1.截稿时间：2017年2月1日；

2.字数要求：500左右；

3.投稿邮箱：chinesestory2017@126.com。

注意：1.词数：100左右；

2.开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear David，

Yours,

Li Hua

Many people need to be reminded of the job opportunities in space stations, which 【4】 (constant) need space cooks, cleaners, teachers, stewards and stewardesses. You can be swiftly trained for your new job from using previous skills. At first people may find new surroundings difficult 【5】 (tolerate). However, they will be able to overcome the difficulties if their families encourage them to take 【6】 the job. There are lots of advantages 【7】 come from a period of time in space. But for health reasons only one stay of three years 【8】 (allow), because 【9】 link between illness and length of stay may be strong. It is a little disappointing,【10】 the rules cannot be changed for anyone.

According to William Hanson,【3】 expert in ceremony,there’s a very good reason for this—and it has nothing to do 【4】 fashion,but rather a royal tradition that 【5】.(date) back to the sixteenth century.A new born baby would 【6】.(dress) in a gown for their first year or two.Then he was “breeched(穿裤礼)” and wore articles of clothing like shorts.The usual custom is that a boy graduates to trousers around eight years old.

With time 【7】. (change),middle class boys began to wear trousers but they were considered suburban(土气的) by the upper.Hanson explains,“【8】. is a very English thing to dress a young boy in shorts.”The British upper are always keen to hold on to tradition,and this also 【9】.(silent) marks them out from “the rest”.However,as for William and Kate,the 【10】.(decide) to dress George in shorts is more likely down to tradition than a class issue.

Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school 【2】the lift suddenly came to a stop. A moment of panic followed before the 【3】(teenage) could find a way out.

Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, 【4】(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but it didn’t work.

Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time passed by. He slipped a note through the door 【5】the message “people stuck inside, please ask the property management for help,” and hoped someone 【6】(pick) it up and act on it.

After exhausting all his options without knowing how long 【7】would take before someone found him, he took out his textbooks and started to do his homework 【8】(patient).

Soon after he finished his duties, Sun heard loud 【9】(voice) outside. A large crowd including his teachers and other parents had come to the rescue, by which time he 【10】(trap) in the elevator for over five hours.

Overcoming stage fright

Most people are nervous about public speaking. 【1】If you know that your topic is interesting, and that your material is well organized, you have already reduced a major worry.

Facial expressions

【2】During your speech, try to change your facial expressions to convey the emotions that you feel. Throughout your speech you need to use expressive facial expressions.

Eye contact

When you speak, you should look your audience straight in the eye. The idea is to give the impression that you are talking to each individual in your audience. If you have a large audience, try to look at people in the middle of the room, then slowly look to the right side of the room, then to the left side, then back to the center of the room. 【3】Otherwise, this will give the audience the idea that you are not interested in your topic or in them.

【4】

Enthusiasm is being lively and showing your own personal concern for your subject and your audience. If you are truly interested in your topic, your delivery is certain to be enthusiastic and lively.

Varying speaking rate

Your words should not be too fast or too slow. If you speak too slowly you will bore your audience. If you speak too rapidly will be difficult to understand. Adapt your rate to the content of your speech. For example, if you explaining complex information, slow down. 【5】

A. Inspiring your audience

B. Speaking with enthusiasm

C. If you are happy or enthusiastic, you should speed up.

D. Don’t look at the floor, the ceiling or out the window.

E. The best way to cope with nervousness is to really well prepared.

F. Smiling before you start your speech shows that you are not nervous.

G. If you are nervous, take a few steps to your right or left while speaking.

Google Clips

One of the latest to launch (发布) is Google Clips. It is designed to be put somewhere in a room to take pictures by itself. It can also be attached to an object or a person’s clothing.

Google says machine learning helps the camera choose the best times and situations for taking pictures and videos. Interested buyers can join a waiting list to be informed when it is on the market.

GoPro Hero

GoPro also uses machine learning to power its QuikStories characteristic. This tool takes existing photos and videos and automatically (自动地) creates a finished video piece, complete with music and effects.

Snap Spectacles

Messaging app Snapchat sells a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera that can record short videos with the push of a button. Snap Inc. says the product, called Spectacles, is designed to “catch the moment, without taking you out of it.”

The glasses can record short video clips that can be shared with Snapchat users. Snap Inc. has started selling its Spectacles sunglasses online in the United States.

Apple iPhone X

Apple’s new iPhone X is being launched with its new Face ID system that it says will unlock the phone just by having the user look at it. This replaces the Touch ID on previous ones that used a fingerprint to unlock the phone.

Apple says the system works by projecting more than 30,000 dots on the face to create a kind of map. Apple says its facial recognition is even secure enough to allow payments through its Apple Pay service.

【1】What is the special function of Google Clips?

A. It can play videos by itself.

B. It can take pictures automatically.

C. It can change photos into videos.

D. It can provide music and effects.

【2】Which of the following can now be bought on the Internet?

A. Google Clips B. GoPro Hero

C. Snap Spectacles D. Apple iPhone X

【3】How is Apple iPhone X unlocked?

A. By a fingerprint. B. By facial recognition.

C. By pushing a button. D. By making a map.

Since 2013 the global gender gap (性别差异) in male and female access to the Internet has actually increased from 11 to 12 percent. Worse yet, women and girls living in the poorest countries are 31 percent less likely than men and boys to have access to the Internet. In developing countries, some 200 million fewer women than men own a mobile phone, the most common means of internet access there. This digital divide is increasing, and should it continue at the present pace, it is projected that over 75 percent of women and girls will lack internet access and digital skills.

There are many causes of the digital gender gap. They include girls’ exclusion (排斥) from basic education, from specific technology education and high costs of mobile phones and internet access.

Indeed, one of the so-called reasons why girls may be discouraged from learning how to access and use digital technology is also a groundless one: that girls are simply not good at using technology.

Without the help of the government, most of the benefits of technological change will be enjoyed only by men, exacerbating gender inequality.

【1】What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Women suffer a lot from the poor economy.

B. Digital technology is greatly beneficial to men.

C. The digital gender gap needs to be closed.

D. Girls are lacking in basic education.

【2】How is Paragraph 2 organized?

A. By giving reasons. B. By giving numbers.

C. By following time order. D. By giving examples.

【3】What is the writer’s attitude to the idea that girls are simply not good at using technology?

A. Positive. B. Negative.

C. Acceptable. D. Unconcerned.

【4】What does the underlined word “exacerbating” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. worsening B. causing

C. reducing D. improving

【1】Nowadays no one will c______ (挑战) the fact that the earth is round.

【2】Please have him call me back at his c______(方便).

【3】In face of difficulties, we should keep an o______(乐观的) attitude.

【4】Tom was praised for his b______(勇敢).

【5】There is nothing so a______(值得赞扬的) as a man who devotes his life and happiness to others.

活动具体时间：下午15：00－17：00

活动日期和内容：

▲4月28日，乐器演奏

▲4月29日，歌舞表演

▲4月30日，师生联欢

注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. White，

I'm very glad to tell you that a three－day Art Festival ...

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Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

A fire broke out immediately after the quake.The fire started in a chemist's shop and spread quickly.Then the Fire Department in Napier came to help,but they were at a loss to control the fire as a result of losing their water supply.However,the water supply in Hastings,was still usable,allowing them to fight back against the fire.

The force of the earthquake destroyed many of the city's famous landmarks（地标）.Chunks of the coastline were thrown into the sea.Napier's Bluff Hill,a popular tourist spot,was completely destroyed and thrown into the waters below.

Most of the major buildings in the city were completely destroyed.Roads and communications across the whole area were cut.People were afraid to enter their homes for days and found shelters at the local Motor Camp or on the beach.There were about 150 aftershocks（余震）in the 24 hours after the main shock.Over the next 2 weeks,there would be 525 such aftershocks.

【1】The worst earthquake took place in New Zealand_______.

A. at night B. in the morning

C. at noon D. in the afternoon

【2】The firefighters in Napier failed to put out the fire probably because_______.

A. there was no usable water B. they couldn't get close to it

C. the flames spread too quickly D. The wind was very strong

【3】The last two paragraphs mainly tell us that_______.

A. there were many places of interest in New Zealand

B. the earthquake damaged the city seriously

C. many famous landmarks were thrown into the sea

D. people were afraid to enter their homes for sleep

【4】What's the best title for this passage?

A. The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

B. New Zealand's two cities

C. The great fire after the great earthquake

D. The city's famous landmarks