My three-year-old son, Nathan, was digging the sand to build a castle. Although I warned him it'd be_______, he insisted on building it in the_________ of every single wave that would _________on the shore.
I sighed, figuring the only way to make him _______was to do as he liked and let him see what would happen. I only hoped he wouldn't be too _________ when that first wave destroyed his_________.
But when the water came and washed away his castle, he jumped up and down and clapped his hands. “That's_______! Let's do it again!” I didn't know how he could_______seeing his fruit of labor ruined.
“Is it really fun when the waves wash away the_______?”
“Yes,” he said.
Looking at him, I thought about my________at home. Nothing I did there ever seemed to________.I prepared dinners, which ten minutes after I placed them on the table were________consumed. I mopped floors only to see someone________them on their first trip in from the back yard. My life was just one never-ending to-do________.
Just like the sand castles Nathan built, all my________ were washed away by a giant wave called Family Life. Nothing I did lasted beyond the moment.
Because of this, I often struggled feeling________. I wondered if the things I did________. And if nothing I did mattered, that meant that I didn't matter.
But as I watched my child________in the sand happily, I realized that I'm building something________ , something that will last forever.
I’m__________a family.
1.A.taken apart B.washed away C.cleared up D.dug out
2.A.front B.charge C.form D.path
3.A.crash B.dance C.float D.appear
4.A.understand B.regret C.refuse D.struggle
5.A.angry B.frightened C.surprised D.upset
6.A.future B.creation C.world D.gift
7.A.difficult B.impossible C.simple D.great
8.A.imagine B.stand C.avoid D.risk
9.A.tools B.clothes C.shoes D.castles
10.A.pet B.item C.life D.plan
11.A.last B.happen C.help D.exist
12.A.completely B.suddenly C.finally D.personally
13.A.empty B.dirty C.narrow D.dry
14.A.experiment B.survey C.list D.puzzle
15.A.tears B.worries C.feelings D.efforts
16.A.confused B.fancy C.competitive D.unfair
17.A.counted B.appeared C.changed D.faded
18.A.lying B.digging C.rolling D.sleeping
19.A.actual B.slight C.important D.formal
20.A.protecting B.designing C.building D.creating
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
My family and I go to the Big Island of Hawaii in the United States every year. Each year, we do the same things-spend time at the beaches, surfing and fishing. On this trip, however, my family got tired of this holiday style and wanted to do something different. We learned from a local that there was a hot spring on the island called the Boiling Pots. Without doing any research, we decided to set off on an adventure to that spot.
We drove to the destination, but were surprised to find that the area was closed off by a fence (栅栏). Reading the sign placed in front of the gate, we found out it was, in fact, a forbidden area that lay at the bottom of the mountain. And we were on the mountaintop. Seemingly out of nowhere, a strange man came up to us. He told us he would go to the Boiling Pots and that he would show us the way down there if we would just jump over the fence and follow him. After some discussion, my family, 8 members, followed the man past the fence.
The ''path'' was a slope (斜坡) covered in mud and high grass. Several times, our members fell but nobody gave up and turned back because it seemed an amazing adventure.
After about one hour's walk, we arrived at the bottom finally, but a large river stopped us. The strange man went to borrow a boat from his friend living nearby. We stood on the bank, waiting for him and joking that we could swim across the river.
Just then, I heard the voice of my father screaming at us to move. I looked up to the sky and saw a large tree falling towards us. I ran forward, pushing the people in front of me. I fell to the ground, hearing a loud sound of the tree hitting the ground, along with pieces of branches surrounding us.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
In a second, all went quiet
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Paragraph 2:
When we had no idea what to do, the strange man came back.
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Kings Camps
About Our Camps
Kings Camps is part of the Kings Active Foundation and is devoted to helping young people reach their potential (潜能). We provide sports camps and summer camps at over 40 places across the UK for children aged 4—17. We bring together the very best aspects of sports and holiday clubs to provide friendship, fun and exciting adventures for young people from the UK and around the world.
Why Choose Kings Camps
* Creative, inspiring camps: We have a strong belief that sport has an important role to play in a happy childhood and we’ll provide some places, new and creative ways to inspire. They are not for profit (利润).
* Learn important life skills: Kings Camps equip children with important life skills and understanding that being active is necessary to health and well-being.
* International students are welcome: We welcome children from outside of the UK who will make friends here by communicating with kids from different backgrounds, but we do request that they at least understand English to make sure of their safety and that of others, and of course their enjoyment.
Comments
Ryan has enjoyed every aspect. When we’ve asked about his day, he’ said it was “amazing and fantastic”. All the staff are extremely friendly, enthusiastic and have a true belief in what they are doing.
—Tnacy Lee
Fantastic friendly staff! It’ an action-packed week of multiple sports. My sweetheart made new friends, overcame swimming fears came away more confident tool I cannot recommend it enough!
—Kay Court
1.What does Kings Camps aim to do?
A.Combine sports and holiday clubs. B.Get kids to play outdoors.
C.Provide adventurous and challenging camps. D.Encourage kids to develop their potential.
2.What’s necessary for international students?
A.Awareness of safety. B.Love for outdoor sports.
C.Basic English ability. D.Good communicating skills.
3.Who probably made the comments?
A.Parents. B.Teachers.
C.Campers. D.Staff.
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Destine Whitaker was in fourth grade when she learned that millions of people around the world lack clean water.
“It was a problem that confused me for a long time,” said Whitaker, from the United States city of Philadelphia. “Water is a necessity.”
When she got to Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Whitaker carefully researched the problem and felt that she must do something about it.
Early in her senior year, Whitaker approached fellow members of the school’s National Honor Society with a proposal: They should raise money to buy water purification systems for people in need. Whitaker, the National Honor Society president, knew the systems would have to be easy to carry and able to operate without electricity. So she checked with a microbiologist to make sure the system she had her eye on would fit the bill.
Once her classmates agreed to back the proposal, Whitaker took it upon herself to raise money. She organized a game where students bought tickets to guess how many pieces of candy ajar contained.
In the end, they raised $800—a large amount for a school where 70 percent of the students’ families are not well-off.
Whitaker soon found that raising money was the easier part of the project. However, finding an organization that could deliver the water purification systems was the toughest one. She approached some organizations about their possible connections but no one could help.
Then Whitaker connected with Joseph Sackor, who runs the Liberia Medical Mission—an organization that provides medical care to Liberians who lack health services. Sackor accepted the school’s money and agreed to deliver the systems to people who needed them.
Whitaker dreams of someday starting her own nonprofit organization to bring clean water to more people in need.
“Some students in Liberia can’t even go to school because their parents cannot afford to buy them bottled water,” Sackor said. “This money is huge.”
1.What problem did Whitaker want to solve?
A.Poverty of human beings. B.Lack of clean drinking water.
C.Shortage of medical care. D.Unawareness of healthy lifestyles.
2.The underlined phrase “fit the bill” in Paragraph probably means “________”.
A.meet their needs B.be cheap enough
C.be difficult to operate D.need improvement
3.What did Whitaker think the most difficult part of her project was?
A.Making a suggestion for the project.
B.Raising money to buy the equipment.
C.Calling on her classmates to give support to it.
D.Finding an organization to deliver the equipment.
4.What does Whitaker want to do in the future?
A.Go to live and work in Liberia.
B.Study medicine to help those in need.
C.Set up a charity to help more people.
D.Provide bottled water to Liberian student.
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Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately (适当地) to the user.
The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions, it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.
The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.
1.How are social robots different from household robots?
A.They can control their emotions. B.They are more like humans.
C.They do the normal housework. D.They respond to users more slowly.
2.What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?
A.Communicate with you and perform operations.
B.Answer your questions and make requests.
C.Take your family pictures and deliver milk.
D.Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.
3.What’s the passage mainly about?
A.A new design idea of household robots. B.Marketing strategies for social robots.
C.Information on household robots. D.An introduction to social robots.
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Giacomo Puccini was born in 1858 and was a son of a musical director. 1. He is remembered as a master of opera.
2. Many early forerunners of Impressionistic Music including Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Schoenberg and Stravinsky, inspired him greatly.
Turandot, an opera based on an Italian drama by the same name, is by far considered to be one of Puccini’s most popular and most performed works.
It’s a pity that Puccini had no chance to watch his own great opera himself. 3.
In this opera you can hear a traditional Chinese folk song, which is titled Molihua or Jasmine Flower. 4. Among them the version sung in Jiangsu, a province in south China, is the most popular one. By admiring the jasmine flower, the song celebrates the sweetness and beauty of romantic love. 5. In 1804 the song was published in a book by British diplomat, making it the first Chinese folk song that gained popularity outside China.
A.Turandot is performed regularly all over the world
B.At the end of the 18th century. it was first translated into English
C.It’s believed that Puccini’s operas are strong in emotion and conflict.
D.The opera was first performed in 1926, two years after Puccini’s death.
E.During his music career, Puccini was also influenced by other musicians.
F.Though Puccini received training in various areas of music, his true love was in opera
G.There are many different versions of Molihua or Jasmine Flower in different parts of China.
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假定你是李华，近日你在网上得知某国外高中的国际英语夏令营已开始报名，你有意参加。请给该校写一封英文申请信，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 申请理由；
3. 期待答复。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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