假定你是李华，校学生会主席。即将高中毕业，你代表全体高三学生邀请外教Jeff来参加毕业典礼。
1．时间：6月6日 上午9：00； 地点：学校音乐厅；
2．介绍毕业典礼的活动；
3．希望Jeff能够发表简短的演讲。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jeff,
__________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
On many campuses, it has become a trend for a host of students to participate in various 1.(activity). Involved in some positive ones, students find them quite 2.(benefit) and rewarding.
A case in point is the English club 3. the activity of learning benefits me most. In contemporary world, English learning has gained great popularity and it is 4.great importance for students to learn English well. However, I 5.(meet) a variety of difficulties in study so far. For instance, I have trouble 6.(memorize) words. Sometimes, it is also difficult for me to understand the rules of grammar. Although I can read and write, I cannot express myself freely in English.
Then, how to get a good command of his language for me? I 7.(convince) that practice makes perfect and that joining the English club is worthwhile. In the English club, daily practice enables me 8.(speak) and write fluently. It is also through constant practice 9. I can master the rules of grammar and remember words. I will bear in mind that 10. I try my best to practice every day, the future of my English learning will be promising.
Hungry for Home
If my life were a _______, I would fast-forward through senior high. My senior years were_________. Like every junior high kid, I was _______with who I was and how I would _______in life.
I tried and failed in a number of things I wanted to excel in sports but had not yet _______that would never happen. I remember being _______by most of my peers and being cut from the basketball team and _______to play football. To be loved and accepted seemed to me at the time something I could never, _________, achieve.
During that time I went through the cafeteria line and ate alone, feeling unloved and _______. One day I________that I had no one to eat with. Mom said to me, "If you want, you can come home for________." As soon as the bell ________at noon and I left the school and ran home that day my mom sat across the ________for about 15 minutes and looked at me and listened to me and three ________later I still remember those times with ________. She just paid attention to me.
I now know that I didn't need my ________filled as much as I needed my emotional fuel tank refilled. I just needed a ________place of warm acceptance for a few minutes a day. Now you know a little more about how I ________home.
Home is a place where you don't have to ________alone and eat. Home is a place where people don't ________you and avoid you.
1.A. book B. movie C. quiz D. choice
2.A. amazing B. unforgettable C. painful D. tasteless
3.A. struggling B. travelling C. discussing D. improving
4.A. make my mark B. draw my attention C. make a contribution D. draw a conclusion
5.A. broken up B. turned down C. got over D. figured out
6.A. admired B. impressed C. rejected D. mixed
7.A. desiring B. failing C. meaning D. hesitating
8.A. in all my life B. in this respect C. on a regular basis D. on the average
9.A. unemployed B. unnoticed C. unaffected D. uncovered
10.A. commented B. admitted C. complained D. answered
11.A. lunch B. fun C. sale D. luck
12.A. rang B. knocked C. kicked D. repeated
13.A. room B. phone C. table D. street
14.A. days B. decades C. weeks D. minutes
15.A. care B. caution C. excitement D. fondness
16.A. soul B. stomach C. heart D. eye
17.A. lonely B. heavy C. steady D. friendly
18.A. own B. see C. paint D. attract
19.A. dash B. laugh C. sit D. talk
20.A. ignore B. hate C. judge D. attend
1.. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?
2.. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. 3.Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paper books (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times. Additionally, 4.. No matter when you are on the subway or you are waiting at the airport, a book in hand is always a good choice.
Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. 5.. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.
A. Television has not killed reading, however
B. A printed book is a good time killer
C. Every home should have a good dictionary
D. More and more people spend less time doing sports
E. Choosing a good book is just like choosing a friend
F. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment
G. With the popularity of televisions, some think fewer people will buy books and newspapers
There is plenty of complaints about how social media-texting in particular—may be harming children’s social development. But a new study suggests that constant instant messaging(IM’ing) and texting among teens may also provide benefits, particularly for those who are introverted(内向的).
British researchers studied instant messages exchanged by 231 teens. The researchers analyzed 150 conversations in the study. In 100 of these chats, the study participant began IM’ing while in a negative emotional state such as sadness or anger. The rest were conversations begun when the participant was feeling good or neutral(中立的). After the chat, participants reported about a 20% reduction in their distress—not enough to completely eliminate it, but enough to leave them feeling better than they had before reaching out.
"Our findings suggest that IM’ing between distressed adolescents and their peers may provide emotional relief and consequently contribute to their well-being," the authors write, noting that previous research has shown that people assigned to talk to a stranger either in real life or online improved their mood in both settings, but even more with IM. And people who talk with their real-life friends online also report feeling closer to them than those who just communicate face-to-face, implying a strengthening of their bond.
Why would digital communication trump human contact? The reasons may have something to do with the fact that users can control expression of sadness and other emotions via IM without revealing emotional elements like tears that some may consider as embarrassing. Studies also show that the anonymity(匿名) of writing on a device blankets the users in a sense of safety. Previous research has shown that expressive writing itself can "vent" emotions and provide a sense of relief—and doing so, knowing that your words are reaching a sympathetic friend, may provide even more comfort and potentially be helpful. This is what the Internet offers: the change to connect—but in measured doses(剂量) and from behind a screen.
1.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Teens are more likely to send instant messages when feeling upset.
B. Instant messaging can help completely remove teens’ negative emotions.
C. Chat via instant messaging services makes participants feel happy.
D. Constant instant messaging can help teens value their negative emotions.
2.The underlined word “vent” in paragraph 4 most probably means ________.
A. develop B. maintain
C. release D. hide
3.What does the digital communication enable users to do?
A. Find more sympathetic friends.
B. Share and discuss more information.
C. Produce more expressive writings.
D. Avoid embarrassment and discomfort.
4.What can be concluded from the new study by British researchers?
A. American teens are extensive instant messaging users.
B. Instant messaging will prevent children’s social development.
C. Introverted teens may benefit from constant instant messaging.
D. Teens feeling bad often feel closer to real-life friends than to the net friends.
The answer to protecting and saving marine(海洋) wildlife can start with cutting back on something Americans use every day—plastic drinking straws. Actor Adrien Grenier, best known for playing Vincent Chase in 2015 movie Entourage, has launched a campaign to reduce the amount of single-use plastic usage in this country in order to protect and save marine wildlife and the environment. Plastic drinking straws are among many single-use plastic products contributing to the shocking loss of marine life, but they’re a great place to start because they’re something Americans are using by the hundreds of millions without any awareness that they’re so damaging.
According to Ecocycle, an international environmental organization, Americans use more than 500 million straws daily, which are enough to fill 127 school buses each day, and they can’t be recycled. They means plastic straws end up in landfills or oceans, where fish and other marine wildlife mistake the small bits for food and swallow them. After seeing a photo of a whale beached on the shore with a belly full of plastic, Grenier felt the inspiration to launch the Lonely Whale Foundation, hoping to inspire and educate others on the challenges facing marine life.
Along with stopping the use of straws, Grenier hopes to educate consumers on the dangers of other single-use plastic items such as grocery bags and water bottles. While many Americans use these plastic products in their daily life, there are more sustainable alternatives that can help protect the environment. Ecocycle recommends the use of straws made from stainless steel, glass, and even bamboo instead of plastic. You can buy a number of these environmentally friendly straws online and in stores.
1.What initially contributed to the start of Grenier’s campaign?
A. Plastic straws in landfills.
B. A picture of a dead whale.
C. The severe damage done to the sea.
D. The disappearance of some species under the sea.
2.What is the primary purpose of the Lonely Whale Foundation?
A. To advocate a green lifestyle.
B. To promote Grenier’s latest movie.
C. To save precious natural resources.
D. To encourage people to protect ocean life.
3.Ecocycle advises people to use straws that are ________.
A. easy to recycle
B. convenient to use
C. special to marine life
D. harmless to the environment
