假设你是李华，最近发现你所住的小区内增设了旧物捐赠箱(a donation box)，居民可以把自己的旧衣物、废弃的书报等投放其中。请你给你校英文报投稿。内容包括:
1. 介绍这一事物；
2.发表你的看法。
注意:1. 词数 100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连线贯。
Dear Editor,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上英语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。
Dear Editor,
Recently our school has set up a rule that no student allowed to take their mobiles into class, which has aroused a lot of discussions among we students.
Many of the students feel strong against the rule, arguing that the mobile had become a necessary part of our life. They also consider that a must for us to get relaxing from our busy studies.
When it comes to me, like some other student I hold a different opinion. While a mobile phone can help us get some relief, with it we can be more devoted to our studies, but spare more time to communicate with those around us. Therefore, I believe in this school rule is beneficial to every student.
Yours,
Li Hua
Crossword puzzles and exercise are just a few of the habits that improve memory best. But to 1. (true) give your brain a push, you might want to take a simple tip to heart-and it’s nothing you learned in school.
So far, researchers from Waterloo University in Canada 2. (discover) what may be the easiest way to improve your memory ever. Their research, recently 3. ( publish) in the journal Memory, suggests that reading out loud to yourself can increase your recall skills 4. up to 15%.
In the study, scientists asked 95 participants to test four 5. (method): reading, silently, hearing someone else read, reading aloud and listening to a recording of oneself reading. Their result? The people 6. read the information out loud showed the best retention(保持)rates—about 15% 7. (high) in learning speed, in fact. You may want to add these brain-boosting foods that can improve memory to your diet, too.
“Read 8. needs to be remember out loud, and you’ll remember it better. Yes, it’s shat simple!” psychologist and study co-author Colin Macleod said.
So next time when you ‘re preparing for a big exam, spend some time 9. (read) loud. Trust us. It might make you 10. genius.
All of us in Monte Vista Christian School know we’ll one day have graduation photos for the yearbook taken. As the time ________ , the girls start to have a ________ about what they’ll wear and where to take the photos, while the boys, ________, hardly talk about it. As for me, I ________ for my photos to be taken by the sea.
When I arrived there, I met my photographer, Annie. She asked me to make some poses and I ________ her advice. After that, I asked if she could make me look ________ by takings photo in a different way, ________ I’m less than 1.6 meters tall. To my ________ she responded, “I will make no ________ to make you look like someone you’re not. You look good in your own way.” She ________ that she wouldn’t try to edit the photos either.
I was shocked by what she said. Girls always ________ to look perfect by using different visual angles. When you go to a photo studio, photographers always try to hide your ________ by telling you to stand in a certain way. And picture editors can easily ________ your look by making you appear any you want to. ________, that’s not the case here. Seeing I was _________, Annie explained: “Everyone has his uniqueness. You need to _________your own beauty. You cannot live in a world of ________photos.”
It was the first time that I had met a photographer who doesn’t ________ photos at all. After the shoot, I saw the photos — they are ________ special and natural. But what’s even more special are Annie’s ________, which will always stay in my heart.
1.A. flows B. shrinks C. approaches D. develops
2.A. request B. discussion C. reason D. complaint
3.A. by accident B. in addition C. in advance D. by comparison
4.A. arranged B. applied C. searched D. accounted
5.A. considered B. declined C. consulted D. followed
6.A. prettier B. taller C. thinner D. stronger
7.A. unless B. though C. while D. since
8.A. delight B. relief C. astonishment D. satisfaction
9.A. attempt B. choice C. promise D. decision
10.A. swore B. added C. explained D. admitted
11.A. pretend B. manage C. pay D. desire
12.A. imperfections B. shortcomings C. personalities D. preferences
13.A. expose B. recover C. recognize D. change
14.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Anyway
15.A. annoyed B. discouraged C. confused D. embarrassed
16.A. foster B. describe C. admire D. advocate
17.A. vivid B. colorful C. popular D. artificial
18.A. organize B. polish C. cut D. exhibit
19.A. really B. roughly C. partially D. causally
20.A. attitudes B. actions C. words D. skills
It can be definitely terrifying to fall through ice on a frozen lake. 1.In fact, there is more time to help you survive than you think.
As you first hit the freezing water, you will almost breathe quickly at once. Remember to get control of your breathing and not to move around. 2.This means that it takes about one minute to gain control of your breathing, ten minutes to move before you get too cold. The final one is to remind you that it will take one hour before you become unconscious.
Take that first minute and fully focus on your breathing. Slow it down, and then look around to see if you can locate the thickest area of ice. When you locate the ice, stretch your arms over the surface, and then begin to flutter-kick(上下打水)until your body becomes horizontal with the surface. 3..
It is possible that you can live for several hours after passing out. This, however, does require some planning. You only have about 10 minutes before your muscles and nerves become too cold to work. Besides, what if you feel too weak to go on and you cannot get out?4.The point is to encourage your coat to freeze to the ice, so that if you lose consciousness, you will keep your head out of ice.
5..
A. Remember that you should always stay off ice that’s only 3 inches.
B. Place your arms over the surface of the ice and remain still.
C. It can help to remember the “1-10-1 principle”.
D. However, if you remain calm, it can save your life.
E. Remove any clothing or heavy objects that are weighting you down.
F. Thus you will remain visible for rescue, even if you pass out.
G. Kick hard and use your arms and hands to climb out of the water.
Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared war on paper textbooks. “Over the next few years,” he said in a speech at the National Press Club, “textbooks should be abandoned.” In their place would come a variety of digital-learning technologies, like e-readers and multi-media websites.
Such technologies certainly have their place. But Secretary Duncan is threatening to light a fire to a tried-and-true technology—good old paper—that has been the foundation for one of the great educational systems on the planet. And while e-readers and multi-media websites may seem appealing, the idea of replacing an effective learning platform with a widely hyped (炒作) but still unproven one is extremely dangerous.
An expert on reading, Maryanne Wolf, has recently begun studying the effects of digital reading on learning, and so far the results are mixed. She worries that Internet reading, in particular, could be such a source of distractions(分散注意力) for students that they may cancel out most other potential benefits of a Web-linked, e-learning environment and while it's true that the high-tech industry has sponsored substantial amounts of research on the potential benefits of Web-based learning, not enough time has passed for longitudinal(纵向的) studies to demonstrate the full effects.
In addition, digital-reading advocates claim that lightweight e-books benefit students' backs and save schools money. But the rolling backpack seems to have solved the weight problem, and the shocking costs to outfit every student with an e-reader, provide technical support and pay for regular software updates promise to make the e-textbook a very pricey choice.
As both a teacher who uses paper textbooks and a student of urban history, I can't help but wonder what parallels exist between my own field and this sudden, wholesale abandonment of the technology of paper.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Multi-media websites and good old paper are kinds of digital-learning technologies.
B. Digital learning technologies will replace the paper textbooks sooner or later.
C. E-readers and multi-media websites are learning methods that are proved effective.
D. A tried-and-true technology is paper textbooks, long used in educational system.
2.What is the drawback of paper textbooks according to the passage?
A. Their weight. B. Their price.
C. Their content. D. Their appearance.
3.What worries Maryanne Wolf is that ________.
A. paper learning can provide more potential benefits
B. students may not focus on learning by digital reading
C. digital reading can't provide potential benefits for users
D. the results of digital reading effects are understandable
4.What is the author's attitude towards digital-learning?
A. Disapproving. B. Supportive.
C. Positive. D. Objective.
