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。续写词数应为150左右。
A tradesman was leading a caravan (商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heated up the fine sand until it was as hot as charcoal (木炭), so no one could walk on it — not even camels! Then the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cooled down. The guide sat on the first cart. And they began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.
Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had been very tired, so when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the camels who, of course, couldn’t tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place that they started from! By then it was morning, and the people woke up and realized they were back at the same spot where they started. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water, and they were worried about there was nothing to drink, and were extremely afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide. However, the leader himself didn’t lose courage. He talked with the desert guide and then they began wandering, trying to work out a plan.
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Suddenly, the leader noticed a small clump (团) of grass.
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A spring (泉源) was found at last.
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假定你是李华，是一名不久前经历了地震的中学生。请你就一下内容向报社写一封信，反映灾后情况，并对提供各方面帮助的爱心人士表达谢意。要点如下：
1. 目睹了人们奋不顾身救人，及时运送救援物资；
2. 在众多陌生人的帮助下，找回自己的父母，正在重建家园；
3. 更加珍惜来之不易的学习机会，将来会努力学习，回报他人。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear editor,
I’m a senior student that has experienced a great earthquake. I’m writing to you to express my thanks to those who helped us when we suffered the disaster.
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Yours,
Li Hua
根据句意及首字母或中文提示写出单词的完全形式。
1.His workmates demanded that he never c_________ with the boss on the issue of salary.
2.Paul is making s________ progress in English, making his parents relieved.
3.Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a s_________.
4.Take the road running ________(平行) to the main road just after the village, and you will reach your destination soon.
5.From the point of the manager, c_______ what effect all these changes will have on the company is really a hard job.
6.Upon hearing the news that her mother was badly injured, the girl g_______ her bag and ran out of the classroom.
7.U________ due to unforeseen circumstances, this year's show has been cancelled.
8.The new law will ensure that habitual ________ (罪犯) receive tougher punishments than first-time offenders.
9.To have dinner in that restaurant, you are advised to make seat _______ (预订) well in advance.
10.In this way we can train our students to speak English fluently and ________ (准确).
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。
Dinosaurs 1. (doubt) ruled the land and sky in their time, but there was little evidence of their presence in water until now. According to a new study published in the journal Nature, 2. international team of researchers uncovered a well-preserved skeleton (骨架) of a dinosaur’s tail in 3. is now known as the Saharan desert – a region 4. (believe) to have been an oasis (绿洲) 100 million years ago.
The remains belong to a dinosaur species named Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Through reconstruction 5. the tail skeleton, scientists found that the tail had a fin-like (鳍状的) shape, 6. propelled(推进) the dinosaur forward. Its bones were very dense (密实的), allowing 7. to control its body position in the water. The structure of the tail bones also indicated that the animal could grow up to 15 meters long and 8. (weight) up to 20 tons.
The team made a model 9. (copy) Spinosaurus’ swimming movements, and the result supported the idea of a tail-propelled “river monster”. David Unwin, a scientist at the University of Leicester, UK, considered the discovery as “game changing” 10. it fundamentally alters (改变) our understanding of how this dinosaur species lived and hunted.
People have been saying great things about my dad lately. They keep telling me that my dad is a hero because of his __________.
My dad is a surgeon, and like many other doctors in China, he __________ to go to Wuhan to care for patients there. But the hospital where he works only asked him to make sure that _________ patients are still able to receive regular treatment. So my dad just follows his normal _________, analyzing patients’ diseases and performing chest operations.
With all kinds of compliments toward my dad, I became ___________. My dad has been a doctor long before this COVID-19 outbreak; why has no one else praised him as a hero before? Didn’t he __________ such compliments when this disease wasn’t around?
When we talk about heroes, what kind of __________ often jumps into our minds? War leaders who conquered everything that stood __________ their way? Historic characters who __________ a strong kingdom? Or our dear movie stars: the Avengers?
Well, they are indeed heroes, and they made marvelous achievements. __________, are the pages of heroes just prepared for these so-called “supermen” and “superwomen”?
I don’t think so. Heroes exist in our real lives. They can be seen and they are __________ just like you and I.
Now many streets of Chinese cities are almost __________, the schools are closed and the shops are shut. But in this world, some things remain __________.
If there’s a fire, just call 119, and you know that the firefighters will be there within minutes. If you happen to go out on the road, you’ll come across police officers waving their flags to __________ the traffic. __________, in hospitals, from doctors to nurses, cleaners to security guards, these people still __________ their jobs, doing the same services as they __________ did. The reason why they are still dedicated is not a __________ for compliments, but out of a willingness for their __________.
These people, who are or were __________ themselves to the job, do not need to be praised as heroes only now because they are heroes all the time.
1.A.ambition B.qualification C.occupation D.passion
2.A.offered B.claimed C.plotted D.intended
3.A.terminal B.acute C.stubborn D.local
4.A.section B.routine C.trend D.criterion
5.A.proud B.confused C.content D.disappointed
6.A.demand B.adore C.deserve D.undertake
7.A.image B.occasion C.script D.scene
8.A.on B.for C.in D.against
9.A.enlarged B.seized C.sought D.ruled
10.A.Therefore B.However C.Eventually D.Moreover
11.A.ordinary B.consistent C.clumsy D.fragile
12.A.evident B.broad C.diverse D.empty
13.A.dynamic B.holy C.unchanged D.abundant
14.A.direct B.address C.classify D.convey
15.A.Universally B.Similarly C.Partly D.Originally
16.A.stick to B.show off C.touch on D.live up to
17.A.never B.seldom C.rarely D.ever
18.A.tendency B.desire C.substitute D.preference
19.A.reputation B.growth C.duty D.opportunity
20.A.withdrawing B.exposing C.submitting D.committing
The factors that cause youth unemployment often differ among regions and labor systems. 1. Since firing full-time workers is so complicated and expensive, employers are unwilling to take on new staff, while people who are already employed, mainly older workers, often keep their jobs for life. In developing countries with high birthrates and very young populations, like the Philippines, growth isn’t strong enough to absorb the wave of youngsters entering the workforce each year. 2. Young people entering the workforce are often the most vulnerable（易受伤害的）in economic downturns — new employees are often the first to get sacked, while college graduates find few employers willing to hire.
3. In Spain, Italy and Japan, for instance, companies looking to gain flexibility in regulated labor markets often offer new, young staffers only short-term contracts. These contracts, which sometimes last for only a few days, usually come with low salaries and few benefits. Since such staff is temporary, employers have little intention to invest in training.
Facing such obstacles, young people everywhere are finding that traditional route to success — education — isn’t paying off as much as in the past. 4. They will often be offered low-skilled jobs from waiters to supermarket clerks. A March report form the UK’s Office for National Statistics showed that the share of recent college graduates in Britain working in lower-skilled jobs rose to nearly 35% in 2011 form less than 27% a decade earlier. 5. Typical is Cairo’s Ahmed Said. He graduated from college with a business degree, and after performing the obligatory（义务的）year of military service, he applied for jobs in accounting and data entry. But Said, 24, had no luck, and today he works as a waiter at a cafe near Tahrir Square. “This was my last choice,” he says, “and this is the job that I got.”
A.Young graduates often find themselves competing with more-experienced workers.
B.More and more college graduates are forced to take jobs below their skill level.
C.They started applying for any positions they could find in other countries.
D.In some parts of the world, such jobs are all that is available to college graduates.
E.Yet youth unemployment also has common roots throughout the world.
F.Those young workers who do find employment are often trapped in awful contracts.
G.In much of Western Europe overemphasized labor protection makes it more difficult for youths to land good jobs.
