【推荐1】阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

While you are traveling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than language mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill-feeling between people. Look out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.

Touching Someone

Personal space varies as you travel around the globe. In Mediterranean countries, if you don't touch someone's arm when talking to them or if you don't greet them with kisses or a warm hug, you'll be considered cold. But backslap(拍背)someone who isn't a family member or a good friend in Korea, and you'll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred(神圣的)-never even pat a child on the head.

Talking Over Dinner

In some countries, like China, Japan and some African nations, the food's the thing, so don't start chatting about your day's adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner. You'll be likely to meet with silence. It's not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.

 Removing Your Shoes or Not

Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you rude, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you'll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces(解开鞋带). If not, keep the shoes on.

Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior. Never be completely surprised by anything. And don't feel hurt or upset if something seems offensive(冒犯的)-like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.

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【推荐3】假定你是李华，你校英语角上个月举办了为期一个月的关于二十四节气(24 solar terms)的系列讲座。请你为校英文报写一篇短文报道此事，内容包括：
1．活动的目的；
2．活动的内容；
3．活动的反响。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

A Series of Lectures on the 24 Solar Terms

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【推荐1】阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

One day, my brother and I were alone in our apartment. The reason was that my parents had both gone for a ball party and had left me in charge of everything. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. All of a sudden, the doorbell rang. Ding-dong! Ding-dong! My younger brother had rushed to the door before I decided to answer the door. We both thought that our parents had come home. As a result, he unlocked the door and opened it.

Outside of the house stood a man who wore a black raincoat and black rubber boots. He looked no different from other people and he said that he was a salesman and asked politely if our mother or father was at home so he could talk with them.

Without any thinking, my brother said, “No.” He asked if we would like to buy some comic books, which he was selling. I quickly explained to him that we were not supposed to buy anything without our parents’ permission. However, it seemed that he was not willing to follow my advice and he had an intention (意图) to enter our house.

Then, I realized something terrible would happen. As I was about to close the door, he forced his way into (硬闯) our house. He took out a knife and forced me to tie up my brother’s hands with some rope which he took out from his pocket. I tied up (绑上) his hands but I tied in a special way so my brother could untie (解开) himself as we often did. The man then tied my hands up and locked both of us in the kitchen.

Soon, he went upstairs to search the bedroom for something valuable. I managed to teach my brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, but the line was dead.The doors were all locked from the outside and what’s worse, I did not have the keys.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Para 1: Luckily, the man forgot to lock the kitchen window.
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Para2:Just at the same time, our parents came back home.
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【推荐2】阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree. I was abandoned. Endless quarrels with my family had left me nowhere to go but this desolate corner of the park. As I sat on the bench, recent events began to flash through my mind. Days seemed like months to me recently. No cozy home to stay. No happy memories with family. No considerate family members to talk to. Even the book I was reading was no fun. Not content with life, I had a good reason to frown, for the world was intended to drag me down.

And if that weren’t enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right in front of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower. What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn-not enough rain, or too little light. He must have picked the flower from somewhere shady and sunless, just like where I was staying these days. I couldn’t help being self-pitying. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then looked away. “Why couldn’t everyone just leave me be!” I thought to myself, upset and gloomy.

But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared loudly with certainty, “It sure smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. That’s why I picked it; here, it’s for you. ” The weed before me was dying or dead, not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need." Again, instead of placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. Curiosity drove me to look into his eyes. Blue as the sea, there is no color or light in his beautiful eyes.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

It was then that I noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was blind.

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For all of those times I myself had been blind towards the world around me.

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【推荐3】阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

During last Christmas holiday, my wife, our three boys and I were in France on our way from Paris to Nice (尼斯). For five bad days everything had gone wrong. Our hotels were “tourist traps”, our rented car broke down and we were all annoyed and exhausted in the crowded car. On Christmas Eve, when we checked into a dark and dirty hotel in Nice, there was no Christmas spirit in our hearts.

It was raining and cold when we went out to eat. We found a small restaurant roughly decorated for the holidays. In the corner, a piano player listlessly played Christmas music. I was too tired and miserable to leave. I looked around and noticed that the other customers were eating in stony silence. The only person who seemed happy was the American sailor. While eating he was writing a letter, and a half-smile covered his face.

My wife ordered our meal in French. The waiter brought us the wrong thing, so I scolded my wife for being stupid. She began to cry. The boys defended her, and I felt even worse. All of us were interrupted by an unpleasant strong movement of cold air. Through the front door came an old French flower woman, dressed in shabby clothes.

The young sailor finished his meal, got up and walked over to the flower woman. “Happy Christmas!” he said, smiling, and picking out two corsages (小花束). “How much are they?” he asked.

“Two francs, sir.”

Pressing one of the small corsages flat, he put it into an envelope he was to send, then handed the woman a 20-franc note.

“I don’t have change, sir,” she said.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右：
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The sailor leant over(弯下身子)and kissed the old woman on the cheek.
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My wife waved her corsage to the music with a delighted smile.
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