假设你是李华，你想利用周末的时间提高你的英语口语。请你根据以下要点用英语给你的外教Bruce写一封信。内容包括：
1. 你的英语口语目前的情况；
2. 请他就如何提高英语口语提一些建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bruce,
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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。作文中共有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。
As it is known to us, fewer and fewer students do sports regularly, what makes them weak and easily tired.
There are many reasons about this. First of all, some of the students complain that they have too many homework, result in less time to take exercise. Beside, some of them think that it is very difficult for them to keep doing exercise, because it is very hard thing.
For lack of physical activities, many students were in poor health. I suggest that our school must take measures to encourage more students to take part in sports. For us students, no matter what busy we are, it is necessary to spare some time to do exercise.
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(不超过3个单词)。
TFK, a reporter from NEWS WEEKLY, is interviewing JACOB, a famous actor and singer.
TFK: What made you get into music?
JACOB: My family is very 1. (music). My dad and uncles formed a music group. So when I was young, I was always looking up to them and watching them performing. At the age of 9, I started getting into the studio. Everything developed from there.
TFK: Is there a player 2. achievements you admire (羡慕)?
JACOB: Right now, I would say Justin Timberlake. He really did well in the film and music.
TFK: What other projects are you working on?
JACOB: I am working on a record 3. (call) This is Me: Volume 2. I 4. (do) movies all year, because I want to 5. (brief ) show my fans my growth. I’m also in a movie called The Maze Runner, 6. will come out next September.
TFK: When you are not acting or studying, what do you like to do?
JACOB: I love to eat service food on set. I was eating chocolate bars while 7. (make) the film Black Nativity. I was eating so much 8. they were making special food packages for me.
TFK: By the way, what message do you think people will take away 9. Black Nativity?
JACOB: The true meaning of faith and the deep 10. (devote) to one’s family.
TFK: That was very instructive (有益的).
Remembering My Father’s Vest(背心)
People get into trouble because they don’t know enough to keep cool. As a child, I had a lot of ______ that had been held back and not released. Worse still, I was not good at ______ .
Once as I was getting ready for school, my mother ______ me my father’s vest instead of mine. This was around the time when I was going to be larger in ______ than my father, so as I put on the vest, I felt like I was being choked（使窒息） in it! I ______ that it was a small oversight(疏忽) on my mother’s part, but ______ the feeling of being choked drowned me and I got very angry.
I took my anger out on my mother ______ thinking much. I was so upset when she had handed me the wrong vest, and I ______ by violently tearing it apart from my chest!
Later, my mother shared her own _____ with my father: “ See what your son has done.”
Instead of scolding or abusing me, my father ______ responded by asking my mother to ______ the vest. He then wore it to work the next day.
When my mother told me about my father’s response much later, when I had ______ from my burst, I immediately felt a great sense of ______ for my violent behavior, just ______ that he was spending the entire day wearing a(n) ______vest. At the same time, I was filled with great ______ for my father, whose gentle kindness taught me a life lesson I would treasure forever.
On that day, I made a ______ never to let anger get the better of me. I learn to ______ others when I think that they behave in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way, ______ forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off. And whenever I have difficulty ______ my strong emotion, I try to remember my father’s vest.
1.A. pressure B. anger C. stories D. tears
2.A. listening B. debating C. communicating D. working
3.A. handed B. sent C. delivered D. carried
4.A. weight B. size C. height D. mind
5.A. expected B. discovered C. suspected D. realized
6.A. anyway B. somehow C. somewhat D. however
7.A. without B. beyond C. besides D. despite
8.A. performed B. agreed C. reacted D. declined
9.A. excitement B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. failure
10.A. calmly B. politely C. attentively D. anxiously
11.A. save up B. give away C. hold back D. sew up
12.A. recovered B. changed C. developed D. benefited
13.A. disappointment B. sympathy C. panic D. shame
14.A. hoping B. joking C. imagining D. supposing
15.A. old B. broken C. torn D. worn
16.A. curiosity B. pride C. envy D. admiration
17.A. choice B. decision C. requirement D. wish
18.A. respect B. assist C. appreciate D. forgive
19.A. and B. but C. for D. so
20.A. controlling B. expressing C. treasuring D. monitoring
How to stay focused in class
● 1. No matter how much you want to sit with your friends during the class, try your best to avoid them. Talking with friends is not going to help you stay focused in class and will cause trouble, too.
● Look at the teacher. Your teacher is not just standing up there talking — they're trying to give you an acceptable education. Show the teacher that he or she has your full attention, by looking him or her in the eye. 2.
● Take notes. By taking notes, you'll be able to “get into” the lesson. 3. Listen for key phrases such as, “This is important,” “This is the main idea,” etc. This can help you listen more intently (专心地); you'll have something to do and focus on.
● Get involved (参与) in class discussions. This is a wonderful way to become a more focused and successful student. When a teacher asks a question, offer to answer it. 4. This shows the teacher that you're listening intently during the class.
● Ask a question. 5. This really shows your teacher that you want to be better, and can recognize the things you're having difficulty with. Chances are, someone else in the class has the same question (and is too afraid to ask!). They'll be relaxed — and so will you.
A. Do your best.
B. Avoid sitting with friends.
C. Don't try to finish your old notes in class.
D. Write down key points as your teacher speaks.
E. If he or she asks for an opinion, share your own.
F. If you don't understand something, never be afraid to ask.
G. This person should have your full attention at all times in class.
Newborns begin to develop language skills long before they begin speaking. And, compared to adults, they develop these skills more quickly. People have a hard time learning new languages as they grow older, but babies have the ability to learn any language easily.
For a long time, scientists have tried to explain how such young children can learn the complicated (复杂的) grammatical rules and sounds of a language. Now, researchers are getting a better idea of what’s happening in the brains of the tiniest language learners. This new information might help kids with learning problems as well as adults who want to learn new languages. It might even help scientists who are trying to design computers that can communicate like people do.
Most babies go “ma ma” by 6 months of age, and most children speak in full sentences by age 3. For many years, scientists have wondered how the brains of young children figure out how to communicate using language. With help from new technologies, scientists are now finding that babies begin life with the ability to learn any language. They get into contact (接触) with other people, listen to what they say and watch their movements very closely. That is why they quickly master the languages they hear most often.
Studies show that, up to about 6 months of age, babies can recognize all the sounds that make up all the languages in the world. Starting at around 6 months old a baby’s brain focuses on the most common sounds it hears. Then, children begin responding only to the sounds of the language they hear the most.
In a similar way older babies start recognizing the patterns that make up the rules of their native language. For example, English children who are about 18 months old start to figure out that words ending in “-ing” or “-ed” are usually verbs, and that verbs are action words.
1.Which of the following opinions does the author agree with?
A. Babies are really good language learners.
B. Adults should learn languages like babies.
C. It’s better to learn a new language at an early age.
D. Babies should be trained to improve language skills.
2.The researchers found out that babies learn a language mainly by _____.
A. repeating the words of other people
B. remembering the full sentences they hear
C. hearing and closely watching others speak
D. figuring out the meaning of different sounds
3.In the last two paragraphs, the author explains _____.
A. why babies pay more attention to sounds
B. how babies respond to what they hear most often
C. why verbs in a language attract the most attention of a baby
D. how babies master the grammatical rules of their native language
