I was sitting down in the examining room chair, annoyed that my mom had even scheduled the appointment when the doctor arrived and dove right in to the basic small talk about my health history. But then he threw in a question that shocked me, “So Robin, what are you going to do after high school?”
What was I going to do after high school? Was he kidding me? “don’t know,” I mumbled (嘟囔). I was seventeen. I didn’t have any idea what I was going to do after high school. My high school guidance teacher told me in certain terms that I wasn’t “college material” and I believed her. My grades were far from satisfactory. Education wasn’t exactly emphasized in my family.
“You don’t know? Well, why don’t you go to college to become a doctor like me?” He smiled as he glanced at his watch. Go to college to become a doctor? Who was this man kidding? I thought he was crazy for even suggesting it. No one in my family had even graduated from college, let alone become a doctor. And I wasn’t college material. “I’m not smart enough to be a doctor. ”
Hearing this, the doctor immediately turned toward me. He looked at me straight in the eyes when he very seriously said, “Let me tell you something: you don’t have to be smart to be a doctor. You just have to be persistent.” Then he turned around to gather his things and rushed off to his next appointment. I never saw him again.
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
On the ride home I found myself thinking about the conversation with the doctor
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So, I began to focus on classes and break down the difficult things into steps
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There once was a speedy Rabbit who bragged (自夸) about how fast he could run. Tired of hearing him boast, the Tortoise (乌龟) challenged him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch.
The Rabbit ran down the road for a while and then paused to rest. He looked back at the Tortoise and cried out, “How do you expect to win this race when you are walking along at your slow, slow pace?” The Rabbit stretched himself out alongside the road and fell asleep, thinking, “There is plenty of time to relax.” The Tortoise walked and walked, never ever stopping until he came to the finish line.
The animals who were watching cheered so loudly for Tortoise that they woke up the Rabbit. The Rabbit stretched and yawned and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was already over the line and won the race.
The Rabbit was bitter about losing the race. So he decided to challenge the Tortoise again. To be fair, the highly respected Mr. Buffalo (水牛) was invited to judge the race this time. The competitors should run alone the track to the river, swim across the river and climb to the top of the mountain to reach the finish line. The fact was that the Rabbit couldn’t swim and the Tortoise would slide (滑) down when climbing the mountains.
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The race began with all animals coming to watch the competition.
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Surprisingly, the Rabbit and the Tortoise ran to the finish line and won the race together.
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内容包括：
1. 考试作弊（cheating in the examinations）的危害；
2. 和父母多交流，尽可能得到他们的理解；
3. 其他建议。
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2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 作文中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
4.开头不计入总词数。
Dear Li Hua,
I’m glad that you didn’t cheat in examinations.
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Yours sincerely ,
Wang Lei
4 . In the search for clean, renewable energy to meet our ever-increasing needs, wind power might seem to be the perfect option. Since ancient times, wind power has been used to move ships, pump water and grind grain. Around the end of the 19th century, the invention of the wind turbine（涡轮机）made it possible to use wind to generate electricity. Now large-scale installations of wind turbines, called wind farms, create and develop clean electricity for people around the world. Yet despite the advantages that wind energy offers, challenges to using this renewable resource can be found.
The first advantage of wind power is that it truly is a renewable resource. No matter how much wind we use to generate electricity, we will never deplete the supply. This is its greatest advantage over non-renewable resources like coal or oil. However, wind does not provide a constant supply of energy. Even the windiest places on Earth have periods of calm. Without a strong wind, wind turbines are not able to produce electricity. That means that wind power isn’t feasible as a single source of electricity. It can only work with other sources that supply power.
Wind power is a clean source of energy, meaning it produces electricity without environmentally harmful missions. This is in contrast to conventional power plants that burn fuel to generate power, thereby producing pollution. But that isn’t to say that wind power doesn’t have an environment impact. The large spinning blades of a wind turbine can be fatal to birds and bats. The turbines also create noise pollution. The sound produced through normal operation can be annoying or disturbing to people that live near.
Fortunately, wind turbines are particularly well suited for areas far from homes and cities. The large towers that provide the base for the wind turbines also have a small footprint, which means that they don’t take up a lot of space. With all of the challenges of wind power, it obviously cannot be the sole solution for clean energy production. But the advantages of wind power generation shouldn’t be forgotten in the search for clean, renewable energy.
1. What do we know about wind energy from the text?| A．Creating electricity with the wind is a non-renewable method of power generation. |
| B．Wind power has many advantages because it can be the only method we use to create electricity. |
| C．Although wind energy is a clean source of energy, it has an impact on the environment. |
| D．The wind turbines are ideal for areas nearby homes and cities. |
| A．important | B．accessible | C．necessary | D．reasonable |
| A．Skeptical | B．Objective | C．Ambiguous | D．Disapproving |
| A．The Advantages and Challenges of Wind Energy. |
| B．Wind Energy: A Clean and Renewable Source. |
| C．The Development and Utilization of Wind Energy. |
| D．The Prospect of Wind Energy. |
