We will have a holiday next month. Some of us will go abroad.
A. ten days B. ten day’s C. ten-days D. ten-day
在初中即将毕业之际，请你以张明的名义给英国笔友Jack写一封感谢信，要点提示如下 ：
1、三年前你来到新的班级，没有朋友，感到孤独
2、三年中Jack多次给你写信
3、他在信中，鼓励你多交朋友；告诉你学好英语的方法；和你分享快乐；
4、你变得……适当自由发挥）
5、近年来武汉发生很大变化，你邀请他来武汉 游玩；
要求：1、内容必须包括上述所有要点，可适当发挥；
2、词数：80词左右，开关与结尾写出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：交朋友 make friends with 分享快乐 share happiness
Dear Jack, How time flies! We have been friends for three years. I’m writing to thank you for your help!
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Hope to see you soon!
Yours,
Zhang Ming
A few years after I left my secondary school in Manchester, I was invited to help out with the school’s
Christmas Fair. I volunteered to act as Father Christmas. C1., I attracted lots of customers.
My main job was to send gifts to the children. They were so excited about g 2..I bring a sense
of m3. to them and I was also enjoying myself. But I was puzzled（迷惑）by a young boy who paid for a
second v4., and then surprisingly f or a third. The gifts were really very small. There were only some
candies, stickers and cards. He answered s5.,“I just love talking to you.”
It was then that I r6. that many parents do not encourage their children to talk. Everyone wants to
know they’ve been heard and understanding.
So it is important to listen to children and give them the full a7. . It is also a way to show children
the p8. way of listening, to be polite and to gain a better understanding.
So, at home, at work, socially, always e9. family, friends, colleagues to talk about themselves and
their feelings and r10. listen.
look through tastes look up imagine convenient show up
1.He'll ________,if he's free.
2.I often ________ being a teacher , because it’s my dream.
3.It’s ________ for me to go shopping.
4.The fish _________ nice, could you give me more.
5.Before English exams ,we should ______ out more.
I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was seven years old, my family created one. First, we put
clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we waited for the live ants to arrive. Shortly after the chilly ants were dropped into the glass structure, they got to work making tunnels. I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to
do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had assigned jobs.
With my mom ' s help, I kept a diary of what happened each day and named the ants. One day an incident struck
the ant farm. The pages of the diary, still wrinkled(皱巴巴) where tear drops fell, indicate the great loss.
'I had put my face so close to the structure that I accidentally knocked it over and all the tunnels caved in.
Although the ants survived(幸存) their earthquake, one by one they began to die.
I was terrified as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a comer of the farm.
My mother reported that the ants were dying of "frustration." They simply could not stand the reality that their
tunnels had been destroyed.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the
natural world, but it taught me much more. Over the years, I came to realize the ants were a study in the benefits
of teamwork. Working together, they were able to create an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that
they should be admired for their hard work. Day in and day out, each labored at their task.
The ant farm showed that teamwork and perseverance are indeed two key ingredients to success. But there
was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, humans cannot give up when they face disappointment. Unlike the ants, we have to
realize that if a tunnel caves in, we just have to build another. Giving up, I say, is not a choice.
1.The family created an ant farm in a glass box because it was easy _____.
A. for the ants to live in B. to get sun light in
C. to keep the sand clean D. for the boy to observe
2.The word assigned in the first paragraph is close to _______
A. quit B. completed C. shared D. organized
3.What made the pages of the diary wrinkled?
A. The tears. B. The earthquake C. The ants. D. The incident.
4.What did the writer finally realize?
A. His mother taught him much more.
B. People should admire anyone for their hard work.
C. Humans cannot give up when facing adversity.
D. Perseverance is the only way to success.
5.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. The writer broke the glass box because to the passage?
B. The arts died one by one because the tunnels were destroyed.
C. Unlike people, teamwork is not so important for the ants.
D. Giving up is a good way when we meet trouble
John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the violin was delicately streaming throughout the whole station．However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music．A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around．John only got 52 dollars for his work that day．
However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100
dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price．Therefore, later, many passers-by in the
station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but
cheap music feast．
I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife came down with
incurable illness．He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day．Nonetheless, his
wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away. After that, he often sighed. Due to to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife．But now, it is impossible to make up for it．
But It is no use crying over spilt milk．We have missed a lot of precious things without knowing to treasure
them．The reason is less than simple：we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow．
There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people's lives, they have only done two things：
waiting and regretting．The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it．
We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc．However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we
have lost it by then．
1.John played his violin but only a few passers-by appreciated it that day because__________.
A. they hurried to catch their subway B. they always saw John perform there
C. they couldn’t afford the music John played D. they didn’t know its performer was so famous
2.The word ”conquer” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______
A. fight against B. prevent from C. get over D. face with
3.We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. the child was good at telling good music from bad one
B. Charles used to be too busy to spend time with his wife
C. It’s never too late for us to make our dreams come true
D. It’s available to make up for what we haven’t done before
4.We can learn from the sentence “ they have only done two things waiting and regretting” in the last
paragraph that many people _______
A. won’t treasure what they have until they lost them
B. can’t achieve anything great until they get older
C. are easy to take pride in what they are doing
D. expect to make progress but want to do something
5.The beat title of this passage is probably __________
A. Tomorrow is a Mystery B. Don’t Regret for Waiting
C. Never Cry over Spilt Milk D. Fight for the Bright Future
