Desiree, a 4-year-old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, Ken, who had died nine months earlier. She was hugging a photograph of her father with her fingers running around his face. “Daddy”, she said softly, “Why won't you come back?”
Instead of gradually adjusting to her father's death, Desiree refused to accept it “Daddy will be home soon,” she'd tell her mother. “He's at work.” When she played with her toy telephone, she pretended she was chatting with her father “I miss you, Daddy,” she'd say. “When will you come back?” Desiree's situation made her mother worried.
Days later, it was Ken's birthday. “How will I send him a card?” Desiree asked her mother “How about if we tie a litter to a balloon.” her mother said, “and send it up to heaven?” Desiree's eyes immediately lit up.
Her mother took her to a store and Desiree picked out a balloon with HAPPY BIRTHDAY above a drawing of The Little Mermaid (美人鱼). Desire and her father had often watched it.
The child's eyes shone as they were on the way to Ken's grave. Then Desiree dictated (口述) a letter to her Dad. “Daddy, Happy birthday, I love you and miss you,” she rattled off (快速说). “I hope you get this and can write to me on my birthday in January.”
Her mother wrote the message and their address on a small piece of paper, which was then wrapped in plastic and tied to the end of the string on the balloon. Finally, Desiree let fly the balloon. For almost an hour, they watched the shining spot of silver grow smaller and smaller till disappear. “Now Dad's going to write back to me,” Desiree said confidently.
Every day since they'd flew the balloon, Desiree had asked her mother, “Do you think Daddy has my balloon yet?” Several weeks passed, and she stopped asking.
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Desire's fifth birthday came and later on the afternoon, a package arrived.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two
Although there are certainly
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for
A.seem to | B.come to | C.hope to | D.try to |
A.design | B.promote | C.direct | D.shape |
A.confidence | B.pressure | C.friendship | D.difficulty |
A.choices | B.expectations | C.opportunities | D.aspects |
A.demanding | B.deserving | C.predicting | D.presenting |
A.comment | B.loss | C.trouble | D.expense |
A.means | B.times | C.dates | D.ages |
A.cases | B.fields | C.parts | D.occasions |
A.assessment | B.commitment | C.encouragement | D.adjustment |
A.doubtful | B.shameful | C.harmful | D.painful |
A.keep | B.control | C.face | D.catch |
A.chance | B.plan | C.topic | D.space |
A.If | B.As | C.While | D.Unless |
A.other than | B.rather than | C.or rather | D.or else |
A.what | B.who | C.where | D.which |
A.pass by | B.come across | C.get through | D.run over |
A.unnecessary | B.necessary | C.impossible | D.possible |
A.serves | B.means | C.aims | D.attempts |
A.opens | B.appeals | C.goes | D.happens |
A.look down on | B.look back on | C.look forward to | D.look up to |
3 . Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities).Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to "read" people from another culture as we would "read" someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions.
Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of "reading" the other person incorrectly.
1. What does the smile usually mean in America?A.Love. | B.Politeness. |
C.Joy. | D.Thankfulness. |
A.show friendliness to strangers |
B.be used to hide true feelings |
C.be used in the wrong places |
D.show personal habits |
A.Learn about their relations with others. |
B.Understand their cultural backgrounds. |
C.Find out about their past experience. |
D.Figure out what they will do next. |
A.Cultural Differences |
B.Smiles and Relationship |
C.Facial Expressiveness |
D.Habits and Emotions |
1. 活动时间地点,2. 活动概况,3. 活动意义
注意:1. 词数80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Beautiful China In Traditional Chinese Painting
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5 . How do you enter a room full of strangers? Do you walk right in full of confidence? Or do you try to slip in without being noticed?
In life,we admire those who do their tasks confidently.We prefer people who appear to know what they are doing.But where does that confidence begin?
Developing self-confidence starts very early.If parents’ role to get kids on the right track toward becoming confident people.
With most things in life,practice makes perfect,and that is true of confidence skills.
Always hold your head high and look people in the eye.Answer questions clearly and confidently.
Focus on the things that you do well,and look for opportunities to use those abilities.
Prepare thoroughly for every project.You’ll approach the task more confidently knowing that you are ready.
However,all humans fail at times,and you will too.Even with efforts to try all the above,you will never be perfect.But you can learn to love and accept yourself and live your life with confidence.
A.Keep in mind an item that reminds you of a recent success. |
B.The more you practice them,the easier they will become. |
C.The way you go into new situations show your level of self-confidence. |
D.Our goal is to prepare students to go into the world with confidence. |
E.To help that process,parents should always offer more praise than criticism. |
F.Learning from mistakes helps you face the same situation later without fear. |
G..But self-confidence still doesn’t come easily. |
内容包括:
1.表示理解和关心;
2. 沉迷抖音的影响
3. 提出具体建议。
要求:1.词数80左右
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数
参考词汇: addiction n 瘾
Dear John
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. In what way was the bear dangerous?
A.It had killed several people. |
B.It was following people during the day. |
C.It often attacked farm animals. |
A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Eight. |
A.They shot fifty people. |
B.They stole some diamonds. |
C.They knew an official at the airport. |
A.They will be poisoned to death. |
B.They will be killed by power lines. |
C.They will be used for scientific tests. |
It was April 5th, a lovely spring morning. The air was fresh. The trees were green and the birds were singing happily. Police officer Tidwell left the station just after 8 a.m. on such a beautiful morning. He had spent a boring night on duty and was looking forward to his day of rest. By habit he took a short-cut down the path behind Dugby Hall road. It was quiet at this time of a day. Tidwell walked slowly, enjoying the fresh morning air. But after a minute or two he saw a man climbing down a drainpipe (雨水管) from an open bedroom window of Number 29. In silence, Tidwell crept into the garden. Tidwell watched for a while and waited for the man to climb down slowly off the wall. The man reached the ground and was dusting himself down when he felt his arm caught.
“It’s 8:15 on a Sunday morning,” said the officer, “and this sort of thing seems an unlikely adventure at such a time. Would you mind explaining?” Tidwell spoke with a serious voice of a police officer, holding the man tightly at the same time.
The man was obviously scared. He struggled for a while and then said, “I know what you are thinking, officer, but it isn’t true. This is a funny mistake.”
Tidwell did not believe his words at all but he said to the man, “It’s part of my job to take an interest in unusual events. I think you’ve just left this house in a manner other than the customary one. That may be quite innocent, but I’d like to make sure.” Tidwell took out his notebook and a pen. “Name, address and occupation and then, please, tell me your story...”
“Charlie Crane, lorry driver, from Nottingham, 51 Breton Street. My story…”
“Yes. What were you doing like a fly on that wall, Mr. Crane?”
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。
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The man explained that he had a breakdown yesterday and had to stay the night here.
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“Mr. Crane, what are you doing here?” A woman’s voice came behind them suddenly.
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A.should be | B.will be |
C.must be | D.ought to be |
10 . Recently I understood the true meaning of love. The
Kane was born with a physical problem on his
With a wide smile, it was easy to see that even at the age of two, Kane liked to
Kane demanded attention,
Kane
A.problem | B.reason | C.matter | D.pressure |
A.hands | B.eyes | C.legs | D.arms |
A.effect | B.comment | C.demand | D.look |
A.similar | B.wonderful | C.practical | D.fair |
A.irregular | B.difficult | C.different | D.terrible |
A.go ahead | B.speed up | C.turn out | D.get around |
A.invited | B.allowed | C.advised | D.caused |
A.symbol | B.signal | C.center | D.mark |
A.communicate | B.compare | C.agree | D.compete |
A.reminded | B.understood | C.discovered | D.trusted |
A.recognize | B.experience | C.imagine | D.realize |
A.and | B.or | C.but | D.as |
A.challenges | B.expectations | C.promises | D.chances |
A.goal | B.result | C.possibility | D.truth |
A.touched | B.stopped | C.caught | D.kept |
A.puzzled | B.shocked | C.amused | D.inspired |
A.even | B.yet | C.still | D.almost |
A.lesson | B.subject | C.notice | D.skill |
A.excitement | B.determination | C.anger | D.anxiety |
A.ability | B.advantage | C.problem | D.exception |