On a hot September afternoon, Peter and his friend Isabel were on their way to the library. When they passed by Tubman park, Isabel suggested cutting through it to get to the library. As they entered the park, the sight of the swings and the merry-go-round brought back a flood of memories of their childhood spent there. But now everything looked so old, sad, and dirty. Litter lay on the ground next to an overflowing trash bin. There were still young schoolchildren playing there but they had to avoid the trash that littered the playground. A little boy told them that the city took the other trash cans away and the remaining one never got emptied often.
As they headed toward the library, the two high school students wrinkled their forehead. In the library, they met Mrs. Evans, their kindhearted fifth-grade teacher, retired yet still passionate. Mrs. Evans listened as Isabel and Peter eagerly explained what they’d seen. Finally, she recommended them to go to the Go Green, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to protect the environment, for help. “This group is good at raising money for projects just like yours,” said Mrs. Evans. She promised to present their ideas to Go Green. Hearing this, their face lit up.
Two main tasks remained ahead: researching ways to clean up the park and preparing a convincing speech. As Isabel was good at researching while Peter always had a talent for speaking, they worked together quite well. Isabel learned from a science magazine that a new type of trash bin can squeeze the trash down without being emptied often, which saves time, money, and energy. Based on this, Peter practiced his speech over and over again.
注意：1、所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1
A week later, Peter stood nervously at the back of the hall where Go Green was meeting.
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After the meeting, Isabel excitedly told Peter the good news.
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内容要点如下：
1. 分析家乡环境问题的原因；
2. 建设绿色家乡，建议采取什么措施（至少3点）；
3. 倡议大家行动起来。
注意：1. 写作词数80左右；
2. 家乡的名称不要出现在作文中。
Offering suggestions for environmental protection in your hometown
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Maggie and Alex live in a tall building in a neighborhood in the center of the city. There are no trees near their building, but they are happy in their home and it is close to their jobs.
In the part of the city where they live, there is not much fresh food to buy. The stores only have processed foods in packages. Maggie and Alex and all the other people in the building have to eat food that they buy in boxes and plastic containers.
This makes so much garbage that no one knows where to put it. While they wait for Fridays, when the city collects the garbage, all the neighbors put their trash into bags and sometimes leave it in the hallway or on the big, sunny roof. The whole building looks terrible. No one can spend time playing on the roof because it is full of trash.
One day, Maggie and Alex decide to make a change. They go up to the roof and separate all the recycla-ble garbage, like cardboard, plastic bottles, glass, and aluminum cans. Then they take all of the garbage down to the street for the garbage collectors.
But they do not carry down the plastic bottles! They cut off the tops and use them as pots to plant tomatoes and carrots. They plant herbs, too.
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。
Paragraph 1:
Maggie and Alex tell their neighbors about their project.
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Paragraph 2:
Now the roof looks beautiful like a garden.
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Help Hermit Crabs
Hermit crabs are nature’s recyclers. They eat waste and help keep oceans and shores clean. Unlike other crabs, the hermit crab has a thin outer shell over its soft tail. This makes the hermit crab easy prey for hungry predators (天敌). Hermit crabs stay safe by living in old seashells. A hermit crab is picky (狡猾); it tries on many shells until it finds one that fits just right. In recent years, however, many hermit crabs have had trouble finding their perfect homes. What is the problems There are not enough shells to go around!
One reason for the seashell shortage is that ocean water is not as clean as it once was. This has caused chemical changes to sea water. Some sea animals, like snails, are affected by these changes. Now there are fewer snails making shells. People visiting the beach often take shells home as souvenirs (纪念品). This is another problem. Other people even take shells for their own pet hermit crabs! They do not realize that hermit crabs in the wild need those shells too.
Now people are working to solve this hermit crab housing shortage. They are teaching beach-Boers to leave seashells where they belong--at the seashore! Some people even make fake seashells that they hope the hermit crabs will like. For example, a group called Project Shelter invited people who visited their website to create different designs for hermit crab shells.
These designers had a lot to consider. What kind of material should be used to build a seashells. The material must be light enough for the hermit crab to carry, but strong enough to protect the crab from predators. The man-made shells could not contain glue or any other substance (物质) that might harm a hermit crab. Another challenge with building a hermit crab home was the opening to the shell. Too big would mean the crab would not feel safe. Too small would be uncomfortable, and the crab would not want to move in.
The Project Shelter shells are placed in the wild for hermit crabs to find. Lucky hermit crabs can move into these new dream homes.
假设你是交换生李华，在网上看到hermit crabs的文章。请你给当地居民写一封倡议信。
内容包括：1.介绍hermit crabs遭遇的困境；
2. 提出倡议并说明理由。
I am Li Hua.an exchange student from China. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My blue shirt matched perfectly with the color of the wall I leaned against. As my hands lightly brushed the surface, I considered staying in that spot forever. I thought about the past few days, and I started to cry. I felt lonely as I watched the other students laughing and talking.
As the clock’s hands slowly turned, the end of the day approached, and I stood in my hiding place. I could hear the school buses arriving to take all the kids home. There were already students on the buses, and I longed to join them. They all looked the same in their navy blue skirts and white shirts.
Stepping into the doors of a public school meant I had to part with my old friends. Weeks passed by as I sank deeper and deeper into depression. Like my shirt and the concrete, I blended into the background of every situation, halfway wanting someone to notice me but at the same time longing to remain part of the masses. Then one day it all changed.
Every morning I dutifully filled the empty bus seat in the third row on the left side, and every morning I stared out the window and let my mind wander. There, I would imagine clouds and tons of friends and . . .
“Hey you.” My thoughts were interrupted. “Yeah, you with the yellow shirt.” I looked down at my yellow sleeve and slowly turned around. “Why do you always sit so close to the front?” I couldn’t speak. Someone was talking to me. He stood at a height pretty average for his age and looked reasonably normal, so I quickly understood he was really interested in me. The next day I sat in a seat farther back, the day after that one more, and another, and another. Finally, about a week later, I slowly made my way down the aisle of the bus, sat in the second seat to the back, turned around and said, “Hi.” From that point on I had a friend.
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。
At first I didn’t say much, just sat back and listened, satisfied to be included.
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Now I look forward to going to school, and gradually I am letting other people into my life.
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Linda, a high school girl, was feeling depressed after she had failed her mid-term exams. She didn’t answer her teachers’ questions actively in class like she used to. Instead, she began to lower her head and got absent-minded easily. Her friends and classmates were worried about her, but she didn’t feel like talking about it with them. Mrs. Green, her English teacher, noticed her changes and decided to do something before it got worse.
One day, Mrs. Green entered the classroom and asked her students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. Mrs. Green handed out the question papers, with the text facing down as usual. After she handed them all out, she asked her students to turn the page and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page. Mrs. Green, seeing the expression on everyone’s face, told them the following:
“I want you to write what you see there.”
The students, confused, got started on the task.
At the end of the class, Mrs. Green collected all the answer papers and started reading them aloud in front of all the students. Just as Mrs. Green had expected, with no exception, all of them described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. Mrs. Green then picked out Linda’s paper and added,
“Linda, I like your idea. Would you please follow me to the office and talk about it?”
“Er... Yes, madam!” Linda was puzzled because she thought her idea was no better than anyone else’s. Like others, she also described the black dot only and ignored the white part of the paper.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.每段的开头语已为你写好。
Feeling nervous, Linda went into Mrs. Green’s office.
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“ Mrs. Green is right. I should focus more on the white part of the paper!” Linda got refreshed.
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When I was about five years old. I saw a beautiful rainbow that seemed to be losing itself in a thick wood about half a mile away.
“Do you know, Grace.” said my little brother, who was just recovering from a severe illness. “that if we go to the end of the rainbow. we will find precious treasures there?”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes.” answered my brother. with a bright smile on his pale face.
As simple-minded children, we believed everything that we were told. Without a second thought, we set off toward the wood. I ran so fast that my brother called after me as loudly as he could. Being sure where the rainbow ended. I pushed ahead without waiting for him.
But when I reached the edge wood, the end of the rainbow was not there! Instead. I saw it shining down among the trees a little farther off. So on and on I struggled through the thick bushes till I came within the sound of a stream. I reached the bank of the stream, and I could see it a little way off on the other side. I crossed the stream on a fallen tree, and still ran on, though my feet were aching and my knees were shaking.
On the way, I met a huge snake, I tried to run away from it as fast as my tired feet could carry me. And in my fright and hurry, I forgot to keep my eyes on the rainbow, and when, at last, I looked for it, it was gone! Even worse, I couldn’t see my brother anywhere in sight. l sat down and burst into tears, for I felt that I had lost all my treasures. I had nothing but muddy feet and a wet and torn dress. So I decided to go back home.
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。
But I soon found that my troubles had only begun.
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At last, I decided to sit down and wait for rescue.
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