上周，一批英国学生到达第一中学进行访问交流。假设你是该校通讯员， 请根据以下内容给当地一家报社写一篇英文报道。写作内容：
时间 | 上周 |
地点 | 第一中学 |
事件 | 一批英国学生到访 |
行程 | 了解中国学生的校园生活、参观该地的著名景点，体验当地文化 |
印象 | 洁净的市容、友善的学生、美味的食品 |
回访计划 | 第一中学38名学生应邀明年三月访问英国 |
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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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。
Over the years I have been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept ------ the ant philosophy ( 哲学 ), an 1. (amaze) four_ part Philosophy.
First, ants never quit. If they are heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they will climb over. They will climb under or climb around. They never quit 2.(look ) for a way to get where they 3.(suppose) to go! Second, ants think about winter and summer. They are always gathering their winter food in the middle of summer and they are making4.(prepare) for the long cold winter. So you have to think about storms in summer and think about rocks5. you enjoy the sand and sun .Third, ants think about summer all winter. During the winter, they remind6. ( they ),” This won’t last long and we will soon be out of here.” On 7.first warm day, the ants are out. If it 8.(turn ) cold again, they will dive back down .But they come out again if it is warm. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it 9.( possible ) can. 10.you can learn from the ant philosophy is : Never give up , look ahead, stay positive and do all you can !
“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choice can be ____.”
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact ____ the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew ____ fast, and the idea of building an online ____ with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I ____ for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to ____ my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure ____ to expect. MacKenzie told me I ____ go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be a(an) ____, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very ____ people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books ____. He took me on a long walk in Central Park,____ carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, ____ it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic ____ to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours ____ making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a(an) difficult ____, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted （纠缠）by a decision to not ____ at all.
After much consideration, I took the less ____ path to follow my ____, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our ____.
1.A. easy B. hard C. valuable D. wrong
2.A. what B. which C. that D. whether
3.A. this B. that C. at D. by
4.A. bank B. clothes store C. book store D. job market
5.A. got married B. have married C. had married D. had been married
6.A. continue B. offer C. get D. quit
7.A. how B. who C. what D. when
8.A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. should
9.A. worker B. inventor C. manager D. farmer
10.A. smart B. stupid C. lazy D. bad
11.A. in the firm B. on the farm C. on the Internet D. in the Amazon
12.A. said B. saying C. listened D. listening
13.A. but B. and C. because D. or
14.A. made some trouble B. made some sense C. made no sense D. made no contributions
15.A. after B. before C. since D. for
16.A. gift B. company C. way D. choice
17.A. say B. listen C. try D. ask
18.A. safe B. hard C. long D. dangerous
19.A. boss B. inventor C. passion D. regret
20.A. gifts B. bosses C. firma D. choices
Make sure your estate(财产) plan keeps up with life changes
Few things are as important as estate planning. If you don’t handle your business while you’re alive, the ramifications(影响) can run deep and wide long after you’re gone.
Estate planning may seem discouraging because it deals with issues of aging. Or maybe you think estate planning is only something folks like Bill Gates do. It’s for everybody. 1.Here’s how.
What’s an estate plan? Think of estate planning as a set of legal documents that spell out who gets your possession when you die, who you want to make medical decisions, who should make financial decisions on your behalf, and more. 2.
This is not a one-shot deal. It’s great that you finally got your will done, have your medical directives in place, and gave someone power of attorney. 3.Life is changing. Your documents should keep pace with change.
“Remember to update beneficiaries on life insurance policies after the first spouse(配偶) dies,” says Martin Levine, chief financial officer for 4Thought Financial Group in Syosset.4.
Get help. This is one time when DIY probably isn’t a good idea. Talk to a financial adviser, preferably one with expertise in estate planning.
5. Don’t assume that establishing joint tenancy (sharing ownership in personal property, such as a home) or joint ownership over financial accounts is enough to protect your assets.
A.Make no assumptions.
B.But, you’re hardly finished.
C.Decide to do it, and to avoid unexpected consequences.
D. It is difficult to choose a right heir before your death unless they are your closest ones.
E. Ideally, it will make things easier for your heirs(后继人) at a time when they most need it.
F. Finding a reliable agency to deal with your possessions is a wise choice when planning estate.
G. The birth of a child and divorce are other life events that will require updating estate planning documents.
Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 8 this year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity(神) who oversees the moral character of each household. Here are six things you should know about the Little New Year, another sign of the start of spring.
1. Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God
One of the most distinctive traditions of the Little New Year is the burning of a paper image of the Kitchen God, who will report on the family's conduct over the past year. The offerings to the Kitchen God include pig's head, fish, sweet bean paste, melons, fruit, boiled dumplings, barley sugar, and Guandong candy, a sticky treat made out of glutinous millet and sprouted wheat. Most of the offerings are sweets of various varieties. It is thought that this will seal the Kitchen God's mouth and encourage him to only say good things about the family when he ascends to heaven to make his report.
2. House cleaning
According to Chinese folk beliefs, during the last month of the year ghosts and deities must choose either to return to Heaven or to stay on Earth. It is believed that in order to ensure the ghosts and deities' timely departure people must thoroughly clean both their persons and their houses, down to every last drawer and cupboard.
3. Eat Guandong candy
Guandong candy, a sticky treat made out of glutinous millet and sprouted wheat, is a traditional snack that Chinese people eat on the Festival of the Kitchen God.
4. Paste paper-cuts to windows
In the Little New Year, old couplets and paper-cuts from the previous Spring Festival are taken down, and new window decorations, New Year's posters, and auspicious(吉利的) decorations are pasted up.
5. Bath and hair-cut
As the old Chinese saying goes, whether they're rich or poor, people often have a haircut before the Spring Festival. The activity of taking bath and haircut is often taken on the Little New Year.
6. Preparations for Spring Festival
People start to stock up necessary provisions for the Spring Festival since the Little New Year. Everything needed to make offerings to the ancestors, entertain guests, and feed the family over the long holiday must be purchased in advance.
1.What is the most unusual tradition in the Little New Year?
A. Offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God
B. Burning paper image of Kitchen God
C. Preparing the necessity for the New Year
D. Cleaning house and people themselves
2.What is the Kitchen God’s duty in the man’s world?
A. Collecting the information of the man’s world
B. Protecting the character of each home
C. Gathering sacrifices for other Gods in heaven
D. Overseeing the moral people in the world
3.Why are most of the offerings sweets?
A. Because the Kitchen God loves sweet foods.
B. As it is the traditional customs.
C. As people hope the God says good for them.
D. Because sweets are the best sacrifices.
4.Which of the following statements is probably TRUE according to the passage?
A. Little New Year always falls in February.
B. House cleaning is to welcome the New Year.
C. In the Little New Year only paper-cuts are pasted up.
D. People will make full preparations for the coming New Year.
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant is a winner in retirement, too. The former Los Angeles Lakers star won an Oscar in the animated short category for “Dear Basketball,” a poem he wrote after ending his 20-year career on the court in 2016.
He’ll add it to an already jammed trophy collection that includes five NBA championships with the Lakers, two Olympic gold medals, NBA Finals most valuable player awards, a league MVP award and four All-Star game MVP awards.
As executive producer, Bryant accepted his golden Oscar statue from “Star Wars” star Mark Hamill on Sunday night. He shared the award with Disney animator Glen Keane.
Among those offering their congratulations via Twitter were Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Bill Russell and Shaquille O’Neal, Bryant’s former Lakers teammate who admitted, “I’m jealous!”
Since hanging up his basketball shoes, Bryant has thrown himself into business (a new Nike shoe) and various forms of storytelling.
“As basketball players, we’re told to shut up and dribble,” Bryant said on stage. “I’m glad we did a little bit more than that.”
He thanked his wife, Vanessa, and his three daughters, naming each of them. He spoke a few words of Italian — a language he learned as a child growing up in Italy — and closed by telling them, “You are my inspiration.”
1.According to the passage, Kobe Bryant won the Oscar because of_________.
A. his taking part in the animation movie
B. his famous reputation in basketball
C. his poem written after his former career
D. his winning in the animated short category
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “trophy”?
A. award
B. present
C. harvest
D. possession
3.Where is the passage most probably taken from?
A. A personal diary
B. A science report
C. A newspaper
D. A textbook
