1 . 假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Mike给你发了一封邮件，表达了他对中国端午节的浓厚兴趣。请根据下面的信息，写一封邮件，向他介绍端午节的有关情况。

Introduction	a public holiday and an important festival in Chinese culture on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
History	It was started in honour of a great poet, Qu Yuan. He drowned himself in the Miluo River. People raced in their boats to save him but failed. They dropped rice balls into the river.
celebration	hold dragon boat races eat zongzi

注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,

I’m happy you would like to learn about the Dragon Boat Festival as it is one of my favorite festivals.

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Best wishes.

Yours

Li Hua

2 . 你校正在进行主题是“保护莫高窟文化遗产是否值得”的英语讨论活动，对此不同的人有不同的看法。请写一篇短文，简述正反双方的观点及理由，并发表自己的看法。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Whether it is Worthwhile to Protect the Mogao Caves

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3 . 一个英语网站面向中学生征稿。下面是一篇关于“中秋节”的介绍，请你参照这篇短文及提示，写一篇关于“端午节”的介绍。

The Mid-autumn Festival

The Mid-autumn Festival, which is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, falls on August 15th of the Lunar calendar every year. Not only is it popular in China but it is also celebrated in many other Asian countries.

On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion, enjoying a large meal with their family. They will also eat moon cakes, which are round cakes with meat, eggs, nuts and other things inside. It’s a family reunion festival when people express best wishes to the beloved ones at this particular time.

注意：1. 可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数100左右；
3. 要点提示：
① on May 5^th of the Lunar calendar
② popular in China
③ celebrate in many other Asian countries
④ eat Zongzi (meat, rice, beans)
⑤ have dragon boat races
⑥ in memory of Quyuan

The Dragon Boat Festival

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4 . 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。

A week before Halloween, my young children wild with great happiness were walking and running around our home in their Halloween costumes. Just then the babysitter called, telling me that she was extremely sorry for asking for a day off. I knew that emergencies did occur, and I told her that I completely understood. But what was actually going through my mind were feelings of frustration and self-pity. And I had to pack my three kids into the car, and then drove to the hospital.

On the way, numerous things flooded into my mind, and I especially thought about how life should be going. I was thirty years old, a mother of three girls-five-year-old twins and a one-year-old baby. At this moment, I should be playing with them in the park or visiting the library together. But I was, once again, going to see the doctor. It had been a year since I was diagnosed with cancer. I knew that I was one of the lucky ones. I was grateful that surgery and chemotherapy (化疗) were over, and this was just a routine blood test. As always, there was the remaining fear that the cancer would come back. To be honest, my family and friends were great during the past year when I was in bad condition, but they were also busy with their lives. Therefore, I did not want to burden them with my feelings of unhappiness. What I just wanted to see were the positive things in life and I really wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude to them.

When we finally arrived, we sat in a crowded waiting room. Nothing special occurred until my youngest daughter, dressed up as an angel, walked up to a woman who was in a wheelchair and accompanied by her caregiver. My daughter looked at the woman and pointed to the vending (售货) machine next to her, saying sweetly, “Tweet.” This was how she said “Trick or Treat”, who had been coached previously by her twin sisters.

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。

Surprisingly, the woman, a complete stranger to us, knew exactly what my daughter meant.

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My daughters thanked everyone who gave them treats.

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5 . 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。

They don’t mean it

Our family moved here from China two years ago, and we thought we were pretty well adjusted to American ways. This year my parents decided to give a party on Chinese New Year and invite some of our American friends.

The party went pretty well. Our guests were amazed at the flavor of all the special foods. After the dinner, they thanked us for showing them what a real Chinese New Year dinner was like.

“I loved the dishes. You and the girls must have spent hours doing all the work!” Mrs. O’Meara said to my mother.

“The girls helped with the cutting and I’m sorry they did such a terrible job.” said Mother.

I heard a little gasp(倒吸气) from my friend Kim O’Meara, who stared wide-eyes at Mother. When I asked what the matter was, she told me she just didn’t understand why my mother said so.

I had to laugh. “She doesn’t mean it! It’s just the way she talks.”

Seeing her still confused look, I went on explaining, “In China, parents consider it good manners to deny praises about their children. Otherwise, it would be the same as bragging(自夸).” Kim seemed a little hesitant, but she nodded anyway.

That Easter, the O’Mearas invited our family for dinner. Mrs. O’Meara cooked a huge ham which we enjoyed a lot. As Mrs. O’Meara started cutting up the cake for dessert, Mother said, “I’m not sure if I can eat one more bite. That was the best ham I’ve ever tasted!”

“Aw, that ham was terrible,” said Kim. “I bet you could do a lot better, Mrs. Yang.”

注意:1. 续写短文词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
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There was a stunned (震惊的) silence around the table.

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I finally knew how Kim had misunderstood what I had said.

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