Global warming does more than just kill plant species-it also changes the way plants grow. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) joined forces with the Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry (IPB) to discover the molecular processes of plant growth. In Current Biology, a scientific journal, they presented their findings on high-temperature plant growth. This could lead to developing plants that can survive global warming.

Plants react to even small temperature changes, but they are unable to move to new locations. “When temperatures rise, plants grow taller... to cool themselves off. Their stalks become taller, and their leaves become narrower and grow farther apart. Yet, this makes the plant more unstable overall,” explains Professor Marcel Quint, an agricultural scientist at MLU. Unstable plants bend faster in the rain and produce less food that’s also less nutritious.

There’s still lots to learn about plant reactions to temperatures. “We are just starting to understand how plants detect the changes in temperature...,” Quint says. Earlier studies have shown that the protein PIF4 directly controls plant growth and is also dependent on temperature. When it’s cold, PIF4 is less active, meaning the plant doesn’t grow. At higher temperatures, PIF4 activates growth-promoting genes, and the plant grows taller. This is new information, says Quint.

To understand it, they investigated the growth of thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana,) seedlings. Normally, its seedlings form short stems at 20℃. These stems become considerably longer at 28℃. They discovered a hormone  that activates the PIF4 at high temperatures, thus producing the protein. The findings of the Halle group may help to breed plants that remain stable even at high temperatures and produce many crops.

1.Why did the researchers at MLU and IPB conduct their research?

A.To study the negative effects of global warming.

B.To find out how plants help reduce global warming.

C.To observe how global warming affects plant growth.

D.To understand the ways that plants cause global warming.

2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A.Low temperatures have little impact on plants.

B.Plants prefer dry weather to rainy weather.

C.Plants are very sensitive to changes in soil.

D.High temperatures decrease crop production.

3.What do we know about PIF4?

A.It mainly exists in the cress seedlings.

B.It works differently at different temperatures.

C.It is a kind of gene that controls plant growth.

D.It is a plant hormone that works at high temperatures.

4.Who will probably benefit most from the findings?

A.Farmers. B.Botanists.

C.Researchers. D.Environmentalists.

Teen & Adult Activities

Yoga-Fundamentals

Teen, Adult & Senior

Min/Max: 4/20

June 4-June 25 Mon 11:00-12:00 pm $30

Instructor: Laurie McElroy

If you are curious about yoga and would like to learn the basics in a non-threatening, nurturing environment, this class is for you. Gain confidence in the basic poses and salutations. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a sticky yoga mat.

Laugh Yourself Happy!

Adult & Senior

Min/Max: 1/30

June 4-June 11 Mon 9:30-10:30 am $20

July 23-August 6 Mon 10:30-11:30 am $30

Instructor: Chele Howell

Come experience the healing benefits of laughing together! Join us for an hour of laughter & deep breathing, music & movement, affirmations, meditation and more! Interactive classes filled with fun, creativity and living in the moment offer a way to reconnect, center and upgrade your mindset. Take home a new tool to help you relax and unwind, deal with everyday stresses, negative thinking, aches and pains and experience greater clarity, well-being and joyfulness! Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, or towel to lie on for meditation.

Line Dancing-Intermediate

Ages 18 & Up

Min/Max: 8/30

June 3-June 24 Sun 4:30-5:30 pm $20

July1-July 29 Sun 4:30-5:30 pm $25

Aug5-Aug 26 Sun 4:30-5:30 pm $20

Instructor: Randy Lattimer

If you know the basic patterns and steps to line dancing, if you have mastered syncopation and are ready to move into phrasing and longer patterns with restarts and tags, then you are ready to join us in our intermediate level line dance class. So bring your talent and join in. We will see you in our next class. Students under 18 will be accepted with parental consent.

Teen Acrylic Painting

Ages 11-16

Min/Max: 4/8

July 30-July 31 Mon/Tue 12:30-3:00 pm $50

Instructor: Taylor Gosney

Anyone can learn to paint! This class encourages students to explore the medium of acrylic painting through a variety of techniques emphasizing concepts of shape, volume and color. This class is designed to encourage confidence and creative expression through paint.

1.Which activity will be held even if there is only one member?

A.Teen Acrylic Painting. B.Line Dancing-Intermediate.

C.Yoga-Fundamentals. D.Laugh Yourself Happy!

2.If a pair of twins learns line dancing in July, they should pay ________.

A.$40 B.$50

C.$60 D.$100

3.What do we know about Teen Acrylic Painting?

A.It is designed for senior people.

B.It encourages students to relax and unwind.

C.It lasts 2.5 hours for each lesson.

D.It has space for at least 8 members.

假如你是李华，暑假期间准备和父母一起去云南旅游，你想选择自助游，而你父母想随团出行。得知你的英国笔友Michael去年到过云南，请你根据以下内容给他写一封邮件：

1. 描述分歧和各自的理由；

2. 询问他的建议。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：自助游：independent travel 随团游 package tour

Dear Michael,

How is everything going?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

短文改错

One evening after work, I found a beautiful little fox with a injured leg. He was like a Disney fox. Then I feed her some fish. A couple of weeks later, the fox was back, much better and had often come ever since. She was comfortable enough to come really close me. She allowed me to take photo of her, the best of them I posted on social media. Soon after, she took her cubs together to visit to me, which was really unexpected. It’s amazing to have this connection with something so wildly in this busy city, but happily the loving fox still keeps turning up.

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。

After five decades since it created a new way people 1. (obtain) and used cash, the world’s first ATM (automated teller machine) was turned into gold for celebrations of its 2. (fifty) anniversary. The invention of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron, 3. first ATM was opened on June 27, 1967 at a branch of Barclays bank in Enfield, north London.

English actor Reg Varney, 4. starred in the British TV comedy show On The Buses, was the first person 5. (take) cash from the new machine. Now there are an estimated three million cash machines across the globe 6. some 70,000 cash machines in the UK alone which operated 175 billion pounds in 2016. The world’s most northerly machine is at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 7. the most southerly is located at the McMurdo station at the South Pole.

To celebrate the anniversary, Barclays transformed the ATM at its Enfield branch into gold, and placed a red carpet in front for its 8. (user). “Even though recent years 9. (see) a huge increase of digital banking and card payments, cash 10. (remain) an important part of most people’s day-to-day lives.” said Raheel Ahmed, Head of Customer Experience and Channels at Barclays.

My Perfect Imperfect Life

A few years ago, I was standing at the barre (扶手杠) waiting for my adult ballet class when I heard a voice behind me. “So, do you have this perfect life?”

My first reaction was to _______ who was being asked such an odd question. Then I remembered there were only two of us in the room. When I turned _______, the other woman was looking straight at me.

I had no idea how to answer it. Was she _______? Who has a perfect life? Sure, occasionally I did find the perfect dress or the perfect pair of shoes, _______ never would I use that word to describe anything about me or my life. I felt a twinge of guilt for somehow giving her that _______.

She watched me. I finally _______ to whisper a quick “No”.

By then, the teacher had entered the room and turned on the music to start class. With a sigh of _________, I moved my feet into the best position. But as soon as my knees bent for our first pose, I realized my _______ had been disturbed. This woman’s words wouldn’t _______ echoing in my thoughts.

I wanted to know how she came up with her very mistaken _______. If she knew anything about my life, she never would have had the _______ to ask me that question.

I did my best to do our floor exercises in front of the mirror. For a few moments, I didn’t see the usual _______ of my older self attempting to use a beautiful art form to _______ my gracefulness. I only saw the little girl whose father died when she was two, the child who walked home from elementary school every day to an empty house, who learned to sew her own clothes to _______ money.

Perfect. My life had been far from it.

When those memories ________, I was left with a vision of the woman I had become, the woman _______ by all those things I considered imperfect. I now saw the woman who had learned to be self-reliant, who _______ her family and her friends, who didn’t take life for granted. Was that the “perfect” this woman had detected?

I still don’t know, but I no longer feel _______ or feel like I must keep track of all the difficult times to prove my life isn’t _______. If ever again asked whether my life is perfect, I would have a different _______. Because now I see that, despite all its imperfection, it is.

1.A.notice B.understand C.wonder D.expect

2.A.up B.away C.over D.around

3.A.fair B.serious C.anxious D.wise

4.A.but B.or C.for D.and

5.A.intention B.instruction C.impression D.information

6.A.learned B.managed C.agreed D.planned

7.A.sadness B.surprise C.pleasure D.relief

8.A.concentration B.patience C.confidence D.effort

9.A.escape B.keep C.stop D.stand

10.A.idea B.advice C.reason D.theory

11.A.right B.urge C.excuse D.honor

12.A.reflection B.preference C.appearance D.expression

13.A.experience B.describe C.replace D.improve

14.A.collect B.earn C.spend D.save

15.A.faded B.failed C.floated D.flashed

16.A.buried B.shaped C.watched D.followed

17.A.changed B.welcomed C.valued D.protected

18.A.worried B.guilty C.cautious D.desperate

19.A.comfortable B.ordinary C.perfect D.meaningful

20.A.solution B.message C.approach D.answer

    Sleep has become a big deal in working life. Thanks to high-profile figures including Arianna Huffington, sleeping is no longer seen as a sign of weakness among competitive colleagues.

1.A US study has found that in areas where the sun sets earlier, people sleep longer — and this translates into higher earnings. In the long term, just one extra hour of sleep a week increases wages by 4.9%. 2.But don’t move house — the higher wages correspond almost exactly with higher house prices. Actually, if you want to sleep more, there are better ways to do it than moving house — just buy better curtains.

3.Each extra hour of sleep should be taken away from working time. So how can sleeping earn you money? The answer is productivity. The biggest effects come through employees who work on commission. If you go to work well rested, you are livelier and happier, and can sell more to increase your earnings.

Even small amounts of sleep deprivation (缺乏) can have large effects. Another study found that sleeping six hours a night for two weeks produced the same results in cognitive tests as being totally sleep-deprived for up to two days straight. 4.If you struggle to get eight hours of sleep a night, a siesta（午休）can have a “reset” effect, and your productivity improves afterward.

Lack of sleep has already been shown to be worse for productivity than being overweight or underweight. So, why are you still reading this? 5.

A.You should go back to bed.

B.But a mid-afternoon nap can help.

C.Therefore, you should get enough sleep.

D.This goes against conventional economics.

E.Research shows that more sleep can lead to us earning more money.

F.So if you live in an area that gets darker earlier, you should be richer.

G.You are supposed to get down to business as quickly as possible.

    Want to get your package delivered via robots? Now there’s an app for that. If you live in Washington D. C. , or Redwood, you may have glimpsed a small, boxy robot rolling along a local sidewalk, minding its own business, but attracting the attention of many curious onlookers.

The autonomous machines were part of a pilot program last year by Starship Technologies focusing on delivering meals from local restaurants in dozens of cities around the world. This week, the company unveiled plans to broaden its delivery service beyond food to include package, a move that led it to declare itself “the world’s first robot package delivery service”. The next time you order food, this cute robot might roll up to deliver it. The package delivery service is not available to everyone yet.

The wheeled robots have a top speed of 4mph and can detect obstacles from 30 feet away. “The robot can operate through anything,” Nick Handrick, head of operations for Starship’s D.C. office, said. “ If you had something in the way — a stick — it’s able to climb sticks.”

To sign up for the service, which costs a little more than $ 10 per month, customers need to download the company’s app. Customers then create a “Starship Delivery Address”, a unique address inside a Starship facility, where they can have package sent from places such as Amazon.com. Once a package is delivered to the Starship address, customers receive a text notification that allows them to schedule a home delivery via robot. The robots are opened by customers via a mobile phone code.

Barriers exist for robotic ground delivery, with many states requiring that humans be in control of delivery robots. Those regulations haven’t stopped Starship Technologies from accumulating experience on streets around the globe ahead of the company’s latest launch. The company says its robots have covered more than 125,000 miles in more than 100 cities in 20 countries.

1.What can we know about the robotic delivery?

A.It is part of a trial project by Starship Technologies.

B.You can use the service free of charge via smart phones.

C.The robots are opened by customers with a text notification.

D.The robotic delivery is available to everyone at present.

2.What does the underlined word “unveiled” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Revised B.Released

C.Restored D.Reset

3.What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A.The good news of the service.

B.The disadvantages of the robotic delivery.

C.How the robotic delivery works.

D.Robotic delivery develops despite challenges.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.A New Robot Was Invented B.Wheelless Robots Are on the Way

C.How Robots Deliver Packages D.Packages Will Be Delivered by Robots

    We all have one shirt in the closet that we don’t want to get rid of, yet keeping around because we can’t bear to just throw it in the garbage. We don’t wear it anymore. Being a little out of style, your old T-shirt needs a new home where it can be appreciated. One city in Toronto has started a project to give it one.

Earlier this year the Toronto suburbs of Markham introduced a new program encouraging its residents and residents of nearby suburbs to donate their old unwanted clothing. The program is exceptional because unlike most of those second-hand stores, they are accepting old clothing that isn’t quite in perfect condition. It is breathing new life into these typically-trashed items. Contrary to common belief, textiles（纺织品）are not only used for clothing, and these items are being re-purposed in a variety of interesting ways.

The city has set up many different donation centers around the suburbs and residents are encouraged to donate any unwanted textiles they happen to have lying around their house. It’s volunteers’ duty to divide the donations into different sorts. Those items in usable and good condition are donated to local homeless shelters and other aid centers. Those which are not are shipped off to be used for industrial purposes. Only when there is no more industrial need for fabric and textiles will they begin to use their last place — a landfill outside the city.

The program isn’t the city’s only green initiative (倡议). It has already had one of Canada and the world’s largest solar panels, and it is said that they are steadily working towards a shift to 100% renewable energy. The city also has subsidized (补助) farmers’ markets and over 125 miles of bike paths. As a result, Markham also has a much lower rate of obesity than other Canadian cities. Now, it’s working towards another goal — 100% recycling of unwanted textiles.

1.What does the underlined word “one” in paragraph refer to?

A.A shirt. B.A city.

C.A home. D.A closet.

2.What do the volunteers do with the unwanted clothing?

A.Sell them in good condition. B.Sort through the donations.

C.Share them with poor kids. D.Send them for industrial use.

3.What does the author want to say in the last paragraph?

A.The city has been the best place to live in Canada.

B.The program is more successful than expected.

C.The citizens have fallen in love with the city.

D.The city is working hard to be a green one.

4.What is the main idea of this text?

A.One Canadian city is giving old clothing a new life.

B.Old clothes are becoming more useful in Canada.

C.Rubbish has been put into wide use in Canada.

D.Donation centers become popular in Canada.

It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them, often without noticing what we're doing.

I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said “I’ll pencil it in my diary”, and my friend said “You can ink it in”, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!

Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax. We all got used to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we'd fax it immediately. Then along came email, and we were soon all emailing each other madly. How did we do without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.

Email reminds me, of course, of my computer and its software, which has produced another couple of new verbs. On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I'll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don't bookmark; I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb comes from an adjective not a noun.

Now my children bought me a mobile phone, known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs. I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message for them on their phone. Or I can text them, write a few words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven’t heard that verb yet, but I’m sure I will soon. Perhaps I’ll start using it myself!

1.“I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means         .

A.it was a firm arrangement

B.he prefers a pencil to a pen

C.the arrangement should be written as a diary

D.it was an uncertain arrangement

2.A website address can be easily found if it has been______.

A.favorited B.messaged C.emailed D.texted

3.Which of the following has not been used as a verb yet?

A.message B.mobile C.email D.page

4.The best title for this passage is____.

A.Technology and Language.

B.Development of the English language

C.New Technology and New words

D.New Verbs from Nouns

    Have you always dreamed of speaking another language? Travelling to Italy and striking up a conversation with the locals? Surprising your friends by ordering dinner in perfect French? Would you like to get a leg up at work by speaking Spanish — or even Mandarin Chinese?

With the Pimsleur Method, you’ll be able to learn any language you want as you go about your day. You can learn on your way to work, or while you’re out running tasks, cooking dinner, walking the dog and so on in just 30 minutes a day. In fact, Pimsleur’s scientifically-proven method is so powerful that you’ll actually start speaking a new language after a few lessons.

How is it possible? 50 years ago, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, a linguistics (语言学) professor and researcher at Ohio State University and UCLA, discovered that the best way to effectively acquire a new language is by hearing the language used in everyday situations and using it so it easily sticks in your mind.

The Pimsleur Method develops your natural ability to listen so you can:

·Understand what you hear.

·Respond easily and naturally.

·Pronounce words with a near-native accent.

·Amaze friends and family.

There is nothing more exciting or enjoyable than speaking a new language.

Click here now to try Pimsleur’s Revolutionary Method Free for One Week and you can:

·Enjoy your international travels on a completely different level.

·Take a first step to get a leg up at work.

·Easily build a close relationship with people from other countries.

·Put colleagues or customers at ease by speaking to them in their languages.

·Impress friends by chatting with the waiter in Italian.

·Surprise foreign friends or family by conversing with them in their languages.

1.For a learner, what is the Pimsleur Method meant to develop?

A.Writing and speaking B.Listening and writing

C.Listening and speaking D.Reading and speaking

2.What can you achieve by trying the method for free?

A.You can better enjoy your international travels.

B.You can reach the highest foreign language level.

C.You can speak with foreign friends with native accents.

D.You can improve your translation and respond effectively.

3.What’s the main purpose of the text?

A.To introduce Paul Pimsleur and his method.

B.To explain the importance of foreign languages.

C.To persuade readers to learn foreign languages.

D.To advertise a method of learning foreign languages.

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"Mrs. Krycia, that song...it’s about me. I am the bully. Please, can you help me stop?" The class had already been dismissed for lunch, and I was puzzled about why Tommy had made sure he was at the end of the line when he usually jumped up to push his way to the front. Approaching me with a great deal of obvious discomfort, Tommy looked up at me with pleading eyes. I could not believe my ears!

I was teaching a fifth grade class at the request of the teacher who was at her wits’ end with the bullying behavior in her classroom—Room 7. I had just played a song called "Don’t Laugh at Me". The lyrics really could have been written with this boy in mind. The song described a variety of people who had been bullied and how much it hurt.

Tommy laughed at everyone. He was loud and obnoxious(可恶至极的) about it. He would stand up, point, and loudly say something insulting regarding the person’s behavior. It could have been as simple as someone misspelling a word in class, or tripping, or perhaps asking a question he considered stupid. "Ha ha!" he would laugh and point at John. “You are so stupid!” John would hang his head and shuffle his feet. Across the room, Scott would be crying; he couldn’t stand conflict. Scot spent a good deal of time crying. Everyone ignored him. Tommy got the attention, and he was, by all definitions, quickly earning the title of class bully. The behavior was appealing. The other boys had picked up on it, and now it seemed that the boys in Room 7 were competing for the title of "class thug(恶棍)." Tommy was not a big boy, but he walked big. His fists were always clenched, and his posture said, "I’ll get you if you mess with me." He was eleven years and appeared to be headed for big trouble.

Perhaps it was not until that moment that Tommy recognized the effect his behavior could potentially have on others. Perhaps he had already noticed that he was being mean and searching for a way to change. Either way, here was my golden opportunity to do something with him. I asked the teacher if I could take Tommy and other boys she considered to be the biggest troublemakers and meet with them twice a week. She felt thrilled. So I began meeting with the boys and asked them each to make one small, obtained goal-something they could achieve in a week’s time. Tommy’s goal was to stop laughing and pointing at people. He was to make a mark on a piece of masking tape(胶带纸) we had applied to his desk every time he noticed himself pointing and laughing. I was hopeful.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

Several weeks passed, I checked in to the classroom and noticed a change.

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Paragraph 2:

I was so proud of Tommy that I knew never again would anyone mistake this boy for a bully! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

假定你是李华，想邀请你校交换生Jonah 一起参加你校“中国文化节”活动。请你用英语给Jonah写一封邀请信，内容包括：

1. 活动时间和地点；

2. 活动内容；

3. 活动目的。

注意：1. 词数80词左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold 1.(wrap) paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated（激怒）when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

2., the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is 3.you, Daddy.” He was embarrassed by his 4.(early）overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He yelled at her, “Don't you know that 5.you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside 6.?”

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy.” The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he 7.(beg) for her forgiveness.

It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out 8. imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as humans 9.(give) a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family. There is no more precious possession 10.anyone could hold.

    Everyone in business has been told that success is all about attracting and retaining (留住) customers. It sounds _______and achievable. But, _______, words of wisdom are soon forgotten. Once companies have attracted customers they often _______ the second half of the story. In the excitement of beating off the competition, negotiating prices, securing orders, and delivering the product, managers tend to become _______. They forget what they regard as the boring side of business—_______ that the customer remains a customer.

_______ to concentrate on retaining as well as attracting customers costs business huge amounts of money annually. It has been estimated that the average company loses between 10 and 30 percent of its customers every year. In constantly changing _______, this is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that few companies have any _______ how many customers they have lost.

Only now are organizations beginning to wake up to those lost opportunities and calculate the _______implications. Cutting down the number of customers a company loses can make a big ________ in its performance. Research in the US found that a five percent decrease in the number of defecting (流失的) customers led to ________ increases of between 25 and 85 percent.

In the US, Domino’s Pizza estimates that a ________customer is worth more than $5,000 over ten years. A customer who receives a poor quality product or service on their first visit and ________ never returns, is losing the company thousands of dollars in ________ profits (more if you consider how many people they are likely to tell about their bad experience).

The logic behind cultivating customer ________ is impossible to deny. “In practice most companies’ marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention paid to ________ them”, says Adrian Payne of Cornfield University’ School of Management. “Research suggests that there is a ________ relationship between retaining customers and making profits. ________ customers tend to buy more, are predictable and usually cost less to service than new customers. Furthermore, they tend to be less price ________, and may provide free word-of-mouth advertising. Retaining customers also makes it ________ for competitors to enter a market or increase their share of a market.

1.A.simple B.difficult C.tough D.complicated

2.A.in particular B.in reality C.at least D.first of all

3.A.emphasize B.doubt C.overlook D.believe

4.A.carried away B.carried back C.carried on D.carried through

5.A.denying B.ensuring C.arguing D.proving

6.A.Moving B.Hoping C.Starting D.Failing

7.A.markets B.tastes C.prices D.expenses

8.A.thought B.idea C.opinion D.view

9.A.culture B.social C.financial D.economical

10.A.promise B.plan C.mistake D.difference

11.A.cost B.opportunity C.profit D.budget

12.A.usual B.ordinary C.common D.regular

13.A.as a result B.on the whole C.in conclusion D.on the contrary

14.A.huge B.potential C.extra D.reasonable

15.A.beliefs B.loyalty C.habits D.interest

16.A.altering B.understanding C.keeping D.attracting

17.A.close B.distant C.deep D.shallow

18.A.Assumed B.Respected C.Established D.Unexpected

19.A.agreeable B.flexible C.friendly D.sensitive

20.A.unfair B.difficult C.essential D.convenient

    Along with the fun and festive winter holidays comes the long break from school — and the challenge of keeping kids happy and engaged with all that unstructured time. Apart from the special holiday events, kids could use a few other diversions, and parents could, too! 1..

1. Revisit old family games

Pick a few nights over winter break to let each family member pick an old favorite game that everyone can play together. Even if it’s a childhood game everyone thinks they’ve outgrown, the whole family will have fun just being silly and sharing memories together. 2..

2. Avoid cabin fever

Even when the temperatures plummet and the days are short, it can boost everyone’s spirits to get outside for a little while.

Bundle up and take a walk in the snow together. Look for holiday decorations on neighborhood houses, or bring neighbors homemade cookies.

3.

Plan a skating or sledding expedition.

3. 4.

If your kids love The Elf on the Shelf, you’re in luck — IHOP(R) partnered with The Elf on the Shelf(R) to create a magical limited-time menu, available now through January 1, 2020. On the way back to the North Pole, a few adventurous Scout Elves snuck into the IHOP kitchen to whip up special, elvish treats using signature ingredients and a little bit of elf magic. Enjoy your special treat or meal before or after you go sledding or skating for a perfect winter celebration with the family.

4. Enjoy a holiday lights tour

Some areas provide organized tours that you’ll need to purchase tickets for ahead of time,   5. For a more casual, impromptu lights tour with the family, check out your neighborhood online group or ask friends on social media for local neighborhoods that really go all out. Then you can just pile the kids in the car for a drive to enjoy holiday lights at your own pace.

A.Clear off a large table and gather a bunch of art and craft supplies for a major creativity marathon.

B.Pop some popcorn or whip up hot chocolate to enjoy while you play your kids’ -and your- favorite games.

C.Throw a few snowballs around or join forces to make a snowman.

D.Here are some ideas for you and your family to enjoy time off from school and hanging out together.

E.With a little creativity, you can find plenty of special ways to enjoy winter break together.

F.Celebrate a fun holiday meal together

G.and you may even get to enjoy viewing festive holiday lights from the back of a limousine.

    PARIS -- Students from the Chinese mainland scored the highest level in reading, science, and mathematics in the latest PISA global education test hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), results released on Tuesday showed. They are followed by students from Singapore and China's two special administrative regions -- Macao and Hong Kong. The top OECD countries were Estonia, Canada, Finland, and Ireland.

The OECD's PISA 2018 tested around 600,000 15-year-old students in 79 countries and economies on reading, science, and mathematics. The main focus was on reading, with most students doing the test on computers. Students from Beijing, Shanghai, provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, represented the Chinese mainland in this test. In reading, they scored significantly higher than their peers from other countries.

"Most countries, particularly in the developed world, have seen little improvement in their performances over the past decade, even though spending on schooling increased by 15 percent over the same period," said the OECD when releasing the results. "One in four students in OECD countries are unable to complete even the most basic reading tasks, meaning they are likely to struggle to find their way through life in an increasingly volatile, digital world," it added.

In science and math, around one in four students in OECD countries, on average, do not attain the basic level of science (22 percent) or math (24 percent). That means they cannot, for example, convert a price into a different currency. About one in six students (16.5 percent) in China's Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and one in seven in Singapore (13.8 percent), perform at the highest level in math, compared to only 2.4 percent in OECD countries.

As to equity in education, students performed better than the OECD average in 11 countries and economies, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Norway, and the United Kingdom, while the relationship between reading performance and socio-economic status was weakest. "This means that these countries have the most equitable systems where students can flourish, regardless of their background," said the OECD.

The test found that girls significantly outperformed boys in reading on average across OECD countries, by the equivalent of nearly a year of schooling.

1.What can be inferred from para.3-4?

A.Most of the OECD countries show little improvement in the test.

B.Students in OECD countries have difficulty in the increasingly volatile, digital world.

C.Students in OECD countries do not attain the basic level of reading.

D.Singapore students perform at the highest level in math.

2.What does the word “convert” in para.4 refer to?

A.identify B.transform

C.confirm D.exclaim

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.A test was carried out to find the smartest student.

B.The performance that the students showed in math in the test is worrying.

C.There is an urgent need to improve the equity in education.

D.Students from China did a good job in the PISA global educational test.

    The World Heritage application of the ancient Tea Horse Road, jointly carried out by China, Mongolia and Russia, will serve as an example for international cooperation, according to Sergey Kalashnikov, chairman of Russia International Cooperation Association.

The cooperation among China, Mongolia and Russia on this application process will not only promote the cultural and economic development of the countries, provinces, cities and counties along the ancient Tea Horse Road but also provide new perspectives for international cooperation on culture, technology and trade, Sergey said.

Sergey made the remarks at a forum on the application process which was held in the city of Wuyishan in East China's Fujian province on Sunday. Attendees of the forum include scholars from China, Mongolia and Russia, as well as representatives from cities along the road.

The ancient Tea Horse Road, which dates back to the 17th century, was a network of ancient trade routes that came into being after the Silk Road. Starting from the Wuyi Mountain, it passed through Chinese provinces including Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Hebei and Shanxi and Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and extended to Mongolia and Russia, stretching about 13,000 km and boosting the development of more than 200 cities along the way.

The heritage along the ancient Tea Horse Road includes ancient tea gardens, tea-making techniques, ports and intangible cultural heritage. The ancient Tea Horse Road was inscribed on the "World Heritage Tentative List in China" in March 2019.

1.The cooperation on the application will bring the following benefits EXCEPT:

A.Presenting the cultural development.

B.Promoting the economic development.

C.Developing new perspectives for international cooperation.

D.Providing new platform to strengthen friendship among the countries.

2.Which of the following statement is true?

A.The Silk Road can date back to the 17th century.

B.Wuyishan is where the Tea Horse Road started

C.The Tea Horse Road came into being before the Silk Road

D.There are about 200cities along the Tea Horse Road

3.What is the best title for the passage?

A.The Tea Horse Road.

B.The silk Road.

C.A successful cooperation.

D.The World Heritage application.

    In July, 2018, my mom asked me to accompany her to her 2019 school reunion in Malaysia. “I’d prefer to travel with you due to my bad eyes,” she said. “What do you think?” I was busy, but figured 2019 was ages away. “Sure!” I said, and forgot all about it.

Then, in June, my mom reminded me of my promise, but I’d totally forgotten about it by then. Did I have the time? Did I have the money? Did I have the will?

I’d walk into a fire for my mom, but we’re very different travelers. I usually travel alone with a backpack, whereas mom never travels alone, and takes so many carry-on bags that she looks like a Christmas tree. There was also the boredom. Mom’s childhood town is lovely, but we saw everything there years ago.

“Are you sure you need me to come with you?” I asked over the phone. Silence. Then Mom screamed at me not to worry about it and she wasn’t going any more. I screamed at her not to be silly; she screamed “Fine”; I screamed “Fine”. Then I felt bad and booked our flights and hotel immediately.

At first, it was fine. We drove past the apartment where she grew up, ate great food, then met her friends for yum cha (早茶). After a few days of this, however, I was bored. I’d grown tired of hearing the non-stop gossip about people I didn’t know. On the night of the reunion, I convinced mom to go by herself.

While she was out, I swam, caught up with work, and stared at the ceiling. When she came back, I was in a good mood. She was in an even better one, telling me about the reunion in ways that made me cry with laughter. All we’d needed was time apart.

The next day, as we shopped together, my mom laughed loudly as she pointed at a perfume (香水) bottle with the name “Si” on it – Si means faeces (粪便) in Cantonese. Mom put some of the perfume on, as we both cried with laughter.

She’ll never be the most well-matched person for me to travel with, but covered in Si, she reminded me that she’s definitely the funniest.

1.When the author’s mother first asked him to travel with her, he ______.

A.was so busy that he forgot to reply

B.agreed to the plan immediately

C.was worried that he wouldn’t have money

D.advised his mother not to go because of her bad eyes

2.During the first days of their journey, the author ______.

A.met his friends for yum cha happily

B.had several quarrels with his mother

C.was a good companion to his mother

D.regretted traveling together with his mother

3.What happened when the author and his mother separated for some time?

A.The author was happy but his mother was upset.

B.The author was bored but his mother enjoyed the reunion.

C.Both of them enjoyed the time apart.

D.They both decided to travel apart later on.

4.What is the key message the author intends to convey with this article?

A.It is boring to travel with parents.

B.It is important to make plans before traveling.

C.It is difficult to communicate with parents due to the generation gap.

D.It is possible to be happy with who you’re traveling with even if you’re different.

假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Tony是个电影迷，很喜欢中国古代民间故事，请你写一封邮件件他推荐原定于3月27日全球上映的迪士尼英文电影(花木兰} (Mulan), 简单介绍花木兰的故事和精神，并请他关注上映时间。

注意: 1. 词数100左右:

2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇: heroine 女英雄

Dear Tony,

How's everything going?

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Yours,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅沙及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个澜字符号(^)，并在下面写出该加的词。

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。

Dear Editor,

Having learned from the newspaper that you will hold the annually summer camp in our city, I can't wait to apply to join in one of your activity.

On the activities you've provided, the one about nursing appeal to me most. I have always dreamed of becoming nurse since my childhood. To begin with, I hope to gain a few more knowledge of nursing so that it can help me major in nursing when I attended college. Besides, learning more about nursing can help me take good care of my parents, which have been devoted to care for me as I grow up.

I would appreciate it if you accept my application. Looking forward to hearing it from you soon.

Yours,

Li Hua

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Qingming Festival is one of the 241.(tradition) Chinese solar terms, which falls on April 4th or 5th every year. As a culture, it is a time2.Chinese people visit the graves of their ancestors,3.(clean) the tombs and showing respect to the dead.

But this year, the day also included a national mourning, which offered people an opportunity 4.(remember) those who lot their lives the fight against the novel coronavirus. Starting at 10. m on April 4, Chinese people observed a three-minute silence to mourn the dead5.all national flags lowered to half-mast ( 旗杆) and horns wailing. This is the first time that China6.(hold) a national mourning due to a major public health emergency. China paused for three minutes，making the world see the unity and7.( strong) behind the 1. 4 billion Chinese people.

More than 3,300 lives were lost due to COVID-19 on the Chinese mainland. On April 3,14 people who died on8.frontline of fighting the virus were identified a the first martyrs (烈士). The national mourning makes people9.( deep) realize that the god results of fighting against COVID-19 don't come easily. Everyone should treasure life , and understand the significance of those hard10.( struggle).

    Betty retired from teaching. Her gray hair and increasing wrinkles added_______to her angelic(天使般的) face. Now and then, letters from her former students would come, and memories_______.

Betty came to the town as a new_______in a Sunday school. Before her, several teachers couldn’t_______disrespect from the children and had to quit. Knowing nothing about the_______for frequent chasing off(赶走) teachers in the school, Betty came into the classroom,_______by the headmaster.

By the_______of her dress on size too small, the students felt they had a(n)_______target. Bets were taken how long Miss Betty would_______. As was expected, the first two weeks saw her________  experience with the students.________, she managed to be more than a teacher. Sunday after Sunday, Betty came to class,________her lessons to their everyday lives. Once, pulling up a long tube from her handbag, she________a map of the world. With her fingernail, she pointed to an odd-shaped continent,________the children she was born there. They craned(伸长) their necks and looked________, wanting to know more. “ All of us can do something to help others, wherever we are in this world.” Betty often told her children.

One day, she________her mailbox and pulled out an envelope with a________stamp. She tore it open, a________slid out and she recognized immediately the handsome young man as the naughtiest boy in the Sunday school class. Smiling among the broken rocks, in the city of Delhi, India, he stood with other________who had come to help the earthquake victims. A________on the back road, “Because of you, I am here now.”

1.A.character B.courage C.calmness D.color

2.A.continued B.faded C.followed D.improved

3.A.servant B.graduate C.applicant D.replacement

4.A.realize B.bear C.feel D.admit

5.A.reputation B.talents C.excuses D.excitement

6.A.forced B.prevented C.affected D.protected

7.A.guess B.thought C.look D.touch

8.A.easy B.exact C.tough D.reliable

9.A.wait B.last C.try D.remember

10.A.interesting B.meaningless C.unpleasant D.special

11.A.Therefore B.Meanwhile C.However D.Otherwise

12.A.tying B.owing C.moving D.turning

13.A.unfolded B.uncovered C.unpacked D.unrolled

14.A.reminding B.promising C.telling D.convincing

15.A.happily B.curiously C.naturally D.constantly

16.A.reached into B.came across C.turned over D.looked through

17.A.familiar B.pretty C.free D.foreign

18.A.check B.picture C.book D.coin

19.A.researchers B.teachers C.miners D.volunteers

20.A.motto B.line C.sign D.warming

    With COVID-19 floating around, you know getting your hands clean is your best defense from viruses and bacteria. You use either soap or sanitizer（消毒剂）.But something that’s not as clear is which works better.

1.Wash your hands with soap whenever possible, and if you can’t get to a sink, sanitizer is good, too, according to Preeti Malanti, a medical professor focused on infectious disease at the University of Michigan.

The way sanitizer works is primarily through the power of alcohol. Alcohol can “murder” many types of bacteria and viruses by destroying their outermost layer, making them unable to take over a host. This isn’t effective with viruses with a hard outer shell, like norovirus. 2.Soap works a little differently. Instead of killing viruses and bacteria, its purpose is to lift away dirt, oil, and other dangerous agents that get on your hands.3.It only disinfects（消毒）bacteria and viruses and can leave insect killers or spores（孢子）on your hands.

Washing away the coronavirus might not sound as violent as stopping it dead in its tracks, but it’s proven to be more effective.4.

It is possible to over wash your hands or use too much sanitizer? Not really, says Sanjay Maggiwar from Washington University--through constantly scrabbing your hands with soap will probably dry them out.

Just be sure to keep washing your hands as regularly as you can.5.They might be at risk of being sneezed on. It might be smart to wipe down your cell phone, too, if you happen to use that a lot on the run.

A.Sanitizer doesn't remove anything.

B.So, what do the experts recommend?

C.Use what you can to stay clean and healthy.

D.How can you make soap work more effectively?

E.There isn't anything that is really better than effective hand washing

F.Still, it'll keep you protected from a lot of the invisible bacteria and viruses.

G.Also remember to disinfect shared surfaces at your home or office when possible.

    The MOOCs (massive open online courses) reached its peak of popularity in 2012. Now while people who drop out outnumber those who sign up for online courses and MOOCs are still the early days, there’s no denying there’s still value in their existence. Courses does not give our figures on its paying learners. Udacity says it has 13,000 people doing its degrees. Whatever the number are, the reinvented MOOCs matter because they are solving two problems they share with every provider of later-life education.

The first of these is the cost of learning, not just in money but also in time. Formal education rests on the idea of qualifications that take a set period to complete. Students in their early 20s can more easily afford a lengthy time commitment because they are less likely to have other responsibilities. However, people in later life, when they manage part-time of distance learning, find balancing learning, working and family life can cause great pressures.

Moreover, the world of work increasingly demands a quick response from the education system to provide people with the desired qualifications. To take one example from Burning Class, in 2014 alone 65,000 American job-vacancy（职位空缺）ads asked for a cyber-security certificate. Since only 50,000 people in America hole such a certificate and it takes five years of experience to earns one, that requirement will be hard to meet. Lets demanding professions also put up huge harriers to entry. If you want to become a licensed cosmetologist（美容师）in New Hampshire, you will need to have gained 1,500 hours of training.

In response, the MOOCs have tried to make their content as digestible and flexible as possible. Degrees are broken onto modules; modules into courses; courses into short periods. The MOOCs test for the most suitable length to ensure people complete the course; six minutes is thought to be the sweet spot for online video and four weeks for a course.

1.What can we infer about the MOOCs?

A.They came into being in 2012.

B.They offer more course to choose from.

C.They are still immature but promising.

D.They help solve problems cause by jobs markets.

2.What may cause pressure to people who take up learning in late life?

A.Time management. B.Education cost.

C.Job hunting. D.Distance learning.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A.Getting certificates can be quicker by learning online.

B.Young students can't afford formal education.

C.Online learning will guarantee one a good job.

D.Entering less demanding jobs is easier.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Education and Work B.Qualifications and Requirements

C.The Return of the MOOCs D.The Development of the MOOCs

    The latest data form Nature’s Calendar shows that the butterflies, newts and neat-building blackbirds have been spotted months before they would normally appear. An analysis of the conditions in 2019 found that all but one of the 50 spring events the scheme（计划）tracks were early last year, as a result of warmer winter temperatures. The Woodland Trust, which runs the Nature’s Calendar scheme, warns that many species are losing their seasonal cues（提示）as winters warm and seasons shift.

Increasingly unstable weather could tempt some animals out of hibernation（冬眠）too soon, only to be hit by sharply dropping temperatures. And some birds appeared to be breeding too late as they make the most of vital food sources that appear earlier than normal, the Trust said.

Lorienne Whittle, at the Woodland Trust, said, “ It seems that last year we almost lost winter as a season--it was much milder and our data shows wildlife is responding, potentially putting many at risk.”

And she said, “It appears that some species are able to adapt to the advancing spring better than others. Oak trees respond by producing their first leaves earlier and caterpillars seem to be keeping pace. But blue tits, great tits and pied flycatchers are struggling to react in time for their chicks to take advantage of the peak amount of caterpillars--the food source on which they depend.”

Active newts were recorded in late December in Cheshire and a blackbird was spotted building a nest at the beginning of January. Accordingly, a report for The Wildlife Trusts suggested that hedgerows（树篱）be protected from being cut during the nesting season.

1.What does the underlined word“temp" in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Help. B.Attract.

C.Guide. D.Cheat.

2.Why are oak trees mentioned in the text?

A.To explain why plants respond to the climate change.

B.To prove some species fit in with the climate change better.

C.To show how caterpillars react to the changing environment.

D.To suggest plants adapt to warmer winters better than animals.

3.How is the text mainly developed?

A.By listing environmental damages. B.By offering practical suggestions.

C.By making striking comparisons. D.By presenting tracking results.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.Some birds are in danger of dying out.

B.Warmer winters increase the threat to wildlife.

C.A scheme will be carried out to protect wildlife.

D.Plants are struggling to survive warmer winters.

    Designing a winter coat that transforms into a sleeping bag for people living on the streets would have been enough for most folks to sit back and revel（陶醉）in a kind deed done well. Others would call it good if they managed to take the attempt a step further by creating jobs for homeless people to sew the garments.

But Veronika Scott, the founder of the Empowerment Plan, wants those achievements to be just two of many stepping stones on the path to dreams fulfilled for single parents struggling to provide homes for their kids. Her vision has grown far beyond the design-school project thought up five years ago, when she was a 21-year-old student and people on the streets started calling her”the crazy coat lady”. Now The Empowerment Plan, is a fully developed business that has provided convertible（可变的）coats to more than 20,000 globally, given jobs and education to more than 40 parents, and helped move more than 80 children out of shelters.

Scott said she’s proud of the sleeping-bag coat she designed, but her main goal is getting people to the point where they and their families would never need one. That means locking past merely giving homeless parents jobs, but also helping them gain the education and skills needed to leave. The Empowerment Plan after a couple years and pursue their dreams.

Scott’s drive comes from her own upbringing as the scared child of parents who both struggled with unemployment and addiction. “The Empowerment Plan was a way of creating something I wish my own family had had growing up: an employment opportunity that would allow them to stabilize and get the financial stability they never had.”

Scott wanted to show parents and their kids “that living in a homeless shelter isn’t a defining （定义性的）characteristic, nor a life sentence.” Her employees all have been able to move into permanent housing with their children within the first four to six weeks of working for The Empowerment Plan, she said.

1.What is The Empowerment Plan's final aim?

A.More sleeping-bag cut can be produced.

B.The homeless can own a permanent house.

C.The project can cover all the homeless people.

D.Homeless families can stand on their own feet.

2.What motivates Scott to start the project?

A.Homeless people's suffering. B.Her enthusiasm for design.

C.Her background of growth. D.Upsetting social problems.

3.Which of the following can best describe Scott?

A.Ambitious and earning. B.Cooperative and generous.

C.Proud and patient. D.Creative and demanding.

4.Which section of a website is this text most likely from?

A.Fun lifestyles. B.Latest News.

C.Diverse Cultures. D.True Stories.

The 2020 Advertisement Design Competition

The Advertisement Design Competition is international design contest organized by the A’ Design Award and Competition, which is the word's largest design competition awarding best designs, design concepts and products & services. This Competition primarily targets to highlight the best advertisement design ideas in Graphics Design. Award Winners usually get recognition  opportunities, appear on various publications and get press attendance.

How to join

Joining the Advertisement Deign Competition is easy: Crete an account at the A’ Design Award and Competition, login to your account and send your work. When you submit your work,it will be checked by the preliminary judges for necessary qualities. Then, your design will be either Approved or Rejected to take part in the competition. If your design is approved you can continue recommending your design by paying the necessary processing fees.

Benefits for Award Winners

A unique public relations campaign will be made for the Advertisement Design Award winners. Your work and your details will be communicated to thousands of press contacts, and also we will prepare a media kit for you. You can use this professionally prepared media kit to contact local press contacts. The winning design and the designer or the design studio will also be featured in the design annual and yearbook which distributed by Design PR Wire to key figures in the design industry such as famous editors, press members and multi-national companies. All Winner Designs will be included in the winners’ book free of charge. The winners will be listed as co-editors of the work.

Submit your design by 25 November 2020. You will be informed of the outcome by 25 December 2020.

1.What's the main purpose of the Advertisement Design Competition?

A.To collect ad designs for a book.

B.To draw special attention to ad design concepts

C.To make ad design international.

D.To promote ad design in popular media

2.What should you do first if you want to join the competition?

A.Submit your wort B.Pay necessary fee.

C.Register an account. D.Recommend your design.

3.What can Award Winners get?

A.Chances to get noted. B.Access to Design PR Wire.

C.Positions as editors. D.Contact with other competitions.

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

An old wooden seat that Susan extremely valued often reminded her of mother’s Golden Rule.

Back in the 1930s, the country life was really tough. One day after dinner, Susan’s mother sat on the seat, announcing to the children the Golden Rule: “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” Susan reflected carefully and seriously on what her mother had said. She resolved that she would keep in mind and follow the rule.

One Saturday afternoon, she went to farmer Jason’s inn (小旅馆) to get the pay for her mother’s washing for the guests there, which amounted to five dollars. She found Jason in the yard, who, as all the villagers knew, was selfish and mean.

His eyes clouded with anger, as he had just finished a quarrel with one of his guests. He held in his hand an open wallet, full of bills. He barely noticed Susan until she made her request for the money. Instead of shouting at her, as usual, for troubling him when he was busy, he handed her a bank note.

Feeling relieved for escaping from Jason so easily, Susan hurried out of the inn. When carefully putting the money into her pocket, she discovered that Jason had given her two bills instead of one, and her first reaction was joy at the unexpected prize. She looked around and there was nobody nearby to share her discovery. “It is mine. All mine.” she said to herself. “I will buy mum a new coat with it, and she can give her old one to sister Mary, and then Mary can go to the Sunday school with me next winter. I wonder if I can buy a pair of shoes for brother Tom too.”

Just at that moment, she realized that Jason must have given the extra money to her by mistake, and therefore she had no right to own it. But a voice of temptation (诱惑) whispered, “He gave it, and you can keep it. He will never know, even if it is a mistake. ”

As Susan hurried home, this conflict went on in her mind.

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Susan’s face became red with embarrassment and annoyance.

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假定你是李华，你校将举办“中国印象”摄影展。请给你的新西兰朋友Henry写封邮件，邀请他参展。内容包括：

1. 展览的目的；

2. 展览的时间和地点；

3. 作品的要求和截止日期。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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