1 . Daniel, my 8-year-old daughter, is on a crazy ride with our mail carrier, Anderson. My daughter has formed a _______ habit of writing letters and keeping interaction with her favorite _________. If you ever read her hand-decorated letter and envelopes, then I believe they really _________ your day.

It’s likely that a letter from Daniel includes some jokes or questions to _________ a response. _________ when she wrote a letter to Anderson, she put something unique in it. “You may know me as the person living here and keeping writing hundreds of letters. You’re very _________ to me, assisting me to stay in touch with friends. I _________ people with my letters, and you do that too!” Daniel wrote.

On the following day, a package _________ with two letters. One was from Anderson and the other from his trainer, Linda. In the letter, Anderson said he had _________ Daniel’s letter and believed many postal folks wanted to __________ Daniel. Daniel was so __________ with the content in the letter, for the possible result of no reply from other mail carriers would come as a(n) __________ to her.

__________, today, we saw Anderson bring four boxes of letters to me from around the country. These letters were so __________, filled with stories about family, pets and a sense of kindness. But there was something __________ those in them. People felt __________ — some for the first time in a long time. “I work alone in a small rural post office…” “Not many people think about how __________ we work…” Daniel wrote back seriously.

I’m sharing this not because I’m proud, but because it’s relatively __________, if we take the time, to give others __________ they need to be good. We all want to be seen, known and __________. Send a letter. Give a call. Take a step of bravery, like Daniel.

1.

A．serious

B．awkward

C．ridiculous

D．temporary

2.

A．receivers

B．carriers

C．contributors

D．partners

3.

A．ruin

B．make

C．disturb

D．compensate

4.

A．guarantee

B．approach

C．bless

D．celebrate

5.

A．And

B．So

C．But

D．Also

6.

A．mean

B．impatient

C．friendly

D．important

7.

A．keep on

B．cheer up

C．approve of

D．let alone

8.

A．lied

B．swallowed

C．survived

D．arrived

9.

A．denied

B．forgot

C．missed

D．shared

10.

A．thank

B．train

C．conduct

D．company

11.

A．anxious

B．tolerant

C．upset

D．pleased

12.

A．blow

B．shame

C．recognition

D．encouragement

13.

A．Disappointingly

B．Abnormally

C．Surprisingly

D．Accidentally

14.

A．human

B．private

C．creative

D．hopeful

15.

A．rather than

B．other than

C．more than

D．less than

16.

A．abandoned

B．seen

C．honored

D．punished

17.

A．frequently

B．relaxingly

C．painstakingly

D．extremely

18.

A．easy

B．complex

C．flexible

D．worthless

19.

A．charge

B．links

C．assistance

D．comfort

20.

A．loved

B．expected

C．forgiven

D．ignored

2 . 请根据图片内容和要求用英语写一篇短文。

内容要求：
1. 描述画面（守株待兔）；
2. 概述其寓意；
3. 谈谈个人感想。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： stump 树桩
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