假定你是学校英语报记者，你校最近举办了一次趣味运动会，给同学们减压。请以“A Successful Fun Game”为标题写一篇短文，报道此次活动。内容包括：
1. 时间与地点：12月25日，学校操场；
2. 活动大致介绍。
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 am traveling around, I watch people a lot in order kill time. The other day, I saw a couple at an airport. They were not worn business clothes, but the man were carrying a suitcase. Every few second, the woman had looked around. I wondered that someone was following them. Suddenly I remembered a story in a newspaper I had read a week before: the bank clerk stole one million pounds and disappeared with his wife. The couple real looked like them. Maybe I should stop them. Just then, I saw them say goodbye to each other, and the woman walk away.
Well, sometimes I make mistakes like that. But I find it very useful for mine writing.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In my spoken English class, I asked the students about their impressions of university life. To my surprise, many of them said they were 1.(disappoint).
After the controlled high school lives, they are having difficulty 2.(appreciate) the free time in the university. They said in high school, they got up at 6 in the morning and studied until 10 at night. Most of their spare time was spent 3. homework to pass the exams.
However, once they entered the university, they are not expected 4.(devote) all their waking hours to studying. They should also take an 5.(act) part in social activities. Therefore, they should learn to divide their spare time between sports 6. clubs, some of 7. are very important for their 8.(succeed) in the future.
As they had so many choices, they 9.(feel) that no matter what they were doing, they should do something else. To those students, my advice is: learn to make decisions for 10.(you).
I felt my childhood was left on the plane to the United States when my baby cousins returned home. It was a really ______ moment for me.
During their stay in China, they had not only brought back the happy days of my childhood, but also helped me ______ from an at-times selfish teenager into a reliable grown-up.
Three years ago, my aunt and uncle moved here from Boston with their 1-year-old daughter Yasmeen and ______ an apartment close to our house. We were ______ to have our family, especially a baby girl, so close to us. Yasmeen had close friendships with each of my sisters, but I knew the one that ______ between us was the strongest. As she began to walk on her own and talk in full ______, I realized my great ______ on her, I noticed that she’d ______ some of my unpleasant actions, ______ with her mother as I had done the same. Yasmeen made me realize what a good ______ should be.
When Maya was born, Yasmeen had a hard time ______ her younger sister. She was jealous(忌妒) of the attention we all paid to the little baby, so I did my best to keep her company when she felt ______. Once Yasmeen got over her jealousy, she was able to ______ Maya’s presence, like we all did. I tried my best to change my ______ in order to spend more time with my little cousins.
My ______ with Yasmeen and Maya has taught me the importance of being a good example.______ I helped my little cousins in a way, they have taught me how to be a good sister; and most ______, a better person—a more patient person, who would not be ______ by their endless questions; a(n) ______ person, who would be able to have fun and share with others; a role model, who ______ the babies ideas about right and wrong.
1.A.sad B.busy C.proud D.relaxing
2.A.settle B.come C.grow D.protect
3.A.found out B.lived in C.searched for D.broke up
4.A.overjoyed B.embarrassed C.surprised D.afraid
5.A.ended B.started C.survived D.developed
6.A.words B.sentences C.voices D.sounds
7.A.opinion B.dependence C.mercy D.influence
8.A.doubt B.affect C.copy D.guide
9.A.laughing B.arguing C.talking D.checking
10.A.leader B.family C.teacher D.example
11.A.holding B.accepting C.recognizing D.biting
12.A.ignored B.admired C.comforted D.loved
13.A.admit B.explore C.see D.enjoy
14.A.room B.mind C.schedule D.job
15.A.instruction B.experiment C.experience D.interview
16.A.However B.Since C.Although D.So
17.A.importantly B.luckily C.painfully D.gratefully
18.A.determined B.upset C.loved D.hurt
19.A.honest B.independent C.angry D.happy
20.A.showed B.wrote C.awarded D.allowed
Growth is painful. It’s like clearing out your drawers by pulling out every little thing inside of you, examining it, and deciding whether to throw it out or not. It can be scary. Therefore, if you have the following feelings, that’s the beginning of growing.
Uncertainty
During t he process of growth, you should feel uncertain. 1.. Let it run its course and enjoy the aimlessness as much as you can.
Self-doubt
2.. Everything you’ve come to know about yourself and your life is now being examined. If you’re not feeling self-doubt, you’re not going deep enough. Keep digging. The moment that you feel self-doubt is the dark night before the dawn.
Insecurity(不安全感 )
Many people believe that insecurity is shameful. However, it means that you are moving from one stage to the next. You are stepping into a completely unknown part of yourself. 3..
Fear
Do you know why you’ve been kept away from your chances to grow? 4.. Keep moving forward and pushing beyond it.
Anxiety
Where there is insecurity, fear, and uncertainty, there is surely anxiety. Anxiety is part of growth. You have very little control over what happens to you. However. you can control how you react to it. You can choose to stick your head in the sand and stay the same, or you can grow and be free.5..
A. The choice is yours
B. You don’t know where to go yet
C. Be grateful for these scary feelings
D. You’re growing into a whole new stage
E. That’s the fear that has kept you from moving on
F. Of course you will feel doubtful about what you’re doing
G. It’s only natural that you wouldn’t feel wholly sure of yourself
British parents encourage their children to play musical instruments as part of a family tradition(传统) rather than raise their children’s competitiveness as the American parents do.
Dr. Aaron Reeves from Oxford University found that the UK parents did not see musical practice as character building or useful in getting university places or jobs for their children. Instead, they usually encouraged their children to follow their interests.
This is different from what the other researchers had found in America. Middle-class parents in the US appear to associate(与……相联系) these cultural practices with other worldly benefits and often center these music activities around the school subjects.
Researchers think that it may be due to(由于) the fact that the US parents have become increasingly worried about providing their children with skills and abilities enabling them to stand out from their competitors.
However, for British parents, no such direct connection was made with future educational or job advantages. The parents interviewed here did not connect music with usefulness but rather they just paid attention to the value of music as a family tradition and, to some degree, as something valuable in its own right.
One Scottish parent said during an interview, “We’ve got two learning musical instruments. If they think it is fun, we try and encourage them, but we wouldn’t force them.” Another housewife said, “My son has just turned five and I want him to play the guitar because his uncle is good at it, but it’s up to my son.”
“Lots of UK parents don’t think music practice could be very helpful for the children’s confidence or school success. They say that it takes time and some talent for the children to gain a competing advantage,” said Dr. Reeves. “I think they are right.”
1.What does the underlined word “their” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.The US parents’. B.The UK children’s.
C.The UK parents’. D.The US children’s.
2.What do British parents think Of music learning?
A.It is useful for their children to get better jobs.
B.It can be helpful to build their children’s confidence.
C.It helps their children to succeed in their schoolwork.
D.It would be better to take it as a hobby for the children.
3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Both the US and UK parents are right.
B.The other researchers’ findings are misleading.
C.Dr. Reeves agrees more with the UK parents.
D.Only the talented children can benefit from music learning.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.The benefits of extra music learning for children.
B.The American parents’ attitude towards music learning.
C.Differences in the British and American parenting styles.
D.Different attitudes towards music learning in the UK and USA.
