| A．As if | B．In case | C．So that | D．Even though |
（1）针对Chris要改掉坏习惯的想法给予回应；
（2）你也打算改掉的一个习惯（或缺点、不足）；
（3）该习惯给你的学习或生活带来的影响；
（4）你的计划和决心。
注意：
（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours,
Li Jin
Volunteers are playing an increasingly important role in many fields of the modern society. I always do voluntary work in the hospital. As a patient visitor, my primary goal is to deliver quality services to patients and families. By providing companionship (陪伴) for patients in a sometimes lonely environment, I try my best to serve and help to lessen the loneliness and frustration patients may feel after staying in a hospital for a stretch of time for weeks or even months.
Every Saturday afternoon for three to four hours, with a list of patients who have requested a patient visitor service, I head up to the 5th, 6th, or 7th floor to first visit my priority patients. At the nurse’s station, I kindly ask the nurses or the medical staff about the condition of the patients on that unit and confirm that the patients would like a visitor. After receiving an update from the nurse, I gently knock on the door of the patients and enter with a friendly “hello”. Then, I introduce myself and again politely ask if they would like a patient visitor. I usually try to prepare a few starting conversation topics such as the current news, sports scores and fun facts. However, the patients usually engage me first in an interesting conversation.
When volunteering as a patient visitor, I spent a lot of time communicating one-on-one with patients. Individual patients had individual needs and possessed extraordinary personal stories. Therefore, I found every visit fascinating (有吸引力). From generous and kind patients, I have learned about their diseases and their course of treatment. Additionally, I learned about literature, life during the Great Depression and wilderness of Northern Minnesota. On the whole, not only did I learn about the hospital settings and system, but I learned about the diverse life of others.
Many of the patients I have visited were truly inspiring and I always admire them for their strength. Although difficult, they were often willing to share their stories of pain, suffering, hopes and optimism. I realize that I am truly grateful and honored that they would share their personal stories with just a volunteer like me. I’ve always enjoyed doing voluntary work, which perhaps makes a difference to many, including me.
1. What does the underlined word “lessen” in Para. 1 probably mean? (1 word)2. What are the topics the author prepares for the patients? (no more than 10 words)
3. In summary, what did the author learn when he volunteered as a patient visitor? (no more than 15 words)
4. How does the author feel about the patients telling her their stories? (no more than 6 words)
5. What can you learn from the author’s story? (no more than 25 words)
4 . As we grew up, my mother would sit my sister and me down on the last Sunday of every month and force us to write letters to family in India. Despite being an orphan, my mom came from a large, tight-kmit Anglo-Indian family back in Hyderabad and loved the cousins she was raised with like siblings. At the time, we were the only ones who had left India to go abroad. She missed all our relatives deeply.
It was the 1970s, and my mother was recently divorced, raising two little girls on her own and finding her way in a new country. We lived in a basement apartment and couldn’t afford long-distance calls. Letter-writing was the cheapest and only way for us to maintain contact. The last thing I wanted to do was sit down for an hour after dinner and write letters to people I barely knew. But over time, my sister and I came to enjoy it. My mother would tell us stories about each family member, and it was interesting to get to know a whole clan of people who looked and sounded just like us.
When my mother died, my sister and I took her ashes back to India. We hadn’t been back for over 25 years, having visited only once when I was 10. After the funeral, we spent a month visiting relatives. Each household would take out photo albums full of photographs of us as well as the letters they’d received over the years. They’d saved them all and wanted to show us that they’d never forgotten us.
As we struggled as new immigrants, my mother ensured that we always knew who we were, where we came from and where we were going. She kept us connected to a family that was thousands of miles away but near to our hearts through a lifetime of letter-writing. And she taught me the power of storytelling.
It's a legacy to be proud of and a gift I’m grateful for every day.
1. What can we learn about the author’s mother from the text?| A．She was born into a poor family. | B．She raised her children alone. |
| C．She left India to study abroad. | D．She once lost touch with her cousins. |
| A．Curious. | B．Excited. | C．Confused. | D．Unwilling. |
| A．They lived all over the country. | B．They had forgotten about them. |
| C．They had saved all the letters from them. | D．They had similarities with the author’s mother. |
| A．The power of trust. | B．The joy of giving. |
| C．The impact of storytelling. | D．The importance of caring for one’s relatives. |
| A．where the writer’s family came from |
| B．what the writer’s relatives did with their letters |
| C．why the writer’s family moved to a new country |
| D．how the writer’s family kept in touch with their relatives |
| A．In contrast to | B．In favour of | C．In control of | D．In terms of |
| A．detected | B．declined | C．digested | D．disturbed |
| A．when | B．whose | C．where | D．which |
| A．occupation | B．devotion | C．conclusion | D．intention |
| A．max out | B．pop up | C．rely on | D．switch on |
—I’m afraid not. I _________ a meeting then. How about 4: 30?
| A．have | B．am having | C．would have | D．will be having |
