假定你是李华，你校外教Mr. Hall给你发邮件,询问有关中国春节贴对联的习俗,请你给他回复,作简要介绍。内容包括:
1.对联的内容;
2.贴对联的意义。
注意: 1.词数100词左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:贴对联: paste couplets
Dear Mr. Hall,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。
On the first day during the winter vacation, my classmates and I went to the Nursing Home and did some voluntary works. On our arrive, we visited the elderly in their rooms, presented them with flowers and self- made cards to show our respect and love. Then we did some cleaning or washing for them under the help of the nurses. Having been done all these, we sat in the yard chatting with the elderly people. We talked about our old days, changes of our city, and anything they were interested. When it was time for us to leave, the elderly people thank us for our kindness. They said it was so a beautiful day that they would remember it forever.
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。
I am the Third Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Kenya. It is a great pleasure to take my1.(one) trip to China. In Beijing, we 2. (visit) the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and so on,3. (get) a view of the traditional culture, its booming economy and technology, as well as its achievements in poverty alleviation(扶贫) I read the special reports ''Tracing the Origin of China's Targeted Poverty Alleviation Efforts'' in the July issue of China Today. The report series is a window for foreigners4.(understand) Chinese government policy of targeted poverty alleviation. The multiple ways of how to achieve future 5. (goal) inspire. me to introduce them back to my country and the poor people in Africa 6.have a strong desire7.development. The key to China's success is to inspire those8.(suffer) from poverty to make their inner motivation to serve the establishment of9.stable long-term poverty alleviation system. Through guidance and policies, poverty-stricken people will become responsible shareholders and their sense of10. (participate) will be improved.
Sarah Stanley Fallaw is the author of The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth. She surveyed 600 millionaires and claimed that she found the_______of getting rich. She got her_______after surveying American millionaires in 2015 and 2016. The book is a(an)_______ to her father's research in the 1998 bestseller The Millionaire Next Door, which Thomas J. Stanley wrote with William D. Danko.
Stanley Fallaw_______ that resilience (恢复能力) in the face of_______and strict goal setting are important to building wealth. "To build wealth, to build one's own business, to_______critics and media and neighbors, you must have the_______to keep pursuing your goals past rejection and pain, " wrote Stanley Fallaw in the new book, _______Business Insider. She added, Millionaires and other_______successful Americans who decide to climb the corporate ladder, or________to create a financial independence lifestyle early do so by pushing on without________. "
Stanley Fallaw stresses the importance of setting goals and________ them, especially for budgeting. She says that living modestly even as your income________will allow you to devote a greater percentage of your income to ________ and building wealth. "Most millionaires we interviewed ________the great freedom that comes from spending below their means," Stanley Fallaw writes.
The author says that the desire to________ the spending habits of the people around can be highly________to building wealth. Particularly in the age of social media,________grand vacations and new purchases are________for the world to see, the perseverance to live ________ is important.
1.A.directions B.consequence C.importance D.secrets
2.A.evidence B.purpose C.findings D.ideas
3.A.follow-up B.inspiration C.reference D.back-up
4.A.argues B.opposes C.answers D.responds
5.A.examination B.rejection C.difficulty D.challenge
6.A.take B.satisfy C.value D.ignore
7.A.determination B.duty C.ambition D.conscience
8.A.according to B.thanks to C.apart from D.in terms of
9.A.mentally B.physically C.powerfully D.economical
10.A.regret B.struggle C.refuse D.hesitate
11.A.consideration B.patience C.stop D.effort
12.A.sticking to B.speaking for C.escaping from D.reaching for
13.A.decreases B.grows C.shrinks D.freezes
14.A.expenses B.accounts C.banks D.savings
15.A.neglected B.declared C.highlighted D.denied
16.A.keep up with B.cast aside C.put up with D.get rid of
17.A.reasonable B.harmful C.instructive D.worthwhile
18.A.where B.when C.which D.as
19.A.appreciated B.encouraged C.delivered D.broadcast
20.A.independently B.wastefully C.simply D.happily
Study Habits You Should Be Practising
With exams, essays, projects, and many deadlines for different things, effective study habits are necessary. If you are in need of a bit of an improvement, keep reading for the top four study habits that you should be practicing.1.
●Make and use flashcards.
2.By using flashcards with a question on one side and the answer on the other, you will
force your brain to recall the necessary information. Even if you struggle a bit with a card, you will still be actively revising the necessary material.
●Revise, revise, revise!
Many students put off studying until just before the exam, with the more hardworking students giving themselves a week or two before a test.3.It's best to revise the information a little bit every day, so that you are not upset when a test comes around.
●Read aloud to yourself
Read aloud to yourself and, as silly as it may seem, pretend you are teaching a student. Read your notes aloud, pretend you are lecturing.4.
●Make a mind-map
One method of revising is to make a mind-map. This is a bit like a flowchart, in which you start with one core concept in the center, and then branch off into connected sections.5.
These are the four most effective study habits, and something all successful students do. Make sure you are on top of your game by following these study methods!
A. Use these graded tests to create a new practice test.
B. Having these great study habits can make things easier.
C. Do this over and over, until you no longer have to look at your notes.
D. However, it's actually an ineffective method of preparing and studying.
E. Flashcards are designed to improve active memory recall of information.
F. You will be able to picture your written notes when you are taking the exam.
G This will help you to connect everything together and associate the terms with one another.
Pachyrhynchus weevils (球背象鼻虫) are found on most islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. These weevils could not fly. But why are they so widespread? Wen-San Huang of the National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan thinks he has the answer.
One theory, which dates back to 1923, is that the beetles float from place to place by a tiny air cavity beneath its outer shell.
Dr Huang began his research into the weevils and discovered that the beetles do float. But he also reports floating in seawater does not do them much good. All 57 adults he tried it with died within two days. Clearly, adult weevils are not good sailors.
Pachyrhynchus weevils have a love for laying their eggs inside the fruit of a plant called the fish-poison tree. This reproduces reminding us of coconut palms. It drops its fruits into the ocean, which carries them away to come up on distant beaches. Coconuts are protected from being eaten on their travels by having a hard, thick shell. Fish-poison-tree fruit are also protected from hungry sea creatures. But in their case, as their name suggests, the protection is chemical.
Given the relationship between weevils and plant, Dr Huang wondered how beetle larvae (幼虫) would fare if they were deep inside a piece of fruit floating in seawater.
So he tested this as well. His experiment suggested that such larvae are 'tolerant of saline (含盐的) conditions.
Specifically, of 18 grubs (蛆) thrown into seawater inside a piece of fruit, two survived for six days. Moreover, these larvae went on to develop into healthy, sexually mature adults. So Dr Huang argues that such numbers would easily support the immigration of weevils to the islands.
He also observes that the Kuroshio Current, which carries water from the Philippines, past Japan and onwards into the Pacific, moves so swiftly that a piece of fruit caught in it could easily travel 90km in a day, enabling the flightless beetle to cover the distance of 400km between the islands effectively.
1.What did Wen-San Huang find in his research?
A.The old theory accounts for weevils. B.Adult weevils are good at floating.
C.Fish-poison-tree fruit protect weevils. D.The weevils cross the islands in a day.
2.What can the underlined word "fare" probably mean?
A.Survive. B.Travel.
C.Grow. D.Float.
3.How do weevils succeed in immigrating between the islands?
A.By travelling with sea creatures.
B.By wearing shells for protection.
C.By laying eggs in coconuts sinking under the sea.
D.By staying in the floating fish-poison-tree fruits.
4.What's the author's purpose of writing the text?
A.To introduce the research result.
B.To compare the coconut palms and weevils.
C.To tell how weevils immigrate to the islands.
D.To praise Wen San Huang for his research.
