假定你是高三学生李华，从网上获悉一家国际青少年志愿者组织正在全球招募暑期志愿者。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。主要内容如下：
1．写信目的；
2．自我介绍；
3．希望获准。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．文章的结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
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With all my best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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,
I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic. Nowadays, people in many big cities are complaining the heavy traffic. It has serious influenced people’s daily life and economic development. To solve the problem, I’d like to put forward some advices.
For one thing, more streets and roads should be built. In this way, we can speed up the flow of buses and cars. For other, the number of bikes and cars can be limited, that can decrease the traffic flow. But the most important thing is what the number of private cars should be put under the control. Meanwhile, buses should have its own special routes which cannot be using by other vehicles. Therefore, underground train and city train should be developed quickly.
I do hope my suggestions will be taken.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Children do not think the way adults do. For most of 1. first year of life, if something is out of sight, it is out of mind. 2. you cover a baby’s favorite toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops 3. (look) for it. A 4-year-old may object that his/her sister has 4. (much) fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the amount of juice.
Yet children are smart 5. their own way. Like good little scientists, children are always testing their child-sized theories about 6. things work. When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, “That’s enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!” the child will 7. (immediate) test your claim. Are you serious? Are you 8. (annoy)? What will happen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you crazy; rather, she 9. (learn) that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those 10. (differ) are important and sometimes they are not.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I went to a store to get some needed items for my family.
I gathered up my goodies and headed for the ________ counter, only to be ________ in the narrow aisle (通道) by a young man who ________ to be about sixteen years old. I wasn’t in a hurry, so I ________ waited for the boy to realize that I was there. It was obvious now, he was mentally ________ and a little shocked as he turned and saw me standing so ________ to him, waiting to ________. I said, “Hey Buddy, what’s your name?”
“My name is Denny and I’m ________ with my Mommy,” he responded proudly.
“Wow,” I said, “that’s a(n) ________ name; I wish my name was Denny, but my name is Steve. How old are you Denny?”
“How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother as she slowly ________ from the next aisle. “You’re fifteen years old, Denny”. Then he headed toward the toy section.
Denny’s mom ________ me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn’t ________ look at him, much less talk to him.
I told her that it was my ________ and that there are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in God’s Garden; ________, “Blue Roses” are very ________ and should be appreciated ________ their beauty and distinctiveness.
You see, Denny is a Blue Rose and ________ someone doesn’t stop and ________ that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they’ve ________ a blessing from God. So, the next time you see a BLUE ROSE, don’t turn your head and walk off. ________ to smile and say Hello.
1.A. customerB. checkoutC. salesmanD. office
2.A. blockedB. troubledC. metD. found
3.A. pretendedB. appearedC. declaredD. tended
4.A. slowlyB. slightlyC. kindlyD. patiently
5.A. tornB. brokenC. challengedD. wounded
6.A. closeB. friendlyC. nextD. happily
7.A. steal awayB. hurry outC. squeeze byD. break in
8.A. swimmingB. shoppingC. singingD. travelling
9.A. coolB. badC. ordinaryD. old
10.A. went awayB. walked byC. came overD. turned up
11.A. thankedB. stared atC. praisedD. chatted with
12.A. everB. stillC. yetD. even
13.A. courageB. pleasureC. habitD. faith
14.A. thereforeB. besidesC. meanwhileD. however
15.A. rareB. bigC. brightD. colorful
16.A. withB. byC. forD. in
17.A. unlessB. ifC. beforeD. after
18.A. smellB. pickC. buyD. see
19.A. wantedB. forgottenC. missedD. invited
20.A. Be braveB. Be proudC. Take it easyD. Take the time
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。
Third-Culture Kids
Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid!
The term “third-culture kid” (or TCK) was first used in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. 1. About 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.
2. In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid. 3. While this can be a way to create a network of friends all around the world, it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.
For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and South Korea for many years, Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. 4. She did not share the same values as her friends’ even years after going back home.
While a third-culture kid must let go of his/her identity as a foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized(理想化的) image children have of “home”. 5.
As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.
A. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.
B. Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.
C. In general, they often reach excellent academic results.
D. However, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle.
E. Their experience abroad helps them to understand cultural differences better.
F. Additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.
G. Unlike other teens of her age, she didn’t know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends.
Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it comes to education for their young ones. Choices include private school, charter school, public school or homeschooling.
Fortunately for parents, there are a variety of different strategies that a parent can take in order to increase their child's skills and overall intelligence. According to Ross A. Thompson, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, a child's brain will actually reach 90% of its full size by the time they start kindergarten.
Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago concluded that playing a musical instrument directly affected the brain stem, the lower section of the brain. Moreover, children that learn an instrument at an early age tend to continue it when they are older. And numerous studies show that a well balanced meal is essential for a child's mental and physical health. It is recommended that parents teach their children two languages at once. Research suggests that a second language should be taught when children are in preschool. Other studies state that three to four years of age is the perfect time. Clearly, any age under four would work perfectly fine for a child.
The average child will learn how to read between kindergarten and second grade. Many parents can give their children a jump start by teaching them to read before they start school. Children could have an adequate background of the alphabet and sounds of words before attending school. This can be done by simply reading to them whenever you want. The more comfortable they get, the easier the process will be.
1.From the first paragraph, we can infer that ________.
A. parents find it hard to satisfy their kids' various demands
B. parents meet a new challenge when raising their kids
C. parents have more choices in offering education to their kids
D. parents get actively involved in the process of their kids' growth
2.What suggestion may the researchers in the passage make?
A. To train kids as early as possible.
B. To try as many means as possible.
C. To help kids develop as fully as possible.
D. To use as many available resources as possible.
3.What does the third paragraph mainly discuss about?
A. The proper time to teach children to learn languages.
B. The effective ways to help develop children's brains.
C. The vital factors to have a great effect on children's health.
D. The practical steps to arouse children’s interest in study.
4.We can replace the words “jump start” in the last paragraph with ________.
A. inspirationB. introductionC. suggestionD. promotion
