My classmates and I had a really unforgettable experience，which made us very happy. We paid a visit 1. Lucy’s house yesterday. We didn’t have difficulty finding her house because she 2. (give) us clear directions. When we arrived at her house, her mother was preparing food for us. Then we began to help with the cooking. About an hour later, the food was ready, and we sat at the table enjoying the delicious food including fish and 3. (vegetable). Finally we went to Ann’s room where we watched our favourite TV programme together. 4. (decorate) with flowers and balloons, the room was warm and comfortable.
假定你是学生会主席李华，你校决定组织以“学好英语是否必要”为主题的英语辩论赛，请你以学生会的名义，根据下列要点，发布一则英文书面通知，号召大家积极参与。要点如下：
1. 活动目的；
2. 参赛要求及相关事项。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。
When I grow up, I’ll work with animals. Though I don’t know exactly how I can do for the animals yet, I can at least to follow my brother. He is a excellent vet (兽医). He looks after frightened snakes. He says that snakes are easy to deal as they don’t have any legs. My father, a scientist, works to save rarely birds, some of that are really clever and can even say some words. My mother train dolphins every workday. They practise in the pool. She hears the dolphins talk and sing. That sounds really cool! There are so many animal job to choose from, but which one is right for them? I’ll have to wait and see!
根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词。
Every Thanksgiving my family and I, along with others, prepare and serve Thanksgiving meals for the people in our small mountain community. My husband and I also bring meals to the disabled.
This Thanksgiving we did 1. same. After delivering them to some individual apartments, we went to the 2. (centre) dining room. We put the boxes filled with Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and some other foods on the tables. People invited 3. (we) to stay, and thanked us, 4. we had other deliveries and had to leave. As we started to go out, I turned around and saw them all 5. (watch) us. Then I asked, “Would anybody like a hug?” They lined up. There was so much 6. (warm) in each hug.
My eyes 7. (fill) with tears and my heart with love. Now I visit now and then 8. (chat) and, of course, hug. This year at my Thanksgiving delivery, when they line up 9. their hugs, I am going to have them turn around and hug each other. These people have no family at Thanksgiving-- what could be 10. (good) for them than hugs!
Life is colorful. Sometimes it’s just like potato salad; when it’s shared, it became a picnic.
With three young children to bring up, my husband John and I were very _______. "Can we go on a picnic, Mom?" my six-year-old daughter, Becky _______. "Please." I had said no so many times in _______ months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores could _______. To her _______, I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and _______ a cooler with ice and drinks and called John _______.
My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some _______ time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch _______ out on the table, John arrived on the ________. That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was full of ________. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school responsibilities for so many months. John and the boys ________ rocks into the lake, Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table, ________ God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks. It ________ me what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest ________ could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you ________. Even though kids have now grown up and ________ from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to ________ potato salad, call all of my ________ kids, feed some hungry ducks and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a ________.
1.A. patient B. old C. occupied D. poor
2.A. begged B. doubted C. asked D. wondered
3.A. coming B. recent C. following D. late
4.A. last B. approach C. relax D. wait
5.A. disappointment B. sadness C. surprise D. embarrassment
6.A. supplied B. filled C. provide D. compared
7.A. at work B. off work C. on business D. at home
8.A. unhappy B. quantity C. quality D. unfortunate
9.A. cooked B. spread C. taken D. made
10.A. scene B. sight C. view D. scenery
11.A. communication B. expectation C. hope D. laughter
12.A. missed B. took C. skipped D. left
13.A. trusting B. thanking C. praising D. praying
14.A. refreshed B. questioned C. beat D. hit
15.A. lifestyle B. time C. world D. occupation
16.A. love B. enjoy C. own D. have
17.A. left alone B. left behind C. moved away D. ran away
18.A. watch B. appreciate C. plant D. cook
19.A. handsome B. young C. mature D. grown
20.A. picnic B. salad C. life D. purpose
Voluntourism --- New Trend in Travel
Volunteering to help people in need combined with travelling to faraway places is a new trend in the travel industry. It is called voluntourism. 1. On the other side, they volunteer to help others who are not as well off as they are.
Recent statistics show that in the past few years voluntourism has been one of the fastest-growing areas of tourism. 2. They work in orphanages (孤儿院), help build schools, assist in hospitals and do farm work in developing countries. Some of them establish lasting bonds with people far away.
3. Students see it as a gap year after school; others simply want to take some time off from a job and do something else. Then there are these who are bored and merely seek adventures. 4. They think it is a cheap way of travelling and don’t really want to get involved in hard work.
Not everyone sees voluntourism in a positive way. Critics (评论家) say that if people really want to help those in need there are many opportunities in their own community to do this. 5. Travel experts also point out that in some cases voluntourists are made use of by organizations that set up the trips.
A. voluntourism has been expanded into many countries.
B. There are many reasons why people engage in voluntourism.
C. However, many voluntourists do not see volunteering as what it is.
D. Besides, volunteers are often not skilled enough in the tasks that they do.
E. More than 1.6 million people around the world are volunteers in other countries.
F. Standard development programs are often sponsored by international organizations.
G. People travel to other places, learn languages and other cultures and gain new experiences.
