2．内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。

注意：1．信中不能出现你的真实姓名和学校名称。

82．假如你是来自美国威尔斯中学的交换学生Simon，即将回校开始高中学业。学校要求高一学生必须修满9个学分（Credit）的课程，除学校规定的6个学分的必修课（Required Course）外，你还得自选3个学分的选修课（Elective Course）。请从学校提供的选修科目中，选择几门课程，修满3个学分。给学校写一封信，陈述你所选择的选修科目及选择的理由。

Often，the other people in the village gave a person his surname．If a person had an unusual physical characteristic，it became part of his name．So，a man who was unusually short might be called John Short or John Little．If he was tall，he may have been called William Tall or William Long．Other common nicknames（绰号）were White（for grey hair）．Red（for red hair）and Stout（meaning fat）．A son or daughter might inherit（继承）a nickname as a surname even if they themselves did not share the particular characteristic．They probably disliked it hut they just had to put up with（忍受）it! Of course，over the years many of these surnames have changed slightly but many are still used today even though most people have forgotten their meanings．

B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在标号为72～81的相应位置下。

When the Great Library of Alexandria burned，the story goes that one book was saved．But nobody thought it was a v__72__ book．A poor man，who could read a little，bought it for a few coins．

The book wasn't very interesting．but between its pages there was something very interesting i__73__．It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which as written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could t__74__ any common metal into pure gold．The writing e__75__ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the secret was that the real stone would feel w__76__，while ordinary pebbles were cold．

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles．He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b__77__ they were cold，he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t__78__．So，when he felt one that was cold，he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone．Y__79__ he went on and on this way．

One day，however，about mid-afternoon，he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea b__80__ he realized what he had done．He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away．

So it is with opportunity（机会）．U__81__ we are careful，it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand．

六、书面表达（满分15分）

Other surnames came from a person's job such as Cook，Smith，Gardener，Baker， Shepherd， Taylor，Butcher or Carpenter．So the local baker may have been called Henry Baker，the local carpenter William Carpenter and the local smith Henry Smith．

Location

Sometimes people took names of some places for their surnames，for example，the name of their village．Often people were given the name of a physical feature（特征）near their home such as Hill，Field，Wood，Brown or Green．The man who lived by the wood might be called Jack Wood and the man who lived on the top of a nearby hill might be called John Hill．

Characteristics

55．--Paul，please e-mail me those _________（professor）weekly reports as soon as possible．

--OK! No problem．

54．--This pair of shoes is too tight．Could I try a pair in a _________（big）size?

--Of course．Here you are．

53．--Where is Peter from?

--He is French，if I remember _________（correct）．

52．--Wild animals are our friends．

--I agree with you．We must _________（treat）them with kindness．