删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下面画一横线，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。
Last October, we have had a series of reading activities. In the first two weeks, we read some great books. Among these books, I like The Old Man and the Sea better, from which I’ve learned never to give up when facing with difficulties. In the afternoon of October 18, we held a poetry contest. I recited a poem written by me and won first prize. At the end of the month, we acted out some famous work. My classmates and I performed The Million Pound Bank Note. To our great delightful, our performance was huge success. We both enjoyed such reading activities , wish to read more great books in the future.
2 . Having your nose in a book might seem a little anti-social at times — but reading could actually make you a kinder, more considerate person, a study has found. Readers were more likely to act in a socially acceptable manner, while those who preferred watching television came across as less friendly and less understanding of
others' views, researchers said.
123 participants in the study were quizzed on their preferences for books, TV and plays at Kingston University, London. They were then tested on how much they considered people's feelings and whether they acted to help others. Researchers told the British Psychological Society conference in Brighton yesterday that fiction fans showed more positive social behavior.
Readers of drama and romance novels were also empathic, while lovers of experimental books showed the ability to see things from different directions. Comedy fans scored the highest for relating to others. The study suggested reading allows people to see different points of view, enabling them to understand others better.
The researchers added, “Exposure to fiction relates to a range of empathetic abilities. Engaging with fictional prose and comedy in particular could be key to improving people's empathetic abilities.”
However, the authors warned the study did not prove cause-and-effect. So it could be that reading causes positive behavior, or it could be that thoughtful, well-mannered people are more likely to prefer reading. So it is a good idea to pick up a book to begin your travel with the author. Each author will show how they would react to certain situations or confrontations through their characters. Everyone can view the same situation differently, and from 1001 different angles. The more you read, the much better you can understand other peoples' opinions.
1. What do we know about reading according to Paragraph 1?| A．It contributes more to one's anti-social role. |
| B．It is of rare benefit to readers. |
| C．It is related to one's social position. |
| D．It can add to one's social adaptability. |
| A．the way to improve reading skills |
| B．the influence of their preferences |
| C．the places to get new books |
| D．the time of reading books |
| A．Understanding. | B．Mad. |
| C．Sorrowful. | D．Delighted. |
| A．To react to certain situations. |
| B．To understand peoples' opinions. |
| C．To persuade people to read. |
| D．To show how to begin travels. |
1. Where does the talk take place?
| A．In England. |
| B．In Australia. |
| C．In the United States. |
| A．In 2014. | B．In 2012. | C．In 2007. |
| A．The Commonwealth Book Prize. |
| B．The Tinniswood Award. |
| C．The Man Booker Prize. |
| A．An actress. | B．A TV host. | C．A writer. |
| 读本 | 千字文 | 三字经 |
| 收字 | 250句，994字 | 574字，1722字 |
| 价格 | 12元 | 18元 |
| 特点 | 全文为四字句，易诵易记，是中国影响很大的儿童启蒙读物。 | 内容涵盖厂，“熟读（三字经），可知千古事” |
参考词汇：1. Children’s primer 启蒙课本
2. Thousand-Character Classic 千字文The Three-Character Classic三字经
注意：1. 词数l00左右，信的开头和结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）；
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Steve,
I’m so pleased to learn that you are collecting some traditional Chinese books.
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Please let me know if you want me to buy these books for you.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
5 . “A room without books is like a body without a soul,” observed the Roman philosopher, Cicero. It can also be a sign of financial problems to come. New research has uncovered a strong connection between the earning of adults and whether they grew up surrounded by books as children.
Three economists at the University of Padua—Giorgio Brunello, Guglielmo Weber and Christoph Weiss—studied 6000 men born in nine European countries and concluded that children with access to books could expect to earn more money than those who grew up with few or no books.
They studied the period from 1920 to 1956, when school reforms saw the minimum school leaving age raised across Europe. They booked at whether, at the age of 10, a child lived in a house with fewer than 10 books, a shelf of books, a bookcase with up to 100 books, two bookcases, or more than two bookcases.
Over the period studied, the research, published in The Economic Journal, found that an additional year of education increased a man’s average lifetime earnings by 9%. Men brought up in houses with less than a shelf of books earned only 5% more as a result of the extra year’s education, compared with 21% more for those who had access to a lot of books. And those who had access to books were more likely to move to the better-earning opportunities in cities than those without books. The men’s first job was also much more likely to be a white-collar job.
The economists offer a number of theories for the results. “Perhaps books matter because they encourage children to read more and reading can have positive effects on school performance,” they said.
The number of books in children’s homes can effectively predict their cognitive(认知的) test scores. This may indicate a home that encourages cognitive skills, which are important for economic success in life.
1. Why did author mention Cicero’s words in the first paragraph?| A．To make an argument. | B．To introduce the topic. |
| C．To express his own views. | D．To arouse readers’ interest. |
| A．They were tracked by researchers since age 10. |
| B．They all left school because of school reforms. |
| C．They came from several different countries. |
| D．They are now white-collar professionals. |
| A．By listing numbers. |
| B．By providing examples. |
| C．By following the order of time. |
| D．By following the order of importance. |
| A．Homes without books are vulnerable（脆弱）to financial problems. |
| B．Families that can afford books raise successful children. |
| C．Boy who love reading books earn more than girls. |
| D．Children who live with books earn more as adults. |
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
Men often discover their affinity (密切关系) to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best urn(瓮) of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, if remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort.
Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effects of time have been to filter out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
1. A good book may be among the best of friends because_____.
| A．it changes over the past of time |
| B．it contains all kinds of knowledge |
| C．it doesn’t betray us when we are in trouble |
| D．it comforts us in youth and instructs us in age |
| A．If you love me, you must reading books. |
| B．The book can be a bond between friends. |
| C．I love books as much I love friends. |
| D．If you love the author, you will love his books. |
| A．Time can tell whether a literature is good or bad. |
| B．All books are our constant companions and comforters. |
| C．Temples, statues and books cannot stand the test of time. |
| D．The world of a man’s thoughts is what his life is all about. |
| A．Reading Books |
| B．A Good Book |
| C．Our Best Friend |
| D．Companionship of Books |
