假定你是李华，你校将举办中华诗词大会（Chinese Poetry Conference)国际学生专场，请根据下列要点写一封电 子邮件，邀请在外校学习的美国朋友Peter参加。

要点：1.比赛方式：补全诗词、冋答问题、根据画猜诗词；

2.大赛的目的； 、

3.时间、地点及报名方式。

要求：1.字数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

I'm glad to tell you that our school is to hold a Chinese Poetry Conference for international students. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wishing you great success at the competition. ,

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now？We can only make guesses，of course，but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man，even five hundred years ago，was shorter than he is today. Now，on average，men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time，so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again，in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so，we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on，however，we shall have to use our brains more and more，and eventually we shall need larger ones！This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head，in particular the forehead，will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact，we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand，we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These，as a result，are likely to grow weaker. At the same time，however，our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But what about hair？This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future，then，both sexes are likely to be bald.

Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at！This may well be true. All the same，in spite of all these changes，future man will still have a lot in common with use. He will still be a human being，with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

1.The passage mainly tells us that______.

A. man's life will be different in the future

B. future man will look quite different from us

C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes

D. man's organs' functions will be on the wane

2.What serves as the evidence that man is changing?

A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.

B. Man's hair is getting thinner and thinner.

C. Man's arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.

D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.

3.The change in man's size of forehead is probably because______.

A. he makes use only 20% of the brain's capacity

B. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries

C. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time

D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on

What should you think about when trying to find your career？You are probably better at some school subjects than others.These may show the strengths that you can use in your work.A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work.So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school.On the other hand，you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard.Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job，they may have indirect value.A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details.This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.

Your school may have taught you skills，such as typing or technical drawing，which you can use in your work.You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills.If you have had a part?time job on Saturdays or in the summer，think what you gained from it.If nothing else，you may have learned how to get to work on time，to follow instructions and to get on with older workers.You may have learned to give correct change in a shop，for example.Just as important，you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part?time job.

Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself.You may be_ all_ thumbs when you handle tools；perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures.It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist.Your school record，for instance，may not be too good，yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic(认错的)about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The importance of working hard at school.

B. Choosing a career according to one's strengths.

C. How to face one's weakness.

D. The value of school work.

2.According to the passage，doing a part?time job for a student is probably ______.

A. a good way to find out his weak points

B. one of the best ways of earning extra money

C. of great use for his work in the future

D. a waste of time he could have spent on study

3.The underlined phrase “be all thumbs”(in Para.3)probably means “______”．

A. be clumsy at doing things B. be skillful in doing things

C. be not interested in certain things D. be easily bored in doing things

4.From the last paragraph we know one should ______.

A. make full use of one's own weak points B. study harder for a new school record

C. apologize for one's own school record D. face one's own weak points bravely

Sharing Beauty

It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.

I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.

When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”

For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.

Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.

One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.

Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.

1.The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.

A. admire the sunset B. cheer her up

C. offer some help D. have a chat

2.Four years later, the author______.

A. found her dream job B. put an end to her marriage

C. worked in a laundry room D. lived in the same community

3.After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.

A. disappointed B. puzzled

C. inspired D. overjoyed

A person, like a commodity（商品）, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.

A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.

1.The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning.

A. decoration B. clarification

C. movement D. identification

2.It can be concluded from the text that ______.

A. people should be packaged at all ages

B. people should be packaged in a special way

C. elderly people also care about packaging

D. proper packaging makes people attractive

3.For the middle-aged, attractiveness ______ .

A. hardly exists B. is the strongest

C. comes from the inside D. comes from the appearance

4.According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ______.

A. dye your hair B. make up at a young age

C. follow the ageing process D. give up fame and wealth

5.The underlined sentence means that elderly people ______.

A. are usually packaged like a finely-made book

B. experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life

C. do a lot of traveling and can give you much information

D. enjoy reading thick books about beautiful nature and fairyland

Things An Air Hostess Won't Tell You

To make things a bit easier for them and ensure a smooth flight, many Flight attendants have little tricks under their sleeves. Here are some of them which they won't tell you out of sheer politeness.

1.

Contrary to what most people think, a flight attendant's primary job is to ensure your safety - the helping and serving part of their job are just add-ons. If they are assisting you with your luggage, it is to make sure it is stored properly and does not harm anyone. They are not required to lift your bags or help you take them elsewhere. All the other assistance, such as providing you with a drink, handing you hot towels, etc., are to make sure you stay calm and satisfied.

2.

As unfair as it may seem, the time that a flight attendant spends in getting the plane ready, settling you down, etc., is not included in their salary. They do, however, receive some expense allowance(津贴) for the entire time they clock in - it is a pretty small income though

3.

If a flight attendant feels a passenger is ordering too many drinks, and getting drunk, they might avoid serving him/her by avoiding eye contact. When that fails, they might just fill the glass half-way or give him/her a diluted (稀释的) drink

4.

A number of training programs and workshops exist to train flight attendants in different aspects. As some people are using flights more and more to smuggle (走私), flight attendants are being regarded as the first line of defense against this heinous （邪恶的）crime. The benefits are already evident - a number of dangers are avoided, thanks to alert(警惕的) flight attendants on board.

5.

This is a bit unfortunate for those sitting at the back of the plane, but nevertheless true. As the attendants start serving from the front of the plane to the back, the variety of drinks or meals might go down. This is because a plane has limited space, only a certain number of items can be stored, and by the time they get to the back of the plane, they run out of at least a few of the options.

A. Sitting at the back means fewer food options.

B. Flight attendants get paid only for flight hours.

C. Flight attendants' job is to keep passengers safe.

D. Flight attendants might water down your drinks.

E. Flight attendants are trained to identify criminals.

F. The seat-belt sign is “on” far longer than necessary.

Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly? Well，that’s how I__________about joining Madcaps，a mothers and daughters’club assisting charity. __________，my feeling changed finally. Now I believe if you adopt an__________attitude, you might just__________enjoying it.

Six months ago，my mom told me the club asked us to work as__________ at Saint Vincent de Paul Homeless shelter．That meant I had to__________in the dirty homeless shelter for at least  20  hours.

The first time we went there，a lady led us to the kitchen where we__________my five fellow Madcaps classmates- they also wore the same mark .Since I′m usually__________awkward， I had never talked with any of them .Worse still，my mom was asked to help outside the kitchen，leaving me totally__________to serve food with them. Soon large numbers of homeless families__________in like rushing river．A little girl，around 5 years old，walked up to me I__________her a sandwich. She took it and joined her family quickly．As she walked away, I__________she was wearing a coat．Clearly too big for her, hanging__________on her thin body, and couldn’t help thinking how much I had__________with her．It suddenly struck me that how__________I am.

After that moment I had a__________of heart. Now I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting. I have__________awkwardness when communicating and have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do more than the__________20 hours of charity.

So that is how I have made a__________by doing one thing I do not want to do .If you have an open  __________about things you can accomplish more and become a well-rounded（全面的）person.

1.A. heard B. worried C. felt D. brought

2.A. otherwise B. However C. Therefore D. Besides

3.A. optimistic B. accurate C. aggressive D. passive

4.A. keep up B. give up C. end up D. take up

5.A. members B. volunteers C. friends D. clerks

6.A. wander B. stay C. teach D. serve

7.A. ran into B. cared about C. looked for D. passed by

8.A. painfully B. socially C. naturally D. hopelessly

9.A. afraid B. doubtful C. alone D. patient

10.A. joined B. broke C. dropped D. poured

11.A. awarded B. showed C. handed D. bought

12.A. discovered B. guessed C. suspected D. concluded

13.A. neatly B. broadly C. tightly D. loosely

14.A. compared B. connected C. covered D. competed

15.A. eager B. lucky C. calm D. miserable

16.A. relief B. loss C. surprise D. change

17.A. remembered B. realized C. overcome D. ignored

18.A. allowed B. required C. included D. finished

19.A. difference B. promise C. sacrifice D. conclusion

20.A. study B. plan C. mind D. question

Liu Fang is a famous pipa soloist,1.whose music is strongly influenced by traditional singing.2.(graduate) from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 3. she studied the pipa and the guzheng, she went back to work in her hometown Kunming. She then moved to Canada in 1996 and4. (live) there since then. For her, the biggest challenge of playing the pipa is to respect the traditions but5. (add) her own style. In her opinion, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are quite 6.(like). The former has  7.(silent) that is full of music8. the latter features empty spaces which give life to the whole painting. As a soloist, she enjoys performing live, for she likes the atmosphere of a concert. Not having a concert for a long time may put her in a state of 9. (depress). She also enjoys the time immediately after the concert to share the feelings and ideas with the audiences,10. (listen) to their opinions about the music.

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。错误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：在错的词下画一横线(____)，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。

When tea and coffee were introduced to Europe in the 18th centuries，people thought they were harmful.But the king of Sweden decided to find out whether it was true.It was happened that there had two brothers in prison at the time.The king ordered one of them drink tea every day  and the others coffee.Both of them have lived many years with no problem.At the end the one who drink tea every day died at the age of 83 and the other lived even long.Because of this，Sweden is one of the countries which much tea and coffee are drunk.

你和家人外出郊游时，看到化工厂附近一条污染严重的河流:臭气熏天，大量死鱼漂在河面上，景象惨不忍睹。当晚又碰巧看到电视上黄河断流的新闻报道，心情十分沉重，你决心写一封倡议书呼吁全校同学去保护水资源。?

用英语写一篇150词左右的短文，要求包括上面所述内容。?

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