越来越多的中国中学生出国学习，对此人们有不同的看法。请根据提示，以Studying Abroad 为题给二十一世纪英文报中学生版写一篇短文。
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1. 与不同文化背景的人交友。 2. 更快地学习外语。 3. …… |
1. 年纪小、缺乏生活经验，自理能力差。 2. 情感孤独，思乡。 3. …… |
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注意：1．短文须包括所有要点，内容连贯； 2．词数；120左右；开头已给出（不计入总词数）。
Studying Abroad
In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students. ___________________________________________________________________________
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加，删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线（_），并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。k*s5*u
Dear Jin Jing,
Your problem is common one among middle school students. Maybe the following advices can help you. First in all, believe in yourself. Your greatest problem is that you don’t have self-confidence. The first thing you must do is to smile at your classmates. One smile speaks loud about your wish to make the friends than any word. Your smile will show that you are friendly to him. Next, trying talking with a student who is as shy as you or who share the same interest with you. You can discuss your studies with a classmate, and you can also talk about your hobbies as well. Unless someone is in trouble, you should be ready to help him or her. Once you have confidence, you can make as many friends as possibly．
Yours，
Lily
Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Actually it is not true. Before the Tangshan earthquake, strange things happened. Some animals were too n________1.to eat and the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b_______2.. At 3:42 a.m. the terrible earthquake broke out. In fifteen seconds, a large city lay in r_______3. The suffering of the people was e________4.. Almost everything was d_______5. and thousands of children were left homeless. Before people could r__________6.from the first quake, a second one hit the city. Some rescue workers and doctors were t_________7. underground. Water, food, and e________8.were cut off. People began to wonder how long the d________9. would last.
L_________10., people all over the nation offered the helping hand. With the joint efforts, the city began to breathe again.
To son, Cecil,
Just a quick note before I start in earnest. When I wrote this, you were 8, still a little boy. In 2002, I was called to active duty in the Marine Corps in the war on Terrorism (恐怖主义). On the 11th of September 2001 when America was attacked, I knew that I would eventually have to go and I was filled with a deep sense of sadness. That night as you and Keiko were asleep, I looked at your little faces and couldn’t help but fight the tears. I knew it would be hard for you because I had a similar experience. When I was a little boy aged 6, my dad, your Grandpa Cawley, was sent to Vietnam during the war there. I remember how much I missed him, too. But now unfortunately I have come to realize just how rough it must have been for Grandpa to be away from his children for a year. Thinking about this, I wanted to put my thoughts and feelings down for you and your sister. I am so sorry that I had to leave for such a long time. There is no place I would rather be than with you and Keiko. You two are the lights of my life. I have known no greater joy than in the few years since you two were born. I hope to have many more years with you. If this doesn’t happen, then know that I love you more than words can express. If for some reason I don’t make it home, I will need you to take care of your little sister and your Mom. You will be the man of the Cawley family. Be good my son and God will watch over you as he has me. I will be waiting impatiently for the time when we can all be together again.
1.The writer of the letter may be ______.k*s5*u
A. an American soldier in the battle field
B. an American policeman
C. a soldier in the Vietnam War
D. a postman working far away from home
2.Keiko is the ______ of the writer.
A. wife B. son C. daughter D. sister
3.One of the experiences the writer and his son had in common is that ______.
A. they both experienced the Vietnam War
B. their fathers had to leave them and fight abroad.
C. they used to study in the same school
D. they were both eight when the fathers had to leave them
4.We can infer(推断) that ______.
A. the writer was a devoted son
B. the writer was a brave soldier
C. the writer realized he might die in the battle field
D. the writer’s wife was suffering from a terrible illness.
Starting from April, 2010, you won’t be hearing the word “NBA” on sports programs on CCTV. Instead, sport host will give the full Chinese name when they refer to the NBA – National Basketball Association. You also won’t hear any other English abbreviations (缩略词) on CCTV’s Chinese programs, such as GDP (gross domestic product), or WTO (World Trade Organization). You will hear their Chinese translations.
CCTV received a notice from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television telling it to avoid using English-language abbreviations in their reports to protect the “purity” of the Chinese language. A few other TV stations also received the notice.
Fu Zhenguo, an editor of People’s Daily, is one of the people who suggested the change. “Firstly, using English in a Chinese-speaking environment is against Chinese law,” he said. “Then, using English on Chinese TV programs is unfair to people who don’t understand English. What’s worse, it will have a bad language influence on kids and teenagers.”
A lot of netizens have criticized the move, saying that it will cause problems for them.
“I understand what CD, VCD and DVD mean when I hear them. But I won’t know what the TV programs are talking about if I hear those products’ full Chinese names,” a netizen wrote in a BBS post. Following the same post, another netizen wrote jokingly: “I’m not listening to my MP3 now. I’m listening to my Moving Picture Experts Group-1 Audio Layer 3 (动态影像专家压缩标准音频第三层面).”
1.What does the underlined word “purity” in the second paragraph mean?
A. 纯正 B. 高贵 C. 时髦 D. 潮流
2.How many reasons did Fu Zhenguo list to show his support for the change?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
3.Some netizens went against the change because_______________.
A. the application of abbreviations will make Chinese popular.
B. the application of abbreviations will attract the youth.
C. the application of abbreviations will not simplify the understanding.
D. the application of abbreviations will not bring Chinese to an end.
4.What can be the full name of CCTV mentioned in the text?
A. Close Closet Top Video B. China Central Television
C. China Common Time Voice D. Closed-Circuit Television
Taylor sings with heart
The
music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks, but it
doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s
not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very skillful songwriting
technique (技巧),” writes Leah Greenblatt with
Entertainment Weekly.
Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used to writing about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is always something true and honest. They seem like stories from a diary. And that certainly helps Swift attract her audience.
She’s sold more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s self-titled debut (首张专辑) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever to be named Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly, there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, which came out late last month, where she again returned to her own life for material. The 14 songs “are all about the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and crazier,” says Swift. “So I’ve written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18, 19 and 20.”
1.What led to Taylor’s fame?
A. Her wonderful looks. B. Her songwriting skills together with her looks.
C. Her beautiful voice. D. Her special life experience in her teenage years.
2.Which of the following is true?
A. Taylor is now in her twenties.
B. Taylor’s the youngest Artist of the Year at the Academy Awards
C. Taylor has produced three albums up till now.
D. Taylor has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide.
3.What may be written in the album, Speak Now?
A. Her unhappy experience with her boyfriend. k*s5*u
B. Her concern for her popularity.
C. Her happy childhood.
D. Her worries for environmental pollution.
