假设你是李华，你写信邀请来自国外的朋友Jack来宁夏游玩，内容包括：
1. 你将去机场接他。
2. 到沙湖游玩：
①划船、骑骆驼、滑沙
②其他活动（至少提及两项）
提示词语： the Sand Lake 沙湖 camel 骆驼 slide the sand 滑沙
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1. 紧扣主题及提示，适当发挥，以使行文连贯
2. 词数80左右。邮件格式已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
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Yours,
Li Hua
If wearing Google Glass- a pair of smart glasses—on your face isn’t cool enough, you might want to take a look at Nokia’s new skirt. It’s made of 80 mobile phones! It’s believed to be the world’s first smart skirt and has been shown at London Fashion (时装)Week. The smart skirt was created by the mobile phone company Nokia, fashion designer(设计师) Fyodor Golan and creative design house Kin.
It’s not easy to make a smart skirt. It took three months to complete it. The biggest challenge in making the skirt was getting all of the mobile phones on the skirt, and allowing all the mobile phones to work together. The screens are all connected to a computer. As the skirt moves, the screens change color and the skirt looks like silk. That’s not the only trick. The mobile phones are also connected to a hidden camera in the wearer’s hat. The screens can show what the wearer is seeing.
Unsurprisingly, the skirt won’t be making its way to shops. Instead, it’s more of an art piece. Nokia said they wanted to find a way to connect the smart technology and fashion together. “We used drawings, 3D printing, and programming languages to ‘build’the skirt, ” explained Nokia.
How many mobile phones are used in the smart skirt? | ① are used. |
How long did it take to make this smart skirt? | It took ② . |
How about getting all of the mobile phones on the skirt, and allowing them together? | It is ③ in making the skirt. |
Why did Nokia make this smart skirt? | They wanted to find a way to connect the smart ④ together. |
What did they use to ‘build’the smart skirt? | Drawings, 3D printing, and ⑤ . |
1.①________
2.②________
3.③________
4.④________
5.⑤________
The Spring Equinox(春分)is the 1.（第四）of the 24 solar terms(节气). It is not only important in China, but also in many other countries around the world. It is a public holiday in Japan.In Iran, it is known as the Iranian New Year.
The Spring Equinox is the best time for people to go outside. The2.(成年人) can admire flowers and the children can fly kites in the open air. Besides, there are also activities that have been kept over3.(世纪), such as balancing eggs.
Earth is supposed to be more balanced on this day. It’s usually difficult to balance an egg. But on the Spring Equinox, it is4.（相信） that there are some special forces that can help.
However, this isn’t true. If you are5.(耐心的)enough, you can actually balance an egg on its end any day of the year.But balancing eggs is still an interesting tradition for people on the Spring Equinox. Do you want to give it a try?
I walked into a restaurant and ordered some food. After about twenty minutes, 1. large group of people came in and ordered theirs.
To my disappointment, the group got their food before me. I watched as they began to eat and laugh 2.(happy). I even overheard one of them bragging（吹嘘）about how he was connected to everyone in the restaurant. Unable to take it anymore, I called the waiter over to cancel my order.
He told me, “3.(you) is a special order. The head cook is 4.(prepare) for it himself now. It will take more time. Please have some juice as you wait.”
I 5.(sit) down and waited patiently. Shortly after, my meal was 6.(serve) by six waiters. To my surprise, the 7. (own) of the restaurant happened to be an old friend of mine. He changed my simple food to a five-star meal 8.free. It was one of the most expensive meals in the restaurant. The people at the other table were shocked, 9. (ask) why they didn’t get that kind of service and meal.
Such is life! Some people are ahead of you, talking about how they are smarter, wiser and better 10. you. You are working hard wondering why it’s taking so long to be rewarded(奖励) the way they have.
Don’t worry! You just have to wait a little longer because your reward is more special.
My First Marathon
A month before my first marathon, one of my knees was hurt and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I decided to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher asked us to run laps and then hit a ball. I didn’t do either well. He later told me that I was “not athletic”.
The idea that I was “not athletic” stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a fight against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the fight against my own body and mind.
The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating (流汗) all over, but ready to face the challenge.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces became undone. So I stopped to tie them again. Not the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: “GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!”
By mile 17, I became out of breath and my knee hurt badly. Though feeling very painful, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was quite hungry and thirsty!
As I drew closer to mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my cost on running.
I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in the first place had.
Decide to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(标签), I can now call myself a “marathon winner”.
1.The writer started running in his 30s because ________.
A.he would like to show he was good at sports
B.he hoped to change his P.E. teacher’s opinion
C.he wanted to challenge his own body and mind
D.he wished to become the winner of marathon
2.It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that the writer was ________ before marathon.
A.proud and excited B.scared and hopeless
C.tired but hopeful D.nervous but strong-minded
3.How was the writer’s first marathon?
A.He gave up halfway. B.He made it in the end.
C.He got the first prize. D.He walked to the end.
4.What is the right order of the following events according to the passage?
a. My wife cheered for me.
b. I hurt my knee and stopped training.
c. I stopped to tie my shoe laces.
d. I went on running though my knee hurt badly.
A.d-a-b-c B.b-a-c-d C.b-c-d-a D.d-c-b-a
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, D. C., in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks shops in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original （原先的）Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing.
In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, workplace, and coffee bar. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new shops—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks shops opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.
1.What is the main idea of this passage?
A.How Starbucks has grown. B.What Starbucks makes.
C.Starbucks' customers. D.How Starbucks makes its coffee.
2.Which is TRUE about Starbucks' first ten years of business?
A.It grew very quickly. B.It was run by Howard Schultz.
C.It made special coffee makers. D.It was a small company.
3.What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?
A.Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year.
B.Only selling locally produced coffee beans.
C.Working with other major coffee-making companies.
D.Learning about local customers.
4.Which shows the right order according to the passage?
a. One hundred and fifty new shops opened.
b. Howard met three owners of Starbucks.
c. Howard got a new idea for Starbucks.
d. Starbucks is popular all over the world.
e. Howard was a member of a company which made kitchen equipment
A.b-e-a-d-c B.e-b-c-a-d C.e-c-a-b-d D.b-e-c-a-d
