11. set sb a task　　　　　　 12. shelter/hide from rain

9. in need of　　　　　　　　 10. fade out

7. the other day　　　　　　 8. take away

5. in term/terms of　　　　　 6. show … in

3. in amazement　　　 　　　4. generally speaking

　　 假设你叫李华。今年夏天，某国遭受严重水灾。学校组织赈灾活动，要求每人献出一份爱心，捐献一件学习用品。假如你捐献了一副心爱的圆规(或书包、铅笔盒、图书等)，请根据下列提示写一封短信给这位不知名的外国同学。

1. 了解灾区情况，表示同情；

2. 你珍爱这件学习用品的原因

3. 鼓励灾区同学重建家园

注意：①词数110左右

　　　 　　②可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

　 Some myths are stories used since ancient times , to explain the causes of natural phenomena. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ___1_____I about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone , whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ___2_____ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his _____3____. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he ___4______ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without ____5____. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter ____ 6 ___ what happened to Persephone, she became so ___7____ that she caused all plants to _____8___. People were in_____9____ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow____10______ . her daughter , Persephone, was returned to her. ____11______,　 still not　 wanting　 to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s ____12___.　 She could go back to her mother if she had not ___13_____ anything while she was in the underworld Demeter ___14_____it, underworld. When Zeus_____15____ this , he decided that Persephone could spend part of the year with her ____16_____. But he added that since she had eaten the seeds , she had to spend part of the year in the underworld.; And so it __17____ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and ___18_____ not let the crops grow. That is ___19_____ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ____20_______. It becomes spring , and plants begin to grow again.

1. A. periods　　　　 　 　B. seasons　　　 C. time　　 　　D. age

2. A. winner　　　　 　 　B. ruler　　　 　C. advisor　　　 D. fighter

3. A. wife　　　　 　　B. lover　　 　　　C. partner　　 　　　　 D. daughter

4. A. forbid　　　　 　B. forgive　　　 C. admit　　　　 D. accept

5. A. arrangement　 　　B. warning　　 　C. reason　　　 D. permission

6. A. let out　　　　　 　　 B. worked out　 C. thought out　 　　　 D. found out

7. A. excited　　　　 　　 B. tired　　　　 C. angry　　　 　　　 D. serious

8. A. grow fast　　　 　　 B. start growing C. stop growing　 　　　 D. grow slowly

9. A. danger　　　　 　　 B. hope　　　　 C. turn　　　　 　　 D. case

　10. A. since　　　　 　　　 B. until　　　　 C. after　　　 　　　 D. when

11. A. Persephone　　 　　　 B. Zeus　　　　 C. Demeter　　　 　　 D. Hades

12. A. return　　　　 　　 B. change　　　 C. marriage　　 　　　 D. journey

13. A. stolen　　　　 　　 B. found　　　 C. eaten　　　　 　 D. heard

14. A. understood　　 　　 B. refused　　　 C. doubted　　　 　D. accepted

15. A. discovered　　　 B. studied　　 　C. forgot　　　　 　　 D. prepared

16. A. daughter　　　 　　 B. mother　　　 C. god　　　　　 　　 D. ruler

17. A. works　　　　　 　 B. remains　　 C. happens　　　 　　　 D. starts

18. A. should　　　　 　 B. can　　　　 C. dare　　　　　 　 D. will

19. A. where　　　　　 　B. because　　 C. why　　　　　 　　 D. how

20. A. nice　　　　　　 　B. friendly　 　　C. fresh　　　　 D. happy

12. Many people went to the southern parts of China to ________their fortune.

A.　 find　　　 　B. search　　　 　　C. make　　 　　D. receive

11. What a ______ smell! How long was it since you last cleaned the house?

　 A. smelly　　　　 　B. tasty　　　　　 C. sweet　　　 　D. disgusting

10. When day dawned , the stars __________ of sight.

　 A. kept away　　　　 　　　　　B. faded out　

　 C. faded into　　　　 　　　　　D. died out