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。
It seemed I’d done everything I’d ever wanted to do in my life, but I had one regret. I was born in 1898, the oldest of five kids. Papa couldn’t spare me to go to school, so I worked in the fields with him till I was 21 years old.
Everywhere I went, I learned some hard lessons about what happens to a man who even can’t read the alphabet. People cheat you out of wages. They sell you a ticket to one city, take your money and hand you a ticket to somewhere else.
By 1928, I’d been wandering for nine years. I met a woman named Elzenia. We fell in love, married and moved to Dallas, where I got work fixing roads for the city. When Amelia, the oldest of our seven children, first went to school, I took my wife aside. “Elzenia,” I said. “I don’t want the kids to know I can’t read or write.”
In 1938, one day my boss called me in. “George,” he said. “No one knows those machines like you do. I’d like to promote you.” But my thrill and surprise were cut short when he said, “Fill out this application and we’ll get you a raise.” I couldn’t admit the truth. I thanked him and walked out of his office. I did stay right where I was, until I turned 65 and my boss made me retire. But I didn’t stop working. For the next 25 years, I lived a happy life, but it still seemed to me like something was missing.
A young fellow handed me a piece of paper. It’s information about adult education classes. People can learn to read and write. Now I’m 102. I thought of my friends and neighbours and what they might think if they found out I couldn’t read. After all these years, my secret would be out. But all my life I’ve wanted to read. It was high time for action.
Paragraph 1: The young man drove me to a huge building and led me into a spacious classroom, which was crowded with elderly people like me.
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Paragraph 2: I’m still going to school.
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假定你是高中生李华，阳光中学国际部招募志愿者，通过云课堂(Cloud Classroom)用英语为学生上一堂健康课，请写信应聘，内容包括：
1. 自身优势；
2. 课堂计划，包括如何应对NCP (新型冠状肺炎)等；
3. 希望获准；
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Many high school students in the United States get training in construction skills by building real houses. The project 1. (run) by the Waterloo Career Center. The center offers students different programs designed 2. (prepare) them for careers in technical fields.
Students from the Waterloo Community School District 3. (recent) took part in construction training that centered on the skill of masonry (砖石建筑)—work done with stone, brick or concrete materials. The students spent five days at their school learning 4. experienced workers from the Masonry Institute of Iowa, a 5.(profession) organization. The workers taught the students 6. to mix mortar (砂浆)and build walls with bricks and blocks. The students moved the mortar onto 7. (piece) of wood and then added bricks and blocks to form walls.
Chris Busch helped oversee the students’ efforts. As the students worked, Busch 8.(offer) them an important piece of advice. He told the students to be sure to use a leveling tool to check that the wall stands straight and level. West High student Nathan Elliott told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier newspaper that this kind of learning was much better 9. sitting at a computer. Other students also said it got them 10.(excite) about future careers in construction.
My son was playing with a bottle of bubbles. Dip the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. He understood the principle but was vainly _______ to blow bubbles. He would dip and dip and blow and blow, but alas, no _______. He _______ me the bottle and loop and asked me, “Daddy, can you make bubbles?”
I hadn’t blown bubbles in years. I am a _______ by education, fairly well-trained in surfactant (活性剂) technology. However, all that knowledge is completely _______. I was having no more _______ than my son. I dipped and puffed, _______ no bubbles.
After several _______ attempts, I changed strategies. _______ puffing on the loop of soapy water, I just gently breathed on it. My son ________ with delight as a big beautiful bubble formed and ________ away. I explained to him, “Son, you can’t blow hard. You must ever so ________ breathe on the loop to make bubbles.” He ________ his urgent desire to make big bubbles by blowing hard and followed my advice. Big bubbles!
There are some things that you can get with ________, but other things only ________ from the gentleness of a soft breath.
1.A.trying B.managing C.expecting D.acting
2.A.changes B.bubbles C.results D.drops
3.A.lent B.handed C.threw D.cast
4.A.researcher B.professional C.chemist D.parent
5.A.out of date B.of no use C.in doubt D.in trouble
6.A.trial B.confidence C.patience D.success
7.A.even B.thus C.somehow D.still
8.A.fruitless B.tough C.unwilling D.difficult
9.A.Despite B.Without C.On D.Except
10.A.screamed B.nodded C.rushed D.flew
11.A.escaped B.floated C.burst D.bounced
12.A.silently B.slightly C.eagerly D.gently
13.A.freed B.fueled C.contained D.reduced
14.A.brain B.action C.force D.science
15.A.survive B.separate C.jumped D.arise
Politeness is the practical application of good manners, the goal of which is to make all of the parties relaxed and comfortable. It's a flexible management of words and actions, by which we make other people have a better opinion of us and themselves. It seeks to build a positive relationship. 1..
However, in the rush of daily life being polite is social behavior that we find rare nowadays. 2.. They don’t even take the time to look around. This has led to the loss of simple social rules some might take for granted and that are particularly powerful.
3., people become less and less attentive to others’ feelings, for human interaction (互动) is almost lost. Take for instance the rudeness we tolerate when a person is looking at his phone when talking to us.
Being polite is not just a simple social elegance. 4.. These days “Please” and “Thank You” are forgotten. And not many people are aware that these two simple words can easily open or close any door to us. Unfortunately, they often forget to say these words.
Hope is not lost. There are many ways we can improve our behavior to achieve skills in politeness. There are simple things we can do to be considered as a polite and well-mannered person.5., they will respect you back. Just make a change in our behavior to start. Use simple words like “Excuse me”, “Please”, and “Thank you” every day. Be kind to receive kindness. Care and politeness will get you far in all aspects of life.
A.As technology progresses
B.People have become more self-absorbed
C.As long as you show your politeness for people
D.Since for many people being polite remains a challenge
E.Many languages have specific means to show politeness
F.It aims to respect a person’s need to be liked and understood
G.It’s also about being kind, caring and respectful to another person
A decade ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year’s Eve and happy music was played. Upstairs, the children were asleep. But I wasn’t feeling happy. In mid-December, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die. He had less than a year left, the doctors said.
In the years since that painful season, I have come to look back upon New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Eve brings a halt to the endless commitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect. New Year’s Eve is full of possibility and anticipation. What will be the surprising experiences and delightful successes in the coming year? But also, what disappointments are waiting for us in the next twelve months?
In many ways, New Year’s Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition (过渡) that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It’s about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong (迅猛地) into the unfamiliar.
Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and stepping into a new world as a widowed mom, I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.
Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the stillness (沉静) and beauty of the countryside around me. The three children I had brought into this world talked and laughed around the table beside me as we enjoyed a lunch of bread and cheese.
I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing (热情洋溢的) heart that was full of hope. It was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead. May we all find happiness in this holiday season.
1.What causes author’s unhappiness on New Year’s Eve a decade ago?
A.The pressure she faced in her work.
B.The health problem her husband faced.
C.The information received from her family.
D.The relationship between her and her husband.
2.What does the underlined word “halt” most probably mean?
A.End.
B.Start.
C.Change.
D.Meaning.
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards the thing people should do at New Year?
A.Set challenging goals for the next year.
B.Break with daily routines and form a new habit.
C.Spend more time with family members.
D.Think about the past and get ready for the future.
4.What’s the main purpose of writing the passage?
A.To memorialize her husband.
B.To show how she got through a hard time.
C.To share her view of New Year’s Eve.
D.To remind us that uncertainty is part of life.
