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Where can you most probably hear this talk?

A. In a department store.    B. In a post office.    C. In a bank.

How much time is left before the movie begins?

A. 7 minutes.    B. 15 minutes.    C. 30 minutes.

What did the woman do last Saturday?

A. She saw a play.    B. She acted in a play.    C. She went to the tea house.

假设你是天津晨光中学学生会主席李津，你校拟在暑假举办中国文化夏令营。你的美国 笔友 Ben 对此很感兴趣。请根据以下提示，写一封邮件介绍此次活动。

(1)举办夏令营的时间(为期 7 天)

(2)夏令营的活动安排(学说中文；参观博物馆；拓展训练等)

(3)参加夏令营的方式(电子邮件 zgwhxly@163.com) 注意:

(1)词数不少于 110；

(2)开头和结尾已给出，并不计入总词数

(3)请适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。 参考词汇:拓展训练 Outward Development

Dear Ben,

It is great to know that you are interested in Chinese Culture Summer Camp.

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Yours

Li Jin

For much of my childhood, my mother filled in the evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted ( 编织 ) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasn't surprised when one evening my mother announced she had undertaken a new project.

“I am going to telephone seniors,” said my mother. “Every night? But you don't even know these people.” “It doesn't matter,” she said. “What's important is that I listen.” I was sixteen years old and couldn't understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk your ear off. Some people didn't even stop to catch breath.” I said.

My attitude didn't decrease my mother's enthusiasm for the project. That evening, she settled on the sofa and dialed. For a while, I listened as she asked the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, “Why do you care whether she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert?” My mother grasped one of my hands and gave it a slight squeeze. “I'm the only person she talked to today.”

It took me more than thirty years to fully understand the significance of that statement. Now, as my mother is nearing eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly calls she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I'm the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she recounts a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the refrigerator. I realize that my mother's calls were lifelines that ensured housebound seniors remained connected to the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.

1.Why wasn’t the writer surprised about her mother's decision to undertake a new project? (no more than 9 words)

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2.What's the mother's purpose of calling the seniors and listening? (no more than 8 words)

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3.What does the underlined sentence “They will talk your ear off.” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? (no more than 10 words)

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4.What was the author’s attitude towards her mother’s new project thirty years later according to the last paragraph ? (no more than 9 words)

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5.What do you think of the author’s mother? And why?  (no more than 20 words)

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