1. 给予安慰；
2. 提供建议；
3. 表达愿望。
注意：1. 词数不少于100词; 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
Dear Peter,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2 . When you are about to go to a boarding school (寄宿制学校) in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective (视角), you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.
Early Morning:
Usually boarders get up around 7:00 am and have around an hour to take a shower and put on their uniform before breakfast.
Lessons:
Classes start at 9: 00 am and every lesson lusts for 50 minutes. After two lessons, at 10: 40 am, you’ll have a short break. The next period of classics will include two more lessons.
Lunch:
Lunch is usually held around 12:30 pm at the dining hall, where you’ll join your friends to enjoy a hot dish. After an hour of lunch, you’ll have three or four more lessons to attend.
Dinner:
At 5:00 pm you will have finished your school lessons for the day. Most boarding schools in the UK offer their full boarders different kinds of hot meals to choose from.
Activities/ Sports:
All boarding schools in the UK provide many different kinds of activities for their boarders, such as football, swimming, golf or art.
Prep:
An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prop”. Although “prep” might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.
Free time:
Once you have done all your classes and activities, it’s time to relax.
Bedtime:
In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10:30 pm.
Being nervous just before you go to a boarding school is completely normal and understandable. Hopefully, knowing the usual routine (常规) can help you. Once you are there, you will also see how exciting life in a boarding school in England can be.
1. What can help you keep up with your studies in the boarding school?| A．Doing activitıes. | B．Having lessons. |
| C．Enjoying free time. | D．Supervised homework sessions. |
| A．Classes usually start at 8:30 am. | B．Students can have a short break after four lessons. |
| C．They don’t give students any free time. | D．They turn off the lights around 10:30 pm. |
| A．To help students know about boarders’ life. | B．To attract more students to boarding schools. |
| C．To introduce a new school life. | D．To advertise for boarding schools. |
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
4 . Christy and Ted Wilson set aside time every Sunday evening to go over their shared to-do list. Most of the items are tasks like scheduling doctor appointments and organizing play dates for their three young children.
In every relationship, there’s a question of who is pulling their weight around the house. Now that a majority of married-couple families have two working parents, the old “rough day at the office” excuse doesn’t really cut it.
Women still handle more of the household activities, but men increasingly are spending time on food preparation and cleanup. To keep things fair or at least to avoid fights, couples are turning to technology. They are using project management apps designed for the workplace to divide up and track household to-dos and reserving a portion of their date nights to compare chores. In some cases, they are even turning it into a game, setting rewards for getting things done.
The imbalance doesn’t always follow gender lines (性别界线). There was a time when Mr. Wilson was in more of a “Mr. Mom” role: He was attending business school, while Mrs. Wilson was clocking long hours as a lawyer. So Mr. Wilson had more flexibility to take on more of the child-care and household-management work. The couple’s roles changed after Mr. Wilson graduated and started an e-commerce company. “We have had a lot of switching back and forth of who was in the driver’s seat in terms of household management so one person wasn’t too put upon,” she said. They began using calendars to keep the family schedules straight and sharing a to-do list in the Notes app on their phones. Each can take on chores the other dislikes.
1. What does the underlined part “pulling their weight around the house” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Taking on the household chores. | B．Sharing the burden of buying a house. |
| C．Running around the house to lose weight. | D．Making excuses for not doing any housework. |
| A．To stop their arguments over dates. | B．To play phone games with each other. |
| C．To share and follow household to-dos. | D．To reward themselves for doing the housework. |
| A．Gender plays a key role in management. |
| B．Couples need to switch their roles each day. |
| C．Digital apps can only handle household arguments. |
| D．Understanding and sharing can help solve problems. |
| A．Ways to finish housework. | B．Advantages of the Notes app. |
| C．A family to-do list goes digital. | D．Working parents face difficulties. |
5 . Many students wonder how to study well after entering high school. Here are some good skills for you.
If you want to do well at school, going to class is the first step in studying well. If you miss classes, you will miss what the teacher thinks is important. As a result, you’ll miss what is the most likely to end up on the test. So if you want to study well, go to every class.
Take good notes
Try not to write down everything.
Talk to your teacher if you need help.
If you are struggling in class, talk to your teachers.
Take part in class discussions
In order to learn more in class, it is helpful to take part in class discussion. Asking questions and having eye contact with your teachers and classmates can increase your participation (参与) and your focus during the class discussions. If the material is difficult, you’d better read it before class.
From study groups
| A．Go to class |
| B．They can help you |
| C．Don’t be late for your class |
| D．You should write down all the new words you hear |
| E．This helps you make your point clear in class |
| F．Get students together who want to do well in class |
| G．All you need is to put the main points in your own words |
6 . I was driving home after attending my uncle’s funeral. I took a canyon (峡谷) drive with beautiful scenery process my
Suddenly I heard a pop. I knew what had happened—a big flat tire! I
Cars were passing me fast. I couldn’t get out. Within minutes, I saw a van stopped behind me. The gentleman walked out,
After the job was
I thought the gentleman had set a successful example for those young children to learn about
| A．anger | B．time | C．work | D．feelings |
| A．pulled out | B．pulled over | C．pulled down | D．pulled in |
| A．limit | B．speed | C．space | D．height |
| A．inconvenient | B．dangerous | C．urgent | D．uncommon |
| A．offering | B．clapping | C．lifting | D．hiding |
| A．carefully | B．happily | C．willingly | D．hopefully |
| A．special | B．detailed | C．rough | D．accurate |
| A．assistance | B．search | C．information | D．safety |
| A．moving | B．changing | C．fixing | D．setting |
| A．delayed | B．continued | C．succeeded | D．accomplished |
| A．persuaded | B．inspired | C．reminded | D．promised |
| A．followed | B．protected | C．inspected | D．chased |
| A．talkative | B．impressive | C．last | D．entire |
| A．waved | B．shouted | C．laughed | D．bowed |
| A．treatment | B．service | C．loyalty | D．appreciation |
7 . The fantastic drawing art holiday will start on Tuesday, 9 December, and it’ll last for a week in Torrox, Spain, a beautiful place to paint. Everyone who loves painting is welcome.
Accommodation
All main meals and fresh picnic lunches are provided by the travel agency.
In Hotel Al-Andalus (3star), 2 rooms available, it can be single or double occupancy. Price pp (per person) every night is￡925.
In Hotel La Casa (excellent rating), only double rooms available. Price pp every night is￡1,055.
Arrangements
Your flexible art days start at 9: 00 am.
Dinner is taken as a group except on the rest day when you are free to choose your own.
Arrive at carefully chosen and inspirational painting locations by taking air-conditioned minibus!
Transportation
Transfer from Malaga at 10:00 pm and leave Torrox at 9:00 am on the day of departure.
Art equipment
Drawing boards and lightweight folding chairs are provided.
Notes
You should bring paint, paper, canvases, sketch books, brushes, pastels, and so on if you want to paint. For more information about what to bring, call me at 0113 2252481 or send the email at rdcreative@ntlworld.com.
Booking information
0808 1349913 or 0034 618 234 367 or http://www.paint-andalucia.com
1. How much should a couple pay to stay overnight in Hotel La Casa?| A．￡1,850. | B．￡1,055. | C．￡2,110. | D．￡3,910. |
| A．Canvases. | B．Sketch books. | C．Brushes. | D．Drawing boards. |
| A．Calling 0113 2252481. |
| B．Calling 0808 1349913. |
| C．Writing to rdcreative@ntlworld.com. |
| D．Contacting the local agency in Spain. |
After 20 years as a full-time wife and mother, I decided to be a school bus driver for I loved kids. When I think about my years of bus driving, many things crowd in, but mostly, I remember Charlie.
Charlie, eight years old, with blond hair and crystalline gray eyes, began riding my bus in September of my fourth year driving. They all had stories to tell me about their summers. Charlie, though, ignored me. He didn’t even answer when I asked his name.
From that day on, Charlie was a trial. If a fight broke out, I didn’t have to turn my head to know who had started it. If a girl was crying, chances were Charlie had pulled her hair. No matter how I spoke to him, gently or firmly, he wouldn’t say a word. He’d just stare at me with those big gray eyes of his.
I later found out Charlie’s father was dead and he didn’t live with his mother. He deserves my patience, I thought. To my cheery “Good Morning”, he was silent. When I wished him a happy Halloween, he sneered (冷笑). Still I was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me. So, when he’d pass by, I’d pat him on the arm or sometimes gave him a hug.
Toward the end of that year, the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed (刻) “To the Best Bus Driver Ever”. I propped it up on the dashboard (仪表盘). On top I hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me. In red paint she had written, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.”
The next day, I was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal. When I got on the bus I realized that the tin heart was gone. “Does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here?” I asked. For once with 39 children, there was silence.
One boy piped up, “Charlie was the first one on the bus. I bet he took it.” Other children joined the chorus, “Yeah! Charlie did it! Search him!”
I asked Charlie to come forward, stuck my hand into his pocket and immediately I felt it—the small tin heart. Charlie stared at me and seemed to be waiting for what he’d come to expect from the world. I was about to pull out the tin heart when I stopped myself. Let him keep it, a voice seemed to whisper.
“It must have fallen off before I got here,” I said to the kids. “I’ll probably find it back at the depot.” Without a word, Charlie returned to his seat. When he got off at his stop, he didn’t glance at me as usual.
That summer Charlie moved away.
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；
3. 请按如下格式作答。
Paragraph 1:
A dozen years after my retirement I was in a department store, when someone said, “Polly?”
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Paragraph 2：
That night I thought over his words.
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1. 写信目的
2. 个人优势
3. 希望获准
参考词汇：大自然保护协会the Nature Conservancy，招募recruit
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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