I graduated in 2004 and moved to Israel, making a career as an English teacher. I am always looking for interesting projects to get my students more inspired to learn the language. Through Facebook, I saw that Kirstin, a friend of mine, was teaching at a school in an East African country. I contacted Kirstin and asked her if she would like to do a letter exchange between my students in Jerusalem and her students in Tanzania.
It took a while to wait for Kirstin’s answer because Internet access is not easy to come in the countryside of Tanzania, but when she finally was able to connect, she responded with a huge yes.
Two months later, a package arrived. The students gathered around my table in class, and we went over the letters together. “My name is Nelson,” one letter read. “I am 13 years old. I live in Njombe, Tanzania. I like to play ball, to ride a bike, and to read books.” Below the handwritten letter was a colorful drawing of a boy wearing traditional Tanzanian clothing.
My students were excited. “This is so cool! What a great project,” shouted one of my students, Hadas. This was followed by a group of students asking if we could travel to Tanzania to meet their new friends. One student, Nir, suggested maybe they could simply become friends on Facebook instead. “The kids don’t have Facebook accounts. And there’s very limited Internet access in their area of Tanzania, I explained to them.
It was hard for my students to imagine that there were places in the world where teens did not have online social networking systems.
The pen pal project gave my students the chance to not only practice their English, but to also learn about other areas in our world.
1.Why did the author get in touch with Kirstin?
A.To get to know East Africa.
B.To learn English online from her.
C.To let two classes write to each other.
D.To ask her for advice about teaching English.
2.How did Kirstin react to the author’s request?
A.She turned it down. B.She accepted it willingly.
C.She replied immediately. D.She never showed up online.
3.What was the attitude of the author’s students toward the project?
A.Disappointed. B.Uncaring.
C.Favorable. D.Doubtful.
4.What is the best title for this text?
A.Two Heads Are Better Than One
B.A friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
C.How Writing Letters Improves People’s Relationships
D.How A Class Pen Pal Project Connected Two Continents
Come to Aranda Nature Park
A nature park with a very large number of activities for the young and old.
Highlights
◆trails for hiking and mountain biking
◆a nature trail to learn about the plants and animals of the park
◆Treetop Walk, a walkway in the air that provides a bird’s eye view of the forest. Get a chance to see and take photos of flying lemurs and long-tailed monkeys up close in their natural habitat.
◆Charles Education Centre, which houses the Charles Environment Learning Lab (CELL), a field study center for schools.
Walking trail at the Treetop Walk
◆250m-long suspension bridge between the two highest points in the park
◆enjoy views of the forest and surrounding greenery, and spot different wildlife in their natural habitat
◆home to more than 800 species of flowering plants and over 400 species of animals
Charles Education Centre
◆changed from an old horse shed（马棚）as part of efforts to protect heritage sites, natural habitats and ecosystems
◆a learning place for nature enthusiasts to meet and share their knowledge
◆learn about the history of Aranda Nature Park by viewing exhibits
◆The CELL has a programme for students to discover the country’s nature heritage through interesting hands-on activities and field studies.
CELL was set up by Singapore Parks Board and Science Nature Research Centre. For more information about CELL activities and booking of programmes, please email CELL at arandapark@cell.sg.
Visitor information
Weekdays: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Weekends: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission is free. Donations to support the park’s conservation effort are welcome. If you have any questions about the park, please email arandapark@gmail.com or call Alice Tay at 68245125.
1.What does Aranda Nature Park offer?
A.Bird-watching equipment. B.A field study centre.
C.Mountain bikes. D.Cameras.
2.What can visitors expect to do when going for the Treetop Walk?
A.Walk across a 5-kilometre suspension bridge.
B.Watch exhibits on local history.
C.Enjoy a full view of the park.
D.See lemurs in cages.
3.The best way for students to book hands-on activities is to _______.
A.call Alice Tay
B.call Singapore Parks Board
C.email Science Nature Research Centre
D.email Charles Environment Learning Lab
假如你叫李华，计划 2 月 8 日傍晚和同学去敬老院 (nursing home) 陪老人们过元宵节 (the Lantern Festival)。请你给你的外教 Lucy 写封邮件，邀请她一同前往，内容包括：
1. 邀请原因，至少两条；
2. 出发的时间及地点。
注意：1) 请适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2) 信的格式已写好，不计入总词数；
3) 词数：100 左右。
Dear Lucy,
How are you doing recently?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hu
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good afternoon! My name is Li Zilin and I am 9 years old. I came from Chengdu, capital of southwest China‟s Sichuan Province. Today I am very honor to share with you my understanding of youth power in climate action. After I came here, I hosted an activity at my school about pandas and climate change aware. More students have learned that the climate change is endangering pandas.
For myself, my pledge are “love pandas, love the earth”. Since pandas have survived changes on earth for more than a million years and are always thought on as living fossils, we show the bio-diversity of the nature.
The 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference will held in Kunming of China the next year. We sincere welcome you to China, to the Biodiversity Conference, to know about pandas and to see Chinese youth in action.
Thank you very much!
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China is the global host of the 2019 World Environment Day celebrations, and the main event is being held in Hangzhou in East China.
Over the past decade, Hangzhou government 1.(improve) bike-friendly infrastructure, such as lanes and traffic signals 2. (create) for cyclists and has provided almost 86,000 public bikes. In Hangzhou, a smart card allows users to 3. (easy) access all forms of public transport,4.bikes to buses. Apart from leading the Chinese cycling resurgence, Hangzhou is also home to an innovative way to encourage more 5. (sustain) lifestyles, with an app 6.is helping to stop desertification, cut air pollution and plant millions of new trees.
The “Ant Forest”mini-program, a Hangzhou-based project from giant Chinese payments and lifestyle app Alipay, encourages users to make small, environmentally friendly 7.(decide) in their daily lives, such as cycling rather 8.driving to work, or recycling clothes. If users perform any carbon-reducing activities, they 9.(reward) with “green energy” points. If they accumulate enough virtual points,10. real tree will be planted. According to Ant Financial, more than 100 million trees have been planted, thanks to the low-carbon actions of 500 million individuals, roughly 5% of the world’s population.
One of Asia’s best-known tourist attractions is taking a major stand for animals.
Following the____from animal activist groups, Apsara, the management authority for the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, Cambodia announced in June 2019 it would____ elephant rides in early 2020. Now, the process has already_____.
Local outlet the Khmer Times reports that on November 15, two of the 14 elephants______ at the park, site of the______Angkor Wat temple, have been _____to the nearby Bos Thom community____ . Long Kosal, an Apsara press representative, told the Khmer Times that the remaining dozen_____would be relocated to the same forest by “early next year.” “The elephant is a big animal, but it is also_____and can be hurt easily. We don’t want to see the animals being used for tourism ____anymore,” Kosal said. “We want them to live in their natural surroundings.”
In 2016, an elephant named Sambo died at Angkor, drawing worldwide_____. Her death was_____a combination of heat stroke and_____from ferrying so many human beings around. Two years later, the World Wildlife Fund_____an in-depth report on the present situation of the Asian elephant, noting that the species ___had declined by 50% in just three generations.
According to Angkor Enterprise, which manages park admissions, the UNESCO-listed site is ____a decline in tourist numbers. Its ____report says 1.8 million foreign tourists____ passes to the temple complex from January to September—a 13.7% decline over the same 10-month period in 2018. While there‟s no predicting whether Cambodia‟s ban on Angkor elephant rides will ___visitor numbers, it comes at a time when more and more_____ and tourism organizations around the world have moved to eliminate animal-related attractions.
1.A.steps B.pressure C.example D.trend
2.A.continue B.improve C.ban D.reform
3.A.stopped B.undertaken C.established D.begun
4.A.currently B.permanently C.steadily D.compulsorily
5.A.famous B.shabby C.typical D.remote
6.A.lent B.contributed C.sent D.submitted
7.A.clinic B.forest C.circus D.zoo
8.A.participants B.pets C.performers D.animals
9.A.gentle B.dangerous C.strong D.interesting
10.A.routine B.facility C.activities D.accommodation
11.A.attention B.donation C.respect D.sympathy
12.A.come from B.accused of C.led to D.blamed on
13.A.consumption B.exhaustion C.annoyance D.absorption
14.A.leaked B.claimed C.published D.investigated
15.A.popularity B.existence C.presentation D.population
16.A.solving B.facing C.emphasizing D.revealing
17.A.longest B.widest C.latest D.biggest
18.A.refused B.bought C.entered D.paid
19.A.compensate B.switch C.corrupt D.impact
20.A.volunteers B.employees C.travelers D.enthusiasts
