假定你是李华，你的美国朋友David来信说在学汉语时遇到一个不懂的词语——愚公移山。请你写封回信简述这个成语故事及其寓意。
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。
It was a nice day on last Sunday. At 8:00 am, we gather at the foot of Saibai Mountain in Anyuan county and set out for the top in high spirit. All the way we were chatting, singing and laughing, enjoyed the fresh air and the beautiful scenery. When some fell behind, others will come and offer help. To our excitement, we all finally reached the top about 3 hours late. Bathed in the sunshine, they jumped and cheered joyfully. Though we were tiring, we were all impressed by this experience. Not only it get us close to nature, it also promoted the friendship among us.
How a wonderful time!
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。
China has ambitious plans to reduce single-use plastics by 2025. China’s National Development and Reform Commission is taking a number of measures 1. (design) to cut the production and use of plastics over the next five years. At the end of 2020,non- Biodegradable (非生物降解的) plastic bags 2. (ban) in supermarkets and malls in major cities. The ban will also apply 3. food delivery services, which use vast amounts of the plastics. Food delivery and takeaway services will stop 4. (use)single-use plastic straws and cutlery (餐具) nationwide. China will encourage 5. use of alternative materials such as non-plastic products and biodegradable shopping bags.
Single-use plastics are one of the world’s 6. (big) sources of plastic pollution. They 7. (become) a part of daily life and a part of our throwaway culture for decades. China set a goal of reducing overconsumption in order to get rid of our reliance on single-use plastics. Previous regulations on plastic use, in 2008, cut production of 8. (rough) 67 billion plastic bags. The United Nations said it’s urgent that all countries adopt 9. (policy) similar to those China is introducing. It said the world cannot cope with the amount of plastic waste we produce. 10. we must rethink is the way we manufacture, use and manage plastics.
About a week after Glenda and Raphi Savitz welcomed their daughter Samantha to the world, they learned that she was deaf. “_________, it was a surprise and a challenge,” Glenda says. “We knew we had to get _________ in the deaf community, learn about the culture, and learn American Sign Language (ASL).”
What the new parents didn’t _________ was that their neighbors would start learning sign language, too.
The Savitzes had moved to their _________ just three months earlier. It’s a place where people are _________ about being good neighbors. When young Samantha was out with her parents, neighbors like Jill McNeil were _________ that they couldn’t talk to her.
“We really wanted to communicate with her,” says McNeil, “_________ she couldn’t learn our language, we decided to learn hers.”
McNeil and three other neighbors quietly _________ up for local adult education classes in American Sign Language. The classes have been such a _________ that the number of neighbors learning the language __________ about 40.
Learning ASL __________ time. But McNeil says, “The classes are __________. We have learned some __________ to communicate with Samantha, who’s now a(n) __________ and curious 3-year-old. But sometimes her parents have to __________ for us because her fingers are very small right now and she signs very fast. We’re trying and we’re getting better.”
As a result of that neighborly __________, Samantha often moves with ease and stops in at neighbors’ homes just to draw pictures and chat.
“It’s absolutely __________ that she feels so at home and they’re signing to her,” says Raphi Savitz, “It’s like being surrounded by family. I couldn’t think of a better __________ for my daughter.”
And they’re not the only ones who are grateful. “We are really enjoying the whole __________ of the learning of ASL together. It’s made our neighborhood a __________ place.” says McNeil.
1.A.Strangely B.Obviously C.Similarly D.Traditionally
2.A.changed B.trapped C.involved D.paid
3.A.know B.control C.intend D.care
4.A.department B.organization C.institution D.neighborhood
5.A.worried B.anxious C.confused D.serious
6.A.ashamed B.thrilled C.frustrated D.delighted
7.A.Since B.Until C.Although D.Unless
8.A.called B.signed C.kept D.set
9.A.balance B.blow C.shock D.hit
10.A.improves B.obtains C.reaches D.achieves
11.A.spends B.takes C.saves D.wastes
12.A.improving B.failing C.working D.beating
13.A.skills B.subjects C.passage D.mistakes
14.A.reliable B.faithful C.energetic D.greedy
15.A.perform B.examine C.act D.translate
16.A.request B.effort C.treatment D.effect
17.A.interesting B.amazing C.puzzling D.embarrassing
18.A.situation B.coach C.contribution D.purpose
19.A.construction B.progress C.reward D.process
20.A.closer B.cleaner C.quieter D.wider
As more work can be done online, more and more people have chance to work at home. On the surface, working from home sounds like a dream come true. 1. After all, there are countless distractions (分心的事物) at home. To help you plan for the real-life challenges, we’ve collected some tips for avoiding distractions.
2.
Every job has a uniform. Uniforms serve two purposes: First, they communicate to the outside world a person’s position, stature and function. And second, they reinforce those same messages to the person wearing the uniform. When you work from home, dressing in your normal work uniform reinforces the idea that you are actually working.
Keep a Consistent Schedule
Many of us are more productive when we are working within a certain framework. 3. If your job requires a lot of interaction with colleagues in a time zone, you should try your best to make your schedule consistent with their normal business hours. If your work is largely independent, you have the freedom to work earlier or later than the regular workday.
Be Flexible with Your Family Time
4. Instead of working a straight daytime schedule of 9 to 5, divide the workday into two sections, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., then from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. With this schedule, you can be with the kids for a few hours when they get home from school, make dinner and eat together, then go back to the office for a few more hours in the evening.
Have a Backup Plan
When you work from home, you need a plan B for the unavoidable interruptions to your well-planned workflow. There are any number of mini-crises that can erupt at home: loss of power or Internet service, unscheduled playdates or a neighbor cutting down a tree a few feet from your office window. 5. It should be someplace close to your home with a reliable Internet connection where you can work in peace.
A.Get up and get dressed.
B.Be casual about your dress.
C.You need an alternative workspace.
D.But the reality is far more complex.
E.It can be a friend’s apartment or a library.
F.That’s why it’s so important to set and keep a schedule.
G.This is a good tip for folks trying to work from home with school-age kids.
Being able to tell human faces apart is a skill that almost every person has, although some are far better at it than others. But a new study out from the journal Scientific Reports says that this is not just a skill that humans possess. Even fish can do it.
Following up on research studying different species’ abilities to recognize human faces (sheep, dogs, cows, horses, and-birds have all been tried), the researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Queensland decided to pick an animal that does not have an evolved neocortex, the part of the brain that processes sight and sounds, and does not have a close relationship with humans. That way, there would be no reason why these test subjects would have a past history of identifying human faces. So they picked the archerfish, a reef fish variety that shoots water into the air to knock its prey out of the sky. They used this adaptation to have the fish spray water at a face on a monitor hanging over their tanks for a reward. Most of the fish were able to pick out their learned face, even when colors were taken away or methods were used to make the face shapes unclear.
This study gives more backing to the hypothesis that differentiating between faces is not just a skill that big -brained organisms are born with. It is possible that a good portion of recognizing faces is learned over time. The development of the neocortex may contribute only to quickly process a large number of faces in varying situations. But more work needs to be conducted to find a deeper link to this possible learned behavior. The sample size of this study was very small—only eight fish were used altogether. Also, the faces displayed on the monitor were only white, female faces from a German database, shown in a frontal view, with no expressions. Other animal trials have shown that some species, like pigeons, respond more to differing angles and varied expressions.
1.What is the purpose of this passage?
A.To improve a scientific experiment design. B.To present the differences between species.
C.To clarify how animals tell human faces apart. D.To show animals can recognize human faces.
2.Why were the archerfish chosen as test subjects?
A.They are cleverer than other species. B.They have sharp vision and hearing.
C.They aren’t closely related to humans. D.They have a past history of identifying human faces.
3.What is the author’s attitude toward the study?
A.Cautious. B.Negative.
C.Consistent. D.Sympathetic.
4.Which of the following is suggested for similar studies in the future?
A.Including more test subjects. B.Enlarging the human faces.
C.Employing more male researchers. D.Using black-and-white pictures.
