1.推荐他去孔子学院；
2.相关课程：中国历史，传统文化；汉语口语等；
3.表示祝愿。
注意：1.词数不少于100；
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：孔子学院 Confucius Institute
Dear Kevin,
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Yours,
Li Jin
When I was in my second year in senior high school, I found a four-dollar-an-hour part-time job at Villanova Pizza. Like many of my friends, I longed to earn some pocket money from the job as well as gaining social experience. Just one week after I worked there, Stubby, the manager, called me into his office. As the saying goes, “life isn’t a bed of roses”. My first job ended in failure. His reason was that I showed up late twice and took more breaks than others. “Oh, I’m a loser,” I thought to myself. I believed that thought was shared by my brothers, neither of whom had ever been fired, and my mother, though she would never express it in those terms.
“I am too sad to do anything,” I complained to my father.
After listening to my words, he laughed.
“It’s not funny; I’m a loser,” I said.
“No, you’re not. This is a part of growing up. You will be all right, my dear daughter,” he said, patting my shoulder. “Trust me. You are good enough.”
I looked into my father’s eyes and I could see he really trusted me. And I believed him. Since then, “Trust me. You are good enough” are the only words I have repeated to myself. I have worked hard to be a better person and cherished every chance I have got.
Finally, I succeeded in entering a good university. After graduation I found my dream job. I couldn’t wait to call my father and show my gratitude.
Look ahead when you experience something unpleasant and there is always someone around believing in you. When they believe in us, we begin to believe in ourselves, too. They tell us we are good enough over and over until we can hear it.
1. Why did the author do a part-time job when she was in senior high school?(no more than 12 words)2. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?(no more than 10 words)
3. What did the author’s father do after knowing her failure? (no more than 10words)
4. What did the author do immediately after she found her dream job?(no more than10 words.)
5. What can you learn from the author’s story? Express it in your own words.(no more than 25 words)
3 . Yesterday after work, the boss told me I was fired. When I walked along a riverbed sadly, I suddenly realized it was New Year’s Day, a day to start afresh.
I passed by a man holding his son, one or two years old. The baby’s face was in pure joy, and his innocent eyes were full of wonder. The simple sweetness of the baby made me moved.
Walking on, I saw a young couple repairing their bicycle. They smiled at me and said, “Happy New Year!” I smiled and wished them the same. It was a simple thing, but for a moment it brought me a sudden joy.
I kept walking, enjoying the cheerful singing of birds. With people around laughing out loud, an old woman immersed herself in her sewing. She didn’t seem either happy or sad. A feeling of timeless peace flowed through me and all fear of what the future might bring disappeared. I thanked her in my heart, and moved on.
As I reached home, I was filled with great thanks and hope for life, which took me a long time to find. Actually, happiness could be simple and easy. Now I knew whatever the New Year would bring, there would be joy and enough love to help me through the hard times we all had to face.
“Happy New Year!” I said to myself.
1. What did the writer’s boss tell him after work?| A．It was New Year’s Day. | B．He was fired. |
| C．He needed a day to relax. | D．He had a day off. |
| A．age | B．laughing | C．innocence | D．crying |
| A．repairing their bicycle | B．waiting for the writer |
| C．watching the passers-by | D．celebrating the New Year |
| A．Lucky. | B．Hopeless. | C．Fearful. | D．Thankful. |
| A．Greetings make people polite. | B．Happiness could be simple and easy. |
| C．Walking makes people energetic. | D．Friendship lies in getting together. |
1.赞同或反对他的观点
2.说明你赞同或反对的理由。（如：人工智能对人类生活的影响等）
3.你认为人类应该如何合理使用入工智能。
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；
5 . Whether it be a person, an animal, or even an insect, a mother’s instincts are never wrong. This idea rings true for a mother cat who acted fast and sought out help when her kittens were in trouble. This mother cat’s quick thinking may have just saved her babies.
In the urban district of Izmir in western Turkey, a cat walked into a regular hospital holding a kitten in her mouth. As the mother cat moved through the hospital, people were surprised to see such a sight, but let her pass. The mother cat asked for help, crying for a long time. She was familiar to the hospital staff, who had been leaving her food and water outside, but they were unaware that she had given birth to kittens.
The mother cat was concerned for her young because they weren’t able to open their eyes. After the doctors looked at the kittens, they noticed that they were suffering from eye infections. One of the doctors recalls, “We consulted with vets and gave medicine as described. When the kittens opened their eyes a short time later, we were excited.” Later, they were sent to an animal hospital for further care. The cats are now up for adoption and will hopefully find loving forever homes.
When it comes to mother cats and kittens, kittens completely depend on mothers for the first few months of their lives. Because they are blind and almost deaf until about two or three weeks old, the mother cat must protect them from any threat or danger. Without the mother cat’s help, the kittens may not make it to adulthood.
As shown by the mother cat in Turkey, a mother’s love and protection knows no bounds. Whether the mom is a human or a cat, mothers will always look out for their babies and make sure they are safe and healthy.
1. Why did the mother cat show up in the hospital? (No more than 10 words)2. How did the doctors help the baby cat? (No more than 10 words)
3. What makes newly-born cats dependent on their mothers? (No more than 10 words)
4. What does the underlined phrase mean in Paragraph 5? (No more than 3 words)
5. What is your example of “mother’s love”? Please explain why. (No more than 20 words)
6 . California has a new program called the Digital Textbook Initiative. “Starting this fall with high school math and science, we will be the first state in the nation to provide schools with a state-approved list of digital textbooks.” That was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in June, talking about his effort to get schools to use materials available free online. He listed reasons why he thinks digital textbooks make sense.
California approves traditional textbooks in six-year cycles. Digital one can offer the latest information. They lighten the load of school bags. They save paper and tees, and make learning more fun and interactive. And above all, he said, they help schools with their finances.
The state has had to make severe cuts in school spending because of deep financial problems. More than six million students attend California public schools.
Earlier this year, California invited content developers to offer digital math and science materials for high schools. These had to meet at least 90% of the state’s learning requirements. Specially trained teachers examined 16 textbooks and approved ten of them.
Six of the ten were published by the CK12 Foundation, a nonprofit group that had been developing digital science and math books for about two years. The foundation paid teachers and other education professionals to write and edit them. The money came from a group financed by the Khosla Family.
California cannot require schools to use the digital textbooks. Individual school districts will have to decide for themselves. Susan Martimo, a California Department of Education official, says she does not expect widespread use right away. Her best guess is that some schools with a lot of technology will be the first to use them, but only in addition to their traditional books.
School administrators point out that the texts may be free online, but students need a way to access them. Not everyone has a computer or electronic reader. Schools could print out copies, but that would not help the environment. Also, there is the cost to train teachers to use digital textbooks effectively.
1. The Digital Textbook Initiative ________| A．will probably take effect in six years. | B．covers all the high school subjects. |
| C．has been approved by all states. | D．is advocated by California state governor. |
| A．help save money. | B．benefit the environment. |
| C．provide interesting materials. | D．reduce students’ heavy burden. |
| A．trained teachers. | B．content developers. |
| C．Khosla Family. | D．CK12 Foundation. |
| A．are not likely to have a widespread use. |
| B．will soon replace traditional ones. |
| C．will first be adopted by well-equipped schools. |
| D．are certain to be approved by school districts. |
| A．schools are reluctant to print out copies. | B．the use of digital textbooks is not really free. |
| C．students need to pay for computers. | D．training teachers to use the textbooks is not efficient. |
7 . Some of my earliest memories involve greeting my dad every night when he came home from the office. First, he’d
Then, he’d smile,
I was more than happy to do it. I’d excitedly turn the
About two years later, Dad left his
Years later, I graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business had also started to do well. Yet, the uncomfortable
Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. As usual, I
It
I passed the clean comb back to Dad, but this time, I noticed something
Dad still carefully places his comb on top of his wallet when he gets home. After so many years, he still
| A．take | B．give | C．put | D．throw |
| A．hand | B．send | C．serve | D．lend |
| A．light | B．radio | C．button | D．tap |
| A．Annoyed | B．Unaware | C．Surprised | D．Satisfied |
| A．point | B．smile | C．shout | D．laugh |
| A．wallet | B．bag | C．bed | D．chair |
| A．friends | B．parents | C．job | D．project |
| A．happen | B．change | C．matter | D．improve |
| A．busy | B．boring | C．late | D．early |
| A．calling | B．guessing | C．answering | D．waiting |
| A．argument | B．competition | C．difference | D．silence |
| A．helped | B．expected | C．asked | D．allowed |
| A．listened to | B．looked at | C．discussed with | D．played with |
| A．attacked | B．touched | C．hit | D．beat |
| A．showed | B．meant | C．proved | D．reminded |
| A．family | B．journey | C．business | D．world |
| A．exciting | B．familiar | C．puzzling | D．different |
| A．confident | B．heartwarming | C．cool | D．mysterious |
| A．classifies | B．removes | C．organizes | D．appreciates |
| A．never | B．always | C．still | D．already |
8 . “It’s raining. It’s pouring. The old man is snoring (打鼾). He bumped his head when he went to bed, and he couldn’t get up in the morning.” Why couldn’t the old man in the children’s song get up? (Let’s kindly suppose that he just didn’t want to get up) This was possibly because in the absence of sunlight, the body was still producing the hotmon (激素) melatonin (褪黑素), which makes people sleepy.
There are many ways that rainfall affects human behavior. But how much does rain really affect people’s moods and behavior?
In 2008, researchers from the University of Minnesota and Lanzhou University published a paper. They proposed that decreased rainfall was influential in social upheaval (社会动荡) and the downfall of the Tang, Yuan and Ming dynasties in ancient China. This is thought to be related to reduced rice cultivation.
But how might rain affect social behavior in the modern world? A 2009 New York Times investigation found that murder rates in New York drop significantly on rainy days. Meanwhile, in Britain, Dr. Peter Langmead-Jones of Greater Manchester police published a study in 2015 detailing an analysis of 6.6 million police records over one decade in Manchester. “ The research showed that the heavier the rainfall, the lower the recorded crime,” he said.
Langmead-Jones also found that there is a strong association between heavy rain and relatively few violent crimes recorded including domestic abuse (家庭暴力). This might be because heavy rain stops people from going out to buy alcohol and the reduced alcohol consumption results in fewer crimes.
It’s not all good news though. One study in 1997 concluded that the behavior of children can predict oncoming storms — they were observed to exhibit their worst behavior when barometric (气压的) pressure fell. Another study in 2012 found that women are much more likely to be affected psychologically by rain and that they report much lower levels of life satisfaction than men on rainy days.
For all the complaints about rain, it does have some characteristics that hold broad appeal. The sound of raindrops can be very comforting and often features in sleep — inducing relaxation apps. The theory behind this is that the pitter patter of raindrops is a form of “pink noise”. It can decrease brain activity and consequently improves the quality of sleep. So if it’s raining where you are, the best thing to do may be to have a nap.
1. The author uses the lyrics of a song in the first paragraph to ______.| A．introduce the interesting song to readers |
| B．voice his understanding of why the old man couldn’t get up in the morning |
| C．illustrate one way that wet weather influences human behavior |
| D．explain why people often get up late on rainy days |
| A．Success. | B．Prosperity. | C．Failure. | D．Development. |
| A．people prefer to take a nap at home when it’s raining |
| B．most people are depressed on rainy days |
| C．people are too lazy to go out when it’s raining |
| D．alcohol consumption is reduced due to wet weather |
①decreased grain output
②relatively few criminal records
③higher chance of feeling low in spirits
④more possibility of feeling sleepy
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．The sound of raindrops helps people sleep better. |
| B．On rainy days, all people can get more sleep. |
| C．It offers a good chance to listen to relaxing music. |
| D．People feel more satisfied with themselves when it’s raining. |
1. 自我介绍（突出特长）；
2. 参加原因（文化交流、心仪大学等）；
3. 希望获批。
注意：1. 词数不少于100字；
2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
3. 开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a senior two student of Chenguang Middle School.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,
Li Jin
10 . Katie always wanted to be a performer. She, the youngest of the three kids from Cleveland, was crazy about musicals and Disney movies from an early age and would often watch them singing with her mom, Karen. However, Katie’s happy childhood took a turn when her mother was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. When the doctor informed the family that Karen’s disease was terminal, they decided to make a trip to Disney World.
The family spared no expense for their once-in-a-lifetime vacation and stayed at Disney’s hotel for eight nights. They spent their days in the parks, seeing the sights, greeting characters, all the while pushing Karen in her wheelchair and watching her face light up with joy. They all shared in the merriment of experiencing the parks for the first time with Karen. The trip to Disney World at the height of Karen’s battle with cancer allowed them to escape into a world of magic and laughter. This was the day Katie decided she wanted to work for Disney.
Sadly, Karen lost the battle and died later, but the whole family remembered her every day and often thought of that Disney vacation. Katie went on to go after her dream. After she received her degree in musical theater, she struggled for years, working as a waitress and trying to be a performer. Her hard work finally paid off when she was hired to work for Disney.
As a Disney performer, Katie is aware that many other families visit the parks and have similar stories to her own. She encourages everyone, especially children, who may be experiencing a hard time. “Every moment is meant for you, even the painful ones,” she says. “It’s just like in your favorite Disney movie: There is always some kind of conflict or hardship or pressure. Remember to celebrate those moments, too, because they are taking you to whatever your version of a happy ending is.”
1. What made Katie decide to work for Disney?| A．The dream that she wanted to live a life full of magic. |
| B．The memory that she watched Disney movies as a kid. |
| C．The great courage her mother showed in fighting cancer. |
| D．The great joy the Disney vacation brought to her family. |
| A．Kind and curious. | B．Patient and helpful. |
| C．Strong-willed and determined. | D．Strict and independent. |
| A．Experience must be bought. |
| B．Sweet is pleasure after pain. |
| C．Many drops make a shower. |
| D．Good medicine tastes bitter. |
