1 . 学校英文报正在以“Amazing Hunan”为题开展征文活动。请你结合以下图示，写一篇短文投稿。
要求：
(1)短文必须包括图示中的所有要点，可适当发挥；
(2)80词左右(标题和开头都已给出，不计入总词数)；
(3)文中不得出现真实人名和校名。

Word bank: transport 交通；convenient 方便的

Amazing Hunan

Hunan is a lovable and livable place.

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2 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Every country celebrates high school graduation in different ways. Sweden is no exception. Swedish high school graduation is a very special day that is full of strange, funny and unique (独特的) traditions.

All students wear special white hats with their names on them. The hat is quite similar to a kind of hat that a ship’s captain wears. Girls prefer to wear a simple white dress, while boys wear suits. After getting dressed, students will have a champagne (香槟酒) breakfast in a large garden. Having breakfast outdoors is really a joyful thing. It is the perfect way to start the day.

After breakfast, students go to school and there is a graduation ceremony. After picking up their diplomas (毕业证书), students will make their way out into an outside space at the school. Their families and friends gather there and wait for their coming. Each family holds up a student’s childhood picture, then they give flower chains to wear round the students’ necks. Families and friends also give them small gifts, such as a medal, a ring or a watch, which are usually kept for the rest of life.

With loud music, students get on a truck. And there is some slogans (标语) hanging on the truck. The truck runs around the town while the students wave, dance, laugh and enjoy themselves. People in the street will cheer to express good wishes as the students drive past.

Graduation in Sweden has turned into a whole town event. Relaxation seems to have become the real theme of Swedish graduation. The only thing students need to do is to enjoy the time with their friends and families.

1. How do students start the graduation day?
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2. When do students have their graduation day?
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3. What do the students’ families and friends need to prepare for the graduation?
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4. Will people in the street dance as the students drive past?
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5. What do you think of the graduation in Sweden?
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3 . 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。
A：Hi, Mary! Tomorrow is Sunday. What are you going to do?
B：I’ve no idea.    1    ?
A：I’m going to have a picnic in Songpo Park. Would you like to go with me?
B：    2    . How far is it?
A：About 8 kilometers.
B：    3    ?
A：We can get there by bus.
A：    4    ?
B：About half an hour.
A：    5    ?
B：Let’s meet at the bus stop at 7:00 am.
A：OK. See you then.
B：See you!

4 . 根据所给汉语或英文首字母写出短文中所缺英语单词。

One night a hotel caught a fire, and people in it ran out in their night clothes.

    1    (幸运地), nobody was hurt.

Two men stood o    2     and looked at the fire.

“Before I came out,” said one,“I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don’t think of money when they’re     3    (害怕的). When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poor because I took them.”

“You don’t know my work,” said the other.

“What is your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!” cried the first man. He     4    (思考) quickly and said,“And do you know my work?“ “No,” said the policeman.

“I’m a writer. I’m always telling s    5     about things that never happened.”

5 . 阅读下面的短文，回答问题。

In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.

Now Huawei has got third place at the mobile market, just following Apple and Samsung. After seeing more of its smartphones were sold last year, Huawei appears to be more confident in its bigger goals.

“We hope that in three years our market share can be the top two and in five years our market share can be the top one,” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer(消费者) Business Group, said in a recent TV interview.

The company sold 108 million smartphones in 2015, compared with 2014, the number increased by 44 percent, though it was much smaller than Apple’s 231.5 million iPhones and Samsung’s 317.2 million smartphones.

“The number of our smartphones is still growing,” Yu said, “and our company is expecting an increase of 30% in smartphone shipments (出货量). It’ll be a great success.”

Although Huawei’s smartphones sold well in Western Europe and China, the market in the US is another example. Yu said that the company was “so late” to the US. However, we are trying hard to raise our market share there in the next few years.

1. According to the passage, which are top two biggest smartphone companies now?

A．Apple and Huawei

B．Samsung and Apple

C．Samsung and Huawei

2. What does the underlined word “share” mean in Chinese?

A．份额

B．分享

C．股票

3. How many smartphones were sold by Huawei in 2015?

A．108 million

B．231.5 million

C．317.2 million

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Huawei has a very long history of making smartphones.

B．Huawei’s market share will be the top one in two years.

C．Huawei is trying hard to make its market share rise in America.

5. Which part of a newspaper might the passage come from?

A．Travel

B．Science

C．Food

6 . This afternoon, when I was looking for a self-improvement (自我修养) book, I found an aged folder (文件夹). In this folder, there were some of the examination papers I’d taken during my pre-university days. They were on economics (经济学) , a subject that I didn’t really like much then.

I laughed at the silly mistakes I made as I looked through the papers. And memories of the past came to my mind. I saw myself sitting at one of the study tables, working hard for some of my life goals. Back then, it was popular for most students to set life goals, because they thought it was most important. It was during those times that I first started to set goals for myself. I didn’t know much about goal setting then. I didn’t use any goal tracking (跟踪) tools, either. All I knew was that I had to go to university. There was no other way that I could give myself. To go through my lecture (演讲) notes, I didn’t take breaks. For more revision with my classmates, I stayed back late. One time, I missed the school lock-out hours and I had to climb school gates in order to leave. It was perhaps this attitude (态度) that ignited my decision to go through what I had to do to get this far.

Yes, it may have been hard. But the sweet taste of victory experienced at the point of receiving my final results was so wonderful that I would never forget it for the rest of my life.

I closed the folder and dropped it into the dustbin (垃圾箱) in the room. It’s time to get kicking with my next goal. And by writing this, I know I’m getting closer.

1. When the author (作者) looked through the papers in the folder, he         .

A．was angry with the silly mistakes he made

B．laughed at the silly mistakes he made

C．was surprised by the silly mistakes he made

2. When the author first started to get goals for himself, he          .

A．use many goal tracking tools

B．didn’t use any goal tracking tools

C．use a goal tracking tool

3. Why did the author stay back late after school?

A．To be prepared to enter university.

B．To get the chance of climbing school gates.

C．To make his teacher pay attention to him.

4. The underlined word “ignited” means           in the passage.

A．reduced (减少)

B．balanced (平衡)

C．raised

5. What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?

A．He has achived all the goals .

B．He isn’t ready for the next goal.

C．He is ready for the next goal.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A Chinese knot (中国结) is a knot that is woven (编织) from a single rope to be different shapes. Each knot has     1     (it) own meaning. Now, you can see it as a decoration (装饰品) or a gift for friends. People can use ropes of different colors to weave a Chinese knot, but they usually choose red     2     it means good luck.

Chinese knots have     3     long history. People originally made them to record some events and send messages before they     4     (begin) to use words. It is well-known that the knots were used for decoration and to express thoughts and feelings in the Tang Dynasty. They were late popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Later in the Qing Dynasty, this art     5     (accept) by more common people.

Even today, Chinese knots hold sentimental (情感的) value and carry different     6     (information) when gifted and passed down through families. For example, lovers may give a knot     7     (express) their love. The “double happiness knot” is given and used at weddings (婚礼) to express each other’s love and wishes     8     growing old together. Besides that, knots are also used when people make traditional clothes in China. They can play the role of buttons (纽扣) and now silk is widely used to make these clothing knots.

It’s     9     (sure) a good choice for tourists to buy Chinese knots as gifts for their friends during their trips. Yiwu Commodity (商品) Market in Zhejiang Province is one of the     10     (famous) places for customers to buy different kinds of knots.

8 . 有效的课后作业能激发学生的学习兴趣，丰富学习经历，提升综合素养，并在知识与生活之间架起一座桥梁。假如你是李华，你校为减轻学生的负担，改进作业布置的方式，针对“你最喜欢的一种英语课后作业类型”，对全校1000名学生进行了问卷调查。请你根据下面图表信息，写一篇英语短文。
内容包括：
1. 简要说明图表内容；
2. 从图表中选出一种你最喜欢的作业类型，结合自己的经历，谈谈这种作业的好处。

要求：
(1)词数不少于80；
(2)文中不得出现真实的校名和人名等；
(3)字迹工整，语言流畅，表达正确，条理清楚；
(4)参考词汇仅供参考。
参考词汇：arouse interst 激发兴趣 enrich experiences 丰富经历 promote competence 提升素养
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9 . 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容回答所提问题。

The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for older people in China. It started long ago. The festival is on lunar September 9th. On this day, people show love and respect to their grandparents.

There are many ways in which Chinese people express their respect. When an older person enters a room, everyone stands. People are introduced from the oldest to the youngest. When we present a book to an older person, two hands are used. Young people always offer their seats to older people on a crowded subway or bus.

Respecting older people is a tradition in China. That’s because the Chinese know that older people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn. Chinese people are proud of being old.

In Western countries, however, older people seldom think they are old. They are called “seniors” instead of “old people”. They’d rather do everything themselves. Even after retirement (退休) they take up hobbies, part-time jobs and new activities to keep their bodies working well.

Westerners respect their older people, too. Usually, seniors don’t have to buy tickets for trains and buses. They are given discounts (打折) in stores and restaurants.

But Western seniors don’t often live with their children—they live alone. For holidays, the family usually gather at the grandparents’ home, and a great smile and a warm hug for their parents are enough for grown children to show their respect.

1. When is the double ninth Festival?
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2. Where is it a tradition to respect older people?
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3. What can the young learn from older people?
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4. Can seniors in Western countries take the trains for free?
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5. How do Western grown children show their respect?
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10 . 每个人都应胸怀大志，胸怀大志意味着有自己的梦想和抱负。具有目标和实际的梦想和抱负是我们前行的动力和保障。请你按照以下要求用英文写一篇小短文，以 Let My...Dream Fly High 为题，陈述一下你的志向及行动计划。
提示:What is your dream?
Why can it be your dream?
How are you going to achieve it?
Right now…
In the future…
参考词语:study, exercise/practice, skills, become, come true
要求及注意事项：1.文段的开头已经给出，请你补出标题、续写剩余部分(主体和结尾)；
2.参考提示内容，可适当取舍并发挥；
3.书写工整，语言正确，语句通顺，语篇前后连贯且合乎逻辑；
4.文中不得出现与你身份相关的真实个人信息；
5.词数：不少于 70 词。(开头已给出，但不计入总词数。)

Dream and hope can be very important to a person’s development. It’s the same to us middle school students who are studying for our future.

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