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I grew up on a farm outside Port Clinton, Ohio. I was the youngest son, with four brothers and four sisters. By the late 1960s, most of us were married and had families of our own. I worked full time and also had a part-time job on a tree farm.

One day, while I was visiting my parents in late summer or early fall, Dad mentioned he’d always wanted a maple tree for the yard. Mom agreed that it was pretty. Since it was hard for my parents to go shopping, I figured this was a great opportunity to get them something they’d appreciate. I also thought if they wanted one tree, two would be even better. I checked the price at work and decided it was a bit more than I could afford – but all of my brothers and sisters agreed to chip in (凑钱).

In northern Ohio, you don’t plant maple trees at Christmas, so we decided to surprise Mom and Dad with a special Christmas in October before the ground froze. Then my sisters went into action, planning a big holiday turkey dinner.

On the chosen Sunday, we all met at my house and loaded the trees in a pickup truck. I dressed up as Santa Claus. Then off we went, nine cars loaded with people and food. When we arrived at my parents’ house, Dad came out of the back door, thinking something was wrong. He and Mom were amazed when we told them why we were there.

When Christmas rolled around, of course, we couldn’t go to our parents’ house empty handed, so Mom and Dad got double presents that year. Almost half a century later, I still drive by the old farmhouse and smile when I see those big, handsome trees and remember giving a special gift to special people on Christmas in October.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文，描述作者提前送给父母一个圣诞礼物，表达了浓浓的爱意。

What were the best things about Los Angeles?

One of my favorite things about Los Angeles is the weather. I hate the cold and it never really gets that cold there. Plus, most of the time it’s usually sunny. I also loved going to the beach during the summer. There’s so much to do at the beach, but my favorite thing was going with my friends and having a picnic on the sand.

Where were the worst things about being there?

I definitely disliked that you had to drive everywhere to get around because the city is so spread out. Los Angeles has a ton of traffic and sometimes it takes a long time to get somewhere close by just because the streets are crowed with traffic. Also, a lot of people complain about the pollution.

Was it easy to meet people?

I think people there are pretty nice in general, but normally you only meet people through school or through work. I went to school there so that’s how I met most of my friends. I guess you could also try meeting people by going out to clubs or bars.

What did you usually do there?

If I was with my friends, we’d go out to dinner, see a movie, or sometimes go out to a club. There’s always something to see or do in Los Angeles whether it’s a museum exhibit or a concert, so we were rarely bored.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了Michelle Blink的一次采访。

China is known for its innovation (创新) all over the world in all fields of life. As for architecture, it _ (have) the famous Olympic stadium in Beijing and also the Great Wall of China. But now this Asian country has _ (beat) its own record of having the highest bridge in the world. The Beipanjiang Bridge in China is _ world’s highest bridge.

Lying in the southwest part of China, this bridge was declared the highest in the world once it opened to traffic _ Thursday. The time _ (take) to build this bridge is almost three years. With the _ (appear) of this bridge, Chinese engineering has earned great value and recognition. _ (expert) consider such engineering to be among the best in the world. Not only are the Chinese engineers good at _ (they) job, but they also have the skill of creating admirable architecture at _ (relative) cheaper costs. The bridge cost the Chinese government more than $146.7 million. This is much cheaper _ the cost of building other such great bridges in different parts of the world.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国在全世界以创新闻名，其中北盘江大桥就是一个例子。

71.短文改错

I feel it a great honor to be welcomed to participate in such awonderful activity.

As for me, read a good book is just like talking with a learnedperson. It is wide considered that what reading plays an important part inlearning. Besides, reading can open my eye and make my life colorful. As matterof fact, only through reading can one person become a succeed.

When it comes to the books I’ve read, A Global History has had a deep influence with me. The book givethe history of the world. It not only has enlarged our knowledge, but also getme interested in history. 

Many people have gotten pretty good at showing their best side on camera.

Three years since Oxford Dictionaries named it “word of the year”, the selfie has already become an important part of online culture. But in Asian countries like China, Japan and South Korea, many people won’t post pictures on social media without editing their faces with photo editing apps such as Meitu Xiuxiu.

According to The Telegraph newspaper, these hugely successful, homegrown photo editing apps specially focus on two clear psychologies (心理) of Asian users, and in particular, women: the eagerness to post selfies and the desire to look whiter than they really are.

As the US style website Mic put it, “What actually makes a good selfie comes from what we consider beautiful, and that is greatly different by culture.”

Photo editing apps play to Asian women’s dreams of achieving a more “Westernized” look that comes from having a more oval-shaped (瓜子形的) face, whiter skin and bigger eyes.

With the slide of a finger, the apps let them change their faces, just like they are having plastic surgery (整容).

Without a doubt, editing facial characteristics with an app has become something that people do for fun, and it isn’t harmful in most cases. But it is important to know that “the gap between reality and our online lives is widening as we sit on our phones playing plastic surgeon”, The Telegraph noted.

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美图软件即对人们带来的好的影响，也有一些消极的作用。