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假定你是李华，目前在英国某中学做交换生。该校风筝俱乐部在网上发布信息，欲寻找一位能教学生制作中国风筝的志愿者，你有意自荐。请给俱乐部负责人Adam写一封自荐信。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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阅读下面短文，回答文后的5个问题，并把答案写在答题卡上。每题答案不多于15词。

2018 Human Development Report

HDI: Human Development Index(人类发展指数)

[1] Looking back over almost three decades (十年), human beings have made impressive progress. Across the world, people are living longer, are more educated and have greater living chances. The average lifespan(寿命) is seven years longer than it was in 1990, and more than 130 countries have improved their primary education.

[2] Although HDI values are rising, the rising rates differ greatly. South Asia was the fastest growing region over 1990–2017, at 45.3 percent, followed by East Asia and the Pacific at 41.8 percent. And the OECD(经济合作与发展组织) countries grew 14.0 percent. It shows gaps(差距) across regions are hopefully to be reduced.

[3] But HDI growth has also slowed in all regions, particularly in the last decade. Part of the reason lies in the 2008–2009 global food, financial and economic problems. But part is simply that as human progress advances, slower HDI growth is unavoidable. As more countries reach the upper limits of HDI, measures of the quality of human development become more central.

[4] Progress since 1990 has not always been steady(稳定的). Some countries suffered great losses or even setbacks due to wars, diseases or economic problems. For example, many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia saw their HDI values fall in the 1990s due to the fall of the Soviet Union(前苏联). Although faced with these challenges, countries in these regions recovered their losses and grew over the last two decades.

[5] In sum, there have been great advances in human development over the past few decades, especially in low human development countries since 1990. But some countries have suffered serious setbacks—sometimes paying the price of the gains of several decades. And the gaps in human development across countries, while narrowing, remain huge.

1.What’s the present situation of people according to 2018 Human Development Report?

2.The fact of different rising HDI rates gives us hope to ______.

3.Compared with the HDI growth, what is more important?

4.How do wars, diseases or economic problems affect human development?

5.Which paragraph is the topic paragraph?

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡上。

Every animal species has its own features. Some animals have the power to run 1. (fast) than sports cars, while others move very slowly.

But the slowest animal in the world is not the turtle, as we may think. It is the three-toed sloth(三趾树懒), 2.lives in the rainforests of South America.

Sloths can be 60 to 80 centimeters long and 3. (weigh) about eight kilograms. It takes them about one minute 4. (climb) only 1.8 to 2.4 meters. They sleep for more than 20 hours every day, staying in the trees most of the time. They come down from the trees to defecate (排便) just once a week. This is the most dangerous time for sloths , as they might 5. (attack) by their enemies, such as big cats.

Sloths may be slow climbers, but they are speedy 6. (swim). They can 7. (natural) float on the water. Since there are always floods in rainforests, the ability to swim is necessary to 8. (they) survival.

People might not be familiar with sloths before. It was because 9.the 2016 Disney film Zootopia that we began to be interested in this animal species. Its lovely image has left a deep 10. (impress) on almost every moviegoer.

请根据汉语意思及首字母将单词的完整形式写在答题卡上。

1.He said, “My mother seldom c ______ (抱怨) about daily cooking.”

2.An a ______ (辩论) is a discussion where a number of people put forward different opinions.

3.Tourism is the main source of i ______ (收入) in this area.

4.Diet and exercise are e ______ (同样地) important.

5.H ______ (诚实) is an important human quality.

6.Cartoon had existed for a long time in the a ______ (古代的) China.

7.We are proud to have been the first city to have r ______ (回收利用) our rubbish.

8.Not only is this the largest dam ever built, it is the largest c ______ (建设) project ever.

9.The law gives c ______ (公民) the right to vote.

10.The robbery o ______ (发生) in broad daylight, in a crowded street.

Along the Ring of Fire

Off the coast of Alaska, the lava rises through cracks (裂缝) at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It flows like toothpaste pressed from a tube. Spreading and erupting, the earth slowly builds a new island.

Along the Pacific coast of South America, one part of the earth’s surface gradually moves toward another. Although difficult to believe, the rocky outer surface of Earth is not solid; rather, it is broken up into huge pieces called plates(板块). 1., the action can sometimes lead to volcanic activity.

These things take place thousands of miles apart, yet they are connected. Surrounding the Pacific Ocean is a circle of volcanoes that includes more than half of the world’s active volcanoes.2..

The Ring of Fire spreads from the west coast of South America northward to Alaska. It goes left at the Aleutian Islands and crosses the Pacific Ocean. Then it heads down the east coast of Asia toward New Zealand.

3.. In 1883 Krakatoa erupted four times. The third eruption was so loud that it could be clearly heard 3,000 miles away. Krakatoa threw a large dust cloud nearly 50 miles into the air. 4.. During four days in June, Pinatubo threw out more than 20 million tons of broken pieces into the air, destroying many homes.

Some volcanoes erupt more quietly, with lava flowing through the cracks in Earth’s surface. This type of volcano is found in Hawaii. 5..

A.This area is called the Ring of Fire

B.Although the plates are connected

C.As the plates move past one another

D.The Ring of Fire is also where most earthquakes happen

E.Major volcanic eruptions along the Ring of Fire make history

F.In 1991 Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted after 600 quiet years

G.Lava from a volcano tends to advance slowly but still causes great damage