Volunteers Wanted

Our annual English Festival, which will be held on March 15-17, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email to Ms. Chen at chenlaoshiaef.com.

Volunteers Wanted

Our annual English Festival, which will be held on March 15-17, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email to Ms. Chen at chenlaoshiaef.com.

写作要求：1. 表达写信意图；陈述应征目的；说明应征条件（性格、能力等）；

2. 开头已写好，不计入总词数；

3. 可根据情况增加细节，使行文连贯；

4. 词数100词左右。

Dear Ms. Chen,

I’m Li Hua, a student from Class 2, Grade 3. ____________________________________________________

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

【1】Why is May upset?

A.She failed the test.

B.She didn’t study for the test.

C.Jerry did better than her on the test.

【2】What score did Jerry get on the test?

A.59%.B.70%.C.79%.

A.A prize in a movie.B.A part in a play.C.A job as a model.

Think about all the factors that can influence a good night’s sleep — from work stress and family responsibilities to unexpected challenges. 【1】 While you might not be able to control the factors that affect your sleep, you can adopt habits that encourage better sleep.

Stick to a sleep schedule.

The recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult is at least seven hours. Most people don’t need more than eight hours in bed to achieve this goal. 【2】 Try to limit the difference in your sleep schedule on weeknights and weekends to no more than one hour. If you don’t fall asleep within about 20 minutes, leave your bedroom and do something relaxing. Go ahead to bed when you’re tired. Repeat as needed.

Pay attention to what you eat and drink.

Don’t go to bed hungry or full. In particular, avoid heavy or large meals within a couple of hours of bedtime. 【3】 Nicotine, coffee and alcohol deserve caution, too. The stimulating effects of nicotine and caffeine take hours to disappear. And even though alcohol might make you feel sleepy, it can interrupt sleep later in the night.

Create a restful environment.

Create a room that’s ideal for sleeping. Often, this means cool, dark and quiet. 【4】 Consider using room-darkening shades, earplugs, a fan or other devices to create an environment that suits your needs.

Limit daytime naps.

Long daytime naps can affect nighttime sleep. If you choose to nap, limit yourself to up to 30 minutes and avoid doing so late in the day. If you work nights, however, you might need to nap late in the day before work to help make up for sleep debt.

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Regular physical activity can promote better sleep. Avoid being active too close to bedtime — it raises your body temperature so that your sleep is disturbed. However, spending time outside every day might be helpful, too.

A.Your discomfort might keep you up.

B.It’s no wonder that quality sleep is sometimes difficult to get.

C.Sleeping with light on might make it more challenging to fall sleep.

D.Go to bed and get up at the same time every day.

E.Know how to manage worries.

F.Include physical activity in your daily routine.

G.Read or listen to relaxing music.

【3】Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language. They look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. 【4】They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things. They are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.

【5】They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them.

A. Successful language learning is active learning.

B. They will try their best to communicate with others.

C. They discover their own way to learn the language.

D. Here’s a study of the way children learn to speak.

E. What makes language learning so much easier for them?

F. They find it easy to practice using the language regularly.

G. Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose.

“Our results lend support to the importance of time perception in animals where the ability to perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving creatures." commented lead author Kevin Healy from Trinity College Dublin.

The study was done with a variety of animals using phenomenon based on the maximum speed of flashes of light an individual can see before the light source is seen as constant. Dogs，for example，have eyes with a refresh rate higher than humans.

One example of this phenomenon at work，the authors say，is the housefly and its ability to avoid being hit. The research showed flies “observe motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve，"which allows them to avoid being hit.

Professor Graeme Ruxton of the University of St Andrews in Scotland，who worked jointly on the research project，said in a statement，“Having eyes that send updates to the brain at much higher frequencies than our eyes do is of no value if the brain cannot process that information equally quickly. Thus，this work highlights the impressive abilities of even the smallest animal brains. Flies might not be deep thinkers，but they can make good decisions very quickly. ”

In comparison，the tiger beetle（虎甲虫）runs faster than its eyes can keep up，basically becoming blind，which requires it to stop periodically to re-evaluate its prey's（猎物）position.

Our results suggest that time perception offers an as yet unstudied dimension along which animals can specialize and there is considerable range to study this system in more detail.

【1】What is the research mentioned in the passage mainly about？

A.Pace of life of animals.B.Impressive abilities of animals.

C.Lifetime of small animals.D.Time perception of animals.

【2】What does Kevin Healy's comment mean in Para.2？

A.The survival of fast moving animals relies on their ability to perceive time.

B.Animals with quicker pace of life have better perception of time.

C.The ability of animals to perceive time depends on their high moving speed.

D.Animals with poor ability of time perception have a shorter life.

【3】Why can houseflies avoid being hit？

A.They can think very deeply before they act.

B.They can process the information as quickly as they receive it.

C.They can fly much faster than their eyes can keep up.

D.They can send information to brain more quickly than to their eyes.

【4】What will a tiger beetle have to do to catch a moving prey？

A.Slow down to gain its time perception.

B.Prevent itself from becoming blind.

C.Stop occasionally to spot the prey again.

D.Try to run as fast as it can.

【1】Alarm would most probably attract people who love reading __________.

A. reviews of novels B. simple humorous stories

C. serious writings on music D. stories written by famous artists

【2】What discount can you get if you buy Alternative Press on the website?

A. About 38% B. About 55%

C. About 70% D. About 75%

【3】Which magazine will suit a hip-hop fan?

A. Complex. B. Alarm.

C. Alternative Press. D. Sound & Vision.

1. 单车的使用方法(如:app.查看车辆，扫码开锁等)；

2. 共享单车的优势(至少两点)；

3. 单车的使用现状。

参考词汇:共享单车shared bicycle；扫二维码 scan the QR code;手机应用mobile app.

注意:

1. 词数:100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的次。

删除：把多余的用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第l1处起）不计分。

Today was my former junior school’s fifty anniversary. I attended to its Homecoming Day. Early in the morning, followed some other former schoolmates of different age, I arrived at the school gate. We first went around the school and then visit the school museum to admire all the pleasant changes in recent years. Afterwards, several students had a tea party with some teachers or other students, talking about our old days and school life today. Unknowingly, several hours passed. Before leaving, all of us were inviting to leave a message on a wall. I wrote serious that I was very grateful to my school for her giving me a happy and brilliant childhood. What great Saturday!

If it weren’t for the ninth BRICS Summit(峰会), many people would 【1】(probable) never have realized how rich the culture in southeast China is. 【2】(hold) in Xiamen from Sept 3 to 5, the summit has brought this city in Fujian Province into the spotlight.

The welcoming gala(晚会) 【3】 the evening of Sept 4 showed the traditional local culture and one of the highlights of the gala was the 【4】(perform) of Nanyin, which translates as “music in the south”. It is 【5】 art form based on southern Fujian culture. Nanyin has been called a “living fossil” of China’s music history, and it 【6】(date) back to the Song Dynasty or earlier. Cai Yayi, a local performer of Nanyin, says that 【7】 makes you feel like a child to play Nanyin, for who can be older than this 1,000-year-old music?

【8】 some may say Nanyin is out of date, many still believe that Nanyin can be a 【9】(society) communication break for modern people 【10】 are fed up with the fast-paced lifestyle.