“ Rachel Pettingill! ”
As Truman came home from school, he repeated the name in his head. Throughout third grade and the year before, Rachel Pettingill had earned the highest science grade in the class. Truman was used to being second best.
“ But science is my thing, ” he declared.
Truman’s parents were scientists, and he would be a scientist. That was just a fact. Somehow, with only one week and one assignment left before break, they were neck and neck. Dead even.
The subject of the project was beehives (蜂窝). As his teacher had explained, to earn an A+, he needed a “ new angle. ”
Truman pushed open the front door to find his four-year-old brother, Bryan, playing his paper towel tubes on the living room floor, hard at work.
Bryan leaped to his feet. “ Truman, help me build a city! ”
“ I’d like to, but I have to do a report on beehives. Bryan. Sorry. ” Truman stepped carefully between the tubes. He went to his room, dropped onto the bed, and studied the ceiling.
“ Rachel Pettingill! ”
Her report would be extraordinary.
“ Truman? I know where there’s an old beehive. ” Bryan poked his head in. “ Follow me. ”
They marched to the firewood. Bending down, Bryan pointed out the hive deep inside the tree. Truman carefully removed the hive from its hole.
Back in his room, Truman sat at his desk, turning the delicate hive under a lamp. Each cell was a perfect hexagon (六角形). How did the bees fit the cells together so neatly? And how did they make each cell six-sided? Could they count?
“ Boys, dinner’s ready! ” his mother called.
As he walked to have dinner, his foot came down on something strange.
“ Truman! You’re ruining my city! ” Lost in thought, Truman hadn’t seen Bryan settle in behind him with a mess of paper tubes. Bryan began to cry. Loudly. He gathered an armful of his tubes, threw them into a sink and ran sobbing into the living room.
Truman sighed and gathered the rest of the tubes in both hands.
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As he held the tubes over the wastebasket, they suddenly reminded him of something.
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Truman ran to the living room and gave his brother a big hug.
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1. Lin Qiaozhi是一名妇科专家，她把一生都奉献给了自己的病人。（devote）
2. 她写了很多书和文章，有些是专门为针对农村妇女的。（非限制性定语从句；intend）
3. 年轻时，正是她的苦干和决心使得她进入医学院。(强调句)
4. 后来, 使她成功的是她对病人献出的关爱和体贴。（主语从句）
5. Lin Qiaozhi向我们展示了一个人只有拥有坚定的决心才能实现梦想。(only的倒装句)
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观点: 87%认为重要
13%认为不重要
支持理由:
1. 文化遗产是古代伟大文明的象征;
2. 文化遗产大多和伟人联系在一起，保护文化遗产也是尊重伟人;
3. 保护文化遗产可以增强我们的民族自豪感。
反对理由:
1. 对社会发展无太大的促进作用
2. 浪费金钱和时间。
注意:
1. 词数100左右。
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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As a young boy, I was always a troublemaker and up to no good. I liked playing tricks and enjoyed treating animals in an unfriendly way, like running after cats crazily, making them scared at the sight of me. Besides, I often used a handmade catapult (弹弓) to shoot at birds on the trees.
All this did afford me indescribable pleasure but also got me unkind stares and blames from people around. My parents disapproved of my behavior and were constantly criticizing me for the tricks I played. I was even given a good beating from my father from time to time. Nevertheless, I ignored their warnings and did not correct my ways until an incident occurred.
One summer noon when I was eight, I was alone at home and just finished lunch. Feeling very hot and bored, I decided to hang around the neighborhood, holding my trusty catapult.
Soon, I came to Mr Smith’s house. His pet dog, big and strong, was tied to a post outside his house, lying in the shade lazily. Looking around, I found that no one was in sight. I decided to make good use of my catapult to play tricks on the massive dog. Picking up a few small stones from the ground, I aimed at the dog and fired them one by one. Several stones hit the poor dog and it began to bark (吠) loudly in pain and jump up and down. But I felt so fun that I didn’t stop doing so. Eventually, the dog’s anger was fueled and it barked wildly at me while struggling to break away from the rope. Not realizing anything wrong with my crazy behavior, I was just laughing happily.
Suddenly, the rope that tied the dog loosened and the big dog got free from its bonds. In no time, with a few powerful steps the dog was on me. Its sharp teeth sank into my leg. I screamed with pain and fright and fell to the ground, shouting out for help.
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Luckily, my miserable shouts caught Mr Smith’s attention.
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His words left me ashamed and I decided to make a change.
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1. 你对题目的理解；
2. 以一个事例说明；
3. 总结发言。
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Time Lost Can Not Be Recalled
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1.参加人员：滑冰爱好者；
2.活动亮点：参与度高；精彩纷呈；
3.活动意义。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右。
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
A Skating Race
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Randy Heiss, 61, has lived in Bisbee, Arizona for more than three decades. Ten years ago, he and his wife lost their only child. They have no grandchildren.
The spot of red was what first caught Heiss’s attention on December 16, 2018. He was hiking the remote land behind his farm in a small town near the U. S.-Mexico border, and there lying on the grass was a balloon. He walked toward it with his dog, thinking he should pick it up and throw it away.
That’s when he noticed the balloon’s string was attached to a piece of paper. “Dayami,”it read on one side, in a child’s writing. Heiss flipped the paper over. On the back he saw a numbered list, all in Spanish. His Spanish wasn’t very good, but he could see it was a Christmas list!
Heiss was charmed. He suspected that a child had tried to send Santa Claus a Christmas wish list by balloon, something he used to do himself when he was a kid. Nobody had ever returned the letters Heiss had sent, but he wondered whether he could find the girl who had sent this one.
It would be difficult, but Heiss had a few clues. About 20 miles to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales, Mexico, with a population of about a quarter million. Based on the wind direction, he was almost sure that was where it came from. Heiss brought the note home to his wife, who is fluent in Spanish and helped him translate the list They determined that Dayami, probably a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse.
They determined that Dayami, probably a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, doll clothes and art supplies. Heiss then posted his search about finding Dayami on Facebook, attaching photos, hoping some of his friends in Nogales might know the girl ’s family. A few days passed with no results. Heiss worried that time was running out before Christmas. On December 19, 2018, he decided to send a private Facebook message to Radio Xeny, an AM radio station based in Nogales. To his surprise, someone from the station called him back right away and promised him to post his search on the station’s Facebook page immediately.
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The next morning, Heiss awoke to a message from Radio Xeny.
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Dayami ’s eyes were wide open with wonder.
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1.你是否赞成这种说法；
2.用你自己的亲身经历来说明你的理由。
参考词汇：适度的压力 moderate pressure
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear editor,
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Yours,
Li Hua
I was 8 years old then. I had little need of luggage. But something about my grandma’s old leather suitcase, which had been there beneath my bed, appealed to my imagination. The cracked handle felt firm in my grip and made me feel like I was going to places. But I didn't use the old suitcase before that day.
It was a fall morning in our North Carolina town, and a fine mist dampened the fallen leaves. I was angry. My mother had slighted (冷落) me somehow, though now I have no idea what sparked my anger. I wanted to make her pay. I decided to run away.
“Goodbye, Mom.” I stood outside the kitchen door, suitcase firmly in hand. “Goodbye, Mom,” I repeated twice more. At last, Mom emerged, wiping her hands on a dish towel. I lifted the suitcase a little just to make sure she didn't miss it. “I’m leaving home,” I said. The plan was to let her suffer guilt and beg for a minute or two, and then I would agree to stay.
“Did you pack lunch?” Mom’s question knocked me off balance. “I said I’m leaving. I'm running away. For Ever!” I said. Instead, she smiled. “Well, would you like me to fix you something? I just made chocolate chip cookies.” “Maybe a cookie.” I hesitated. “All right, I’m off.” As I stepped onto the front walk, fresh-baked chocolate chip tucked in my coat pocket, I looked back at our big yellow house.
Surely, she would follow me. I stared at the front door, waiting for it to fling open. I watched the lace curtains in the living room window for movement. But, no! Not even a flicker of a curtain! My mother didn’t care if I ran away. Had she ever loved me at all?
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And so I had no choice but to continue
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“Robbie?” My mother’s trembling voice appeared from the darkened living room.
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A little girl, whose parents had died, lived with her grandmother.
One night, there was a big fire in her house and the fire spread quickly. Her grandmother died while she was trying to save her granddaughter. The little girl appeared against a window, crying for help. Neighbors were not unable to enter the house because the fire blocked all the entrances. After calling the fire department, they could only stood helplessly, waiting for the firefighters. However, the firefighters would be arriving in a few minutes.
Just then, a tall man suddenly appeared with a ladder. He hurried to put it up against the window, climbed up the ladder and jumped into the house. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms, He passed the little girl to the waiting arms below and quickly disappeared into the night.
Weeks later, a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.
A teacher said she would like to raise the little girl up. She pointed out that she could give her a good education. A farmer offered her an upbringing on his farm. He said that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. The town’s richest man said, “I can give this little girl all the advantages that you have mentioned.”
Throughout all this, the little girl kept silent, her eyes on the floor.
“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman.
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Suddenly, the tall man, who saved the little girl, walked slowly and painfully forward from the back of the hall.
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