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假设你是Steven,某报的英语编辑，请你根据李华所写信的内容结合自己的人生经历用英文写一封回信。字数：120词左右（信的开头和结尾已给）。
I am LiHua, a student in Senior Two now. I will be a Senior Three student next term this year, I am a little nervous and excited about the study of Senior Three. I am wondering whether I can achieve my goal next year. I’d appreciate it if you give me some advice .
Yours,
LiHua
Dear LiHua,
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Yours,
Steven
A school in Nanjing plans to order Korean-style school uniforms for students, but parents were against the move, believing that the new uniforms looked too good and would encourage early romances among the students.
Parents: “My daughter was so excited about the Korean-style uniform, saying it’s her dream to wear a miniskirt to school every day,” a mom said. “My daughter also called her classmates to talk about how handsome the boys looked in the uniforms! If the students wear such beautiful uniforms, how can they concentrate on their studies?”
School: we had to stop the plan because many parents were strongly against it. Some parents thought it was just a way for the school to make money, and others thought the new uniforms would take students attention away from their studies.
Students: the students were very disappointed about the school’s final decision. They thought the sportswear uniforms made them look androgynous( 兼具两性的). They said the Korean uniforms had many advantages such as raising interest in class and lifting confidence.
As for concerns about romance, the students believe that love is love and has no relationship to the uniforms.
The Department of Education: We don’t have a unified standard for school uniforms. The schools can choose their own styles. Either sportswear or other uniforms are OK. Currently, most middle and elementary schools in Nanjing have sportswear uniforms.
Expert: Fashionable school uniforms can increase students’ interest in learning. Parents don’t need to worry too much about early romances. Today’s primary and middle school students have strong personalities and their appreciation of beauty is rapidly forming. A fashionable uniform can foster(培养) their sense of belonging to the school and reduce their resistance to the school’s management.
But we don’t have to follow Korean or Japanese styles. We should design our own Chinese style uniforms.
1.Why were some parents against their children wearing fashionable school uniforms？ (No more than 15 words)
2.Why did students dislike the sportswear uniforms? (No more than 5 words)
3.What’s experts’ attitude towards fashionable school uniforms? (No more than 3 words)
4.What’s the title of the passage? (No more than 10 words)
Simple living doesn’t mean that you give up your job and start living in the countryside, but it means that we spend our time, energy and efforts on important things in life. It can be good for us in some ways.
Firstly, simple living can keep your mind peaceful. It makes sure that unnecessary things are out of your life and you concentrate on the real factors that affect the quality of life. Through simple living you can see the positive side of life and won’t feel jealous and greedy.
Secondly, simple living can make you have time for your loved ones. Most of us become so busy in our lives that we forget to spend time with our dear ones. People who believe in simple living value the time spent with their loved ones.
Thirdly, simple living is helpful in the improvement of health. By choosing to be simple, you feel less stressed in daily life. Simple living gives you a new view on things and helps you join in creative activities. It allows you to devote some time to recreational activities（娱乐活动）, physical exercises, etc., which help you in leading a healthy lifestyle.
Fourthly, living simply allows you to have time to look back on the precious moments in your life. It makes you aware of your strengths and weaknesses. People who aimlessly pursue materialistic pleasure （物质享受）are often not sure what they exactly want from life. They never have time to analyze themselves. Simple living helps you stay happy with what life has offered you and helps in creating positives in your life.
Lastly, simple living can reduce your expenses. It can make sure that you’re doing your bit for the protection of the environment. If all of us reduce our daily expenses on electricity, fuels, etc, we’ll be able to stop the degradation (退化)of the environment.
Title: 1.__________ of Simple Living
● Keeping your mind2. __________:
Concentrating on the real factors that3.__________
Seeing the positive side of life and avoiding bad feelings like jealousy and greediness
● Making you have time for your loved ones
Making you4.__________ in your lives with your dear ones
Making you value the time spent with your loved ones
● Helping you5.__________
6.__________ your stress
Giving you a new view on things
Helping you in leading a healthy lifestyle
● Allowing you to look back on7.__________ in your life
Making you know your8.__________
Making you know what you exactly want from life
Giving you time to analyze yourself
Helping you9.__________with life offering you and helping in creating positives in your life
● Helping protect the environment
10.__________ the environment from becoming bad by reducing the use of electricity, fuels, etc.
What should you think about in trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work .So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. Knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is bitter to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
1.Which of the following best sums up the first paragraph?
A．The importance of doing well at school.
B．Using school performance to help to choose a career.
C．The importance of being good at all subjects.
D．The indirect value of school work.
2.The writer thinks that for a student to have a part-time job is probably .
A．a waste of time that could have been spent on study
B．useful for his future work
C．a good way to earn extra money
D．a good way to find out his weak points
3.According to the passage, if a students school record is not good, he ____.
A．will be a complete failure in his future work
B．will not be able to find a suitable job
C．will regret not having worked harder at school
D．may do well in his future work
4.Which subject is supposed to have no direct value for job hunting?
A．Mathematics. B．English. C．Technical Drawing. D．History.
5.The whole passage centers on ____.
A．choosing a career according to what one is skilled in
B．acquiring knowledge by working hard at school
C．developing ones personalities for the future.
D．finding ones strong and weak points
It was in the Victorian Era (维多利亚时期) that the novel became the leading form of literature in English. Most writers were more concerned to meet the tastes of the middle class. The best known works of the period included the works of Charles Dickens and the Bronté sisters and others.
Charles Dickens came on the literary scene in the 1830s. Dickens wrote vividly about London life and the struggles of the poor. Most of his works were written in a very humorous style, which was popular with readers of all classes.
The Bronté sisters were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. They began to write from early childhood. In 1846 they published the first book at their own expense as poets; however, their book attracted little attention, selling only two copies. Then the sisters turned to writing novels, each producing a novel in the following year.
An interest in rural(田园的) matters and the changing social and economic situation of the countryside may be seen in the novels of Thomas Hardy and a number of others.
Literature for children developed as a single style. Some works became well-known, such as those of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Adventure novels were written for adults but are now generally grouped in the list for children. Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author at the end of the Victorian Era, best known for her children’s books, which featured (以……为特色) animal characters. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children’s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902.
1.What can we know about Charles Dickens from the text?
A. He showed an interest in rural matters in his writing.
B. He focused on changing social and economic situation of the countryside
C. He wrote about the struggles of the poor in London?
D. He published the highly successful children’s book
2.Which is TRUE about the Bronté sisters?
A. They were English writers of the 1830s.
B. They paid to have their first book published.
C. They began their writing from the rural life.
D. Their first book was successful.
3.Who wrote the famous children’s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit according to the text?
A. Lewis Carroll. B. The Brontésisters.
C. Thomas Hardy. D. Helen Beatrix Potter.
4.The author states in the last paragraph that ________.
A. Edward Lear was famous for writing about animals
B. adventure novels were not written for children at first
C. Thomas Hardy was not as famous as Lewis Carroll
D. society changed rapidly in the Victorian Era
5.This text is mainly about ________.
A. literature in the Victorian Era
B. writing styles in the Victorian Era
C. famous works in the Victorian Era
D. the importance of literature in the Victorian Era
