假定你是李华，你对《纽约时报》（New York Time）上一则某外语培训中心招聘中文教师的广告非常感兴趣，请你就下列自荐理由的要点给该培训中心写一份自荐信。内容如下：
1. 母语是普通话 （Mandarin），能讲标准的普通话；
2. 英语学习多年掌握得很好；
3. 热爱教学，以前有教学经验；
4. 性格外向热情。
注意：1.词数80字左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
（外语培训中心：Foreign Language Training Center）
Dear Sir or Madam,
In answer to your advertisement in the New York Times, I would like to
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Once hired, I would be be very happy and I would devoted myself to the job. Your consideration about my application would be highly appreciated.
Your sincerely,
Li Hua
单词填空
1.The ____________(现代的) Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens.
2.Many expressions that people no longer use are being d____________from the new dictionary, and some new words are being added to it.
3.He had suffered from headaches for a long time, so the doctor r___________him to take a vacation.
4.As you know, sales of our Snowman ice cream have ___________(成倍增长) since we gave it a new package.
5.When it comes to advertisements, we must use our i___________ and not be a slave to them.
6.It’s hard to imagine how this peaceful volcano ___________(毁灭) the whole city.
7.The __________(简化的) version of the book differs from the original greatly.
8.Old English is very different from the English we speak n____________.
9.C_______________ to what many people might assume, evidence shows that sharks seldom attack humans.
10.The team p__________ when they realized they were lost.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese 1.(dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners 2. come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap 3. can be to eat out. I still remember 4. (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I 5.(shock) when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.
While regularly eating out seems to 6.(become) common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be 7.(afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even 8. (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in 9.(weigh) problems.
If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home 10. dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.
Social media and the mobile web have given rise to a strange phenomenon called the selfie(自拍). It refers to a picture of yourself, usually shared on any social networking website.
1.Some selfies are extreme close-ups(特写镜头), and others show part of an arm held straight outward. A few of them even feature the subject standing in front of a bathroom mirror.
Everyone takes selfies, but the younger crowd seems to be especially involved in the trend. Young people are relatively heavier digital users. They are interested in staying connected to their friends. 2..
There are also kinds of psychological (心理上的)actors driving people to take a selife and upload it to a social networking site. 3.. A quick and easy way to attract other’s attention is to get “likes” and comments from friends. Secondly, it’s human nature to show off your own great achievements. When you feel good about yourself or look good, it’s far too easy to take out your phone and document it all through one or several selfies. 4.That’s right. Sometimes people are bored at work, bored at school, bored at home and even bored on the toilet. Last but not least, social media is about being social. If that means uploading as many selfies as possible, then so it be. It’s fun, and it’s a cool way to sort of document your own life.
Finally, there are things to be mindful of when you’re posting. It’s easy to think you’re sharing a photo with a few people. 5.So don’t post anything online, selife especially.
A.There are lots of selfie styles.
B.The rise of selfies has become universal.
C.Social media, to some extent, is the driving force of their selife activity.
D.The desire to take, post and get “likes” on selfies goes back to a biological behavior.
E.But the whole world of social media is public and every individual can get access to it.
F.There are also people who will take selfies because they have nothing else better to do
G.The leading factor is that people want to get attention from as many people as possible.
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth on 7th February, 1812. His father, John Dickens, was a clerk in the Navy. In 1814 the Dickens family moved to London and two years later to Chatham in Kent. Charles attended a private school for a few years there until the family moved back to London in1822.
Two years later Charles’s father was sent to a debtors’ prison for not paying his bills. Charles was 12 years old at the time. The family had no money, so he had to leave school and get a job in a factory that made shoe polish. The conditions there were very bad and the workers were very poor. It was a completely different world from one Charles knew and he was often sad and lonely.
His father managed to leave the prison and Charles returned to school, but this experience had a great effect on him. He never forgot it and described it in several of his novels.
Great Expectations is usually described as a bildungsroman, a type of novel that was popular in Victorian times. Bildungsroman is a German word used for novels that show the psychological and moral development of the main character as he or she grows up. However, Great Expectations, like most of Charles Dickens’s novels, can not be so easily defined. It is also a story about love and passion, a mystery story and a story that comments on the society of the time.
Great Expectations is set on the marshes(湿地) of Kent and in London in the early to mid-1800s. The main character is a poor orphan boy called Pip, who lives with his old sister and her husband, Joe. One day he meets and falls in love with a rich girl called Estella. She laughs at him because he is a poor village boy and he starts to become unhappy with his life. A few years later he learns that he has a secret benefactor（捐助人）, who wants him to live the life of a gentleman. Now that he is rich, he thinks that he has a chance of winning Estella’s love. He leaves his village and goes to live London, where he makes new friends. He starts to feel ashamed of his home and his family, particularly Joe, who he treats unkindly. However, after many adventures he is finally able to recognize his mistakes.
Charles Dickens originally wrote a sad ending for Great Expectations but he decided to change it to a happier one because of a suggestion from one of his friends. Most books today contain the new ending but there are some that also include the original one.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is Wrong about Dickens?
A.Financial difficulties forced the Dickens family to move to London.
B.He was left to take care of himself at 12 when his father was put into a debtor’s prison.
C.He had a little primary education and lived a sad and painful life.
D.Great Expectations was based on much of Dickens’ personal experience.
2.What does the underlined word “Bildungsroman” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.a process of maturation(成熟) and self-discovery.
B.a process of becoming independent.
C.a process of physical and mental development.
D.a change from selfishness to love and passion.
3.What will Pip’s relationship with Joe be possibly like at the end of the story?
A.Pip will become more ashamed of his family and less kind to Joe.
B.Pip will be grateful to Joe and reward him.
C.Pip will be kind and friendly to Joe.
D.Pip will be cold and distant with Joe.
4.Pip realizes what is the most important thing in life at the end of the story?
A.wealth and social status.
B.love and loyalty.
C.lifelong ambition and successful careers.
D.great expectations and wildest dreams.
Many kids help out around the house with chores such as emptying the dishwasher, putting laundry away, and taking out the trash. In exchange, some kids get allowances or other rewards such as extra computer time.
But some people do not think that kids should get rewards for doing chores. Susie Walton, a parenting educator and family coach, believes that by rewarding kids, parents are sending a message that work isn’t worth doing unless you get something in return. ’’Running any kind of household is a team effort, Susie said. "A home is a living space for everyone in the family. It’s important for kids to see that we all have responsibilities in the house, and that families decide together how they want their home to look, and how they are going to keep it looking like everyone wants it to look.”
Other people believe that getting a cash allowance or other rewards motivates kids to do chores, and it also teaches them real world lessons about how we need to work to earn money. There are also new applications that give kids points and digital gifts that can be redeemed (兑取) either online or in the real world. With the ChoreMonster app, kids earn digital points by completing chores that they can turn in for real-life rewards such as extra Xbox time or a trip to the mall. “Our goal is to encourage kids to earn rewards,’’ says Chris Bergman, founder of ChoreMonster. “Kids need positive reinforcement to help motivate them."
What do you think? Should kids be rewarded for doing chores? Or should kids help out around their homes without getting anything in return?
Write a 200-word response. Send it to tfkasks4you@timeforkids.com. Your response may be published in a future issue of Time For Kids. Please include your grade and contact information of your parent or teacher if you want your response to be published. The deadline for responding is February 18.
1.How does the author start the passage?
A.By presenting some facts.
B.By listing some evidence.
C.By comparing different views.
D.By stating his own experiences.
2.According to Susie Walton, .
A.kids should be rewarded for doing chores
B.parents decide what kids can do for the family
C.kids have the responsibility to share housework
D.kids can get extra computer time for doing chores
3.Paragraph 3 is mainly about .
A.Chris Bergman’s opinion on raising kids
B.main reasons why kids need encouragement
C.how to motivate kids to try new applications
D.the advantage of rewarding kids for doing chores
4.The purpose of writing the text is to .
A.invite readers to express their opinions
B.inform readers of two different opinions
C.call on readers to reflect on their behavior
D.present the author's viewpoint about parenting
