1.对美国的学校生活充满期待；

2.请Tom介绍当地的生活信息（天气、饮食等)；

3.介绍如何与美国学生相处。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

LiHua

时间：2020年6月1日—6月3日

目的：丰富同学们的课余生活，展示自我，放松心情

主题：艺术让我们丰富

内容：歌咏比赛，乐器比赛，古典和民间音乐， 流行歌曲

要求：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：艺术节art festival 歌咏比赛 singing contest

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1. 感谢他的关心；

2. 说明在家学习情况；

3. 政府采取措施减少雾霾。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。

参考词汇：雾霾haze

Dear Peter，

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Your,

Li Hua

The Burj A1 Arab is a luxury hotel in Dubai. It stands on a man-made island 【1】(locate) just off Dubai’s coast, and is connected to the mainland by means of a private bridge. The amazing building is one of the tallest hotels in the world. It was designed to look like the sail of a “dhow”， 【2】 type of Arabian boat. Tom Wright, the designer of the hotel, said he wanted the Burj A1 Arab to be a symbolic 【3】 (construct) for Dubai like the Eiffel Tower is for Paris.

The Burj A1 Arab has 202 rooms as well as six award-winning restaurants. One of these restaurants, the A1 Muntaha, 【4】 (offer) fantastic views of Dubai, because it is 200 metres above sea level.

Guests 【5】 decide to stay at the Burj A1 Arab can look forward to 【6】 (receive) extremely good service. From the moment you check in to the moment you are dropped off at the airport, the hotel’s staff take care of everything.

【7】(fortunate), entry into the Burj A1 Arab is not allowed unless you are a hotel guest. But don’t worry; views of the outside of the hotel are as 【8】 (impress) as views of its inside. So, if you ever visit Dubai, be sure 【9】 (take) a photograph of the Burj A1 Arab. It is 【10】a doubt one of the most beautiful hotels in the world!

People eat rice all over the world

Rice is grown in warm climates, mainly in Asia 【1】 there is a lot of rain, but it is eaten all over the world.

One of 【2】(popular) dishes in Singapore is Hainan Chicken Rice. It is seen 【3】 Singapore’s national dish! This dish first came from China 【4】 (actual). However, influenced by Singaporean cooking styles, it has changed over the years.

In China, rice is eaten up to three times a day. It is eaten from a bowl with chopsticks, but Chinese people never leave their chopsticks 【5】(stick) up their bowls of rice. This 【6】(remind) people of making offerings to the dead.

In Spain, 【7】 popular rice dish is called Paella. It 【8】 (cook) with lots of spices (香料), vegetables and mixed seafood. In Japan, Sushi is popular as a kind of cooked rice with sweet vinegar, often 【9】 (serve) with raw fish.

People also eat rice puddings (布丁) all over the world. In Portugal, rice puddings are a 【10】(tradition) part of a Christmas meal. In Thailand, a favorite pudding is mango and sticky rice with coconut milk (椰子汁). In South American, people eat rice with milk and some spices.

A. network B. specify C. traditionally D. ingredient

E. uneasy F. additional G. culturally H. block

I. determine J. requirement K. critical

A multicultural person is someone who is deeply convinced that all cultures are equally good, enjoys learning the rich variety of cultures in the world, and most likely has been exposed to more than one culture in his or her lifetime.

You cannot motivate anyone, especially someone of another culture, until that person has accepted you. A multilingual salesperson can explain the advantages of a product in other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can motivate foreigners to buy it. That’s a(an) 【1】difference.

No one likes foreigners who are arrogant(自大的) about their own culture. The trouble is most people are arrogantly monocultural without being aware of it and even those who are can’t hide it. Foreigners sense monocultural arrogance at once and set up their own cultural barriers, which may effectively 【2】 any attempt by the monocultural person to motivate them.

Multiculturalism is a(an) 【3】 that has been neglected too often in hiring managers for international positions. Even if your company is not a multinational one, chances are you’re in touch with foreign customers or manufacturers. Do you have the right employee to build up the 【4】?

For 20-odd years, I’ve run an executive-search firm from Brussels. When clients ask us to find the right person for a new pan-European sales or management position, I start by asking them to 【5】 the qualifications their ideal candidate would have. Most often they list the same qualities they would want for a domestic position, but with the 【6】 requirement that the new manager be fluent enough in English, German and French to cope with faxes and email. It sometimes takes me hours to persuade clients that the linguistic (语言的)abilities they see as crucial are not enough.

Of course, it’s far more difficult to 【7】 candidates multiculturalism than it is to check their language skills—but it’s also a far more important 【8】 to success. I remember a company that asked me to check out a salesman they were planning to send to Mexico. He’d studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York City—the most 【9】 diverse place in America. But when I interviewed him, he turned out to have no concept of the great pride Mexicans took in their culture, and moreover he was 【10】 about Mexican restaurants and markets being dirty and unsafe. I rejected him just as Mexican buyers would have if he’d been selected for the job.

Bert had health issues in his later years that limited his mobility, and when he lost his eyesight three years ago, his attachment to his radio and Francesa became more pronounced. He just loved listening to Mike talk about sports and his Yankees each afternoon. Those hours brought him so much pleasure.

Of course, Mike will be leaving Dec. 15, 2017 after 30 years at the station. Mike lives in the same community where I work on Long Island, and I have gotten to know him over the past 20 years. So when my father-in-law was approaching his special birthday the year before last year, I asked Mike for a favor: to call Bert and wish him a happy birthday.

Mike agreed without hesitation. Two days before the special day, Mike stopped at my workplace. I called Bert at his nursing home and put Mike on the phone. It was a complete surprise to Bert. Mike spent more than 10 minutes wishing Bert a happy birthday, and of course, talking about the Yankees.

When my family celebrated Bert’s birthday two days later, he couldn’t stop talking about the phone call. Over his lifetime, he said it was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for him.

Unfortunately, Bert’s health declined last year and he passed away July 13, 2017. But even in his final months in the hospital and nursing home, he always had a radio set to WFAN to listen each afternoon to Mike Francesa. And he also had the memory of that special phone call for his 90th birthday.

【1】What habit did Bert keep for years?

A. Playing baseball.

B. Listening to a sports program.

C. Checking his eyesight regularly.

D. Leading organized cheering for the Yankees.

【2】What does the underlined word “pronounced” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Obvious. B. Unusual.

C. Important. D. Understandable.

【3】What word can describe the author?

A. Honest. B. Caring.

C. Patient. D. Independent.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A. A special gift. B. The call finally arrived.

C. The big dream came true. D. An unforgettable birthday party.

In 1987，Ruby __ us on the phone, ___.After thirty-nine years, her Singer didn’t work. No repairman could fix it because parts were not __.

I went to a sewing machine store to buy one. Her old one was____.The new machines are plastic and have computers. They give classes on how to __ them. In the display window was a 1948 metal Singer blackhead.

“Does that one __ ? ” I asked the man.

“I don’t know，” he said. He plugged it in. It___ to work.

“It’s not for sale，” he said. It’s a(an)___ . There aren’t lots of old Singer blackheads around anyone”

I __ him about Ruby — how she lives by herself and sews to keep busy, how she ___only six dollars to make a dress __the people she sews for are poor.

He __ the machine to me for twenty-five dollars.

The next weekend we took it to Ruby’s. She stood by the car as we opened the trunk. As she looked down at the __, a smile creased (弄皱）her face.

“It’s just like my __one，”she laughed.

It’s still going strong. Ruby ___charges six dollars a dress.

On several occasions, my wife and I found 1948 Singer blackheads in antique stores. We __ them and gave them to Ruby. She’s got a lot of___ ahead, and we don’t want her to run out of sewing machines __ she runs out of things to sew.

【1】A. took out B. gave up C. set about D. put off

【2】A. drying B. making C. washing D. folding

【3】A. called B. advised C. changed D. ordered

【4】A. puzzled B. excited C. frightened D. discouraged

【5】A. available B. practical C. simple D. helpful

【6】A. plastic B. metal C. noiseless D. man-made

【7】A. fix B. link C. use D. get

【8】A. work B. stay C. matter D. stop

【9】A. failed B. began C. continued D. meant

【10】A. invention B. artwork C. bargain D. display

【11】A. asked B. warned C. told D. reminded

【12】A. spends B. charges C. saves D. earns

【13】A. while B. until C. though D. because

【14】A. sold B. lent C. delivered D. donated

【15】A. car B. clothes C. machine D. computer

【16】A. new B. old C. small D. large

【17】A. still B. once C. already D. never

【18】A. booked B. bought C. copied D. borrowed

【19】A. travelling B. learning C. cooking D. sewing

【20】A. so B. if C. before D. when

【1】我们常常忍不住秒回刚收到的信息。(can’t help)

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【2】当地政府不打算把音乐厅拆了，而是重新修复一下。(instead of)

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【3】学生在英语写作中词不达意的现象值得每位英语教师关注。(worth)

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【4】这部关于四代学生追寻爱情、志趣和梦想的电影如此感人，老老少少都想一睹为快。(So)

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First off, know that truly fresh fish really shouldn't have much of an odor（气味）at all. So if you unwrap a package of fish and take a step back from the smell that greets you, throw it away because it's not fresh.【2】

A lot of the smell from cooking fish is because of the cooking method you use.【3】

However, other techniques, like cooking fish in paper, can put a lid on the problem before it starts. Cleaning experts recommend minimizing the odor before cooking by bathing fish in milk or a solution of lemon and water.

If it's too late and your home is beginning to smell like the parking lot of a seafood joint, then Good Housekeeping suggests mixing together vinegar and water and letting it boil for several minutes to get rid of the smell.

【4】 Shut any inside doors to keep the smell from spreading throughout the house and into bedrooms, but open up kitchen windows and doors to allow the smell to get out. And be sure to wipe any spills and throw away any trash containing fish bits.【5】 And the resulting sweet scent will make everyone forget about any fishy odor.

A．Frying can cause a big smell problem.

B．Prepare your home ahead offish cooking time.

C．Here's how to make every room smell amazing.

D．Cooking fish wrong brings about terrible smells.

E．When all else fails, bake up some cookies for dessert.

F．But, admittedly, even the freshest fish can get a bit of smell once it's cooked.

G．It can be enough to put even the most devoted fish eater off cooking it regularly.