假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Scott下周五将来重庆旅游。而你因为参加一个重要的演讲比赛而无法按原来的约定前去机场接他。请写一封邮件给他，内容如下：
（1）表达歉意；
（2）解释原因；
（3）已经拜托好友张明去接他并简要介绍张明特征。
注意：
（1）词数100词左右；
（2）文章的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；
（3）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Scott,
I'm writing to extend my sincere apology to you.
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours truly,
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。
Every time my birthday comes, I am very exciting, because I can receive many different kind of presents from my family and friends. Last week, I spend a happy weekend with my parents. We took a train to another city and went on a short tour as his birthday present. On the train, we listened to music and we all felt very happily. And my parents told me a lot of stories what happened in my childhood. Sometimes they also told me stories about themselves, too. When we arrived in the city, we visited many famous buildings or learned about their history. How a wonderful time! This trip was best present for me, and I will never forget it.
The other day we went on a trip to our community’s new fountain(喷泉). My oldest daughter, Tea, was super _______ and eagerly explored the attractions. There I was happy to see Lily, who was of Tea’s age. They didn’t know each other well, _______ they had met at gymnastics before. I was _______ that Tea would have someone to enjoy the _______ with. However, my daughter was about to _______ an important social lesson.
I watched Tea run _______ after Lily and her other friends. I was saying something to my husband when I heard a loud “No!” I turned to see Tea’s face full of _______ and shock as Lily _______. I went over to see what had happened and Tea said Lily didn’t want to _______ with her. Thinking that there must be a(an) __________, I told Tea that she should just ask Lily __________ if she could play with her. Generally speaking, this would __________. But Tea’s quiet request to play was shot down by another loud “No!”
I gave her a(an) __________ and told her it was __________,and that Mommy, Daddy and her little sister would play with her. Later that day as I was talking about the fun we’d had, she asked me __________Lily didn’t play with her.
I said not everyone wanted to play with us and that if one person didn’t want to be __________ you, that didn’t mean you were not __________ or important to others. I thought I had __________ it clearly. She didn’t mention it any more and I haven’t seen my lasting side effects. However, I can’t __________ it. I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of the memory of her __________ at that moment. My heart has been forever wounded on her behalf.
1.A.shocked B.worried C.excited D.moved
2.A.but B.so C.if D.because
3.A.curious B.glad C.proud D.afraid
4.A.water B.meal C.toy D.trip
5.A.give B.show C.review D.learn
6.A.early B.badly C.happily D.safely
7.A.sympathy B.smile C.fear D.disappointment
8.A.ran off B.sat down C.broke in D.looked around
9.A.share B.play C.discuss D.meet
10.A.decision B.interest C.misunderstanding D.congratulation
11.A.quickly B.constantly C.shyly D.nicely
12.A.advance B.come C.work D.start
13.A.hug B.award C.letter D.ticket
14.A.suitable B.okay C.obvious D.lucky
15.A.where B.when C.how D.why
16.A.against B.beyond C.around D.behind
17.A.loved B.praised C.doubted D.ignored
18.A.reported B.explained C.prepared D.proved
19.A.observe B.believe C.change D.forget
20.A.quarrel B.face C.illness D.mistake
Forgiveness
To forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research.
1. Try the following steps：
Calm yourself. 2. You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.
Don’t wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. 3. Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.
Take the control away from your offender (冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who caused you pain. Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.
4. If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender’s point of view.
Don’t forget to forgive yourself. 5. But it can rob you of your selfconfidence if you don’t do it.
A.Why should you forgive?
B.How should you start to forgive?
C.Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.
D.Try to see things from your offender’s angle.
E.For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge.
F.To make your anger die away, try a simple stressmanagement technique.
G.If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.
September is an exciting month in every college freshman's life. For many, it's the first time that they've left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion—homesickness.
Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum's cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.
But remember, you're not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.
Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn't invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers' mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, "nostos" from Greek, and the accompanying pain, "algos".
Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it's necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.
1.From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that ________.
A.homesickness means a fond memory of the past
B.only a few students will experience homesickness
C.homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmen
D.college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks
2.According to the passage, we can know that ________.
A.homesickness may cause mental diseases
B.homesickness is a feeling only shared by adults
C.homesickness won't do any good to our health
D.homesickness is also called nostalgia in Switzerland
3.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A.some benefits about homesickness B.other problems in college freshmen's life
C.how to make campus life more meaningful D.some tips on how to cope with homesickness
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Let's embrace homesickness B.How to fit into the college life
C.A harmful emotion—homesickness D.The disadvantages of homesickness
Gene technology to benefit people
Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be prolonged.
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial(皇室) family being a good example, have hereditary(遗传的) diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it and a healthy child will be born.
Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology.
1.What does "these two killers" in the second paragraph refer to?
A.Gene technology and another treatment of the two diseases.
B.The two murderers who killed the cloned baby
C.The two diseases of cancer and heart disease
D.Hereditary diseases and cancer
2.What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?
A.How gene technology can be applied in the field of treating hereditary diseases.
B.Gene technology can be used to clone human babies.
C.Gene technology can help people to give birth of a baby.
D.Gene technology can help the English imperial family out
3.In what way gene technology can help to treat hereditary diseases?
A.Using gene technology, people with hereditary diseases can have more living days.
B.Using gene technology, scientist finds the wrong gene and corrects it.
C.Using gene technology, human babies can be cloned.
D.Doctors can cure cancer and heart disease with the help of gene technology.
4.What is the main purpose of writing this passage?
A.Expressing the writer’s idea that gene technology will benefit people
B.Telling people the advantages of gene technology
C.Telling the readers that gene technology will not benefit people
D.Explaining that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity
