短文改错，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限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear friend,

　　I' m an Australian boy of 16 years old, live in Sydney．I like Chinese very much, but I want a pen pal in China．At school I like playing football and tennis．Our favorite subject is science because it' s very interesting．I won't like history, for I think it's rather boring．I play guitar well, so I join in the school rock band．In the afternoon we usually play football or tennis．We usually got home at about 5∶30 pm．For weekends I often go out for a swim, which is really relaxed．Do you like sports and games? Which do you like to play?

　　I' d like to get your early reply．

Yours truly,

Jack

根据短文

内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Bitterness in sibling(兄弟姐妹)relationships is common．　　1　　 It can be due to one performing better at school or receiving more love and attention from their parents than the other．Effort should be put in by both parents and children to prevent sibling jealousy from occurring．

　　For children：

　　Talk it out with your parents．

　　Rather than brooding(计较)over the issue and letting jealousy affect your day, talk about everything with your parents．　　2　　．Be calm and also understand your parents．

　　Consider it as an opportunity．

　　We all get jealousy and there is nothing wrong with it．It is a human emotion and it depends on us how to deal with it, positively or negatively．Learn to deal with negative emotions in a positive manner．　　3　　．Try to improve yourself by competing with your sibling, which especially applies to your study．

　　For parents：

　　Keep fairness in mind．

　　Dealing with fighting kids could be called the toughest task for parents．　　4　　．Jealousy often occurs when children feel that their parents are not giving adequate love to them and are favoring the other kid．So do not accuse or scold a single child every time．Scold both of them equally, avoid comparison, and be fair．

　　　　5　　

　　Positive competition should be encouraged between siblings．For example, if your elder kid is performing very well and the younger one is not as good as him, only spending time doing useless things, what you can do is to encourage the younger one to look up to the elder one as a role model．

A．Love your sibling．

B．Encouraging healthy competition between kids．

C．Look on the jealousy as a self-improvement measure．

D．Parents should try not to favor a specific child all the time．

E．He or she is the one with whom you have shared your childhood．

F．There are many reasons that can make a child jealous of his/her sibling．

G．Tell your parents that you would appreciate it if they could recognize your work too．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Marriage, like other social instructions, is showing the strains of modern life．While more Americans are getting married today than ever before, the divorce rate is also disturbingly on the rise(one divorce for every three marriages last year)．　　1　　

　　Women's easy and convenient life in USA

　　For most people, life is easier and more comfortable than ever before．Convenience foods from the supermarket simplify shopping and cooking．Household appliances like the cleaner and the washing machine have made housework much easier to do．Released from these household chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home．　　2　　

　　Average American families getting small

　　Families, too, are simpler today．　　3　　 With our frequent changes, relatives have spread over a wide area, the parents retiring to Florida or Arizona and the young people, after they marry, going wherever their jobs or their interests take them．Women have their own freedom．

　　　　4　　 While attending college, they often live away from home, sometimes far from their parents or their relatives．After college, they move to the city, find a job, and set up "bachelor" apartment．This is the era of women's liberation．

　　Independence leading to family break-up

　　But all this freedom and wealth had had an unforeseen and in some respects an extremely bad effect on marriage．Men and women, no longer dependent on each other for food and maintenance, find it harder to accept the responsibilities．　　5　　 On the other hand, there is a growing trend today for couples in trouble to try to save their marriage by consulting a professional adviser．He listens patiently while they talk, knowing that only through self-understanding can they solve their problems．

A．Young adult women have new freedom, too．

B．No marriage for many people nowadays．

C．Women are achieving economic independence．

D．In America, it is not customary for parents to live with their married children．

E．Why should this be so, and what, if anything, can we do to change this trend?

F．Here's some advice on how to solve the problem．

G．When happiness becomes misery, many couples decide to stop their marriage through divorce．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　　　1　　 We’re worked to make their streets and their schools safer, to give them something positive to do after school and before their parents get home．We’ve worked to teach our children that drugs are dangerous, illegal and wrong．

　　Today I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our nation's children from an even more deadly threat．　　2　　 Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, drugs and fires combined．Nearly 90％ of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18．Consider this： 3, 000 children start to smoke every day illegally, and 1, 000 of them will die sooner because of it．　　3　　 For more than five years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they begin to try, starting a nationwide campaign to eduate them about the dangers of smoking to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people．　　4　　 That means if we act now, we have it in our power to stop three million children from smoking and save a million lives as a result．So this is an emergency that needs quick action of all of you．　　5　　．

A．Since I took office, I’ve done much to protect our children from harm．

B．This is a national tragedy(悲剧)that every American should help to prevent．

C．The quicker action we take, the fewer teen smokers there will be．

D．We have to educate them about the dangers of smoking．

E．It is smoking that is more terrible than drugs．

F．Compared with other diseases, drugs kill more people every day．

G．If we do these, we'll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years．

信息匹配，下面是美国著名游记作家Bill Bryson的几本作品，首先请阅读它们的封面信息：

下面是对几本书的简要介绍，请把相关的内容和它们的封面信息匹配起来。

1．In this collection, Bill Bryson is writing from home．We find he assesses life both in New England and in the contemporary United States．With the telescopic perspective(远望视角)of one who has stepped out of the American mainstream and comes back after 20 years, Bryson holds the mirror up to US culture and feels strange to his motherland．

2．This book is a guide to the world's unspoilt sights and experiences．It presents one thousand fresh and fascinating alternatives to hundreds of well-known tourist destinations and sights, including alternatives to the Carnival in Rio and the beaches of Thailand, the most-visited national parks, overrated restaurants and holiday sites．

3．Returning to the US after 20 years in England, Bill Bryson decided to reconnect with his mother country by hiking the length of the 2, l00-mile Appalachian Trail．Awed by merely the camping section of his local sporting goods store, he still goes into the wilderness and learns hard lessons about self-reliance．

4．A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get．This book is no exception．Following an urge to rediscover his youth, the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him to across 38 states in the country, which is like a small town in his opinion．

5．Born in Iowa, Bryson backpacked through Europe as a young man．While living in England some 20 years later, he revisited many of the same places from Arctic Norway' s northern lights to romantic Capri in Italy．Here he jumps back and forth between old memories and new experiences．

语法填空，阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

　　One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming(宣告)that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley．A large crowd 　　1　　 (gather), and they all admired his heart for it was perfect．

　　Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, "Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 　　2　　．" The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart, which was full of scars．It had places where pieces had been removed and other 　　3　　 (piece)put in, but they didn't fit quite right, and there were several jagged(锯齿状的)edges．In fact, in some places there were deep gouges(沟槽)where whole pieces were 　　4　　 (miss)．

　　The young man laughed．"Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars．"

　　"Yes, " said the old man, "Yours looks perfect 　　5　　 I would never trade with you．You see, every scar represents a person to 　　6　　 I have given my love．I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart．But because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of 　　7　　 love we shared．Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his or her heart 　　8　　 me．These are the empty gouges．Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, 　　9　　 (remind)me of the love I have for those people．So now do you see 　　10　　 true beauty is? "

任务型阅读，请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

　　Ambition is a necessary quality in life．It is the force which drives us on to use whatever talent we have got．If we haven't got some degree of ambition, these talents will not be used for our own and other's benefit．We must continually want to be better than we are．Without ambition we are just jellyfish that flop through life．We only react to events; we don't try to control them．

　　Ambition, however, can have several defects．

　　First of all it can be unrealistic．We may not be able to see the limits of our own abilities, so we do ambitious things that are completely beyond us．Our career masters can see our good qualities and our limitations objectively．They may tell us that we haven't the ability to deal with people and would make good businessmen．We refuse to take their evaluation．We keep on trying．Many years and many disappointments later we are forced to accept their judgment．But what a waste of time our ill-founded ambition has caused us!

　　Secondly, our ambition can be too concentrated．We devote our attention to one narrow aim, such as getting distinctions in our science subjects．Everything that may draw us away from this aim is cut out of our lives．In the end we get our distinctions．But what damage we have caused ourselves in the process! We are isolated beings who only care about a particular examination．And we probably won't make good scientists．We lack the breadth of view necessary for success in higher studies．

　　Thirdly, our ambition can be limited to lifeless objectives．We want to gain money, or power, or membership of some circles．Persons who feel inferior try to make up by seeking the respect of others through possessions of these artificial signs of worth．

　　Fourthly, our ambition may be self-centered．Instead of directing some of our ambition towards community improvement we may exploit members of the community in the interests of self-advancements．In later life we may be ambitious for the success of our children but we regard this success as only a further mark of our own success．

　　Ambition is necessary in the lives of individuals-necessary for their own improvement and for the improvement of the community in which they live．But, like all blind forces, it must be directed if it is not to cause disaster．It must be tightly controlled by the head and the heart．Otherwise ambition may demand too high a price in terms of human qualities．

根据课文内容填空，除填入括号中单词的正确形式外，其余每空填一个词。

Festivals of all kinds 　　1　　(hold)everywhere since ancient times．Most festivals would 　　2　　 the end of cold weather, planting in spring and 　　3　　 in autumn．But some festivals are held to honor the 　　4　　 or to satisfy the ancestors, 　　5　　 might return either to help or to do harm．For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in 　　6　　 of their ancestors．　　7　　 this important day, they also light lamps in front of houses and play music 　　8　　 they think this will lead the ancestors back to home．It is a time for the family to get 　　9　　 , share feelings with each other and be 　　10　　 of their customs．