假设你是李华，你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。
内容要点: 1. 表示歉意； 2. 理由:去机场接从法国回来的舅舅；
3. 询问:是否有录音，以便补听讲座。
注意:1. 词数:100词左右；
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Miss Morgan，
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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 Laura,
Thanks for letting us to stay at your seaside house. Now, you might have heard from your neighbors about which happened on Saturday evening. When I was out a walk, my younger son, Tom, played football before your house. He made so many noise that the neighbors got quite angrily. Even worse, Tom broke one of the window of Mr. Wilson’s house. Tom and I apologized to all the neighbors for the unhappy happenings, but promised to have the broken window repair soon. Tom said that we would not do such silly things any more. I am glad that your neighbors had forgiven us. They are really nice people.
Yours,
Betty
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。
From the first day I arrived in Kunming, I had my understanding of China 1.(change). Far from being narrow-minded and hostile to 2.(foreign) ，people came up to talk to me the first time I went out on the street. It happened to be all in Chinese, so I didn’t understand much, 3.it did cause me to rethink my assumptions.
As my Chinese improved, this continued throughout my stay, from my landlord introducing me to people who could help us learn Chinese to 4.(get) to know the couple who ran a noodle restaurant nearby.
If you’re interested in other people, their culture, and their language, they’ll be5.(friend) to you. China isn’t 6.exception.
Don’t judge a country by its media coverage, 7.(especial) some Western media, which have much prejudice.
I saw a very different kind of China with my own eyes. Kunming, 8. I lived for most of my stay, wasn’t much polluted. I had frank conversations with Chinese people about almost everything.
Still China 9.(develop) ，but the economic growth means that most people 10. (see) their living standards improve rapidly in the last 20 years. People I spoke with were generally optimistic about the future.
One evening, Catherinewas at home as usual. As her__swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly_____by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you…..” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine_____herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and_____awarenessabout zero-waste and climate change.
With a deep_____of the environment and a desire to make a_____, Catherine, Davey, and a group of self_____“environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only_____0.9 miles in an entire day, they _____ and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.
Catherine and Davey________with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their____to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently________how she would have enough________to fly home for their two-week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope________with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus________outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got________and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where_______from all over the state came together with a________of cleaning up trash all over the park.
Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they _______was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply _________themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.
1.A. hands B. balance C. thoughts D. position
2.A. blamed B. interrupted C. moved D. frightened
3.A. dropped B. cheered C. found D. taught
4.A. abandoning B. shaking C. raising D. hiding
5.A. pride B. trust C. fear D. love
6.A. difference B. promise C. mistake D. plan
7.A. corrected B. described C. repeated D. discovered
8.A. driving B. fixing C. riding D. covering
9.A. slowly B. secretly C. helplessly D. frequently
10.A. heard B. shared C. wrote D. read
11.A. efforts B. costs C. problems D. choices
12.A. worrying about B. replying to C. depending on D. meeting with
13.A. time B. food C. money D. room
14.A. equipped B. supplied C. decorated D. filled
15.A. set off B. broke down C. headed for D. held on
16.A. rest B. practice C. understanding D. help
17.A. members B. volunteers C. tourists D. reporters
18.A. purpose B. question C. decision D. lesson
19.A. introduced B. expected C. experienced D. examined
20.A. turn B. limit C. compare D. devote
On December 22, 2016 I landed in the land of the “American Dream.” 1. Here is one of the things I’ve struggled with during my almost one year in the States.
2. My uncle and aunt joked that I brought rain from Saigon to America. Saigon, where I come from, is the old name of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Vietnam is a tropical country where it rains most of the year. Before going to the U.S., actually, I had no idea what to expect about its weather, but the big rain on my arrival gave me the first expectation of what the weather here might be like.
California is known for having a great climate — more sunshine, cooler in summer and warmer in winter. 3. However, having been here for a pretty long while now, I have experienced various forms of climate in California.
4. Most of the time I was living in Silicon Valley, where the weather is a bit colder than where I study in Orange County. But I was really surprised to find chill-to-the-bone weather in San Francisco — a big shift from Silicon Valley in only about an hour’s drive. How strange!
5. The worst is that I get n runny nose whenever I wake up in the morning. Because I am allergic to the cold and windy weathers, I keep sneezing badly, and even more badly if I get caught in the cold. I think that my body needs more time to get used to this climate, but as many people said, I am luckier to be in California where I don’t have to fight with extreme weathers as in other stales.
A. I am sensitive to weather change.
B. Such strange weather has affected my health.
C. So the amount of rain this year is considered unusual.
D. LAX airport in California welcomed me with a big rain.
E. So I quickly get used lo the unchangeable climate in California.
F. The weather varies widely depending on where you are in the state.
G. Since then, I have discovered tons of dilemmas about life in America.
Skeptics are a strange lot. Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the environment, and they are tired of people who disagree with them. Those people, say skeptics, spread nothing but bad news about the environment. The “eco-guilt” brought on by the discouraging news about our planet gives rise to the popularity of skeptics as people search for more comforting worldviews.
Perhaps that explains why a new book by Bjorn Lomborg received so much popularity. That book, The Skeptic Environmentalist, declares that it measures the “real state of the world” as fine. Of course, another explanation is the deep pockets of some big businesses with special interests. Indeed, Mr. Lomborg’s views are similar to those of some Industry-funded organizations, which start huge activities through the media to confuse the public about issues like global warming.
So it was strange to see Mr. Lomborg’s book go largely unchallenged in the media though his beliefs were contrary to most scientific opinions. One national newspaper in Canada ran a number of articles and reviews full of words of praise, even with the conclusion that “After Lomborg, the environmental movement will begin to die down.”
Such one-sided views should have immediately been challenged. But only a different review appeared in Nature, a respected science magazine with specific readership. The review remarked that Mr. Lomborg’s “preference for unexamined materials is incredible(不可信的)”.
A critical (批判的)eye is valuable, and the media should present information in such a way that could allow people to make informed decisions. Unfortunately, that is often inaccessible as blocked by the desire to be shocking or to defend some special interests. People might become half-blinded before a world partially exhibited by the media. That’s a shame, because matters concerning the health of the planet are far too important to be treated lightly.
1.According to the passage, which of the following may be regarded as “skeptics”?
A. People who agree on the popularity of “eco-guilt”.
B. People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet.
C. People who dislike the harmful effect of human activities.
D. People who spread comforting news to protect our environment.
2.Which of the following can be a reason for the popularity of Lomborg’s book?
A. Some big businesses intend to protect their own interests.
B. The book challenges views about the fine state of the world.
C. The author convinces people to speak comforting worldviews.
D. Industry–funded media present confusing information.
3.The author mentioned the review in Nature in order to____.
A. voice a different opinion B. find fault with Lomborg’s book
C. challenge the authority of the media D. point out the value of scientific views
4.What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?
A. To encourage the skeptics to have a critical eye.
B. To warn the public of the danger of half–blindness with reviews.
C. To blame the media’s lack of responsibility in presenting information.
D. To show the importance of presenting overall information by the media.
