国内某家英文报纸设有一个求助信箱（Dr. Helper’s Mailbox）。请根据一份学生现状中列出的部分信息，以高二学生王勇的名义，用英语给Dr. Helper写一封短信。
学生现状：
1. 每日在校时间9个小时； 2. 每日作业时间3到4个小时；
3. 几乎没有课外活动时间； 4. 每日睡眠时间不足。
负担过重原因：
考试压力大，作业多，家长期望高。
注意：1. 词数：120左右； 2. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
3. 参考词汇：负担过重(overload); 压力 (pressure); 期望(expectations)
Dear Dr Helper,
I am a Senior 2 student. I am now in great need of your help because I can hardly stand the great pressure.
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I write this letter only to wish that I could have someone to talk to. I am looking forward to your advice.
Yours sincerely,
Wang Yong
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空只能填1个单词。
Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situation—for example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.
The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic（the opposite of “temporary”）usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.
Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts, for example, friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more. They question their popularity.
Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons: they are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness as heart disease, while temporary and situational loneliness can be a sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.
Loneliness and Disease
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Three different types of1. |
The most common type is 2. . It disappears quickly and 3. no special attention. |
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The second type is situation, which usually lasts for 4. than a year. |
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The 5. kind is chronic, which means if people experience habitual loneliness, they’ll have problems socializing with others |
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An important 6. in loneliness |
With the help of Psychologists, we know a person’s social contact is one important factor. |
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We depend on a wide variety of people for different reasons. For instance, we have interests and activities 7. to our friends’. |
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8. people may have many social contacts, but they sometimes feel they should have more. |
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The 9. for finding ways to help the lonely people |
One is that they are unhappy and unable to socialize. |
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The other is that temporary and situational loneliness can be a sad condition, sometimes 10. too. |
完成句子（每空限填一个词）（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.每当我处于困境时，我的朋友们总是毫不犹豫地来帮助我。
Whenever I am in trouble, my friends always come to help me ______ ______.
2.他承认打破了窗子。
He _______ _______ the window.
3.削减生产是我们的职责。
It is our duty to try to _______ _______ on production.
4.他看报纸很投入,没有注意到有什么人进入教室.
He was so absorbed ______ a newspaper ______he didn’t notice anyone enter the classroom.
5.有时候在与人相处时，我们需要有人指点。
Sometimes we need help to ______ ______ with others.
6.因为她不信守诺言，我们从此情断义绝。
We weren’t going to be friends any more because she couldn’t ______ her ______.
7. 他的零钱已经用光了。
His pocket money has been ______ ______.
8.与1800年相比，世界人口已经增长了六倍。
The world’s population has grown by six times what______ ______ in 1800.
9.这所学校每年招收200名学生。
200 students ______ ______ to the school every year.
10.除非必要，你最好不要查字典。
_______ _______, you’d better not refer to the dictionary.
单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.Be _________ (谨慎) about the possible dangers.
2.I must a________ for not being able to meet you at the airport on time.
3.You can’t fully __________ (欣赏) foreign literature in translation.
4.Teachers must take r_________ for the students.
5.she seemed totally __________ (专注于)in her book and didn’t notice my coming.
6.If you want to pass your exams, you’d better change your a__________ towards study.
7.There’s no ________ (争辩) that we also have a problem with population.
8.Maybe I should tell them, so they won’t b_________ me for keeping a secret.
9. I want to be an ________ (环境的)consultant after graduation.
10. Every student is welcome to our club, r_________ of class, grade or age.
Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest（神父） took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair – bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3 each.
“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that some one is concerned about them,” Chase said.
Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years．Several hundred people wait for him every week.
He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks.
“ It’s the place that makes me the happiest. I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”
The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University.
The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight.
Travis Kemp, a 51 – year – old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”
1.On his 90th birthday, Chase .
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A．handed out cash to the needy |
B．collected money for poor people |
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C．visited poor people’s homes with gifts |
D．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row |
2.Which of the following makes Chase feel the happiest?
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A．Celebrating his birthday with his neighbours. |
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B．Working in Loyola Marymount University. |
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C．Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped. |
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D．Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row to help people there. |
3.What’s the source of the money Chase used to help people?
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A．All his savings. |
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B．His earnings as a Catholic priest. |
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C．Donations from the wealthy and celebrities(名人). |
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D．Donations from Loyola Marymount University. |
4.Travis Kemp is mentioned in the text to show________.
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A．he was the luckiest person on that day |
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B．the disabled need to be taken care of |
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C．Chase is greatly appreciated by the needy |
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D．even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday |
5.Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?
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A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase. |
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B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions. |
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C．Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return. |
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D．Father Maurice Chase earned much money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University. |
I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to take my daughter from school. Our plan was to go swimming together. I finished my work at 4 o’clock and then went to the post office. Then I stopped off at a shop in order to get some fresh fruit. We’d like to have some fruit after swimming.
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school. Over my road was another road, which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn't know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn't move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn't move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road. I called out, “I’m here!” when I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car. “How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad, ”I said. “But my feet and legs feel as if they’re broken.”“We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can.” They didn't get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.
1.When the earthquake took place, the writer was .
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A．on his way to the post office |
B．stopping off at a shop |
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C．doing some shopping |
D．under a road built like a bridge |
2.The writer’s car began to move from side to side because .
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A．there was something wrong with his car |
B．he ate apples as he drove |
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C．an earthquake happened |
D．he drove too fast |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．When the earthquake happened, the writer was with his daughter together. |
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B．The writer’s legs and feet were badly wounded in the earthquake. |
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C．The writer was saved as soon as the stranger climbed up the road. |
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D．The writer was so frightened that he forgot everything that happened around him. |
4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the writer?
a. A stranger climbed to the side of road near his car and asked how he was doing.
b. The writer finished his work.
c. He felt his car shaking on his way to his daughter’s school.
d. He bought some fresh fruit in a shop.
e. He was saved the next morning.
f. The writer found himself in the dark.
g. He went to the post office.
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A．b,g,d,c,f,a,e |
B．b,d,c,g,f,a,e |
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C．d,b,c,f,g,a,e |
D．c,a,f,g,b,d,e |
5.From the passage we’re sure that the writer was .
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A．a teacher of a school |
B．a manager of a shop |
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C．a father of a girl |
D．a worker of a post office |
