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 sunny last Saturday. I determined buy two novels and some magazines. so I went to a bookstore with my four-year-old sister Jenny. There are lots of people in the crowded bookstore. There I saw my friends Lisa. As we hadn't seen each other for the long time, we talked for a while .Where I said goodbye to Lisa, I couldn't find Jenny at all. She was missing! I was such worried that I called her name “Jenny” again and again, but everybody answered. About fifteenminutes late, I found my sister in a toy shop. A shop assistant(售货员)was played with her.Thank at God!

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。

With the rapid development of the Internet, more and more teenagers make friends online nowadays. Some people say it's good to do that, while others think it's 1.(harm ) especially to school pupils.

Some consider that making friends online is a modern way to share friendship 2. others. They can express their  thoughts 3. (free) to improve social skills and fluency in English. On the contrary, some strongly believe it is 4. waste of time to make friends through online communication and what’s worse, those so-called “friends” are likely to cheat you after 5.(gain) your trust.

In my opinion, 6.the Internet is good or not depends on how we use it. If it 7.(use) properly , we can communicate with people 8. come from every corner of the world , and share life experiences. Of course, however, since the Internet was born , many bad men 9. (make) use of it to do something bad. So we must learn to determine true or false and avoid being hurt.

In conclusion, every coin has two 10. (side) . So does the Internet. If used in a proper way, the Internet has more advantages in seeking friendship.

    The family had had a cat for years. Then one day, the children finally____ to persuade their parents to get them a dog as well. So a little Labrador(拉布拉多犬)___ .

The dog was so____that everyone wanted to hold him and he charmed everyone by just loving them. The cat made it very clear that she did not welcome another____  in the house, but the dog just_____the cat anyway. The little dog_____her everywhere, trying to make friends with the angry cat. No amount of____  behavior from the cat could persuade the dog not to love the cat.

The family thought the cat would____ like the dog.

Then one day the family heard horrible____ from their back yard. They ran to the____ to see what was happening. They lived in the suburbs and so they saw a real lynx( 猞猁) was just planning on____ their cat for lunch. The poor cat had nowhere to run or hide. It would only be a matter of seconds and their cat would be____ .

And then suddenly a black lightning ran to the cat. The little dog__ the big lynx with all its strength. It did not be_____or stop to think. It saw its_____in trouble and did what had to be done. The family opened the window and started yelling and the father ran to the yard. The lynx soon disappeared into the___ .

And ever since that day the cat's behavior toward the dog____ totally. Now it was the cat that followed the hero dog everywhere. They_____in the same basket. The cat even let the dog eat from her bowl.

So we can _____: if ever anyone is____ towards you, don't turn your back on them. They may not rescue your life—but their kindness can certainly rescue your day!

1.A. tried B. managed C. failed D. refused

2.A. agreed B. visited C. survived D. arrived

3.A. cute B. shy C. brave D. proud

4.A. relative B. visitor C. baby D. pet

5.A. ran B. loved C. amused D. respected

6.A. watched B. caught C. followed D. searched

7.A. bad B. amazing C. foolish D. strange

8.A. still B. never C. really D. always

9.A. quarreling B. singing C. laughing D. screaming

10.A. bedroom B. road C. window D. door

11.A. catching B. inviting C. attracting D. pulling

12.A. painful B. frightened C. lived D. dead

13.A. attacked B. shook C. pushed D. knocked

14.A. violent B. hopeless C. frightened D. lonely

15.A. friend B. owner C. brother D. competitor

16.A. shops B. houses C. crowds D. woods

17.A. worsened B. remained C. stopped D. changed

18.A. ate B. slept C. played D. washed

19.A. draw a conclusion B. make a difference C. come to an agreement              D. catch it up

20.A. polite B. kind C. equal D. grateful

    Do you remember those times when your mother told you to avoid talking to strangers? But now you’re not a child any more. In fact, there are advantages of talking to strangers.

1: You can meet a really great person.

Talking to a stranger is a good habit because you never know whom you may meet. 1. You can also meet someone who’ll give you a chance to get your dream job.

2: 2.

You have some opinions about different subjects and you know your friends’ and relatives’ points of view about them too. But there are millions of other people who think differently and can give you unpredictable yet smart ideas that’ll broaden your horizons.

3: You can improve your social skills.

3.Asking appropriate questions and attentive listening are two skills that many of us don’t have. You can better these skills when talking to a stranger.

4: You will feel a boost of confidence.

If you belong to that shy type of people, talking to a stranger may seem to be a real challenge for you. 4.You can overcome your fear of being judged by others by talking to strangers and become more confident.

5: You can cheer someone up.

The thing you will definitely like about talking to strangers is that you can make someone’s day better. 5. Compliment people and they will think something pleasant about you. Having a sweet short dialogue is one of those perfect chances to make people cheerful.

A.Smile and people will smile in return.

B. It can expand your world view.

C. Why not speak to someone until your turn comes?

D. I’m also extremely shy but I realize it’s not an issue at all.

E. You can meet a person who’ll become your best friend in future.

F. It may show you the solutions you didn’t know about.

G. Whatever social skills you have, you can make them better when talking to  strangers.

    Have you ever wondered what the longest word in the English language is? Believe it or not, there’s no simple answer to the question. You might think it would be as easy as opening a dictionary and looking for the longest word. However ，it’s far more complicated (复杂的) than that.

Over time, many people have suggested many different words for the title of the longest word in English. How can that be? That’s because the first thing that people have different opinions on is what should be considered a word. Some of the words were simply made up to be the longest! For example, there is one really famous long word that most kids know. It comes from Disney’s movie Mary Poppins: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, which means wonderful. But since that 34-letter word was made up simply to be sung as a song in a movie, should it count?

How about long words that actually describe something in the world? Scientists have come up with several possible choices. The name of a virus(病毒) totals 1,185 letters. There’s also a protein(蛋白质) whose name totals 1, 909 letters. Should these win the title? "Not so fast!” say some people. Are these words ever actually used? Can they even be pronounced? And are they meaningful just because they are made up to be long?

If you’re wondering about some long words in common English, here are some examples. Those words include uncharacteristically (20 letters), deinstitutionalization(22 letters) and counterrevolutionaries (also 22 letters) Or perhaps the word "smiles" is the longest word in English. Sure, it has only six letters, but there is a "mile between the first and the last letters!

1.Why does the author mention the underlined questions in Paragraph 3?

A. To ask for readers opinions.

B. To compare different ideas

C. To describe the condition

D. To show people’s doubt

2.How does the author sound in the last paragraph?

A. Proud B. Humorous C. Excited D. Surprised

3.What is the text mainly about?

A. English words change a lot as time goes by. B. Long words are often used in scientific fields

C. It is hard to decide what the longest word is. D. Why we can’ t understand some English words

    Every summer, my family and I visit our relatives in India and whenever we travel, my parents always remind me to drink only bottled or boiled water. On one of my trips to India, I saw children drinking water from the roadside. I was troubled to learn that millions of people, most of them children in developing countries, die each year because of water related diseases.

Living in the US, I am lucky to be able to turn on the tap and get potable water(饮用水), while one sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water This year, I entered the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. In late June, I learned that I was selected as one of the top 10 national finalists of this famous middle school science competition. Over the summer, I worked with Dr. Jim Jonza, my Scientist mentor( 导 师 )from 3M, and developed a system that uses solar energy to purify water. My invention is green and cost effective, and I am looking forward to implementing this in places that are affected(影响)by harmful water pollution.

In October, my family and I flew to 3M Headquarters in St Paul, Minnesota, where the final event was to be held.  For the last challenge, each of us had to present the invention we had been working on over the summer. The first place winner would win $25,000, a trip to Costa Rica, and the title of America’ s Top Young Scientist. At the awards ceremony, all of us waited anxiously until one of  the judges, Danny Forester, started announcing "The winner of the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is.... “ You could hear a pin(大头针) drop as he opened the paper with the winner’ s name, “Deepika Kurup!”

As America’s Top Young Scientist, I was given an opportunity to show my invention on national television and deliver several presentations. One of the most important things I have learned is that communication and teamwork are key to success.

1.Why does the author mention her visits to India?

A. To express her great love for India

B. To show the problem of unclean water.

C. To explain the importance of relatives

D. To compare eastern and western cultures

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "implementing" in Paragraph 2 ?

A. Researching B. Changing C. Finishing D. Using

3.How did the audience react as Forester opened the paper with the winner’s name?

A. They appeared calm B. They let out shouts of joy

C. They sat quiet D. They dropped pins to the author

4.How is the text mainly organized?

A. In order of time B. In order of complexity(复杂性)

C. In order of place D. In order of importance

    Americans think much about time .From children they learn to value( 珍惜) time .As children , they are taught to be on time to go to school , to work and to do everything .When they are having a good time , they say that time flies .When a person is dying , they say he is living on borrowed time.

Time is money . Time is knowledge . Time is everything in America . A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.This is the working time.In his spare time , he also works hard for money .Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual . In the street you can hardly see that a man walks slowly . They walk very fast.In fact , they are running.

They love time because time can bring money and a lot of things .But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants of the clock.

1.What do the Americans teach their children to do on time?  .

A. To go to school B. To work

C. Both A, B and D D. To do everything

2.In the working people’s spare time , they may   .

A. work hard for more money B. play football

C. go out for a trip D. drink beer

3.How many days may a working American work in a week?  .

A. 6 B. 7 C. 5 D. 2

4.The writer mainly talks about    in the passage.

A. children B. money C. life D. time

    On the very first day, God created the cow and said to him, “As a cow, you must go to the field, working under the sun all day long! And I will give you 40 years to live.” The cow bjected, “What? You want me to live such a tough life for 40 years? Let me have 20 years, and I’ll give the rest back to you.” So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the dog and said, “You’ll be man’s best friend, guarding his house and eating his leftovers. I’ll give you a life span of 30 years.” The dog shook his head. “Eating leftovers for 30 years? No way! I’ll give half back to you!” So God agreed.

Then, God created the monkey, saying, “Your job is to entertain people. You’ve got to do monkey tricks and make them laugh. And you’ll live 20 years.”“ Do monkey tricks to make them laugh? 10 years will do.” the monkey said. So God agreed.

Finally, God created the man. “You will be the man. All you need to do is to sleep, eat, and play, simply enjoying your life. And I’ll give you 20 years to live.” Thinking for a while, the man replied, “I can be the man, but I want to take all the years that the cow, the dog and the monkey didn’t want.” So God agreed.

Since then, man eats, sleeps and plays in the first 2 decades, marries and spends the next 2 decades like a cow, working very hard to support his family. Then when he has children, he lives 15 years like a dog, taking care of the house and eating whatever is given to him. And when he is old, he retires and lives 10 years like a monkey, doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

1.The cow refused God because he    .

A. wanted to take the monkey’s job

B. thought 40 years was too much

C. hoped God could rethink about his offer

D. disliked the life God arranged for him

2.We can know from the dog’s words that    .

A. he was very lazy B. he liked leftovers

C. he could live for 15 years D. he hated to be man’s friend

3.How long would the man live according to the passage?

A. 20 years. B. 65 years. C. 27 years. D. 90 years.

4.The tone of the passage is    .

A. light B. objective C. serious D. critical

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What do we know about the “dream” wedding of Ms. Cummings’?

A. She worked overtime for it. B. She planned it for 3 years. C. It cost her about $13,000.

2.Why did Ms. Cummings cancel her wedding?

A. She got sick. B. She had to postpone it. C. It was not mentioned.

3.What was still kept at the reception?

A. The couple’s table. B. The cake table. C. The wedding cake.

4.How did Ms. Cummings contact the homeless people?

A. She called some shelters.

B. She put ads on newspapers.

C. She asked the hotel for help

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does the woman think of the new movie?

A. Terrible. B. So-so. C. Good.

2.Where did the people keep those things for sale?

A. At a Christmas market. B. At the back of their cars. C. In their wooden trunks.

3.What does the man’s kid love the most among the presents?

A. A plastic train. B. A robot soldier. C. An old silver coin.

4.What will the man do with the mini motorbike?

A. Replace its engine. B. Change its color. C. Sell it

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What did the woman suggest the man drink?

A. Black coffee. B. Green tea. C. Coke.

2.What did the chemist try to cure?

A. Stomachache. B. Cold. C. Headache.

3.What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What was the actress known for according to the woman?

A. Her six marriages. B. Her help for people with HIV. C. Her expensive clothes.

2.What was the most expensive one among the jewelry?

A. The necklace. B. The ring. C. The bracelet.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What’s wrong with the tour guide?

A. She was not familiar with the area. B. She overcharged the man.              C. She complained a lot on the road.

2.How long did the man’s trip last?

A. About three days. B. About a week. C. About half a month.

Why did the woman apologize to the man?

A. She lost his cell-phone. B. She made up a lie. C. She said bad words about his parents

How will the woman go to her date?

A. By car. B. By bus. C. By underground.

Where does the conversation probable take place?

A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a bookshop.

How much should the woman pay?

A. $8. B. $10. C. $12.

What is the weather probably like now?

A. Dry. B. Windy. C. Rainy.

假设你是红星中学学生李华， 这学期你加入了学校的英语阅读沙龙并收获颇丰。 最近你收到负责沙龙活动的外教 Jim 的群发邮件，请阅读该邮件， 并给他回复。 回信需包括你收到邮件的感受，以及你对外教所提问题的建议。

Dear members,

I am afraid I won’t be able to run our reading club next semester, as I was asked to teach another class on Thursday afternoon—the same time our club usually meets. Besides, it seems we do not have enough people joining this club, although some students did ask about registering. If you really want to keep this club, can you think of any suggestions? Please write to me soon.

Yours,

Jim

Dear members,

I am afraid I won’t be able to run our reading club next semester, as I was asked to teach another class on Thursday afternoon—the same time our club usually meets. Besides, it seems we do not have enough people joining this club, although some students did ask about registering. If you really want to keep this club, can you think of any suggestions? Please write to me soon.

Yours,

Jim

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AlphaZero--an Updated Model of AI

Soon after Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, lost his rematch against IBM’s Deep Blue in 1997, the short window of human-machine chess competition slammed shut forever. Unlike humans, machines keep getting faster, and today a smartphone chess app can be stronger than Deep Blue. However, as people see with the new AlphaZero system, machine dominance has not ended the historical role of chess as a laboratory of cognition.

Much as airplanes don’t flap their wings like birds, machines don’t produce chess moves like humans do. Based on a generic algorithm (算法), AlphaZero incorporates deep learning and other AI techniques like Monte Carlo tree search to play against itself to develop its own chess knowledge. Unlike the traditional program Stockfish, which employs many preset evaluation functions as well as opening and endgame moves, AlphaZero starts out knowing only the rules of chess, with no preset human strategies. In a few hours, it plays more games against itself than have been recorded in human chess history. It teaches itself the best way to play, reevaluating the relative values of the pieces. It quickly becomes strong enough to win 28, draw 72, and lose none in a victory over Stockfish. Since AlphaZero can program itself, this superior understanding allows it to outclass the world’s top traditional program despite calculating far fewer positions per second. It’s the typical example of the cliché, “work smarter, not harder”.

AlphaZero shows that machines can be the experts, not merely expert tools. Explainability is still an issue—it’s not going to put chess coaches out of business just yet. But the knowledge it produces is information humans can learn from. AlphaZero is surpassing humans in a profound and useful way, and researchers are working on transferring the knowledge acquired from AlphaZero to other fields.

Machine learning systems aren’t perfect. Even though great progresses have been achieved, AI algorithms are still struggling on open problems such as computer vision, natural language understanding... There will be cases where an AI will fail to detect exceptions to its rules. Therefore, as Kasparov writes, “We must work together to combine our strengths. I know better than most people what it’s like to compete against a machine. Instead of raging against them, it’s better if we’re all on the same side.”

Questions 1-5: Judge if the following statements agree with the information given in the passage.

Choose A for TRUE if the statements agree with it; choose B for FALSE if the statements don’t agree with it; choose C for NOT GIVEN if the information the statements carry is not mentioned anywhere in the passage.根据文章内容判断下列表述。如果表述与文章内容一致，选 A 项；表述与文章内容不一致，选 B 项；文章中未提及的信息，则选 C 项。

Questions 6-9: Choose the correct headings for Paragraphs 1-4 from the box. Note that there are two choices more than you need.请为文章的四段匹配小标题，从A—F中选择。（提示：6个选项中有2项是多余的）

A. The proper attitude to AI

B. The history of AlphaZero

C. The limitations of machines

D. The influences of AlphaZero

E. The working theory of AlphaZero

F. The fast development of machines

1.Machine dominance plays an important role in cognition study.

2.AlphaZero knows opening and endgame moves before playing.

3.AlphaZero develops chess strategies by playing against itself.

4.Chess coaches have already been laid off throughout the world.

5.Sometimes artificial intelligence may not discover exceptions to its rules.

6.Paragraph 1

7.Paragraph 2

8.Paragraph 3

9.Paragraph 4

10.The author uses the underlined sentence in the last paragraph to ______.

A. argue for the advantages of AI over humans

B. inform readers of machine dominance in chess

C. advise people to work together to fight against AI

D. call on people to combine strengths with the machines

A Letter that Changed My Life

I was about 30 years old and was working as a firefighter in the South Bronx’s Engine Co. 82. It was a restful Sunday and between alarms I rushed to the office to read a copy of the New York Times. I read an article on the Book Review section which openly stated what I took to be a calumny – that William Butler Yeats had gone beyond his Irishness and was forever to be known as a universal poet. As I read it, my blood began to boil.

There were few things I was more proud of than my Irish heritage, and ever since I first picked up a book of his poems from a shelf when I was in the military, Yeats had been my favorite Irish writer, followed by Sean O’Casey and James Joyce.

I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote out a letter of anger to the editor. Throughout Yeats’ poetry, his view of the world and the people in it was basically Irish. He had lived his life and written his poetry through the very essence of his Irish sensibility. It was offensive to think Irishness was something to be transcended(超越).

I don’t know why I felt it my duty to safeguard the reputation of the world’s greatest poet. I just knew that I had to write that letter.

After my letter got published, I received a letter from The New Yorker, asking for an interview. When my article Fireman Smith appeared in that magazine, the editor of a large publishing firm called me, asking if I was interested in writing a book about my life. I had little confidence to write a whole book, though the subject was worthy. I wrote Report From Engine Co. 82 in six months, and it sold really well. In the years that followed, I wrote three more best-sellers.

Being a writer had been far from my expectations. How had it happened? I often found myself thinking about it, and my thoughts always came back to that letter to the New York Times. For me, the writing was a natural consequence of the passion I felt and the subjects represented the great values burning within me as I wrote.

Over the years, my five children have come to me with one dilemma or another. My answer is always the same. Think about what you’re feeling and measure the heat of the fire in your heart, for that is your passion. Your education and your experience will guide you toward making a right decision, but your passion will enable you to make a difference in whatever you do. That’s what I learned the day I stood up for Ireland’s greatest poet.

1.Why did the author write to New York Times?

A. To present his love for literature.

B. To spread Irish culture to the world.

C. To prove he has brilliant writing skills.

D. To defend the reputation of an Irish poet.

2.According to the author, what is the key to his success in writing?

A. His skills in arguing. B. His experience as a firefighter.

C. His passion in writing. D. His educational background.

3.The underlined word “calumny” in Paragraph 1 shows ______.

A. a positive feeling

B. a negative feeling

4.Write down the evidence (at least two) from the passage to support your idea.

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Should Parents Teach Children How to Tweet?

Social media is a seemingly endless source of concern for parents, with worries that it weakens their children’s confidence and attention spans. But others counter that it could also be broadening their horizons.

The latest round of worry was sparked by a study of the impact of social media use on 8-12- year-olds published by Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England. The report focused on 32 children, who said they used social media to stay connected with friends and family and to have fun, by watching videos for example. But they also described pressures from constant contact, online comments that weaken their self-esteem, and the need to shape offline activities to make them shareable. “You see your friends going ice skating, partying or talking about how much revision they have done, and it can make you feel inadequate,” says Bea, a junior school student from Bristol, UK. “It’s just so hard to get away from.”

Children have to take risks on their journeys to adulthood, and desires to fit in and be popular existed before Mark Zuckerberg came along with Facebook. However, in previous generations these pressures came largely from people they knew, and they mostly stayed outside the home. Now the pressures could come from any one of the nearly 3 billion people online, and follow them from school to home, and can even continue through the night.

The pressures do get on parents’ nerves, among which the utmost concern is how their children can be protected from harms, given that social media is now integral to the way many young people interact. A good starting point is a basic understanding of childhood development milestones.

Broadly, children have a high dependency on carers for security and guidance up to the age of 5, increasing independence and self-care from 6 to 11, and increasing autonomy and growing reliance on peers from 12-18 years old. Against this background, the suitability of social media for children of different ages should be considered respectively.

According to Longfield’s study, children should be taught about online safety from an early age, better before secondary school. There is growing evidence that efforts need to be extended to provide earlier guidance on less extreme but more common risks, including oversharing, low selfesteem, addiction and insomnia. The evidence suggests she is right. However, approaches that focus merely on the potential negatives are unlikely to work.

“My school has tried to do a lot, but it often involves trying to drill into us how bad social media can be,” says Bea. “People of my age really like social media, so I think a better approach would be if they said ‘Although it is good, here are some negatives’.”

1.We can learn from Paragraph 3 that ______.

A. children used to face more dangers

B. Facebook gives children the chance to fit in

C. parents give their children much pressure at home

D. children’s pressures may come from strangers nowadays

2.According to the passage, parents’ major concern for children is ______.

A. possible harm from social media B. comments from online friends

C. their reliance on social media D. pressures from oversharing

3.We can infer from Bea’s words that ______.

A. teenagers don’t believe social media has negatives

B. adults overemphasize the bad effects of social media

C. it is easy for teenagers to get addicted to social media

D. social media helps teenagers know their friends better

Courses & Curriculum of the College of Arts & Sciences in Cornell

The diversity of the courses you can take in the College of Arts & Sciences is extraordinary:

Academic Distribution Requirements

The College’s academic distribution requirements will include:

· effective writing

· foreign language beyond the introductory level

.· imaginative and critical thinking

To choose your courses for a semester, use the Class Roster. It shows the schedule of all classes offered in a particular term, along with class enrollment information and course details.

The Class Roster is updated frequently.

To plan your classes over your four years at Cornell, use the Courses of Study. It represents Cornell’s full catalog of courses and is published annually. It provides information on Cornell degree programs, requirements, policies and procedures.

If you need help, call 607-255-5004 for an appointment with an advising dean. Or contact a career counselor in the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center at 607-255-4166 to talk about your interests and how they can translate into a major and a future career.

A New Curriculum

On October 30, 2018, the College of Arts & Sciences faculty（ 教员） approved a new undergraduate curriculum to be carried out over the next two to three years. The new curriculum focuses on the theme of exploration and reaffirms the college’s commitment to a liberal arts and sciences education. Students who have questions about the new curriculum can view the approved proposal on the Course Designer app of Cornell.

Innovative Learning

If you’re one of the 3,000 students across the university taking biology or physics at the College, you may be part of an innovative（ 创新的） classroom project that uses active learning,a new model that is proving to be the quickest path to expert-level mastery.

Your education at Cornell will extend far beyond the classroom. You can join a faculty member’s research team on campus, conduct field study research in different states or spend a semester with Cornell in Washington D   C. You could study abroad in one of more than 85 countries or develop your own research project through independent study. Give yourself the freedom to explore.

The diversity of the courses you can take in the College of Arts & Sciences is extraordinary:

Academic Distribution Requirements

The College’s academic distribution requirements will include:

· effective writing

· foreign language beyond the introductory level

.· imaginative and critical thinking

To choose your courses for a semester, use the Class Roster. It shows the schedule of all classes offered in a particular term, along with class enrollment information and course details.

The Class Roster is updated frequently.

To plan your classes over your four years at Cornell, use the Courses of Study. It represents Cornell’s full catalog of courses and is published annually. It provides information on Cornell degree programs, requirements, policies and procedures.

If you need help, call 607-255-5004 for an appointment with an advising dean. Or contact a career counselor in the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center at 607-255-4166 to talk about your interests and how they can translate into a major and a future career.

A New Curriculum

On October 30, 2018, the College of Arts & Sciences faculty（ 教员） approved a new undergraduate curriculum to be carried out over the next two to three years. The new curriculum focuses on the theme of exploration and reaffirms the college’s commitment to a liberal arts and sciences education. Students who have questions about the new curriculum can view the approved proposal on the Course Designer app of Cornell.

Innovative Learning

If you’re one of the 3,000 students across the university taking biology or physics at the College, you may be part of an innovative（ 创新的） classroom project that uses active learning,a new model that is proving to be the quickest path to expert-level mastery.

Your education at Cornell will extend far beyond the classroom. You can join a faculty member’s research team on campus, conduct field study research in different states or spend a semester with Cornell in Washington D   C. You could study abroad in one of more than 85 countries or develop your own research project through independent study. Give yourself the freedom to explore.

1.If you want to plan your courses over the long run, you can use the ______.

A. Class Roster B. Courses of Study

C. Course Designer D. Career Center

2.For students involved in an innovative classroom project, they ______.

A. may study a new model

B. are on the quickest way to be experts

C. will get more freedom during research project

D. have advantages of studying outside the classroom

3.The article is probably taken from ______.

A. a travel magazine B. a science report

C. a college website D. an academic journal

    I grew up on a 40-acre farm in the small rural community of Illinois, as the fifth of six children.

My parents, Robert and Patti, often noted during meals how everything on the table except sugar and wine came from the land._____ running the farm, Dad was also a carpenter. In the fall of 1980, he was working on a house when all of a sudden the ladder broke. His back was broken.

He stayed in hospital for almost a month with his head and feet down, _____his back to align (成直线) correctly so the bones would heal.

On Thanksgiving, Dad was still in hospital recovering from his back injury. Normally he would take us to butcher pigs the day after the holiday, and that year my uncle _____ up with my four cousins to help my two elder brothers _____ our year’s supply of pork.

When Dad came back home from the hospital, he was still in a back brace (支架) and _____  to work. I was too young to realize our family had no money coming in as Christmas _____ . Another day we saw a car coming up the long driveway. Always longing for company, we kids were_____ about who was visiting. Rose Anderson, our neighbor, was at the door, holding an envelope stuffed with money. She told my dad she had_____ money in the community and came to deliver it.

Dad tried to refuse,_____ Rose insisted. I can still hear her saying, “Robert, whenever someone’s baler (压捆机) breaks down, you bale their hay. Whenever someone passes away, Patti cooks. It’s our _____.”

I learned later that we also _____ gift baskets from more than one organization. That Christmas, I, a 6-year-old kid, understood what being a good neighbor was, and that as my parents were good neighbors, their_____ would be returned. These tales of Christmas kindness will _____ our heart, too.

My parents were accustomed to being the _____, not the receivers of such generosity. They had a bit of pride to swallow, but continued all of their lives to show us kids the _____of kindness.

1.A. Besides B. About C. For D. By

2.A. pushing B. pressing C. attracting D. allowing

3.A. put B. broke C. showed D. made

4.A. buy B. prepare C. share D. cook

5.A. unwilling B. unable C. ready D. eager

6.A. approached B. continued C. passed D. ended

7.A. worried B. excited C. curious D. anxious

8.A. collected B. borrowed C. earned D. saved

9.A. for B. or C. so D. but

10.A. rule B. duty C. turn D. favor

11.A. refused B. received C. sent D. bought

12.A. pride B. kindness C. money D. gift

13.A. ease B. open C. win D. warm

14.A. givers B. buyers C. workers D. farmers

15.A. price B. aim C. value D. hope

    We could learn vocabulary while we are asleep. Researchers showed it is possible 1. (learn) new information while sleeping deeply, and recall this information later. They did tests to see 2. a person could remember new words and their translations while sleeping. The answer is yes. The language areas of the brain remember vocabulary during sleep, especially during deep sleep. While sleeping, our brain switches on for about half a second and then switches3. for half a second. The active state  4.(call) “up-state”. This is how our brain could learn new vocabulary.

    Successful communication 1.(involve) more than talking to a person. Good listening skills and body language are also important for us to communicate 2.(effective) with others. Studies have shown that of the information that is received from other people, only 10% is from what they say and 40% is from the tone and speed of their voice. The other 50% is obtained from their body language. Therefore, 3.(read) body language is an important part of developing our social skills.

    The moment I was diagnosed with cancer, I decided that I would not let this “beast” win easily. I had no idea 1. my treatment would be like, and I surely didn’t think social media would be a way for me to conquer this “beast”. However, by sharing2.(feel) on the Internet, I am able to remind myself, and my viewers, that everything is going to be okay. Their words are a big part of what helped me stay3.(hope). Besides, I have made several “cancer friends” so far, and we’re determined to fight this battle together.

假设你是遂宁某中学高三学生李华，你的美国朋友Jim想了解你校学生课外阅读情况。请你回一封邮件，内容包括：

1．你校学生课外阅读现状；

2．原因分析

3．你的看法。

注意：1．词数120；

2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：课外阅读  extracurricular reading

Dear Jim，

In your last letter, you told me that you wanted to learn something about the extracurricular reading in our school.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours，

Li Hua

下面是一段短文，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

As was reported that there was an accident at a corner of the Roman Street in this morning. A car ran into a truck and fortunately, nobody got injured. Who will be responsible for an accident is still under investigation. What the police should do now is that they must find out what led the accident. They said it was difficult of them to judge because how the accident happened was not clear. Perhaps the reason was that the driver was too tiring to stop the car in time. The driver didn't admit the fact that he is driving too fast at the turning. The police doubted that what he said was true and decided to make a farther investigation.

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。

Francie Nolan is an 11-year-old girl1.(live) in the slums（贫民窟）of Brooklyn, New York. Her family2.(be) so pool that she and her brother have to collect junk to exchange for money. But Nolan is humble and works hard3.(change) her life. She helps her mother do housework and spends every afternoon4.(read) at the library. However, because of5. (poor), Nolan has to leave high school and find a job, 6.life is full of ups and downs.

This is7.story of the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by US author Betty Smith. First8.(publish) in 1943, the novel covers five different periods in Nolan's life. Millions of readers9.(inspire) by Nolan’s bittersweet story ever since. It was named10.one of the best books of the 20th century by the New York Public Library.