1. 写信目的；2. 个人优势；3. 能做的事情。
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，
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Yours,
Li Hua
2 . The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. It was one of the poorest nations in the region. Within the last five years, however, it has become a hot spot for adventure travelers. In 2006 it was voted the happiest place on Earth. The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the world’s most accessible (可接近的) live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked.
With a population of about 221,000, Vanuatu has 113 languages, which is a result of 3,000 years of immigration from many Pacific countries. There are three official languages: English, French, and Bislama. Bislama developed from South Pacific English, a simplified language that traders and other foreigners used it to communicate with speakers of the many local languages.
Most of the islands are mountainous and of volcanic origin. There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the world’s most accessible volcanoes. If you are interested in getting close to a volcano, here’s your chance.
Vanuatu Post’s Underwater Post Office has quickly become one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world! Visitors from around the world want to experience the world’s first under-water post office. The Post Office is only 50 meters offshore and at just three meters below the surface, very appealing to the young and young at heart. Since opening in 2003, the underwater post office has received about 100,000 visitors. They have posted one of the waterproof (防水的) postcards available in Vanuatu, these cards are collected regularly by one of Vanuatu Post’s four trained divers. The underwater branch is open daily for usually about an hour, longer with demand.
1. Vanuatu was voted the happiest place on Earth because ________.| A．it’s the poorest nation in the region |
| B．it’s Vanuatu that is the richest |
| C．it’s a favorite place for adventurers |
| D．it’s blessed with plentiful natural resources (自然资源) |
| A．Bislama developed from local Pacific French. |
| B．Yasur is one of the live volcanoes in Vanuatu. |
| C．Vanuatu has more than 113 official languages. |
| D．Underwater Post Office has opened for 2 years. |
| A．Working at the underwater branch. | B．Great diving in amazing Vanuatu. |
| C．A hot spot for adventure travelers. | D．The busiest post office on Earth. |
| A．Various languages. | B．Underwater diving. | C．Food in Vanuatu. | D．History of Vanuatu. |
3 . I was ten when my family moved to a new place to live. We were total strangers to the new surroundings and I was too shy a kid to make new friends, so before going out into the street for the first time, I had to collect together all the courage I’d had, if I did have that all then.
It was a summer vacation, and there were lots of kids along the street, boys and girls, playing different games. As soon as I appeared on the porch (走廊), one of them shouted, “Look, there is a new boy!” and they all suddenly seemed to have lost any interest in their activities.
In a second, dozens of curious eyes were focused on me. A deadly silence fell upon the place, they all turned towards me and stood still. Everyone seemed to be waiting for some sort of reaction from me. But as far as I was concerned, the situation was completely strange to me. I was frightened and terribly embarrassed (尴尬), and I was about to rush back when another voice cried, “New boy, what’s your name?”
I can still remember the challenge of overcoming the embarrassment when taking a deep breath, I called back loudly, “Hi, everybody, I’m Victor!”
Then I walked down from the porch and began to talk and play with them. In a quarter of an hour I learned the names of the boys I was playing with. In a couple of days I knew every kid in the community, and a bit later, I made friends with most of them. Gradually, my parents also got to know a lot of people there. We didn’t feel strange in our new surroundings any more.
Since then, I have made it my principle to be the first to say “Hi” to a stranger who is new to my surroundings. ________
1. From the first paragraph, we know that ________.| A．it was the first time for the author to move |
| B．the author didn’t want to make new friends |
| C．the author tried to be brave to meet strangers |
| D．the author was worried about getting lost in the new place |
| A．So I can know his or her parents. |
| B．Then I will be terribly embarrassed. |
| C．And, as a rule, he or she may be frightened and run away. |
| D．In this way, he or she can know something about me quickly. |
| A．A different life in a new place. |
| B．The value of making new friends. |
| C．Be the first to say “Hi” to a stranger. |
| D．The friendship between my new friends and me. |
4 . I once helped in a service work. I still remembered one special event that was uncommon for me. I spent several hours
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to join in. She wanted to help,
I moved towards an
It
I explained I had been taught that
| A．carrying | B．picking | C．handing | D．bringing |
| A．however | B．but | C．yet | D．so |
| A．papers | B．meals | C．books | D．gifts |
| A．dishes | B．fruits | C．cookies | D．sandwiches |
| A．old | B．unusual | C．ugly | D．unlucky |
| A．watered | B．shut | C．opened | D．closed |
| A．never | B．ever | C．still | D．yet |
| A．encouraged | B．attracted | C．shocked | D．upset |
| A．whichever | B．whatever | C．whoever | D．however |
| A．terrified | B．glad | C．sad | D．suitable |
| A．handed | B．offered | C．provided | D．promised |
| A．what | B．how | C．whether | D．why |
| A．single | B．usual | C．ugly | D．gentleman |
| A．reality | B．class | C．lesson | D．truth |
| A．possibly | B．really | C．nearly | D．usually |
5 . After observing a few big falls from a tree, the Morgan family knew that there were two baby squirrels that needed a bit of extra
Keith did a bit of research, and the family
But then something
“Little by little he would go up in a tree, climb up to play, and then come back down to stay with us,” Riley
On July 10, Keith uploaded a picture of the squirrel home to a Whataburger group online, and the content
| A．survival | B．rest | C．support | D．control |
| A．responded | B．realized | C．recalled | D．argued |
| A．lead | B．place | C．right | D．risk |
| A．random | B．official | C．mature | D．active |
| A．told | B．asked | C．bathed | D．fed |
| A．secretly | B．specifically | C．unfortunately | D．temporarily |
| A．required | B．obtained | C．preferred | D．provided |
| A．unnecessary | B．uncertain | C．unexpected | D．unavoidable |
| A．announced | B．observed | C．predicted | D．admitted |
| A．house | B．statue | C．pond | D．circle |
| A．persuade | B．introduce | C．stretch | D．force |
| A．went viral | B．took effect | C．made sense | D．got stuck |
| A．claim | B．factor | C．image | D．steam |
| A．help | B．judge | C．hide | D．visit |
| A．adviser | B．warning | C．sensor | D．reminder |
6 . Research has found that using wood for construction instead of concrete and steel can reduce emissions. But Tim Searchinger at Princeton University says many of these studies are based on the false foundation that harvesting wood is carbon neutral (碳中和). “Only a small percentage of the wood gets into a timber (木料) product, and a part of that gets into a timber product that can replace concrete and steel in a building,” he says. Efficiencies vary in different countries, but large amounts of a harvested tree are left to be divided into parts, used in short-lived products like paper or burned for energy, all of which generate emissions.
In a report for the World Resources Institute, Searchinger and his colleagues have modelled how using more wood for construction would affect emissions between 2010 and 2050, accounting for the emissions from harvesting the wood. They considered various types of forests and parts of wood going towards construction. They also factored in the emissions savings from replacing concrete and steel.
Under some circumstances, the researchers found significant emissions reductions. But each case required what they considered an unrealistically high portion of the wood going towards construction, as well as rapid growth only seen in warmer places, like Brazil. In general, they found a large increase in global demand for wood would probably lead to rising emissions for decades. Accounting for emissions in this way, the researchers reported in a related paper that increasing forest harvests between 2010 and 2050 would add emissions equal to roughly 10 percent of total annual emissions.
Ali Amiri at Aalto University in Finland says the report’s conclusions about emissions from rising demand are probably correct, but the story is different for wood we already harvest. “Boosting the efficiency of current harvests and using more wood for longer-lived purposes than paper would cut emissions,” he says. “We cannot just say we should stop using wood.”
1. What is wrong with previous researches according to Searchinger?| A．They got wrong statistics. | B．They used an incorrect concept. |
| C．They included too many factors. | D．They were applied in limited countries. |
| A．The process of the new research. | B．The background of the new study. |
| C．The challenge of the new research. | D．The achievements of the new study. |
| A．When wood grows slowly. |
| B．When wood is largely used to make paper. |
| C．When wood is largely used in construction in countries like Brazil. |
| D．When wood is largely harvested in countries like Brazil. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Doubtful. | C．Critical. | D．Objective. |
Believe it or not, a group of US teens could perform The Mermaid, a classical Chinese play for children, fully in Chinese. The 15 US teens,
1.时间和地点；
2.活动安排(民乐表演、合唱比赛等)；
3.欢迎他表演节目。
民乐 folk music 合唱 chorus
Dear Allen,
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Yours,
Li Hua
9 . Rock climbing is the kind of sport you either love or you’re simply not interested in. For those who love it, there is great personal satisfaction.
You don’t have to climb Mount Qomolangma to enjoy the sport of rock climbing.
If you think you may be interested in rock climbing, start by reading books or rock climbing publications.
If you’re passionate about rock climbing, you’ll want to find others who share your love of this sport. Ask about groups or clubs at a local rock climbing gym or search the Internet.
| A．There are many options. |
| B．Rock climbing isn’t for everyone. |
| C．Rock climbing has gained popularity in recent years. |
| D．Rock climbing involves both physical and mental challenges. |
| E．The more you learn, the more you’ll want to know and share! |
| F．Most of all, you need time and commitment to learn the skills. |
| G．There are many books available that outline the basics of rock climbing. |
10 . Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit (联系) groups developed their own patterns (模式) of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages, the Americas about 1000, Africa 2400, and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number (中位数) of speakers is a mere 6000, which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
1. What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?| A．They had similar patterns. | B．They were large in number. |
| C．They developed very fast. | D．They were closely connected. |
| A．Formal. | B．Modern. |
| C．Advanced. | D．Powerful. |
| A．About 6800 | B．About 3400 |
| C．About 2400 | D．About 1200 |
| A．New languages will be created. |
| B．Geography determines language evolution. |
| C．People’s lifestyles are reflected in languages. |
| D．Human development results in fewer languages. |
