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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，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。Dear Ken,I'm very exciting to have received an e-mail from you and I'm glad you had a wonderfully time during the past summer holiday. Last summer I take a trip to thecountryside with some of my friend. Country life, in my opinion, gave me peaceand quiet, which is what I can't enjoy in big cities. There was river nearby, in thatwe went swimming every now and then. You can never imagine what fun itwas to swimming together with friends in the cool, clean river on such hot days.In fact , I had never been had a better holiday before . I took plenty photos there and I keep them where I can see them every day as they always reminds me ofmy stay in the country.Yours, Li Ping
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1.The new medicine proved beneficial to the patient's skin problems.
----The new medicine proved to _____ _____ _____to the patient's skin problems.
2.I have neither brothers nor sisters.That is to say, I'm an only child.
--- I have neither brothers nor sisters—_____ _____ _____, I'm an only child
3.As a matter of fact, my boss is three years younger than me.
--As a matter of fact, my boss is three years _____ _____ me.
4.All we could see in front of us was 200 km of nothing but sand.
-- All we could see _____ _____ us was 200 km of nothing but sand.
5.Li Ming has his faults, but, on the whole, he is a good helper
--Li Ming has his faults, but, _____ _____ _____, he is a good helper.
6.It is difficult to imagine that he accepted the decision without any hesitation.
---It is hard to imagine _____ _____ the decision without any hesitation.
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，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。
Dear Ken,
I'm very exciting to have received an e-mail from you and I'm glad you had a
wonderfully time during the past summer holiday. Last summer I take a trip to the
countryside with some of my friend. Country life, in my opinion, gave me peace
and quiet, which is what I can't enjoy in big cities. There was river nearby, in that
we went swimming every now and then. You can never imagine what fun it
was to swimming together with friends in the cool, clean river on such hot days.
In fact , I had never been had a better holiday before . I took plenty photos there
and I keep them where I can see them every day as they always reminds me of
my stay in the country.
Yours,
Li Ping
Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.
For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes. Let’s say that you are arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another.
But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.
But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter. “Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.
With phrases, it’s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed.
1. What is Googlefight?
A. A fight between two people on Google.
B. A way to make sure you win an argument.
C. A website showing how many hits two different things have.
D. A list of all the websites on Google.
2. Language teachers find it useful because _______.
A. there are a lot of words on Googlefight
B. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more often
C. some words mean the same thing
D. common words have a billion hits
3. What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?
A. Make sure they mean be same thing.
B. Make sure they are different.
C. Remember to put quote marks round the phrase.
D. Don’t put quote marks round the phrase.
4. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.
B. Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.
C. Quote marks can make the search more accurate.
D. Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.
Elizabeth and I are 18 now, and about to graduate．I think about our elementary-school friendship, but some memories have blurred （模糊）．What happened that day in the fifth grade when Beth suddenly stopped speaking to me? Does she know that I've been thinking about her for seven years? If only we could go back, and discover what ended our relationship．
I have to speak with Beth．I see her sometimes, and find out school is "fine"．It's not the same．It never will be．Someone says that she's Liz now．What happened to Beth?
I can't call her．Should I write? What if she doesn't answer me? How will I know what she's thinking?
Yes, I'll write her a letter．These things are easier to express in writing．" Be-," no, " Li-," no, " Elizabeth," I begin．The words flow freely, as seven year old memories are reborn．I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer．I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and imagine Beth looking into her mailbox．Will she know why I'm writing? Maybe she once thought of writing the same letter．
As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I wonder if I've made the right decision．Do I have the right to force myself into Beth's life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first step．Beth has control of the situation now．
One day has passed．Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor?
Two days are gone．I'm lost in thought and don't even hear the phone ting．
"Hello? It's Elizabeth．"
1.What can we learn about Beth?
A．She had a quarrel with the author in the fifth grade．
B．She moved to another school in the fifth grade．
C．She is now called Liz instead of Beth．
D．She hasn't seen the author for seven years．
2.Why does the author decide to write a letter instead of calling?
A．She is sure that Beth will not answer．
B．She's afraid that they'll quarrel on the phone．
C．She doesn't know Beth's telephone number．
D．It is easier to express her feelings in writing．
3.Which of the following the author might NOT mention in her letter?
A．Their elementary-school friendship．
B．Her future plan after graduation．
C．Her expectations for Beth's reply．
D．The questions about the endings of their friendship．
4.What might happen at the end of the story?
A．Beth answers her letter two days later．
B．The letter doesn't reach Beth at all．
C．They make up their friendship．
D．Beth refuses to make peace with her．
