your letter I know that your winter vacation is coming.________________________________________
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Yours，
Li Hua
假如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∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，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。
Listening, speaking, reading and writing are importance to our study. Of the four skills, I think listening is the harder. I like watching English films but I have trouble understanding the way in that native speakers speak.
I am not happy with this situation, but last week I have a talk with my friend Wang Ting. She told me some good ways of improve listening. She suggested using my iPad to listen English songs and learn English expression. Besides, she said watching the news and interviews on CCTV9 were also helpful.
I will do as her advised. I’m sure I will gradual make progress.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在后面相应位置上。
In order to realize his dream, Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, gave up 1.(study) in Harvard University, 2. is the most famous in the world. He set 3. a company and researched the computer software. As an old 4.(say) goes, “Interest is the best teacher.” I quite agree with this idea. I began to be crazy 5. English when I was a little girl. I got particularly interested in foreign 6.(culture) and customs. To meet my curiosity, I read English stories every day. It seemed to be the 7.(good) “meal” of the day. As 8. result, I always did very 9. in my English exams. Interest is the key to 10.(succeed).
A good dictionary is _______important tool(工具). It will tell you_______ only what a word means but_______how it _______. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop(发展) and a good dictionary must _______these new changes.
A new English dictionary will only tell you_______most people use the language today. It won’t tell you what is right _______ wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only _______ people use a word, a dictionary will _______ tell you this or not list(编列) it.
________ dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type(用打字机打) a word and the word is too long, ________in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you________to break(拆开) a word. And they also show you how a word ________.
Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings(意思). In some dictionaries, the main(主要的) meanings are often listed first. In________, the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always________the front part. This part explains________.
Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes ________. Do you know that the word “brand”(标记) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because ________ years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who ________them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals ________they would not be stolen.
Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.
1.A. a B. an C. the D. very
2.A. no B. that C. not D. if
3.A. too B. either C. yet D. also
4.A. uses B. is using C. is used D. used
5.A. to show B. show C. shows D. be shown
6.A. how B. what C. why D. if
7.A. and B. or C. but D. not
8.A. a little B. many C. a few D. a lot of
9.A. neither B. nor C. both D. either
10.A. Every B. Some C. All D. Many
11.A. look up it B. look for it C. look it up D. look it out
12.A. when B. where C. why D. which
13.A. speaks B. is spoke C. be spoken D. is spoken
14.A. another B. the other C. others D. other
15.A. see B. look C. watch D. read
16.A. how use it B. to how use it C. how to use it D. to how to use it
17.A. into B. up C. by D. from
18.A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. a hundred of D. hundred
19.A. builds B. makes C. build D. made
20.A. when B. in order to C. so that D. before
My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.1. Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
3. Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.4. She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.
A. She enjoys listening to classic music.
B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.
C. She loves her students and cares for them.
D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.
E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.
F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.
G. Can you tell us something about your mother？
Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 2008. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.
Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People cannot prepare for earthquakes.
1.Earthquakes happen ________.
A. in all the places in the world
B. only in the countries that have a lot of mountains
C. regularly in most places in the world
D. only in a few places along the coast
2.When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported?
A. In 1964 in Alaska. B. In 1556 in China.
C. In 1923 in Japan. D. In 2008 in China.
3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The stronger the earthquake is, the more people are killed.
B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly.
C. Earthquakes can cause fires.
D. People still don't know how to tell when an earthquake will come.
4.What may be talked about in the seventh paragraph?
A. How do earthquakes worry people?
B. What will people do to prepare for earthquakes?
C. How can we save people when earthquakes happen?
D. How do earthquakes happen?
