2 . 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。
Dear Chris,

I am glad to hear you are interested on Double 11. Now let me to tell you something about them. Double 11 has become a special day in recently years. With four "1"s, it is also called Singles' Day. On that day, single young people held parties to show love or simply have funs. In 2009, Double Eleven Shopping Day was held to promoting online shopping, that has become the biggest online shopping day in China now.

In my view, this day is chance of promoting business. People should make purchases wisely. What do you think of this day? Look forward to your opinion.

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . You’re never too young to make an impact on your community.

Members of Gen Z are exceptionally creative, cause-oriented, and hyper-aware of the world around them, making them perfectly ready to help handle the world’s problems through volunteering.

If you want to make a difference in your community, be a part of something bigger than yourself, or just need to earn some required volunteer hours, then this is the place to start. Here are a few organizations of Gen Z with volunteer opportunities for teens!

Habitat for Humanity

Everyone deserves to have a place they call home. By volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, you can play a role in biding up your community. Their Habitat Youth Programs accept volunteers between the ages of 5 and 40 for everything from home construction to affordable housing advocacy.

Meals on Wheels

For those tens who just got their licenses and love any reason to get behind the wheel, here’s a volunteer opportunity that ‘ll make driving worthwhile. Meals on Wheels is on a mission to meet the nutritional and social needs of seniors. 225 million meals have been delivered so far-connect with your local provider to find out how you can get involved.

Key Club

As the oldest service program for high schoolers, the Key Club has quite a history of helping tens get involved in volunteering. Because clubs are student-led, you get a direct say in the kinds of service projects you want to do. Chances are, there’s already a chapter in your school, but if not, you can try taking the lead in one.

Best Buddies

Volunteer with Best Buddies to help end the social, physical, and economic isolation of 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and you’ll make some new pals in the process! Join a school chapter (or start your own) to use friendship as a tool for inclusivity in your community.

And don’t worry. Even if you can’t volunteer physically, there are also tons of online volunteer Opportunities available! Find out more about joining a worthwhile volunteer organizations at www. Gen Z.org.

1. If you want to help people with disabilities, you can join ____________

A．Habitat for Humanity	B．Meals on Wheels
C．Key Club	D．Best Buddies

2. Teens with a driving license can volunteer to ______________

A．send meals to the elderly	B．make nutritional meals
C．drive the seniors around	D．teach the seniors to drive

3. The author writes this passage to ____________

A．get more people to volunteer	B．teach teens to he more creative
C．promote awareness of world affairs	D．instruct teens to earn volunteer hours

4 . Is Managing Kids' Screen Time a Good Idea?

Screen time is a big topic of conversation in today's households, particularly during the pandemic when online education hours have multiplied for many students.    1    They hope to spare their kids from the countless challenges that technology can bring. Yet the challenges of screen time overuse seldom come from kids' devices themselves, but rather from the tense relationships that technology can bring to families.    2    But technology has positive benefits too. Since every child and family is different, managing screen time calls for joint family decision-making.

If parents believe they can manage a child's screen time through adolescence, they are not only fooling themselves but also inviting relationship trouble with their teens. It is a myth to think that parents can or should manage their kids' screen time through authoritarian restrictions, even during elementary school.     3     When children are left out of those decisions, they often become less communicative with parents and siblings. This is the opposite of what parents want to achieve.

    4     From early ages, children are quite capable of understanding that a good life involves awareness and balance. Just as they learn right from wrong, and good from bad, they can also learn to use technology in healthy ways. Learning how to regulate oneself and develop healthy behaviors is one of the primary tasks of childhood and adolescence. What happens when an adult tries to regulate a child is that the child misses out on the opportunity to learn for themselves. Enforced restrictions can also make children feel helpless and less confident.

To be clear, this article is not suggesting that families never use apps or trackers, or that there should be no restrictions on screen time.    5    Parents should give voice to children and involve them in the planning and decision-making process.

A．Of course, there are websites that are unhealthy for kids to access.

B．The alternative is to involve children in decisions that govern screen time.

C．However, every family needs a family media plan between family members.

D．The goal is to see, hear, feel, and understand how children view screen time.

E．To manage children's screen time, parents have invested in apps and trackers.

F．To get children involved, parents should trust and develop kids' self-awareness.

G．What it is suggesting is that parents look at managing screen time in a different way.

5 . HEARST CASTL, CA

Hearst Castle is open for tours daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Tour A -- The Grand Rooms

View the ground floor rooms of La Casa Grande where Mr. Hearst’s guests met their host and were entertained during their stay. See the Assembly Room, where guests met for cocktails, the Refectory, where meals were served, the Morning Room, Billiard Theater. Your knowledgeable guide will bring this big house to life sharing stories about Mr. Hearst, his many guests, and the art collection it contains.

Prices: Adults: $25.00; Children: $12.00.

Tour B – The Upstairs Suites (套房)

This tour features rooms on the upper floors of Casa Grande. Travel through guest suites on your way to the Library where Mr. Hearst housed a collection of 2,000-year-old Greek pots.

Visit Mr. Hearst’s private third floor suite including his bedroom and private study where he held business meetings. Learn about the genius of architect Julia Morgan and the way she put Mr. Hearst’s art collection into the design.

Prices: Adults: $20.00; Children: $10.00.

Tour C – Evening Tour

This tour allows visitors to experience the Castle at night as a visitor to the Castle in the 1930s might have. It features highlights from the experience, Upper Floors of Casa Grande, and Garden tours.

Evening tours are offered on most Fridays and Saturdays during March – May & October – December.

Prices: Adults: $36.00; Children: $18.00.

Tour D – Accessible Holiday Twilight

This tour is wheelchair accessible. Visitors who have difficulty climbing stairs, or who cannot stand or walk for extended period, may also benefit from this tour. Accessible transportation is provided from the Visitor Center to all areas of the Holiday at Hearst Castle tour. Call 866-712-2286 for additional information.

Prices: Adults: $30.00; Children: $18.00.

1. Which place can you take your child to visit if you have not much available money?

A．The Morning Room.	B．The Upstairs Suites.
C．The Grand Rooms.	D．The Billiard Room.

2. Which of the following is proper for you to take part in Tour C?

A．A Saturday in July.	B．A Saturday in April.
C．A Friday in January.	D．A Friday in September.

3. Which is the best choice for disabled people?

A．Tour A.	B．Tour B.
C．Tour C.	D．Tour D.

6 . One rainy afternoon, I was on a crosstown bus when a young woman jumped on. She had a child with her who was about three or four years old. The bus was full, bumpy(颠簸的), and it soon got noisy, as her kid began crying — he was upset that he couldn't sit next to his mother. She looked embarrassed.

Then another woman, a little older, stood up and moved so that the mother and child could sit together. The mum smiled as a thank-you. And then three words came out of the older woman's mouth that raised the entire energy of that bus ride: “I've been there.”

Simple, undramatic, and honest. In that moment, it seemed to unite the diverse people of the city. Why? Because almost all experiences are shared human experiences. They're universal. We forget that as we go through life, focused on our own troubles and needs — which are actually less unique than we think.

Sometimes painful past experiences prevent us from wanting to open up to others because we don't want to revisit our own history. But a wonderful way to honor your past hurt is to help comfort another's current pain.

When I was a little girl, we lived on donations from local families and clothing from the " lost and found" baskets. It was shameful for me at the time — I lived in fear of being caught in a friend' s cast-off item.

Even when it was warmer, I refused to take off a layer in the classroom for this reason. Now I don't meet people who are in this exact situation, but I do notice when someone is struggling with financial shame or feels less than other people they meet. And I'm quick to say some version of, "I've been there."

Can the essence of these three words help you make a small difference right now? It can be as simple as volunteering your seat, sharing some helpful advice, or even lightening the mood with a joke when you notice that someone's uncomfortable — because we're all in this together.

1. What influence did the older woman's words have on the people around?

A．Causing discomfort.	B．Breaking long silence.
C．Creating a heated debate.	D．Inspiring common feelings.

2. What does the author think of personal troubles and needs?

A．They are mostly shared experiences.	B．They don't really matter to anyone'
C．They will be forgotten with time.	D．They are unique to each individual.

3. Why did the author refuse to take off the coat in the classroom?

A．Because she had the same sweater with others.

B．Because she stole the sweater from someone'

C．Because she liked wearing the coat in summer.

D．Because she felt embarrassed wearing others' clothes.

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．Painful Experiences Are No Big Deal	B．The Best Way to Honor Your Past Hurt
C．True Happiness Comes from Helping Others	D．Three Little Words That Bring Us Together

7 . What do extreme marathoners, mountain hikers and professional bicycle racers all have in common? They push their bodies to unsustainable (不可持续的) extremes of physical stress.

We tend to think there’s no limit to human physical achievements. But a new study, published in Science Advances, says there is a definite limit to human endurance (耐力). Beyond that, our bodies begin to break down.

To find the limit, a US research team tracked marathon runners over a five-month period, measuring competitors’ initial basal metabolic rates (BMR, 基础新陈代谢率) – the amount of energy they expend when they rest. Then they looked at how many calories(卡路里) each runner burned per day.

The team found that the maximum amount of energy a human can expend is 2.5 times of BMR. It equals 4,000 calories of energy per day. These calories can help a trained athlete to run about 42 kilometers in a day.

But people can’t keep using this amount of calories all the time. “You can do really intense stuff for a couple of days, but if you want to last longer then you have to dial it back,” US evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer told the BBC.

Pontzer explained that the problem is our guts (消化道). “There’s … a limit to how many calories our guts can effectively absorb per day,” he said in the Daily Mail. At that point, the body is burning calories more quickly than it can absorb food and convert (转化) it into energy.

These new findings could help athletes to best work underneath this ceiling. For example, they could manage their daily exercise time based on their BMR, to get enough calories and keep going.

However, Pontzer’s team can’t rule out the possibility of someone breaking this limit. “So I guess it’s a challenge to elite endurance athletes,” said Pontzer. “Science works when you’re proven wrong. Maybe someone will break through that ceiling some day and show us what we’re missing.”

1. What did the US research team find in the new study?

A．One’s endurance can be improved through exercise.

B．A trained athlete can do intense activities for more than a week.

C．The average BMR for athletes is 4,000 calories of energy per day.

D．The energy one can expend is no more than 2.5 times of their BMR per day.

2. What is the main purpose of Paragraph 6?

A．To tell us the problem with our guts.

B．To show how our bodies produce energy.

C．To explain why there is a limit to human endurance.

D．To prove the importance of our guts to physical activities.

3. The new findings could help athletes ______.

A．keep a more balanced diet

B．save time and reduce stress

C．arrange their training properly

D．improve their performance quickly

4. Which of the following would Pontzer probably agree with?

A．It’s possible that someone could break the endurance limit.

B．It’s no good trying to work above the 2.5x endurance ceiling.

C．Further data is needed to make the study’s results more accurate.

D．The 2.5x endurance ceiling is not a problem for many elite athletes.

8 . Madagascar was not the paradise I expected. A reporter and I were ______ there to find out who was helping with drought relief and the prevention of famine(饥荒).

After a three-hour ride in a van, we ______ in the small town of Ambovombe.Peter immediately headed over to the hospital to speak with a local ______ on our topics of interest. Since I didn't need to photograph the background ______ with the doctor, I wandered out to the road.

I raised my ______ to get some images before the sun went down. I've ______ been to Madagascar before, and until you've actually photographed in a place, you don't know how people will ______ to the camera.

I ______ a handsome man who was leaning against a wall in the golden light of dusk. No reaction. I took a breath. After a while, everyone within a 20-yard radius had ______ me. Some called out to each other, playfully teasing those I'd ______ .

Soon after, a mother encouraged me to photograph her young children.I ______ a moment. They were dressed in ______ clothes. One of them may not have even had any pants on---not because her parents were neglectful, but because they couldn't ________ them.

Their mother really ______ me to photograph them. This happens everywhere I go. Parents, ______ of their children, ask me to take a photo. I'd taken this photo of cute smiling children over and over. I don't usually save ________ ，but I saved this one.

Why? The children's _________ .It's something so powerful yet so ______ that we sometimes miss it. This mom, despite all the ________ obvious to an outsider's eyes, found in her children something she wanted a photograph to remember. That's because she saw a(n) ______ picture: She saw them with a mother's heart. As should we all.

1.

A．expected

B．assigned

C．allowed

D．persuaded

2.

A．arrived

B．explored

C．searched

D．camped

3.

A．reporter

B．nurse

C．doctor

D．patient

4.

A．discussion

B．interview

C．program

D．practice

5.

A．paper

B．hand

C．head

D．camera

6.

A．just

B．seldom

C．never

D．already

7.

A．respond

B．adapt

C．return

D．contribute

8.

A．discovered

B．greeted

C．asked

D．photographed

9.

A．caught

B．noticed

C．found

D．suspected

10.

A．helped with

B．stared at

C．referred to

D．focused on

11.

A．watched

B．regretted

C．hesitated

D．choked

12.

A．beautiful

B．funny

C．dirty

D．colorful

13.

A．serve

B．afford

C．choose

D．bring

14.

A．wanted

B．informed

C．reminded

D．paid

15.

A．afraid

B．sure

C．aware

D．proud

16.

A．images

B．cards

C．gifts

D．words

17.

A．clothes

B．kindness

C．mother

D．expectation

18.

A．emotional

B．changeable

C．sensitive

D．common

19.

A．adventures

B．disadvantages

C．curiosity

D．support

20.

A．different

B．natural

C．broad

D．interesting

9 . Greenberg was a lucky guy to enter Columbia University on full scholarship. But just before junior year, Greenberg's____changed. One day his vision "____up" and later he was diagnosed (诊断)with glaucoma (青光眼). Then doctors operated on Greenberg's eyes. ____, the surgery didn't work. Greenberg was going blind. He was so____ that he refused to see anyone.

As Greenberg' s best friend, Arthur persuaded Greenberg to go back to Columbia and______to be his reader. Arthur read _____to him every day， taking time out from his own study, and Greenberg______scoring straight A's. Still, he was______about getting around alone and relied on his friend.

Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Arthur went to Midtown Manhattan. When it was time to go back to campus, Arthur said he couldn’t_____him because of an appointment. Greenberg______They argued, and Arthur walked off, _____Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal.

Greenberg, who was completely______, stumbled (蹒珊)through the rush-hour crowd. He took a shuttle train west to Times Square, and then transferred to an uptown train. Four miles later, he _____at the Columbia University stop.

At the university's gates, someone______him. "Oops, excuse me, sir." Greenberg______the voice. It was Arthur's. Greenberg's first reaction was ___, but in the next second, he realized what he had just______-and realized, too, who had made it possible. _____, Arthur had been with him the whole way, using one of the most______strategies.

Blindness doesn't make Greenberg fail to appreciate the______of life. He always says he is the luckiest man in the world.

1.

A．faith

B．attitude

C．fortune

D．reputation

2.

A．lit

B．cleared

C．steamed

D．cheered

3.

A．However

B．Moreover

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

4.

A．shy

B．selfish

C．desperate

D．nervous

5.

A．learned

B．pretended

C．happened

D．offered

6.

A．letters

B．textbooks

C．newspapers

D．magazines

7.

A．imagined

B．ended up

C．carried on

D．considered

8.

A．tentative

B．confident

C．excited

D．curious

9.

A．accompany

B．rescue

C．comfort

D．abandon

10.

A．explained

B．apologized

C．compromised

D．panicked

11.

A．consulting

B．finding

C．leaving

D．serving

12.

A．tired

B．amused

C．satisfied

D．confused

13.

A．got off

B．pulled over

C．looked around

D．ran away

14.

A．turned to

B．knocked into

C．shouted at

D．quarreled with

15.

A．raised

B．lost

C．controlled

D．recognized

16.

A．pleasure

B．anger

C．relief

D．sorrow

17.

A．achieved

B．questioned

C．ignored

D．missed

18.

A．Gradually

B．Finally

C．Obviously

D．Strangely

19.

A．complex

B．familiar

C．defensive

D．brilliant

20.

A．magic

B．truth

C．wisdom

D．beauty

10 . As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.

In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory (交互记忆)”

According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn’t mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.

1. The passage begins with two questions to ________.

A．introduce the main topic	B．show the author’s attitude
C．describe how to use the Internet	D．explain how to store information

2. What can we learn about the first experiment?

A．Sparrow’s team typed the information into a computer.

B．The two groups remembered the information equally well.

C．The first group did not try to remember the formation.

D．The second group did not understand the information.

3. In transactive memory, people ________.

A．keep the information in mind

B．change the quantity of information

C．organize information like a computer

D．remember how to find the information

4. What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?

A．We are using memory differently.

B．We are becoming more intelligent.

C．We have poorer memories than before.

D．We need a better way to access information.