20．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．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——青夏教育精英家教网——

20．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．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（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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．
Dear Jack，
I'm sorry to hear that you feel lonely in the new school，because you find it hard to make friends．Now，I'd like to offer you any advice．
Firstly，it's normal for you to feel lonely because you were living in a new environment．Secondly，you should greet classmates when met them on campus． Thirdly，it will be a good idea if you take an actively part in class activities，what can help them learn more about you．I believe you will be able to make new friends soon unless you're friendly to the others．
I hope the suggestion above will be helpful to you and that everything will be fine with you for the future．
Yours，
Li Hua．

19．Mark Twain left school when he was twelve．He had little school education．In spite of this，he became the most famous writer of his time．He made millions of dollars by writing．His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens，but he is better known to all over the world as Mark Twain，his penname．
Mark Twain was born in 1835and he was not a healthy baby．In fact，he was not expected to live through the first winter．But with his mother's care，he managed to survive．As a boy，he caused much trouble for his parents．He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors．He didn't like to go to school，and he often ran away from home．He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi．He was nearly drowned nine times．
After his father's death，Mark Twain began to work for a printer，who only provided him with food and clothing．Then，he worked as a printer，a river-boat pilot and later joined the army．But shortly after that he became a miner．During this period，he started to write short stories．Afterwards，he became a full-time writer．
In 1870，Mark Twain got married．In the years that followed he wrote many books including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876，and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884，which made him famous，and brought him great fortune．
Unfortunately，Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments（投资） and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts．In 1904，his wife died，and then three of his children passed away．
At the age of 70，his hair was completely white．He bought many white suits and neckties．He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21，1910．

24．In Mark Twain's childhood，C．
A．he learned a lot at school
B．he often went swimming with other boys
C．his mother often worried about his safety
D．he often played games with other boys
25．Which of the following shows the right order about Mark Twain？D
a．He became a miner．b．He worked as a printer．c．He got into debts．
d．His father died．e．He became a full-time writer．f．He joined the army．
A．a-d-b-c-e-f
B．c-b-d-f-e-a
C．d-a-f-e-b-c
D．d-b-f-a-e-c
26．In order to make a living，Mark TwainA．
A．did many kinds of work
B．first worked as a printer
C．wrote stories in the beginning
D．joined the army after he worked in a mine
27．In the later years of his life，Mark TwainB．
A．wrote many stories and earned a lot of money
B．must have been very sad because he lost his family
C．continued writing until his death
D．lent too much money to others．

18．Amazing Facts About Elf Owls
Brief Introduction
The elf owl （a kind of owl） is mostly found in the southwestern parts of the United States and Mexico．During the spring and summer seasons，it moves to Arizona and New Mexico．It returns to Mexico for the winter．The elf owl doesn't build its nest．It lives in tree holes．
Features
The elf owl is a yellow bird．Its wings are dark and about.48-61centimeters long．Its eyes are bright yellow．Its feet are large．It is the smallest owl of the species．It is about 12.5-14.5centimeters long．It is also the world's lightest owl，weighing not more than 40grams．In general，female elf owls weigh more than male ones．
The female usually lays three eggs at a time．After the young elf owls are born，their mother  will feed them with worms（蠕虫） for up to 3-4weeks．After 10weeks，the young ones are fully grown and ready to take flight．
Living Habits
The elf owls are not aggressive birds．When danger comes，they will fly away in the other direction，rather than stay and fact the danger or the enemies．Besides flying，the elf owl can also walk and climb like a parrot．The elf owl is most active after dusk，during the night，and just before dawn．It can produce many different kinds of sounds．It can live for 3-6years in the wild．If they are kept in cages，they can live for 10-14years．The elf owls are now in danger because of the loss of habitat．Cutting down trees will result in lack of places for them to live in．

21．According to the first and second paragraphs，an elf owl mayD．
A．build its nest in trees
B．have yellow wings
C．have big and dark eyes
D．live in Mexico in winter
22．What can we learn from the text？A
A．The female elf owl takes care of her children for about four weeks．
B．The elf owl sleeps at night and looks for food during the daytime．
C．The female elf owl lays one egg at one time．
D．The elf owl can live no longer than six years．
23．What is the character of the elf owl？B
A．Shy．
B．Peace-loving．
C．Hard-working．
D．Selfish．

17．The other day，BBC broadcast its documentary（纪录片）"Are Our Kids Tough Enough？-Chinese School"，in which the British and Chinese teaching styles competed against each other，with both sides tested after four weeks to see who comes out on top．
In this unique experiment，five Chinese teachers took over a British classroom with 50teenagers aged 13and 14in a British school for one month and taught them in a typical Chinese way：no talking，no questions and experiencing the severe classroom discipline within an extended school-hour from 7a．m．to 7p．m．In the meantime，another group of students were guided in the British teaching style：free talking，free questioning，thinking for themselves and relaxing learning atmosphere．
At the end of the documentary，all the pupils took part in the same exams in a few subjects．Next is the result．

	Mathematics	Chinese	Science
Chinese style	67.74	46.88	58.33
British style	54.84	36.46	50

Faced with the result，many netizens in Britain made a strong suggestion to their Education Minister that Britain should learn from China and adopt China's educational style．
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假设英国教育部长正在向中国学生征询对上述建议的看法，请你给他写封信表达你的看法．
1．用约30个单词完成上文的概要．
2．用约120个单词发表你的观点，你应该
（1）阐述你对"英国教育该不该采用中国方式"的看法；
（2）用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的观点．
【写作要求】
1．写作时不能直接引用原文语句．
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称．
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当．
Dear Minister，
I hear that many people in your country are suggesting Britain's education system should follow China's after a BBC documentary，which reported a 4-week experiment ending up with Chinese teaching methods defeating British ones．．It is said you are collecting opinions from Chinese students．The following is my view．
Personally，I strongly advise you forget Chinese style of education．On one hand，Chinese students wining in test scores is in fact at the cost of their creative abilities and autonomy in learning．As a matter of fact，many of my classmates could do nothing without teachers'and parents'help，let alone make great innovations in their later life．On the other hand，Chinese students are suffering from a severe lack of sleep and good health，all due to the pursuit of a high score in numerous tests．Without a healthy body，nothing is meaningful．Do you really want young Britons to spend 15 to 16 hours a day on study？
Therefore，dear Minister，you should think twice if you decide to follow that suggestion．
Your sincerely，
A Chinese senior student．

16．Younger people might like snow and cold，but for ________，such weather is very tough； snow can turn into ice，________ is easy to slip on．（　　）

	A．	people my age； where		B．	my age people； where
	C．	people my age； which		D．	my age people； which

15．The strong protests against constant testing are a reaction mainly against the mindless test-prep（针对训练） associated with reading tests．Math tests，which are based on an actual curriculum，aren't the main issue．Prepping for them usually helps improve math proficiency．But prepping for reading tests have had only a short-tem effect，and hasn't helped reading ability in the long run．
If you look at recent scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress，you will see that there's a gentle boost in reading scores for grades 4 and 8，but not for 17 years olds．The reading proficiency of high school seniors had not been changed since the great verbal decline of the 1970s，which was well documented by drops in scores on the SAT．So，why haven't the short-term early boots in grades 4and 8translated into better verbal scores in grade 12？Reading tests in later grades are more knowledge-intensive than the tests in the early grades．Scholars of the subject showed that 12^th-grade scores declined in the 1970s and stayed flat，because of a narrowing of the school curriculum．
The time-consuming test preparations with endless exercises on"finding the main idea"and"questioning the author"have become the main cause of today's curriculum narrowing．Emphasis on reading and reading tests have helped to cause low reading scores among senior students．The underlying reasons for this paradox（悖论） are not widely understood among test makers and other specialists：Prepping for reading tests has had a negative effect on the curriculum，because the tests themselves，not to mention the strategy exercises，are based on an incorrect understanding of reading ability．
Reading ability is very topic independent．How well students perform on a reading test is highly dependent on their knowledge of the topics of the test passages．Yet the topics on our current reading tests don't have anything to do with the topics studied in school．Worse，there's no short-term way of preparing for a general reading test other than by doing topic-indifferent skill-exercises．It involves teaching students how to figure out the meaning of a test passage，even when they know little about the topic．This kind of unproductive and boring test-prep ceases to have an effect．
That's why reading scores were higher when schooling was more knowledge-intensive．A knowledge-oriented curriculum will，over time，produce higher verbal abilities than a test-prep curriculum．Over 13years of knowledge-intensive schooling，students，including disadvantages ones，can learn quite a lot about a lot of topics，greatly increasing their ability to make high scores on a reading test．

58．According to Paragraph 1，constant reading tests are receiving strong protests probably becauseC．
A．they are a reaction against the mindless test-prep related to reading tests
B．Math tests which are based on an actual curriculum aren't the main issue
C．prepping for them hasn't boosted high school seniors'reading proficiency
D．prepping for them fails to produce any effect for students'reading skills
59．Emphasis on reading had contributed to low scores in higher grades becauseD．
A．the test-prep associated with reading tests is too time-consuming
B．there's no short-term way of preparing for a general reading test
C．the prepping for reading tests is unproductive and boring
D．test experts fail to understand reading proficiency correctly
60．The suitable title for this text could beD．
A．Strong Protest Against Constant Testing
B．Reading Ability is Very Topic Dependent
C．A Paradox of Emphasis on Reading and Low Scores
D．Why Reading Test Scores Flatten Out in 12th Grade．

14．It was the words and actions of the actor，not the actor's appearance，__________ caused his fans to scream with excitement．（　　）

13．It's strongly advised that smokers not be allowed to smoke in any room _____ babies currently occupies．（　　）

12．Nowadays，many parents are trying to either prevent their children from failure，or protect them from the knowledge ______ they have failed．（　　）

11．Teachers in primary schools ____ influence the kids fall under should be role models．（　　）

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