When did the speakers graduate from the school?
A. 8 years ago. B. 10 years ago. C. 20 years ago.
中国汉字博大精深，它有着多种造字方法以及丰富的寓意。请你写一封英语书信，向你的笔友Mark介绍你最喜欢的一个汉字，聊聊它的构成、含义以及你最喜欢它的原因。
注意:1.词数100左右;2.开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。
Dear Mark
How are you these days?
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Best wishes
Yours sincerely,
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(Ʌ)，并在下面写出该加的词。
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。
A ship destroyed during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to the small and deserted island. The two survivors had been good friends. They agreed to pray to God separate. The first man prayed for food, a house and clothes. But like magic, all of these were given to them. However, the second man still has had nothing. Finally, the first man prayed for a ship such that he could leave the island and it worked well. As the ship was about to leaving, the first man heard a voice from heaven telling him it was the second man when prayed all his prayers would be answered. He was so touched that he burst into tear.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Kentucky Fried Chicken has launched a new themed branch in honor of Lei Feng, a legendary soldier1.(celebrate) in China for his2.(self) and modesty, in his hometown Changsha, Hunan province
The restaurant opened on Sunday, two days before the3.(office)remembrance day marked across the country every year on March 54.people celebrate his spirits by showing goodwill and giving5.helping hand to others.
The restaurant will organize series of activities and also cooperate with the local Lei Fen Memorial Hall to 6.( well promote Lei Feng’s spirits.7.the entrance to the restaurant stand two big Lei -like statues and its inner part8.(decorate) with Lei's cartoon portraits and quotes from his diary, with words from his poems playing in the background
He Min, general manager of KFC in Hunan province, told voc. com. en that in addition to the themed restaurant, they will also launch a project devoted to Lei’s virtues in 250 outlets(门店)across the province, including 9.( provide ) free drinking water and resting10.( place) for gate guards
The summer before the ninth grade, procrastination(拖延 )affected my life in a deep way. With only a few days until the start of school, I had_______just one of three homework tasks we were_______Instead of enjoying my last few moments of _______, I spent that time doing homework, which was an_______way to end the vacation.
Putting in 100 percent_______, I always started with strong_______at the beginning of each school year._______I struggled to maintain that energy as the weeks passed.
One night, my father and I were having a_______about college. He told me, " It doesn’t _______much whether you get into an Ivy League university or just a(n)____________college-what matters is how you get there and what you do to____________it". This really spoke to me, because it made me focus more on the____________of my work rather than the quantity.
Thanks to that conversation, I____________the way I went through life. I started to ____________ that trying my____________best is a thousand times better than simply doing something to get it done.
My effort began to____________in my first year of high school. I had never____________that my grades in some harder classes could be better than those in the easier ones I took last year.
Now I would rather work hard for something and enjoy the____________of success, than not try at all or give up halfway. Motivation can ____________become a habit if you repeat a(n)____________that helps you avoid procrastination.
1.A. finished B. shared C. quitted D. repeated
2.A. passed B. arranged C. designed D. showed
3.A. pride B. freedom C. silence D. surprise
4.A. unpleasant B. enjoyable C. valuable D. confusing
5.A. trust B. fund C. effort D. knowledge
6.A. curiosity B. misunderstanding C. fear D. motivation
7.A. Otherwise B. However C. Therefore D. Besides
8.A. conversation B. quarrel C. discussion D. break
9.A. occur B. work C. matter D. fail
10.A. popular B. famous C. ordinary D. new
11.A. disturb B. accomplish C. attract D. embarrass
12.A. amount B. comment C. request D. quality
13.A. changed B. refused C. admitted D. copied
14.A. explain B. doubt C. believe D. expect
15.A. slight B. sharp C. steady D. absolute
16.A. fall behind B. run out C. break out D. pay off
17.A. worried B. imagined C. promise D. questioned
18.A. pleasure B. effect C. opinion D. progress
19.A. luckily B. hardly C. easily D. silently
20.A. test B. idea C. game D. routine
Finding spare change or an extra dollar in your pocket always feels like a victory, 1.. Without thinking, you might hear the familiar rhyme in your head when you spot one on the sidewalk: " Find a penny, pick it up. All day long you’ll have good luck.”
According to one theory, people originally thought pennies would bring good luck because of religious beliefs2.. This theory also fueled other superstitions(迷信行为) like charm bracelets and metal horseshoes, which are also "lucky. "Plus, metal currency like pennies were linked to more wealth and thus more luck. That might be a straightforward explanation, but other eleven strange origins of other everyday superstition sure aren’t.
Another reason people might have claimed pennies would bring good luck comes down to the battle between good and evil, which is like two sides of the coin. Finding a penny heads up. meant you’d have luck on your side, but tails up would mean the opposite,3.. Some people say that if you find a penny tails up, you should turn it over to make it heads up so that it can bring luck to whoever finds it next. 4.. The Irish half-penny, which stopped circulating in 1987, is especially lucky to anyone who finds one. Then there: 's also the old saying " Something old, something new something borrowed, something blue, and a penny in the shoe. " 5.
A. Pennies From Heaven is a way of thinking
B. although the exact reasoning for this is unknown
C. but even finding something worth as little as a penny is satisfying
D. No matter what the reason is, pennies are part of many lucky traditions
E. Placing g silver sixpence in the bride’s left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth
F. These are all things brides should wear on their wedding day for good luck in their marriage
G Folktales from ancient civilizations said metals were gifts from gods intended to protect people from evil
