假如你是高三学生李华，从校园网上得知你校将在暑假举办去英国牛津大学(Oxford University)的夏令营。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。内容主要包括:
1. 自我介绍(突出特长)；
2. 参加原因(文化交流、心仪大学等)；
3. 希望获批。
注意:
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
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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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Last week, I, along with the rest of my grade, went on a 18-hour survival training trip. When we arrived in, we put up our tents before making lunch. Then we participated in team-building activity such as dragon boat racing or rock climbing. They were all extremely fun yet tiring. The most excited event was the boat racing, as I have never been in a dragon boat before. The thrilling feeling of riding over the waves will stay my mind forever. By the end of the day, they were all sweaty and exhausted. We packed up the next morning, take back with us our new created memories.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
There were two men living next to each other, both 1. large gardens. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was a baker. The teacher 2. (rare) cared for the plants in his garden, but the baker was very careful with his plants. Therefore, the teacher’s plants were small, while the baker’s plants were3. bigger and greener.
One night, 4. heavy storm hit the village. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check on their gardens. The baker saw that his plants 5. (destroy). However, the teacher’s plants were not damaged at all and stood firm.
6. (surprise), the baker asked the teacher, “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better 7. you did. How are your plants still OK?”
The teacher smiled and said, “You gave your plants too much attention, so you made 8. too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so their roots had to grow deeper 9. (find) more by themselves. That’s 10. my plants survived.”
I still remember my kindergarten teacher Mrs White, although I don’t remember much about what we learned in her class. My mother once told me that we used to____a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she could see there were so many____. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes____a “Good”，which would make my heart soar (高涨）with____, But it worried my mother, so one day when she met Mrs White, she asked her why she never____the wrong spellings of words.
Mrs White replied,“The children are just beginning to get____about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to____that enthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait. The wonder of words won’t…”Maybe she didn’t say it____like that. It was long ago. But I did grow up learning to use words with loving____like that.
I____now and think Mrs Whites was a rather____teacher. She encouraged the joy,____and excitement of expression-however faultily-like that. I used to____“beautiful” a lot. Never could I quite remember that the “e”went ___the “a”.____my teacher in high school very much.____eventually the e’s and a’s settled into their____places. I am glad I didn’t ___on them though. “Pretty” is ___to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes. And thanks to Mrs White, I had no____about writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out. Because life isn’t Pretty. It’s Beautiful.
1.A.listen B.speak C.write D.read
2.A.marks B.stars C.words D.mistakes
3.A.even B.naturally C.especially D.particularly
4.A.happiness B.sadness C.discouragement D.disappointment
5.A.found B.corrected C.ignored D.remembered
6.A.worried B.excited C.anxious D.nervous
7.A.keep B.create C.stop D.make
8.A.really B.carefully C.totally D.exactly
9.A.fear B.confidence C.pride D.content
10.A.look forward B.look after C.look back D.look for
11.A.extraordinary B.strict C.hardworking D.careless
12.A.delight B.wonder C.relief D.satisfaction
13.A.mistake B.misuse C.misunderstand D.misspell
14.A.behind B.after C.before D.below
15.A.annoyed B.pleased C.frightened D.confused
16.A.So B.But C.And D.Or
17.A.right B.wrong C.good D.bad
18.A.stand B.keep C.wait D.rely
19.A.funnier B.harder C.nicer D.easier
20.A.interests B.hope C.worries D.sadness
Having proper manners is essential in all aspects of life if you want others to respect you. Here are some of the advantages of having good manners:
Professional manners get positive attention.1.. However, knowing how to do the work isn’t the only thing expected of you. Following the manners rules at work will also help you earn respect and possibly even contribute to promotions and raises.
2.. Show your customers your good manners by speaking to them politely and giving them an opportunity to express their needs, and you are more likely to earn their future business.
Being polite to your friends will keep them calling you.3., they are more likely to include you in activities and events. Treating other people with respect makes them want to be nice back to you. Whether you need help at the grocery store or you have a complaint about a product, showing good manners will make the store employees want to work with you. 4.. Smile at someone, and that just might be the bright spot in his or her day.
Knowing and using proper manners regularly can help with confidence. If you are in the habit of using good manners all the time, which is a sign of respect for others, you won’t have to worry about whether or not you’re doing or saying the right thing. It will come natural to you. 5..
A. Skills on the job are important
B. If you want to make more honest friends
C. Being kind to customers increases sales
D. And then others will respect you more for it
E. Employers are trying to earn much money from their customers
F. When your friends know you care enough to have good manners with them
G. Holding a door for a mom with a baby or an older person can make their day better
Ever walked to the shops only to find, once there, you’ve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old friend? For years we’ve accepted that a forgetful brain is as much a part of aging as wrinkles and gray hair. But now a new book suggests that we’ve got it all wrong.
According to The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain, by science writer Barbara Strauch, when it comes to the important things, our brains actually get better with age. In fact, she argues that some studies have found that our brain hits its peak between our 40s and 60s — much later than previously thought.
Furthermore, rather than losing many brain cells as we age, we keep them, and even produce new ones well into middle age. For years it’s been assumed that brain, much like the body, declines with age. But the longest, largest study into what happens to people as they age suggests otherwise.
This continuing research has followed 6,000 people since 1956, testing them every seven years. It has found that on average, participants performed better on cognitive (认知的) tests in their 40s and 50s than they had done in their 20s. Specifically, older people did better on tests of vocabulary, verbal memory (how many words you can remember) and problem solving. Where they performed less well was number ability and perceptual speed — how fast you can push a button when ordered. However, with more complex tasks such as problem-solving and language, we are at our best at middle age and beyond. In short, researchers are now coming up with scientific proof that we do get wiser with age.
Neuroscientists are also finding that we are happier with aging. A recent US study found older people were much better at controlling and balancing their emotions. It is thought that when we’re younger we need to focus more on the negative aspects of life in order to learn about the possible dangers in the world, but as we get older we’ve learned our lessons and are aware that we have less time left in life: therefore, it becomes more important for us to be happy.
1.Barbara Strauch probably agrees that ______.
A.the young are better at handling important things
B.wrinkles and gray hair are the only symbols of aging
C.aging leads to the decline of the function of the brain
D.people’s brains work best between their 40s and 60s
2.The continuing research has found older people perform better on ______.
A.vocabulary tests B.number ability
C.perceptual speed D.body balance
3.People are happier with aging because ______.
A.they know how to share feelings B.they learn to value the time left
C.they cannot focus on negative aspects D.they do not realize the possible dangers
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.People get happier with age. B.People get more forgetful with age.
C.People get wiser with age. D.People get more self-aware with age.
