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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

The doctors sent my mother home to die. As a fifteen-year survivor of breast cancer, she had suffered two heart attacks when advanced cancer was found in her lung. The doctor told me sadly, "She has a few days, maybe a week. Her heart is weak and unstable. "Mom had struggled to raise three daughters while holding a full-time job, yet worked hard to maintain a warm home for her family. My plan for Mom’s final days was simple: she would live with love, and die with grace.

I took mother to my home, small but comfortable, which was a heaven to four cats and a dog. The animals had the run of my house. We equipped the bedroom with an electric hospital bed and an oxygen machine, which frightened the cats. I’d moved their furniture and the cats were annoyed. The dog, on the other hand, an immature dog with bad habits, was excited by all the changes in the house. He jumped up, barking. He is Otto who was not afraid of the hospital bed, the oxygen machine or the medical smells. Nor was he afraid of the weak woman who had scolded him. Otto jumped onto the foot of Mom's hospital bed, and stayed. With the exception of eating and using the litter box, Otto never left Mom's room.

Days passed and Mom started to rally. “Not unusual,” I was told, “a rally is often a sign of imminent death(回光返照)” I was heart-broken. But Otto would not give her up so easily. He used her improved condition to reposition himself from the foot of her bed to her side. Her thin fingers found his soft coat. He leaned into her body, as if holding tight the strings of her will to live. Though weak, she petted the dog and would not allowed me to take him. Days turned into weeks and Mom continued to fight.

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Once, after the nurses had gone for the day, I heard the sound of Mom’s voice coming from her room. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Three years later, Mom together with Otto is still here, medicines and nurses long gone. __ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Frank将来你校参加国际中学生汉语夏令营（International Chinese Summer Camp），请你写一封邮件告诉他相关信息，内容包括：

1.表示欢迎；

2.介绍活动内容；

3.你的期待。

注意：

1.字数80词左右

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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。

For months, people have told inspiring stories about their battle against COVID-19 in newspapers and videos. 65-year-old Zhao Wei 1. (complete) 65 eggshell painting works related to COVID-19 since January. She is willing 2. (donate) her creations to museums to let more people know the stories.

3. a traditional Chinese folk art, painting on eggshells has a history of more than 2.000 years. When a baby is born, friends and relatives will send eggs 4. (color) red as good luck gifts. From a variety of egg options, she chose duck eggs and chicken eggs this time, 5. can offer her more space to describe stories.

Drawing on a curved surface is quite different from doing so on 6. flat piece of paper, " Zhao said, 7. (note) that the pigments (颜料 ) cannot be too dry nor too wet. Each of his paintings 8. (feature) vivid details. The wrinkles on doctors’ protective suits and naughty expressions in children’s eyes can be 9. (clear) seen on the painted eggshells. "Although I cannot go to the frontline and save 10. (life), I can tell the heroic stories through drawing and inspire more people to defeat the coronavirus,” said Zhao

    Rabbit Island is a tiny and remote island off northern Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Its _______ nature is the perfect destination for artists to come and _______ their creativity. New Yorker Rob Gorski _______ the island in 2010, who wanted to protect its natural state. He also saw a(n) _______ to create a setting where artists could get close to _______ and create their great works.

Gorski set up the Rabbit Island Foundation, whose main goal is to host artistic _______ during the summer while also teaching and _______ conservation.

Artists, with the _______ that the island should largely remain untouched, are _______ to a two-week period of reflective engagement in a wilderness unlike anywhere else in the world. They ________ a “leave no trace” policy. Small solar panels are used to generate electricity and buildings are simple with nothing ________ left in place. “Rabbit Island exists to encourage the community to ________ the most fundamental part of our age — the environment and the human relationship to it. We challenge artists to take ________ and create bold works challenging the assumptions of the landscape created by previous ________, said Gorski.

Most artists say they have a better understanding and ________ of nature after the experience, which, in turn, gives them many creative inspirations.

1.A.undesired B.undeveloped C.unnamed D.unknown

2.A.display B.assess C.sharpen D.inspire

3.A.purchased B.developed C.ignored D.occupied

4.A.sign B.possibility C.opportunity D.invitation

5.A.heaven B.people C.life D.nature

6.A.parties B.programs C.games D.shows

7.A.opposing B.raising C.recording D.advocating

8.A.hobby B.topic C.belief D.plan

9.A.invited B.exposed C.addicted D.related

10.A.organize B.draw C.follow D.imagine

11.A.permanent B.popular C.available D.portable

12.A.put on B.focus on C.turn on D.agree on

13.A.risks B.turns C.duties D.notes

14.A.groups B.races C.fans D.generations

15.A.description B.communication C.appreciation D.recreation

Teach Children the Value of Money

As we're moving towards a more cashless society and real pocket money is becoming increasingly unpopular, children increasingly no longer understand the value of physical money and simple tasks such as working out how many coins are needed to buy a toy or sweets will become out-of-use. Education around money management and establishing healthy money habits at a young age have become even more vital.

1. Start with planning an activity together and then define a budget. Then, research what things you will buy, work out which items may be better to buy. As you carry out each part of the activity, make sure to save all the receipts, and then evaluate if you managed to stay within, or broke your budget. 2.

Giving your children or encouraging them to suggest a regular chore can be rewarded with some pocket money. 3. For example, 14-year-olds are often making their own beds, so introducing a reward for such a "chore" is not a good idea, however, emptying the dishwasher might be just right for a nine-year-old. These types of chores will help them to get an understanding of earning money and the relationship between time, effort and money. Educate children through encouragement by paving the way for them to act on their own curiosity and interest. 4.

Coming up with and doing activities or day to day tasks together with your children, is not only much more enjoyable for your children, but it also helps them to become more confident and decisive about making their own decisions about savings, interest rates, or allowances. 5. That is bound to pave the way to breaking the trend of financial illiteracy.

A.That is one of the most important factors for learning.

B.Involve them in everyday money management activities.

C.This can be done with real-money or a digital piggy bank.

D.Giving your child regular pocket money, big enough to cover basic wants.

E.They will become more financially independent and wiser to online spending.

F.Such a chore beyond what is considered to be done at a certain age is the best.

G.This practice of setting a budget is very useful and fun for both parents and children.