Last summer, Hilda worked as a volunteer with dolphin trainers at a sea life park. Her job was to make sure the tanks were free of any items so that the trainers could train the dolphins to fetch specific items. However, one day after cleaning, one of the dolphins, Maya, presented Hilda with a candy wrapper from the tank. When Katherine, the trainer, saw this, she blamed Hilda for her carelessness. Upset but not discouraged by this event, Hilda decided to do some spying on Maya.
The next morning, Hilda arrived at the park early. She put on her scuba gear (水下呼吸器) and jumped into the tank for her usual, underwater sweep. Finding nothing in the tank, she climbed out of the water just in time to see Katherine jumping in on the other side. After what happened yesterday, Hilda knew what she was doing. She watched as Katherine performed her underwater search, but Hilda wasn’t surprised when she surfaced empty-handed.
During the tank sweeps, Maya had been swimming playfully, but now the dolphin stopped suddenly and swam to the back part of the tank where the filter (过滤) box was located. She stuck her nose down behind the box and then swam away. What was Maya doing back there? Hilda wondered. She jumped back into the water and swam over to take a look behind the box, and her question was answered. Hilda then swam across the tank following Maya’s path and emerged from the water to find Katherine removing her scuba gear. As Katherine turned around, her mouth dropped open. There was Maya at the edge of the tank with a comb (梳子) in her mouth waiting for her treat.
“Maya! Where did you get that?” demanded Katherine, taking the comb and throwing her a fish. “I know where she got it,” declared Hilda climbing out of the tank with a handful of items still wet from their watery, resting place. “What’s all this?” Katherine asked, obviously confused.
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(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“This is Maya’s secret,” Hilda said with a big smile.
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________When my parents were in trouble at Christmas, our neighbors taught me the true value of kindness. I grew up on the 50-acre farm in the small country community in Missouri, as the sixth of seven children. My parents were hard working farmers and paid regular visits to the farm growing crops. During meals they often talked about how everything on the table except the sugar and flour came from the land. Although we were not rich, they were eager to help others and would make donations to the needy every year.
Besides running the farm, Dad was also a carpenter. However, unfortunately, in the fall of 1970 as he was working on the house, the ladder broke. He fell off the ladder and his back was fractured (使断裂) in two places. He suffered from great pain. Misery and worry took over our family as well. He stayed in hospital for three weeks with his head and feet down, permitting his back to be straight again.
On Thanksgiving day, dad was still in hospital. We always butchered pigs the day after the holiday, and that year my uncle showed up with a couple of cousins to help my three elder brothers prepare our year’s supply of pork.
After Dad returned home, he was not in a good situation and unable to work. I was too young to realize our family had no money coming in and could hardly make ends meet as Christmas approached.
One night we heard a car coming up the long driveway. Growing up in the faraway farm, we kids were curious about who was visiting. As it turned out, Peggy, one of our neighbors, was at the door, holding an envelope filled with money. She told my dad she had collected money in the community and was there to deliver it.
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1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好;
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Dad rejected the money when Peggy handed it to him.
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At Peggy’s insistence and persuasion Dad finally accepted.
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要点∶
1）参加活动时间、地点及原因；
2）活动的具体内容是什么：主题演讲，美化公园等。
3）活动后你的感受。
要求1. 须包括所有要点提示，并适当补充，语句通顺，意思连贯；
2. 词数：100词左右；
3. 文中不得出现个人真实姓名和校名。
A meaningful environmental protection activity
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I guess everyone would like to set off for a journey with someone we can understand and have fun with. Travelling with a companion(同伴) is great!
It’s good to have someone with you who can watch your backpack when you want to use the toilet, find the way back home when you get lost, carry some of your luggage when you’re tired, take some photos of you when you want and help you in all kinds of situations. The feeling of having someone by your side makes you feel less stressful about many things.
With a companion you can together share the beautiful moments during the travels, experience the same things in a different way and support each other. It’s much more interesting and exciting when you have the chance to share something with someone while on your road. Meanwhile, there is always someone whom you can shout at when you are angry, or a shoulder on which you can cry when you miss your home.
A companion can share the costs with you. You can stay in one room, buy a dinner, have it together and share the bill, etc. It’s good to travel with someone who has the same or similar pattern of payment as you so you can support each other without having any arguments.
Having a companion by your side when travelling means less loneliness. You don’t think about it unless you get left in the middle of nowhere, far away from your friends and family. Then you wish to have someone with you.
In short, travelling with someone is the best choice for people who are short of travel experience. We might sometimes feel like being on our own and enjoy the sights with nobody behind our back but at the end of the day you have much more fun when being with someone, especially for a long run.
A third-grade class knows exactly what will brighten an older neighbor’s holiday meal-and it isn’t a roast turkey. In October, I told the eight-year-olds I taught in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “I’d like all of you to do extra jobs around the house to earn some money, ”I said. “Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.”
I wanted the children to experience that it’s more blessed to give than to receive. I wanted them to understand that religion is more than nice theological (神学的) ideas; that people somehow have to make it come alive.
Early in Thanksgiving week, the boys and girls arrived in class with their hard-earned money and couldn’t wait to go shopping. After pacing up and down in the supermarket, we put a turkey and decorations in the shopping cart (购物车). At last we headed toward the checkout, and then someone spotted a “necessity” that sent them racing. “Flowers!”
“We have Kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday plants. I pronounced, limited money and after all, you can’t eat flowers.”“But Mrs. Sherlock, ” the group replied, looking at me eagerly, “we want flowers.”Defeated, sighed as the children put a bunch of pink roses into the cart.
An organization had given us the name and address of Maria, a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. Soon we were bouncing along a rough road to her house. We finally pulled up in front of a small house in the woods. A thin woman with a tired face came to the door to welcome us.
My little group hurried to get the food. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept saying “Thanks”一much to the visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the pink roses on the table, the woman seemed surprised. She was wishing it was a bag of flour, I thought. Having talked for a while, we returned to the car.
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As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window.
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Upon seeing the moving scene, the children became quiet.
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The little prince, who lived on a tiny planet, decided to visit his neighbor planets. The first of them was inhabited by a king. Dressed in purple and white fur, he was seated a throne(王座), both simple and majestic((庄严的).
“AH! Here is a subject(臣民)!” exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.
“How could he recognize me when he had never seen me before?” the little prince asked himself. He did not know the world is simplified for kings. To them, all men are subjects.
“Come a little closer so that I may see you better,” said the king, who felt very proud of being at last a king over someone
The little prince looked around to find a place to sit down, but the entire planet was covered by the king's magnificent robe (长袍). So he remained standing upright, and, since he was tired, he yawned(打哈欠)
“It is impolite to yawn in the presence of a king, said the king. "I forbid you to do so,”
“I can't help it,” replied the little prince in confusion. “I have come on a long journey and I haven’t slept at all…”
“In that case,” said the king, "l order you to yawn. I haven't seen anybody yawning for years. Yawns are a curiosity to me. Come, now! Yawn again. It's an order. "
“You are frightening me…I cannot yawn any more... said the little prince, completely embarrassed.
“Hum! Hum!” replied the king. “Then I order you sometimes to yawn and sometimes to…”
The king was annoyed for he thought his authority should be respected. He tolerated no disobedience. But as he was a very kind man, he made his orders reasonable.
But the little prince was puzzled. The planet was tiny. Over what could this king really rule?
“Sire,” he said to the king, "I beg that you will excuse my asking you a question…”
“I order you to put your question to me, the king was quick to reply.
“Sire... over what do you rule?"
“Over everything,” said the king very simply
The king made a sweeping gesture taking in his own planet, the other planets and the stars.
Realizing his rule was not only absolute, but also universal, the little prince marveled(感到惊奇) at such power. As he enjoyed sunsets very much, he plucked up his courage(鼓起勇气) to ask the king a favor.
“I should like to see a sunset. Please do me that kindness. Order the sun to set…”
“You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But, according to my science of government. I shall wait until conditions are favorable(有利的).”
“Hum Hum!” replied the king, checking his big calendar. “It will. be around…around.. it will be this evening about twenty minutes to eight. And you shall see how well I am obeyed.”
The little prince yawned. He was regretting his lost sunset. And then, too, he was becoming a little bored.
“I have nothing more to do here,” he said to the king. "So I shall set out on my way.
“Do not go,” said the king, who was very proud of having a subject.” I'll make you a minister!”
And when will that be?" asked the little prince
“Minister of what?”
“Minister of…of Justice! (司法部长)
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“But there’s nobody here to judge!” said the little prince. ……
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But the little prince, having completed his preparations for departure(离开,启程) had no wish to hurt the feelings of the old king…….
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2、语句要连贯通顺。
3、字数在120左右。
注意：1.书名可以用汉语拼音；
2. 词数：120-150。
Many schools do not pay the right amount of attention to health education as it is often considered as an unimportant subject. And many parents are interested in the basic education of their teenagers — reading, writing and mathematics — but are not interested in the teaching of health. This is not right. Health education provides an introduction to the human body and to factors that improve or damage health. Knowing the knowledge about health can help students become healthy and live happily.
Health education does not only concentrate on being physically healthy. It also focuses on emotional health. Educating students on the importance of health builds their motivation (动力). As a result, they will try their best to keep in good health, prevent illness and avoid risky behavior. Letting students know the importance of good health in schools helps students make healthy life choices when they grow older. It helps them understand the danger of using drugs, smoking and drinking alcohol. It helps prevent various injuries and diseases.
Students these days are highly stressed. Being stressed to get better grades, to look good, to belong to the right groups and to dress right can all make for a stressful life. Once they complete their education, work stress can make the problem become worse. Family life can also add a large amount of stress to students’ lives. Health education also concentrates on stress and helps students learn to handle pressure so that they can create a healthy and positive state of mind.
As teenagers, they may also do not know how to manage their time. This prevents them from putting 100% of themselves into their tasks. For example, school tasks require strict time management, and students who are unable to manage time fall behind. Thus, health education is a necessary part of the education process. It can teach students to manage their time well in order to be more productive.
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| 交友的好与坏 | 1.有许多问题靠自己无法解决，要靠朋友帮忙； 2.可与朋友分享快乐、分担忧愁；不会忍受寂寞； 3.不是所有的朋友都会在你需要的时候帮助你。 |
| 你对真正的朋友的看法 | 1. 在你需要他的时候绝不离开你； 2. 牺牲个人的利益，给你真诚和无私的帮助； 3. 鼓励你坚持正确的东西，少犯些错误。 |
| 结论 | 真正的友谊在于真诚 ( sincerity ) 和自我牺牲 (self-sacrifice). |
On Making Friends
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