假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，为校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，记述你给妈妈庆祝生日的全过程。
注意：1．词数不少于60。 2．短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
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第一节（15分）
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Tim打算暑假来北京学习汉语，来信向你咨询你校国际班的汉语课程。请你根据以下提示给他写一封回信。
1．为汉语初学者开设，每班10人2．注重听说； 3．安排与中国学生交流活动。
注意：1．词数不少于 50。 2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tim，
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Yours,
Li Hua
Many times, we find it very amusing to see people who can keep a smile on their face all the time．It’s kind of annoying, isn’t it? 1.___Let’s see some tips on how to have a positive attitude and see how that can change our lives．
2.__ It really works! If you’re stuck in a terrible situation or a negative stage of your life, all you have to do is to think of the good times that are going to come after your bad stage gets over．Hope for the best and you will get the best．
We always feel good when we help others in some way, right? There’ a sense of achievement, satisfaction and positivity associated with giving and helping．3.
Being grateful for what you have can help you to be positive．If you’re the type to be whining, complaining and groaning about the things you don’t have, we must say that you need a reality check．4. Look around you and see other people who don’t have enough resources like you do．
Forget the regrets of your past．Are you in a depressed mood all the time because you are carrying the burden of a trouble past with you? Then you must realize that every moment you think of a dark past with negativity, you will lose one bright moment of your present and the future．Letting go of your past is the only way you can have a positive attitude all the time．
5. Keeping fit and healthy is a critical tip in having a positive attitude．You might have all the money, success and the luxury in the world, but you won’t be able to enjoy anything if you don’t have good health．
A．So try to do a good deed a day and help others with your strengths．
B．Being unsatisfied will also be a barrier in helping you to have a positive attitude．
C．That’s because we don’t know the advantages of having a positive attitude all the time．
D．It’s no use complaining because you have already had a good life．
E．Think of the good times you are going to have．
F．Make sure you know the importance of good health．
G．Try to think about terrible and negative things in your life．
The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp increase in the number of over-weight children in developing countries．In African countries, the WHO says the number of over-weight or obese children is twice as high as it was 20 years ago．Around the world, about 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2013．
Overweight and obese children are more likely to become overweight and obese adults．The condition can generate serious health problems like heart diseases．
Francesco Branca is the director of the WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development．He says urban lifestyle makes people eat processed food more often, which has a high sugar, fat and salt content．He also says people are gaining weight because of their lack of activities．They travel in cars or other vehicles more than on foot．
The WHO experts say to lower obesity rates is especially complex in countries that also deal with high rates of infectious diseases．
The WHO has some basic solutions for individuals and countries．The organization says you should lower your intake of fat, sugar, salt and processed food and eat more fruits, vegetables and increase physical activity．The WHO says these actions are especially important for children．
And WHO expert Branca says mothers should breastfeed their babies for at least the first six months of life, if possible．More importantly, governments should consider providing vitamins for children and educational campaigns about problems linked to obesity would also help．In his view, government policies should deal with how food is marketed to children and food producers must balance quality and taste with the dangers of sugar, fat and salt．"Reducing the number of overweight children will not be easy．The goal is difficult to meet even in wealthy countries．" he adds．
1.What is the main idea of Paragraph l?
A．Overweight children in developing countries have increased greatly．
B．Children in developing countries generally weigh too much．
C．The number of overweight children in the world has doubled．
D．The World Health Organization has increased greatly．
2.According to Branca, people are becoming overweight because of their changes in_______
A．school education
B．transportation
C．physical condition
D．lifestyles
3.The underlined word “generate” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______．
A．cure
B．cause
C．worsen
D．prevent
4.We can learn from the last paragraph that ______．
A．babies breastfed aren’t likely to become overweight
B．food producers should be stopped from marketing, food to children
C．governments should play a necessary role in fighting obesity
D．the number of overweight children decreases easily in wealthy countries
“Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things．Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time．
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration．Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%．Garlic is good for you, too．It can kill the type of virus that causes colds．
Unfortunately, not all of Mom’ s advice passed the test of medical studies, For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating．But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so．Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no．Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars．
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales．After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated from thousands of years of experience in family health care．We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false．
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the test?
A．Eating garlic is good for our eye
B．Carrots prevent people from catching colds．
C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous．
D．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth．
2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly________．
A．by cause and effect
B．by order in space
C．by examples
D．by order in time
3.The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means”_____”．
A．to be suitable
B．to be valuable
C．to be admirable
D．to be believable
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards “old wives’ tales” in the text?
A．objective
B．subjective
C．dissatisfied
D．curious
Editor Henry Slocum，
I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books，or e-books，with great interest．You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books．You may have overlooked，however，some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books．Yes，e-books are expensive，but they are also convenient．In addition，due to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planet for the better．
E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term，are about the same size and shape as regular books．They have a large screen in the middle，however．This screen shows the reader a page of text that has been downloaded from a computer．Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen．he or she scrolls down to see a new page．The process continues until the entire book has been read．
As you pointed out．Mr．Slocum，it's great to lie on a warm，sandy beach with a book．You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book．In fact，because e-books are so light, you can carry them anywhere．Say，for example，that you like to read on the bus．Which would you rather carry with you-a heavy 800-page novel，or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces?
Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well．They are more environmentfriendly than traditional books．At present，thousands of trees are cut down each year to meet the publishing industry’s demand for paper．Books that don’t sell are eventually returned to the Dublisher and destroyed．This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books，which require no paper．
Sincerely，
David Eng
1.What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books?
A．Interesting
B．Environment-friendly
C．Convenient
D．Expensive．
2.In David’s letter, he thinks that______
A．E-books will come down in price
B．E-books do little harm to the environment
C．E-books come in various sizes and shapes
D．E-books are no better than traditional books
3.The main purpose of the letter is to______
A．provide evidence that e-books are a good idea
B．honor the person who invented e-books
C．scold publishers for wasting so much paper
D．explain how to read e-books
