1. 阐明写信事由；
2. 征求建议；
3. 表达感谢。
注意：
1·字数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
For thousands of years, the Chinese
According to TCM, there are a dozen meridians (经络) in the human body,
In 2010, UNESCO
Poetry
What is being said may be something unforgettable or something funny, something deeply emotional or something that has just made the writer stop and think. Whatever it is, the theme of the poem will be something worth
However, two poems could easily have
4 . Officials from Brazil’s Indigenous (原住民) protection agency approached the hut in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. They were witnessing the first recorded dying out of an uncontacted tribe in the country’s history.
The man lying there, the last member of his tribe, had died and with him an entire culture and answers to a thousand questions.
Even his name was a mystery. He was known only as “the Man of the Hole” because of the dozens of holes he had dug over the years in his territory. His age, too, could only be guessed at. He appeared to be about 60, officials said.
It was a sad milestone for a country that in recent years has seen protections for Indigenous groups undermined by an administration that has prioritized (优先) development of the Amazon over conservation.
In Rondonia, the only resident of the 8,000-hectare area lived in complete isolation for at least 26 years after the rest of his group was killed by ranchers (农场主) advancing the agricultural frontier.
Brazil’s Indigenous protection agency, Funai, made direct contact with the last surviving man only in 1996. Marcelo dos Santos, an Indigenous expert, said he was found hiding in his hut. “We tried to establish a conversation and offered corn and arrows, but he was terrified and very aggressive (具有攻击性). From this moment on, we had to respect his isolation.”
Even with protections in place, the territory suffered widespread deforestation up until about 13 years ago. Attacks on the last surviving man continued, as well, including one by armed gunmen in 2009, according to local news reports.
“For me, he was somehow incredible: to be able to survive on his own, not speak to anybody and avoid all contact maybe out of grief or determination,” said Fionad Watson, a research director at Survival International, a London-based rights organization.
1. What did the death of “the Man of the Hole” suggest?| A．An uncontacted tribe went extinct. | B．An entire culture would be recorded. |
| C．The secrets around him would be unearthed. | D．The protection agency was unwilling to rescue him. |
| A．strengthened | B．monitored | C．sought | D．weakened |
| A．He made the protection agency’s approach a failure. |
| B．He witnessed the most severe deforestation in history. |
| C．He escaped being shot by a group of aggressive gunmen. |
| D．He learned more survival skills with arrows offered by Funai. |
| A．A mystery | B．An evolution | C．A wonder | D．A fortune |
Summer Solstice(夏至),
In ancient China, Summer Solstice was not only a solar term,
As the proverb
Ancient Chinese had the custom
6 . I still remember my father’s sheepish(窘迫的)expression at breakfast the morning after he’d been invited to have dinner at a colleague’s house.
Even worse, he’d raised his fingers to his lips and made a kissing sound, which again, he meant as a way of
The faux pas(失礼)was
Life is full of
My father’s faux pas was
| A．Freshly | B．Gradually | C．Eventually | D．Originally |
| A．embarrassed | B．impressed | C．frightened | D．defeated |
| A．permitting | B．emphasizing | C．indicating | D．sharing |
| A．go through | B．comment on | C．reflect on | D．refer to |
| A．occasionally | B．mostly | C．purely | D．quickly |
| A．aware | B．ashamed | C．worthy | D．typical |
| A．reminded | B．warned | C．informed | D．convinced |
| A．searching for | B．calling for | C．replying to | D．tuning down |
| A．simple | B．precise | C．flexible | D．crossed |
| A．negative | B．intentional | C．delicate | D．instant |
| A．And | B．Yet | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
| A．unfortunate | B．irregular | C．illegal | D．unlikely |
| A．forgiven | B．delivered | C．hidden | D．remembered |
| A．significant | B．missing | C．available | D．complex |
| A．better | B．safer | C．funnier | D．worse |
When it comes to foods that are more than worthy of being posted all over social media, Chinese sugar painting, a traditional Chinese form of folk art, deserves some time in the spotlight. Hot liquid sugar is used
Hot sugar is poured from a small spoon onto a flat surface where the outline of the figure
Customers traditionally spin
The Chinese folk dance is a microcosm (缩影) of the country’s rich culture. The peacock dance is a
The Dai people are known for their dancing and singing skills. It’s said that more
The dance movements are usually performed in a fixed order. The dance starts with a peacock flying out from
Li Wen, a paper-cutting artist from Lingbi county, east China’s An hui Province, has devoted
In 2005, Li
Li always brings scissors and paper with her whenever she goes, and has created paper-cutting works covering
Li’s passion for the art has helped her go far. She has been awarded several titles, such as “Master in Arts and Crafts” of Suzhou city,
Last year at Christmas time, my wife, three children and I were on our way from Paris to Nice. Somehow everything went wrong. Our hotels were “tourist traps” and our rented car broke down. On Christmas Eve, when we checked into a 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 poorly decorated for the holiday. Only five tables in the restaurant were taken. There were two German couples, two French families, and an American sailor, by himself. They were eating in stony silence except the sailor. He was writing a letter, and a half-smile lighted his face. In the corner a piano player was listlessly (无精打采地) playing Christmas music.
All of us were interrupted by an old French flower woman through the front door. She had a worn overcoat and her old shoes were wet. Carrying her basket of flowers, she went from one table to another. No one bought any. Exhausted and sad, she sat down at a table.
The sailor finished his meal and got up to leave. Putting on his coat, he walked over to the flower woman’s table.
“Merry Christmas,” he said, smiling and picking out a handful of flowers. “How much are they?”
“Two francs, sir.”
The sailor put a twenty franc note in the woman’s hand.
“I don’t have change, sir,” she said. “I’ll get some from the waiter.”
“No, ma’am,” said the sailor, leaning over and kissing the ancient cheek. “This is my Christmas present for you.”
注意：1．所续写短文的词数应为80左右；
2．续写部分的开头语已为你写好；
Then the sailor headed for our table with the flowers in his hand.
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