One day, Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere _  (1)  ____ business by air. He liked sitting by the window when he was flying, so when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them   (2)  ___(take) except one. There was a soldier _  (3)  ____ (sit) in the seat beside this one.   (4)  ___ Mr. Robinson’s surprise, the soldier didn’t take the one by the window; but, anyhow, he at once went towards it.

When he reached it, __  (5)  __, he saw there was a notice on it. It was written in ink and said, “This seat is preserved(保留)for proper load balance(平衡), thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such an ___  (6)  __(usual) notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in it, so he walked on _  (7)  __(find) an empty seat.

__  (8)  ___ the plane took off, two or three people tried to sit in the seat beside the soldier. But they also read the notice and went on. When the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, _  (9)  _ was watching the passengers coming in, __  (10)  ___(quick) took the notice off the seat beside him and in this way succeeded in having the company(陪伴) of the girl during the whole trip.

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短文。短文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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

Li Hua is a senior three student who devote himself to his lessons every day. Last Saturday, as usual, he went to several courses. In the evening, he studies at home until deep into the night. He was too sleepy and tired that he couldn’t work effectively. In Sunday morning, Li Hua was about to study when his father came up and advised him to have a break. Soon they had good idea. They bought a kite which they liked it very much and then the family went to the suburbs where Li Hua enjoyed himself fly the kite. The family had a picnic together but felt very relaxed in the open air. On Monday, Li Hua was energetic and actively in class. He said it was only why he had a better weekend.

Have you ever had problems in your life? Have you ever wondered how to be happy? If so, you will find the book “Being a Happy Teenager” 67．   (use). In his book, Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers.

About problems with parents and friends, the book says we should stop 68．    (be) angry and forgive. The book tells us some skills such as how to put everything 69．      we have learned from life into beautiful pictures.

Many teenagers think that 70．      (happy) comes from a good exam result or praise from 71．      people. But you can still be happy 72．   there are no such “good” things.

Success comes from 73．      good attitude. If you learn from problems, you 74．   (have) success in the future.

Some school students have problems such as being too tall 75．      too short. But Matthews tells us that we should think about things 76．      a positive way. This is Matthews’ most important lesson: you choose to be happy!

Though Chinese is   (1)   (old) than English, English is spoken   (2)   many people around the world every day. English speakers are always   (3)   (make) new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes, however, no one may   (4)  (real) know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some   (5)  (man) went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany  (6)   (call) Hamburg.

They did not speak good English,   (7)   they ate good food. When some American saw them   (8)   (eat) round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned   (9)    restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like the man from Hamburg ate and   (10)  (sell) in many countries around the world.

Thank you very much for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting! I can’t wait __  (1)  _ hear what Africa is like.

Since my last letter to you, I had a little adventure ___  (2)  __ my own. Early this month, my mother and I took __  (3)  _ flight to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing—I had never seen so much sand in my life! __  (4)  _ we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was very excited __  (5)  __ this was the first time I had seen one up close. We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip, __  (6)  __ sadly we didn’t.

Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice-----be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves, ___  (7)  _you’ll need for protection. The sun can be _  (8)  _brilliant that you’ll need to keep covered or you’ll get burnt-----my cheeks were so red for days after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.

I am sure you’ll have a nice trip. I look forward to receiving your postcards!

Best wishes

Aihua

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，在空格处填入适当的词（每空不多于三个词）或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

It was a busy day at the grocery store and the old couples were in line behind me with birthday balloons.

They were chatting together about their rush to get ready for the party. From （1）          they said, I knew their nephew had a twin and something bad happened to the baby at birth. Though they did all they could （2）     (help) them but times were still tough for them.

They seemed to be too nervous and were too （3）_______(anxiety) to leave, so I asked （4）         they wanted to go ahead of me or not. They didn’t understand what I （5）        (mean) at first. After knowing it, they were very appreciative. But they stood behind me.

At that time I knew it had to be a significant day to them. Nothing could be （6）     (good) if someone offered to help them. So I told the cashier to add the balloons to my purchases. The old couples refused at first （7）            I insisted. I said, “You tell your sweet nephew that there are always nice people who want to give them （8）                hand in this world.” They thanked me over and over and the cashier got teary-eyed, （9）          (say) there was an angel in her line today.

That little act of （10）                 (kind) made everyone who saw it feel good—but it made me feel the best of all!