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 Bill,
I’m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your caring for the weather or my health. Now I’d like to tell you anything about the smog.
Since last winter, the smog has been occurred a lot of times. It has done great harm to our daily life—a great number people got sick; many traffic accidents happened and quite lots of flights had to be put up. Luckily, people have realized the serious harm causing by the smog and the importance of protecting the environment. People all over the country are taking measure to reduce the smog. As for me, I will go to school by bike or on foot, and I would not throw the waste anywhere. Beside, I will tell people around to try their best to protect the environment. Would you like to tell me some other good ideas?
Looking forward to receive your reply.
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。
Joanna Cole, born on August 11, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey, has been credited to be one of the 1.(popular) children’s authors of all time. She 2.(write) over 250 books so far. Cole has owed a large part of her passion to one of her elementary school teachers.
Joanna Cole continued her education and 3.(final) earned a bachelor’s degree. In 1971 she decided to write her first book cockroaches. She did some research and discovered 4. had never been a book written for children about cockroaches. 5., she thought she would be the first. Cole wrote the first Magic School Bus in 1985. The book would go on to be published the 6.(follow) year and quickly became book series and cartoon series due to its 7.(succeed).
Cole writes in a way that will hopefully inspire children 8.(think) like a scientist. She does this by writing ideas instead of just facts. She also tries to ask questions in her books 9. require children to think and discover the answers as they read. This creates 10. engaging experience for children, so it is no wonder why younger readers are interested in her books.
We hired two cabs and visited Abu. We fixed our luggage on top of the _______ and started out. During the journey back, we stopped for a tea. That’s when I noticed _______ that the rope with which the luggage was _______ in one of the carriers had come loose and one of the _______ was missing. It must have _______ somewhere along the way. Although it didn’t contain any _______ things just clothes and some food, we decided to retrace (折返) our steps, driving back four kilometres, _______ the bag. But Luck wasn’ t our friend: We could not _______ it and returned to Ahmedabad unhappy.
After about a(n) _______, one day, while in my office, I got a call from my assistant that a ________ Mr Shah wanted to see me. I called him into my ________ and asked him: “How can we help you?” To which he said, “No, sir. I have not come for any official help. It is a(n) ________ matter. Did you lose your bag?” I told him about the lost bag from Mount Abu a month ago
Then Shah said his side of the ________:“I was driving back to Ahmedabad when I ________ a bag lying by the side of the road. I picked it up and ________ there for an hour or so. Since no one turned up to claim (索要) it, I went to a nearby gas station and gave my ________ to the manager with a request that if someone asked him for the bag my details may be ________. About a month passed. Since I did not hear from anyone, I ________open the lock and found your visiting card, with your ________ and address, inside. So, here I am. I was surprised and quite ________, too. I could not find the right words to express myself. I somehow managed to speak a few sentences, but nearly not enough to express my feelings on his act of kindness.
1.A.bicycles B.cabs C.trucks D.trains
2.A.suddenly B.slowly C.carefully D.finally
3.A.found B.sold C.tied D.made
4.A.bags B.wallets C.bottles D.boxes
5.A.taken off B.fallen out C.taken on D.fallen off
6.A.necessary B.private C.valuable D.Interesting
7.A.looking for B.running into C.getting over D.handing out
8.A.pass B.locate C.change D.buy
9.A.hour B.week C.month D.year
10.A.strange B.certain C.new D.dear
11.A.home B.school C.company D.office
12.A.basic B.important C.personal D.formal
13.A.background B.task C.trip D.story
14.A.noticed B.left C.met D.followed
15.A.landed B.waited C.slept D.worked
16.A.address B.signs C.thanks D.guidance
17.A.received B.collected C.checked D.shared
18.A.dropped B.broke C.burned D.blew
19.A.face B.idea C.name D.date
20.A.worried B.confused C.helpless D.speechless
Universities are doing everything they can to become a green campus. But there are also items students can do to make your campus more eco-friendly.
1. Recycle everything, especially paper!
There is a large amount of paper a college student goes through every term.1..We know that these things can’t be avoided, but the way you handle the use of all the paper can really help create a better green campus.
2. Buy green.
2.. Paper, cleaning products and water are products that can be bought as recycled goods. They’re slightly more expensive than the normal products, but it’s worth it to make a green campus.
3. Walk and bike to school.
Most campuses, especially those that are trying to become a more eco-friendly campus, have pretty good public transportation. 3..Walking or biking will help make your campus a green university.
4. 4..
A water bottle can be refilled at any water fountain and can easily be drunk in class or while riding a bike. This will save the environment by decreasing the amount of plastic waste on your campus.
5. Buy used clothing.
It is usually thought of as something to do to save money. 5.. Recycling clothes minimizes the use of resources to make clothing and puts a dent in the problem of worldwide sweatshops.
A. Carry a water bottle.
B. Buy recycled goods as much as possible.
C. It is also good for the environment!
D. Paper made of this kind of wood is much stronger.
E. It includes class notes, term papers, student newspapers and so on.
F. On top of that, almost all universities are pedestrian (步行者) friendly.
G. Universities call on all the students to learn to recycle all the waste paper.
Some people state they never forget a face. But what does that saying mean? Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember?
A new study has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. That number comes from a group of researchers at the University of York in England. There have been many studies recently on facial recognition. But the authors of this study say theirs is the first time that scientists have been able to put a number to the abilities of humans to recognize faces.
During the study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and other public people. The results showed that the participants knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces, which is very shocking to the researchers. Rob Jenkins, coauthor of the study, said one explanation about it may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. He also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.
The ability to tell individual people apart is “clearly important.” In today’s modern world of big cities, televisions and social media, we meet thousands of people. Our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know.
The people in the study included 25 men and women. They are between 18 and 61 years old. “It would be interesting to see whether there is a peak age for the number of faces we know”, Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.
1.How is the study different from the previous ones?
A.It is the first study on facial recognition.
B.It lists the number of faces people can recognize.
C.The study includes participants of all ages.
D.Participants could only recognize faces from personal lives.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.The difference of social environments. B.People’s natural ability to learn.
C.The wide range of the numbers. D.The necessity of facial recognition.
3.What will the researchers probably focus on after this study?
A.Why older people remember more faces.
B.How our ability to remember faces vary at different ages.
C.Whether people’s ability to remember faces is necessary.
D.When people can remember the most faces.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Human Beings Never Forget a Face B.Face Recognition Benefits Humans
C.The Brain Remembers Thousands of Faces D.The Key to Remembering More Faces
I came to Rio, Brazil to work one year ago. So what have I found here?
You need to learn Portuguese
I started studying Portuguese about two years ago. I didn’t end up improving my Portuguese as much as I’d hoped before I came here. While Spanish and Portuguese are structurally quite similar, there are huge differences between the two. You can’t just magically understand Brazilians if you speak Spanish.
I didn’t need to bring heels.
Going out in cities like Buenos Aires is a big deal. You get dressed up, you do your hair, and you definitely wear heels—at least if you’re going out to dance. I had no idea how wrong I was. Yes, Rio is a city, but it’s a city on the beach. Of course, there are fancy clubs that probably expect everyone to show up in dress shoes(时装鞋), but most of the places I’ve been to are fine with sneakers, even for dancing.
Learning about pop music is a must.
Whenever I go out and a pop song comes on, every single other person there sings along to all the words. I still haven’t understood if there are only 25 songs that get played in public or if people really do just have a fantastic memory for lyrics, but either way, I wish I’d spent a bit more time practicing Brazilian pop music so I wouldn’t look like such a lost foreigner.
Airplanes are a surprisingly sensitive subject
In Brazil, the credit for modern flight goes to Alberto Santos Dumont. Brazilians say the Wright Brothers’ use of a catapult(飞机弹射器) was technically cheating and point to their man as the real pioneer of the plane. Therefore, be careful before bringing up the subject of planes in Brazil unless you’re ready for a lecture.
1.What can we infer about Brazilians?
A.They are fond of dancing. B.They understand Spanish.
C.They have a good memory. D.They are informally dressed.
2.How did the author react when the others were singing?
A.She felt like an outsider. B.She felt ashamed.
C.She sang along. D.She pretended to be lost.
3.What topic should you avoid in Rio?
A.Pop music. B.Dressing styles.
C.The history of planes. D.Spanish.
4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To tell us something about Brazil.
B.To give foreigners in Rio some suggestions.
C.To share her life in Rio as a foreigner.
D.To encourage us to learn a foreign language.
