阅读并完成下面句子，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

(1). He persuaded me to devote myself ________ music after graduation.

(2).He felt _______(amaze) when hearing he won the first prize in the contest.

(3). This machine is very easy _________ (operate). Anybody can learn to use it in a few minutes.

(4). It was with the help of his teacher _________ he made rapid progress in English.

(5). Whoever breaks the law won’t escape ______ (punish).

(6). If you keep on ignoring the teacher’s advice, you will probably get into a situation ________ you fall behind others in all subjects.

(7).Students pay more attention to study and ignore physical exercise, but in fact good health and study are __________ (equal) important.

(8). Mr Lee moved to New York in his early twenties and he __________ (live) in the United States ever since.

(9). It is the third time that she has won the race, ________ surprises us all.

(10). An English dictionary is of great ________ (valuable) to a student.

假如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。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—横线，并在该线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； 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jim，

So glad that you are interested in my new flat. Now I would like tell you something about it. Locating in the north of the city, this Residential Center is small with only six building. My flat, which covers the area of 36 square meters, is in the fourth floor in Building 2. It consisted of a sitting room, a bedroom, a kitchen and a toilet. When you enter into the flat, you will find yourself in the sitting room. The sitting room is the part that I like best, because it is brightly with a lovely balcony, which I can enjoy the beautiful garden below. Although my flat is small, I like them very much because it is comfortable.

Best regards,

                                                    Yours,

Li Hua

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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51-60的相应位置上。

   My name is Jack, a senior middle school student. The other day I happened to read a 51 (shock) piece of news. In October, 2014, a wild Asian elephant 52 (kill) without mercy in Xishuangbanna, with 53 (it) tusks(象牙) taken away. I feel 54 (terrible) sorry and ashamed of what people did to the animal.

   In my opinion, we should attach great importance 55 wildlife protection. 56 number of wildlife is decreasing every year and some 57 （endanger) species have died out. Protecting wild animals, our friends, means 58 (protect) ourselves. It helps keep the balance of nature.

   So something must be done for lovely wildlife. Anyone 59 hunts or kills wildlife should be fined and punished severely. The animal trade is never allowed as well. For when the buying stops, the killing can too. At the same time, every one of us should take the 60 (responsible) to protect the environment.

   To live in a better future, let’s work together to help wildlife.           

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Yangshuo，China

It was raining heavily when I 1       (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didnˈt care. A few hours earlier，Iˈd been at home in Hong Kong，with 2        (it) thick smog. Here，the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.

Iˈd skipped(跳过) nearby Guilin，a dream place for tourists exploring the mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River, 3       are pictured by artists in so many Chinese  4         (painting)．Instead，Iˈd headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin，itˈs only an hour away 5       car and offers all the scenery of the better－known city.

Yangshuo 6       (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers 7       (conduct) by the website Trip Advisor describes Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming 8       popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent，a travel company in Hong Kong，says it 9       (regular) provides quick getaways(短期旅行) here for people 10       (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last Wednesday, about 7,400 American bankers went back to school again．This time they did not go to learn－they went to teach．_____61______1997, the American Bankers Association has sponsored Teach Children to Save Day．Every April 26, bankers across the USA teach over l．5 million primary and secondary school students how to handle_____62______ money．

   In the USA, children, especially teenagers, are often big spenders．In 2013, for example, American teenagers spent $175 billion．This is_____63______average of $104  per week per teenager,  Few teenagers have any savings．They typically spend  money as fast as they can．Nearly all will continue their_____64______（spend) habits when they grow up．             

   Itˈs necessary that children learn proper money management_____65______they are still young．The bankers show students how to budget and make smart _____66_____(decide) about money. They explain how to balance their expenses against their income．They help"/he students understand their familyˈs shopping and household expenses as well．Of course, students_____67______(teach) how to invest and save money too．

   As Benjamin Franklin said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Moreover, money_____68______(save) at interest can increase greatly in value over  time．Children, _____69______adults, need to understand the value of saving money, This is_____70______Teach Children to Save Day is all about．

When I was young, I read many kinds of books,    61   (include) fairy tales. In those books, heroes described were handsome and heroines were beautiful. So, I believed I had to be beautiful if I wanted to become a great person.       

As I    62   (grow) up, I began to realize outer beauty was not so important to make someone excellent. I remember a friend of     63   . She believed that she could do everything she wanted because she was so beautiful, but she lost friends one by one. My poor friend!    64    she learned was that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty.

Whenever I see TV    65   (advertisement), I feel that they make us believe beauty is very important ---    66  (especial) physical attractiveness. Although we say that inner beauty is more valuable, we often look for plastic surgery (整容手术)    67   (make) us more beautiful. There seems to be a boom in plastic surgery. It is surprising to realize    68    number of people who try it is increasing day by day. 

We know good-looking guys usually get    69   (high) scores on job interviews than others. So, what is real beauty? I want to say that it is inner beauty that makes one look    70   ​a really beautiful person.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于个词）或括号内的正确形式。

Joyce:What do you think of the head teacher’s speech?

Caroline:I think it was __41   (interest).

Joyce: __42    do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.

Caroline:Yes, his teacher says so. He __43   (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He wants to go to Oxford University next year.

Joyce:I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline:I hope so. __44     I think he studies too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy  __45     for a change. How about your son Carl?
​Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.

Caroline: You are joking. I heard that Carl  __46    (win) the competition prize.

Joyce: You have made  __47     mistake. That is White Carl, My son is Brown Carl. The Whites lives in the same community  __48      we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a  __49     (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.

Caroline: _ _ 50     he practises singing, he will become a singer in the future.

Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.

Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early  71__ Christmas morning. When they arrived they found that two burglars   72__  (keep) in a lift with a heavy box of money. The two men were  73__  their twenties. They broke into an office in the shop ,   74_  (take) the money box and ran into the lift.   75__  , they didn’t see the sign on the door saying that it carries no more than two people.

   “They were kept between the floors because they took a heavy box.” the police officer said, “ They were kept there for six hours,  76__ (sit) on the box that they hoped to be their Christmas present. They were doing this at a time  77__ 

people were at home for the Christmas with their families. It was the very special moment when  78__  policemen opened the door. They walked out, holding out  79__  arms. They said they were so   80__  ( please) to see policemen. The policemen said they were happy to see them too.

Everyone has ____61____ experience they would rather forget. Some are embarrassing， some are moving， and some teach us a lesson. Here is a story of ____62____(Ⅰ).

    Last Sunday l went fishing. After setting up my fishing rod (鱼竿)with bait(鱼饵)， I sat down on the bank of the lake. But two hours later， I didn't catch any fish. This made me very ____63____ (anger) and I began to pack up my stuff with the purpose of going back home.

    Just then， I saw an old man near whom I was sitting on the bank.  To my surprise， his basket wets full of fish， so I went over to him， wanting ____64____ (know) why be caught so many fish. "Excuse me，  but how long have you sat here？" I asked. "About four bouts，" he answered. " Four bouts？" I couldn't believe my ears. "Yes. So many fish ____65____ (catch) in the past hours because I am very patient(有耐心的). " He said，" Just sit there and be patient. If you have enough patience， you will catch many fish ____66____ well." Suddenly， I ____67____(understand) what he said. I followed his ____68____ (suggest). Then I sat there and fixed my eyes ____69____ my fishing rod. What the man suggested was ____70____ (extreme) useful to me. In the following six hours， I caught over 10 fish.

    On my way home， I gradually realized that the secret of success was patience.

Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 61. ________ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find satisfying work.

I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get 62. ________ job. “Why has my life become so hard?” I thought 63. ________ (painful).

    As I pulled the bus over 64. ________ (drop) off a little girl, she handed me an earring, saying that I should keep it in case somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring 65. ________ (paint) black and said “BE HAPPY”.

    At first I got angry. Then it hit me --- I had been giving all of my attention to what was going wrong with 66. ________ life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for me 67. ________ a lady who was a director at a large hospital. She asked me 68. ________ I would give a one-day lecture on stress 69. ________ (manage) to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

    My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of think 70. ________ I completely changed my life.