Dear Students，
I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.
I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage，hope and happiness.
In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.
__52__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.
Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.
In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

Dear Students，

I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.

I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage，hope and happiness.

In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.

__52__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.

Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.

In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

If you have a chance to travel in Europe you’d better choose Italy as a good place to visit. Because Italy is a very famous country with a long history, and there are many interesting cities in this country . There are three million people each year who visit the city of Pisa. It is known for the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The tower looks as it might fall at any time . (1)In fact, some visitors stop at the tower just long enough to take a picture, then they hurry away. The tower has 194 steps. Visitors who can climb to the top and come down will feel like heroes.

Engineers say that safe, though, leans, the , are, the , visitors, tower. This tower has been leaning for about eight hundred years. And it leans a tiny bit more every year. If this keeps on, （2）塔最终会倒下. But many engineers are trying their best to keep the tower standing as long as possible.

1.       When did the tower begin to lean?

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2.       把（1）句翻译成汉语。

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    3． 把斜体部分的单词连成一句话。

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    4． 把（2）处的句子译成英语。

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    5. What’s the passage mainly about?

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