What is the weather like now?
A.Rainy. B.Warm. C.Sunny.
下面图片描绘了中国成语“凿壁借光”的故事，请按要求写一篇词数为100字左右的短文。
内容要求：
1. 描述画面情景。
2. 分析故事中的寓意。
参考词汇 寓意 moral n.
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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.
