假定你是李华，是伦敦孔子学院的一名助教。按照学院安排，你近期要开设一门线上课 程，介绍中国沙画文化。请你写一封email,邀请你的学生们报名参加。内容包括：
1.课程的安排；2.报名方式；3.希望学生们都参加。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：Confucius Institute孔子学院sand painting 沙画
Dear students,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
If you come across an 85-year-old woman walking slowly with a walker in the Children's Hospital of Soochow University, don't take her 1. a patient. Instead she is a doctor, 2. still insists on working in the hospital.
Sheng Jinyun, born in 1935, a famous expert in pediatric asthma (儿科哮喘)，3. (treat) about 30,000 patients suffering asthma so far. She is known as "the 4. (much) beautiful grandma doctor" by others. However, she still sees 40 patients every day. Sheng has always stuck to her post though she had two bones 5. (break) in a fall a month ago.
So now she can only walk with the help of a walker. Others don't understand her. In their eyes, she 6. (expect) to live a peaceful life in this old age. But she wants to cure more 7.(child).
One of Sheng's most 8. (impress) experiences happened in her 50s. She saw 146 patients from 7:45 am to 9:45 pm that day, eating nothing except some milk. Though 9. (award) the "lifelong achievement physician in pediatrics", Sheng seems not proud at all. She said it was her goal to be a diligent person 10. good doctor.
What is a true winner? We may be very _______of Honda Motors.
In 1938, Soichiro Honda was still in school, when he started a little workshop. His plan was to sell piston rings （活塞环）to Toyota. He _______ night and day, believing he could _______ his design and produce a worthy product. Then, came the day he took a sample to Toyota, _______ to be told that the rings did not _______ their standards!
However, he refused to give up. _______ focus on his failure, he continued working towards his goal. After two more years of _______, he won a contract with Toyota. By then, Soichiro Honda needed to build a factory to supply Toyota, but building materials were in short supply.
Again he would not _______! He invented a _______ process that enabled him to build the factory. But ________ , an earthquake destroyed the factory.
Was he ________ to give up now? No! Soichiro Honda wrote to 18, 000 bicycles shop owners and asked them to help him. 5, 000 responded and ________ him what little money they could to build his tiny bicycle engines. ________ gradually the company got great success.
Honda succeeded because one man made a truly committed decision, ________ it, and made adjustments ________ a continuous basis.
1.A.envious B.familiar C.aware D.fond
2.A.thought B.prayed C.slept D.labored
3.A.perfect B.start C.win D.admire
4.A.only B.still C.even D.simply
5.A.meet B.improve C.update D.apply
6.A.In order to B.Or else C.Other than D.Rather than
7.A.silence B.explanation C.service D.struggle
8.A.agree B.suffer C.quit D.return
9.A.abnormal B.special C.responsible D.specific
10.A.eventually B.unfortunately C.surprisingly D.definitely
11.A.unwilling B.honest C.ready D.hopeful
12.A.begged B.promoted C.refused D.advanced
13.A.Or B.Otherwise C.And D.Yet
14.A.thought about B.acted on C.reflected on D.joined in
15.A.on B.in C.at D.with
A little battery puts out a little bit of electricity, so you can use it safely for your experiments. But the electricity that comes through the wires in your house or school is much more powerful. 1. .
Inside the walls where you live or study, there are big wires that carry electricity. When you plug in a light or radio or other electrical appliance, you are putting the light or radio in the path way of the electricity. You have heard adults warn, “ 2.，‘ Now do you know why? If you did, you would become part of the electrical path way.
3. The electrical current coming through the wires to the wall plug is so strong that it would hurt a lot if you stuck your finger in the plug. Put your finger in there and it could be you, rather than the light bulb, that becomes part of the electrical path way. And that would hurt!
What if you held a piece of metal, like a fork or knife, and stuck it into the wall plug? Don't do it. Why? It's because metals also conduct electricity. 4.
Don't touch any electrical appliance when you are wet. Can you think why? It's because water is a good conductor of electricity. When your hands are wet or when your body is in a bathtub full of water, the electricity could flow right through you and give you an awful shock, or even kill you.
Electricity is very useful, but it can be dangerous. 5.If so, electricity can better serve you, instead of hurting you.
A.Life is precious!
B.So stay away from wires.
C.Be careful, be safe and be smart.
D.And you would get a terrible shock!
E.Don't stick your finger into the wall plug.
F.Therefore, keep in mind some safety rules.
G.Your body is a pretty good conductor of electricity.
More than 40% of the insects around us could become extinct in next few decades. Simultaneously, the population of the adaptable and general species like that of houseflies, cockroaches and fleas is likely to bloom.
Although some species of insects are vectors (带菌者)of serious diseases, or others destroy crop, but a world without insects is inconceivable. Their importance in interconnected ecosystems and food chains can never be undermined. Insects have essential roles in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems as herbivores, carnivores and decomposers.
There are 17 times as many insects as humans, and these numbers are essential for proper functioning of all ecosystems. Insects are responsible for pollinating around 75% of the crops in the world and also serve as food for other creatures. They replenish soils and keep the number of pests in check.
The primary cause of this extinction is loss of habitat. Be it the grasslands or wetlands, everything is vanishing in man's quest towards intensive agriculture and urbanization.
Another cause of this decline is the excessive use of pesticides, fertilizers and introduced invasive species. As if this wasn't enough, climate change and pollution of all sorts have already started worsening their lives. Climate change may also cause emergence of new pests and other vector-borne insects.
The biggest threat of Insect Armageddon comes from Germany, where 75% of insect population have declined in just 30 years and from Puerto Rico, where due to 2 degree rise in temperature, there has been 60 fold decline in invertebrate (无脊椎的)population since the 1970s.
However, the fact that insects getting extinct is a global crisis is undisputed. But the neat thing about insects is, we all can do our bit to save them. We all can maintain pesticide-free kitchen gardens and organic farms. We can plant flowers and trees and invite them to nest again.
Maybe this tragedy would have never arisen in the first place and you would not have to read this article, if the world had stopped using all kinds of pesticides immediately after Rachel Carson had published the Silent Spring. Conserving the insect biodiversity is not our responsibility. It is a necessity because if they go, so will we.
1.Why can't we stand a world without insects?
A.For their parts in global ecology.
B.For their longer history than humans'.
C.For their shockingly large population.
D.For the appearance of new insect species.
2.What does the underlined word '"undisputed" in Paragraph 7 mean?
A.Possible. B.Doubtless
C.Exact D.Flexible.
3.Which of the following may best explain the extinction of insect species?
A.Climate change.
B.Human activities.
C.The abuse of chemicals.
D.The agriculture.
4.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A.Calling on us to do something to save insects.
B.Introducing the urgent situation insects are facing.
C.Presenting us ways to handle the global crises.
D.Treating differently beneficial and harmful insects.
Recent years have witnessed the growth of luxury(奢侈品) brands. It's clear that a new generation of young, materialistic people is increasingly relying on luxury brands to improve its self-image.
I am a fashionista too, at least in spirit —I love to look at clothes and shoes. But I don't understand why people spend lots of money on designer labels. When a young woman buys a handbag that costs two months of her salary, that's a scary thing.
What's interesting is that scientists have found that having luxury things doesn't lead to happiness.
Study after study has shown that although we want material things, when we get them we don't suddenly become "happy" people. In fact, a series of studies have shown that individuals who spend money on travel and similar experiences get more pleasure than those on material things. That's because experiences are more easily integrated into a person's identity. If I travel to Yunnan, that adventure affects how I think in the future. My memories become a part of me. Moreover, as Van Boven has observed, young people who pursue happiness through “things" are liked less by their peers. People prefer those who pursue happiness through experiences.
It's natural to want to express yourself through your appearance. So my advice is: create a look that isn't tied to a designer label. Convey your own message. Take some lessons from the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. He was always in Levis jeans and a black turtleneck. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, routinely appears in hoodies and sneakers. These people, successful people, have style.
You don't have to break the bank to send a message about who you are. Take a trip. Go out into the world. Then come back and confidently create your own signature look.
1.What's the author's attitude towards luxury consumption?
A.Favorable. B.Negative. C.Positive. D.Unconcerned.
2.What's the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A.Material things can't bring about joy. B.Experiences sink into personality.
C.It's better to invest in experiences. D.Others' preference is of importance.
3.Why are Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg mentioned in the text?
A.To honor the two successes. B.To advocate their experience.
C.To support the author's argument. D.To inspire young people's ambition.
4.What is the underlined sentence intended to express?
A.Do mind your financial security. B.Do try to make more money.
C.Don't rob a bank for luxuries. D.Don't spend much on your image
