1)发出邀请
2)参观博物馆的意义
3)具体见面时间，地点，期待回复
注意:
1)词数100左右;
2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Wang Dong.
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Yours
Li Hua
1. What made the speaker most interested in the animal kingdom?
| A．The various environments. |
| B．The different survival tools. |
| C．The relationships between animals. |
| A．By giving them a ride. |
| B．By keeping them healthy. |
| C．By giving them food. |
| A．Protect the humans. |
| B．Bring humans to the honey. |
| C．Produce honey for humans. |
| A．Bonds in nature. |
| B．Ways to protect animals. |
| C．Differences between animals. |
1. What do the speakers agree on?
| A．Decreasing taxes. |
| B．Improving the sports center. |
| C．Giving the local government more power. |
| A．A shopping mall. | B．A park. | C．A police station. |
| A．Increasing safety. |
| B．Improving education. |
| C．Increasing the number of large businesses. |
| A．Public spaces will decrease. |
| B．More people will move into the town. |
| C．People will have better employment opportunities. |
The Teacher Who Wrestled A Cougar
For days, a cougar (美洲狮) had been edging closer to the small village at the edge of the mountains of southern British Columbia in Canada. Now, after drinking the river's cold water, the cougar bedded down again in a nest of tall grass.
On July 3, 1991, the three children in Larrane's day care group were outdoors early, painting bright flowers under the sun. By 10 a.m., it was time to find shade, so Larrane decided they would walk down to the river. “We’re going to pick strawberries now,” she announced.
At 44, she had made her dream come true when she turned her home into a day care center. It had taken hard work to get her certification. So far, the center was operating smoothly. But she always worried about keeping her clients satisfied, as well as being able to care for enough children to make the business pay off. Larrane had known all three children in her care since they were babies. They were shy Mikey, a three-year-old boy; Alleshia, a playful girl aged four; and the group leader Natani, a girl of five years old.
After clearing away the painting supplies and handing each child an empty jar on that July morning, Larrane called for Pal, her one-year-old German sheepdog. Cheering with anticipation, Alleshia and Natani paired off in front. Larrane linked Mikey’s hand and said, “Let’s go.”
The group made its way over the dusty road and then onto a dirt trail through the trees. The two girls broke into a run through the tall brown grass at the trail’s edge. Larrane and the little one Mikey hurried to keep up.
“OK,” Larrane gave the order after the group climbed down to the sandbank, “let’s get in our circle.” She could not risk letting a child wander off. Suddenly a rabbit rushed into the trees and Alleshia jumped up, racing toward the trees. “Come back, Alleshia,” Larrane called. Running after her she caught up with the child and helped her back to the sandbank.
Larrane sensed the children suddenly go quiet.
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“Stay behind me!” Larrane screamed as she faced the cougar.
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While most westerners know the story of Hua Mulan through an animated film, she
Traditionally, no women
In short, the story is about a girl, Hua Mulan,
Hua Mulan is a symbol to many Chinese people because she strongly illustrates values that they appreciate. A loyal daughter, she fights first for her family, and then for her country,
6 . “I'm going to tell you a story.” All eyes look up. Nothing
This is a story I've told every February since I started teaching. Its
“In sixth grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love with David. On a party day, I received one enormous card, ‘Who could it be from?’ With
“I was wild with
My students
Mouths drop open. Some even look down at their desks, seemingly
“Well, it ruined Valentine’s Day for me. It shook what little
| A．pleases | B．quiets | C．affects | D．touches |
| A．promise | B．ending | C．core | D．plot |
| A．incredible | B．positive | C．dramatic | D．obvious |
| A．have | B．shock | C．teach | D．lose |
| A．secret | B．trouble | C．energy | D．power |
| A．blindly | B．frequently | C．temporarily | D．accidentally |
| A．restored | B．hurt | C．relieved | D．mixed |
| A．exciting | B．weak | C．trembling | D．delicate |
| A．fun | B．anger | C．fear | D．joy |
| A．feared | B．fainted | C．failed | D．forgot |
| A．clear | B．mean | C．real | D．positive |
| A．lean | B．give | C．break | D．call |
| A．cheerful | B．puzzled | C．shameful | D．embarrassed |
| A．faith | B．interest | C．concern | D．courage |
| A．hated | B．survived | C．retired | D．won |
7 . Keep current with facts about electric cars
Sales of electric vehicles (EV) grew 40 percent last year worldwide. Stateside, nearly a third of drivers want their next car to be electric.
There are about 22,000 public charging ports nationwide, a number that is expected to be more than three times by 2023. But for most EV owners, charging at home is the way to go.
The average EV gets about 250 miles from a full charge, which is far less than the distance most gas-powered cars can go on a full tank. But EVs are catching up. Tesla comes the closest. Its newer 2021 version gets closer to 500.
| A．They'll have options. |
| B．But electric cars are nothing new. |
| C．Then there are the long-term savings. |
| D．Chargingg technology is also improving. |
| E．Some EVs are still eye-wateringly expensive. |
| F．The battery is usually the entire floor of the vehicle. |
| G．It takes longer, but you can do it overnight when electricity is cheapest. |
8 . Early in the year, the hope was that the bottlenecks that messed up the global supply chain in 2020 would be mostly cleared by now. They've actually only gotten much worse and evidence is mounting that the holiday season is at risk.
Across Europe, retailers (零售商) can't meet demand because of delivery delays. In the U.S., Nike cut is sales forecast after COVID-19 set off factory closures in Vietnam that wiped out months of production.
Covid outbreaks have affected ports. There still aren't enough containers, causing prices to increase 10 times from a year ago. Labor shortages have delayed trucking and pushed U.S. job openings to all-time highs.
On the supplier side, Jay Foreman's been making toys with manufacturing partners in China for more than three decades, and he's never seen anything like this. His mid-sized toy company, Basic Fun, is on pace for its best year ever. There is no shortage of demand, but a shortage of containers has left thousands of the company's Lite Brites and TinkerToys waiting to be shipped. At just one factory in Shenzhen, there's roughly $8 million worth of finished goods that could fill 140 containers.
The bigger, more systemic risk—one that could hurt every retailer—is that Americans spend less than expected because there isn't enough inventory (库存). The available goods may also not be all that attractive. The sharp increase in shipping prices has forced manufacturers to make hard decisions about what to transport. Hicks, the Academy Sports CEO, predicted that shoppers “will have to settle more because they just won't have as good of a selection.”
Shipping big items and goods with lower value don’t make as much economic sense right now. iPhones are small and pricey, making them an ideal good to ship, but the same case can’t be made for low-end furniture or toys.
“Consumers might see news about port backups (阻塞), but that won’t hit home until they try to buy the toy of the year and can’t get it,” Bartashus, an analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, said, “That’s when they’ll hit crisis mode.”
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?| A．The goods are mounting. | B．Supply chain issues are getting worse. |
| C．The consumers become hopeless. | D．The holiday season hits the bottlenecks. |
| A．Basic Fun lacks orders. |
| B．There exists a shortage of shippers. |
| C．His toy company has its worst year. |
| D．The factory is filled with finished goods. |
| A．Consumers will have limited options. |
| B．Consumers can't afford the attractive goods. |
| C．The shipping company will stop shipping expensive goods. |
| D．The manufactures will have poor selections of shipping companies. |
| A．The port problem will be settled. |
| B．Consumers will prefer to stay at home. |
| C．The government will pass the financial crisis. |
| D．The market will be in various forms of panic. |
9 . Lord Ashcroft, one of the Conservatives’ biggest donors, has issued an attack on Norway for its cruel practice of commercial whaling.
“Norway often kills more whales than Japan and Iceland combined. And it’s no less cruel than in the past,” the peer wrote before the opening of the Norwegian whaling season this week.
Norway increased its fixed maximum from 999 in 2018 and has authorized the killing of 1,278 whales this year. Killing the animals, often with gun powder, was similar to inhumane traditions such as human slavery or boy chimney sweeps. “Now is the time for Norway to recognize that commercial whaling is cruel, outdated and unnecessary—and must be stopped.”
Last year Japan authorized whaling after years of carrying it out in the name of scientific research. Norway, like Iceland, refused to recognize the 1986 international act and restarted whaling in 1993. It says there are 100,000 whales in its waters.
Greenpeace Norway has appealed to its government to pay attention to the opposition “as well as the lack of a local market for the products”. It said, “Whaling is only maintained for narrow political reasons and should be phased out.”
A Norwegian government spokesman said, “The whales are harvested in a sustainable manner based on the best available scientific advice. The availability of whale products in Norway is wholly consumer-driven and international trade in whale products is regulated by and according to relevant international framework.”
It is used for pet food and to feed animals in fur farms or is exported to Japan and Iceland. Pippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, said that she ate smoked whale in Norway, comparing it to smoked salmon. Peta, the animal rights group, condemned her for being “invisible to the debate about Norway’s mass murder.”
Lord Ashcroft sent researchers to Norway to investigate and said four ships were seen preparing for “the killing activity.” “The biggest concentration of ships is in the Lofoten Islands, which are popular with tourists,” he wrote.
1. Why has Lord Ashcroft issued an attack on Norway?| A．It bombs whales for profits. |
| B．It allows the existence of human slavery. |
| C．It keeps the tradition of boy chimney sweeps. |
| D．It has harvested most of the whales in the ocean. |
| A．It bans the sale of the whale. | B．It has been whaling for years. |
| C．It whales with a scientific method. | D．It sets an amount limit of whaling. |
| A．Whaling is carried out in a sustainable way. |
| B．Whale products are promoted by our government. |
| C．Whaling should be maintained for political reasons. |
| D．Whale products sell well in the international market. |
| A．Intolerant. | B．Favorable. | C．Doubtful. | D．Rigid. |
10 . The new member to the UAE's astronaut training program, the first female Emirati (阿联酋) astronaut, hopes that her mechanical engineering degree will be her ticket to the moon.
Nora AlMatrooshi and her fellow trainee astronaut Mohammad AlMulla were selected from 4000 highly qualified candidates to lead the nation’s 9.8 million citizens into space.
The two are looking forward to the laborious 30-month program ahead of them which has already begun with them getting their divers’ licences, picking up the Russian language and coaching for their many media interviews—and will move on to flight and weightlessness school at the Johnson Space Centre in Texas and eventually cruel survival training.
“They will need mechanical engineers to build a base on the moon,” says the 28-year-old, who represented her nation at the Mathematics Olympics and worked as an engineer at the National Petroleum Construction Company.
AlMatrooshi says she has dreamed of the stars since kindergarten, when her teacher set up the classroom as the Lunar surface and the five-year-old future astronaut constructed a cardboard moonbase. That early longing to explore space charted her degree choice.
“I actually went after it. I chose to study a degree in mechanical engineering because of a documentary I watched when I was in high school. It was about a group of astronauts going to the International Space Station and the role of the mechanical engineer was highlighted,” she say.
Leading big construction projects in the desert has helped equip the daughter of two academics—a PhD father and English teacher mother—for Lunar construction.
AlMatrooshi’s fellow trainee astronaut, UAE police helicopter pilot AlMulla, meanwhile says astronaut training has been “a big career change”.
“I spent 15 years qualifying to be a pilot, including training in Australia for my commercial pilot’s licence,” says the father of two. “As a pilot you get used to mastering everything—suddenly I’m changing my path.”
“I’m a big fan of SpaceX. The rockets and even the fancy space suits. And hopefully all four of us—and all the astronauts who come after us will get to be a part of future missions—perhaps even to the moon eventually.”
1. What preparation have they made before the training program?| A．They have grasped their native language. | B．They have had cruel survival training. |
| C．They have learned to deal with the press. | D．They have done some weightlessness training. |
| A．She got help from her academic parents. |
| B．She has had a big dream since her childhood. |
| C．She has experience in big construction projects. |
| D．She was the winner of the Mathematics Olympics. |
| A．I’ll be a master of life. | B．I’m an enthusiast for SpaceX. |
| C．I’m settling my new problem. | D．I’m starting a new life from scratch. |
| A．The fans of Space X | B．Dream and achievements |
| C．Passion and preparations | D．Future astronaut training program |
