假如你是李明，某英语网站正在举办以“感恩父母”为主题的征文活动。请根据表格中的内容，写一篇题为“A Letter to My Parents”的短文，用于投稿。
注意：1. 文中必须包含三个方面的内容要点，可适当发挥；参考词汇供选择使用；
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名、学校等信息；
3. 词数:80～100；
4. 文章的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
内容要点 | 参考词汇 |
Parents’ care | cook food, take…to and from school, look after… |
Parents’ love | trust, advise, encourage… |
My thanks | … |
A Letter to My Parents
Dear Mum and Dad.
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Love from
Li Ming
Good readers often use a flowchart（流程图）or webs(网状图）to have better picture of what they read (see the drawing on the right).
A flowchart is used to put events in a certain order. Webs show a main idea and supporting details(细节).
Now try to be a good reader and finish the following TWO tasks.
Task 1: Read Passage l and complete the flowchart.
Task 2: Read Passage2 and complete the webs.
1.①________
2.②________
3.③________
4.④________
5.⑤________
Last week, he 1.(come) to visit us in Canada. But he was very disappointed when he found nobody here could play chess with 2. (he).
One day, when I came back from school, I found my grandpa was sitting 3.(quiet) in a chair, doing nothing. I knew he was lonely. Why not teach him to play online chess on my computer? I thought.
"Grandpa, someone is waiting 4. you to play chess." I went to him and said.
"Really?" he said, his eyes opening wide. "Who? And where?
I took him to 5. computer in my room and said, "Right here." Then I taught him how to use the Internet and how 6. (play) chess online. At first, he was slow. Having tried several times, he became better and began to play chess with people from around the world.
"7. interesting it is! This is simply fantastic!" he cried excitedly.
Now he is quite good at playing chess online and has made a lot of 8. (friend) on the Internet at the same time. My grandfather is much 9. (happy)than before.
Grandpa will go back home soon. I believe the time when we played online chess together was so great 10. both of us will never forget.
Singapore is a city of different cultures. Waking through the streets of Singapore, you can 1. (听到)different languages spoken, such as English, Chinese and Malay. People from different cultures live and work peacefully with each other and2. (分享）their traditions.
In Singapore, cultural differences are shown in building, styles, shops and in many other ways. Take food as an 3.(例子), each culture has its own place to sell their traditional food, but there are also the 4. (著名的) Hawkers Markets. Different foods are sold here in these 5. (繁华的) markets. And there very popular with Singapore citizens and 6. (游客)from around the world. The food is good and very 7.(便宜).
Singapore is also an interesting city. Large number of people, ideas, etc, are mixed together 8.(在……下面) the same sky. English is used for business, 9. (虽然）the official language here is Malay. Now, however, there is a strong Chinese business community and also a growing Indian business community. Singapore welcomes talented people from around the world and 10.(希望）they will live there all their lives.
Very often, when we see young people sitting there, looking at the screen of a mobile phone and smiling, we may think nothing is wrong. But when we come to the question "how much time do they actually spend on media(传播媒介）daily?", the answer is surprising: young people spend about nine hours every day using media, and this only includes media used for enjoyment.
Today's young people seem to have become crazy multitaskers. They often use media when doing other activities. Some watch TV when doing homework, some text(发短信), and some others listen to music. But what do young people think of this? A research showed that two thirds of them believed watching TV or texting had no influence on their schoolwork. Half of them thought using social media made no difference. However, researches have given a different answer: "media multitaskers" did worse in tests.
Scientists did a research among more than 400 students. It shows that those who text a lot have more trouble sleeping and do worse in their study. In another research, students who didn't text during a lesson took down a lot more notes than those who were texting. A similar research also found that students who texted when doing schoolwork had lower overall(总体的）grades.
According to a research, if a kid uses social media a lot, especially at night, he or she will sleep worse and feel more nervous and depressed(消沉的). On the one hand, young people stay up late to check messages and information. They may also be woken up by messages they receive. On the other hand, even the light from a screen could influence their sleep. Some other researches also show that children who use media at night go to bed later, get fewer hours of sleep each week, and become sleepy more easily during the daytime.
1.The answer to the question in Paragraph l is surprising because young people ______.
A.spend about 9 hours on media for fun daily
B.often look at their mobile phones and smile
C.always sit there for a long time doing nothing
D.use different kinds of media to relax themselves
2.The underlined word "multitaskers" in Paragraph 2 refers to people who___________.
A.ask a lot of questions B.use different media for learning
C.have several mobile phones D.do several tasks at the same time
3.From the passage we can learn that a kid will probably ________ if he or she uses social media a lot at night.
A.become more worried B.get more excited
C.take fewer notes in class D.sleep much better
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Social media is very popular among young people.
B.Using media too much has a bad influence on young people.
C.The use of social media has both advantages and disadvantages.
D.Mobile phones are the main tools students use for school learning.
My dear boys and girls, good morning. Today I'm going to talk to you, about my understanding of learning history.
Many of you may think it is a terrible thing to study history. You may often wonder why we students should study something that has nothing to do with our own lives. If you think that way, I should say you are far from the truth.
In fact, if we study history, we can learn quite a lot about personal stories and events (事件)of people just like us. The people who came before us helped build and develop the country we are living in. Their ideas often solved many of our problems and troubles. Studying the past helps us to understand what our ancestors'(祖先)lives were like. And it also helps us to see how their experiences have shaped our own life.
To be honest, ▲ . Some of what we study in history helps us understand the mistakes of the past. And these mistakes will help people not to do the same wrong things. People often learn from the past to have a better future.
Whether we like the subject of history or not, we must understand the importance of the events and the people who came before us. Our ancestors' decisions have influenced our own life. Similarly, the decisions of our own generation(一代人）will finally influence those who come after us. In this only way, the world is truly connected.
History is not just a study of the past. History is the study of people, places, and events that can influence the future.
Now do you still think studying history is a sad thing? Or do you have any doubt about learning history? If you have any question, just feel free to ask.
1.What kind of writing is the passage above?
A.A diary. B.A story. C.A speech. D.A letter.
2.Which of the following can be put in the ▲ in Paragraph 4?
A.the mistakes of the past won't help us.
B.I don't like the idea of learning history
C.it is not easy to learn the subject of history
D.not everything that happened in the past is good
3.According to Paragraph 5, the decisions of our generation will ______________.
A.show what is happening to us B.build and develop our country
C.influence the people in the future D.help understand the people in the past
4.The writer wrote the passage to ___________________.
A.introduce some important people in history
B.develop students' interest in learning history
C.explain different people's understanding of history
D.show the relationship between the past and the future
